Makeesha's Make It Monday - Pyramid

This is the pyramid card I made from Makeesha's instructions last Monday.

I am really enjoying the Good Friend Stamp Set and look at the matching Good Morning Sunshine DSP, both available from tomorrow.

All supplies Stampin' Up!®

- Stamp Set - Good Friend

- Cardstock/Paper - Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze, Good Morning Sunshine DSP

- Ink - Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss Classic Stampin' Pads

- Accessories - Paper Snips, Glue Dots, Snail Adhesive, Sticky Strip, Paper Cutter, Bone Folder

DCM - Bunnies & Chicks

It's Jo's turn to set the dare for us this week.

With Easter nearly here - doesn't time fly! I thought that I would choose a dare this week to incorporate this...

I would like this week to see cards with a chick, a bunny or both!

Of course you may add anything else to your cards - have a good week and I can't wait to see your cards!

As you can see from my last two posts I'm really enjoying making hinged cards. See my Challenge No. 13 post below to get a link to a hinged card video tutorial by Dawn Griffiths.

All supplies Stampin' Up!®: -
Stamp Sets - Greetings Eight, Scatter Sunshine Jumbo Wheel
Paper - Very Vanilla, Read Red & Only Orange Cardstock
Ink - Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Pixie Pink & Chocolate Chip classic stampin' pads
Punch - Scallop Edge, 1/16" Circle
Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Soft Subtles Brads, Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals

Greetings Eight is one of the new stamp sets in the new 2009/2010 Idea Book and Catalogue. Orders start from this idea book on the 1 April.

Colour Challenge No. 13

Each Friday I'm going to spin my Colour Coach without looking and find a new colour combination.

Today's combination is: - Rose Red, Garden Green, Cameo Coral and a neutral.

I got the idea for this hinged card from this weeks Workshop WOW challenge on the demonstrator side of the Splitcoast Stampers forum. A video tutorial can be found here on Dawn Griffiths website.

Supplies all Stampin' Up!®:
Stamp Set - Greeting Eight
Paper - Rose Red, Garden Green, Cameo Caro and Sahara Sand

Ink - Versamark, Stazon Black, Garden Green and Cameo Carol Stampin' Write Markers
Punches - 1/16" Circle, Scallop Edge
Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive, Hodgepodge kit, Stampin' Dimensionals

To play along create your card using the colours listed above or the closest you have in your collection, save to your blog or website and send me a comment with your link. If you don't have a website/blog attach your card to an EMail and I will display it here with the next weeks challenge.

There is no deadline on these challenges please join in whenever you please.

If you would like to expand you cardstock collection, each week I will be offering a cardstock share consisting of 8 A4 sheets of each of the three colours listed above (does not include the neutral). There will be three places and I will contact you re payment once all of the places have been filled. NZ residents only please.

Email me to reserve your place

See Challenge no. 12 - Places are still available in this weeks cardstock share also.

Thanks to Cathryn for joining in Last weeks Challenge, see her card below using stamp set 'A Beautiful Life'.

The following cardmakers also joined in with the week 12 Challenge. Their creations can be found by clicking on their name to link to their blogs.

Donna

Hazel

Thank you Ladies.

DCM - Cos I'm a Woman

It was Bondgirl (Tracey's) turn to set the dare for us this week.

"Seeing as this weekend is Mothers Day in the UK, and I am doing the 600 mile round trip home to see my mummy, I want the focus of your cards to be the girls. It can be any style, any theme, and any recipient - as long as she is female."

I couldn't resist using the new stamp set I got yesterday. 'Greeting Eight' is one of the stamp sets making it's debue in the new 2009/2010 Idea Book and Catalogue on the 1st April.

Supplies all Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Sets - Bodacious Bouquet(R) and Greetings Eight

Cardstock - Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

Ink - Brilliant Blue and Pumpkin Pie Classic Ink Pads

Punch - Designer Label

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Signo Gel Pen, Snail Adhesive.

