The Speckled Sparrow: Occasions Catalogue 2015

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Thursday, 23 April 2015

Seasonal Screen Card for Paper Art Tarts

Hi There. Yes, long time no see! I've been busy creating & working on lots of different projects & have totally neglected my blog :(

One of my recent projects was this Seasonal Screen Card using the very versatile Sheltering Tree Stamp set for the Paper Art Tarts Show in Melbourne. I taught this as a class, with lots of people discovering the beauty of this set.

Here are a few close ups of each seasons. Please excuse the scuffs of ink on the close ups, this card got dropped in ink pads & passed around all weekend by lots of stampers so is looking a bit worse for wear!

Spring Panel

Summer Pannel

Autumn Panel

Winter Panel

The ladies in my stamp club #2 get to make this tonight. If you would like to make your own version I will be uploading instructions shortly to my tutorial section of the blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Tricia

Saturday, 24 January 2015

Butterfly Basics Easel Calendar

Things have been a bit quiet around here. Sunny days, school holidays = not much time to craft. Stamp club was back this week so it was the perfect opportunity to crack open my new Butterfly Basics stamp set & matching thinlits dies.

I wasn't to sure about these butterflies when I bought them but after a few uses, they are growing on me.

Here is the easel calendar we created:

We used Blackberry Bliss, Naturals Ivory & Mossy Meadow. Quite rich colours for a more vintage look. We stamped the butterfly on vellum & heat embossed it. We also made a matching card.

To make the easel part of calendar I cut a piece of A4 card stock in half lengthways. Folded it in half, then one side in half again. This became the easel. I then cut a piece of card stock 10.5cm x 14cm (the size of the front half of a card & attached this to the folded section. You can see I put tape where you need to adhere the front to the easel section.

Then it was just a matter of decorating the card part. Once that is done, you need to add an anchor on the base. I used post it notes but you can also use embellishments or card stock.

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

$62.95

Butterflies Thinlits Dies

$42.95

Blackberry Bliss A4 Card Stock

$11.95

Naturals Ivory A4 Card Stock

$12.95

Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

$9.95

Blackberry Bliss 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon

$15.95

Gold Sequin Trim

$8.95

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.95

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

$10.95

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Balloon Bash Tutorial Now Available

I love the Birthday Bash DSP & matching stamp set Balloon Bash so much I have created a detailed tutorial for 5 cards. This tutorial is available to purchase now on my Tutorial Tab. If you are in my area I am running this as a class. See my Class tab up top for dates & times.

Here are all 5 of my cards in this Tutorial:

Balloon / Birthday Bash Class

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Birthday & Balloon Bash Fun - Yay It's New Catalogue Time

The NEW Occasions catalogue goes live today & I can now show you some of my samples I have been working on. YAY! When I first looked through this catalogue I fell in love with all the flowers & butterflies & bright colours. I had to just stop & ask myself "what do I use the most & what do I need?" or else I would have bought the whole catalogue! For me I thought, hmm... birthdays & bright fun is what I need more of & honed in on all the birthday goodies. People are always going to need birthday cards! I love the bright fun colours in the NEW specialty DSP - Birthday Bash, plus it has 2 sheets with gold foil.

The coordinating photopolymer stamp set Balloon Bash is fresh & fun. I couldn't wait to get my hands on them & have a play. And have a play I did. I have designed a whole class around this set. Over the next few days I will share this set of cards with you. Those of you in my area can come along to this class & make your own set. Up top along the header is a tab titled classes. All the info is there on when & where my classes are held, & how to book in. For those of you not in my area I have added a a tutorial for all 5 cards in my TUTORIAL section up top.

Here is the first card. I did warn you it's bright! See that ribbon - It's FREE! Yes, you can earn it free during Sale-a-bration. Starting from today all purchases totalling $90 (not including P&H) earns you one free product from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue.