Rasberry Tart and Sweet Always

I just love the names of these papers. Reminds me of dessert, and I loooooove desserts. It goes along with my love of chocolate I suppose. mmmmm chocolate…………

Anyway, continuing with the theme of Designer Series Paper, here are a couple more notebooks. The first one was made by Dawn at my Mother’s Day class and was promptly given away to a sweet friend of hers. This friend promptly ordered 3 notebook sets to give to her daughters and Dawn and I had such fun making them.

Can you tell that Dawn is a quilter? She has fussy cut out the flowers from the Raspberry Tart papers and they just look so sweet mounted on the whisper white card stock.

This next notebook is my favourite and I was nearly not going to part with it because I loved it so much. However I gave it to Shannon, from Stampin’ Up! in America who presented with me at Convention in Canberra. She was just so encouraging and sweet that I thought it was appropriate seeing as it is made with the Sweet Always paper.

I just love the chocolate spotty paper and thought it lent itself well to this design. I was trying to illustrate the versatility of the  stamp set Seeing Spots. This is simply made by stamping simply spots on whisper white card in the colours from the paper then punching them out with different sized circle and scallop circle punches. These were then layered with punched out designer paper. The leaves are just punched out hearts layered underneath a strip of chocolate chip card for the stem.

Don’t miss out on ordering your papers. Remember when you buy the first three you get the next one for free. You can email me your order by clicking here. (I hope that works)

Paper, Paper, Paper and the Fourth is Free

Well this month is all about paper. I love paper. I didn’t think that I would when I first started Stampin’ Up! because I wasn’t really into scrapbooking. However with all the wonderful designs and the quality, I get really excited and want to have them all. Then I find I have heaps of things I want to make with the paper.

(another set made with the always, Inspired by Nature sets and Urban Garden paper, this time using basic grey)

This month Stampin’ Up! have a special offer that if you purchase three packs of desigener paper from the list below then you can receive a fourth pack of paper free. That’s a saving of $16.95 and means that the paper works out to be about $12.70 per pack or just over $1 per sheet (with postage about $1.10 per sheet). Here is the list

Item	Page	Description
112042	132	Urban Garden Designer Series paper
112470	132	Haiku Designer Series paper
113976	132	Pink Flamingo Designer Series paper
112468	132	Sweet Always Designer Series paper
113992	133	Tea Party Designer Series paper
113975	133	Raspberry Tart Designer Series paper
113966	134	Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series paper
112469	134	Holiday Treasures Designer Series paper
112041	134	Bella Rose Designer Series paper
113974	134	Bella Bleu Designer Series paper
113978	135	Urban Oasis Designer Series paper
112461	135	Washington Apple Designer Series paper
112039	135	Windsor Knot Designer Series paper
113980	135	Candy Lane Designer Series paper

 

And here are some of the lovely note sets that my ladies made at my Mother’s Day class.

This was made with the Haiku paper by Linda. I just love the way the flowers punched out nicely in the circle punch. The papers also looked lovely on the simple card made by using up left over strips of paper. So cool! Stay tuned for more!!

Inspired By Nature Notebook

Wow! what a ball I had at convention. I would just like to say thank you to all those people who took the time to come and have a chat. You were all so generous and encouraging. Thank you. It was great to meet so many people and hopefully make some new friends along the way.

This is one of my favourite projects that I had on Display and is one of the projects I made as a sample for my recent mother’s day class. So seeing as it is Mother’s Day today and the first time I’ve had to sit down and play since convention I thought it appropriate to post this set.

I just love the Always stamp set and the Inspired by Nature stamp set is my new favourite. (Watch out for it in our workshops this month). And aren’t the filigree brads just beautiful. I have colour changed the ribbon with the Baja Breeze ink pad and a sponge dauber then fed it through the hole in the brad so that there was a lump while I inserted the silver brad in the centre and then pulled the ribbon tight around it. But before all that I had to stamp the image, so I Versamarked the Always bird and then embossed in silver embossing powder. The grass from the Inspired by Nature stamp set was stamped over the top with Baja Breeze ink I and the excess ink was wiped off using a tissue. It was really very simple but turned out lovely.

Can you tell the blue is my favourite colour? When I saw the Urban Garden Designer paper, it just screamed at me to buy it. I have used nearly the whole packet so far!!

I’m planning on putting up some of the other ladies notebooks soon to inspire you with our current designer series papers. And stay tuned for a post on this month’s promotion. It’s all about paper!!!!

