A Little Wild

Hi Stampers,
                     The card I'm sharing today is a cute and softly toned card.  I fell in love with the A Little Wild Stamp set images they were just so cute with the front and back of the animals.  You could easily use this card for a child or for a baby card, the colours are soft and muted.  I've added to that effect by sponging around the Coffee Break Designer Series Paper (DSP), Soft Sky & Whisper White layers by sponge daubing the edges with Soft Sky ink, it really softens up the look of the card.

I kept to the circular theme portrayed in the DSP by punching out the focal image with the Starburst Punch and then the sentiment with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch.  I used my colours based from what was in the DSP pack.  I made a very similar card to this for a very good friend recently for the birth of her son, I did use the alternate greeting from the stamp set " A great big welcome for a sweet little someone".

Stamp Set: A Little Wild
Inks: Basic Black Archival, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzaz
Card: Soft Sky, Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White, Coffee Break DSP
Punches: Starburst, 1 1/4" Circle
Big Shot: Garden Trellis EF
Accessories: Sponge Daubers, Adhesive, Dimensionals

# Please note the A Little Wild Stamp Set is available as a Bundle with the Little Loves Framelits at 10% discount shown on page 108 of the Annual Catalogue.

Balloon Fever

Hi All
           In case you haven't noticed there is a decided trend towards projects featuring Balloons.  Stampin' Up! have a nice array of Balloon focused products in the Occasions Catalogue.  The fabulous bundle with Balloon Celebration Stamp Set & Balloon Bouquet Punch on page 12 and 13.  There is also the very sweet Balloon Builders Stamp Set on page 14 which shows an array of different balloon shapes - which can be made into sweet balloon animals.  For the project I'm sharing today I used the Balloon Builders Stamp Set to make a cute teddy bear card suitable for a new baby or a young boy.  I cannot take credit for the cute teddy bear the original creator is Ruth Norton check out her original card on her Blog - Ruthsstamping Corner.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Balloon Builders
Ink:  Soft Suede, Basic Black Archival Ink
Card: Mint Macaron, Night of Navy, Whisper White, English Garden DSP
Accessories: Basic Black Marker, Adhesive, Dimensionals

Spooky Birthday

Hi All
         Sorry for the intermission I've got no excuses I've been on holidays and have been slack on my blogging.  Whoopsie.  But here's a Spooky Birthday Card that's kinda cool... at least I think so.

Project Recipe:

Stamp Set: Googly Ghouls, Sassy Salutations (Inside Greeting)

Ink: Basic Black

Card: Lucky Limeade, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP

Big Shot: Chevron Embossing Folder

Accessories: Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit, Striped Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Paper snips, Adhesive, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Monster Mash

Hi All
         Hope you had a fabulous Christmas and New Year!  With all the rush and the my gorgeous daschund Adam I haven't had a chance to get to my computer let alone blog...lol.  But better late than never here is a project we made at the Monster Mash class last year.  It is a Frankenstein box which I CASED from Dianna Gibbs check out her version here.

For those of you that know me I'm not overly into Halloween.  However I simply loved some of the sets in the Holiday Catalogue and came up with the idea of a Monster Mash themed class.  It's perfect for a boy's birthday party.  The Frankenstein box can be filled with ghastly treats...or the regular kind lol.

Project Recipe:
Ink: Soft Suede
Card: Wild Wasabi, Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver
Punches: Round Tab (Retired), 1 3/4" Circle, 1 1/2" Circle, 1" Circle
Big Shot: Top Note Die
Accessories: Soft Suede Marker, White Gel Pen, Stampin' Trimmer & Scoring Tool, Stampin' Sponge, Adhesive and Dimensionals

Birthday Wishes

Hi All, I'm sorry to say this post was supposed to go up on Tuesday night.  But I haven't been online for a bit and hadn't noticed it hadn't posted.  So please forgive me for the technical difficulties which prevented me from posting this till now.

