Blossom Designs

More SAS Cards

Here are some more cards from my previous classes.

This card is cased from Mary Fish, a USA demonstrator.  I LOVE her cards.  I didn't completely case Mary's card and used a different stamp set.  I used my "circle scissor plus" to cut out both the black and white cardstock.

 
I also used my embossing folder to give a bit of texture.  I'm not sure you can see the dazzling diamonds in the centre of the open flower, but it is there!  Promise.  lol

 
At a previous SAS class, my ladies saw a card my dear friend Kari sent to me.  I wanted to show them it as it wasn't your usual standard card.  Well, they loved it and asked to make it the following month - how could I refuse!

Here is a close up shot.  I love the embossing folder. 

Happy Stamping,

 
 

Thank You

Last month, I joined in with a number of other INKlings at the quarterly training day which is held at Jayne's house.  We made 4 projects.  All the projects use items from the Autumn.Winter Mini.

This card is using the "Create A Cupcake" stamp set with the matching "Build A Cupcake" punch. 

It also uses the "Tasteful Trim" Bigz XL Die (blue {tempting turquoise} & yellow {so saffron}).

I had planned on giving this card to Mr O for his birthday which is why I cut out the number "7" in blue but I didn't realise that the base cardstock was PINK!!  LOL.  I will have to wait a few years to give it to Miss M!!

We always do a scrapbook page which is good for me as I don't have many of them.

We used the "French Foliage" stamp set for this page.

How cute is this Easter card!  Simple and very easy to make.

This is the envelope box using the "top note" die along with a white envelope.  Also using the "Decorative Label Punch" and the "Eat Chocolate" stamp set.

Normally I make swap cards for this event but I wasn't in the creative mood this time.  Next training day!

That is all from me today.

Happy Stamping,

Just For You

My brother who has been living in Canada has been home visiting for nearly a month now and while I have caught up with him, I have been spending more time at my parents house (where Michael and his girlfriend, Laura are staying).  They are flying back to Canada on Tuesday for another year, then they will be back home for good.  YAY.  As I know I have been quiet on the blogging front, I thought I'd better explain why! :-)

I have a couple of projects left to show you from the training day.

Cute, isn't it?!  The butterflies are from the 'Beautiful Butterflies' bigz dies and then embossed with the 'Petals-a-Plenty' textured embossing folder. 


A close up of the embossed butterflies with some shimmer paint.

Here is the other project - a 6" x 6" scrapbook page.

More embossing and butterflies!! LOL

 

So, this month saw the last of my Stamp-a-Stack classes for the year.  I have been busy making gifts for my ladies and I will show you them soon.  We are heading to QLD next week for Oliver's birthday so I'm hoping to get some posts scheduled while we are away.

Happy Stamping,

 

6x6 Swap

Better late than never.......I'm sorry I forgot to post this.

My page is simple as you can see.  Thought I'd start off easy.  The theme of this swap was "Home".  I actually don't have a lot of photos of our home but I did come across the above picture of when we moved.  See all the boxes stacked up against the window!!  We lived in a 3 storey townhouse and this was only on day 1 of packing.

I used the Vintage Vogue stamp set.  I stamped the floral stamp in versamark and added it to each side of the photo.

This is showing you the exclusive Stampin' Up! alphabet set "Timeless Type Junior Alphabet".  I have used this set a few times now on my projects.  It is so easy to cut out the letters using the bigshot die cutting machine (no scissors required here!!).

Happy Stamping,
 
 

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Look what I've done!!

LOL.....I am so proud of myself!  Truly I am.  For those of you that are a regular visitor to my blog, will know that I don't scrapbook.  I have done some pages in the past (a long time ago) with the latest being the 6x6 swap I was involved in a few weeks ago.  Oh my, I haven't posted about that swap yet (naughty me!).  Will do.

Ok, so it is not finished......just need to add the journaling at the top.  Bit nervous about that as I don't want to stuff it up and ruin the whole page.  :-)

What do you think????  I suddenly had the urge to scrapbook last week when I was going over photos of when Emily was born and came across this one.  I just stared at it for a long time, looking at Oliver's beautiful smile.  I then thought, I want to scrapbook this photo and straight away came up with "precious moment" as my title.  To me this is a very precious moment.....Oliver showing his love through his smile while holding his brand new sister in his arms.