Colour Challenge No. 12

Each Friday I'm going to spin my Colour Coach without looking and find a new colour combination.

Today's combination is: - Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Ballet Blue and a neutral.

I'm quite happy with my card now but I have to admit that it took quite a bit of moving bits around and playing with alternative options until I found something that I liked.

Supplies all Stampin' Up!®:

Stamp Set - Bodacious Bouquet (R)

Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Ballet Blue and Whisper White Cardstock
Ink - Regal Rose Classic Stampin' Pad

Punches - 5 Petal Flower, 1/2" Circle

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive, Pretties Kit

To play along create your card using the colours listed above or the closest you have in your collection, save to your blog or website and send me a comment with your link. If you don't have a website/blog attach your card to an EMail and I will display it here with the next weeks challenge.

There is no deadline on these challenges please join in whenever you please.

If you would like to expand you cardstock collection, each week I will be offering a cardstock share consisting of 8 A4 sheets of each of the three colours listed above (does not include the neutral). There will be three places and I will contact you re payment once all of the places have been filled. NZ residents only please.

Email me to reserve your place

See Challenge no. 11 - Places are still available in this weeks cardstock share also.

Thanks to Cathryn for joining in Last weeks Challenge, see her card below using another stamp set new to the 2009/2010 Idea Book and Catalogue - "Fresh Cuts".

Handbag Gift Box

I just went over to Sharlene's blog and saw the photos of the lovely handbag gift boxes that she made for our team for our crop last Saturday. I couldn't make it due to a prior family engagement so I've made my own.


Here it is: -

Supplies used all Stampin' Up!® -
Stamp Set - Bodacious Bouquet (R)
Ink - Cameo Coral Stampin' Write Marker
Paper - Ginger Blossom DSP (R), Cameo Coral A4 Cardstock
Punches - 1 1/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, Scallop Circle
Accessories - Paper Snips, 5/8" Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, Pretties Kit, Snail Adhesive, Sticky Strip
(R) shows product that is on the 2008/2009 Retiring List and wont be available after 31 March 2009 or when they sell out whichever comes first.

HodgePodge Bookmark

This is another project that I had on the backburner, I had the hodgepodge and I was waiting to get the designer label punch to match it. Luckily I had saved the link to the bookmark on Dawn's blog.

When I got together with my crafty friends, Kelly and Vicky at Vicky's place last Friday night it was the perfect time to give it a try. Kelly and Vicky made some lovely bookmarks as well.

Here's mine:

With a close up of the decorative piece.

Artwork by Keryn Campbell, Images (c) Stampin' Up!® 1990-2009

All Supplies Stampin' Up!® -
Stamp Set - Oh So Lovely Level 1 Hostess Set (R)
Ink - Bashful Blue and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers
Punch - Designer Label
Accessories - White Grosgrain Ribbon, Bashful Blue 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Mat Pack, Soft Subtles Brads, Styled Silver Hodgepodge, Crystal Effects.
(R) - products retiring at the end of March or when sold out whichever comes sooner.

DCM - Ready, Steady, Cook

It's Kathy's dare this week and she has given us a recipe to use as follows: -

Here are your ingredients:

3 different papers
At least one piece of chipboard
At least 1 button
At least 1 piece of ribbon
optional: 1 extra item/element of your choice
You can use as much ink/adhesive etc as you like.

The other design team members got little packets from Kathy and were only able to use what she had sent. I was a bit luckier and mine didn't make it on time from the UK so I could choose what I wanted. She did however send me a template for the faux chipboard flower that I used.

Here's mine: -

All Supplies Stampin' Up!®: -

Stamps - Good Friend (will be available from 1/4/09)

Papers - Groovy Guava cardstock (R), Afternoon Tea DSP, Card Found in DSP packets for faux chipboard.

