Launch project - Sketched birthday

This is the second project we made at my catalogue launch party.

We used two new in-colours: Coastal Cabana and strawberry Slush!

The brand new stampset we used is called :

"Sketched Birthday".

 

It's a fun fold card, that we folded in almost thirds. 

The largest 6.4cm circle punch is used to make a hole for the birthday cake greeting to poke through.

Inside I stamped a balloon and another sentiment form this set.

I like the sketchy style of the drawings and word-style in banners, that are easy to cut out with scissors, punch or Framelits.

Sketched Birthday 8 stamps, $33.95 (clear mount) or $42.95 (wood mounted).

Punches: 6.4cm circle $29.95

6cm scallop circle punch $29.95

4.4cm scallop punch $29.95

Modern label punch $29.95

2.2cm scallop punch $18.95

Artisan label punch $27.95

Pretty Postage Flowers

 We have had a big week here, starting with Jess performing in the Eisteddford Piano concert on Sunday and Queen's Birthday long weekend.

  Lots of new things arriving in cardboard boxes to play with.

Which leads to lots of cardmaking, crafting and journal creating.

I have a stack of retiring cardstock and stamps to go through and put up for sale.

As I do, I can't help but make a card with the bits I am sorting and combining them with new things that I have on my table.

This is one of those a little bit old and a few things new kind of cards.

Today's card is full of texture in two shades of purple... with white and orange.

The new-ish products are the two scalloped circle punches.

I have featured the flowers on the Postage Paid background stamp and hi-lighted them with some Silver Sparkle Dazzling Details for some glitter and shine.

The Wisteria wonder ink and cardstock is continuing into the next catalogue and the Concord Crush,

well that's left over from last year, but I happen to have a half used pack in my stash and haven't let go of it yet.

Big shot tools: Window Frames Collection Framelit dies

Embossing folders: houndstooth and honeycomb.

First Edition patterned specialty paper is going!

Blooming with Kindness and scallop flower mini tutorial.

It's winter so break out the flowers and layer it up with lace and ribbon. The sun will come out soon enough. I've come up with a cute way to make this little flower. 

Cut two scalloped circles of Cardstock using the 7/8" and 1 1/4" scallop circle punches.

Or, for a single layer just cut one.

 With your sharp snip scissors - Cut from the outside almost into the centre to create petals.
You can cut between every scallop or every second scallop.

Lastly you layer the two flowers together one on top of the other.

Make a hole in the centre with a paper piercing tool and pin it with a decorative brad. Like I have on the next card shown here.

Card recipe:

Stamp set: Blooming with Kindness.

Sweet Essentials.

Tools: scallop circle punch 7/8"

Big shot machine, large scallop edgelits, Delicate design embossing folder.

Wisteria wonder ribbon. And decorative brad.

Inchie squares gift box

This lovely gift box is so cool to make. It's called a one sheet wonder card box.

It will hold a whole stack of C6 envelopes and handmade cards.

Created from a piece of 12 x 12 " white cardboard (the backing piece that comes with a pack of patterned paper) and lots of squares of embossed paper.

 This idea comes from the lovely Tanya Bell at StampingT.com.au

She made hers with 20 x 1 1/4" squares of patterned paper.

 I have stepped it up by using the Natural Composition Specialty embossed paper and simply sponged all my squares with Elegant Eggplant ink.

 My embellished box uses the gorgeous two-tone grey ribbon in the seasonal catalogue, two different purple ribbons from Stampin' Up! and several blossom and flower punches.

I did a fair bit of scrunching and distressing of the flower (great stress release) and added three beautiful feathers.

Enjoy!!!

Teacher's gift

 Its that time of year when we make calendars, notebooks and gift boxes to say thank you to teachers. Whether it's just thanks for putting up with my child for 4 terms or thanks for something more, or like me you just like wrapping up parcels of chocolate, biscuits and tea bags in cardstock and ribbons.

So this is what I have made today. A kind of emergency kit for the school day.... what every teacher will appreciate: a strong cup of tea, gingerbread biscuits and some chocolate !

Recipe:

Whisper white and cherry cobbler cardstock

Ink: Early Espresso, cherry cobbler and Gumball green.

Stamps: Scentsational Season, Musical notes wheel,

Builder wheel: Snowflake party and Good cheer.

Tools: Blossom punch, small scallop circle, snow flake die, Big shot.

Word window punch.

Scallopped tulle ribbon: cherry cobbler and Crumb cake.

Simply scored tool.

Christmas shake up!

 At the  Heartfelt Day this year we saw some fabulous new cards and products demonstrated. I am really impressed with the shaker frames. They are a gorgeous new idea which create a dimensional window to fill with glass glitter, dazzling diamonds, cut shapes, anything.

I cased some of the elements from the Shaker card featured on page 92 of the Annual catalogue. It uses the Shaker frames from page 177.
They are a fab new product this year that makes this little penguin so happy in his snow filled home!!!

I have put Glass glitter and Dazzling diamonds behind the window sheet and framed the stamp with a scallop circle punch. I can't wait to make more of these.

 I really enjoyed seeing Marelle's Joy Shaker card at Heartfelt.  

She used the Ornament punch to make the shaker.

When I made my card I kept her idea of the JOY in mind, but my "O" is a lot larger to fit the Zoo Review penguin in.

Card Recipe:

Stampsets: Zoo review, Morning post, Sweet Essentials.

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Ink: Midnight Muse, baja breeze

Acetate Window sheet.

Shaker frames $8.95 p.177

Punches: 6cm Scallop circle, 4.4cm circle

Stitched Satin Midnight muse Ribbon.

Glass Glitter, Dazzling diamonds.

Baker's twine (Island Indigo)

Builder Wheel: Snowflake party and Good cheer.

