Colour Challenge No. 9

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

Today's combination is: - Gable Green, Pixie Pink and Bashful Blue plus a neutral. Yes these colours are very close to last weeks but a guess that's just the random nature of spinning the colour coach.

Supplies all Stampin' Up!® -
Stamp Sets - Polka Dot Punches, Spring Solitude
Card stock - Gable Green, Pixie Pink, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ink - Gable Green, Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink
Punches - Scallop Circle
Accessories - Snail Adhesive, Paper Snips, Paper Cutter.

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. 8 - Places are still available in this weeks cardstock share also.

Thank you so much to Anna Sutherland for joining in with Challenge no. 8. Click on the link to visit her blog.

DCM - Circles

Vanessa challenged us weeks ago to create a card using the theme of circles. I of course left it to the very last minute, yesterday, the day I had two Craft at Keryn's sessions and had to take Lachy to Gymnastics. So in between the first session and picking up the kids from school I sat down to make my card, three faux tags, a butterfly and two flowers this was going well. Later on putting them together during the evening Craft at Keryn's session it wasn't going as I planned and the card got changed and changed and eventually ended up with one tag butterfly. Here it is: - It is a pretty card but it wasn't what I planned and I had almost run out of time so I decided it would have to do.

On to the next card with the colours I'd chosen for my Colour Challenge. See my next post. This one went together beautifully and wouldn't you know it was a much better fit for the circle dare so this is the one I've posted on the Daring Cardmakers Blog.

Supplies all Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Sets - Polka Dot Punches, Spring Solitude

Card stock - Gable Green, Pixie Pink, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Ink - Gable Green, Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink

Punches - Scallop Circle

Accessories - Snail Adhesive, Paper Snips, Paper Cutter.

Stampin' Up!® Bush Fire Appeal - UPDATE

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE BOUGHT STAMP SETS FROM THE LIST BELOW.

We still have until 31 March to buy stamp sets from the list below to help the Victims of the Victoria Bush Fires. After two weeks the total to donate stands at $34,653.80 imagine where it will be in another months time with all your help.

Help Stampin' Up!® Help the Victims of the Victoria Bush Fires

From now until 31 March 2009 purchase one or more of a select group of Stamp Sets and Stampin' Up!® will donate 50% of the retail price to the Australian Red Cross Victorian Bush Fires 2009 Appeal.

* These stamp sets will be on the upcoming retiring list so will only be available until they sell out.

** From Summer Mini Catalogue.

HELP STAMPIN' UP! HELP THE VICTORIAN FIRE VICTIMS BY PLACING YOUR ORDER TODAY - Email me to place your order.

Going Through my Favourites...

... and I found this triangle box tutorial Shelley Hopps had on her blog and I'd put away to try one day. Today is that day. Perhaps it could be a good present for somebody for Easter.

Perhaps a little on the plain side but I can decorate it more later to suit the recipient.

Supplies used all Stampin' Up!® -

Paper: - Bashful Blue Cardstock, Afternoon Tea DSP

Accessories: - Sticky Strip, Moss Gingham Ribbon, Paper Cutter/Scorer, Paper Snips, Bone Folder.

I'm sure when I hold the box in my hand the ribbon isn't on such a wonky angle. Photos always pick up the tiniest faults in your projects I find. Oh well I guess it gives it a handcrafted look.

Box made just because

I made this box just because....just because I saw it in the latest Impressions magazine that came today and it looked easy and it was. I love the way Stampin' Up!® provides us with easy peasy WOW projects to create.


All Supplies Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Sets - Sprinkles, Boho Backgrounds
Card: - Sage Shadow, Bravo Burgundy, Brocade Blue
Ink: - Sage Shadow and Bravo Burgundy Classic Ink Pads
Punches: - 1/2", 11/4" and scallop circle punches
Accessories: - Paper Cutter/Scorer, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Black Gingham Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Snail Adhesive.

Sorry the photo isn't as good as I might have liked. If you're coming to either of my Craft at Keryn's sessions on Friday I'll have it out so you can have a proper look at it.

Sale - A - Bration is Almost Over!!!

SALE-A-BRATION IS ALMOST OVER!!!! - I'VE REALLY ENJOYED DEMOING THE SETS TO YOU ALL AND IT WILL BE SAD TO SEE THEM GO. I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED SEEING THE PROJECTS ON MY BLOG USING THE SETS.

GET YOUR ORDER IN TO ME BY 28 FEBRUARY 2009, THIS SATURDAY, TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T MISS OUT ON YOUR FREE SET.

