Thursday, 18 September 2014

All Is Calm Concertina Tag Topper Card

While at Paperific last month, I fell in love with Janine's Tag topper cards she had on display.  The original idea I believe came from a youtube video HERE.  Many of you may have seen these gorgeous creations & wondered how to make them.  I loved how unusual they were & they proved very popular on the stand.  I put making one on my to do list & finally I sat down today & made my very own.

I love the non-traditional colours in the All Is Calm DSP.  The subtle colours are just so pretty.  I purchased the Cheerful Christmas stamp set in my preorder but had yet to use it.  This project was the perfect excuse to ink it up!  I also used my absolute favourite stamp set Endless Wishes.

Cheerful Christmas Tag Topper Card

Inside the tag topper card

As you can see I have used quite a few of the products from our beautiful new Holiday Catalogue.  Do you have a copy yet?  If not let me know & I will post one out to you.  The lucky ladies in my stamp club will be making this card for this month's project.  We will also be making another fun fold card using more new Holiday Catalogue products.  I will share that one with you all next week.

Thanks For Looking,
TRICIA

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Thursday, 11 September 2014

Bright & Beautiful Lost Lagoon


I just love the simple traditional images in the Bright & Beautiful stamp set. The fact that the Star Framelits match perfectly is a major bonus! I know of lot of you purchased these as a bundle recently during the recent Bigshot promotion & just might be looking for ideas.  I came across a cute card by Carla Blake on Pinterest that I thought would really work for a little set I was creating.  I have changed mine a bit but I love it in Lost Lagoon so have kept that colour base.  I have made my stars a bit more 3d & have also created a little matching star box.


I have used the new Confetti Stars Punch & the new Lucky Stars Textured Embossing Folder on the card & went for a star overload!   This little duo is my class project for September, so if you would like to make them send me an email or call me to book your place.  I have a classes tab up the top of my blog with all the details.   

Thanks For Looking,
TRICIA
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Thursday, 4 September 2014

Make It Calm Christmas Tree - CASE-ing the Catty Challenge #7


I love the look of the whole home decor scene on page 20 of the Holiday Catalogue, don't you?




The greens, silvers & blues are so pretty yet calming.  It reminds me of a Scandinavian/natural scene.  I thought I would try and make one of the trees in the scene.  Let me tell you it wasn't as easy as it looked & I wasn't entirely happy with the result.  I don't have those cute snowflakes so I have used the Bright & Beautiful Star bundle. I used the new Tree Punch to punch out lots of Pear Pizzazz trees & then I hot glued them upside down to a styrofoam tree.





What I love is that all the Stampin' Up! catalogues have so many options to copy or get ideas from.  I found a great blog the other day that does just that.  It is called CASE-ing the Catty  & there are so many great ideas there.  This week they are CASE-ing home decor items.  I hope my tree is suitable to enter! 

Thanks For Looking,
TRICIA



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Thursday, 28 August 2014

It's Looking Like A White Christmas


I wish! We don't get to see any White Christmases here but it's on my bucket list to see one, hopefully in the USA.   The Holiday catalogue goes live today & I have to say you are going to absolutely love it!   One of my 1st preorder items was the Photopolymer set called White Christmas.   I originally thought this set would work well for Project Life cards.  But then not having any snow experience or photos I had to laugh & find another use for it.   I was totally sucked in by the polar bear.  I love me a good polar bear stamp :) 

Since having a play with it I have made a whole display board full of cards using the Hip Hip Hooray Kit #134998 ( p. 197 of Annual Catalogue).  I will feature them on the blog soon & hope to include a tutorial.  As soon as I saw this all inclusive card kit I thought - WOW perfect for Christmas cards!  While it has ink & stamps in it for birthdays, the Kraft card bases are perfect for a whole lot of Christmas cards & as you get the envelopes you have everything you need…well except for Christmas stamps.  That is where White Christmas comes in! 

White Christmas Hip Hip Hooray Card 1
Here is one of my cards for the display board.  Please excuse the dodgy photo but I had already put it all together & forgot to take a photo pre board build.  I have also used the new Confetti Star Punch, exclusive to the Holiday Catalogue.
You can see my display board this weekend at Paperific . What is Paperific I hear you ask?  it is the best paper craft show in Melbourne that is what! Kids under 12 are free and trains & trams are running direct to the show grounds.   Come along & say Hi & make a little project at our Make & Take table.   I will be there all weekend so please do come along & see me.    




 Thanks For Looking,
TRICIA
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Sunday, 24 August 2014

Bright & Beautiful Star Bundle


It is never too early to start Christmas card making, am I right?  Stampin' Up! are offering a great deal at the moment with their Bigshot promotion.  For those of you who are unaware, if you buy a Bigshot in August you can choose from 5 Stamp & Framelit bundles for free! (see my promotions tab up top)   Woohoo - I love a freebie!   If you already own a Bigshot you can order these bundles at 15% off.  That is exactly what I did to get my hands on the gorgeous new Bright & Beautiful Stamp set & matching Star Framelits.

I actually cased this card from the new Holiday Catalogue (p. 25) which will be going live in a weeks time.  Not long to wait to order from it, but you can buy this bundle right now as a special promotion.



To make this card I got out my gold embossing powder & heat gun & embossed onto Vanilla card stock.   Gotta love the Dictionary background stamp for versatility.  I used Gorgeous Grunge for my gold splotches.  Oh & let me tell you…that Cherry Cobbler linen ribbon in the top left has to be the best ribbon SU have ever come up with.  It feels so luxurious & ties beautiful bows.  The Rhinestones were coloured using the Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities to give them a nice deep red shine.

Thanks For Looking,
TRICIA 
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