Retiring Style

Hi everyone. Only 24hours to go till the catalogue retires and all of this stuff listed below will no longer be available. Some product has sold out and others have not many left. Those with an asterisk are at 20% off and those with three asterisks are at 50% off the price in the catalogue. I am taking orders and payment tomorrow and will place my order with Stampin’ Up! at about 10pm, so please if there is something that you would like email me at alison04@iprimus.com.au or call 42612096. I would hate you to miss out on something you thought you wanted but never got around to ordering.

Page	Item #	Description	Availability
		Stamp Sets
125	112229	ABC Images	Low
62	108720	Ahoy, Matey	Unavailable
75	108722	All I Have Seen	Low
40	108728	*All Through the Year
34	108992	*All-Year Fun
110	108734	*Alphabits
48	108738	*Artfully Asian
102	108742	*Background Sampler
53	111229	*Backyard BBQ
86	108740	Bareback	Unavailable
51	108744	***Be Happy
83	108998	Beautiful Life	Low
124	108746	Best Friends Alphabet Lower	Unavailable
124	108747	Best Friends Alphabet Upper	Unavailable
124	108748	Best Friends Numbers	Unavailable
88	110250	Big Pieces
51	108753	Birthday Best
79	108755	*Blossoms Abound
80	108756	***Bodacious Bouquet
81	108757	Bold Butterfly
101	112294	Brocade Basics
65	112376	*Bronc Buster
78	111232	*Bud Basics
58	110255	Bundle of Joy	Unavailable
63	108763	By Land	Unavailable
116	112326	Calendar Cues
108	108764	*Canvas
94	111234	Carte Postale
115	108765	Cheery Chat	Unavaiable
112	108767	Circle of Friendship
30	108768	City of David
102	112272	Classic Backgrounds	Low
55	110246	Crab & Company
28	108772	Crazy for Christmas
33	112253	*Dad’s Day	Low
42	108781	*Eat Cake
106	112300	Elegant Notes	Low
116	108785	Everyday Flexible Phrases
58	112391	Everything Baby	Low
117	108786	*Expressive Flexible Phrases
79	112310	Fabulous Flowers	Low
27	108790	Festive Favorites
40	108805	Figures of Speech
108	108806	*Fine Lace
95	108807	*Finest Flourishes
67	108809	Fishy Friends
107	108811	*Floral
32	112316	Forever in My Heart	Low
108	112397	*Friendly
115	111973	***G’Day Mate
110	108820	Genuine Articles
68	111975	*Go Team
56	108828	*Greetings Galore
92	112306	*Happiness
28	108840	*Holiday Wishes
26	108842	*Hung Up on the Holidays
116	108847	It’s a Date
112	112320	It’s All Good
111	108849	It’s Your Birthday	Unavailable
97	108850	Itty Bitty Backgrounds
68	112330	*Just Golf
68	112332	*Just Tennis
31	112216	*Keep Christmas	Low
122	111989	*Kia Ora
96	112338	*Labelicious
113	108855	*Lexicon of Love
53	110254	*Like It a Latte
107	108857	Linen	Low
88	108860	Little Pieces
76	108864	***Looks Like Spring
29	112223	*Merry, Merry
77	108874	Mostly Flowers	Unavailable
118	108875	Much Appreciated
84	108877	Natural Beauty
90	110243	*Office Accoutrement
107	108884	*On the Spot
108	108887	*Paisley
31	108888	Peaceful Wishes
74	108890	Petal Prints
46	110247	***Polka Dots & Paisley
47	110248	Polka Dots & Petals	Low
38	108894	Pretty Princess
126	108904	*Rough Edges Mini Alphabets
83	108906	*Sassy Stems
32	112362	Sealed with a Kiss
122	112346	Seasonal Wishes
124	112402	Short Order Numbers	Unavailable
43	108913	Simple Somethings
29	110244	*Snow Flurries
27	108934	***Snowflake Spot, The
30	108918	*Solemn Stillness
122	112395	Spring Pictograms
91	108920	*Stamp of Authenticity
65	108921	Starstruck
74	108923	Stipple Rose	Unavailable
84	108924	Summer by the Sea
100	112284	*Sweet Sampler
93	108927	*Sweet Shapes
60	112290	*Sweet Thing
49	108929	Symbols of Solicitude	Unavailable
43	108930	Tag Time
38	110249	Tagger’s Dozen
49	108931	Take Three
75	108937	Touch of Nature
54	108944	Unfrogettable	Low
108	108954	*Well-Worn Words
36	112336	Whale Wishes
72	108960	Wild Rose
49	108962	Wishing You the Best
120	108963	Wonderful Words
		Stampin’ Around Wheels
29	109690	All about Christmas
78	106610	Basics Outline	Unavailale
42	107467	Birthday	Unavailable
80	107466	Bodacious
81	104156	Flitting By	Unavailable
95	108423	Leaves à la Carte
62	107212	Matey’s Map	Unavailable
47	108980	Petals
104	107464	Rough Texture	Unavailable
91	107465	Speckled	Unavailable
65	109672	Bronco
54	106662	Daisy Field	Unavailable
67	104065	Fishy	Unavailable
53	107565	Flip Flops	Unavailable
40	107561	Garden Annuals	Unavailable
28	103195	Gifts Galore	Unavailable
32	109678	Kisses
74	104279	Leaf Prints	Unavailable
54	107482	Lily Pad	Unavailable
125	109568	My ABCs
55	108978	Sandy Shells
28	101638	Star
154	104061	Star Studded	Low
		Hostess Sets
24	109812	All about Occasions Bundle
21	112393	Cause for Celebration
18	112261	For a Friend
18	112239	From the Garden
22	112340	In the Spotlight
21	112233	Infinite Goodness
19	112259	Little Bit of Happiness, A
17	112214	Oh, So Lovely
17	112243	Party Punch
19	112245	So Many Sayings
20	111127	Spring Solitude Bundle
23	112263	Time Well Spent
		Accessories
		Brads, Buttons, Eyelets
145	105320	Basic eyelets	Unavailable
147	103977	*Bold Brights buttons
145	100375	Bold Brights I eyelets
147	103981	*Earth Elements & Neutrals buttons	Unavailable
147	103978	Earth Elements buttons	Low
145	100381	Earth Elements eyelets	Unavailable
145	105319	Metallic eyelets
147	105446	Rich Regals buttons	Low
