Happy Sunday

Hi everyone. Hope you have had a nice weekend. Its been a busy week and I haven't had a lot of time to blog. I also missed a couple of challenge I wanted to enter but I thought I would share the cards I made. The challenge was a colour challenge using rose red, regal rose and certainly celery, some of my favourite colours.For the first card I used one of the sets from our summer mini cataglogue, embrace life which is beautiful.






stamp sets: embrace life, so swirly jumbo wheel
card/ink: whisper white, regal rose, rose red, certainly celery, designer series paper rose red
accessories: word window punch.

I saw a the cute little handbag cards while I was blog surfing and just had to try one. I have a couple of friends who collect handbags and thought Perfect for a birthday card. Aren't they cute.




stamp set: short and sweet
card/ink: rose red, certainly celery, regal rose, whisper white
accessories: large oval punch, small oval punch, scallop edge punch, round tab punch
pretties kit, brads.

If you want to ask any questions about this card or place an order so you can make your own, click here to e-mail me. Remember you only have one more week to take advantage of Sale-A-Bration.

Thanks for visiting.

Anne-Marie

Kristina Werners Color Challenge no 42

Hi Everybody. Hope you are having a good week. I didn't think I was going to make this weeks challenge, but I managed to get some time in the craft room tonight to make a card. I have never used a lot of the earth element colours so this was a very good challenge for me. I thought I would get out a couple of sets I haven't used in a while.

stamp sets; scribble, eastern blooms, garden whimsey
card/ink: old olive, whisper white, real rust, more mustard
accessories: olive ribbon, scallop edge punch, signo white gel pen

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Mojo Monday no 74

Hi Everyone. Hope you are having a nice week. We are now back to our normal school routine at our house with afterschool activities keeping us busy and arguing about homework. Last week seemed to go by so quickly, I didn't get a chance to post. I have been busy making cards though, so thought I would start with the latest mojo monday sketch challenge. I have a lot of birthdays coming up for nieces and nephews so thought I would make a birthday card for this challenge. Sorry about the poor photo, the lighting wasn't great.





Stamp set: wild about you, circle of friendship
card/ink: chocolate chip, soft sky, wild wasabi, groovy guava, whisper white, designer series paper afternoon tea(summer mini catalogue)
acccessories: chocolate chip, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8"circle punch

Thanks for stopping by to have a look. Leave me a comment

Australian Bushfire Appeal

We have all been affected by the graphic images that we have seen recently by the devastation caused by the Australian bush fires. Stampin’ Up! Are supporting the victims of the bush fires by donating to the Red Cross.

Purchase one of the following stamp sets between the 12th February and 31st March and Stampin’ Up! will donate 50% of the retail value to the Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal. It is a great chance to get a new set and support a wonderful cause.

Here are the sets:

- Looks Like Spring* (page 76) $68.95
- The Snowflake Spot* (page 27) $46.95
- Bodacious Bouquet* (page 80) $ 68.95
- Polka Dots & Paisley* (page 46) $42.95
- G'day Mate* (page 115) $42.95
- Be Happy* (page 51) $46.95
- Priceless (page 105) $57.95
- Seeing Spots (page 89) $35.95
- Baroque Motifs (page 98) $46.95
- Live Your Dream (page 3 - Summer Mini) $66.95

Note: The sets with an asterisk beside them will be on the upcoming list of retiring products, so will only be available while stocks last.

Email me at stampinggalore@gmail.com or phone me on 09 479-8759 or 027 2776742 to place your order. Order before the end of February and may earn yourself a free Sale-A-Bration set with every $120-00 spent.

Birthday Wishes

Hi Everyone. Hope you have had a nice weekend. The weather has been fabulous here in Auckland. We have spent most of the weekend at the beach. James has his first full week at intermediate this week,so that will be interesting for him. Today I wanted to share the birthday card I made for my DH. I was really happy with how the card turned out and Richard really liked it. The eat cake stamp set is so great for masculine cards, its one I use a lot.

stamp set: canvas background, eat cake, circle of friendship
card/ink: blue bayou, wild wasabi, chocolate chip, soft sky, whisper white
accessories: chocolate chip ribbon, small oval punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, scallop circle punch, scallop circle punch, brads, cuttlebug folder

If you'd like to know anything more about this card or order anything I've used here, email or phone me. Remember that Sale-A-bration is still going until the end of February so when you order $120 worth of product you'll earn a free Sale-A-bration stamp set!

