Pat Carr's Stamp Camp October 2013 at Shoalwater

Hi Everyone,
Last weekend I attended a camp with my good friend Pat Carr at a Retreat Centre in Shoalwater which is south of Perth.  It is a lovely peaceful place, very close to the sea and although it rained a lot of the weekend we all enjoyed ourselves making some gorgeous projects.  Pat, Jenny Chilton, Andrea Buckland and myself also presented a workshop and some technique classes. 
Today's post is featuring three technique cards by Andrea Buckland using different mediums for the background and the same stamp set for each. For the first card we coloured with Marker's directly onto a clear block and spritzed and then stamped.  You leave the clear block sitting on the card until it has drawn all the moisture onto the card and the clear block is completely dry.  You then stamp your images and colour them as required.



Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Wetlands
Card: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black, Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Soft Sky, Basic Black
Finishing Touches: Early Espresso Twine
Cool Tools: Clear Block, Spritzer, Stamp-a-ma-jig,  Dble Sided Tape
The next card was made using Stamp Pads dragged lightly, directly on the card.  This technique can appear overdone until you do some stamping and it changes the whole look of your card.



Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Wetlands
Card: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black, Soft Sky, Smokey Slate, Crumb Cake
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Pretty Print E/Folder, Large Oval Punch, Wide Oval Punch
The last card of the set was made using Painter's Tape inked up on stamp pads, stamped off once and stamped on the Whisper White card.  You can use the Painters Tape over and over again.  To keep the colours uniform on the background you can mark the tape on the stamp pad at the edges, this helps to line each colour up.

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Wetlands
Card: Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black, Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi
Finishing Touches: 7/16" Flax/Burlap Trim
Cool Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Painters Tape, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals
Check back in the next few days for some more of the gorgeous projects we made, or become a follower so you know when I have posted some more projects.
Thanks for dropping by today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #80 - Dashing Through the Snow......

Hi Friends,

Today's post is for this weeks Merry Monday Challenge and we are to use Music or a Carol inspired theme for our cards.  I went with both using  Stampin' Up's music notes wheel for my background and the carol is Jingle Bells. The fir trees are fussy cut and covered with Dazzling Diamonds. I die cut the Silhouette image from Papertrey Ink.  The Whisper White card is embossed with the Polka Dot Embossing Folder.  I finished off with some Silver cord and a Jingle Bell. 

Inside

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - In the Meadow, S/U's Music Notes Wheel, 1996 Penny Black 960H Snowy Fir Tree

Card and Papers: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Very Vanilla

Ink: Crumb Cake, Stazon Black, Garden Green, Basic Grey

Finishing Touches: Dazzling Diamonds, Silver Cord, Jingle Bell

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Papertrey Ink - In the Meadow Dies, Sizzix Polka Dot E/Folder, Sponge, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen

Thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,

 



Happy 7th Anniversary!

Hello Friends,
Today's card was made for our youngest Daughter and her Husband for their 7th Wedding Anniversary today.  The Owls were cased from a design by Heather Summers who I think made the original design.  Heather's Owls were a lot larger and I adapted the design for my card.  I sponged the background through a lattice die cut and punched out the shapes to create the owls. I love them, I think they are adorable.

Supplies:

Stamps: PSX Santa Rosa F270 Happy Anniversary
Card: Whisper White, Concord Crush, Real Red, Basic Black, Silver Glimmer Card, Crumb Cake
Ink: Bashful Blue, Stazon Black
Cool Tools: Big Shot, 1 3/8" Circle Punches, 3/8" Circle Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Boho Blossom Punch, Perfect Pennants Punch, Memory Box Branch and Berries Die, Cherry Lynn Designs - French Lattice Small Frame, Owl Builder Punch, Sponge, Sizzix Adorning Ac cents E/Folder, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen,
Thanks for dropping in today. Happy Stamping!
Hugs,

Curtis is Three

Hello Friends,
Today's card was made for our Grandson Curtis who is turning three today.  Curtis is an avid Thomas the Tank Engine fan and knows all of the engines and accessories by name so I just had to make a card of his favourite engine. I did use Pinterest to get some ideas but I had to figure out sizing and which punches to use to make it, very time consuming but it was a fun project.