145	105316	Rich Regals eyelets	Unavailable
147	105445	Soft Subtles buttons	Unavailable
145	100378	Soft Subtles I eyelets	Unavailable
		Designer Series Paper
135	110749	*Berry Bliss Designer Series paper
136	109174	*Brilliant Blue Prints Designer Series paper
134	109149	*Brocade Background Designer Series paper
136	109178	*Certainly Celery Prints Designer Series paper
136	109169	*Close to Cocoa Prints Designer Series paper
136	109150	*Dashing Designer Series paper
136	110699	*East Coast Prep Designer Series paper
134	109160	*Fall Flowers Designer Series paper
136	110479	Jersey Shore Designer Series paper
134	109151	*Le Jardin Designer Series paper	Unavailable
135	110748	*Notebook Designer Series paper
136	109176	*Old Olive Prints Designer Series paper
134	109148	*Outlaw Designer Series paper
135	108503	*Petals & Paisleys Designer Series paper
136	109170	*Pumpkin Pie Prints Designer Series paper	Unavailable
136	109167	Rose Red Prints Designer Series paper
136	110698	*Spring Break Designer Series paper
135	110273	*Spring Fling Designer Series paper
NA	106686	**Spring Flowers Designer Series paper
NA	106685	**Spring Showers Designer Series paper
135	110271	*Spring Silhouettes Designer Series paper
135	109157	Wintergreen Designer Series paper
		Hodgepodge Hardware
144	105532	Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware	Low
144	105531	Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware	Low
144	105515	*Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware	Low
		In Color
129	111860	Blue Bayou A4 card stock	Low
129	109018	Blue Bayou Classic Stampin’ Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109013	*Blue Bayou Classic Stampin’ Pad
146	109060	*Blue Bayou double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	111857	Groovy Guava A4 card stock
129	109019	Groovy Guava Classic Stampin’ Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109012	*Groovy Guava Classic Stampin’ Pad
146	109063	*Groovy Guava double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	108638	In Color 12" x 12" card stock	Unavailable
129	111856	*In Color A4 card stock
129	108694	*In Color textured 12 "x 12" card stock
129	111853	Purely Pomegranate A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109011	*Purely Pomegranate Classic Stampin’ Pad
146	109061	*Purely Pomegranate double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	109017	Purely Pomegranate Classic Stampin’ Ink refill	Unavailable
129	111852	River Rock A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109016	River Rock Classic Stampin’ Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109010	*River Rock Classic Stampin’ Pad
146	109062	River Rock double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	111851	Soft Sky A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109015	Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109009	*Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad
146	109059	*Soft Sky double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	111850	Wild Wasabi A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109020	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin’ Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109014	*Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin’ Pad
146	109058	*Wild Wasabi double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
146	110716	*Wild Wasabi striped grosgrain ribbon
		Miscellaneous
133	103604	*Days-To-Remember 12" x 12" Wall Calendar
148	103280	Embossing kit	Unavailable
133	100900	Gift sacksGift sacks	Low
132	106523	Five-in-One Card Cover Envelope Template	Unavailable
133	110730	*Pockets & Pieces Office Accents	Low
		On Board
140	107307	*On Board Accents
141	109181	*On Board Blossoms & Basics
141	109179	*On Board Ginormous Pieces
140	107306	*On Board Simon Lower
		Punches
142	104942	1/4" Circle punch
142	104943	*1/4" Square punch
143	104389	Double Circle punch
143	106522	*Spring Flower Bouquet punch
143	112670	Three for You Punch Box
		Ribbon
147	109189	*Beachfront Ribbon Originals
147	101259	Black hemp twine	Unavailable
146	104830	*Caramel gingham ribbon
147	109187	*District Ribbon Originals
147	109188	*Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals
147	109185	Jersey Ribbon Originals	Unavailable
146	104829	*Light Blue gingham ribbon	Low
146	104828	*Light Pink gingham ribbon
146	109037	More Mustard 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
146	104831	*Moss gingham ribbon
147	109184	Sherbet Ribbon Originals
147	109186	Theater Ribbon Originals	Unavailable
		Rub-Ons
141	110282	*Anchored Rub-Ons
141	110281	*Cherished Memories Rub-Ons
141	110285	*Urban West Rub-Ons
		Simply Scrappin’
138	109610	Confetti Simply Scrappin’	Unavailable
137	110572	*Crew Kids Boy Simply Scrappin’
138	110567	Crew Kids Girl Simply Scrappin’
139	109649	Round Up Simply Scrappin’
139	109635	Secret Garden Simply Scrappin’
138	109663	*Winter Bright Simply Scrappin’
		Simply Sent
13	112664	*Friendly Notes Simply Sent
12	112666	*Lifelong Notes Simply Sent	Low
13	112665	*Sending  Happy Thoughts Simply Sent
14	112667	*Simple Delights Simply Sent
14	112668	*Three Thoughts Simply Sent

