Anyone hungry?

You will be now after looking at all these cute little cupcakes.........Here is your first sneak peek at some of the new products in the soon to be released Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue. I have made a collection of easel cards using the Subtles colour family, the new Create-a-Cupcake stamp set with matching punch and the new Decorative Label punch. This is such a fun set to play with, with so many options. Other products include the 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch and elegant lines embossing folder, the subtles pattern DSP, modern label punch and word window punch, rhinestones and scallop trim border punch. I have also used the new big shot die Scallop Squares Duo (the smaller of the scallops) on the perfect plum card. All three card bases were made from one 12 x 12 piece of cardstock.

Birthday gift

My awesome upline Gail celebrated her birthday today and I took the opportunity to make her something. I hope she likes it. I have made a tea box copied from Andrea Walford's project and a card copied from Becky Roberts latest tutorial. I am so in love with the Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper and have been making lots of projects using it (more to come later) so thought it was a good choice for this combo. On the card I have used the Friends 24-7 stamp set along with the gorgeous butterflies embosslit. The sentiment comes from a new stamp set soon to be released called Create-a-cupcake (more on that later on). The top of the tea box has a flower made from the 2-step owl punch. To see a tutorial on how to make these, click here. The tea pot on the front comes from the Morning Cup stamp set and it is finished off using some of the pearl strips. Thanks for looking.

Wedding card

I am off to a wedding and thought I had better make the card. I have been wanting to use the Presto Patterns DSP for ages and thought this would be the perfect opportunity. This card is a shameless CASE from this one here. The wedding invites were close to Marina Mist so thought it would be a good option plus I like the monochromatic look. The 'congratulations' comes from the Well Scripted stamp set and the medallion comes from Artisitic Etchings stamp set. I have used some Whisper White satin ribbon and finished it off with a button from the subtles collection......and lots of sponging....you should see my fingers now LOL. Congrats to John and Bronwyn on the wedding. Thanks for looking.

Long time, no post......

Let me say that it's not through lack of creativity that's for sure! I have been busy making secret sister gifts (which I can't post here just yet for fear she may find me out - LOL!) plus prepping for a fundraiser for the flood victims at the end of the month, PLUS preparing for the upcoming Paperific Show in April which will showcase all the new fabulous things in the upcoming Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue - you are gonna LOVE it! More of that in a later post. But...........what I can post here is what I received from my Secret Sister for February. My package arrived today and I can't wait to show you - I love it, everything about it. First are the two cards I received earlier, one using my favourite stamp set Just Believe and the other using my favourite punch, ornament punch.

Then today I received my February gift which was totally what I wanted. I had requested some more ideas for scrapping as I don't do much of that but with a new baby on the way I am sure that will change....anyway my Secret Sister could not have got it more spot on, you see during the week I had my 20 week scan and these are the colours we were thinking for the nursery (can you guess what it is???) plus she used my favourite stamp set again, oh I just love it! It is a star book scrap album - totally kewl! Thanks secret sister, cant wait to find out who you are.

CD Case Calendar

Tomorrow night I have a team meeting with my downline and this is one of the projects we will be making. I found this cute idea here. It uses one of the Sale-A-Bration (SAB) sets called Punch Bunch, it's such a super cute set. I had a ball making this calendar, it was so nice to use some bright colours for a change. I have used Melon Mambo, Marina Mist, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz along with the 2-step Owl Punch and 2-step Bird Punch. You too can have this cute set (which has 5 stamps which all coordinate with our punches including the scallop square and scallop circle) from Monday with all qualifying Workshops or orders of $100 or more you can have this adorable stamp set for FREE. There is another way you can earn SAB sets for FREE and that is to join my fabulous team plus you can also choose a stamp set from the Idea Book and Catalogue to the value of $79.95 FREE. Plus.....if you join my team you will also receive a welcome pack from me which includes plenty of resources to get your business off and running. For more information on any of the above, please feel free to contact me via email at felic77@hotmail.com or on my mobile 0414 400 841.

Faux Silk with my Stamp Club

Here is what my stamp club ladies will be making next Sunday at our next club meeting. I used this card as my inspiration. It is a technique using tissue paper to create a faux silk look. I was actually pretty happy with how this turned out. I stamped it with Black Stazon and then coloured it in with ink and blender pens. I have used the Friends 24-7 stamp set with a sentiment from Oval All and the Very Vintage wheel. I have topped it off with a flower brad and some taffeta ribbon. The centre image has been paper pierced around the edges and I used the scallop trim border punch along the bottom. Colours used are Perfect Plum, Old Olive & Confetti White. If you are interested in joining my stamp club simply drop me an email at felic77@hotmail.com. Thanks for looking.

A gift for a friend

I have made one of these gorgeous little card holders before but decided to compliment it this time with two other items. All these projects are tutorials from other talented demonstrators which I will link to shortly. I was also reluctant to post this collection as it uses retired papers etc... Firstly I made the card holder which is a tutorial I purchased from the very creative Andrea Walford. You can see the tutorial here. Andrea puts together very detailed tutorials that are excellent and easy to follow. The only thing I changed was the clear sleeves to hold the cards as ours are a little larger, all I did was trim the tops off about a 1-2cm to fit in the holder and stuck them together using sticky strip. The next item was a little desk calendar with drawer. Inside the drawer is a post-it-note pad I found at Officeworks with a little butterfly on it which was perfect. The calendar was designed by the talented Nicole Stalker. You can see her video tutorial here. Finally I modified a chocolate block holder designed by Claire Daly, I made it larger to fit the bigger block. She has a free tutorial here. I have used a stamp set called Simple Friendship (one of my favs, unfortunately not available in Australia) and the retired Bella Bleu DSP. I have used, however, some of the new crochet ribbon on the choc block holder. I hope Denise likes her little gift.

