A Cheery Get Well

One of my friends has been in hospital recently.  This is my first Get Well card and I was pretty chuffed at how this turned out.  It is not my own design.  I did find something very similar on Pinterest.  I just loved the rainbow colours and it was a bit different to what I normally do.

I used a few different punches here.  The four petal flower from the Itty Bitty Shapes pack and the Boho Blossom Punch.   Layering some of the flowers is the key to making this look really good.  Lots of glueing and very fiddly but worth the effort I think.  To make the flowers curve up I put them on a bit of hard foam and used the end of my Piercing tool to rub the centre of each flower.  This helps the petals to curl up and look more lifelike.

Ok, the colours I used are in order from left to right - So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Raspberry Ripple, Real Red, Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz, Marina Mist and Pool Party.  The sentiment is from Delightful Dozen and fits in so well in that little space.  Can you see the specks of Blue made with the Gorgeous Grunge splatters again LOL.  The base card is  Crumb Cake then a layer of Night of Navy then the good old Whisper White.

Inside I stamped some stripes of colour to match the flowers on the front working from left to right and overlapping the colours as I went.

 I used the stripes stamp from (you guessed it) Gorgeous Grunge and I loved how they turned out.  Not too thick but thick enough to give the rainbow colour effect.

A very Cheery Card.

MDS Labels

This year at school a few mums got together and with my help we came up with a few items suitable as gifts for the Father's Day Stall.   Because we were making so many of these little treat holders we needed something quick and simple to decorate them with.  

It was great timing that last weekend we had our MDS (My Digital Studio) workshop at the Brisbane Covention Centre.  I am pretty up on most computer things but doing this course was great to pick up on little things I had no idea about.   After learning these new tricks I was able to come up with some great little labels that I could mass produce in minutes.  It helps if you have a good printer at home.

These are little boxes made using the No. 2 Box die (retired).  You make two of them and stick them back to back to make a double sided box with the handle in the middle.  We put Chocolate Chip Cookies in one side and a Coffee Sachet in the other.  Very simple and cheap for the kids to buy with their pocket money.

We also made these other treat cups.  Disposable coffee mugs filled with marshmallows, Hot Chocolate  and Coffee Sachets, and finished with a Freddo Frog.   I simply designed the labels using MDS, copied multiple times on a page and then printed them out on A4 paper.  Easy Peasy.......

Father's Day Tape It

Woah!  Where have I been.  Can't believe my last post was July.  So sorry to anyone who's been waiting for a new one from me.   Father's Day is fast approaching and I have been making a few things ready for the occasion.  

First up I have this one made with Washi Tape (again LOL) and a few new goodies from the Annual Catalogue.

I have here the Epic Day Washi Tape (love the orange one), the Father's Day sentiment from Delightful Dozen Stamp Set, Chalk Talk Framelits and the Off the Grid Stamp which is a small background stamp and I absolutely love it.  So versatile and fills in lots of blank spaces.  This card took me no more than 10 mintues to put together.  Simple.  I added a bit of Bakers Twine and some silver glitter paper to finish it off.  The splatters are from the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set (another favourite).....

The next card I made using a new Stamp Set called Tape It.  Shannon West showed us some WOW projects at Convention using this set and then it was up for grabs as a Prize Patrol.  I so wanted this set and was lucky enough to win it WooHooo.  It is very easy to use and looks so real it isn't funny.
It looks like washi tape and what makes it great is you can pick from all our wonderful colours to stamp with.    Again I used Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set to fill in the white spaces.  Love It.

I'll be back later this week with another Fathers' Day Post.  A Double Slider Card - Stay Tuned..........

Washi Tape!

Washi tape has been around for a little while now but it is finally in our new catalogue and I love it.  What is it?  Well it is like a paper sticky tape that has a pattern on it, slightly see through and tears quite easily making it a great embellishment for any card, scrapbooking page or 3D project.   In a few posts back I showed you some photos from convention and there were some gorgeous projects made with washi tape.  I have had a play with the wash tape recently and may I say, these were the two quickest cards I've ever made.

For this card I've used the new stamp set called "Gorgeous Grunge" and I think I am going to be using this a lot for boys cards.

For this card all I used was a few strips of Washi Tape, half a paper doily a small piece of Baker's Twine tied in a bow around one of our new Paper Clips and a simple sentiment stamped in the middle of the doily.  Finished off with a simple punched out butterfly using both of our butterfly punches.  So simple and quick.

This is a card my mum has made for my eldest son's birthday.  Washi tape, glimmer paper and simple sentiment and our new Date Stamp.

I'm so looking forward to showing you what I've come up with for my Stamp-a-Stack next Friday so keep checking in to see what's new.

NEW CATALOGUE FROM STAMPIN' UP! - YAY!!!

It's here and jammed pack full of wonderful things (products, stamp sets, projects and savings).  That's right, this year they have bundles to help us save on products that work together.  Over the next few weeks I hope to bring you some of the projects I make using the bundles.

There is also a great promotion on this month for Greetings Stamps.

If you head over to my online store you can grab yourself one of these sets and a great saving.

Last week I had a group of young ladies and their mums come over and make a name banner for their bedrooms.  They had a wonderful time and so did the mums.  I had asked them what their favourite colour was and worked from their making up the kits and all they had to do was put them together.

I'll be back again soon with some more projects to share.......

