So Swirly Christmas

This is one of the projects I demonstrated for Kirsten & her friend's last week. I love wheels - they're so quick & easy! The So Swirly wheel is so versatile  - perfect for a card or a scrapbook page. Dependent on it's colour & sentiment perfect for any occasion.

Looks great just as a monochromatic Old Olive. But definitely more pizazz with the addition of a Real Red mat & ink; the wee star is from the Priceless stamp set. The Sleigh Bells ribbon is on promotion at the moment & you can earn it for free - click HERE to see how.

Stamp sets: Priceless, Curly Cute, So Swirly wheel
Ink: Old Olive, Real Red
Paper: Old Olive (textured), Real Red, Whisper White
Ribbon: Old Olive 5/8" grosgrain or Sleigh Bells (for a limited time - promo)
Other: Dazzling diamonds glitter

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

Swirly Season of Joy

So Swirly must be the most versatile jumbo wheel ever - it just looks great with everything. In this latest round of demo swaps, some of the team have really used it to great effect to highlight the Season of Joy stamp set  and make it even more special.

From Sally Williams (this would be perfect for mass producing your own Christmas cards with pizazz but with ease!):

From Kristine McNickle (I just love the reverse masking):

Stamp a Stack Sunday Part 1

The mission was to create 20 cards in 2 hours (4 designs; 5 of each).

9 took up the challenge - if I'd known how sore my shoulder and wrists would have been I may never have issued the challenge :-)

So this was the first and easiest of the cards created and easily managed by all abilities.

Stamps: Priceless, Short and Sweet, So Swirly
Ink: Certainly Celery, Rose Red
Paper: Certainly Celery, Rose Red
Other: Dazzling diamonds glitter, 2-way glue pen.

PS this card alone had 135 pieces cut for it. Who needs a gym when you can stamp! Back soon with Part 2.

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 Christmas card using WHEELS!

I'm sure I've mentioned that last year I was still making this card 3 days before Christmas so whether I need to get more organised or do something easier but I've just made 28 of these as my demo swap for our regional training that is happening in Auckland tonight and the easy option is looking good!

Stamp set/s: So Swirly (jumbo wheel), Many Merry Messages
Card stock: Rose Red, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive, VersaMark
Other: White embossing powder, Dazzling diamonds glitter, Old Olive 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, mini glue dot

Priceless goes spinning

I had a lovely Friday night doing a mother & daughter's evening workshop. As children were involved I thought it would be fun to make a spinner card. As it was quite a big group I made it as simple as possible using a wheel for the the background & used the very versatile punches to punch out the stamped image. It was great especially as the children added quite a lot of glitter to their butterflies & they dazzled all right as they spun.

Tracee Jones from my team very kindly told me that a 10c piece worked as well as the American penny (amazingly that's what they call their 1c piece!)

Stamp sets: Priceless, So Swirly jumbo wheel
Card stock: Bashful Blue, Ruby Red, Whisper White
Ink: Bashful Blue, Ruby Red
Punches: Word window, Scallop, 1 3/8" circle
Other: Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, 10c pieces