 



Supplies:
Card: Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Basic Black, Basic Grey, Smokey Slate, Real Red, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight
Ink: Basic Grey
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Spellbinders Classic Circles Nestabilities, Sizzix Adorning Accents Framelits, Sponge, Computer and Printer, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen
Punches:
1" Circle Punch - Daffodil Delight Circles, Thomas's Cheeks
3/4" Circle Punch - Eyes Whisper White, Basic Grey Circles, Bashful Blue Circle
1/2" Circles - Eyes Pupils Black card
Double Circle Punch - Eyes Pupils White
1 1/4" Circle Punch - Top of Funnel - Black, Mouth - White
Word Window Punch - Wheels
Round Tab Punch - Nose
Designer Label Punch - Whisper White Lamp
1" Square Punch - Eyebrows, Square cut in half and then quarters
Martha Stewart Train Border Punch
Hope you like it.  Thanks for stopping by today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #79 - Snowflakes

Hi Friends,
Today's post is for the Merry Monday Challenge this week.  The theme is Snowflakes and we are to use Blue, Grey/Silver and White as our colours.   I saw this card by LeeAnn Greff on Pinterest and loved the cut out with the Snowflake decoration hanging inside the circle. Would you believe I actually made this same card in Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Gold and then realised I had to use Blue, Silver and White.  Talk about a Senior's Moment, anyway I have included the original card at the end of this post.  Let me know which one you like most.



Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Festive Flurry, Many Merry Messages

Card: Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Marina Mist, Silver Glimmer Card, Shiny Foil Card

Ink: Midnight Muse, Marina Mist,

Finishing Touches: Crystals, Frosted Finishes Embellishment, Midnight Muse Stitched Satin Ribbon, 1/8" Silver Ribbon,

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Snow Burst E/Folder, Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities, Sizzix Festive Flurry Dies, Anywhere Glue Stick , Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip. 1 3/8" Circle Punch

 

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Festive Flurry, Papertrey Ink - Bells and Boughs

Card: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Champagne Glitter Card

Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Finishing Touches: Pearls, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, 1/8" Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Celebrate Organdy Ribbon

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Festive Flurry Dies, Sizzix Snow Burst E/Folder, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals







Thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,

 



Happy Anniversary!

Hello Stampers,
Our Daughter and her Husband just celebrated their 12th Wedding Anniversary and this is the card I made for them. I cut the front panel back by 1 1/2 centimetres and attached the designer paper to it. Stamped and coloured the flowers and cut them out with their corresponding dies.  Made a flag with the sentiment and attached it with dimensionals.



Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Backyard Basics, PSX Santa Rosa F-270 2001

Card and Papers: Basic Black, White Shimmer Card, DSP Unknown

Ink: Stazon Black,

Markers: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Certainly Celery

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Backyard Basic Framelits, Aqua Painter

Thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,

 

 



Merry Monday #78 - Tis' the Season

Happy Monday Stampers,
Today's post is for this weeks Merry Monday Challenge, to use a bird on your card. I paper pieced my birds and layered three shapes together to give the birds more dimension. The background was sponged on through a lattice die cut from Cherry Lynn Designs.  I coloured the Pearls with a black sharpie for the eyes, added some Candy Dots and sponged some patterned colour on the inside. Hope you like it.

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink - Signature Christmas

Card and Papers: Smokey Slate, Whisper White, Basic Grey, Winter Frost DSP

Ink: Pool Party, Smokey Slate, Black Sharpie Pen

Finishing Touches: Pearls, Candy Dots - Neutrals and Subtles

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Cherry Lynn Designs FRM132 French Lattice Small Frame, Memory Box Branch, Impression Obsession Bird Dies, Sponges,

Thanks for dropping by today. Do pop on over to Lesley's blog and check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

Hugs,

 



Merry Monday #77 - Christmas Ornaments

Hi Stampers,
Today's post is for this weeks Merry Monday Challenge.  We are to use Red, Pink, Light Green, Dark Green and White as our colours. Okay, grab the sunglasses it's very bright, but I did tone it down by using white as the mat. LOL  I really love the texture, the bright colours, with just a few pearls.  Check out the rest of the Design Teams cards for some inspiration and join us this week at Merry Monday.

 



Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Ornament Keepsakes, More Merry Messages

Card and Papers: Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Melon Mambo, Gumball Green, Gable Green (R), Silver Pen

Finishing Touches: Silver Cord, Pearls

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Provo Craft Christmas Ornaments, Sizzix Holiday Ornaments Framelits, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals

Thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,

 



Pat Carr's Ronald McDonald Fundraiser

Hi Friends,
On Sunday last weekend I attended my good friend Pat Carr's Ronald McDonald Fundraiser. All funds raised will go to the Ronald McDonald House based in Perth, Western Australia. It was a fantastic day and Pat's eight projects were all fabulous.  This is what we made.

I adore this lovely Box and 6 x 6cm Square Mini card

Box made with Sizzix Pop and Cuts Card Base, Large Oval Punch, Flower Shop Stamp Set, Vanilla Flower Trim, Crisp Cantaloupe and Pistachio Pudding



Set of 4 Mini cards.