Stampin' Up! Convention Brisbane 2013

Hi everyone, as most of you would know, I have just attended the Brisbane Stampin' Up Convention for this year and I had an absolute ball of a time.  My convention started off with a wonderful surprise at Leadership on the Wednesday afternoon.  I was greeted with two Award Pins for my recruiting and Leadership efforts through the past year.

Then in the evening we had a wonderful Managers' Reception sit down dinner with a few of my fellow Demonstrator Friends.  My upline Kim set us a challenge to see how many signatures we could get from Aaron (Australian Stampin' Up Manager).  I went one better (well actually 3) and got Rich's, Dave's and then Shelli's.  It was a bit of Convention Fun and we all had a laugh when I told them it was for a dare.....

Here are a couple of my team friends, Deb and Karen waiting for the General Session to start

and my Mum, Sue, Stella, Leanne and Erica down the line

We also had a team photo taken with Shelli - "Shades of White".  It was quite special for my team as it was the first convention for all of them and my whole team was there.  Shelli loved our team badges.

We have (left to right) Jackie, Karen, Me, Shelli, Leanne, Lorraine (my mum) Erica, Debbie, Sue and in the front row is Daphne and Stella

Team Badge designed by the girls late one night after a class.  Amazing what you can do in the wee hours isn't it.

Mum and I waiting for another General Session.

Shelli's samples.  I just love her style and the things she comes up with.

These  were beautiful samples made by a fellow Demonstrator using DSP and Washi Tape.  She was amazing.  Unfortunately I can't remember her name but her work is amazing.

I also had a photo taken with one of my favourite ladies from the US office, Shannon West.  She is such a beautiful woman and her samples were fantastic.  I also got to swap with her which is always a thrill.

And here is the swap I made this year.  I wanted to make something with the Blackboard Technique and I had not seen too many male cards using this so I came up with something a bit blingy but still masculine I think.

I have so many more photos but I won't bore you with the details..... 

So much happening at the moment both in my life and in Stampin' Up!  I'll be back soon with some fantastic promotions that are running at the moment.

ORDER BEFORE THE END OF APRIL WITH ME TO SHARE THE HOSTESS BENEFITS

Its always wonderful to get something for FREE.  I am putting in an order for the end of April and I'm looking for 4 ladies anywhere in Australia to join me with a $100 order so we can all share in the Hostess Benefits.  Each customer needs to spend $100 and in return you get an extra $30 to spend for free. That could be a Stamp Set, Punch, Ink Pads, Cardstock.  The possibilities are endless.

So contact me and I will give you the Hostess Code so you can put in the order yourself online through my website or let me know what you want and I can put it in for you.  Of course if there are more of you that would like to take part, I will be able to put another  order in if I have groups of four orders.    Don't take too long to decide.  Your order is to be submitted before 30th April.

 

I look forward to receiving your orders and sharing the fun and goodies with you.

 

My New Signature with MDS

Two posts in 2 days.  What can I say.  I've just designed my new signature again using MDS - My Digital Studio.

I kept it with the same theme as the Header.  Couldn't wait to try it out so I decided to pop on here and show you all.

Happy Stamping

NEW LOOK BLOG WITH MDS

Haven't  I been having the most wonderful rainy day playing with My Digital Studio - the new digital scrapbooking program from Stampin' Up!   When it first came out here in Australia a few weeks ago I was excited but little did I know at the time I could design my own blog header and refresh my look to reflect my own style.

All the elements used in my header are from the Stamp Set Creative Elements.  It's so easy to play around with all the elements, add stamps, change colours, add text, drop shadows and add your own touches here and there.  And you can chose Stampin' Up!'s fantastic colour palette to help you achieve your designs.

This program is fantastic and I have only got the $24.95 version without any additional downloads.  Wait till I get my hands on them.  You can go to my website at www.tinawhite.stampinup.net and purchase the program online.  It's so simple.

Here are a few other creations I've been up to.

My Stamp Club Banner

Scrapbooking Page

I hope you like my new look.  Please leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.  My next job is to design my Signature :)

Tina

JOIN MY STAMP CLUB

Would you like to join in on the stamping fun and be part in my new Stamp Club!

What is a Stamp Club?

It's a group of stampers who commit to ordering Stampin' Up! products every month and receive bonuses along the way.

Here's what is needed:

An order of $50 a month (plus postage) over a 6 month period – you get to choose whatever you like.  It’s a great way to pace your Stampin’ Up! orders and steadily build your papercraft supplies without breaking the budget!  You can take part from wherever you live in Australia! It's so easy with our new Online Ordering System through my website at www.tinawhite.stampinup.net.  The orders get shipped straight to your door.

What are the benefits?

• You’ll receive a free project Make & Take kit posted to you each month.

• You’ll receive the New Idea Book & Catalogue for free, posted to you as soon as it is available (early-mid June).

• You’ll receive the Holiday Mini Catalogue for free, posted to you as soon as it is available (early-mid August).

• You will get to be the “hostess” for one month during the 6 month period which means you’ll get at least $50 of product of your choice from any current catalogue for free in that month.

• You’ll also receive other free project ideas over the 6 month period.

• You can take part in this Stamp Club from anywhere in Australia, in the comfort of your own home!

Only 6 places are available for this monthly stamp club!    Just email me to reserve your spot!  Of course if there are more of you then I will have a second club running.

Stamp Club begins in this month with the first order due Monday April 15th  and the 15th of every month thereafter.

This will take you through the next two catalogues and will end in September.

Please don't hesitate to CONTACT ME with any questions you may have or to book your place for this stamp club.

Tina