Happy New Year

hi there, 
just popping in to say Happy New Year. I hope 2013 is a safe healthy and a happy year for you.


 

Merry Christmas a little late.....

Hi there,
I just wanted to pop in to say Merry Christmas to you all. I know I am a day late but better late then never.
I also wanted to show you my sister Marion's Christmas Tree in case you didn't see it on Facebook or my other blog.

I hope you are enjoying a restful Boxing Day. I'm staying in out of the 40 deg heat.


 

Desk Calendars

Hi, yes again I have been forgetting to post things on my blog. I have been busy making some calendars for my family for Christmas.
here are a couple of them. The photo is taken on my phone so not that great. I had fun making these and I hope those who receive them will enjoy them. 

 

welcome, 
as promised here is another Ornament card. this one I have used an idea from a card I saw on Pinterest by Jennie Struff and then added a few things to it.
I love the Midnight Muse colour. It is all I have used apart from white. The lovely stitched stain ribbon tops off the card and to add more interest prick the outside of the ornament with the pricking mats. Oops I can see in my photo that this card was one I didn't do that great a job on stamping the border  but then the close up one looks so much better. I added a sentiment from More Merry Messages. 

Now I need to go and make some more cards so I can come back and show you more. Hopefully it wont be as long a break as the last time. 

 

Hi there,
I have finally started to make a few more Christmas cards. I am running very late this year. I love my stamp set Ornament Keepsakes so have been using it with the matching framelits dies. This card is cased from Angela McKay. Using 3 of the stamps in 3 colours. Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler and Lucky Limeade. I have used the core'dinations card stock with the embossing folder Lacy Brocade. It is then sanded to show the core colour. 

Come back tomorrow and I will have another ornament card to show you.
 

Watercolour Winter

hello, 
one more triple time stamping card for you today. This one I have used the stamp set Watercolor Winter. I love this set. I have painted it using Cherry Cobbler and Gumball green. The card stock is Cherry Cobbler.

The greeting is out of the new set More Merry Messages.
well that's the last of my triple time cards so next I will show you some of the Christmas cards I have been making. Have a good weekend.

 

More Triple Time Stamping.

Hi again, 
Today I have a couple more of the triple time stamping cards.The first is using a new In Colour Raspberry Ripple and the stamp set Papaya Collage. 

This second card is using the Open Sea stamp set and Early Espresso. 
Have you tried this technique yet? Its so easy. 


 

Finally some cards for you....

hi there, 
Its been awhile... I have been making some cards but never seem to take the time to photograph them. I am taking photos all the time of other things but then forget about the cards. Today I have done some photographing of cards and over the next few days will show them to you.
Most have been cased from that wonderful place Pinterest. One of the reasons I haven't been popping them up here is also that I am not always sure where I found the cards and to acknowledge the designer is sometimes very time consuming. 
Anyway today I will show you a couple of Triple time stamping cards. I had fun making up some samples for my class to see all the different stamps you can use to make these cards. The first card I have used my new set, Blooming with Kindness and Midnight Mews.

This second card is using the wonderful French Foliage and some autumn colours. The Base is Always Artichoke.
I will be back to show you more of what I have been doing lately. 


 

Come to Bethlehem

Hi there, I was reminded today that I haven't posted in a while so I thought it was about time I did. I have been at my friend Pat's cancer council Fundraiser and I contributed a very simple Christmas card. I used the stamp set Come to Bethlehem and the colours Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla. 
The photos are not the best as I just took them on my phone. Anyway it was a great day and when I do photograph the rest of the projects I will show you.

Have a good week.

Ornament Keepsakes

hi, 
yesterday I made 2 decorations using the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set and framelits dies. I originally made the one on the front cover of the Holiday mini. I don't think I have shown that on here so I will add that as well. They are easy to make.

There are 7 different shaped baubles in the set so I have lots more ideas for making more decorations. If you would like to make some of these for your Christmas decoration then contact me and I can teach you how. 


 

Holiday Catalogue Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to my blog. 
I hope you are enjoying the Holiday Catalogue blog hop today. You may have come from Nikki Sadler's Blog or started here. You can hop your way around all 25 blogs by following the links. 

What is ESAD?
 ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin Up demonstrators. We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed. So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group

For this hop I have chosen my favourite stamp set from the Holiday Catalogue and that is Watercolour Winter. What a lovely set this is. I have made quite a few cards with it. I got a little carried away. Anyway since I have made them I may as well show them all to you. The colours I have used are Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green for the first 2 and then have mixed River Rock with Always Artichoke and also added in some Espresso Coredinations card stock which I have embossed and then sanded. Doesn't it look great.

Well I hope you like what I have created for you today. If you do please leave me a comment. I love getting comments.
now its on to Keryn Campbell's blog to see what lovely creations she has made for you. Thanks for hopping by.

Joyous Celebrations

Hello,
Another week is almost over. I hope you enjoyed the Blog Hop last Sunday. If you did then come back again next Sunday for another hop this time using items from the new Holiday Mini catalogue. 
 Today I want to show you a couple of cards I have made with a lovely small set called Joyous Celebrations. It goes great with the new embossing folder Holiday Frame.
The first card is cased from Pinterest and the second is straight from the mini catalogue. It is a great source of inspiration.

That's all for today. Remember to come back on Sunday for some great new ideas from a group of wonderful Stampin' Up! demonstrators.

ESAD Annual Catalogue Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope you are enjoying the blog hop today. You may have come from Nikki Sadler's Blog or started here. You can hop your way around all 25 blogs by following the links. 

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin Up demonstrators.

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed.

So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group

Today I have made 2 cards using the new stamp set Countryside. I love the old ute so have coloured it in Real Red for one card and Pacific Point for the other. I have used sketch challenges to help me design these cards.

The next set I have used is Cherish Friendship. I painted the apples in red and used a gate fold card. The scallop circle is from Perfect Pennants Bigz die.

I punched the edges under the striped red DSP with the Dotted scallop ribbon border punch.

Thanks for stopping by today. Now you can hop along to Keryn Campbell's blog to see the lovely items she has made.

Come to Bethlehem

hello again, I saw a lovely card at Stampin' Up!'s Perth Heartfelt Event using the new set Come to Bethlehem. It was brayered and I loved it so I have made one just the same. Im not sure who's card it was so if you know please let me know. thanks
The colours used are Bashful Blue and Baja Breeze. Isn't it a lovely card?

 I then decided to make another card using brayering again and the new Apothecary Accents Framelits. 
The colours are Bashful Blue and Certainly Celery. 

Well I am off to make new cards for my Holiday Mini launch that I have next Monday evening at 7pm. There are still places available if you would like to come along. 

 

hello again, 
Today I have 2 cards made with the new Christmas set Bells and Boughs. I have used Vanilla and Soft Suede and Crumb Cake. The first one is a case and the second one is adapted from the first. I have used Curly Cute for the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Finally some more cards....

Hi there,
finally I have taken my cards off my display board ( well my friend took them off) and photographed them so in the next few days can show you the cards I made for my Annual Catalogue launch.
Today I have  2 cards made with the lovely set Betsy Blossoms. I cased these 2 cards from Pinterest. 

I am loving this set and the new ink pads.