Hi there, today I’m going to show you a creation I made a couple of weeks ago.  I saw this gorgeous little bird house a little while ago & thought I’d give it a go, this is what I came up with

I created a card to match with the birdhouse. I really enjoyed playing with Melon Mambo, it is such a fun colour to use.

The colours I’ve co-ordinated with it are Whisper White & Kraft. 

Here’s one I’ve created in Baja Breeeze

I hope you’ve enjoyed looking at my creations today.

I’ll catch you again soon

This post has been sitting in the draft file for what seems like ages……………………….so I thought I’d finish it & show you a card I made about 2 months ago.

This is a card I case-d from page 11 of the Autumn mini. At the time I didn’t have any of the new colours (Melon Mambo) so I used Regal Rose ribbon insead.  I also son’e have the Tag punch so I used the large & Wide Oval punches so I could add a greeting.

The card base is Old Olive & I’ve used the Manhatan flower embossing folder….which I do love but just need to get to using it more.  I am getting much better at using my Big Shot because I’ve moved it so it now sits on my desk & is super easy to use.

I love being able to case a card & make a little change or two to make it more ‘mine’ 

Maybe if your mojo is missing a little inspiration why not find something you like & copy it…. another great use is if you are tie poor, just find a creation someone else has made, tweek it a little & it is more personally yours (thanks to inspiration;)

Today I’m going to show you a card I case-d from page 67 of the main Idea Book & Catalogue.  I love this stamp set & it is so versatile for either boy or girls cards.  

Here is the boy version

and here is a close up of the starry eyes

All suplpies Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Just Jawing, Classic Stars jumbo wheel

Ink:  Old Olive, Black Staz On

Cardstock:  Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red

Accessories:  Circle Scissors Plus & Glass mat,   small star punch, 3/4″ Cirlce punch, Jumbo Stampin’ Around handle, 2 Way glue Pen

& now here is a girly version of the same card

and another close up

All suppleis Stampin’  Up!

Stamps:  Just Jawing, Starring You, On Your Birthday, Classic Stars jumbo wheel

Ink:  Pink Passion, Black Staz On

Cardstock:  Pink Passion, Basic black, Whisper White

Accessories:  Circle Scissors plus & glass mat, Small Star punch, 3/4″ Circle punch, Jumbo Stampin’ Around handle, 2 Way Glue Pen

I’m sooo lovin’ my Circle Scissor Plus right now.  I love how easy it is to cut larger circles & rings too & using the Glass mat makes it all that much easier.  

These are 2 cards I did at a Stamp a Stack in Geraldton for a lovely group of ladies.  If you are interested in holding a demonstration or workshop, why not give me a call & we can organise a date to catch up.

Till next time

Hi ho everyone

I just wanted to start off with saying a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who dropped by yesterday for the blog hop & had a look see at the things I have made, I really do appreciate your lovely comments & thank you for your encouragement.  It is really nice to know what other people think of my creations

I brought a box & a bog of my stamping things & have hardly touched them…….I have been reading instead… Before we came away I bought the first 8 books in the Sookie Stackhouse series & they have me TOTALLY HOOKED!!!!!!!I love them to bits

Ok so here is a card I did make while we’ve been away

This is a quick card I whipped up.  I’m not 100% sold on it, but I do think it’s ok….but just ok.  It started out from inspiration from page 12 of the Summer Mini catty, but with changes

The colours are Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue, Confetti Cream

The ribbon is Twill tape (the middle size)

The stamp sets are Sincere Salutations, Butterfly Prints & For Everything

I’m going to leave it there as I need to head off to bed because it is late here & we’ve had a big day of, swimming, eating, fishing, walking, sight seeing etc…. all those wonderful things you do on holidays

So for now & until next time…..keep that smile on your dial

Hiya,  great to see you

So today is Wednesday & it is my first day at home ALL by myself for 2 1/2 weeks.  The kids are back at school, Robby is at work (after a busy day at home yesterday with our farm advisor….*sigh*) & I have made Duncan (our workman) a lunchbox…….