Thanks for stopping by.

Butterfly Award

My dear friend Karen gave me this award the other day. Sorry for the delay in posting it Karen.

So the rules for this award:
1) Post the award(s) logo on your blog
2) Add the link to the person who nominated you
3) Nominate 6-10 other blogs & post their links
4) Let those people know that they have received the award

Now for something completely different:
A different challenge - to post the 6th photo found in your 6th folder in "My Pictures" and tell the story behind the photo.

Now I wondered what I was going to find when I went into my 6th folder. It was either going to be photo of James and Caitlin at the beach or a picture of our cats Monty and Jazzy. Well the 6th photo ended up being a photo of Monty. I remember my DH taking this photo. Monty had just slipped down from the top of the couch, I think he was finding it too hot, then he just spread out and went back to sleep, the kids thought it was hilarious.



Now I need to challenge 6 others to do this too:

1. Delys
2. Denise
3. Teresa
4. Zoe
5. Dawn
6. Jo

Hope you enjoy the award. I am looking forward to seeing what photo is in your 6th folder.

Kristina Werner Color Challenge no 40

Hi Ladies. Hope you have had a nice day. It had been a public holiday here and the weather has been fantastic. We spend the morning at the beach boogy boarding and chilling out. This summer has been great. Well it's time for another color challenge from Kristina. This week was definitely a challenge for me of all the Stampin' Up! colour families, earth elements is the one I use the least except for a few colours. This one really got me outside my comfort zone. This is my entry.



Recipe:
stamp sets: polka dot punches, short and sweet
card/ink: old olive, more mustard, so saffron, taken with teal, whisper white, old olive designer series paper
accessories: scallop edge punch, small oval punch, large oval punch, 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, white ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

Mojo Monday No 72

Hi ladies. Hope you are having a good day. It has been another hot day today, but I shouldn't complain because before I know it the summer will be over and I will be moaning about the cold. I thought I better get cracking and make my entry for this weeks challenge over at Mojo Monday. I am really enjoying this challenge. This week I have chosen colours I don't usually use trying to get outside my comfort zone a bit. Hope you like it.






Recipe:
stamp sets: botanical blooms, circle of friendship
card/ink: baja breeze designer series paper, taken with teal, only orange, whisper white
accessories: scallop edge punch, scallop circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, teal ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Leave me a comment.

Scallop Hello

Hi again. I wanted to share a card I made the other day using the say it with scallop set and some of the new designer series paper featured in the summer mini catalogue. I am really enjoying using the new paper they are gorgeous and match the stamp sets beautifully. I am on holiday this week as my son James is starting intermediate and does not start school until Thursday. I plan to catch up on the cleaning and get a head start on my craft. There are a couple of sketch challenges I want to enter this week and it will be nice to do some card making during the day instead of staying up till all hours LOL ....




Recipe:
stamp set: say it with scallops
card/ink: soft sky, chocolate chip, whisper white, designer series paper afternoon tea
accessories: chocolate chip ribbon, scallop square punch, pearls from pretties kit, dazzling diamonds

Thanks for stopping by to have a look. Have a great day.

Happy Tuesday

Hi Ladies. Hope you are having a lovely day. Sorry I didn't post that week. I was getting ready for our first team event of the year which was on Saturday afternoon. We had around 80 guests and did 5 projects. It was a great afternoon. Yvonne and I teamed up and made a peek a boo card, using a masculine theme. I really enjoyed showing this as it is such a versatile card to make for any occasion. This is the card we made.


Recipe:
stamp sets: say it with Scallops, dotted wheel
card/ink: blue bayou, wild wasabi, soft sky, whisper white
accessories: scallop circle punch, scallop square punch, scallop edge punch, brads


This is the inside of the card. The chocolates are yummy and the foil matched the card beautifully.

Isn't this the perfect little gift. I am going to make one for my dh for valentines day. Also we sized the project so you can make 3 peek a boo cards from 1 sheet of a4 card stock, so this is a very economical project. Thanks for stopping by.