Botanical Blooms and Congrats Sale-a-bration sets

The blue is bashful blue the lighter brown is close to cocoa and the darker brown is choc chip. I just love these colours together! I like the effect of the two step stamping in this one, as you can see you don't need to line it up perfectly to get a great look.

Time well spent magic card - take 2

I really enjoyed doing the magic card and thought I'd have another go at it. I like the strong colours on this card.

True Friend and Apple Cider paper

A few of our demonstrator group "Gail Force Stampers" had a weekend away and naturally we took our stamping stuff. This is a set and paper from the Spring mini that I hadn't had a chance to play with yet. Here is a card that I did while I was waiting for the others to arrive. It took time to cut it all out and layer it but I wasn't in a hurry at the time and I'm really pleased with the result. It also gave me a chance to use some of the gorgeous silver hodgepodge.

Construction birthday card

Here is a card I did for Brodie's 3rd birthday. The 3 is done with a tyre track wheel. The bulldozer is from a retired Stampin' Up! set called Construction that I just can't part with.

Wild about you pop up card

I did this card for Noah's 4th birthday. I got the idea from a pop up card book that Mandy had borrowed from the library, thanks Mandy! The clouds are stamped with the top of the cupcake stamp from 'Big Bold Birthday'

Magic Card - Time Well Spent

For our stamp club in January we made a magic card. When it is closed it's black and white and when you slide it out it's in colour. It was a very fiddly card to make but the result was great.

It's been ages

Hi,

Christmas is well and truly over and the shock of the new school routine has finally subsided so I thought it was time to update on here. Since Christmas I have also started a new part time job and my new boss has gone on maternity leave. She had a little girl Ashlee the day after I finished my training. Here is the card I made for her.

Merry Christmas

Well it's that time of year where we are all rushing around. For me it was finishing school myself for the year, lots of kinder parties and a graduation for Mitchell and of course there is the Christmas shopping. I've finally finished that and I have very few to buy for so my sympathies to those still going. Unfortunately I have left making my own cards to the last minute but I've finally finished them. I did two different types this year. One is a Star Card and thanks to Mandy from our stamp club for showing me how to do these. They look like a small tag but when you move the bead or button up the string and open it up you get a very cute star. If you would like the instructions for this card please email me anemarie@bigpond.net.au and I'll forward you a copy. The other is a general card using the Dashing DSP, Certainly Celery, Real Red and Very Vanilla Card stock. The tree is from the Season of Joy set and the 'Very Merry' is from the Short and Sweet set. I'm not sure if you can see in the photo but I used a cuttlebug to dry emboss spots on the very vanilla panel.

This will be my last post until Christmas so I wish you all Joy and Happiness. Have a great Christmas!

Anne-Marie

Christmas Techniques class

We had a great time at our Christmas techniques class this week. We each made a chocolate basket, a gift card holder and a lolly bag. All great for gift giving this Christmas. It's amazing to see the different variations that appear once a new technique is learnt. Here are our chocolate baskets. They are made with a sheet of 12"x12" card stock and 2 sheets of designer series paper. Some were made using the Dashing papers, two of the ladies used the Holiday Harmony papers from the Spring mini catalogue and I used the Apple Cider papers, also from the Spring mini. I think they look fab and will look even better overflowing with lovely chocolates.....yummm.

Stampin' Up! November Specials

There are 2 fantastic specials this month running from 10th to 30th of November.

Our first special is one Stampin' Up! demonstrators have been asking for and now it's here. You can buy Stampin' Write markers individually for just $4.95 each. We think this is a fantastic idea! Now you can chose the colours you use most often without having to buy the whole colour family pack.

Continuing our celebration of Stampin' Up!'s 20th anniversary there is a special 20/20 offer. You will get 20% off all Rub-Ons when you spend $20 on Stampin' Up! products. That includes the ones in the current Idea Book and Catalogue and in the Spring Mini Catalogue, that's 5 different designs to chose from. Each pack comes with a page of white and a page of black with many of the designs matching or coordinating with our stamp sets. They can be used on cards, scrapbook pages and hard surfaces such as glass.

To place an order or for more information please email me at anemarie@bigpond.net.au

Where've ya been?

It's been a while since I've updated on here (cringe) sorry about that. I have been busy with house guests and workshops but I have been doing some Christmas Cards. To get ready for the stamp-a-stacks I needed to come up with some ideas that would be quick enough to be able to make 5 cards each of 2 designs in a couple of hours. Following are three cards I have done so far. The bird one is based on a card I saw on splitcoast but I don't know who's it was so sorry if I don't give you credit but thanks for the idea.

Greetings Galore Christmas Tree

This is a set a lot of people have but rarely use so I thought I'd try and come up with something quick and easy using the Christmas tree stamp. The cardstock used are Real Red, Certainly Celery, Handsome Hunter and Whisper White. The Handsome Hunter card was put through a cuttlebug to get the lovely dry embossed swirl but if you don't have a cuttlebug or similar you could stamp a background with Handsome Hunter ink, it wouldn't give you a 3D look but would still be very effective. The Christmas tree stamp was inked with Versamark, then Handsome Hunter and heat embossed with clear embossing powder to give it a shine. This would be an easy card to do for a stamp-a-stack or even if you just wanted to produce a few of the same card

Always Christmas Card

It's a bit hard to see in the photo but the Real Red card was stamped with the Poinsettia from the Season of Joy set in Real Red. The 'Merry Christmas' is also from the Season of Joy set and the bird is from the Always set. The green card used for layering and the ribbon are Certainly Celery. A very simple and easy card to do suitable for a stamp-a-stack.

Season of Joy

I stamped the words stamp in Purely Pomegranate then again in Handsome Hunter and cut out the '&', middle poinsettia, tree and snowflake. These are attached with dimensionals. The large poinsettia was stamped twice and the small flower stamped three times. These were hand cut out and layered, again with dimensionals. I punched the double ribbon in the corner and threaded the pomegranate ribbon through. The words were then mounted on Handsome Hunter and the card is Purely pomegranate. Because of all the hand cutting this card isn't suitable for a stamp-a-stack but I really like the way it came out.

Stamp Club

We had a great time at stamp club this month. We made a quick and easy Christmas card, pictured and an Origami Christmas Tree. I'll post a picture as soon as I've finished the card. We also made a really simple gift box that looks fabulous. If you are interested in joining the stamp club, details are on the side panel, or email me and I'll get back to you asap.