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Out with the Old

Well the time has finally come for us to start getting used to the idea that the catalogue is ending and we will be losing some of our favourite stamp sets and accessories ready for the introduction of the new catalogue in April.

The retired list can be viewed here.

Below is a table of items that have already sold out. I hope to be able to update the table every day. So please check below before placing an order.

Item Number Product Description Availability 10756 Flip Flops Unavailable 109020 Wild Wasabi Classic Ink Refill Unavailable 109015 Soft Sky Classic Stamin’ Ink Refill Unavailable 109016 River Rock Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill Unavailable 109017 Purely Pomegranite Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill Unavailable 100381 Earth Elements Eyelets Unavailable 100378 Soft Subtle Eyelets Unavailable 109019 Groovy Guava Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill Unavailable 108748 Best Friend Numbers Unavailable 107212 Mateys Map Unavailable 105320 Basic Eyelets Unavailable 103195 Gifts Galore Unavailable 107561 Garden Annuals Unavailable 109610 Confetti Simply Scrappin’ Unavailable 104279 Leaf Prints Unavailable 110255 Bundle of Joy Unavailable 112402 Short Order Numbers Unavailable 109018 Blue Bayou Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill Unavailable 111852 River Rock A4 card stock Unavailable 108720 Ahoy, Matey Unavailable 105316 Rich Regal Eyelets Low Quantity 101259 Black Hemp Twine Low Quantity 108740 Bareback Low Quantity 106662 Dasey Field Low Quantity 108638 In Color 12"x 12" card stock Low Quantity 109186 Theater Ribbn Originals Low Quantity 105445 Soft Subtle buttons Low Quantity 111850 Wild Wasabi A4 card stock Low Quantity 106610 Basics Outline Low Quantity 103981 Earth Elements Low Quantity 103981 *Earth Elements & Neutrals buttons Low Quantity 100900 Gift sacks Low Quantity 108763 By Land Low Quantity 104065 Fishy Low Quantity 112253 *Dad’s Day Low Quantity 108849 It’s Your Birthday Low Quantity 105531 Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware Low Quantity 112391 Everything Baby Low Quantity 112310 Fabulous Flowers Low Quantity 107464 Rough Texture Low Quantity 107465 Speckled Low Quantity 107467 Birthday Low Quantity 108923 Stipple Rose Low Quantity 112272 Classic Backgrounds Low Quantity 108929 Symbols of Solicitude Low Quantity 112316 Forever in My Heart Low Quantity 105446 Rich Regal Buttons Low Quantity 108746 Best Friends Alphabet Lower Low Quantity 108747 Best Friends Alphabet Upper Low Quantity

     

Baroque Box

This time I’m sharing with you my favourite colour combination. I just adore Chocolate Chip and Soft Sky. Add a touch of white (and some of the Pretties Kit) and it just looks so elegant.