From 1 January to 28 February 2009 here are the ways available for customers and workshop hostesses to earn free Sale-A-Bration sets: -

- spend $120 from either the Idea Book and Catalgoue or the Summer Mini Catalogue
- hostess a workshop that reaches $700 in sales

There's no limit for every $120 you spend you receive a Sale A Bration stamp set, go to your wishlist, sort out your order and your favourite Sale A Bration set and then contact me to place your order.

Contact me to book your workshop now. I will be running workshops again in the New Year from 15 January 2009.

Click on this link to see the sets available on the Stampin' Up!® website or EMail me to be sent the catalogue in PDf format.

START YOUR OWN BUSINESS DURING SALE - A- BRATION

Sign up to become a Stampin' Up!® Indpendent Demonstrator during Sale A Bration and earn a free set to the value of $94.95 from the current catalogues. If this is the right time for you to join my team EMail me for more information.

Watch here during January and February for projects from me featuring the Sale-A-Bration sets.

Diaper Favour Box

This is my attempt and this weeks 3D Challenge on the demo side of Splitcoast Stampers forum.
For the instruction's go to Amy Sheffer's blog here.

I created my elephant by gently squeezing drops of Blue Bayou, Bashful Blue and Brilliant Blue ink refills onto a 'wet one'. The instructions from the SU demo website said baby wipes but Wet Ones work just as well. Don't get too heavy handed as the reinkers spread quite quickly. Use your wet one or babywipe as an inkpad and stamp as usual.

All supplies Stampin' Up!® -
Stamp Sets: - Eat Cake, Wild About You
Ink: - Bashful Blue Classic Ink Pad, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, Blue Bayou Ink Refills
Card: - Bashful Blue and Whisper White Cardstock
Accessories: - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Mat Pack, Bold Brights Eyelets, Adhesive, Stampin' Sponge.

DCM - Fish or Frog

This week's Daring Cardmakers Challenge has been set by Rein. She wants us to make a card in for any occasion in the theme of fish or frog.

Here's my card: -

This was one of those times when I really could have done with the Ocean Commotion stamp set from the Stampin' Up!® summer mini but no such luck so I used some pre Stampin' Up!® fish stamps from Handcraft House. The sea background was created by sponging bashful blue over the torn edge of a piece of scrap paper leaving some white in between. The sage shadow and brocade blue was sponged in the gaps. The frolicking dolphins were stamped in brocade blue ink to complete the background.

Stampin' Up!® supplies used: -

Inks - Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Sage Shadow Classic Ink pads, Versamark

Papers - Whisper White, Brocade Blue, & Going Gray Cardstock

Accessories - Stampin' Sponge, Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Adhesive.

To the see the cards made by the Daring Cardmakers Design Team click here.

Colour Challenge No. 8

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


Today's combination is: - Pixie Pink, Brocade Blue, Green Galore plus a neutral.

For a change I thought the colours this week might be nice to include in a LO of my twin nieces first birthday. I have used the Celebrate LO in Stampin' Up!®'s October workshop wizard as a sketch for my creation. The stars on the girls faces are just to hide their faces in the photo on my blog.


All Supplies Stampin' Up!® -
Stamp Sets - In the Stars
Paper - Pixie Pink, Brocade Blue, Whisper White Cardstock
Ink - Pixie Pink, Green Galore, pixie pink stampin' write marker
Punches - 3/4" Circle, 1/8" Handheld Circle, Large Star, star
Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Adhesive, 2 way glue, pink gingham ribbon.


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. 7 - Places are still available in this weeks cardstock share also.


Thank you so much to Anna Sutherland for joining in with Challenge no. 7. Click on the link to visit her blog.

Makeesha's Make It Monday

Since investing in the Stampin' Up!® trimmer with the scoring blade I have been loving 3D projects and like to pop over to Makeesha's blog to see what she's showing us this week for Make It Monday. This week's one is a shopping list.

All supplies Stampin' Up!® (except for the magnet):-

Stamp Set - Polka Dot Punches

Card/Paper - Cardboard Packaging from DSP, Groovy Guava Cardstock, Afternoon Tea DSP

Ink - Wild Wasabi Classic Ink Pad

Punches - 1/2" Circle, 5 Petal Flower, Scallop Edge

Accessories - Snail adhesive, Sticky Strip, Wild Wasabi Double Stitched Ribbon, Self Adhesive Magnet.

