Another cute Make n' Take

As I mentioned the other day, I was at the Craft out West over the weekend. It was a huge success and there were lots of lovely stalls including our very own Stampin' Up! one. I worked the Saturday with Karen who is my wonderful upline and this is one of the cute cards people could make with Karen for FREE, if they visited us. I love these bright, coordinating colours. 

Stamp Set: Short and Sweet, Flight of the Butterfly
Ink: Ruby Red
Cardstock: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Pretty in Pink
Designer Paper: Raspberry Tart
Accessories: White Gel Pen, Scallop Circle Punch, 3 3/8" Circle Punch, 3
1/4" Circle Punch

All a Flutter

This is one of the FREE little cards that people were able to make if they came to visit our stand today at the Craft out West Show.  It's a great show and is only $5 entry with FREE parking held at the Trusts Stadium in Henderson. It's on again tomorrow from 10-4pm and all the money raised goes to the West Auckland Hospice, which is a very worthy cause. 

Stamp Set: All a Flutter, Short and Sweet 
Ink: Black StazOn
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pale Plum, Lovely Lilac
Accessories: Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Watercolour Wonder Crayons, Blender pen, Dimensionals.

If you're not doing anything tomorrow, why don't you go along to the Trusts Stadium. I won't be there, but others from our team will be, with a choice of two adorable little cards to make for FREE. You won't be disappointed!!

Trendy Trees

Aren't swaps great!!  All my posts this week have been swaps I received at training over the weekend.  I've been very busy and there hasn't been a lot of time for me to create much, so I'm very grateful I've got something to show you. This lovely creation was made by Jan Dolan. She hasn't got a blog but if you want to know anything, you can email Jan HERE.

Stamps: Trendy Trees
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White
Ink: Baja Breeze, Soft Suede
Other: Scallop Edge Punch, 1/4" White Grosgrain Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Texture Impression Perfect Polka Dots with the Big Shot.

Hello there!

Here's another favourite swap I received at Regional Training over the weekend. It's from the very talented Ann Wills. Pop over and have a look at her blog HERE. I think you'll agree that it is super cute!!

Stamp set: Cheep Talk
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle Die, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Little Leaves Die, Buttons #5 Sizzlits, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, 5/8" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Regal Rose Marker Pen, Colour Spritzer and Boho Blossoms Punch.

Pocket Silhouette Swap

This is a lovely swap I received from Bron Heslop. You can pop over and visit her blog HERE to see more of her wonderful creations. For the background, she's used the size a clear block to create the background.  Isn't that such a nifty idea!! Thanks for the inspiration Bron, this is certainly a cool card to case!

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes, Sanded
Ink: Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Sahara Sand
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Bashful Blue
Other: Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, Scallop Edge Punch, Size B Clear Block

Regional Training Swap

This is the swap I made for our Regional Training day - it's very easy and is an ideal workshop card.

Regional Training was yesterday and it was 6 hours of fun, stamping, tips and techniques. Having a fun training day, is just one of the great benefits of being a demonstrator!

If you like this card and are interested in hosting a workshop, email me HERE and I can tell you all you need to know. Hosting a workshop is no cost to you and it's a great introduction to stamping.

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral, Thank You Kindly

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Craft White (took a very long time to dry - next time I think I'd emboss it or use White Staz On).
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip

Enjoy what's left of your weekend!!

Cuppa anyone??

I loved the "Share a Cup" stamp as soon as I saw it in the Autumn-Winter mini catalogue. And, when we were shown some cute cards at convention using it - I loved it even more.

We'll be making these four cards and the little acetate window box that holds them all, at my class this Sunday if you want to come along. There are still a few spaces left, so contact me here to reserve your seat.

Stamp set: Share a Cup (only $13.95)
Cardstock: Whisper white, Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst, So Saffron, Certainly Celery.
Designer Paper: Tea Party
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst, So Saffron, Certainly Celery.
Other: Circle Scissors, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Trio flower punch, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Dimensionals, 2 way glue pen, So Saffron brad, Certainly Celery brad, Pretty in Pink brad, Snail Adhesive.