Summer Mini Blog Hop!!!!

Welcome to the Stampers Anonymous SU blog tour! You may have just come from Kirrily Matthews blog, but if you are starting here, don't worry. You can complete the circuit just by following the links at the end of each post. There are 14 stops along the way and we hope that you will visit each one to see the fantastic creations we have to show you!!!

For our first tour we decided to showcase the beautiful new products in the Summer Mini, available to you from December 1st until March 31st 2010 (drop me a line to obtain your Summer Mini catalogue). At the end of each post there will be a link to take you to the next stop on the tour. Feel free to "share the love" and leave a comment (we love comments!!!). Sit back, relax and enjoy!!!

I have three items to show you: -

Above I have used the ever so pretty Butterfly Prints (a steel at $25.95 with 5 stamps!!!). There is also a coordinating Butterfly Punch ($30.95) that means that there was no cutting involved. Got to love that!!!

Materials used: (All Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Butterfly Prints
Card: Only Orange, Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: Only Orange, Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink.
Other: Square Scallop Punch, Butterfly Punch, Dimensionals

Next I have continued with my love affair of stamping on candles. This time on tea lights. I came across this idea on a blog called Julia Luvs 2 Stamp. I used the stamp set For Everything ($47.95). This stamp set is one that I just had to have when I saw the catalogue. To get the different colours on the tea lights I used my Stampin' Write markers. The outside of the slider box has an acetate window so that you can see the candles when closed up.

Materials Used (all Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: For Everything
Card: Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange, Pixie Pink, Whisper White
Ink: None
Other: Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange, Pixie Pink Stampin' Write Markers

This is my final offering. I have several friends having babies at the moment so thought I would use the baby rattle from Somthing Sweet. I decided to make these cards at the last minute so I have to confess that the glitter in the rattle is from my own stash not Stampin' Up! This was also my first attempt at making a shaker card but I am reasonably happy with the way they turned out.

Materials Used: Mostly Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Something Sweet
Card: (for the pink card) Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, (for the blue card) Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, Whisper White
Ink: (for the pink card) Pretty in Pink, (for the blue card), Brocade Blue,
Other: Acetate, the new 1 3/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Mat Pack, White Gel ink pen.

Well, that's all from me. Now you are off to enjoy the wonderful creations of Jennifer Adnitt . Thanks for stopping by!

Juliette

Blog Hop - the Count Down is on!!!

Please note this post will stay at the top of my blog - to see any new posts please scroll down. - Oh and my 12 Cards of Christmas has started

To celebrate the launch of the new Summer Mini Catalogue (and all the lovely items available) on the 1st December 2009, a few of us in Marelle's team, including myself, have decided to hold a blog hop. 14 of us will be show casing some of the new and exciting items on offer from Stampin' Up!

We will be going live on Monday 30th November at 8.00pm. You will be taken on a wonderful journey through our blogs and will end up where you started. I am sure that you will fall in love with the new products just like we have.

Whilst it is all very exciting with the new Summer Mini coming out, it is rather sad to see the end of the Spring Mini. I have fallen in love with a few items from this mini catalogue and I will be very sad to see the items go. Don't forget you only have until the 30th November to place your order for such wonderful items like the Scallop Oval punch (114889 $30.95), Great Friend stamp set (116889 $31.95), Walk in the Park DSP (115123 $16.95), Ski Slope DSP (112994 $16.95) and Tree Trimming stamp set (116893 $24.95). If you just feel you "need" to order please contact me. It will very sad to realise you wanted the item but it has gone possibly forever (sob!!!).

Juliette

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me a lovely stamped Snow Swirled candle

Hi everyone,

Well this is the last of my twelve cards of Christmas (although technically two of the items aren't cards LOL). I hope you have enjoyed looking at my creations and I thank you for checking them out. I have enjoyed making them and am rather sad that they have now finished. I have a heap more ideas so check back during the month of December for some more inspiration.

The candle and box are what you will make in my Christmas project class in December (along with Santa and Rudolph that appeared on day 4). If you are interested please contact me to book in for the class, or if the dates don't suit contact me to arrange a workshop for you and your friends. I think that this candle is elegant and makes for a lovely gift.

You can't see it as it is around the back but the candle has not only been stamped with Night of Navy but has also been embossed in silver. I have used Snow Swirled again for the snow flakes. They are just so elegant. The box is Night of Navy stamped with Whisper White Kraft ink - you have to make sure that it is completely dry before making the box LOL. The box is topped here with 1/4" Whisper White grosgrain ribbon and once again you can't see it but the top of the box has been stamped as well. The window in the box is using the Curly Label Punch

Materials Used (all Stampin' Up apart from the candle!!!)
Stamps: Snow Swirled
Card: Night of Navy
Ink: Versamark, Night of Navy
Other: Silver embossing powder, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain ribbon, Curly Label Punch

Well that's it for now. Check back in a couple of days for the much anticipated Summer Mini Blog hop. I can't wait.

'Til next time

Juliette

On the Eleventh Day of Christmas my true love gave to me a "Snow Swirled: acetate card

Hi Everyone,

Every time I see an acetate card I think how beautiful and elegant. I have seen some lovely ones recently. The very talented Teneale Williams and equally talented Marelle Taylor have got some beautiful ones on their blogs. (Check them out by clicking on the hyper links).

Anyway seeing that theirs used the Christmas Tree from Snow Swirled I thought I would try one with just the snow flakes. It seems very strange having snow flake cards at this time of the year (especially as we have been sweltering in heat that has been nearly 40 degrees Celsius or 104 in the old scale).

Using white stazon and the medium snow flake I stamped the acetate. I then used Versamark to stamp two large snow flakes on Whisper White and then heat embossed them using silver embossing powder. The mat is Baja Breeze (again! LOL I think it is my favorite In Colour). The ribbon is 1/4" Whisper White grosgrain.

Materials Used (all Stampin' Up apart from the acetate)

Stamps: Snow Swirled

Card: Whisper White, Baja Breeze

Ink: White Stazon, Versamark

Other: Silver embossing powder, 1/4" Whisper White grosgrain.

'Til tomorrow

Juliette

On the Tenth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me a cute little penguin card

Hi everyone,

I just love these cute little guys. Penguins are sooo adorable. These little guys are from Punch Pals. I stamped them using black Stazon. I have then coloured them using my blender pen and ink pads. The sign post has been made using the Christmas Tree trunk and then using my Real Red Stampin' write (only because we don't have one in Riding Hood Red) to colour in the sentiment I wanted. I punched it out using the Word Window Punch. The Baja Breeze mat has been made using the Square Scallop Punch. I am finding that punch is becoming more and more useful everyday!!!

Materials Used (all Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Punch Pals
Card: Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Ink: Black Stazon, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie
Other: Word Window Punch, Square Scallop Punch, Real Red Stampin' Write

'Til tomorrow

Juliette