Christmas Card CASE

 I was browsing the Web recently, and came across this gorgeous card by a talented US Demonstrator, named Dawn Olchefske  and had to try it.  Clever Dawn adapted the card from one made by another Demonstrator, Sami Brown.  You should check out their blogs, if you are looking for inspiration!

Dawn has even done a video on her blog, explaining how she made the card.  You will see mine is pretty much the same as hers, except I didn't have the same ribbon, and I used Chocolate Chip card stock instead of Crumb Cake.

Such a cute way to use the negative images left when the Holiday Collection Framelits are cut out.  You might use the shapes for gift tags, perhaps?  These Framelits are in the current Occasions Mini Catalogue.    If you live in Australia, contact me to order the products used to make this card (if you don't already have a Demonstrator).  I have a few more ideas with this set - it will get well used!

Have fun with your Framelits!

A Special Birthday...

A dear friend recently had a milestone birthday, and it required a pretty special card.

Materials:  Stamps:  Curly Cute, Tea Shoppe;  Paper:  Shimmer White, Pool Party, Melon Mambo; Ink:  Melon Mambo, Pool Party; Other:  Simply Scored, Basic Pearls, Paper Snips, Labels Framelits, Big Shot, Striped Embossing Folder

Anita loves pink, and is famous for her love of tea parties - so of course, you know which stamp set I immediately thought of!  The Melon Mambo and Pool Party colour combination is bright and fun, while still girly.  It is impossible to tell from the photograph, but the white card stock is Shimmer White, which is very pretty in real life.  I jazzed it up with a simple chequered background made with the Simply Scored and little adhesive pearls on the intersecting lines.  Sponging the edges also gave depth and texture.


And here is the inside:

Launch Projects,Part 1

Whew!  What a big day we had on Sunday!

First, let me say that I LOVE that Stampin' Up! has brought such beautiful friends into my life.  Bec O'Gorman and Stephanie Pike are two of the most genuine, friendly, generous and talented women I know.

Bec O'Gorman

Steph Pike

47 Lovely ladies came along to create pretty things with new products from the Autumn-Winter Mini.  Want to see what they made?

Here are just a few - more to come in my next post.

This is one of the cards I designed - a standing Z-Fold card made using the Simply Scored, and featuring the Mouthwatering stamp set, and co-ordinating Sweet Shop DSP.  Yummy!

And here is the side view so you can see the Z-fold.

This was my favourite:  The teacup is so pretty!  The stamp set is called Tea Shoppe.

And the inside!

This had lots of steps - embossing with the big shot and the hearts folder, cutting out the Pol Party layer with a Framelit then running it through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper folder, then stamping with Apothecary Art, heat embossing it, and cutting out with the Frameit, and then stamping and heat embossing the sentiment and cutting it out.

One of the Lucky Door Prizes I made, these cute packages containing...

A selection of sweet gift cards made with the Button Buddies stamp set.

More on the Launch to come, so stay tuned!