Good Day Crafty Friends,
Today I am hopping with fellow South Pacific Artisan Design Team Members Rochelle Blok, Narelle Farrugia, Tanya Rees and Angela Meiritz-Reid. What is the Artisan Design Team? We are a group of talented and creative Stampin'Up! Demonstrators from around the world selected by Stampin'Up! to blog about projects we create. We participate in monthly Artisan Blog Hops, share Instagram Tips and design for Stampin'Up! Corporate Blog Posts.
The South Pacific Artisan Design Team members - Rochelle, Narelle, Tanya and myself representing Australia, and Angela being the sole Artisan from New Zealand, have decided to collaborate for this special blog hop to share projects made with the Gingham Gala Suite and coordinating Sale-a-bration products.
Some items from the current Occasions and Sale-a-Bration Catalogues have been so popular they are hitting low stock levels. The Butterfly Duet Punch is one of these items!! It is currently still able to be ordered in the South Pacific market (sold out in the U.S.) so if you are crushing on this bundle, get in quick before they disappear. If you do miss out, I am happy to advise that the punch will be back in stock in a few months time.
Onto my projects.....I have two creations to share with you today - a little bird cage with matching card.
Both the card and bird cage feature the Butterfly Botanical DSP which is a free product item that can be earned during Sale-a-Bration. What's Sale-a-Bration you ask? Only the best sale promo ever!!!
Heres a quick "how to" earn freebies during Sale-a-Promotion. (Australian market)
1. SHOP - Your choice of free product from the Sale-a-Bration brochure for every AUD$90 order.
2. HOST - Additional AUD$40 in Stampin' Rewards when your party totals are over AUD$450
3. JOIN - Option A. Join for AUD$169 and get AUD$315 in product.
Option B. Join for AUD$210 and get AUD$315 in product PLUS exclusive Craft & Carry Tote valued at AUD$87
My card measures 5" x 5" and has a predominately black and white colour theme, inspired by the Botanical Butterfly DSP, with a few hints of gold foil and embossing with some blushing bride.
The little bird cage was made by creating two "box lids" from Thick Whisper White Card Stock. These measured 3" x 3" when glued together. 1/2" Strips of card stock were adhered to the inside of the bottom "lid", left to dry overnight and then this process was repeated for the other end/top.
Another box lid was created for the bottom stand, this time a little longer in length so that I was able to use the Darling Label Punch to create the legs of the bird cage stand. The top portion of the cage was then adhered to the "stand" with Tombow Multi Purpose Glue. Another 1/2" strip of Whisper White card was used to make the circle handle which has been adhered to the top of the bird cage with strong double sided adhesive so it can be hung with ribbon.
All the Butterflies have been created with the Butterfly Gala Stamp Set and Duet Punch. Gold Heat embossed onto Shimmery White card, water coloured using an Aqua Painter and then punched.
Gold Metallic Thread has been used to suspend the Butterflies from the ceiling of the bird cage. The wooden Butterfly embellishments used are also a Sale-a-Bration item - the outside of the external Butterfly and the foliage for the flowers. I used Tombow to secure them in place as the Glue Dots in the Perth summer heat tend to not be strong enough.
All the flowers were creating by using a tutorial normally used to make Giant Flowers - the kind used for backdrops of photos etc. These are all over the internet, all you need to do is adjust the concept to a mini version. The sentiments used on both the card and bird cage are also from the Butterfly Gala stamp set, white heat embossed on Black card stock.
The inside of bird cage has been lined with the same dotted DSP used on the left hand side of the card. To finish the card a few little gold sequins have been added.
The inside of bird cage has been lined with the same dotted DSP used on the left hand side of the card. To finish the card a few little gold sequins have been added.
Thanks so much for stopping by today. If you have just arrived at my blog or have missed some of the amazing projects shared by fellow South Pacific Artisan Design Team members , you can start at the beginning with Rochelle Blok, by clicking on the image below.
You can find all the products used to create today's Card and Bird Cage projects in the list below:
Product List
Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty
That birdcage is amazing Jackie, and those flowers are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteOMG Jackie your card and birdcage are stunning - absolutely love them x
ReplyDeleteWow! Just gorgeous x
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