I made this box for a friend who wanted a $10 secret santa gift. I found this tin at a scholastic book sale of all places, so it was a one off find. I was so excited about them, when I got home I had to check if they fit a C6 card in them and was jumping up and down when they did.

These cards were made with the same colour combination of Soft Sky and Choc Chip. I am so sad that soft sky will be retiring at the end of March.

The flower on this one is from the pretties kit. I dampened the flower with a little water and then put some chocolate chip ink on it and left the ink to spread and dry.

For the beautiful Baroque Motif’s swirl, I first inked up in soft sky and Versamark, then stamped and embossed. I then used my stamp-a-ma-jig to place the stamp slightly off the original image and stamped in choc chip, to create a shadow effect.

If you have a look at the Baroque motif swirl you will notice that there’s only one little flower on it. I have been really naughty and cut the flower off my stamp and mounted it separately. This is how I created this card with its soft sky flowers. The chocolate chip dots are some left over 1/8″ circles that I was going to throw in the bin, very carefully glued on.

This card is similar to  the top of the box. It does look so much better in real life. I took a white piece of card and then sponged on some soft sky. I didn’t make it even, just blotches over the card. Then I sponged on some Choc Chip again in blotches. The swirl was stamped in Choc Chip from either corner of the card. Just a really simple card.

Well I hope the lady enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it.

Happy Stamping!!

I’m Back!!

My apologies for the long absence. But hopefully I will be back on a regular basis with some more crafty stuff.

I made some lovely card tins for secret Santa this Christmas. I was involved in only one, but someone asked me to make a set for the other one.

This set was for the Patchwork and Possibilities group held at the local church here in Dapto, where I go along to do some cardmaking. I wanted to make a set that refelected the work that goes on at the craft group and that patchworkers would appreciate.

This is the first card I made. The top of the tin was also similar to this. It uses the Priceless stamp set. Colours are Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla, and Purely Pomegranate. I just love the wide satin ribbon.

This card was also a gift card holder.

 

 

 

 

 

This second card was made using strips of background card, the trimmings off the previous cards background and also some background card I made by swiping the wild wasabi stamp pad over the very vanilla card. Then I found some buttons in my button box and added some felt fusion flowers to the centre. I loved this card, looked just like a patchwork piece.

 

 

 

This next card again used off cuts of the previous cards and I tried to make it look like a triangle patchwork block. That faux stitching is done with the white gel pen.

 

 

 

 

 

This is the last card in the set and I wanted it to look like applique. The card is Wild Wasabi with Designer Series Paper in Purely Pomegranate. The four squares of patterned vanilla are offcuts from the original sheet of card I made using the Priceless swirl stamp. The leaves and centres of the flower are from the Wasabi swiped Vanilla card. The flowers are interesting because I stamped I inked up the solid flower stamp in White then inked up the Priceless swirl in Purely Pomegranate and kept kissing it to the flower stamp till I was happy with the depth of colour and then stamped it onto the vanilla card. The button hole stitching is done with a rose red Stampin’ Up! marker.

I had a ball making these. I hope the recipient enjoys them as much as I did making them.

Spring Fling

 

It I think I am just hoping that spring will come sooner rather than later and I have been doing a lot of spring-like cards. This is one of them. It was based on a sketch that was sent to me as part of a Swap Blog I am on called First-Swap-Blog.

 

It has something like 10 layers, and Australia Post didn’t believe me when I was sending it to my swap partner for the week, that it was only a card.

Don’t you just love the new Pretties Kit!! I dyed the silk flowers by folding them up so the middle of the flower was to a point and repeatedly dipped the tip into the So Saffron stamp pad. I also put a drop of water onto the flower to help the ink spread. I let the ink spread and dipped again, till I had achieved the colour I wanted. It is really great that you can customise the colour of your flowers to match what you are doing. You can also colour the flowers with Stampin’ Pastels.

Flitting Friend

 

Well recently I had my beautiful niece come to visit for a fleeting moment. She left her Tattoos here, so I made her this card to send her tattoos home to her. She had admired a scrap book page that I had made of my daughter that featured these butterflies and colours that I posted on my blog here.

Her nick name is Brittany Butterfly, so I hope she likes this card. It uses the stamp set “Time Well Spent”.