The Artfull Stampers - Seasonal Catalogue Blog Hop! Sunshine, Sprinkles and Pinwheels!!

Hello Friends!

How great are all the fantastic products you can earn for free during Sale-A-Bration??? Well, you've had a couple of weeks to recover from that. Take a deep breath and check out the most fantastic Seasonal Catalogue. It's another 39 pages of delicousness! The Artfull Stampers have been stamping up a storm again and we're celebrating the launch of our new catalogue with another Blog Hop!! . You may have hopped here from the wonderful blog of Melissa Davies. I'm #9 on the hop!

Today I’m showing you a couple of baby cards inspired by the card on page 28 of the catalogue. 

I used Primrose Petals and Marina Mist as my respective bases and the new Textured Impressions Embossing Folder 'Cloudy Day' on my Whisper White feature panel. I just LOVE this new embossing folder.....it is so very cute!!
I used the new Pinwheel Sizzlits Die as my main decorative feature.....the best thing about this die is that all the pinwheels are the same size and proportion...which appeals to my sense of OCD. I used a large pearl in the middle instead of a brad, but the die cuts the little holes for a brad already if you wanted to use one. To thread a brad onto the die, I found it best to get your paper piercer....stick it through the bottom of the pinwheel in the centre hole, then thread your corner holes onto the tip of the piercer. When it comes time to put your brad in, just hold the whole thing together with your finger....slide out the paper piercer and then push the brad in. By using the paper piercer, it widens the holes a little bit and positions the corners in place. To use a pearl, I used a couple of glue dots. :)

To flag the ends of my DSP banner, I used my 1" square punch. Too easy!!

If you have any questions about my cards, feel free to comment or email me. I'll be only too happy to help you.

If you would like a Seasonal Catalogue or a Sale-A-Bration catalogue, just let me know and I will post one out to you....and don't forget that during Sale-A-Bration time.....there are freebies for every $100 spent. Just click here to view the Sale-A-Bration catalogue.

It is also THE BEST time to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator....during Sale-A-Bration you get 25% more in your starter kit....so you spend $169 on your starter kit and you get $294 in product....and the kit is FULLY customisable....what have you got to lose? Call me on 0413 405 139 or email me if you have any questions. I love being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and I know you will too. :)   

Now click on the link to for the next stop on our Hop. I am sure you will find lots of wonderful ideas on Kathryn Carr's blog to inspire you. If you get lost or there are broken links just pop back here for the full list of stampers taking part in this hop.

Don't forget to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave comment love as you trip along the hop from blog to blog. We like to know what you think about the things we've been doing!!

1. Madonna Dunn
2. Alisa Tilsner
3. Anna Foster
4. Michelle Bartholomaeus
5. Tamsin Adams
6. Karlie Ann
7. Nicole Derendorf
8. Melissa Davies
9. Alison Barclay - YOU ARE HERE! Have you left a comment yet? ;)
10. Kathryn Carr

Materials used (new product is in bold):

Stamps - Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Ink - Primrose Petals, Marina Mist

Paper - Primrose Petals, Marina Mist, Whisper White, Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP, Vellum Cardstock

Accessories - Large Pearls
Tools - Big Shot, Cloudy Day Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Labels Collection Framelits, 1" Square Punch, Paper Trimmer, Pinwheels Sizzlits Die, Glue Dots, SNAIL, Multipurpose  Liquid Glue, Simply Scored (for border on vellum cardstock)

Stampin' Up! Patio Party DSP

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This card was made a while ago for a friend's birthday....it was based on the Clean & Simple Stamping Sketch #216, but I didn't load it up in time for the challenge on their site.

I used Stampin' Up! Patio Party DSP and teamed it with Primrose Petals and Midnight Muse cardstock. On the Whisper White cardstock, I created a lattice pattern using the Simply Scored Diagonal Scoring Plate. Too easy!
The sentiment was stamped and then trimmed with the Decorative Label Punch to give it an interesting border, and I postitioned this under the Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon and decorated it with some tiny pearls.

I really like this card and it was so simple and easy to make. :)

Bye!

     Materials used:
Stamps - Create a Cupcake
Ink - Primrose Petals
Paper - Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Patio Party DSP
Accessories - Pearls, Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon
Tools - Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL, Glue Dots (for bow), Decorative Label Punch, Simply Scored Diagonal Scoring Plate.

Hello!

Hi!

I confess to neglecting my blog and ignoring my crafting.....but I have a good excuse......I've been getting my health & nutrition in order. I've been following the Michelle Bridge’s 12 Week Body Transformation program and I feel fabulous!

If you are wanting to build a healthier, fitter 'you' in 2013, I can't recommend it enough.....and you don't have to be in Australia to do it. :)

Anyway....by for now...and I promise there will be some Stampin' Up! creations coming your way soon.

Promise! :)

Festive Friday Challenge #47 - Glimmer and Gold

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For the Festive Friday Challenge this week, our challenge was to use this image as inspiration:

I decided to use the gold and the glimmery snowflake as the colour inspiration for my card....and the Christmas ornament as the main focus.....I came up with this:   

I embossed the greeting in gold onto Very Vanilla Cardstock and punched out an ornament shape. The gold embossed cardstock layer is the Stampin' Up! Brushed Gold cardstock....it is gorgeous!!! :)
I also used my BRAND NEW STAMPIN' TRIMMER!! It is the best trimmer I have ever had....place an order for one without delay! It is $49.95! :)

  Materials used:
Stamps - Greetings of the Season
Ink - Versamark, Gold Embossing Powder
Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Champagne Glimmer Paper, Naturals Ivory, Brushed Gold
Accessories - Linen Thread, Pearl
Tools - Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Ornament Punch, Heat Tool, Merry Minis Punch Pack (star), Multipurpose Liquid Glue, SNAIL, dimensionals.   

Festive Fridays #45 - Stampin' Up! Merry Minis Punch Pack

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This week's Festive Friday Challenge is a colour challenge to use Midnight Muse, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey and Whisper White. They are beautiful colours together.....Midnight Muse really sets the tone for a bold and elegant card.....SO gorgeous!

I used the Merry Minis Punch Pack for my glimmer ornaments....I have TONNES of scraps of glimmer paper laying about as a result of making Snow Flurry die snowflakes and other glimmery projects so if you are plagued with the same problem....BUY THE MERRY MINIS PUNCH PACK!!!! (preferably from ME!  LOL!). You will be able to make heaps of Christmas Cards with them and use up all your scraps. WIN WIN!

The embossed background is the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and I used the 'puffy' side up to create a softer looking background....it looks quilted & beautiful! :)

The sentiment is from "Greetings of the Season" from the Holiday Catalogue....a gorgeous set of large sentiments that would look great on any Christmas card!

 
Materials used:
Stamps - Greetings of the Season
Ink - Midnight Muse, Basic Grey (for sponging)
Cardstock - Midnight Muse, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories -  3/16" Metallic Pewter Brads
Tools - Merry Minis Punch Pack, Multipurpose Liquid Glue