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Mum's Love

I really love 'arty' stamp sets that make me look really artistic!  And Mum's Love is just such a stamp set - so for the Just Add Ink Challenge this week, I've opened up my stamp set and inked it up for the first time!!  The images are an organic free sketch with 2 step stamping for the colour in the flowers and leaves.... what do you think?

I've added some lovely burlap and lace detail - totally inspired by the inspiration photo for the challenge this week! And I really love using vellum for a greeting when I've been greedy with the space on a card, and I've run out of room for a greeting!!  This Happy Birthday comes from Memorable Moments.

 So, here is the inspiration photo - how did I go?  It was super easy to come up with ideas for this card by looking at the colours and details in these photos - and I'm sure you would love it too!!  So, click HERE to go to Just Add Ink and look at the design team creations, and then have a go too!!

Yay for the Team

This week at SUE challenges we are celebrating our team colours.  So my card is decked out in the green and gold to celebrate Australia.  We won the cricket last week and so we celebrate!

I've used our fun flip card framelit with the coordinating bits and pieces.  This yay greeting is so much fun!  And I think it works a treat with the greeting from Pictogram Punches.  I have also used a scattering of stars on the card from the Perpetual Calendar Stamp Set. I've also added some lovely Champagne Glimmer Paper for extra pizzazz!

Be sure to go to the challenge at SUO and add your entry to our challenge this week, and show your team colours!!

Easter Wishes to you All

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter filled with New Life and New Beginnings.  Look at this gorgeous card sent to me for Easter from my friend Lynda.  I love it!!

Yummy Easter Egg

Look at this yummy Easter Egg I received from my lovely customer Pamela!!  Good enough to eat!! 

Easter Carrots

This is a cute little idea for some of my nephews.  I've done these gorgeous carrots in previous years too and it's super easy - just fold a square on the diagonal to create the carrot body, add some leaves, and voila - a carrot that can hold a couple of little eggies to give!!

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CTC #24

Well, this week at CASEing the Catty, the challenge is inspired by pages 34 and 35 of the Occasions Catalogue, so, I have used the little card that features the chalkboard technique as my stimulus.  

My layout is identical!!  I have used Painted Blooms as my stamp set, and added a little strip of colour alongside my tag (as the paper behind was very busy!!) but, other than that, I went for the EASY OPTION today of CASEing totally!!

Here is the original - what do you thin?  My card is definitely more girly!!! tee hee

Now make sure you have a go too!!  Pop on over to http://caseingthecatty.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/ctc-24-lets-celebrate-easter.html and check out the great work of the design team members, and then just HAVE A GO!!

Another Indescribable Gift on Vellum

I posted this card HERE in lovely soft pinks and peach, but I really like this version in the Coastal Cabana too!!  What do you think?  Which is your favourite?

Indescribable Gift BookMark

This week is Holy Week leading up to Easter - and this is my bookmark gift to give to some of my bible study group - and it is also my entry for Just Add Ink who has a sketch challenge this week.

My bookmark is double sided - so here is the back side too.  

I've used Indescribable Gift and Blackberry Bliss Ink with Rich Razzleberry cardstock and cotton ribbon.  I've also used the stencil from the Hooray it's your day cardmaking kit.

Here is the sketch - and be sure to go to the 

Just Add Ink challenge blog to see some beautiful designs created by the team.

Another CASE of Butterfly Basics

I have CASED another gorgeous card - this time from Jacqueline who I found in Pinterest!!  Love this card and totally love this stamp set!!!

Gift Bag

The tag-a-bag kit and tags is SUCH a great deal, and so easy to put together to make some lovely packaging or gifts.  Here I've used the hostess stamp set Hello There for my greeting - so this little gift can be for any occasion!!  

Inspiration from others

This is a CASE of an absolutely gorgeous card made by Louise Sharp and you can see her creation if you click on her name.

I have heat embossed white onto vellum, and then coloured with Stampin' Markers on the wrong side to give this lovely soft coloured look.  We will be doing this card at a workshop over the weekend.

Punch Art Easter Bunny

This week atJust Add Ink, the challenge is to use ovals and eggs....... so this is my little guy for my entry - he is just so cute!!!!  I was totally inspired by the card created by Di Barnes - and if you click on her name, you can go to her blog to see her gorgeous little bunny too!!

I've made my card into an easel card, and I've used mostly punches for my bunny - and the body is made from the second smallest oval framelit.  I've embossed all the white with the dotty embossing folder to give him some extra texture.  All of the printed papers comes from Best Year Ever DSP for Sale-a-bration which finishes next week.  My greeting comes from Indescribable gift.

Another Gift Box

Do you remember this little gift box I made last week and featured in Friday's post?  Well, I then had to make a big brother for it!!  I had too many choccies to give as a gift for my uncle, and needed to make the box bigger!  So, I've used one of our Kraft gift boxes, an replicated the same project - and made the bow on top a little bigger.

They look so cute together!!

Circles and Stars scrapbook page

Here is our Scrap page for our class this week.  I've used some of the Irresistibly Yours Specialty DSP and sponged it for my colourful background.  The 12" x 12" piece is Island Indigo, and my other colours are Crushed Curry, Bemuda Bay, and Coastal Cabana.

There are a few different sized circles, as well as a couple of scallop circle shapes too.  My stamped images come from the Perpetual Calendar Stamp Set - which has some fantastic images for background stamping.

Fun Fold for SUO!

You really need to go to http://suochallenges.com/ to check out all the amazing fun folds we have this week in our challenge!!

It's really challenging to photograph the fun folds too!!!  I had a cruise around Pinterest, and there are some really great ideas for fun folds!!  My measurements for this card came from Jane Blakely and I've put a copy of her instructions at the end of this blog post so you can have a go too!! 

I've simplified my design to make the most of the interest generated by the fold, and I've really had fun using the gorgeous Best Day Every DSP from Sale-a-bration - the colours are certainly fun too!

My greetings come from Big Day - which is also one of our Sale-a-bration offerings available until the end of March.

Be sure to go to SUO challenge blog and put your entry in for our challenge this week.

by Jane Blakeley (Australia) Nov 1, 2012 -Cut 12 x 12 at 5 1/2" wide. -Score card across ways at 4 & 8" -Score 1 1/2" down at the 6" mark & again at the 10" mark. -Turn up the other way & repeat last step -Cut between two score lines, then fold the card as indicated above. - Decorate as you like. One large panel is 5 1/4" x 3 3/4"; the two centre greeting panels measure 3 3/4" x just less than 2 1/2"(is that 2 3/8-I'm not good with my inches) and the four panels are 1 1/4" x 1 3/4"

Coloring Techniques – Sale-a-Bration Papers

So You Kit

One of my favourites things about our Stampin' Up! product line is all the awesome kits we have - which are awesome for gift giving AND for making projects quicker and easier too!

These are just a few of the pages in my little project - which is our record for a great holiday we had.

The kit comes with lots of lovely ribbon, washi tape, sequins, epoxy stickers, and great textured shapes and words - making the project so much fun!

Celebrate!!

I received this beautiful card in the mail to invite me to the Managers reception at our convention - coming up soon (woo hoo!!).  I love all the little details, and just knowing someone in the Stampin' Up! office has stamped and prepared lots of these to send to lots of demonstrators makes me feel so special and appreciated!!  

The card features some new stamps too!!!  Are you getting excited about a new catalogue coming soon in July?