Seasonal Catalogue Sneak Peek 2: More Amore Heart Framelit Valentine

I have seen lots of cards made with the framelits and with Valentines Day around the corner I thought I would give it a try with the Hearts Collection Framelits in the Annual Catalogue (p.191).

The More Amore DSP has lots of different patterns, some vintage, some clean & clear.  I love this little grey heart pattern so chose to use this as a focal pattern on my card.  I used the Pennant Parade stamp set for the sentiment & actually combined two of the stamps in this set to get the "Love U" sentiment.

Heart Framelit Valentine Card

Heart Framelit Valentine card inside detail

I hand cut the arrow & inserted it through the heart.  Inside I used Wacky Wishes Hostess stamp set & a few Small Heart Punches.

Stamp Sets:  Penant Parade, Wacky Wishes(hostess).
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Regal Rose, More Amore DSP (Seasonal).

Ink:  Melon Mambo, Very Vanilla, Pool Party.

Cool Tools: Snail, Hearts Collection Framelits, Small Heart Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Paper Snips.

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA  

Sale-A-Bration Extravaganza Day - February 23rd, 2013 - Geelong

Here is a little sneak peak of one of the projects you will make.

COME CELEBRATE SALE-A-BRATION WITH US!

Saturday February 23rd, 2013

Come along and join in the Sale-a-bration fun and spend the day crafting to your hearts content. You can choose the fully catered package and have all your projects fully supplied or just BYO your crafting goodies and make what you like. Either way you will enjoy a fully catered morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea & dinner, with a chance to win one of our lucky door prizes.

There will be lucky straws and a raffle going towards our huge fundraising evening after dinner, which includes a group of cards, raffle, random prizes, a delicious lolly buffet, with all proceeds going to Leah McDonald Equipment Fund.

Option 1: Fully Catered Package - $80
We have prepared two gorgeous projects with all supplies included. Please bring own scissors / tape.
Also includes all your meals, lucky door prize entry and fundraiser event.

Option 2: BYO Crafter Package - $50
Bring your own sewing, card making, scrapbooking or craft supplies and spread out on your own table.
Includes all meals and lucky door prize.
you have the option of joining the fundraiser activities for an additional $10.

Please bring own scissors / tape.
Venue: Geelong Area
Time: 10 am to 9 pm

Please advise any special dietary requirements when booking. Contact me on 0411113530 or via email ftaraineri@bigpond.com to book your place.

Spritzer Butterfly Card

I wanted to feature the Spritzers for Stamp Club recently and found a great idea on frenchiestamps.com that uses the butterfly punch as a mask.  I also wanted to teach emboss resist so I combined the two techniques to create this card.

Birthday Butterfly Spritzer Card

We started with Whisper white and heat embossed the Alhambra wheel with clear embossing powder. This was then sponged with Island Indigo over the top.  The butterflies were punched out & placed on Whisper White card stock randomly.  I mixed up Champagne Shimmer paint & Midnight Muse into a spritzer bottle & spritzed all over.  Once the butterflies are moved you get a lovely masked effect.  We then stamped the sentiment and clear embossed it.

A new stamp club is starting in late April, 2013.  If you would like to join these technique classes then please email me or phone 0411113530 to book your place.  These classes will now be held in my purpose built stamp room in my new house (YAY!) in Torquay, Victoria.

Stamp Sets:  Alhambra Jumbo Wheel, Beautiful Birthday.
Paper:  Whisper White, Island Indigo.

Ink:  Island Indigo, Midnight Muse, Champagne Shimmer Paint.

Cool Tools: Pearls, Stampin' Spritzer, Sponge Dauber, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat tool,  Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bigshot, Finishing Touches Edgelits.

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA  

Sale-A-Bration 2013 Bloomin' Marvelous Card

With Sale-A-Bration on now I thought I had better show you another card using some of the products on offer this year.  For this card I have used the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set, Sycamore Street DSP & the Vine Embossing folder all available FREE during Sale-A-Bration!  

Bloomin' Marvelous Vine Embossed Card

Stamp Sets:  Bloomin' Marvelous (SAB).
Paper:  Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Sycamore Street DSP.

Ink:  Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango.

Cool Tools: Paper Snips, 1" Square Punch (banner), Big shot, Apothecary Accent Frames, Vine Embossing Folder (SAB)

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA  

Patterned Occasion Sale-A-Bration Card

If you have sunglasses... now is a good time to put them on - isn't it bright!  I just love that little elephant from the Patterned Occasions stamp set so had to make another card to show you using him.  

I received a swap recently from Jenny Stewart & I based my card on her layout.  I have used quite a few Sale-A-Bration products on this card including the Vine embossing folder & Sycamore Street DSP & Ribbon.  

For the 1st time, Stampin' Up! are offering some Sale-A-Bration choices from the Annual Catalogue.  Here I used the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set which is one of the main catalogue items on offer.  I have a link on the right of my blog that takes you to the brochure that shows you all 19 of the items on offer FREE during Sale-A-Bration, however you can CLICK HERE to see them all now! 

