Onstage Perth April 2018

Good Day Crafty Friends,

What a weekend! I have just returned from Stampin’Up! Onstage in Scarborough, Perth. What an absolutely amazing day!! I had so much fun. It was super great to catch up with my Stampin' Sisters from "A Klass Act". Below is a pic of some the “Klassy Chicks” that attended and managed to make the group photo! There are so many of us and not all were able to attend as some live Interstate.   

 

My Upline Sarah Klass (front,centre) gave an awesome presentation as did my fellow JAI Design Team member, Rachael Lewsley.

 

We were so spoilt by Stampin' Up!. Our reversible goodie bag contained: Stampin' Up! lightbox, a new stamp set and a pack logo pens.  I also won two fantastic stamp sets from prize patrol, received a stunning diary and got to share the contents of the box used to create our make and takes.

 

Other highlights included meeting all the lovely demos at Check in, swapping, seeing the catalogue & inspiration boards and photos with some of my favie peeps, including the Perth chapter of the:

JUST ADD INK DESIGN TEAM

Chantell Randall, Me, Rachael Lewsley & Kelly Kent. 

And the Perth gals from the,

COLOUR INKSPIRATION DESIGN TEAM

Nicole Wilson, Kelly Kent & Me.

I wasn’t going to make swaps but decided at the last minute I had too! Swapping with other demo’s is a fabulous way to meet new crafty friends on the day. I got to meet so many wonderful stampers on the day, glad I pushed myself to complete my swaps.

These were my swaps - I made 40 Apron Treat Holders with little chocolate Easter eggs inside. I gave these to the volunteers that I worked with at Check in, the Technical group responsible for the audio and filming, the ladies in my Stampin’ group - Klassy Chicks and I even managed to give one to Rich Jutkins, President & COO of Stampin’ Up! all the way from Home Office in Utah, USA. Rich gave some awesome presentations throughout the day. He was so informative and entertaining, I loved his terrible Dad jokes!!!

I made 60 Stamped Clay Gift Tags as my general swaps. I didn’t have time to make cards so I needed to think outside the box. On Wednesday I rushed down to Jackson’s - an Art supply store in Mandurah and purchased some EC White Air Dry Clay.

To create the tags, I used a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut the shape from the clay which I used a rolling pin to flatten. Use a skewer to poke the hole in the corner for the twine. Leave to dry, flat on wax paper overnight. Once dry, lightly sand any rough edges and ensure the front is flat enough to stamp.

I used the Hardwood Background Stamp with Sahara Sand Ink and let dry before stamping the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black.

A loop of Linen Twine and a wooden bead were added before adhering to the tag. The tag was made using the Scalloped Tag Punch and stamped with Petal Palette.

I cannot wait to unpack my new catalogue and start on my wish lists!! Lol It’s truly an amazing Catalogue filled to the brim with so many wonderful, must have products. If you would like a new catalogue when it becomes available on the 1st Of June, contact me and I would be happy to share the excitement with you. 

Photo's of my Demonstrator Display Board samples can be shown from tomorrow onwards,  so keep an eye out for my next few posts, as they feature 3 stamp sets from the new Catalogue along with a few other products.

Until next time, stay crafty xx

 

Sweet Soirée Memories & More Card Pack

Hello Crafty Friends,

Hope your day is going well. Today, I am sharing another group of cards made with the Free Sale-a-bration Memories & More Card Pack - Sweet Soirée.

One Pack Wonder - Cards 6 to 10

Items used to create this set of 44 Cards: Sweet Soirée Memories & More Card Pack (Free Sale-a-Bration item), Cake Soirée Stamp, Hardwood Background Stamp, White Card Bases, Embossing Folders, White Bakers Twine & White Embossing Powder.

Design #6

This is another of my favourites from the set of 44. I gave the card some stitching detail by running the card through the Big Shot with a square stitched Framelit. 

