Catty Launch Continued

I'm back again with the lucky last card from the Catty Launch.  I'm making up for lost time with the blogging so get set for a few more surprises.  The first card is one I CASED from Kylie Leusciatti's shoebox swap.  It gave me some inspiration at just the right time. 

Kylie CASED her card from Mary Fish so check out Mary's original card at her blog Stampin' Pretty.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Loving Thoughts
Ink:  Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
Card: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Soft Suede, Comfort Cafe DSP
Big Shot etc: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder
Punches: Scallop Trim, Blossom, Boho Blossom, 1 1/4" Square
Accessories: Simply Scored, Sponge Dauber, Basic Pearl, Vintage Crochet Trim

Snowflake Wonder

I'm back again as promised with one of the projects we made at the Catalogue Launch.  It's no surprise here that we don't get snow at Christmas here in Australia.  I think that's why I'm so drawn to snowflake's because it's something very rarely seen.  As soon as I saw the Snow Flurry die in the Holiday Catalogue I knew that it was on my MUST have wish list.

The card we made was a CASE from a class I went to in Vancouver with the very talented Kari Metzger.  As we didn't have snowflake dies or punches I had no way to recreate this card for a class.  Check out Kari's original card below.  I couldn't find the right post on her blog with pictures so I took a photo of the one I made at her class.

It's such a gorgeous card and inside it's a pop up card too, you can't quite make out all the inner workings but it's still pretty.  If you like Kari's style check out her blog at The Stampin' Grounds.

So now that you've seen my inspiration here is the card that we made at the Catty Launch.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Tiny Tags
Ink:  Early Espresso
Card: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla
Big Shot etc: Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Snow Flurry Die
Punches: Jewellery Tag
Accessories: Stampin' Pierce Mat, Piercing Tool, Sponge Dauber, Vintage Trinkets, Crumb Cake Scallop Tulle Ribbon, Dimensionals.

Core'dinations & Watercolouring

Here's one of the cards we made at the Catty Launch.  We did a bit of watercolouring using markers on the gorgeous Hostess Set Summer Afternoon.  The set is perfect for watercolouring as it has all the markings that show where the light and shadow go for the watercolouring.  We simply used a the lightest shade of a colour ie the Crumb Cake to colour in the swing and then used the darker shade Soft Suede to mark the hightlights.  We also used the new Apothecary Accents Framelits and the new Core'dinations Card.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Summer Afternoon (Hostess)
Ink:  Early Espresso
Card: More Mustard, Early Espresso Core'dinations Card, Very Vanilla
Big Shot etc: Apothecary Accents, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder
Punch: Scallop Border
Accesories: Sponge Dauber, Natural Cotton Ribbon, Sanding Block, Markers: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, More Mustard, Certainly Celery, Gumball Green, Bashful Blue

Catty Launch Pics

Hiya All,  Wowee it's been a busy few weeks.  I've been burning the candle at both ends with classes, the Catalogue Launch and making 500 Christmas Cards for Fund raising for a local non profit organisation (I'll be posting details and pics soon).  There have been a few midnight or later nights in the last few weeks.   Hence not a lot of blog posting.  So I'll make up for it with a few pics from the Catalogue Launch.

We had a great time trying out the new products and the ladies who attended all got a few little bits from me too.  I made up some Catalogue Survival Kits, which were an idea I got from Debbie Yeomans.  I have since seen them on a few different blogs.  But here's my version...

I used the oh so gorgeous Summer Smooches DSP, and the Apothecary Accents Framelits, the Dotted Scallop Ribbon & Scallop Border Punches to make up these kits.  On the inside is a little ditty that I wrote up, as you'll guess the Highlighted words are items included in the kit, while the words in "Inverted Comma's" are all stamp sets from the Annual & Holiday Catalogues. 

Sorry the picture didn't come out great, I'll keep trying to take a better one.  The ladies that attended also got to pick a Pack of Designer Series Paper with co-ordinating accessories.  As seen below...

Here's how they all look together.

There was a door prize offered of a Sweet Pressed Cookie set or other item to the same value.  I'm happy to say that the winner was Sheila Wright *wave* hi Sheila.  Thanks so much to everyone that came along it was a lot of fun.

I will be back soon with pictures of the projects we made for the Launch.



Masking Magic

Hi All,  I've just had a lovely weekend away at a demo retreat in Denmark.  It was a great weekend, fabulous ladies, loads of yummy food and of course stacks of stamping!  I'll post some photo's of the beautiful creations we made shortly.

The card I'm sharing today is one we made last month as a sympathy card and is featuring masking as the technique.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Inspired by Nature (retired), Curly Cute
Ink:  So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Not Quite Navy
Card: Pear Pizzaz, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla
Punches: Lace Ribbon Border
Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Basic Pearls, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Upcoming Classes to Showcase new Products

Hello All, with all the fabulous new products in the Annual Catalogue and Holiday Catalogue just released I am hosting a range of new classes to showcase the gorgeous co-ordinated Stampin' Up! products.  The upcoming classes are as follows:

We have the Catalogue Launch - come along and see the beautiful products in person and make a few projects, receive Catty's, a sample pack of DSP and accessories and go in the draw to win the "Holidays Sweet Pressed Cookes stamps or a stamp set to the same value.  Class fee is $15 and the dates are as follows:

Monday 17th Sept 7pm
Tuesday 18th Sept 7pm
Saturday 22nd Sept 10am

There is also the Sweet Treats class featuring the Black Forrest Cake Gift Box, Sweet Pressed Cookies and more, the class fee is $15 and the dates are:
Monday 24th Sept 7pm
Saturday 28th Sept 10am

Crazy for Christmas class come along and make the ornament from the front of the Holiday Catalogue along with other christmas inspired projects, class fee is $15 and the dates are:
Saturday 20th Oct 10am
Monday 22nd Oct 7pm

For each of these classes the fee includes all products and tools required for the make and takes and a light supper with refreshments.  If you are interested in attending any of these classes please contact me at peggyq@westnet.com.au to book in.

Yippee it's Here

Hi All,   Yay it's finally here, the new Annual Catalogue for 2012-2013 has arrived check it out on my sidebar.  Be prepared to sit with a cuppa for a nice break while you peruse it at your leisure.  Or alternately if you'd like your very own hard copy contact me and I'll get one to you.  Also very exciting is the release of the new Holiday Mini Catalogue, it's jam packed full of gorgeous products for the holidays.

Meanwhile I promised I'd be back with information for my Black Forest Cake Piece, I've had a very bad cold and even had to cancel Stamp Club on Saturday, my sincerest apologies to the ladies.  I hope to see you at my night's this week instead.  I will endeavour to get the details posted this week for the measurements, so sorry for the delay.

Here's a look at the sweet pillow box we made at last month's stamp club. 

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Loving Thoughts
Ink:  Concord Crush (retired)
Card: Whisper White, Blushing Bride (retired)
Big Shot etc: Pillow Box Die
Punches: Modern Label, Triple Layer Doily (retired)
Accessories: Flirtatious Fabric, Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets, Piercing Tool & Mat, Rhinestone Brad (retired)