Last day of May

During the month of May I have been making projects which use punches. I have had a great time playing with my new scallop and photo corner punches, and I am sure they will continue to feature in a lot of my projects in the coming months. Here are my last cards for May. This first card is uses only punches no stamps which is something really different for me but I like the result.

I made the vase with the large oval punch and cut the top off it although you can't really see it as the flowers cover it. I then punched out flowers using the spring flower bouquet punch in barely banana, purely pomegrante (love that colour) and only orange. I punched out 3 of each colour then overlapped them and used a brad for the top three. Then a thin matt of basic black, onto purely pomegrante then onto the old olive card.

I really love how this second card turned out. I think that soft sky, wild wasabi and chocolate chip are a great combination. Good for both male and female cards.

Supplies - stamp sets; bodacious bouquet, think happy thoughts, card/ink: whisper white, soft sky, choclate chip, wild wasabi, Accessories: white ribbon, photo corner punch, 1 1/4 ' circle punch, 1 3/8' circle punch, scallop punch.

For the month of June I am going to showcase baby and children's cards. It seems to be birthday session at the moment, my daughter seems to have party after party to go to and I am always making a card at the last minute, so June will be my month to get a good supply of children's card made. Hope you all have a great long weekend. I am looking forward to my sleepin in the morning. Will post again Sunday with my first showcase.

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Show and Tell Thursday

Happy Friday. I am a bit late with my show and tell this week. We did crayon resist at Jacques this week for card class. This is a technique that I haven't played around with much so it was really great to have a play. We made two lovely cards using this technique. These are the cards that I made at class.

The blush card was taken from a card that we saw at convention, love the way we make the butterfly and the second card uses a great combination of colours, elegant eggplant, purely pomegrante and old olive. Here are two cards that I made last night using the same colour combination.

I usd different cardstock but I used a similar layout and I was pleased with how it turned out. It is such any easy technique but the results are really impressive.

stamps: bud basics, think happy thoughts, bodacious bouquet. Card/ink: glossy white, whisper white, always artichoke, purely pomegrate, so saffron, groovy guava Accessories: quill tape, scallop punch 1 1/4 ' circle punch, 13/8 circle punch, sponge daublers, versa mark, white crayon.

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Workshop Projects

Thought I would put a couple of the projects I am doing for a workshop on Sunday. The group of ladies are mostly new to stamping so have done simple projects. Here is a sample.

This project is a simple bagalope. I have used a c6 sized white envelope and used a jumbo wheel over the front and back of each side. I have scored 1/2 inch on 3 sides.

Supplies

Stamp Set: Bodacious bouquet, petal jumbo wheel

Car/Ink: White envelope, whisper white, so saffron, pretty in pink, barely banana, certainly celery.

Access: White ribbon, brads in soft subtles, corner punch to do scallop on top.

For these next two cards I have used the wheel again. I have stuck to two colours with only one layer. I got the idea for this layout from my upline Jacque s blog. This layout can be used for any situation with different colours and accessories.

Supplies

Stamp Set: Scatter Sunshine Junbo wheel, time well spent.

Card/Ink: Whisper white, certainly cerlery.

I hope the ladies at the workshop like it.

Now to test this new blog writer with images.

Convention 2008

Well I have just arrived back from Brisbane after spending 4 days on holiday with the family on the Gold Coast. We had a wonderful time swimming at the beach and in the pool and visiting Wet N Wild and Movie world. My son is an adrenaline junkie and couldn't get enough of the rides. My daughter and I on the other hand preferred the more subdued rides. A good time was had by all.

The first 3 days I spent at my first ever Stampin' Up! Convention. The theme for this years convention was dream big. I certainly came away with some big ideas. What an inspirational 3 days I had. I met some great demonstrators from Australia and got to spend time with my upline Jacque and some of my crosslines Rachael, Sara, Anabel and Pauline. We had a great time.

Jacque placed 2nd in New Zealand demonstrator of the year. We were all so proud of her. She has worked very hard. I feel so fortunate to have Jacque as my upline as she is so supportive and very very talented.

Here are a couple of photos of my completed swaps. I decided to do the faux tiling technique and I was very happy with how they turned out. Hope you like them.

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Bodacious Bouquet
Card/Ink: Pink Passion, Lavender Lace, So Saffron, Gable Green
Access: White ribbon, white gel pen, versmark, clear embossing powder

Convention Swap Sneak Peak

As I said in my last post I am off to my first Stampin' Up! convention, which is being held in Brisbane 11 & 12 April. I am really looking forward to it. Two full days of stamping with the girls. After the convention I am heading up to the gold coast for 4 days with the family. My kids are counting down now only five days to go Yeh. Here is a wee look at my swap. I will post ful photos when I return from convention. I have used the faux tiling technique and I was really happy with how it turned out.

Here are a couple of cards I made over the easter break. I am getting a nice stock of cards made so I won't get caught short. The first card was inspired by a gorgeous shaker card that my upline jacque pederson designed.

The colours are cool caribbean, always artichoke and marigold morning. My last chance to use the 2007 in colours. I love the cool caribbean and the marigold morning has really grown on me over the last few months. Stamp sets are friendship blooms and lots of thoughts from sale a bration.

This card I have used the bodacious bouquet stamp set. This is a stamp set that I was not very fond of when I first saw it. Now it is one of my favourite sets. It is such a versatile set, you can do so much with it. Here I have used regal rose and chocolate chip card stock with designer series paper from the summer mini catalogue. I have stamped the stalks in certainly celery then stamps the blossoms in regal rose and cut them out and mounted them up with dimensional. I have put glitter in the centre of the flowers. It is another simple design but I was pleased with how it turned out.