Stampin' Scrap On-Line Class - My Layout

This is the layout that I completed last night as part of Stampin' Scraps online class. We had a materials list and a list of instructions and Tanya in the class room to give instructions and give us all a hand if we got stuck.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the other ladies LOs as they will all be quite different I'm sure.

Here's mine: -

and here's a photo of all the supplies I had out before I started. I didn't use them all and I added the 5 petal flower punch which was delivered yesterday morning and added the alphabet stamps afterwards to do my title.

Supplies used all Stampin' Up!®: -

Stamp Set - Carte Postale, ABC Alphabet Lower

Ink - Always Artichoke Classic Ink Pad, Basic Black Stampin' Write Journaller

Paper - Gable Green & certainly celery cardstock, old olive textured cardstock, Wintergreen DSP

Punches - 5 Petal Flower, Spring Flower Bouquet, Tab

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive, Moss Gingham Ribbon

Afternoon Tea Tent Fold

This weeks Workshop Wow challenge on the Demonstrator side of the Splitcoaststampers forum is to create a tent fold card. Patty has given us directions on her blog here if you'd like to give it a go.

Here's mine: -

All Supplies used Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Set - Polka Dot Punches, Yummy

Paper - Bashful Cardstock, Afternoon Tea DSP

Ink - Wild Wasabi Classic Ink Pad, Garden Green Stampin' Write Marker

Punches - 1 1/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, Circle Scallop, Word Window, Scallop Edge

Accessories - Paper Cutter/Scorer, Paper Snips, Adhesvie, Bone Folder

DCM - Feeling Green

It's Jozza's turn to set the dare this week and she wants us to create a card using lots and lots of green.



I struggled a bit with mine this week. I tried gold glitter and got in a mess and managed to get glitter spilt all over my desk. It was definately time to stop then. I think the embossing works just as well.



Here's mine: -

Supplies used all Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Sets - Polka Dot Punches, Sincere Salutations

Paper - Certainly Celery Designer Series Prints, Old Olive, Certainly Celery and Apricot Appeal Cardstock

Ink - Old Olive Classic Ink Pad, Versamark, Gold Encore

Punches: - Spring Flower Punch

Accessories: - Paper Snips, Paper Cutter, Bone Folder, Adhesive.

Click here to see the cards by the design team.

Card Challenge No. 7

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

Today's combination is: - Brocade Blue, Old Olive & More Mustard plus a neutral.

The flower petals on this card were created by folding punched tags.

All Supplies Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Sets - Carte Postale

Paper - Old Olive, Brocade Blue, Whisper White and More Mustard Cardstock, Paper from Confietti Simply Scrappin' Kit

Ink - Brocade Blue

Punches - Large Tag, Spring Flower

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Adhesive, Glue Dots, Bone Folder.

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 resident only please.

Email me to reserve your place.

See Challenge no. 6 - Places are still available in this weeks cardstock share also.

Thank you so much to Tracey from Stamping Seasons and Anna Sutherland for joining in with Challenge no. 6. Click on the links to visit their blogs.

Twisty Treat - Quick and Easy for Valentines

Thank you to Stampin' Up!® for giving us the instructions for a twisty treat in this months demonstrator magazine.

Here's my trial one. I've filled in with cotton balls, not quite so yummy, because I'll be taking it as an example to the Keryn's Krew team meeting on Tuesday and I didn't want to squash it. If you were a Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator or Customer in May 2008 you may remember the paper I've used being part of the special 6x6 pad that was on promotion that month.

All Supplies Stampin' Up!®: -

Stamp Set - Polka Dot Punches (Sale-A-Bration Set)

Inks - Elegant Eggplant Stampin' Write Marker

Paper: - Palette O Prints Promotion Paper

Punches: - Scallop Circle Punch

Other: - Sticky Strip, Paper Snips, 5/8" Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, Fire Circle Rhinestone Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals.

Colour Challenge No. 6

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

Today's combination is: - Taken with Teal, Tempting Turquoise, Blush Blossom and a Neutral

As you can see I'm still enjoying using Botanical blooms. You have until the 28 February to place your $120 order and receive the Sale-A-Bration set of your choice for free. Perhaps it's time I started a random Stamp Set challenge. LOL!

I used an Embossed Resist technique to this card. To get the texture on the background I used a direct to paper technique with my Taken with Teal Classic ink pad dragging it across the cardstock. The gaps were filled in with the same ink pad and a Stampin' Sponge. Their is a tutorial here for Embossed Resist on the Splitcoast Stampers site.

