Tea Together

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope you all are keeping well. How is your festive season preparations going? I am so far behind it feels like we are not going to be having a Christmas at all. We have the tree and decorations up but with work being so full on at the moment, I feel as if I haven't had time to enjoy the lead up. Last year was so special with my Mum visiting from New Zealand, we were hyped and ready by mid November lol.

I did manage to post all my Christmas cards off yesterday. Can you believe it took me a full day just to write the inserts for 57 cards!! So with that done, I put away the Christmas stamps and opened up my new box goodies.

Ohhhlalala what a delightful box of fabulousness!!! As Demonstrators, we get to preorder products from upcoming catalogues. January 2019 is the release of the Occasions Catalogue and its also SALE-A-BRATION time!!! You are going to love this years Sale-a-bration items. Even more items have been included that coordinate with products in both the Occasions and Annual catalogues.

An example of this is the Tea Together stamp set - Page 49 of the Occasions Catalogue. It has coordinating framelits that can be earned during Sale-a-bration. Todays card uses both the Tea Together stamp set and the Tea Time Framelit Dies - Page 17 of Sale-a-bration brochure.

Both cards also use pieces of Botanical Butterfly DSP which is also a SAB item. The first card has the diagonal striped panel running down the left hand side and the black and white butterfly DSP die cut using the Tea Pot framelit. Before adhering the Tea Pot to the Whisper White card front, I gave it a little flick with a Basic Black Stampin' Write marker. 

The Whisper White card front was then lined with a panel of black and then Gold Foil before adhering to the diagonal striped DSP with Tombow. I have then attached this to a Black card base.

Gold Metallic Thread has been tucked behind the Tea Pot with a few Gold Glitter hearts and Epoxy Heart Droplets were added. A panel of vellum has been Gold Heat Embossed with a sentiment and adhered with Tombow and a sponge. 

The second card uses another panel of the diagonal striped DSP, this time I have teamed it with the floral images from the Tea Together stamp set. I did borrow the sentiment from another stamp set - Country Home.

Pink toned Stampin' Blends were used to colour the petals and Soft Sea Foam for the leaves. Silver Glitter foliage has also been added between the layering of the floral elements (I couldn't help myself lol)

I absolutely adore the floral images in this stamp set and the Mothers Day sentiments, I cannot wait to use the large statement stamp for my Mumma's MD card next year. That sounds so distant but in reality, next year is just around the corner.....eeekkkk!! Almost time for me to start my journey on the 2019 Artisan Design Team.

I am excited beyond words to start my year with the Talented 2019 ADT crew, they are all such lovely ladies and I am so happy to be sharing this experience with them all. They are all deserving and amazingly inspirational woman. Be sure to join us in 2019 as we overcome our nerves lol and share what we all love - creating with amazing Stampin' Up! products.

As the new team is about to start their tenure, the 2018 Artisan Design Team are winding down with possibly there last Blog Hop for the year. Thank You to the 2018 ADT, your creations throughout this year were amazing, with so much creativity, inspiration, colour, diversification, tips, encouragement and support. Big thanks to Susan Wong and Jennifer Frost for encouraging me to apply for 2019. You ladies along with a few others had more faith in my skills than I did lol Forever grateful for this opportunity!!! Just hope I do not disappoint.

Thanks for stopping by today. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Holiday Catalogue Favourites

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the last Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for 2018. This month we are featuring our favourite item from the Holiday Catalogue. I have chosen the very summery and non traditional So Santa Stamp Set as these kind of images are ever so popular in the South Pacific, with Christmas falling in the middle of our Summer. 

Our local fire brigade volunteers a fire truck so Santa and his helpers visit every house on Christmas morning, with his shorts and thongs, bellowing Merry Christmas as he throws lollies to all the neighbourhood kids. Local surfers will sport a Santa Hat on Christmas Day if there are waves to ride, in fact its not unusual to see a sea of red hats down any beach in Australia on Chrissy Day. 

I decided to use that cute little surfing Santa to create a bauble for our Christmas Tree along with four cards in four different colours.

The dome has a screw bottom so all I had to do was stamp, colour and fussy cut the Santa image with a little tab on the bottom so I could adhere him to the plastic dome with a few glue dots. The Palm  tree was made with the Tropical Chic Thinlits and some Wood texture DSP.  Some beautiful white Singleton Beach sand has been added to the bottom before screwing together.

All four cards are exactly the same design, I have just changed the colours of DSP and inks used. The sponged background has been completed using Shimmery White card and then adhered to the back of a "photo frame". The Photo Frame is easy to make, just cut a square from the top portion of a rectangular die cut. 

The card front has been die cut with the "x" border from the Stitched Labels Framelits in a zig zag pattern. This was then adhered to the whisper white card base. A layer of craft foam has been added to the back of the "photo frame" as these are being posted, the craft foam prevents any squishing or dents.

The frangipani flower from Tropical Chic was stamped in Pineapple Punch for all four cards, with the leaves of each card changing to coordinate with the DSP and coloured sponging.

The four colours used for the set of cards are Flirty Flamingo, Grapefruit Grove, Blueberry Bushel and Highland Heather.

Thanks for stopping by today. The DT Team at Sunday Stamping wish you all a safe and happy Festive Season. Until next month, stay awesome and stay crafty