Having the car serviced is sometimes fun!!

Today I had to hang around while my car was being serviced, so I decided to go to the library and catch up on some stamping!! I'm really happy with both cards. This first one is one I made to use a stamp set I hadn't used before. This stamp set was one we were sent for FREE from Stampin' Up just for being demonstrators - it's called Time Well Spent and will be a hostess one in our new catalogue that's coming out in April! How cool is that!! The other one is for my nephew's birthday (and really needed to be sent last week to make it in time for his birthday!!) Oh well, better late than never!! Hope you like them!!

Our house!!

I thought I'd better share one of the most exciting things in my life right now - OUR NEW HOUSE!!! It is soooo close to being finished with just the tiling, and bits and pieces like door handles and light fittings to go. We are getting very impatient, even though the builders have done a fantastic job - the slab was only laid at the end of October!!! So here's a photo taken this morning.

Dazzling Diamonds Card

This is one of my favourite cards ever! I had just bought my first jar of Dazzling Diamonds (one of my fave Stampin' Up products) and was experimenting with versamark and glossy white cardstock - and this is what I came up with! I have used the Scribble This set from our Spring mini catalogue, with the Scribble This wheel as the background.

I have wheeled the background on both the Pink Passion and Glossy White in versamark. I have then used our Heat and Stick powder over the versamark, heated it, then added Dazzling Diamonds. The flower is cut out and layered using Dimensionals.

Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Scribble This, Scribble This wheel

Cardstock: Pink Passion, Green Galore, Glossy White

Inks: Versamark, Basic Black

Accessories: Pixie Pink eyelets, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat and Stick Powder, Stampin' Up Dimensionals

Flutter by thank you!!

This was my very first crayon resist card and I'm really happy how it turned out! I used our Celebration Spectrum Pad on glossy white card stock and it was really effective. At the time of making this card I didnt' own any word stamps so I just stamped the 'thank you' part of one of the Greetings Galore stamps (they all have words and pictures on them) and used that.

Recipe:
Stamp set: Flitting By Stampin Around wheel, Greetings Galore, Fresh Fillers
Cardstock: Glossy White, Only Orange, Lovely Lilac, Green Galore
Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardware, Vintage brads

Snappy birthday!!

This card was made using the Crab 'n Co stamp set which was in our Spring mini catalogue. The shell background is done using a Stampin Around wheel - definitely one of the easiest ways to create great backgrounds! I stamped the crab in Versamark ink and then sponged the chalk colour over the top to create a multicoloured look.

Recipe:

Stamp set: Crab'n Co

Card Stock: Real red, Whisper White, Brilliant Blue

Inks: Basic Black, Versamark

Other: Light Blue Gingham ribbon

Recipe: (all Stampin' Up! products)
Stamp set: Seeing Spots
Cardstock: Green Galore, Pink Passion
Inks: Green Galore, Pink Passion
Other: White gel pen

Birthday wishes card

Recipe:
Stamp set - Seeing Spots, Circle of Friendship
Cardstock - Whisper White, Green Galore, Pink Passion
Ink - Pink Passion, Green Galore, Barely Banana

Hello and welcome to my blog!

Hello and welcome to my blog! I thought I'd finally get my act together and start a blog to showcase my cardmaking creations. I am an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia. I joined Stampin' Up! almost a year ago now and have had a ball learning new things and meeting new people. I don't get nearly as much time to make cards as I would like to, but I'll try to do at least 1 a week so I have something to post on here!!
To get started, I'll just post some of my favourite cards that I've made during the last year. Hope you like them!!