Chalk Talk Framelit Dies, Tag It Stamp Set and Chevron Ribbon. Polka Dot Parade DSP.

Stampin' Up! make a $3 donation to Ronald McDonald House for every Tag It set sold.  We used markers to colour the stamp before stamping.



Gently Falling and Regarding Dahlias Stamp Sets, Early Espresso Co-ordinations Card, Sanding Block, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Crop-A-Dile, Button, Linen Thread.  Leaf was sponged with Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso

Inside

Betsy's Blossoms, Sincere Salutations Stamp Sets, Adorning Accents Edgelit Die, Gingham Garden DSP, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Crystals coloured with Sharpies. The leaves where double punched with 1 3/8" Circle punch, the flowers were snipped with scissors on opposite sides and then twice more in each half for the cut outs. I did redo the sentiment on this card to correct a crooked image, originally it was on the card base.

Simply Sketched Stamp Set, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Soft Sky, Stazon Black, Sizzix Polka Dot E/Folder.  The card was stamped with an inked and spritzed acrylic blocked for the blotchy effect.  The butterfly was embossed and coloured with a dauber.

I love this gorgeous Christmas card with it's Star Wreath. Simply Stars Stamp Set, Star Punch (R), Merry Minis Punch Pack (R), Ticket Duo Builder Punch, Circle Framelits, Sizzix Stripes E/Folder, Silver Pen, Glimmer Card, Concorde Crush, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Shiny Silver Ribbon



Inside

Love this very elegant card too.  More Merry Messages Stamp Set (R), Mosaic Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Season of Style DSP, Gold Foil Sheet,  Doily, Glitter



 

Inside





This would be a fantastic addition for a present, I love the detachable Ornament, it is so pretty. Festive Flurry Framelits Dies and Stamp Set, Bermuda Bay Card, Silver Glimmer Card, Silver Ribbon, Winter Frost DSP,  Frosted Finishes Embellishment

Hope you have enjoyed my round up of the day.
Thanks for popping in today.
Hugs,



Stamperoo's Christmas Swap Get Together for 2013

Hi Everyone,
I had the most fantastic weekend last week.  On Saturday I attended a stamping day with my Upline Ngaire Anderson and other Demonstrators in her Stamperoo's Group and on Sunday I went to a Ronald McDonald Fundraiser. Check the next post for all of Sunday's details.
On Saturday we had a fun day of stamping and we all prepared a Christmas Shoebox Swap and completed 18 projects.  There were also 6 Swappers, so I came home with 24 projects.  After lots of chatter, stamping and catching up these are the projects we made. My swap was this Gift Card/Money Holder, a very quick and easy project to make.

 

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Ornament Keepsakes, More Merry Messages

Card and Papers: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, DSP Patterns Stack - Neutrals Collection

Ink: Early Espresso

Finishing Touches: Early Espresso 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Holiday Ornaments Framelits, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

I have created two Collage's for the other cards we made on the day.

From Left to Right cards by Maryanne Johnson, Jan White, Jenny Chilton, Sue Slater, Merry by Ngaire Anderson, Alison Hall, Marie Byard, ?, Linda Mazey, Charmaine Black
 

 From Left to Right cards by Shirley Webb, Renny McArthur, Ngaire's Yummy Toffee Gift to us All, ?, Terese Johnston, Susan Joyce, Santa's List by Carolyn King, Angel by Kerin Thorne, Merry Christmas by Esther Whitmee, Joy by Vikki Poyner, Pat Carr, ?, Maureen Woltersdorf, Julie Ellery, Irene Whinfield

Unfortunately I didn't write everyone's name down so if your card is up here with no name let me know and I will add your name. For some of the cards I did add some extra details.

Hope you enjoyed my post and found some ideas and inspiration in our cards.

Thanks for dropping by today. I love to hear from you.

Hugs,

 

 

 



 

Merry Monday #76 - Jolly Snowman

Happy Monday Everyone,
Today's post is for the Merry Monday Challenge this week and we are to use a Snowman on our card.  I have used a cute Digi Snowman image from Cuddly Buddly Crafts. ( I can't seem to find the image on their blog, but it is on my Pinterest account under Free Printables).  I printed two images and cut the Snowman and Snowflakes out and mounted it on Dimensionals after it was coloured. I added pearls to the snowflakes.



Supplies:

Stamps: Cuddly Buddly Free Digi Image, S/U's More Merry Messages 

Card and Papers: Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Stazon Black

Finishing Touches: Pearls, Button, Crisp Cantaloupe Stretch Ruffle Trim, Linen Thread 

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Polka Dot E/Folder, Computer and Printer, Stamp-a-ma-jig, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Simply Scored Tool, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,