Mini glue dots and dimensionals.

Scentsational Season

 Here's to wishing you Peace on Earth and a Scent-sational season!

This one started as a CASE of the Peace on Earth card on page 8 of the Holiday catalogue.

I liked the Banner / Flag shape of the stamped panel and I was going to put the Peace on Earth circle in the middle of the Glimmer Paper scallop, but decided I just had to use the gingerbread man which relegated the peace on earth to the bottom right hand side.

 Just loving this Designer Series patterned paper - Snow Festival - with the neighbourhood houses, trees and snow flakes from page 10.

It looks really lush layered on top of the Cherry Cobbler Core'dinations paper that I have crumpled and distressed.

 My second card is a paired back version using the Christmas tree image within the scalloped circle and a piece of Snow Festival Paper on top of gumball green cardstock.

The background is stamped with Sahara Sand ink on Sahara Sand Cardstock.

I have stamped the Daydream Medallions randomly so they look a tiny bit like snowflakes.

 I think the sahara sand cardstock works well with the blues and greens, while the crumb cake card goes better with Cherry Cobbler and reds. What do you think?

Greetings of the Season $21.95

Scentsational Seasons $25.95

Snow Festival DSP $18.95

Glimmer paper $8.95



CASEing the catalogue for ideas

My card today is inspired by two images in the Holiday catalogue on page 7.

It is so easy to flip through for ideas - the hard part is deciding what to make.

When I first saw the gift bag with a christmas tree made out of punched scallop shapes it caught my eye.

 And I bought the Textured embossing folder: Holiday Frame

 intending to make the card on this page as well.

 So what's a girl to do?

But combine both ideas in one card, of course.

 I punched out five Gumball Green scallop circle punches.

And, one in Raspberry Ripple.

It is 3.2 cm wide (that's 1 1/4 inches) and fits lots of our other small punches inside.

Like the Small heart punch (in Silver Glimmer paper!!!!)

The star punch

(or star framelit die from scentsational season)

The Boho blossoms punch and 1.9cm circle punch too.

Embellishing each little scallop circle is the fun part.

You can use glimmer papers, baker's twine, rhinestone jewels, crumpled circles, buttons or brads.

Then, I tied it with a piece of stitched satin ribbon to finish off the card.

 Remember till the end of October -

you can get free Ribbon

 with every $60 you spend -

why not bundle up a punch at $27.95,

some cardstock (Gumball green) at $11.95

and a sentiment stamp (Greetings of the season) $21.95 

You can Email me with your order to: nerida_carter@hotmail.com

Glimmering Snow Flurry ornaments

It may not snow here at Christmas and I am definitely no snow flake expert But I made these with my bigshot Snow flurry die.

 The snow flake is a combination of three die cuts in different materials.

Silver Glimmer paper, acetate (aka window sheets), on a Marina mist cardstock base.

Can you imagine these hanging in your window, catching the sunlight with all that bling and shine?

In your favourite Christmas colour hanging on your tree...

The centre of my snow flake is a facetted button from Stampin' Up! with a rhinestone stick on jewel in the centre of that.

I love how each element just builds on top of the other.

The acetate bends upwards and gives it a gorgeous 3D effect.

Here's the recipe:

Stampset: none

Ink: white stazon ink (for the edges of the acetate)

Cardstock: Marina Mist

Acetate - window sheet.

Other: Glimmer paper in silver (also comes in champagne and red)

$8.95 - see page 18 of the holiday catalogue.

Big shot $150 (ask me how to get your big shot for only $75)

BigZ die - snow flurry  $37.95

Embossing folder: Petals a plenty $13.95

Punch: Scallop circle

Facetted buttons

Rhinestone jewel

Baker's twine (Island Indigo).

Enjoy!!!!

Wishing you happiness...

This is definitely a card that is better in real life.

I am making a series of cards with fabric, layers and the textures.

 It's a touchy feely card in both senses of the word.

 Starting with the houndstooth embossing on the base card, the fabric scallop circle and ruffled ribbons.

Then, I distressed a piece of cardstock with lots of shimmer paint spray and tucked it underneath the folded tag on the front.

 I have tied the tag with a ruffled ribbon and a vintage tag (with a pearl)!

Embossed the tag with the Designer frames folder (as it fits perfectly on to it).

And sponged and sprayed with ink and shimmer mist.

On the outside it says:

Wishing you ....

and on the inside:

... happiness, today and always.

Card Recipe:

Fabric: Timeless Portrait

Big shot machine

Scallop Circle die

Houndstooth embossing folder

Designer frames embossing folder

Two tags die. 

Stampsets: Forever young

   Heard from the heart

Cardstock: Pool Party, Concord Crush, Very Vanilla

Ink: Pool Party, Basic Black, Island Indigo.

Shimmer paint: Frost white

Itty bitty Punch Pack,

 Lace border punch.

Ribbon: vanilla seam binding, pool party ruffled.

Antique brad, mini vintage tag.

Sponge dauber and Pearls.

Joyful ornament cards

 A week ago I realised how close we are to December...

Took stock of how few christmas cards I have made and decided:

It was time to make a stack of cards, plus maybe try a different style of card this year.

As demonstrators we saw this idea at Convention in May created by Stampin' Up's Pam Morgan.

It is aptly named a telescope card, as it folds outwards and gets longer and larger, like a telescope I suppose.

 I love my "Dasher" stamp. He polishes up so prettily with some silver embossing.

His swirling antler nicely matches the
 "Snow Swirled" stampset.

 The Not Quite Navy and Pool Party make cool crisp snowflakes.

 Ten done and maybe another 20 to go?

I have a few more to show you tomorrow.

Enjoy!