Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Day of Gratitude - Thanksgiving card

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So we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia but I have a couple of American friends to whom I always send a Thanksgiving card. They are very special people and I appreciate their friendship so what better way to appreciate that than a handmade card! :)

The inspiration image at The Card Concept this week is a lovely Autumnal/Thanksgiving image.

Here’s my very clean & simple card..

I used a retired Stampin’ Up! stamp called “Day of Gratitude”. It has the most gorgeous medallion flower image and I love the greeting....and look at the script on the ‘G’!! *sigh*

I’m a typography nerd I know. :)

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Star of Light Christmas Card

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept this week is a beautiful mint green typewriter with a spray of shabby chic flowers.

I am still stocking up my Christmas Card stash so I thought a soft pastel toned festive card would be lovely!

I used the new ‘Star of Light’ stamp set and found that there is a cool ‘two step’ stamp in it which looks like I have carefully shaded the snowflake image when in fact, it is just a perfectly layered second stamp!

I stamped the main image in Melon Mambo and the second layer in Flirty Flamingo.  It looks SO GOOD in real life! I might make more of these cards....I think this is my favourite Christmas card in my stash now!

Here’s the inspiration image:

I was also inspired by the sketch at CASE This Sketch this week. 

I hope you like my card! :)

I have closed my online store but I am still an active demonstrator so if you would like to place an order feel free to email me. :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Halloween Birthday card

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is beautiful patterned pumpkin decoration - look at those cool chevrons!

I was inspired by the orange chevrons and the Halloween imagery. I know we don’t ‘do’ Halloween here in Australia, but our street and most of our suburb celebrate it and it is a lot of fun. Last year we got about 220 kids through the street - that’s a lot of sugar!! :)

I have a friend who recently celebrated a birthday - so this card is a belated greeting to her. She, like me, loves witches and the ‘stranger things’ so this little stamp is perfect!

Here’s the inspiration image:

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Merry Medley

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is a delicious assortment of fresh summer gelato flavours! mmmmm gelato! I recently returned from a week’s holiday at Coolum Beach and was lucky enough to partake in Gelato Mio’s offerings daily!

I was inspired by the colours and thought it would be fun to make a start on my Christmas cards but use a non-traditional colour scheme.

I used Peekaboo Peach, Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum inks in an ombre design on the Merry Medley background stamp.

What do you think?

Here’s the inspiration image:

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Number of Years

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is all about citrus colour!!

I was trying to channel some sort of graphic card that featured fun colourful circles but it wasn’t working so I looked to the ‘Number of Years’ stamp and decided to be guided by the bright colours for inspiration.

I thought it would be fun to make a teenage girl card.....keep it fresh and simple.

Here’s the inspiration image:

Here’s the sketch inspiration from CASE(E) This Sketch:

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Pineapple Stamp Set

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is a colourful array of wall pots...in all the rainbow colours. :)

I have a few new stamps - yay! I thought I would break out the Pineapple stamp for this card. I wanted to get a painted look on the Pineapple stamp so I got the large brushstroke stamp from the Work of Art stamp set and stamped straight onto the Pineapple stamp with each colour.

The colours from base to crown are:

Flirty Flamingo*
Sweet Sugarplum*
Dapper Denim*
Cucumber Crush
Delightful Dijon
Peekaboo Peach*
Watermelon Wonder 

*denotes NEW 2016-2018 In Color

This is a card for yet another ex-work-colleague who is moving to southern pastures, so I heat embossed the ‘congrats’ greeting from the Tin of Cards stamp set and embellished the card with some White Accents.

Here’s the inspiration image:

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Mother’s Day Card

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is a beautiful china tea-cup decorated with a gorgeous pink flower.

The colour of the teacup inspired my card and I found a stunning flower ribbon that was a perfect adornment.

Here’s the inspiration image:

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - You Are My Sunshine

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is the lovely lyric “You Are My Sunshine”. I sing this song to my boys before bed every night - I love that song!

One of my friends asked me to make a card for a colleague who is leaving work in a few weeks. I also happened to have worked with this person and she is AWESOME!

So I knew I had to use this stamp for her card....but since it is a card from an office full of people, I needed to correct the grammar!

I used my rotary stamp to stamp an ‘OUR’ onto black cardstock, which I then heat embossed in white.

It’s not entirely true to my style of Clean & Graphic since I have a number of layers on the card...but it took on a life of its own in the end. :)

Here’s the inspiration image:

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! You’ve Got This

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is an beautiful spray of purple flowers which led me to my stamp selection of ‘You’ve Got This’ - a gorgeous flower that lends itself to colouring in!