Supplies used All Stampin' Up!® -
Stamp Set - Botanical Blooms
Cardstock - Taken With Teal, Tempting Turquoise and Blush Blossom
Ink - Taken with Teal, Versamark
Other - 5/8" Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Sponges, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Mat Pack, Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Adhesive.

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 resident only please.

Email me to reserve your place.

See Challenge no. 5 - Places are still available in this weeks cardstock share also.

NZSU February Project Challenge

Trudi over at the NZSU blog has challenged us the create a project using Cami Trifold card instructions here on the Splitcoast Stampers site.

Here's mine: -

All Supplies Stampin' Up!®: -

Stamp Set: - In the Spotlight
Ink: - Old Olive Ink Pad and Marker, Summer Sun Marker
Paper: - Old Olive, Taken with Teal and Whisper White Cardstock, Confetti Simply Scrappin' Kit
Punches: - Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, Slit Punch, 1/8" Handheld Circle Punch
Other: - Purely Pomegranate Double Stitched Ribbon, Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Bone folder, Snail Adhesive, 2 way glue.

I had a great night supporting Anita my newest team member at her first workshop last night. Anyone looking for a Stampin' Up!® demo in Upper Hutt feel free to contact Anita.

Polished Stone

This post is especially to show the ladies I was sitting with at the Cards Unlimited club night last night what I did with one of the polished stone backgrounds that I completed there. Thank you to Jo Beaver for reintroducing me to this fun technique. BTW I got 95% of the ink stains off my hands in the shower this morning. I have got to be the muckiest cardmaker ever!

So that I could use the reinkers that I already had I did not use the Adirondack alcohol inks and applicator that Jo used. Instead of the applicator I used cotton balls. (hence the multi-coloured hands).

Here's the card: -

Supplies used: -

Stampsets - Heartfelt Thanks & Spring Solitude

Ink: - Bashful Blue and Lovely Lilac Reinkers, Bold Brights Watercolour Crayons, Brilliant Blue Classic Ink Pad, Brilliant Blue and Green Galore Stampin' Write Markers, Gold Encore Metallic Ink Pad

Card: - White Gloss, Lovely Lilac

Other: - Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Whisper White 6mm Grosgrain Ribbon, Water filled spray bottle, Cotton Balls, Rubbing Alcohol filled spray bottle.

Instructions for Polished Stone using reinkers can be found here on the Splitcoast stampers forum.

Colour Challenge No. 5

... and Yay! I've finally caught up. Taking three days out for carpet installation, one to pack, one to have it laid and one to tidy up agin, sure puts you behind.

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

Today's combination is: - Green Galore, Pink Passion, Garden Green and a Neutral.

Supplies used All Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Set - Botanical Blooms, Watercolour Joy Wheel

Cardstock - Green Galore, Garden Green & Whisper White

Ink - Garden Green Stampin' Write Marker, Versamark

Punches - Scallop Edge Punch

Other - Stampin' Pastels, Sponge Dauber, Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive

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 resident only please.

Email me to reserve your place.

See Challenge no. 4 - Places are still available in this weeks cardstock share also.

DCM - Prints Charming

This week it's Lythan's turn to dare us. She wants us to include three different patterned papers on our card and as a double dare you can use three different makes. The double dare was a bit too much for me and after going through my scraps I found I'd also used three patterned papers from the same paper pack - SU's Petals and Paisleys. I haven't bought any of this paper during this catalogue year so it must be pieces of the pack I bought during the 2007/08 year. I am such a hoarder.

Anyway here is my card: -

Supplies used all Stampin' Up!®: -

Stamp Set - Everyday Flexible Phrases

Card and Paper - Whisper White, Certainly Celery and Petals and Paisleys DSP

Ink - Old Olive

Punches - 1 1/4", 1 3/8" and scallop circle punches, word window punch

Other - White 6mm grosgrain, Pink and Moss Gingham Ribbon, Paper Snips, Paper Cutter, Snail Adhesive.

Click here to go and see the creations by the Daring Cardmakers design team.

I Am Still Here

It's been a crazy week, with Funerals to go to, new carpet being put down, the start of workshops for me for the year and of course the boys are still around.

I have managed to get one card constructed. I say constructed as I used the instructions provided by Andrea Walford, a Canadian demonstrator, in her Demo to Demo newsletter.

Supplies all Stampin' Up!®: -

Stamp Set - Botanical Blooms

Cardstock and Papers: - Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate, Whisper White, Berry Bliss DSP

Ink - Purely Pomegranate, Basic Black, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive

Other - Mat Pack, Soft Subtles Brads, Snail Adhesive, Paper Cutter