Ink - Chocolate Chip Classic Ink Pad

Punches - Word Window

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive, Glue Dots, Earth Elements and Neutrals Buttons (R), Wild Wasabi Double Stitched Ribbon (R), Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon.

Items with an (R) after them are on the current retired list and are only available until they sell out or the 31/3/09 whichever comes sooner.

With the retirement list out I was out of SU buttons and I didn't want to buy anymore until the new Idea Book and Catalogue came out. The ones I've used have been begged and borrowed from Master 8 who asked me to buy them for him with his pocket money from the retirement list.

Colour Challenge No. 11

Each Friday I'm going to spin my Colour Coach without looking and find a new colour combination.

Today's combination is: - Lovely Lilac, Not Quite Navy, So Saffron Plus a Neutral.

These colours were perfect for the bird in the 'Good Friend' stamp set which will become available on 1 April 2009 in our new Idea Book and Catalogue.

Supplies all Stampin' Up!®: -
Stamp Set - Good Friend
Paper - Lovely Lilac, Not Quite Navy, So Saffron & Whisper White Cardstock

Ink - So Saffron Classic Ink Pad, Versamark, Not Quite Navy Stampin' Write Marker
Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive, Glue Dots, Stamp A Ma Jig.

To play along create your card using the colours listed above or the closest you have in your collection, save to your blog or website and send me a comment with your link. If you don't have a website/blog attach your card to an EMail and I will display it here with the next weeks challenge.

There is no deadline on these challenges please join in whenever you please.

If you would like to expand you cardstock collection, each week I will be offering a cardstock share consisting of 8 A4 sheets of each of the three colours listed above (does not include the neutral). There will be three places and I will contact you re payment once all of the places have been filled. NZ residents only please.

Email me to reserve your place

See Challenge no. 10 - Places are still available in this weeks cardstock share also.

Thank you so much to Kelly Nelson and Vicky Perris for joining in with last weeks challenge.

See Kelly's challenge card here on her blog.

Vicky's card is the one below: -

Purse A Lope

Again using the left over stamped images from my 'Bye Bye Bodacious' card I have created this Purse A Lope using the instructions in the Splitcoast Stampers 'Wicked' Challenge. Thank you very much Carolina for your instructions.

All Supplies Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Sets - Bodacious Bouquet (R), Spring Solitude (R)

Paper/Cardstock - C6 Size Whisper White Envelope, Whisper White Cardstock, Brilliant Blue Designer Series Prints Paper (R)

Ink - Brilliant Blue Classic Ink Pad, Brilliant Blue, Bashful Blue, Lovely Lilac Classic Ink Refills

Punches - Scallop Edge, Word Window

Accessories - Sticky Strip, Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Bone Folder.

(R) - Items on the current 2008/2009 Retiring List available until supplies run out or 31 March 2009, whichever happens first.

Paula's Envelope Album

I had great fun yesterday putting this together. It wasn't hard once I'd converted the measurements for the size of envelopes I had but it was time consuming.

The idea came from the Friday 3D challenge on the SU demo side of the Splitcoast Stampers forum. The instructions for making the album can be found here on Paula's blog.

Here is the outside: -

and the inside: -

Supplies all Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Sets - Bodacious Bouquet(R)

Card/Paper - Berry Bliss DSP (R), Rose Red Textured 12x12 Cardstock, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red & Whisper White A4 Cardstock

Ink - Purely Pomegranate Classic Ink Pad (R)

Punches - Scallop Circle, 1 1/4" Circle, 1/2" circle, Scallop Edge Punch & Round Tab Punch

Accessories - Paper Cutter/Scorer, Sticky Strip, Adhesive

(R) denotes product that is included on the 2008/09 retiring list and is only available while stocks last or until 31/3/09, whichever comes sooner.

DCM - Patchwork

It's Jane's turn to set the dare this work and she wants us to make a card in the theme of Patchwork.

