Wow fabulous happenings from Stampin' Up!

In the last couple of days Stampin' Up! have announced we now have  

 On Line Shopping, My Digital Studio and a Clearance Rack Blitz

Clearance Rack Blitz 

Stampin' Up have decided to bring back some retired items for sale, these items are only available until Sunday 31 March click HERE to see the PDF on line or click on the links below to see the Catalogues

 2011-2012 Summer Mini Catalogue

2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue

 Email me ASAP so you don't miss out

My Digital Studio 

You can download a FREE 30 day trial of My Digital Studio (MDS)

if you would like to trial it click HERE  to download 

( please be warned that this is huge - nearly 1GB)

Click HERE to see what else is available to download for free  

Flowers, Butterflies and Stained Glass

I love the Secret Garden Stamp set which you will find in the Seasonal Cataloque on page 25 and you don't have to do any fussy cutting with this set as you can buy the matching Framelits ""yay"". I saw this card by Andi Potler  using  Secret Garden stamp set and Framelits plus the Stained Glass technique on Pinterest. I absolutely loved it so I just had to case it. I made a couple of changes by using the Labels Framelits, Elegant Lines and Elegant Bouquet Embossing folders plus adding some Leaves'

Stamp set: Secret Garden, Just for you,
Card Stock: Vellum card, Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Versamark, Wisteria Wonder
Markers: Wisteria Wonder , Baja Breeze, Not quite Navy,  Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo
Other: Big Shot, Secret Garden Framelits, Labels Framelits, Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Elegant lines  Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder, Basic Pearls, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Embossing Buddy,  Tombow adhesive, Dimensionals

More fabulous Stamp a Stack cards

Here are 2 more cards from our Stamp a Stack from Saturday last week, everyone went home with 12 cards each a full tummy after having Pizza for Dinner .
Karen Rogers designed and demonstrated this fabulous Sympathy card using Love and Sympathy which is in the 2012-2013 Catalogue, this is the sort of Sympathy card I like especially when it is one of my Favourite colors Wisteria Wonder one of the 2011-2013 In Colors.

Stamp Set: Love and Sympathy

Card Stock: Naturals White, Wisteria Wonder

Ink: Sahara Sand, Wisteria Wonder, 

Accessories: Basic Pearls, Wisteria Wonder bakers Twine, 

Tools: Corner Rounder Punch 

The next card was made by Vanita Hurbans using By The Tide every time I see a card made with this Stamp set I want it more as it is the perfect card for someone who loves Fishing or Studies the Marine Animal life.

Stamp set: By the Tide

Card Stock: Marina Mist, Sahara Sand, Whisper White

Ink: Marina Mist, Sahara Sand

Accessories: Linen Thread

Tools: Big Shot, Lattice Embossing Folder, labels Collection Framelits, Bone Folder, 1" Circle Punch 

Only 3 days to go

Sale A Bration 2013 is nearly over it finishes on Friday March 22nd.
Below are a couple of cards using Stamps from 2 of the Sale a Bration Stamp sets, you can receive either one off these set's  free with every $120 spend.
We held our WOW paperKrafters Twilight Stamp a Stack (SAS) last weekend with pizza's for Dinner what a fabulous evening it turned out to be. Everyone made  4 designs, 3 of each design a total of 12 cards. Below is my  Baby card using the Patterned Occasions set

Recipe:
Stamp set: Patterned Occasions petite Pairs
Ink: Certainly Celery
Card stock:  Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Pretty In pink, Pink pirouette
Other: Delicate Doilies, Big Shot, Window Framelits, Fancy fan Embossing Folder.

This card was by Debbie Lamb using the fabulous Feeling sentimental set

Recipe:

Stamp set: Feeling sentimental

Ink: Staz on

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Certainly Celery, Vellum 

Designer Paper: First edition Specialty Paper

Other: Vintage Faceted Buttons, Linen Thread, Cute Clips, Big shot, Honeycomb Embossing folder

If you would like to place an order in to receive one of these free Sale A Bration sets I will be putting my last order in on Thursday evening at 8pm. 

I will post the two designs by Karen Rogers and Vanita Hurbans in the next couple of days

"Now where did I put my Tea Bags"

"Now where are my tea bags, oh that's right in the Tea Caddy". This is my latest class project a Teabag Caddy they look fabulous when finished (there is a bit off cutting involved for the Designer Series Paper). I managed to find some Lipton Chamomile Teabags and of course they were blue to match the Tea Caddy (whoops I forgot to put them in the caddy for the photo).  I found this Tutorial on Flowerbug's Inkspot Blog here.

For the Lid I cut out two flowers with the Fancy Flower Punch, stamped them with the big tea cup image  (Tea Shoppe stamp set) to give them some depth, I then curled the leaves with a Bone Folder, cut between two of the petals on one Flower and adhered one petal on top of the other to make it a smaller four petal flower then adhered the two Flowers together, punched another Flower out in Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, cut off 4 of the petals scrunched them up and adhered them to the two layer flower lastly I added an In Color Brad to finish it off,  then adhered the Flower to the Caddy Lid with some Glue Dots..

Stamps: Tea Shoppe
Ink: Island Indigo
Card Stock: Island Indigo
Designer Series Paper: Twitterpated
Other: Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, In Color Brads, Decorative Label Punch,  Extra Large Oval Punch, Fancy Flower Punch, Glue Dots, Paper Piercer, Sticky Strip, Tombow Multi Adhesive,

Naturals Composition Trifold Cards

Wednesday evening's class was a Trifold card, cased from a tutorial by Tanya Bell. I changed the colours around and used Crumb Cake for the base instead of Early Espresso and used a bit more of the Composition Designer Series Paper, I am sure you will love this designer paper it is fabulous.  The flower, it is made from Primrose Petals card stock and brown packing paper from Stampin' Up!. The framelits have been matted in Primrose Petals and Soft Suede which just finishes them off. there is a bit of a bit of cutting involved for this card but well worth it for the end result

This first card uses the stamp set Petite Pairs Best Wishes, the close up shows how you can step the card up with  Faux stitching.

This second card is stamped with Vintage Verses from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set which is free with any $120 order until March 22nd, the close up shows just a slight sponging round the edges.

Stamp sets: Petite Pairs, Vintage Verses

Ink: Crumb Cake, Primrose Petals, Crumb Cake Marker

Card stock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla 

Designer series Paper: First Edition Specialty, Naturals Composition Specialty

Other: Window Framelits, Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Crochet trim Ribbon, Neutral Glimmer Brads, Neutral Buttons, Boho Blossoms Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Flower Punch, Basic pearls, Brayer, Spritzer, Tombow multi Adhesive, Stampin Sponges, Stampin' Up! Brown packing Paper.

You are invited to a Twilight Stamp-a-Stack

The WOW paperKRafters (Karen, Debbie, Vanita & myself) invite you to join us for a late afternoon of stamping, frivolity & pizza. We have 4 card designs/themes to get 2013 kick started off for all of us - baby, sympathy, feminine & the 4th one is masculine - you'll make 3 of each design plus a break for pizza in the middle (included in the costs). 

WHEN: Saturday March 16th 4-8pm
WHERE: Marina View Drive Primary School Hall, West Harbour, Auckland
COST: $30 for 12 cards & the pizza (no envelopes supplied) - fantastic value! 

Pre-payment is necessary to book your seat (which are limited).

If you'd like to come please contact me ASAP as we're starting to cut & prep for the event now.