Instead of trying to get something stamped & posted today I thought I’d show you the other couple of cards I made on Sunday, similar to the ones I showed you in my last post.

Again these cards are using the colour theme of, Chocolate CHip,  Sage Shadow, Really Rust, More Mustard & a bit of Old Olive.

With this first card I used the stamp set Friends 24-7 (which I am warming to).  I blinged it up with some Clear Rhinestone Brads, I also used one of the YUMMY clips out of the clip assortment.  The sentiment is from the very YUMMY sale-a-bration set called YUMMY which is one set I just can’t pass up. 

Now this next card is a little different but still based on the same colours.  Here I have used the brand new (to me) stamp set Circle Circus.  Yet again this is the first time I have used this set.  I have again used some Clear Rhinestone Brads to bling it up.  This time I have used the narrow Choc Chip ribbon & punched the best wishes out of the set short & sweet with the Word Window punch.

and now this is the final card I made

Here I have used the leaves out of the Embrace Life stamp set & used the Dad sentiment from the Greetings Eight set.  Then the buttons i used are from the Buttons Latte…..these are GORGEOUS. 

So there you have the last of the brown & green cards now I promise i won’t be posting any more like these  for a little while.  Hopefully I will have something else to show you soon.  I am planning for another Cyberstamp with some other SU demonstrators so I will have some things coming up.  I am heading off to Geraldton tomorrow to go shopping & then sports with the kids on Friday, so life is still a bit busy but hopefully I will have some time to not only stamp but post too.

Till next time……..keep smiling & thanks for calling by.  Chat to you soon

Hi there  I am glad you dropped by today.  I am sorry (yet again) I have been away.  We have had school holidays here & I just haven’t had the time to post let alone stamp

We have had an awesome time over the holidays.  We went to the movies, McDonalds (which is a HUGE treat for the kids), picnicing which was divine.  Apart from that we just stayed home & chilled & it was just wonderful.

Ok so on Sunday we went on a picnic lunch (in between the showers of rain) & I had some cardstock cut up to make some cards so I was lucky enough to make a couple before we went & then another couple after we got home.  I joined in with a card swap with some other demonstrators & it was Father’s Day orientated.  I didn’t really know what I was gonig to make & was going through the stamp sets I have when I thought……..Ooooo the trendy trees set would make a noice card.  & of course I HAD to use the Happy Father’s Day greeting.  Now what is a male based card without some hemp twin & a jumbo eyelet?? So I got to it &  this is the card I made for my swap

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Set:  Trendy Trees,  Weathered,  Occasional Greetings

Ink:  Sage Shadow, More Mustard, Old Olive, Really Rust, Choc Chip

Markers:  Choc Chip

Cardstock:  Choc Chip,  Really Rust,  Whisper White, Windsor Knot dsp

Accessories:  Choc Chip grosgrain ribbon,  Jumbo Eyelet, Hemp Twine, Paper Piercer & mat pack, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Now, as I said earlier I had a few extra pieces of card cut so I decided to make some other cards,  the supplies for these are pretty much the saem I have just changed the stamps & accessories

This first one I have used the stamp set Boatloads of Love & I have coloured the boat using my aquapainter & re-inkers.  I totally suck with my watercolouring but I am making myself do it so I can get better

So with this set I used the stamp set Friends 24-7.  I coloured the bird directly on the rubber & stamped it.  I blinged it up with some half pearls out of the Pretties Kit.

This was so easy to make these cards with the left overs from my swaps.  I have a few more too & I will show you those over the next few days.

So till next time…….keep stamping & smiling

Hi, hello & happy Tuesday

I hope you are having a superb day today.  I would lvoe to talk about the weather, but I think what I have to say about it will make my hubby very very SAD……………(yes it is lovely weather, but shhhhhh don’t tell Robby I said that..lol)

I am not getting a huge amount of stamping done lately, but I am doing some.  I am just at a place where I am happy plodding along, it is just so nice to not be rushing around inthe car, or chasing things up, or doing a heap of cooking.  Everything is in moderation lately & it really is very comfortable, who knows how long it will last but I will definitley enjoy while it is here.  So onto today’s card.

