Welcome to the world Grace Denise!

My sister's sister-in-law (do you follow that) had a beautiful baby girl last month. It is her first baby, and long awaited for! I naturally wanted to design something personal to convey my best wishes to the new parents, and this is what I came up with. All the material used is available through Stampin' Up, except for the patterned paper, which is a Heidi Grace design called 'Loving you Dots'. It went well with the dots on the butterflies so I couldn't resist! I also used some rub-on letters for the name which I picked up at one of the craft shows I attended last year. The butterfly stamps are from a Hostess Level 3 set, available in the upcoming catalogue, called Time Well Spent (absolutely gorgeous), the welcome baby button stamp is from a Hostess Level 1 set, available in the current catalogue, called Riveting. The minature hearts are from Small Sayings, a stamp set currently in the Mini Summer Catalogue. It is a very cute set, and reasonably priced at $29.95 (set of 12). Obviously, two of the stamps are only available to you as a hostess, so if you like any, it is added incentive to host a Stampin' Up workshop for your family and friends. Feel free to contact me if you are interested.

The card took a little while to make, more because I couldn't make up my mind as to what I wanted to do. The card is made from pretty in pink cardstock. I have sponged around the edges with pixie pink to give a weathered look. The butterflies have been stamped on whisper white cardstock with perfect plum, and coloured using the lids of my stamp pads and a blender pen. I have then mounted the butterflies bodies directly to the card and placed Stampin' dimensionals under their wings to give the illusion of fluttering. I have added some glitter glue to them and the minature hearts for added sparkle! I have stamped the welcome little one onto pink passion and certainly celery and cut out the nappy pin from the certainly celery image and mounted onto the pink passion one. It in turn has been mounted to the card using Stampin' dimensionals. I then have used some chocolate grosgrain ribbon to finish off the design. I am happy with the result. Let me know what you think.

Finally I would like to say congratulations to Scott and Susan on the safe arrival of their darling little girl, Grace Denise. Wishing you every happiness as you begin this exciting and wonderful new venture as parents. God Bless!!

Material used:

Stamp sets: Time well spent, riveting and simple sayings

Stamp pads: Pixie pink, perfect plum, tempting turquoise & green galore

Cardstock: Pretty in pink, pink passion, certainly celery & whisper white

Accessories: Chocolate grosgrain ribbon, stampin' dimensionals, blender pen & glitter glue

Friendship Blooms

This is a card I have made using Friendship Blooms from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. The card has been stamped with the paisley background stamp, and the flowers have been taken from the friendship bloom stamp set. It is a simple design but effective. For added bling I have used glitter glue on the flowers and have done some paper-piercing around the cranberry crisp mattes. If you like to have perfect piercing on your projects, Stampin' Up sells a mat pack for $18.95 that has all the templates to assist you with this!!

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Friendship bloom & paisley background stamp
Stamp pads: Buckaroo blue & cranberry crisp
Cardstock: Buckaroo blue, cranberry crisp & whisper white
Accessories: Mat pack & glitter glue, Stampin' dimensionals

Album in a Box - Workshop Dates!!!

Hey all. Well I thought it was time I had another workshop. Since many of you love the Album in a Box (pictured here), I decided to make this the next project. For a cost of $20 you will be able to make 2 of these fantastic novelty albums. All material will be provided (other than adhesive, you will need to bring own) and light refreshments and nibbles will also be included. There are 3 dates that I can offer. Classes sizes are limited to 10 people. Dates are as follows:

Friday February 22nd at 10am
Tuesday March 4th at 7.30pm
Monday March 17th at 7.30pm

Workshops will be held at my home in Seven Hills. Please let me know if you would like to attend any of the classes by Friday February 15th via my email meganjk@gmail.com or my mobile 0401 441 244. Also let me know what colours you would like your albums to be and I will coordinate papers for you! There is no need to bring any photos on the night, they are not required to complete the box, but if you would like to, you are more then welcome to bring them along. Look forward to seeing you there!

30th Birthday Invitation - Backyard BBQ

My sister is turning 30 next month and asked if I could make her invitations. She has decided to have a BBQ breakfast and wanted to have invitations that supported that theme. Initially we tried making a cup shaped card, and then an egg shaped card before I remembered this stamp set that is currently available from the Summer Mini catalogue. When I showed the set to my sister, she was sold!!! It is called Backyard BBQ and it is really cute. For this card, I have drawn inspiration from Splitcoast Stampers (excellent ideas on this site). I decided to use earth elements as my colour base. I have provided a list of materials used as per usual. Just so you know the heart on the apron has been taken from another stamp set called All About U, and the words 'to party' have been taken from the stamp set Everyday Flexible Phrases. The hearts on the summer sun strip are from Simple Sayings. The images on the card background and summer sun strip have been done using versamark.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Backyard BBQ, All About U, Everday Flexible Phrases & Simple Sayings

Stamp pads: Chocolate chip, ruby red & versamark

Cardstock: Old olive, chocolate chip, summer sun & natural ivory

Happy Birthday

This is one of the cards I have designed for an upcoming workshop. It uses one of the stamp sets from the Sale-A-Bration promotion. It is called Birthday Whimsy. I have stamped the images on whisper white cardstock and then mounted on apricot appeal which inturn has been mounted on bashful blue card. All other materials are listed below.

Materials used:
Stamp set: Birthday whimsy
Cardstock: Bashful blue, apricot appeal & whisper white
Stamp pads: Pixie pink, perfect plum, certaintly celery, tempting turquoise & basic black
Accessories: Decorative scissors & stampin' dimensionals

Wild about you!

1. I saw this card on Pat Huntoon's site and decided to case it. I chose more earthy colours, and once I finished it, I thought it would make a nice card for a man (say Valentine's Day!) It was very simple, but I like the use of the giraffe which I think gives the card a cheeky (but cute) look to it.

Materials used:

Stamp sets: Wild about you, Linen background

Cardstock: Chocolate chip, confetti cream, whisper white

Stamp pads: True thyme, pumpkin pie

Accessories: Chocolate grosgrain ribbon, stampin' dimensionals

Let the Sale-A-Bration begin!!!

Hello everyone. Happy New Year! Hope you had a wonderful and safe Christmas and you are enjoying 2008 so far. It is a particularly fantastic time at Stampin' Up with the Sale-A-Bration promotion underway. During this promotion you can earn additional free stamp sets whether you are a customer, hostess or new demonstrator (conditions apply) so everyone wins. If you would like to know more, feel free to send me an email. We also have our Summer mini catalogue which has more stamp sets to choose from. This card has been made using Bud Basics from page 6 of the catalogue. Some of you have already received this catalogue, but if you haven't, just visit the Stampin' Up website (link to the left) and view online. It was very simple to make. I have stamped outline images onto a natural ivory matte with chocolate chip, then I have used pumpkin pie, ruby red and old olive for the solid stamp images. I have then made a tag using my cuttlebug diecuts and stamped thank you sentiment. The tag has been attached using chocolate grosgrain ribbon, which has then been attached to the natural ivory matte. The matte has in turn been mounted onto a ruby red card....VOILA!!! I think it looks quite effective. Let me know what you think. As normal, I have provided a list of material used.

Material used:

Cardstock: Natural ivory and ruby red
Stamp sets: Bud basics, favorite teddy bear and fresh fillers
Stamp pad: Chocolate chip, ruby red, pumpkin pie and old olive
Accessories: Chocolate grosgrain ribbon, cuttlebug die cuts and mini glue dots