Happy New Year

Goodness me, doesn't time fly!  Happy to New Year to anyone who has not given up on me due to my lack of blogging.  Being away from home does have its downsides, along with the fun stuff!

Today I wish to share with you the card I made for my lovely Mum.  Her birthday was last month and I chose to make a shaker card.  I liked the colours I had used for the last birthday card and stuck with them, Pink Pirouette for the base, matted with Sahara Sand.  The dragonflies were cut from the Blushing Bride Glimmer paper and stuck over the window. As you can see, I'm making the most of the Stitched Shapes Framelits as well. The greeting stamped with Sahara Sand is from Best Birds.

Wishing you all the best for 2017!

Onstage Live - Brisbane 2016

How lucky was I to be able to attend Onstage Live in Brisbane last week?  Sharing a room with some amazing demonstrators from Melbourne and Sunshine Coast, provided a lot of laughs. As on previous trips, I came home inspired and motivated by the talent shared within the Stampin' Up community.  We saw several onstage demonstrations and received oodles of ideas. If you've been feeling at a loss and need some sort of outlet, contact me, you might be surprised at the extra benefits being a Demonstrator provides. For instance Therapy with Friends - what more could you want?!! #onstage2016

Today, I wish to share some of my treasures with you.  These are the pillow gifts I was lucky enough to receive from my roomies

And here they are: Julia, Nicole, myself, Fi and Janine

Friday night was a team get together for a meal and a swap.  The size of the swap was 3"x4" and this was my effort (Using Botanical Builder framelits; Petal Burst TIEF, Labels & Tags Framelits, Fancy Frost Sequins, Wink of Stella and the colours were Tip Top Taupe, Bermuda Bay and Whisper White)
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With nearly 30 people swapping, check out the great ideas I got to come home with:

Another benefit of attending is we get to play with new product along with receiving our copy of the new Occasions catalogue and Sale-a-Bration brochure.  These are the make and takes we did. 

 

Thanks to everyone who made the trip so memorable.

And leaving Brisbane airport - it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

A Spring Birthday Entry for #PCC011

While hunting for inspiration for a birthday card I needed to make, I remembered the Pootles colour challenge, so thought I'd start there.  The colours were Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry and Crumb Cake - and you didn't have to use them all, but I did.

Being 13 is just a bit special, so have upped my game and made a Shaker Card using the Stars Framelits, some glitter and Fancy Frost sequins. The card base is Rich Razzleberry. The Large Numbers Framelits were cut in both Rich Razzleberry and Sweet Sugarplum for a shadow effect.  The Crumb Cake was embossed with the Fluttering TIEF. The bow is Blushing Bride Baker's Twine - (liking it a lot).

For the inside I have used a greeting from the Rose Wonder set and die cut stars from Rich Razzleberry.  Happy Birthday Grace - hope you have a fabulous day!

Challenge Entry for #GDP048

My preorder arrived for the new holiday catalogue (beginning 1 September) and in the back of my mind was the "Case the Designer" challenge over on Global Design Project. Check out Tania Kolar's original idea. The weather we are dealing with at the moment suited the new Merry Mice set, you'll have to wait to see the other images, but equally as cute! This time my mouse is singing Happy Birthday and I was trying to avoid colours that made him look like christmas which is how I ended up with the combination of Daffodil Delight and Perfect Plum, along with a touch of Tempting Turquoise. I was still in watercolour mode and used my aqua brush with marker pens.  Surprising how far a little bit of colour will go. I have used very vanilla and stamped the image in Basic Black archival ink. As you know, you can't use too much water or repeat brushing or your card will pill. You just have to be a little patient and let it dry if you need to add more depth. The background might suit those of you who feel they 'can't sponge properly', as I used a Touches of Texture stamp with Pool Party - check out the close up below along with how I added "2 U" (to complete the Happy Birthday song).  Balloons and greeting from Balloon Celebration and Balloon Builders. To finish off I aded some new Fancy Frost sequins.