Stampin Up! fabric

I love that Stampin' Up! do all the work for us when it comes to creating beautiful co-ordinating projects & the Fabric takes our creativity so much further. The postage punch makes the DSP look like fabric when actually teamed up with Fabric flowers , see how to make these simple but effective fabric flowers here, apart from a little snipping of fabric & sewing with needle & thread there's not much to these cards, they are nice & simple & take only a few minutes to make.

Birthday Invites

 Double digits for our Our little girl this year! Petite Pocket invites in her favourite colour. Not sure to add the butterfly? I just have to print the inserts, add a tab to the top & some ribbon. I will miss the Glimmer paper (currently available in the summer mini) but I have a feeling (fingers crossed) it will carry over.

Birthday Card Book

 I have 2 more places available for my class in Sydney next Saturday & this is what we will be making, (ex the cards in pic). Each page has a pocket to pop cards into & has January - December which is where you write the Birthdays of who will receive cards. The inside back cover has an envelope attached for postage stamps.
Once you have made one of these you will be inspired to fill it & will be organised!
Makes a beautiful thoughtful gift.
Thank you Jane for the inspiration.

Happy Valentines Day

 A few Valentines cards to share.
The first one is my favourite & I love the colour combo of Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral.

Broadsheet Alphabet Stamp set

Candy Conversations A la Carte stamp

Topsy Turvy Celebration

Topsy Turvy Celebration stamp set was not on my wishlist but I was lucky to get it for free as an incentive gift from Stampin' Up! & I'm so happy I did. I finally inked it up yesterday & really had fun creating this bright, funky set of 3. Colours co-ordinate with Cheerful Treat DSP (hostess gift). I thought the handbag here was supercute & clever so had to case.

I love how pretty the ribbon weaving looks on the Perfect Pennant Doily die.

Punch Art Bee BE MINE, VALENTINE

I like to keep up to date with Stampin' Up! -obviously here in Oz but also in other countries & this punch art bee I stumbled upon while checking out USA's recent leadership conference, unfortunately creator unknown as pic was taken from a display board. I tweeked a couple of bits, the face, which looked to be hand cut out of the ornament punch, I used the Full Heart punch & fed it back into the wide Oval to oval off the chin. I also added a heart for the nose from the Heart to Heart Punch instead of a round one, (apologies for using a chipped heart & since the pic was taken I have replaced it) i used Vellum CS for the wings, I didn't add pink circles for cheeks & my eyes slightly differ. It's hard to see the red shimmer in the pic but the Glimmer paper really makes this super cute. For the background I inked up block E with Crumb Cake & stamped it on the Whisper White.
Ingredients:
Candy Conversations stamp, Ornament, Full Heart, Heart to Heart, Butterfly, Itty Bitty Punch's, Red Glimmer, Basic Black, Whisper White & Vellum CS, Crumb Cake ink, Black & Red markers.

Everyday Enchantment Inspirations

It's taken me sometime to finally case this idea -strips of DSP as a background & because I only pre-ordered Everyday Enchantment DSP & the Ribbons & Brads it gave me the perfect opportunity at my recent team meeting to try it -we made the love card. This background showcases DSP beautifully. I bought the simple letters Alphabet Dies for 1/2 price (workshop reached $600) some months ago so out they came along with the Glitter paper -love it! The possibilities are big, the frame makes a gorgeous gift for many occasions (I'll be making one for Teya's Birthday thats says "Dance") & the card will surely be on display & maybe even framed. Try it with DSP you already have or get some of the gorgeous Everyday Enchantment DSP for free during SAB (spend $100). View all the free SAB items by clicking on it over on the right & if you would like a copy posted to you email me your details.

Everyday Enchantment hearts

A simpler version of this card here
Ingredients: Very Vanilla 6" x 3", either Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Lucky Limeade or Calypso Coral 2 3/4" square, Everyday Enchantment DSP. Full Heart & Heart to Heart Punches, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, White Bakers Twine & Every Day Enchantment Ribbon/s.

Step 1. Place the 2 3/4" piece of Pool Party CS in to the Full Heart punch all the way down & centre before you punch out the heart.
Step 2. Run this piece through the bigshot in the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.
Step 3. Tie some Everyday Enchantment ribbon in a bow around the left side of the CS.
Step 4. Adhere with mini glue dots the small hearts from the Heart to Heart punch to the ends of White Bakers Twine which was threaded around the bow.
Step 5. Adhere with Dimensionals the 2 3/4" finished peice to the Very Vanilla cardfront.
Step 6. Adhere with snail the punched out DSP Full Heart to the centre.

sale-a-bration

Up in the Air

 "Up in the Air" hostess set was another stamp set that was waiting to be inked up in my cupboard over the festive season. I wanted to use more of the Everyday Enchantment DSP & just used co-ordinating markers to colour in the stamped images, I think the images are perfect once again for 3'x3" cards. The pretty Organdy Ribbon has a shimmer in it which dosn't show up in my pics but IRL adds a little dazzle. I'm yet to use the brads that also co-ordinate with the Sale-a-bration DSP & Ribbons, -it's wonderful to have more options this SAB which begins on the 24th Jan.

Everyday Enchantment

I have had a little time to stamp last night & today & use some new product that's on offer for free during SAB, gorgeous Everyday Enchantment DSP, Ribbons & Brads, so thought I'd share a cute little 3 x 3 card I made using some of those. The largest heart is a Movers & Shapers & even though I don't have the magnetic movers & Shapers I can still use my punched windows with my Scallop Square Die because it has a clear top, see pic below. The next heart is the Scalloped heart of Hearts Embosslits Die, then the Full heart punch, the 4th heart is a Heart to Hearts punch & the last & smallest 3 are the Small Hearts punch -the centre one I've stamped with the smallest heart from I Heart hearts stamp set.

Fabulous Florets

I was lucky to receive this gift at convention (Prize Patrol). You should have seen how excited I got when I saw my name on the screen. I so wanted to win for a change & I'm sure I willed it to happen.
I have had little time since to play with it but thought I'd share so far what I have managed.
I used the new colourful DSP Beyond the Garden in the envelopes. the cards are 3 x 3"'s. Melon Mambo CS & Embossing Powder, Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, "Fabulous Florets" & "You're a Gem" stamp sets.

This one was one of my open home cards.
Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Confetti White & Whisper White are the colours of inks & CS.