Merry Mellow Moss

This is a card I used at my Christmas in July Stamp-a-stack. It’s quick and easy and you can get 4 from a 12x12 piece of cardstock.



Stamps: Holiday Spirit, Only Ornaments wheel
Inks: Mellow Moss, Ruby Red
Card stock: Mellow Moss, Ruby Red, Very Vanilla
Accessories: none
Tools: Stampin’ around handle, distressing tool

All In The Family

Some of you may already know that our Australian General Manager for Stampin' Up! passed away last month due to a rare blood disorder. Stampin' Up! are such a family oriented company that they are selling this stamp set for the month of Novemeber and giving the ENTIRE amount to Dave's wife and three children. I am also giving up my 20% discount on this stamp set so that more of you can afford to contribute to this wonderful fund. If you do not wish to purchase the stamp set but would like to make a contribution, please contact me and I will give you the details.

Holiday Thyme Promotion

From the 1st Nov to the 15th December you can purchase these gorgeous double-sided 12x12 papers for only $14.95. Contact me for more information or to place an order.

Snowflake Joy

I borrowed the gorgeous ‘The Snowflake Spot’ stamp set from my friend Sheridan a little while ago and this is what I came up with.

I stamped some of the smaller snowflakes as a background by stamping off once or twice first to get a very pale colour and then stamped some in “full strength”. I stamped the large snowflake with Vintage Violet stamping off once first. The JOY was stamped “full strength. I actually fluked getting it dead centre but you can always use your stamp-a-ma-jig to get it just right.
The ribbon is white grsograin that has been coloured with Almost Amethyst chalk. I used the sponge dauber to wipe the chalk along the ribbon. I added some Dazzling Diamonds to the centre of the snowflakes.

Stamps: The Snowflake Spot
Inks: Almost Amethyst, Vintage Vioet
Card stock: Whisper White, Vintage Violet
Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampn’ Pastels (chalks), Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
Tools: Sponge Dauber

Daughter

I water-coloured this image a while ago when I borrowed the gorgeous Seaside Sketches stamp set from my lovely friend Robyn. I used my Watercolour Wonder Crayons and an Aquapainter. I stamped the image with Black Staz-On ink onto Stampin’ Up’s watercolour paper. Staz-On is the one to reach for when you are water-colouring like this. I broke out the Hodge Podge Hardware and used my oval punch which fits the frames perfectly!

Stamps: Seaside Sketches, Everyday Flexible Phrases
Inks: Black Staz-On, Brocade Blue, Watercolour Wonder Crayons (Earth Elements and Rich Regals)
Card stock: Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Brocade Blue, Very Vanilla (oval), Watercolour Paper
Accessories: Hodge Podge Harware
Tools: Aquapainter

Another Card Folio - Petal Prints

So here's another version of the card folio. This time I've used colours from the Soft Subtles colour family and the Petal Prints stamp set. Instead of the 10 card one sheet wonder I've used an idea I saw on Marelle Taylor's blog (check it out HERE - she does beautiful work!)

There are 4 cards inside the folder and they were sooooo quick and easy to make. I simply stamped 1 A4 sheet of Whisper White all over with the Petal Prints stamps and then cut it into 4. I then folded up 4 coloured card bases, tore off part of the front, added some ribbon and a stamp and then attached the stamped white cardstock underneath. 4 quick cards using hardly any cardstock! Cool!

Stamps: Petal Prints, Warmest Regards (hostess only)
Inks: Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke
Card stock: Whisper White, Pale Plum, Pretty in Pink, Mellow Moss
Accessories: Olive Ogandy, Ivory Organdy and Moss Ginham Ribbons
Tools: Paper trimmer with scoring blade for folder, horizontal slot punch to feed ribbon through

Card Folio

Mum and I have been playing around with making our own template for a card folio and here is what we've come up with:


This little folder is made from one sheet of A4 cardstock and holds about 5 or 6 cards and envelopes as long as they don't have too many embellishments on them. You could probably fit more if you did "no layer" style cards.

I made 2 of these folders and a set of 10 cards to split between them so each folder has 5 cards and envelopes. The 10 cards were made using a "one sheet wonder" template. This means you stamp one sheet of A4 cardstock with a pattern/deisgn of your choice and then chop it up to use on 10 cards. It's a very quick and easy way to make a lot of cards with minimal supplies. You could use a lot more embellishments if you wanted to but they might not fit in the folder so I put a little Dazzling Diamonds glitter in the centre of all the flowers. It doesn't show well in the photos but just gives the cards a little "bling factor".



I think this would make a really great class so if I get enough interest I will set a date and run a workshop where you can make the folder and all the cards too. Let me know if you'd be interested!!!

Stamps: Seeing Spots, It's Your Birthday, Warmest Regards (hostess only), Curvy Verses, All Year Cheer, Terrific Tags (hostess only), Big Deal Alphabet
Inks: Bravo Burgundy, Night of Navy, More Mustard, Whisper White
Card Stock: Kraft (folder) Bravo Burgundy, Night of Navy, More Mustard, Whisper White
Accessories: Navy and Wine Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
Tools: Oval Punch, Tag Punch, Circle Punches and most importantly the Fiskars Paper Trimmer with scoring blade to make the folders.