When I made the 'Bye Bye Bodacious' card on the weekend I had this lovely reinker ink pad and so it didn't go to waste I stamped a lot more images of the large flower. These were sitting on my desk when I started this card and set the colour scheme etc for this card.

All Supplies Stampin' Up!®: -

Stamp Sets - Bodacious Bouquet (R), Fun and Fast Notes

Card - Whisper White, Bashful Blue & Brilliant Blue Cardstock

Ink - Bashful Blue, Lovely Lilac, Brilliant Blue Classic Ink Refills, Brilliant Blue, Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue Classic Ink Pads, Brilliant Blue Stampin' Write Marker

Punches - 1 1/4" Square, Word Window

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals.

Items with an (R) denote items that are included on the 2008/09 retiring list. They will be available until they sell out or 31 March 2009 whichever happens first.

Colour Challenge No. 10

Each Friday I'm going to spin my Colour Coach without looking and find a new colour combination.

Today's combination is: - Close to Cocoa, Sage Shadow & Barely Banana plus a neutral.

Supplies all Stampin' Up!®: -

Stamp Set - Sincere Salutations

Paper - Close to Cocoa, Barely Banana, Sage Shadow, Whisper White Cardstock, Berry Bliss DSP (R)

Ink - Sage Shadow Classic Ink Pad, Close to Cocoa Stampin' Write Marker

Punches - Corner Rounder, Spring Flower Bouquer (R)

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Mat Pack, Soft Subtles Brads, Snail Adhesive & Stampin' Dimensionals.

(R) shows product that is on the 2008/09 Retiring list. It is only available until they sell out or the 31 March 09, whichever comes sooner.

To play along create your card using the colours listed above or the closest you have in your collection, save to your blog or website and send me a comment with your link. If you don't have a website/blog attach your card to an EMail and I will display it here with the next weeks challenge.

There is no deadline on these challenges please join in whenever you please.

If you would like to expand you cardstock collection, each week I will be offering a cardstock share consisting of 8 A4 sheets of each of the three colours listed above (does not include the neutral). There will be three places and I will contact you re payment once all of the places have been filled. NZ residents only please.

Email me to reserve your place.

See Challenge no. 9 - Places are still available in this weeks cardstock share also.

Bye Bye Bodacious

When Bodacious Bouquet arrived in my Stampin' Start order I wasn't sure about it but slowly and surely it grew on me to be my favourite stamp set.

Thank you Stampin' Up!® for using it in your March Workshop Wizard to help me give it a great send off in my March workshops.

Here's my version of their card: -
All Supplies Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Sets: - Bodacious Bouquet & Sincere Salutations

Card: - Lovely Lilac, Whisper White, Brocade Blue

Ink: - Brocade Blue Classic Ink Pad, Lovely Lilac, Bashful Blue & Brilliant Blue Reinkers, Versamark

Punches: - Scallop Edge

Accessories - Paper Trimmer, Paper Cutter, Bold Brights Brads, Mat Pack, Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals

The two stamp sets I was most upset about not being able to demonstrate next year, Bodacious Bouquet and Ahoy Matey were both earnt stamp sets. Obviously I choose what I love more than using business sense when getting them for free.

February Papercraft Challenge

In February I challenged the papercrafters on my newsletter list to create a papercraft project using at least one item of Stampin' Up! product in the theme of 'Newest'. I wanted them to use all the goodies they received for Christmas. Or if they weren't so lucky some of the last papercraft purchases they had made.


Here they are:
Aliyah (7 years)

Cathryn

Del

Eileen

Gillian

Kelly

Sally

Sally

For all cards some images (c) Stampin' Up!® 1990-2009.

The winner of the challenge this month by random draw is Sally. Congratulations on the win of an 'Oh So Lovely', hostess stamp set.

If you would like to be part of my monthly challenge join my EMail newsletter list, the link is in my sidebar. I am only able to send prizes within New Zealand.