Late Night Stampers Vintage CASE
I was really inspired by a card that Sandi Maciver made for this challenge. Sandi is part of the design team and her card was so beautiful and she posted a tutorial on how it was made so I just had to CASE it.
Sandi used a stampset which is not available in Australia so I improvised. I used Fresh Cuts. Now this is a stampset that I bought when the new catalogue came out and have hardly used. However, I am more than happy with how this card turned out. I followed her instructions to create the tag substituting my colours (Riding Hood Red, Old Olive and Very Vanilla) and stamps. It has actually inspired me to think about using a tag as the main feature on more of my card creations. I am not going to give you step by step as you can just follow Sandi’s tutorial.
Thanks again Sandi for the wonderful inspiration.
Bye for now, Kris.
A Beautiful Gift
Some of you may know that I celebrated a birthday on Friday (I’m not telling which one) and my friend and downline Shirley made me this gorgeous gift. She has the most amazing ideas and I just love this beautiful flower she created using her circle scissors. If you would like to be able to make these gorgeous creations then contact me to reserve you place at our Celebrate Sale-A-Bration event on the 13th February. Shirley will be doing a demonstration of the circle scissors, giving lots of tips and showing you just how easy it is to use.
Don’t you just love the little ladybird that Shirley created using Stampin’ Up! punches. Also check out the beautiful flower on my card made using SU circle punches – just adorable.
I might mention that the chocolates didn’t last too long but I am sure that I will put the vase to good use.
Thanks Shirley, I absolutely love it.
Bye for now, Kris
One Card – Two Challenges
Well I seem to have the challenge bug at the moment. ESAD is having a colour challenge (Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Bashful Blue) and Gretchen Barron has a great sketch challenge so I decided to combine the two and this is my card.
Gretchen’s sketch caught my eye, I love the clean lines. I’m not sure about the colour combo but I decided to start with a Pumpkin Pie base. Then I added the Bashful Blue card which I stamped with the Sanded Background using Versamark. The two pieces of Old Olive card have been stamped using Versamark, one with the Weathered Background and one with the En Francais background. The focal image is from Friends 24-7. This was stamped onto Very Vanilla Card using Ridinghood Red ink. I added a Ridinghood Red piece of card and then made a slot on the right hand side for the ribbon using the Horizontal Slot punch. The ribbon is wrapped around the Bashful Blue card and then threaded through the slot in the image panel (which is mounted using dimensionals) and tied in a bow.
I’m not really sure that I like this card. What do you think.
Bye for now, Kris.
All Things Vintage
Late Night Stampers is having an All Things Vintage challenge this week. So I decided to play along. Not sure whether it meets the criteria or not but here it is.
I started off with a piece of Very Vanilla Cardstock. I used A Rose is a Rose stampset to create the roses in the bottom left hand corner. I used Pale Plum and Perfect Plum ink, stamping off twice as well as Mellow Moss ink for the leaves, also stamping off twice. I masked the roses and then used Close to Cocoa ink and the En Francais background stamp, again stamping off once and finger walking to get the impression. Then I used the beautiful Baroque Motif large swirl and stamped using Mellow Moss ink, stamping off twice. I also stamped a few of the small flowers from Baroque Motifs using Mellow Moss, again stamping off twice. While the masks were still in place I sponged the edges of the card with Mellow Moss ink, sponging very lightly across the whole card as well. I then used Close to Cocoa ink to sponge on the very edges. I removed the masks and lightly sponged some Mellow Moss ink over the roses, just to take the starkness away. I attached this piece to a Pale Plum folded card. I stamped “love you” from the Short and Sweet stampset on Very Vanilla card punching out the the Large Oval, again sponging with Mellow Moss and Close to Cocoa. I punched out a Scallop Oval from Pale Plum and attached the ovals to the card using dimensionals.
I am not sure that it is vintage but I love the way it turned out. My hubby may just get a Valentine card after all.
Bye for now, Kris.
Stamping 411 Challenge
As you know I belong to a Yahoo Group called Latenight Stampers and I saw a post regarding the challenges at Stamping 411. I had a card kit left over from my technique class on Saturday which used the same shaped pieces so I had my first attempt at a Stamping 411 sketch challenge.
This is what I came up with. I used the Always stampset and the matching wheel Always in Bloom. My base card is Bashful Blue and I stamped the open flower from the Always stampset randomly using Bashful Blue ink and also Versamark ink. I sponged the edges with Bashful Blue and then Close to Cocoa ink just on the very edge. I used the Always in Bloom wheel and Versamark ink on the Bashful Blue panel on the left. I also sponged the edges with Bashful Blue and Close to Cocoa ink and then mounted it onto a piece of Close to Cocoa Cardstock. The Very Vanilla panel was stamped with the words using Close to Cocoa ink (and my Stamp-a-ma-jig) and then the vine image was stamped all around using Bashful Blue ink. Again I sponged the edges with Bashful Blue and Close to Cocoa ink. I stamped the heart image using Close to Cocoa ink onto Very Vanilla card and then used my Full Heart punch to get my heart. I used Close to Cocoa ink to sponge the edges and I also sponged lightly across the whole image. I added a small rhinestone brad and then using dimensionals attached it to the card. I am rather happy with the way it turned out. What do you think?
Bye for now, Kris
Thank So Much
I just wanted to hop on here quickly to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who visited me during the blog hop. I have had so many visitors and such positive feed back, I am quite overwhelmed. I hope that you will continue to check back in from time to time to see what I have been up to.
Again my thanks. Kris.
Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop is here
Today marks the launch of the fantastic Sale-A-Bration catalogue and this Blog Hop so you can see all the fantastic ways that some absolutely fabulous Stampin’ Up! demonstrators have used these stampsets. You may have come to me from the fabulous Kerri Hunter’s web or you may be starting here, either way you are in for a treat as you continue on through all the fantastic blogs participating today.
Now this is my first Blog Hop and has been organised by ESAD-SU, a fantastic group of Australian and New Zealand Demonstrators. I love being a part of this amazing group which has been a constant source of inspiration and encouragement to me. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how and regular cyberstamps.
So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator from Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to join our group.
Now before I share my project with you I also want you to know that if you do make it around to all the Blogs involved in today’s Blog Hop and if you make a comment on each one, you are then in the running for some Extra Special Blog Candy. The demonstrators from all over have donated blog candy for this blog hop and if you are the lucky winner you’ll be getting all sorts of parcels filled with fantastic Stampin’ Up! product. Now if you do get to all and comment on all the blogs send an email to Leonie Schroder leonie@stamp-a-latte.comwith your name and email address and then you and everyone else who has also visited and commented on all of the blogs will go in the drawer for the ‘extra special’ blog candy.
Ok, so on with the show.
Today I am going to show you a mini tote bag and four cards with matching envelopes. I made the tote using the Happy Moments Stampset from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue, Regal Rose DSP from the Patterns Pack II DSP (Level 1 Hostess Set) and Whisper White and Regal Rose cardstock. I have also used my fabulous Eyelet Edge Punch.
The tote is a variation on a Card Purse Tutorial I found on Julie Buhler’s website although I altered the size as my cards are only 10.5cm x 7.4cm (finished folded size).
This picture shows a side view and you can see the two pockets, one holds the four cards and the other holds four matching envelopes.
Here you can see that I have used all four of the images in the Happy Moments stamp set. Each of the images has been stamped in Basic Black ink onto Whisper White card. Then using my Blender Pen and Regal Rose ink, I added some colour to the images. The flower image also has a little Mellow Moss ink added to the stems and leaves. There are three greetings in the set and I have used each of them – Happy Birthday, For You and Thank You.
To make my envelope I took an ordinary 90 x 145mm envelope. I sealed it and then cut 35mm from the end with the postcode boxes. I then cut a piece of DSP 5cm x 90cm, scored at 2.5cm. I rounded the corners on two of the sides and then attached it to the front of the envelope along the score line so that rest of the postcode boxes were covered.
If you would like an opportunity to use some of these stamps and take advantage of some great one-day-only specials then come along to our Sale-A-Bration event on the 13th February at Burpengary Community Hall. See my Classes and Workshops page for more details or email me on k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au.
Now the next blog you will visit belongs to the very talented Kim Byrne. She is going to show you something fabulous using the Whimsical Words stampset. But don’t forget to leave a comment before you go.
Bye for now, Kris.
Celebrate Sale-A-Bration
Well its that fantastic time of year again when everyone can earn FREE stampsets and to celebrate the demonstrators from ESAD-SU are having a blog hop. It starts tomorrow morning at 6am Sydney time. If you complete the whole “hop” and leave a comment on each blog you will be in the running for some fantastic prizes. All the demonstrators taking part are donating something for the winner, so whoever that is will be receiving happy mail from all over Australia and New Zealand. So check back tomorrow and follow the link from here to the next site.
Now to explain a little about Sale-A-Bration for those of you who don’t know (and those that do just be patient). The stampsets in the Sale-A-Bration catalogue are not for sale and never will be for sale, you can only get them free. Yes I said FREE. How your ask? Well, there are several ways.
- Place an order with me for $100.00 of Stampin’ Up! product and you can select 1 FREE stampset from the catalogue, order $200.00 and you can select 2 FREE stampsets.
- Host a workshop in your home with product sales of $600.00 and you can select 1 FREE stampset from the catalogue – this is in addition to the FREE set you get for ordering $100.00 of product.
- Join my Stampin’ Up! team during Sale-A-Bration and you can choose a FREE stampset up the value of $79.95 from the 2009-2010 Idea Book and Catalogue.
I can see you are all excited and so am I, I love this time of year. These fantastic offers are available from 25th January until the 31st March, 2010.
Also, don’t forget our Celebrate Sale-A-Bration event on the 13th February. There are still some places left but don’t wait too long as numbers are strictly limited.
Anyway I thought you might be interested to see this fantastic desk top organiser which will be part of the major lucky door prize. I won’t give you too many details but I love it. You get a calendar, post-it notes, matching pen and 4 little drawers to hold lots of little bits and pieces. So if you would like to win this then contact me k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au to reserve your place.
Haitian Disaster Relief
Stampin’ Up! has announced that they will support the Haitian Disaster Relief by donating $2.00 from the sale of every stampset I (Heart) Hearts, which is found in the Summer Mini Catalogue.
This offer runs until 28th February, so if you are after this set and you would like to make a difference to the Haitian people, then contact me to order.
Better Late Than Never
I promised to come back last weekend and post the details of how I made the little gift box for Sarah. Well as usual life gets in the way of the best laid plans and I couldn’t get back as quickly as I would have liked.
I created this little box using all the same supplies that I used for Sarah’s card in the previous post. I love the colours, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie and Very Vanilla. Just devine. I tried to follow the same layout as I had used on the card but created my circle with the Scallop Circle, 1 1/4″ circle punch and 1 3/8″ circle punches.
This shows the inside of the box. I punched the holes using my Crop-A-Dile and threaded the bracelet through, leaving the charms showing on the top.
This box was originally created by Carla Brasher to house a gift card and her tutorial can be found here. She didn’t want her sons to be able to guess straight away that they were getting gift cards. Fantastic idea.
Bye for now, Kris.
Stamping with Kris 