Oliver is such a beautiful child - I don't mean cute or good looking but beautiful on the inside (although I could argue that fact lately!!).  He is smart, but cheeky.  Keeps people laughing and entertained and doesn't stop talking!!  LOL.  He is also very sensitive and gets upset when he thinks he has hurt Emily (most of the time accidently).  Thank goodness, we seem to have turned a corner with his behaviour at school.  He hasn't had a stop sign for a week now!  LOL.  There is one child who he has issues with at school and as the kids were going to their assembly on Monday morning, this 'said child' kicked Oliver in the leg for no real reason - I did see this but couldn't get to Oliver quick enough before he was kicked.  Argh!  I spoke to his teacher about it.  I am hoping that this issue won't go on for the rest of the year.  While the kids have been told to say "stop, I don't like it", I also won't tell Oliver that he is not allowed to stand up for himself.  If that means getting a stop sign, so be it.  Oh, the joys of school! LOL

In many ways, Emily is much the same as Oliver.  She is now days away from turning 9 months old and as of Tuesday this week, she officially started crawling!!  Look out!  She also has a beautiful smile and will even smile after only having a cat nap....I'm also smiling because I know that her next nap will be a very LONG one!!  LOL

I've use the big flower in the pretties kit with the clear rhinestone.  I sponged the edges with my dauber using the Rich Razzleberry ink.

I again used the flowers from the Pretties kit and coloured 3 of them with the dauber and Rich Razzleberry ink.  To get a more intense colour, you can press the flowers straight onto the ink pad or use your re-inker to colour the flowers.  Another way is to use your aqua painter as well.  So many different techniques.  It all depends on the colour you want.

You also must know that I like a bit of 'bling'!  LOL.  So, naturally there is some glitter on the page too.  I used my 2-way glue pen on the white swirly bits of the dsp and went to town!! ha ha.  I first had the title going horizontally across the page, then thought it would look better going around the circles.

Of course, I couldn't go by without a close up of that smile!  :-)

I have had poor Oliver home from school for three days now with a viral infection.  I'm not feeling so crash hot myself.  Quiet time and bed is where you find me over the weekend!!

Happy stamping,
 
 

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June SAS

These are the two cards I taught at this mont's SAS (stamp-a-stack) class.

This card was inspired by my upline Jayne with her swap card from Convention.  Jayne used 'bird on a branch' stamp set while I used the 'extra large 2-step bird punch' and ribbon.

This card (apart from a couple of changes) came straight out of the Autumn/Winter Mini (pg 30).  I really needed some inspiration for my class and what better place to look - the catalogues!!!

The girls LOVED making these cards too.

Happy Stamping,

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P.S. - I will be starting my Christmas SAS class next month, so if you would like to have christmas cards to send out to friends & family this year, come along to my class.

Friends

Here is what my 3D class made tonight!  You've already seen one photo but here are more.

(sorry about the quality of the pictures.....)

Here is the card box.  As I only had whisper white or very vanilla in 12x12, I needed to find a dsp that used either of those colours.  I had bought the cottage garden dsp but hadn't opened it yet and saw that whisper white would go nicely with it.

The side panel.  Very easy to make.

Now you can see the pockets.

I used the flower brads as feet on my sample.

Here is the flower pot card.  I have made one before HERE but with the new leaf die, it just brings the card to life!

I did get my inspiration for this card from Amy Celona (US Demo).

Can you see the butterfly!  I did the rock 'n' roll technique for this using Rich Razzelberry and Pale Plum ink.  I also added some bling!

Wow, this was a long post wasn't it!  I hope you made it through.  LOL

Happy Stamping,

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**To purchase anything from the Stampin’ Up! Catalogue/s, contact me with your order**

3D Class

I returned home from Convention 2010 (what a great time I had too!) on Sunday afternoon to a sick baby girl! Poor "M" has been unwell for a week.  She has an awful cold and over the weekend was sick after drinking her bottles.  Thank goodness, she hasn't done that since Sunday.  Oliver behaved himself for the most part of the weekend which is good to hear as we have been having behavioural issues with him at school for the past 3 weeks to the point where I just broke down and cried last week which made him very upset and (touch wood) he has been good since.  I'm not sure why his behaviour has been so bad, but it is NOT what either Rob or I have taught him to do (hitting, pinching etc).  I have been embarrassed to pick him up of an afternoon expecting to be told he hurt someone.....not a nice feeling at all.  Anyway, I am working with his teacher to curb his behaviour and it seems to be working - thank goodness.  Oliver has always been a good natured, very friendly little boy and to see/hear him acting like this, really breaks my heart.  I'm sure some of you know what I am talking about. 

SU! CONVENTION..........What a fabulous time I had.  While I do live in Sydney, I stayed at Nicky's house as it was a bit of a hike to travel every morning and afternoon.  More on Convention later......

Now, onto what you will be making in my 3D class.

WHEN: 1st June
WHERE: My house - Mount Annan area (address upon booking)
TIME: 7pm
COST: $25 (all products are supplied)
RSVP: 30th May (essential, you must book your place).