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the Memories & More Card with Black Archival Ink. The flowers were inked using Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugar Plum, Melon Mambo & Rich Razzleberry. Pool Party, Lemon Lime Twist and Old Olive inks for the foliage. 

The stamped images were fussy cut (I hadn’t ordered the Dies when making this set - they are on their way!)

The card front has been embossed then layered with Black Card before adhering to card base. The Memories & More Card was also layered in Black Card to match its base. 

Design #7

Another one of my favourites and easy to create. You could emboss the white card front but I decided to leave it plain and just adhere to the card base. To this I added the Old Olive Polka Dot Memories & More Card. 

Using the square stitched Framelits to cut the base of the centrepiece. To this a slightly smaller square was cut and embossed using the Hexagon Folder. A strip of scrap from another M&M Card was tucked under the square before adhering to card front.

The floral images were inked using Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry. I used a sponge dauber to apply the darker centres. Pool Party, Old Olive & Lemon Lime Twist inks were used for the other foliage. 

Design #8

These cards combine elements of the card above with my favourite horizontal striped card placed on the left hand side. A 0.5” inch strip has been adhered to the card base (left or right, I prefer the left). Before attaching the white card front to the base, I adhere a thin strip of black card on the left hand side. 

The Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Memories & More Card has been adhered using Tombow. The stamped images have been attached using mini dimensionals. The Best Wishes sentiment was white heat embossed on black and also adhered using dimensionals.

Design #9

Oh my.......look at that wonky stitching! Lol I swear they didn’t look that bad when I was doing them! Naughty Betsy (my sewing machine) she must have had too many New Years drinks before I let her drive! 

Omit the stitching and use a Stiched Framelit is my suggestion lol So basically this is two M & M cards layered on top of each other. The smaller of the two cards has had the sentiment stamped directly onto it using Black Archival. 

Design #10

Just keep your eyes at the top of this card and the stitching looks great! Again you can omit the stitching on these two cards. 

Using the larger patterned Memories & More Card as the card front, before attaching the smaller card, I adhered a delicate doiley. They have been applied in different orientations on both cards.

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the smaller card and then adhered to the card front using Tombow.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope my creations have inspired you to get into your craft room and create.  

If you are like me, and would rather stroke and admire your lovely collection of papers, dsp, memory keeping cards, than cut them up, know that if you love it, the recipient is more than likely going to love it too! 

Share your pretties! One of my major goals for 2018 is to make 365 Cards - that’s a Card a day. 44 Down 321 left to make. Have you set a crafting goal for 2018? I’d love to hear what yours is. 

Until next time, stay awesome by staying crafty,

Colourful Seasons Bundle

Hello & Welcome Crafty Friends

I have a card to share today that was made with the Colourful seasons bundle - available  June 1st from the 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue. Updated 7/6/2018 - This bundle has been carried over into the 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue.

The bundle is amazing for creating projects with all four seasons in mind. It has beautiful detailed leaves Dies and the snowflakes are so intricate. A beach chair both of which are different in the stamp set to the die, and some gorgeous blossoms. Also included is a scalloped edge die which I have yet to test out.

I used the blossoms dies from the Colorful Seasons bundle in the card below, along with the wood grain back ground stamp. The sentiment was heat embossed in gold on vellum and attached to the card front before adhering the chair and blossom die cuts.

 

The following card was inspired by  fellow SU demo Natalie Lapakko owner of stampwitch.blog. I don't like to case 100% so took her wonderful concept and changed the colours and used a different sentiment. 

We have a team swap coming up next weekend and I think I will use this card as it has a lot of wow factor and is simple and easy to replicate.

I have used the Stitched Shapes Framelits to cut the black card stock and the ink splatter Whisper White pieces. Inks used for the splattering were Tempting Turquoise, Marina Mist and Night of Navy.

I have made a few décor pieces using this wonderful bundle which I will share in my next post, hoping to inspire you to use your card making supplies for other purposes.

Until next time, stay crafty