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Christmas is Coming!!!
Ok, you must be thinking where or earth did she get this idea when it is only the end of September. Well my Birthday has just passed by and that means the Christmas decorations will be out in the shops in the next week or so if they haven’t already been displayed. So I thought I would give you a preview of one of the cards I am offering in the stamp a stack classes I am holding until Christmas. If you attended a class each week you would walk away with 60 Christmas cards. Not bad for an evening or mornings work!!!
This card is made using the the ‘Season of Joy’ & ‘Party Punch’ stamp sets found in the Spring Mini catalogue & 08/09 Ideas book and catalogue. It is made with Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranet and whisper white cards stock.
I have used the Star, Designer Label and Sqare punches and to add a little bit of an element I used Purely Pomegranet Double-Stiched Ribbon and ‘Holiday Harmony’ Designer Series Paper.
If you would like to come along to one of the classes please send me an email. If you don’t live in Sydney but are still interested in a Class and want to get your friends together send me an email as I would be happy to come to your house and run a class instead.
Spring Fever
I am sure you have all noticed that I have a few more posts than normal. Well I have been a busy beaver, with the spring fever setting in and warmer weather, I have been able to sit at my table and get back into my card making. I think becuase my craft room is warmer now!!!
Anyway, today’s card is made from the hostess stamp set ‘A little bit of happiness’ I needed to create a card for my Father In-Law as he so kindly made me a raised veggie garden and fixed my washing line so I don’t lose any more diamond earrings, yes you read correctly somewhere in my backyard is a diamond earring. My washing line was too low and I kept getting my ears caught on the line. One day a few months back, I got my ear caught like every other day of the week and stepped back to get untangled and in the process caused my earring to gain wings and fly somewhere into my garden bed. We still haven’t found it however I am sure it would be a good selling point if we ever decided to move house!!! ‘Treasure Burried’ So to cut a long story short I had to make a card and thought the ‘Thank You’ stamp with leaves would be quite appropriate as he loves gardening.
I watercoloured the leaves in Autumn tones and used Bravo Burgendy, Always Artichoke and ‘Mellow Moss’ as the background card. The ribbon is ‘Cerntainly Celery 5/8″ Grosbrain Ribbon and the stiching is done with a paper piecing tool and white gel pen. I did a little sponging on the Mellow moss to give it a little more depth. I hope it doesn’t look too girlie and he likes it.
Memorable Gifts
September 24, 2008 by Ruth
On Monday a group of us got together to do some stamping (it was our team meeting) and I taught everyone how to make the Photo Album I have posted in July. We all had lots of fun whilst the children investigated all the non child proof areas of my garden. I am still mastering the art of Child proofing the house and garden as my daughter gets older!!!
I used Rose Red Designer Series paper and water coloured one of the images from the hostess set ‘Oh, So Lovely’. The colours used are Certainly Celery, Barely Banana and Cameo Coral. I punched several circles using the 1 1/4″ and 1 3/8″ punches and used the Scallop Circle as well.
The Ribbon is Certainly Celery and Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon. And just to add that little bit of Metal I used the Silver Hodgepodge from the Mini Catalogue.
Have you been wondering what to purchase for Christmas presents, well this may be your solution. This would be a nice gift form Grandparents or overseas relatives that haven’t seen your family for a while. I have kits available, either basic or complete kits with your choice of Scrapbook paper. Please send me an email for further details if you are interested in purchasing one.
Spring has Sprung
September 23, 2008 by Ruth
Well I had a wonderful time down at the farm. It rained most of the week, however I didn’t mind in the slightest as the ground really needed it. I also had the opportunity to spend quite a lot of time with my Grandparents with my daughter so that was fun.
I ran a class whilst down at the farm (hello to all the girls) and used the ‘Priceless’ stamp set that is one of the specials currently running at the moment. If you buy the stamp set you get the ‘So Swirly’ large wheel as well. Over the next few days I will show you some of the cards I have made with it. However as per my last post I gave you all a challenge to make a card with my Sketch of the Month. So here is mine.
I have used the ‘So Swirly’ wheel in Certainly Celery and then stamped the small flower all over the stamped image with Rose Red, Barely Banana and Cameo Coral. Then using the 1 3/8″ Square Punch, punched out 4 squares.
Using the 1″ and 1 1/4″ circle punches I punched out the ring after stamping it with the flower image.
The butterfly was created using the ‘Rock and Roll’ Technique, stamp in the lighter coloured ink and the roll the stamp in the darker colour to get the effect I have.
I used the stamp set ‘Life Definitions’ for the sentiment and stamped it onto some Vellum and just to add a little metal I used 3 gold brads to affix the vellum to the card (the Vellum is straight on the card, for some reason the close up photo doesn’t look that straight??). I hope you like it.
I would love to see your creations for my Sketch of the Month. So please write a comment and include a link to your website or site where you have uploaded your photo.
The Promotion includes the following stamp sets:
- Merry Merry Stamp Set & Christmas Jumbo Wheel- Page 29
- Artfully Asian Stamp Set & Watercolor Vine Jumbo Wheel- Page 48
- Nursery Necessities Stamp Set & Nursery Letters Jumbo Wheel – 59
- Bodacious Bouquet Stamp Set & Bodacious Jumbo Wheel- Page 80
- Carte Postale Stamp Set & Leaves A LaCarte Jumbo Wheel- Page94-95
- Priceless Stamp Set and So Swirly Jumbo Wheel – Page 105
Feel Free to send me an email if you want more details as it is a fantastic way to get organised for Christmas and make your Christmas Cards.
September Sketch of the Month
September 13, 2008 by Ruth
Well I have been neglecting my Sketches of the Month over the last few months. In fact I have been creating them just not posting them which is very slack. So here is Septembers Sketch. I hope you have fun in making a card or ‘Off the Page’ project with it.
I will be posting my design in a week. I am off to the farm for most of the week and hope to get some card making in with my mum.
Tart & Tangy
One of the new stamp sets out of the mini Catalogue is Tart & Tangy. As soon as I saw it I thought that would be a great stamp set to do up a Recipe box that I have. I have finally been able to cover it and this is what it looks like.
I used the Summer Picnic Designer Series paper with the Scollop Punch, 1 1/4″ and 1 3/8″ punches. I used the Stampin’ Write Markers to colour some of the fruit images in. And last but not least the Silver Hodgepodge Hardware.
I couldn’t just leave it there as the Recipe cards looked plain and boring. So I stamped some of the images, punched them out and surrounded them with the Scollop punch affixing them to the cards in different places. As you can see below. I hope you like it.
I asked my husband if he liked it and his comment was ‘I liked the wooden box!!!’ and smiled…
Another Beautiful Day
Well I thought becuase it was such a beautiful day today I would post the other designed card that I made on Friday for a friend. It is made from Brilliant Blue cardstock and Designer Series Scrapbook paper. I also used the sentiment from the ‘So Many Sayings’ Hostess stamp set. This stamp set is fantastic as it has so many different sentiments or ‘Sayings!’ you can use for various cards.
The design idea came from my friend Karen . We conducted a stamping class at Mosmon Community College a few weeks ago and Karen demonstrated a similar patchwork design with some Designer series paper that was sold for a promotion a few months ago. Thanks Karen.
Till tomorrow, enjoy the sunny weather if you live close to Sydney. It looks like a fantastic day outside.