So, who wants to come along and make this wonderful card box and flower pot card?  You will get to play with the big shot!!

Email me to reserve your place.

Happy Stamping,

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**To purchase anything from the Stampin’ Up! Catalogue/s, contact me with your order**

INKlings Blog Hop

Welcome to The INKlings’ Team’s first ever blog hop.  You may have arrived here from Dani or just be visiting my blog, whichever way once you’ve checked out my creations you can continue the hop through the link at the end of this post to the next team member.  
 
What style of cards do we frequently get asked for inspiration for? More often than not it’s masculine cards, be it little boys or grandfathers everyone seems to struggle with cards for the males in our lives.  So as a team we thought we’d help you out by providing you with 20 team members’ fantastic blogs that you can hop through and get lots of fantastic ideas from.

Want to win some Blog Candy?  Simply leave a comment on each blog and then email Michelle Dyson and let her know you’ve done so and you’ll be in the running for a fantastic prize of 20 handmade cards plus other goodies.
 
Sorry, Blog Candy prize not available to SU! demonstrators. 
 
Now, onto my projects!

Ok, so I haven't made a 'card', but I did make a man's wallet and beer mug!  LOL (at least I hope you think it is a beer mug!).

I used the pillow box die (x3) (see tutorial HERE).  I also used my Circle Scissor Plus to cut out the circles you require.  They go on the inside to make the mug more sturdy.

Hopefully the white tissue paper resembles the 'head' of the beer!  LOL  I kind of came up with this at the last minute and didn't really have time to experiment so you might just have to use your imagination a little.

I have done this wallet before but it was a long time ago now. I added and extra panel this time.  If you look at the very first picture, you might be able to make out that it is darker on the outside.  You would be right......I embossed it after getting my bone folder and making squiggly lines vertical and horizontal.  Almost like a faux leather look.

A close up view of the inside of the wallet. The 'Love You' bit is just smaller than a credit card.  I did trace around my credit card but I wouldn't fit so I had to trim it just slightly and used my corner rounder punch to round off each corner.
 
Well, I hope you like my projects today.  Next stop on the INKlings’ Team Blog Hop is Amy.  Have fun and don't forget to leave a comment on each blog to win some great Blog Candy.

Happy Stamping,

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In case you missed any blog, here is the full list of participants:

Clare McIllhatton http://craftycowcreations.blogspot.com/
Janice Spencer  www.janicespencer.blogspot.com
Dani Holland http://www.daniholland.wordpress.com/
Kylie Swain http://kraftykylie.typepad.com/blossom_designs/
Amy Anderson http://amyandersonsblog.blogspot.com    
Kari Hughes  www.karigail.wordpress.com
Jayne Mercer http://www.jaynemercer.com/blogs
Joanna Wassens http://www.joannawassens.com   
Michelle Dyson  http://stampinkpaper.blogspot.com  
Christie Wallace http://christiescreativecorner.blogspot.com
Ryn Gibbs http://rynscraps.blogspot.com  
Fiona Brown http://www.fionajanestamping.blogspot.com
Beth Stewart www.elisabethstewart.com  
Nicky Adamson http://nickyadamson.blogspot.com  
Dani Fender http://danifender.blogspot.com    
Michelle Frost-Stevenson http://stampinground.wordpress.com   
Rachel Jackson http://havefunstamping.blogspot.com/ 
Rachel Capps http://rachelcapps.wordpress.com/
Carolyn Campbell-McLean http://carolyncampbell-mclean.blogspot.com  
Michelle Le Breton http://michellescraftclasses.blogspot.com

Happy 1st Birthday

Sorry I have been quiet of late.  I haven't had a great deal of time for stamping so there hasn't been anything to show you.

But for today's project.........

Remember the invitations I made HERE, well this is the card I made for Lachlan.  Mind you, I did make it on the day of his party because I just didn't get to do it before then.

The longest part of making the card was cutting out the letters!  LOL  Even then, it took no time at all.  I ran my alphabet dies through the bigshot so that means no scissors were involved at all.

And to finish it off, I also did the inside of the card.  I don't normally do this but I am liking the end result of other's who do this, so I think this will be my 'new' thing.

I've used the Baja Breeze DSP with Sahara Sand card stock.  As usual, my white gel pen and the scallop circle punch as well as the 1" circle punch.  The ribbon is Kraft Taffeta.

Happy Stamping,
 

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**To purchase anything from the Stampin' Up! catalogue/s, contact me with your order**

P.S. - I am involved in another blog hop tomorrow so I will be back then to show you my projects.

Blog Hop

Good Morning everyone!

I hope you’re ready for the ESAD Mother's Day Blog Hop! Better go grab yourself a cuppa as you’ll be hopping for a while!

