Leafy Thank You

After the recent floods we had here in Brisbane, I made these cards up for my Mother-in-law to give to all the men who helped her get stuff up off the floor and help clean up after the water went right through her whole house. I came up with this one which she absolutely adored. The colours are Soft Suede, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla. I put the bottom section through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder and used the bit we usualy throw away from the little leaves Die and raised it up on dimensionals for a different look. Then I spritzed all over it with the Early Espresso marker. Ever since Regionals I've fallen in love with that Spritzer Tool. It's a really good masculine card I think. Happy Stamping Tina

Elements of Style

I did a workshop for some craft ladies last weekend and so I wanted to make something really special for the Hostess as a thank you gift for having me. I just love this set Elements of Style so I had a bit of a play and came up with this lovely little gift box which I filled with Coffee Bags.

I have used my Spritzer tool to make the splatting marks and the distressing tool to rough up all the edges. I also used the lovely little vintage trinkets and the lace trim from the Summer Mini which finished this off beautifully.

Overall I was sooooooo pleased with this. I'm going to turn it into a class with a matching card I think.

The colours used are Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Bravo Burgundy and Early Espresso to stamp the rose image. Blender pens were used to colour the image in.

If you are interested in a class, please let me know and I schedule one in.

Happy Stamping everyone.

Tina

Friends Vintage

Im being a bit partial to the vintage look lately (had you guessed). Anyway, this is a quite simple card. The main features to note - the very vanilla piece has been embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and then I used a piece of sponge and lightly dabbed it in the River Rock ink then brushed it lightly over the raised parts of the embossing. I roughed up the edges with the edge of my scissors. The piece of Early Espresso has been scrunched up completely and then flattened out again to give a rustic look as well. The image is from Just Believe Stamp Set. I love these types of stamps as well. More Vintage Stuff coming soon. Tina

Love Defined

This is the card we recently made at my first class for this year. I love this little set "Love Defined". It has so many possibilities. I also love the lattice embossing folder which I used for the background along with the Top Note Die. You can also see I used the Pinking Hearts punch along the bottom of the card to add a little bit of fancy. All these items are in our new Summer Mini catalogue which runs through to the end of March.

Happy Stamping

Tina

Christmas Stamp-a-Stack

Hello everyone. Yesterday I had my Christmas stamp-a-stack and these are the three cards we made. All the ladies had lots of fun making them and were all so keen to get into more at home. The first is using Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Very Vanilla cardstock with the Contempo Christmas stamp set. The Very Vanilla Background was put through the Big Shot using the Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder. I just love this one and use it far too much. A few stick on bling was added to finish off the bauble.

This was my favourite. Using the Welcome Christmas Stamp Set and the Music Notes Wheel I came up with a Country feel type of card for Christmas. I have also used the Sleigh Bells Ribbon which is part of our special at the moment (see earlier post below). It goes beautifully with this type of card. Other materials used are Naturals Ivory cardstock, Jolly Holiday DSP, Always Artichoke cardstock, spritzer tool, crumb cake ink pad for the family image and Early Espresso for the words. I also snuck in the image from Autumn Days on the artichoke piece of cardstock at the bottom using the same colour ink. Most of the pieces were roughed up using my distressing tool. I love this type of look.

I've used our new shimmer paint "Champagne" and turned it into a shimmer mist and sprayed it all over the Cherry Cobbler background before starting with this card. Black embossed the Dasher stamp and added a couple of tiny tags with silver cord (courtesy of Spotlight) to finish it off. A bit of fiddling but certainly worth the effort. Lovely and sparkly this one.

I've made a few Christmas cards this year. Stay tuned over the next few weeks for my posts.

Happy Christmas Stamping.

Tina

Dress Up Christmas

Christmas is nearly on our doorstep - AGAIN and from now until 30 November, Stampin Up is offering a Christmas Special to it's customers. FREE Ribbon is yours when you purchase certain bundles of items from the current catalogue. One of the items is new to us and doesn't appear in the catalogue - Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper. We all love new stuff don't we. And the ribbon is not in the current catalogue either. Visit my website to find out all the details. Happy stamping Tina

Enjoying my Morning Cup

Hello everyone, this is another new set from our new catalogue. It's called "Morning Cup" and it's gorgeous. Lots of stamps to choose from including cups, mugs, stacked cups, coffee pots, tea pots and even a little tea bag with a few words thrown in here and there as well. There is also a corresponding wheel called "Take a Sip".