I have some special birthday wishes to go out to Jessica Happy Birthday!!! Jessica turned 12 a couple of weeks ago but just this last weekend had her party.  I was lucky enough to go along and provide some projects for Jessica and her friends *wave* to create at her party.  We made a cute little handbag purse and a Birthday Card on the day.  The girls were great and had loads of fun :O)

Here is a picture of the Birthday Card we made, it has had quite a few incarnations on the internet so I'm not sure who first created the cute little present boxes.  If you know please leave me a comment and I can credit the creator.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Party This Way
Ink:  Peach Parfait
Card: Very Vanilla, Peach Parfait, Lucky Limeade
Punches: 1 1/4" Square, 1 3/4" Square, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer, Modern Label
Accessories: Basic Pearls, Dimensionals, Old Olive Grosgrain



Hello Baby

Hiya All, yep you guessed it there's a new bundle of joy arrived to bring joy and happiness.  This little bundle of joy is my friend Tara's nephew Baxter over in Sydney.  Baxter arrived last week and he and Mum are both healthy and well.

Here's the cute little card I made up for Tara to send over welcoming Baxter to the world.

It is a sweet little card, I'm sure you've seen some of these out there in blog land.  I am not sure who the person was that first showed using the Stocking Tag Punch to make the booties.  I would love to give them credit, so if you know who it is please leave me a comment.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Ink:  Baja Breeze
Card: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Twitterpated DSP
Big Shot etc: Framelit Labels Die, Square Lattice Embossing Folder
Punches: Stocking Tag (retired), Modern Label
Accessories: Dimensionals, Sponge Dauber, White Organza Ribbon, Whisper White Grosgrain

Sneak Peak 3

Well it's Monday again time flies by when you're having fun.  Hope you enjoy the extra day off today wherever you may be.  Here is the third project for Stamp Club in March.  I CASED  the punch art for the card from Di Gibbs a lovely demo in Arizona.  To see Di's original card check it out Yeehaw.  Otherwise I used Sketch 219 from Mojo Monday as my inspiration for the layout Mojo Monday 219.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Stitched Stockings, Pettite Pairs
Ink:  Soft Suede
Card: Early Espresso, More Mustard, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Spice Cake DSP
Big Shot etc: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder
Punches: 1 3/4 Circle Punch, Round Tab Punch, 2 3/8 Scallop Circle, Stocking Tag
Accessories: Pearls, Very Vanilla 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Silver Brad, Piercing Tool, Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon

Summer Splash Birthday

Hiya All

Hope you're having a great week.  Mine's going great I had the Fun Time Scrapbooking Class earlier this week (hi ladies **wave**) which was a lot of fun.  I've also had a quick visit from my parents, it's always lovely to see them.  I also managed to squeeze in a trip to the dentist :O(  but it all went well... yay.  So it's my nephew's birthday next week and I've been working on making a birthday card for him.  Here's what I came up with today:

I so love how this has come together, nice and bright and great for a boy.  To make a girl version simply change the Pacific Point to Melon Mambo or Concord Crush.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Summer Splash, On Your Birthday
Ink:  Pacific Point, Lucky Limeade
Card: Pacific Point, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Big Shot etc: Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder
Punches: Owl Builder Punch, Cupcake Builder Punch
Accessories: Lucky Limeade Organdy Ribbon (SAB Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Two Way Glue

*Note SAB stands for Sale-a-bration

Cheers and Happy Stamping

Fun Time Scrapbooking Page

These 2 coordinating scrapbook pages titled Fun Time are bright and fun.  Perfect for scrapbooking children's photo's or for photo's of the Big kids in your life.  These two pages were created for Natasha's workshop (hi Natasha :O),  Natasha likes to scrapbook and wanted scrapbook pages made with blue and suitable for boys.  These were the two pages I came up with.

If you like these pages you can book into a classes I'm holding in February.  The class fee is $10 and includes all materials and light refreshments.  You will create both pages in the class but you have an option of which day to attend:

Saturday 11th February 10am
Monday 13th February  7pm