What is ESAD you say?

ESAD stands for Extra Special Australian (and New Zealand) Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealanddemonstrators for Stampin’ Up!

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends and wonderful blog visitors but we share our love for what we do with each other as Demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know how and cyberstamps and we are always there to help and support each other when its needed.

So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group.

You would have just come from Kristine Thompson blog.  Have you been enjoying all the great projects you've seen so far!?

So here our my projects for today!  I have been wanting to make this box out of the scallop envelope die.  I am pleased with how it turned out too. 

So, what do you think of my scallop circle card??? I LOVE it!  I was going to use the polka dot embossing folder on the Riding Hood Red cardstock but I (obviously!) went with manhattan flower instead.  As usual, I got out my white gel pen and went around the scallops.

The inside of the card.  I have to tell you that I had a 'happy accident'.  I somehow got ink on my hand and smudged it on the white cardstock right where the flower is.  Luckily, I had a little of the DSP left and the flower was just the right size to cover up the smudge!  PHEW! 

Up close and personal with the box.  Yes more white gel pen!!  LOL

I added the ribbon on the handle with, you guessed it, more white gel pen!!  LOL

Happy Stamping and thanks for visiting my blog!

Now if you do make it around all of the blogs and leave comment on all of them you are then in the running for some Blog Candy! There will be two winners – one from New Zealand and one from Australia. All you have to do is to visit and comment on each of the blogs in todays blog hop and then send an email to Sharlene Torres and advise that you have commented on all the blogs and give her your name, email and location.

You will now hop on over to Rachel Jackson's blog for more fabulous projects.

Incase you have missed any of the blogs, here is a list of them all:

Rachel Jackson
Nicky Adamson
Kari Hughes
Vicky Were
Clare McIllhatton
Lisa Bullock
Wendy Todd
Jenny Humphreys
Sharlene Meyer
Kelly Nelson
Kim Badelt
Jan McAnulty
Megan McDonald
Narelle Hodges
Kristine Thompson

 

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Supplies
Stamps: Occasional Greetings.
Ink: Riding Hood Red.
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose DSP .
Accessories: Scallop Circle Bigz Die, Scallop Envelope Bigz Die Circle Scissor Plus, Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder, Kiwi Kiss Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Corduroy Buttons, White Gel Pen, Large Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Circle Fire Rhinestone Brad.

Thanks

Gosh, I am sooo loving the Rich Razzleberry colour - how about you?

Here are a couple of new dies from the Autumn/Winter Mini.  The leaves are sizzlits dies (small dies 6 x 6.5cm).  There are 2 sizzlits dies {Little Leaves, Buttons #5}, 2 medium sizzlits dies {Timeless Type Junior Alphabet} and 1 pack of dies which contains 4 sizzlits dies {Lots of Tags}.
 

The 'thanks' die is an embosslits die.  There are 2 embosslits in the Autumn/Winter mini, "thanks' & 'Sweet Stems'.  These are also 6 x 6.5cm.

So, who is glad Stampin' Up! now sell the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine?!  I know I am!!  LOL

Happy Stamping,

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**To purchase anything from the Stampin' Up! catalogue/s, contact me with your order**

Friends

This card/envelope is so cute.  The envelope is one of the new dies.

This envelope is only small once made up but you can make a box out of it!  Yes, you can!  I haven't as yet made one but I will and you know I will show you!  LOL

Happy Stamping,
 

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**To purchase anything from the Stampin' Up! catalogue/s, contact me with your order**

Hello

Wow, it is the last week of school before the Easter holiday break - 2 weeks!!!  The school held their Cross Country last Friday and Oliver took part.  He was in the 6 year old (not sure why as he is only 5) race and he came 5th!

How gorgeous is this card!  It was one of the make 'n takes from the INKlings training day.

Everything (except for the base card stock) is from the Autumn/Winter Mini.  I absolutely LOVE the DSP (Cottage Wall). 

See those embossed dots.  Aren't they beautiful!

Happy Stamping,

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**To purchase anything from the Stampin' Up! catalogue, contact me with your order**

Swap Cards

Here are my swap cards I made for the INKlings training day last Sunday.  The swaps I received were all gorgeous.  Well done girls!

This is another sneak peak at some brand new products which will be available from the 1st April (no, it is no April fools).

All 3 colours will be available in the Autumn/Winter Mini as well as the polka dot ribbon and the Top Note die.  The stamp set (Fifth Avenue Floral) is in the current Idea Book & Catalogue.

Not everyone was able to make swaps so I still have a few left over which I have decided to take to Convention (in May) this year.

Happy Stamping,

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**ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT TO GET YOUR FREE SALE-A-BRATION STAMP SET!!  HURRY.**