This one I opened the catalogue to page #79 to see if I could case something from there & thought, oh I have opened to a page where I don’t have those stamp sets…..NONE of them on either page 78 or 79 (must make a mental note to point this out to Robby lol ). So what could I make , what do I like on this page???????  Then I spotted the little package up the top on page 79, using kraft, old olive, bashful blue & choc chip…..oooo choc chip & kraft & old olive my favourite faithful colours, I could use those & so I did.

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp set:  Animal Crakers (this is a first time use…yippee), small pieces

Ink:  Versamark, Staz On Jet Black, Bashful Blue

Cardstock:  Kraft, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue & Wartercolour Paper

Accessories:  Blender Pen & Stampin’ Pastels, Hemp Twine, Word Window Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I coloured the little giraffe in with my Stampin’ Pastels & it really has turned out quite cute & I must remember to do this more often as I haven’t coloured like this for AGES

Well anyway I hope you like my case & maybe you could case something out of the catalogue if you are time short or inspirationless at the moment

Enjoy your day & till next time………..keep smiling

Good Monday afternoon

Today I am going to show you another card I care-d from the catalogue.  This is the first time I have used Flight of the Butterfly.  You can find this stamp set on page 82 & I have case-d the card from page 83.  This stamp set is absolutely GORGEOUS, I do love it & I can see I will be using it more often.  Anyway here is the card

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp set:  Flight of the Butterfly

Ink:  Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip

Cardstock:  Chocolate Chip,  Kraft, & Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss

Accessories:  Kiwi Kiss sstriped grosgrain ribbon,  Scallop border punch, Triop flower punch, 1 3/8″ Circle punch,  Clip assortment (pg148), Silver Brad, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig

To get the butterfly “spot on” I used the  Stamp-a-ma-jig which I hardly ever use, purely because I’m too lazy (lol) but I have now placed it in a basket on my desk to be used more often

I enjoyed making these cards & I hope the recipients enjoy them

I am off now to do some more stamping so have a wonderful Monday afternoon & I will catch you tomorrow.

Good Saturday morning, I hope you have a fantastic weekend planned.  We are heading into Geraldton over the weekend at some point for haircuts & Robby has to work for most of the weekend, so we aren’t doing much, but I’m sure it will end up being a lovely weekend.  Enough  blab…….

So I have been caught up on Facebook lately, i discovered farm town & am TOTALLY addicted to it   LOL, so if you haven’t been there, DON’T go there, you will get stuck

Anyway I did get some stamping done the other day.  I opened the catty for some inspiration & ended up making a few cards, which was nice.  Here I am going to show you one of  the cards I made & then I’ll show you the others over the next couple of days, so stay tuned.

This first one I only changed the greeting & I am very happy with how lovely & simple it is.  I have case-d it from page 84.

This card uses the Scribble stamp set aswell as Best Yet (hostess set).  I have stamped in Pink Pirouette onto Pink Pirouette & then mounted that onto Kraft & then finally onto Chocolate Chip.  I have wrapped some wide Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon around the front & then stamped the greeting  in Choc Chip onto Whisper White & mounted it using dimensionals & then added some styled silver hodgepodge to it.

I really am please with this card.  I would love to know what you think about it, or maybe a card out of the catty you have case-d……

I will have some more for you tomorrow.  Till then………….keep smiling

Good morning, now I know I said yesterday I would have some scrapbooking, but I thought if I post a photo that I already have in my comp, then at least I will have something to show you.

This is a card I case-d from one I had received earlier in this post.  Mine is much more somple than Claire’s, but I think it still showcases the technique well (& yes I know the pic really isn’t that good, sorry)

All supplies Stampin’  Up!

Stampn Set:  Trendy Trees

Ink:  Pumpkin Pie,  Ruby Red, Old Olive,  Choc CHip,  Creamy Caramel

Cardstock:  Kraft,  Old Olive, Choc Chip, Whisper White

Accessories:  Stampin’  Sponges,  Paper Piercer & mat pack, large oval punch

I will be back a bit later with some scrapbooking, so stay tuned………..