I took inspiration from this card from Kirsty Brown. I have used my water pen to colour the image which was first stamped in Stazon Ink on watercolour paper. I've used a few new items as well:

1. Circle Scissor Cutter
2. Marina Mist ink and grosgrain ribbon
3. Antique Brads
4. Scallop Trim Border Punch
5. Modern Label Punch
6. So Safron DSP from the Soft Subtles Paper Stack.

If you would like to make this card just give us an email and I could help you with your order.

Happy Stamping

Tina

Fast & Fabulous

This is a new Hostess Stamp Set for the current catalogue called "Fast and Fabulous". It is another 2 step stamp set which I love using. They allow you to achieve so many combinations of images by either using the bold stamp on its own, with its corresponding outline or with just the outline on its own. I have also used our single stamp called "All a Flutter" and I have stamped this on Vellum, cut it out and bent the wings up to give the illusion that it is alive and has just landed o the flowers. The Very Vanilla card stock has been run through the Big Shot using the Top Note Die a number of times. Just reposition the points each time you put it through to get this lovely medallion shape. Happy Stamping Everyone Tina

Friends Never Fade

Recently I had my new Catalogue Launch with a bunch of lovely ladies at my home. Some new and some old friends. We all had a lovely night and one of the cards we made was this one. This is a new set called Friends Never Fade. I used Crumb Cake (old kraft), Pretty in Pink, Whisper White card stock with some Hemp Twine and Bravo Burgundy Ink. I destressed the smaller piece of Crumb Cake by screwing it up, ripping some edges and using the destressing tool to rough up the edges. Then using a sponge I coloured up the edges with Bravo Burgundy ink. The images on the Pink background were stamped off before inking up the pink paper to get the lighter version of ink. I'll post the second card we made soon.

Happy Stamping

Tina

Newsprint New DSP

I'd like to take the credit for this card but alas it is a creation by my mum Lorraine. She wanted a card for her friend's birthday and thought she would try out the new Designer Series Paper called "Newsprint". Doesn't look too bad does it. There are lots of nice new DSP's this year in our new catalogue. If you would like to see the catalogue you can click on the link in my sidebar or if you would like a hard copy just let me know. Happy Stamping Tina

JOIN THE IN CROWD

Well it's September and it's the party month to party. We have our new catalogue to buy from and for this month 1st to 30th September when you join Stampin Up all new Demonstrators will get the In Colour Collection (5 stamp pads, assorted A4 Cardstock and Markers). $89 worth of product for Free on top of all the marvellous products you get simply by joining us during the month.

If you would like to know more about joining my team and collecting your free In Colour Collection click here for more details or just send me an email here.

It's a great time to join!

Tina

Glittery Circle Circus

Another Circle Circus card for you today. This has a bit of bling as I have put Chocolate Glitter on the large circle in the foreground. (sorry I couldn't get a glittery view).

This is another simple card you can whip up in a hurry.....

Both these sets are being continued in our new catalogue due to start on September 1. If you would like a copy, please let me know......

Also If you are wanting to attend my Catalogue launch, please contact me as places are filling up but not chocas yet....

Happy Stamping

Tina

Circle Circus

I made this card recently for a workshop demo. Circle Circus is a very versatile stamp set as you can use it for almost any occasion including male cards which we all find a little challenging sometimes. I stamped the large circle a number of times on white cardstock using Tangerine Tango and So Safron, then using various size circle punches and the scallop circle punch I layered them up for a different effect. Another simle card Happy Stampin Everyone Tina

Lots of Blue Bots

I'm having lots of fun with this little set at the moment - "Lots of Bots". Lots of boys birthdays coming up and just been. I've used my blender pens to colour in the centre robot, cut him out with the 1 3/8" circle punch and mounted him up on dimensionals. A little bit of tearing on the Real Red Cardstock and just a simple greeting at the bottom. I also added a silver brad just to finish it off.

Very simple but very effective.

Hope you are all excited about the new Catalogue. You should be....... it's jammed packed with great stuff. Only 12 more sleeps.....

Happy Stamping Everyone

Tina

LAST CHANCE ITEMS

It's that time when we say farewell to some of our favourite stamp sets and accessories from Stampin' Up! You have until the end of August to order anything that is retiring as they will not be available again.... If there is something you want, please let me know your order before the end of August. Items are going fast and run out day to day. click here to see the entire list. Happy Stampin Tina