So Swirly card

This is the card I blogged yesterday stepped up & I really like it with the hint of red though it looked pretty good monochromatic too.

I used Real Red with the Old Olive & have used the wee matching star from the Priceless stamp set that co-ordinates with the So Swirly wheel. I have also punched the saying out with the large oval punch & mounted on a real red scallop oval & popped up on dimensionals. Now how easy is this!

46 days to Christmas!

So maybe it's time to start thinking about mass producing your cards.

The So Swirly jumbo wheel must be one of the most versatile wheels - it looks fantastic on cards & on scrapbook layouts. At $18.95 it will surely be one of your most wisest investments.

This month the Christmas Gift Giving Guide has as one of it's items Old Olive 5/8" grosgrain ribbon which inspired me to make another So Swirly card in this colour - check back tomorrow & I'll show you the stepped up one (which I prefer for very little more effort).

Did you know that a jumbo wheel can wheel for 9"  before it needs re-inking; so for a card you can just use any ink pad to ink it up, though if I was going to mass produce these I'd buy the ink cartridge. Also the wheels can be washed under a running tap if using a pigment ink as no wood to worry about.

Stamp sets: So Swirly (wheel), Best Yet (level 1 hostess)
Ink: Old Olive
Paper: Old Olive, Whisper White
Other: Old Olive 5/8 grosgrain ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

Inspired by Nature

This was one of the projects that we did at my home class last week on watercolouring. We stamped directly on the stamp with Elegant Eggplant, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive watercolour crayons & then misted lightly with a water spray bottle. The original design was created by Jacque Pedersen.

Stamp sets: Inspired by Nature, Best Yet, Friendly Words (jumbo wheel)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Other: Cutter tool, spritzer, Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals, water colour crayons & Old Olive Marker, sponge

Christmas swaps with snowman

I'm sad I know but I love snowman on Christmas cards - they make me smile. At my last team swap of cards I received 2; both of which I adore.

The first is from Lisa Bullock AKA Daffy Scrapper (but trust me she's not Daffy!). She kindly has the link on her blog on how to create this fun card so I'll let you check out all the finer details for yourself by clicking HERE.

The 2nd one was from my very talented upline Jacque Pedersen, I do love how she's used the chunky sprinkles glitter with the dazzling diamonds glitter - so simple but so effective.

The stamp sets she's used for the card are a  Level 1 & a Level 3 hostess set so maybe it's a good time to think about hosting a party so you too could own them too.

Contact me if you'd like to know how you could earn them.

I love this card!!

This was the 2nd project that we made at the 3D class this week a diorama card and my fabulous upline Jacque taught me this card.

The card is easy to create just requires a bit of cutting to really add some 3D punch but isn't it gorgeous. The windows have been created with the large and small tag punches (but you can also use the circle punches).

The card lies flat for posting so you have to be careful that no excess adhesive is behind any of the cut-outs which is where the 2-way glue pen comes into it's own for gluing down small bits (as well as glitter).

Recipe
Stamp sets: Cheep Talk, Best Yet (level 1 hostess)
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Rose Red
Punches: Large and small tag, scallop circle, 1-⅜" circle, Heart to Heart
Technique: Diorama card

Quick Report from the Auckland Regional Training

It's hard to believe it's the middle of the week and I haven't blogged for awhile but I'm going to blame the lovely Trudi who started up NZSU blog and got me blogging - she has now gone and got me hooked on Farmville and Crystal Age on Facebook (sure the excitement will wear off but all my friend's farms are so much prettier than mine!).

Anyhow back to regional demonstrator training on Saturday, it was great to catch up with so many (51 in total attending) and the event was held at the very lovely Parnell Rose Gardens function centre.

One of the really neat things about when us demos get to together is we swap cards.

I used the card I created for the Corrosive Challenge 22 for my swaps (all 32 of them) and this time around the lucky recipients either got it with Ruby Red or More Mustard brads (which looked a bit Pumpkin Pie'sh) from the Earth Elements set (200 brads - 50 of 4 colours for $19.95).

These are the cards I received from my lovely downline (the WOW paperKRafters).

From Janine Pearce: a delightful wee bag of Hershey's kisses - with a cute Boho Blossoms tag - very yummy they were in my tum too!

From Debbie Lamb: a Snow Swirled meets Bella Rose DSP card.

From Clare Stirling: a silver embossed Tree Trimmings card- stunning in it's simplicity.

From Sally Williams: a really cute Christmas tag card using one of my favourite Christmas sets Winter Post

 

From my dear friend Judy Beetson - guest and honorary WOW paperKrafter for the day a Gift Card holder using Priceless, Best Yet and the very yummy Tea Party DSP

Be back later after I've harvested a few more crops and done some more quests with some more goss. So ciao for now.

A really easy Christmas Card!

Yes using the most versatile of jumbo wheel's So Swirly, a Christmas sentiment & some ribbon and of course some glitter.

Stamp sets: Best Yet (level 1 hostess), So Swirly Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Real red, Whisper white
Other: Real red striped grosgrain ribbon, Dazzling diamonds glitter, 2-way glue pen

Easy flower pot cards

A while back I created my first flower pot card the traditional way - click HERE to see it.

So when the planning came up for my team's winter extravaganza of stamping projects I volunteered to do it. In hindsight am I really glad the very talented Andrea Walford created a template to print directly onto the card stock - this is my easiest prep ever. The original concept was to use stamped flowers which look really beautiful & colourful but time consuming to cut out. Then Pauline McCardle shared with me what she'd done using the scallop punch with designer paper , black circle centres & rhinestone brads - they looked pretty amazing BUT along came Laurie from Inspired Designs with her sunflowers & I would not be budged I LOVED IT and guess what it's really easy (so perfect for an event like ours). So I've used her idea but created it in pink pirouette; as chocolate & pink are so yummy.


Stamp set: Thank You Kindly, Best Yet
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Bella Rose DSP
Punches: Scallop eyelet border, 1-¼" circle, 1" circle, small oval, 5-petal flower, boho blossom punch, ¼" circle punch (I used a hole punch)
Other: Pink pirouette ribbon

Well I'm quietly confident that this will be a success tomorrow & I hope everyone that is attending has a great day (including all us demos).

Fifth Avenue Simplicity

I just love this swap I received at 2009 Convention from Marelle Taylor, she's one of the Aussie bloggers who's work I have admired from this side of the ditch for a long time.

So I was delighted to meet her in real life (& she's really lovely) and even more pleased to receive this which is just stunning in it's simplicity & will certainly be cased by me!

Stamp set/s: Fifth Avenue, Best Yet (level 1 hostess)
Ink: Baja Breeze, Sahara sand, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip Patterns DSP
Other: Eyelet border punch, kraft tafetta ribbon, dimensionals

Who's the sweetest demo of them all??

Hope I'm not sounding like the evil queen here but the answer is Pauline McCardle for her lovely sweet "taste of honey" demo swap. BTW this is Pauline's idea of simple but I for one am enjoying the honey which has come from her own hives & hopefully it's keeping the winter colds away.

Stamp set:/s Bloomin' with Beauty, Best Yet (hostess level 1)
Ink: Black Stazon, Sahara Sand
Paper: Kraft, Whisper White, Vellum CS, Copper Metallics, Urban Oasis DSP
Other: Scallop Circle, 1-⅜" circle punch, 1-¼" circle punch, Kraft Taffeta ribbon

So anyone living down in the Hawkes Bay - I'd be booking Pauline up for a workshop ASAP!