Age Awareness

Hi everyone,

Don't freak out! Yes two posts in two days! Don't get used to it though! I have to say I have been enjoying spending some time crafting because I can. Whilst I do enjoy making the hundreds of mothers day and fathers day cards that I do for school, by the time I finish them I am completely over it all.

The set that I used today is one that I just had to have, but then I didn't really know what to do with it. It has all these cute sayings such as "I remembered your birthday" and "thanks Facebook!", so this set has a lot of potential. I just stuck to a basic layout for all four cards, so it could be used quite easily for a Stamp a Stack.

I stuck with the colours from the Moonlight DSP paper stack - which is such a bargain at just $11.95 for 48 sheets of 11.4cm X 16.5cm DSP. The colours are Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Lost Lagoon, Sahara Sand, Basic Grey and Whisper White.

Whilst I had the stamp set out I thought I would have a play with just girly colours and this is what I came up with.

As Age Awareness is a photopolymer set, it was wonderful not having to worry about using the Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure that  my images were stamped correctly. Colours used are Coastal Cabana, Pink Pirouette, Strawberry Slush and Melon Mambo. The little pearls have been coloured in using Coastal Cabana Blendabilities.

Below is a list of items used, which are all available from my On Line store which is open 24 hours. Just click on the button in the top right hand corner to go directly to my shop.


AGE AWARENESS PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET Price $27.95


DECO LABELS FRAMELITS DIE Price $42.95


MOONLIGHT DESIGNER SERIES PAPER STACK pRICE $11.95

BLACKBERRY BLISS 3/8" SATIN STITCHED RIBBON price $15.95

LOST LAGOON 3/8" SATIN STITCHED RIBBON price $15.95

PEARL BASIC JEWELS EMBELLISHMENTS Price $8.95

STAMPIN' BLENDABILITIES™ MARKERS COASTAL CABANA ASSORTMENT price $20.95


Thanks for looking.

'Til next time,

Juliette

Blended Bloom

Hi everyone,

I have finally plucked up the courage to have a play with the Stampin' Blendabilities. Oh my goodness they are a lot of fun! As a kid I loved colouring in using texta's, pencils and the like, but I was never confident with blending. I'm still not, but I'm glad I finally had a go with the Blendabilities.

Naturally I had to use Blended Bloom which is just perfect to use with the Blendabilities. I started off making a birthday card for one of DD10 many friends who are having birthdays in the coming couple of months.

I also made a tag to go on the present bag. This one is Rich Razzleberry.

Then I had to go and have a play with the other colours that I have purchased and as I am always short of birthday cards I decided to make a few more.

The remaining colours are Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Coastal Cabana and Pumpkin Pie. I am thinking that I will have to order the remaining colours.

Thanks for looking.

'Til next time,

Juliette

Such a long time since posting

I can't believe I haven't posted since the 1st December last year.

I have been somewhat busy doing other things, but never fear I still love my papercraft and I am still very much in love with Stampin' Up!. I just haven't had a lot of time to devote to keeping my blog up to date.

As far as paper crafting is concerned I have mainly been working on the 800 or so Mothers Day cards (that were for May), and the 800 Fathers Day cards required for September. I am happy to say I am half way through the Fathers Day cards and I know what I want to do for the next 400. I decided this year to stick to 8 designs and make 100 of each. For those of you who mass produce understand how tedious this can be - but also it can be relatively relaxing once you have done all the stamping and cutting. You do get into a zone.

I haven't really got anything new to show you in the way of card designs. I am sad to say that whilst I have purchased some new product from the new catalogue I haven't actually used it. I hope to rectify that once the kids go back to school next week. Any way, here is a set of cards I made earlier this year. Nothing exciting but effective using emboss resist.

Hope to be back much more frequently. I am also looking at trying to resume some classes - especially my Christmas Stamp A Stacks so fingers crossed.

Thanks for looking

Juliette

Wow is it December already?

Well hello there!

Surprise, surprise I am still here. Yes I am still a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Yes I am still creating, but I seem to be more mass producing things than little one offs etc. My role as Parents Group Convener at my girls school has taken up a lot of my time this year. Don't get me wrong I love it! I thoroughly enjoy organising Mothers Day and Fathers Day stalls, Disco's, Election BBQ's, helping out in Canteen and I am currently working on our annual Pantomime that we put on for our infants. So much fun!!! If you stay tuned you may see some photo's popping up later this week with regard to Panto.

Anyway, it is the 1st December and in my house that means my Christmas Tree must go up no matter what! This year I decided to hand make all my decorations. I started in August/September and I am happy to say that apart from the angel that sits on top I have done it! So without further ado here are my Snow Flurry and Ornament Keepsakes decorations.

I have completely fallen in love with the Winter Frost Specialty DSP and the colours in it so have used those colours for my decorations this year.

I'm hoping to get a picture to show you of my whole tree but I will have to wait as the sun is not cooperating!

Thanks for looking.

'Til next time,

Juliette

Label Love - finally some time for my blog!

Hi everyone,

Please don't faint but yes I am here with a couple of cards to show you. I took a little time out from making Fathers Day cards for school to make a couple of cards for my BIL and his wife, as we are going out tonight to celebrate their birthdays.

I bought Label Love when I was able to pre-order from this current catalogue but I am very sorry to say that I have only just mounted this cool stamp set.  I used the same stamp for both cards but as you can see the results rather different.

For my BIL's card I have used Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Old Olive and a touch of Chocolate Chip cardstock. The image was stamped in Chocolate Chip. I cut around the stamped image and then used the co-ordinating Artisan Label punch to punch out a piece of Chocolate Chip to mat it on. The Cajun Craze mat behind the stamped image is from the Chalk Talk Framelits. A rather simple but effective card I think.

This card uses Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo and Whisper White cardstock. The strips of DSP is from Gingham Garden - I don't currently own any washi tape so this is the next best option. The image was stamped in Melon Mambo and again cut around and then layered on a Daffodil Delight Mat. I used the 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch as a mat for the whole image. I added a little Daffodil Delight 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon and a flower punched out using the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and bit of bling.

I have to say it was nice to step away from the Fathers Day cards for a little while. I only have about 140 to go so nearly there.

Thanks for looking.

'Til next time,

Juliette