Here are the essentials:

• I was inspired by the purple tones of the flowers in the image so I chose ‘Wisteria Wonder’ Blendabilities to colour my stamped image. 
• Flower stem is Wild Wasabi
• The neutral background is stamped in Sahara Sand
• I was also inspired by TGIF challenges to create a Mother’s Day card 

Here’s the inspiration image:

Here’s the info from TGIF Challenges:

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Christmas Card

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is an elegant vintage centrepiece in vanilla & black tones. It is also the 2nd year anniversary for The Card Concept Challenge...big congratulations to Lesley & the team! :)

Here are the essentials:

• I was inspired by the print music in the image so I used a sheet from a retired Christmas paper - it’s the sheet music for Silent Night. :)
• The colours of the image set the palette for my card - vanilla & black. 
• I used Black Satin ribbon just like the one in the image.
• I took inspiration from CASE This Sketch for the layout and Merry Monday for the theme of my card. 

Here’s the inspiration image.....

I hope you like my card! :)

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Stampin' Up! Australia - Stampin' Up! Christmas Card

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is a beautiful basket of pink Easter eggs.

Here are the essentials:

• I don't really sent Easter cards so I took my cue from the holiday idea and created a Christmas card.
• The pinks on the eggs reminded me of a retired colour from Stampin' Up called Regal Rose...so pretty on shimmer white paper!
• A giant rhinestone is the perfect finishing touch to the ornament.  

Here’s the inspiration image.....

I hope you like my card! :)

Card recipe

Stamps - Cozy Christmas, Ornament Keepsakes

Ink - Regal Rose

Cardstock - Regal Rose, Shimmer White, Kraft

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Holiday Ornaments Framelit Dies.  

The brand NEW Occasions catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration catalogues are out now. If you would like your own copy (Australian readers only), just send me an email. :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! No Bones About It

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is a fun image of shamrock biscuits in celebration of St Patrick's Day...

SO.........I'm certain that there were dinosaurs in Ireland..... :)
 

Here are the essentials:

• Monochromatic cards can look great with lots of white. Here the Cucumber Crush and Garden Green really pop!
• Word Bubbles are fun for kids cards....use your sentiments in creative ways and have your card really "speak" to the recipient. :) 

Here’s the inspiration image.....

Here is the sketch from CASE This Sketch:

I hope you like my card! :)

Card recipe

Stamps - No Bones About It 

Ink - Cucumber Crush, Garden Green 

Cardstock - Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Garden Green 

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot, Word Bubble Framelits, Heat Tool, Versamark, White Emboss Powder 

The brand NEW Occasions catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration catalogues are out now. If you would like your own copy (Australian readers only), just send me an email. :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Work of Art

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week is a vibrant mix of colourful flowers.

Here’s the inspiration image.....

I hope you like my card! :)

Card recipe

Stamps - Work of Art, Tin of Cards

Ink - So Saffron, Mint Macaron, Real Red

Cardstock - Mint Macaron, Whisper White, Mint Macaron DSP  

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL, Glue Dots

Accessories - Boutique Accents In Color Embellishments (Watermelon Wonder)

The brand NEW Occasions catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration catalogues are out now. If you would like your own copy (Australian readers only), just send me an email. :)

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Stampin’ Up! Australia - Stampin’ Up! Botanicals For You

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The inspiration image at The Card Concept's challenge this week suggests hearts, colour and flowers to me!

Here’s the inspiration image.....

Here are the essentials:

• Watermelon Wonder card base was embossed with the Happy Heart Embossing Folder.
• The greeting from Botanicals  For You was heat embossed onto a piece of Botanical Gardens Designer Series Vellum.
• The vellum was adhered to the Watermelon Wonder card stock with Tear & Tape Adhesive...I was certain that it would show through but this stuff seems to be the ticket when it comes to invisible tape for vellum! YAY!
• Rolled flowers were made by punching a 1 3/4 circle from a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock. The cardstock was crumpled and mashed so that I could peel the layers apart thus giving a 'suede' type look. I then rolled the flowers and adhered them to the leaves which were die cut with the Botanical Builder Framelit Dies.   
• Flowers were painted with Wink of Stella Clear to give a glimmery finish. 
  
  

Card recipe

Stamps - Botanicals for You

Ink - Versamark, White Embossing Powder

Cardstock - Watermelon Wonder, Botanical Gardens Designer Series Vellum, Blushing Bride, Wild Wasabi, Mint Macaron 

Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, Big Shot, Happy Heart Embossing Folder, Banners Framelit Dies, Botanical Builder Framelit Dies, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, 

Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool

Accessories - Pearls

I hope you like my card. Click on the links below to be taken to the recipe items in my online store.

The brand NEW Occasions catalogue and the Sale-A-Bration catalogues are out now. If you would like your own copy (Australian readers only), just send me an email. :)

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Big Shot $169.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush $14.00	Botanicals For You Clear-Mount Stamp Set $0.00	Watermelon Wonder A4 Cardstock $12.25
Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack $0.00	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride $12.25	Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock $12.25	Wild Wasabi A4 Card Stock $12.25
Banners Framelits Die $45.00	Botanical Builder Framelits Dies $54.00	1-3/4" Circle Punch $31.00	Embossing Buddy $10.00
Heat Tool ...	White Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75	Tear & Tape Adhesive $12.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue $7.00