Happy New Year!!!

I have been busy seeing the new year in on the latest UStamp (started last night) with one of the latest fabulous projects. This was designed by Kristen Conant. It was initially designed as a Vintage Box with matching cards but I decided to change the theme and make it a baby one for thank-you's. I have used the Nursery Suite Specialty Papers and the Note Cards ($9.50 for 20 cards with matching envelopes, card measures 8.9cm x 12.7cm). You can still join UStamp for only $US24.98. It runs for 3 weeks with a couple of projects with full instructions posted everyday. It's so much fun. Thanks for looking.

2010 Christmas Cards

Now that I think most have received them I can now post these up. This year I used the ornament punch again but did something totally different. Here is my card from last year where I did an easel card. This year I decided to use some of our new products including the new shimmer paints and the new lattice embossing folder. I have also used some of the new wide striped grosgrain ribbon, the new scallop trim border punch and the new antique brads. This year's card was inspired by this one here using the 'inlaid technique' I think it's called. Not sure if you can tell from the pic but I have used the shimmer paints to create a glittered background (oh gotta luv glitter at Christmas time hey). To create this glitter look, you mix a couple of drops of the shimmer paint (I used the champagne one on the this card) with some Isocol rubbing alcohol (you can find this green bottle in the medical section in the supermarket) in a mist bottle or spray bottle (I get mine from Howards Storage World or you could use an old Stampin' Mist bottle) then shake it up and spray on to your cardstock and let it dry (doesn't take long).

Desk Set

This project has come from the enormously talented Jenny Moors. I purchased the tutorial from her and made one as per her colour choice and loved it so much I made another one in a different colour scheme for a close friend who loved it! I will definitely be making more of these. It contains a set of three cards with matching envelopes. Visit her blog for plenty of inspiration. Her tutorials are listed down the righthand side of her blog and are very afordable and easy to follow.

I have another idea for this so stay tuned for more next week in another colour combo.

Melbourne Regional Conference

Shame on me for taking so long to post but life has continued to be VERY crazy. Not long now until I finish work - YAY!!! Then you can expect to see a lot more on here - I PROMISE! Ok warning - this is a LONG post, sorry, trying to make up for lost time.

What I have for you today are the swaps I made for the recent regional conference in Melbourne plus what I received back from others when I swapped. This year for the first time instead of making 60 odd swaps all the same, I decided to break up the boredom and do three different designs. First was an ice cream cone using the new lattice embossing folder from the upcoming Mini Catalogue.
Next was a cute little Christmas wreath door made using the Welcome Christmas stamp set embellished with some Rich Razzleberry Ribbon and an antique brad for the handle.

and finally, my favourite, some little easel desk top calendars. You see I am a HUGE cup cake fan, just scan back through the posts to see more... so I thought this was a great idea.I purchase my little calendars from here. I have used the Simple Birthday Thanks stamp and stamped onto DSP then cut out, used my tombo adhesive glue and adhered them to some whisper white card to give them some strength, decorated with some ribbon and antique brads (luv these) and assembled onto the easel frame. Finally I decorated with some rhinestones or pearls.




Lastly here are the gorgeous swaps that I received back from everyone I swapped with.

I will be back soon with the completed make and takes from the conference, you see I have to finish them first LOL!

Christmas All Bundled Up Stampin' Up! Style

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It's that time of year again....

Yes another group of girls have now graduated and once again my house (the RED house at school) made some parting gifts for the year 12's in our house. (You can click here to see what we made last year) This year we made little boxes using the Top Note Die and made a little gift card to go inside sticking with the owl theme. Inside the card was a little quote (each girl had their own quote particular to them and their personality). The girls were thrilled with their little gift and I hope they treasure them for years to come. Each graduating box came with its own little tassle (in red of course), the card uses the owl from Fox and Friends and the sentiment is the Happy Grad Set. The graduating hat on the owl is stamped and cut out from the Great Grads set. Click here to see instructions to make the box. I have included a collage of the girls in production mode from one of our crafting sessions - the girls really love making them and look forward to it each year. I found the idea for these cute little graduation boxes here.

Black Magic

I can't believe how long it has taken me to post something new. Not that I want to make excuses but I have been flat out with my students preparing for exams, writing reports (who would be a teacher huh!) oh and am I allowed to have a holiday in there somewhere! Anyway I had to get my butt organised and work out what to do at stamp club on the weekend and this is what I came up with. It is a technique called black magic. Each month my stamp clubees (is this even a word - LOL) learn a new technique and make some cards using that technique. I found an idea for the tree card on SCS and then I wanted to use some of my new stamps for the other card and this is what I came up with. The swirl is from the gorgeous new set called Elements of Style. I always like to find ways to use my non-Christmas themed stamps for Christmas cards in a way they were not intended. The tree also comes from a non-christmas set called Lovely as a Tree. Anyway once I stamped the swirl on the card I decided to leave it as is and not colour it like the tree - I think the classic look looks just as effective. I am so in love with the new ribbon and the new sentiment set Curly Cute. Thanks for looking. Did you notice my new watermark?