Stamp Sets:  Patterned Occasions (SAB), Itty Bitty Banners (Annual & SAB)
Paper:  Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Sycamore Street DSP.

Ink:  Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango, Pool Party.

Cool Tools: Itty Bitty Punches, Glue Dots, Sale-A-Bration Island Indigo Ribbon, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Bitty Banners Framelits, Rhinestones.

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA  

Sale-A-Bration 2013 Jewellery Making 101

Before I start I have to warn you I am no jewellery maker, in fact this was my 1st attempt ever at making jewellery.

I was looking at the Soda Pop Caps that are available in the Seasonal Catalogue ( February 1st, 2013) & was thinking now what am I going to do with those!  I googled them & saw that you could make jewellery out of them so figured, why not give it a go?

 The Soda Pop Tops come in two sizes so this was perfect for what I was about to do.    I squashed them in my big shot with the platform on tab 1, & sandwiched them between two old cutting plates.  I placed mine flat side down, but it works both ways.  I wanted to make a Sale-A-Bration version so used the Sycamore Street DSP as my background.   Now, my 1st attempt didn't work so well.  I used the butterfly out of the Lovely Little labels set & also the matching Little Labels punch then used Crystal Effects to set it all in place.  The ink bled but it still looked cute!

Stampin Up! Soda Pop Top Necklace

After that disaster I decided to heat emboss the picture which helped a little when the Crystal Effects goes on.  Here is my 2nd attempt.  This time I used the owl from the new Itty Bitties stamp set (Available February 1st).  To anyone who has put their set together I want to congratulate you - the stamps in this set are seriously small!  For the purpose of making this jewellery the smaller the stamp image the better though. 

Soda Pop Top Jewellery Set

 Once again I have to re-iterate I am no jewellery maker and this was my 1st attempt ever at making anything jewellery related.  It was not that hard as long as you buy some links (also know as Jump Rings) to attach your necklace/earrings to the Soda pop top.  I got mine at Spotlight in a bag of 20 for $2.  The earrings were in a bag of 10 for $2.85 & the necklace I made from twine & the Sycamore Street Tagerine Tango Ribbon (Free during Sale-A-Bration).   To make the hole in the Soda Pop Tops I punched the edge after I squashed them by using the 1/16" Circle handheld punch.  It punches through the metal easily.  The final step is to cover the image in the Pop Top with Crystal Effects.  I filled mine to the top.  Leave for 24hrs at least to dry.  Attach Jewellery items.  These would make nice charms or even scrapbook embellishments too.  

And here is my daughter wearing the set.....She loved them & if you look closely I even made a ring to match.

Earrings made with the small Soda Pop Tops

Then I thought....hmmmm those Designer Builder Brads in the Seasonal Catalogue also look kind of like jewellery.  SO, I had a go at making a set with those too!  The circle in these is so small I just added the Sycamore Street DSP but they look really nice don't you think?  

Jewellery Set made from Designer Build a Brads (seasonal catalogue)

 I made a matching ring using the Designer Builder Brads as well.  As long as you remove the brad prongs from the back, these sit nice & flat on a ring base.   

Ring made from the Designer Build a Brads

Stamp Sets:  Itty Bitties (Seasonal Catalogue Available February 1st), Lovely Little Labels.
Paper:  Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Sycamore Street DSP.

Ink:  Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango.

Cool Tools: Designer Builder Brads, Soda Pop Tops(Seasonal Catalogue),  Sale-A-Bration Tangerine Tango & Island Indigo Ribbon, 1 1/6" circle Handheld Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Little Labels Punch Pack, Crystal Effects, Big shot. 

NON SU PRODUCT: Jump Rings, Ring Base, Earring hooks, Chain.

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA  

Sale-A-Bration 2013 Bloomin' Marvelous Card

Well, how quick did that arrive!  There I was doing a nice little countdown to Sale-A-Bration & look at that it is already here.  I have heaps of samples to show you so there will be quite a few more posts using these products.  It arrived a lot quicker than I could type up posts!

Today I thought I would show you a card I made using the Bloomin' Marvelous Stamp set available FREE during Sale-A-Bration to anyone who places a $100 order.

For a bit of added texture I used the Vine embossing folder which is another item available during Sale-A-Bration.  I also used the Petite Curly Label Punch, Sycamore Street DSP,  Button & Ribbon.. well yes, those too are all available exclusively during Sale-A-Bration.  With so many great things to choose from what will you choose?  

Oh and see those little butterflies, well they were made with the Bitty Butterfly Punch available in the new seasonal catalogue due to be released February 1st.  

Stamp Sets:  Bloomin Marvelous (SAB).
Paper:  Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Sahara Sand, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Sycamore Street DSP.

Ink:  Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party.

Cool Tools: Bitty Butterfly Punch ( Seasonal Catalogue), Glue Dots, Sale-A-Bration Tangerine Tango Ribbon & Button, Petite Curly Label Punch ( SAB)

Thanks For Looking,

TRICIA