Christmas In July

Created by Lorna
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On Friday night, my Stampin' Up! team had a Christmas In July dinner. We each made one card as a kind of swap. This is the card I made and one of the stamp and stack cards in my next class. The Window Dressing stamp set has some great stamps for watercolouring.

Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive
Stamp Sets: Window Dressing Level 3 hostess set, Pocket Silhouettes
Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Pastels, Blender Pens

A Very Close Second

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This is Lena's entry to my colour challenge. You can see why I had such a hard time deciding on the winner. Lena has only been making cards for a few months, which makes this card even more impressive.

We have a Winner

Those of you who receive my monthly newsletter (send me an email to subscribe) will know about my June 2009 colour challenge. The colours were Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red and Very Vanilla.

It was a tough choice between the great entries I received, but there can only be one winner and I think this month, the most deserving card was created by Vanessa.

Congratulations Vanessa, I hope you enjoy your new stamps.

I will show you some more entries in the next few days.

Wish Big

Created by Lorna
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When I'm stuck for colours, I like to look at the colour schemes used in the Designer Series Patterned Papers. For this card, I started out by looking at the Raspberry Tart set of paper and added Whisper White and Chocolate Chip. We made this card at my class yesterday afternoon.

Stamps: Organic Grace Hostess Set, Eastern Blooms, Short & Sweet
Cardstock: Cameo Coral, Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Cameo Coral, Rose Red
Punches: Corner Rounder, Small Oval, Large Oval
Other: Dauber, Paper Piercing

Garden Whimsy

Created by Lorna
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Where does the time go? I just realised it's been nearly 2 weeks since my last post, so sorry I've been such a bad blogger.

This is one of the cards I'll be showing at my class next Saturday. It uses one of my favourite sets, Garden Whimsy on page 85 of the Idea Book and Catalogue. There are so many options in this set. I've decided to mix and match a couple of Earth Elements colours with a Rich Regals colour and I'm happy with the way they all suit each other.

Stamp Set: Garden Whimsy

Cardstock: Garden Green, Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard, Very Vanilla

Markers: Garden Green, More Mustard

Ink: Garden Green

Punches: Large Oval, Designer Label, Eyelet Border

Accessories: Dauber, Basic Grey Taffeta Ribbon

Hold a Workshop. Earn free goodies!

Check out the promotion this month - hold a $600 workshop and receive an additional $40 worth of goodies from the Idea Book and Catalogue. How exciting!

All you need to do is:

Step 1: Invite a few friends over and promise them lots of stampin' fun!

Step 2: Call me on 0410 343 470 or email me to book.

Step 3: That's it. I'll do the rest.

So if your wishlist is as long as your arm, book in a workshop now.

May Special - short time left

A quick reminder about this month's fantastic scrapbooking special. Buy 3 packs of Designer Series paper and choose a 4th set free.

Also, join my team for only $150. Email me to find out how.

Hurry, you only have until Sunday.

May 2009 Challenge

Marelle Taylor, my upline has put a challenge on her blog.

The challenge, if you choose to accept it (LOL) is to copy a card from the current Idea Book and Catalogue (IBC) and then make another card using a different stamp set and colour combination but using the same layout.

I've copied this card from Page 157. I've tried to match it as much as possible. It uses A Rose is A Rose Stamp Set and Bella's Border wheel. The card in the IBC uses Kraft cardstock, but I've used Sahara Sand instead. Everything else is pretty close though.


Created by Lorna
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The second card is the same layout with a couple of small changes. I've used Priceless and Heartfelt Thanks Stamp Sets; Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Sahara Sand and Whisper White cardstock; Riding Hood Red and Pink Pirouette ink, Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon and the Pretties Kit.

So, go ahead, use the IBC for it's main intended purpose (to give ideas) and make a card that looks completely different! It's so much fun.

Mother's Day

Created by Lorna
Images ©1990-2009 Stampin' Up!®

I hope all the mums out there had a wonderful mother's day on Sunday and hopefully you could sleep in and enjoy the day.

I made this card for my husband's grandma who lives in Canberra. We saw her the weekend before last, but unfortunately, couldn't be with her on Mother's day.

I wanted to use some of my goodies from the new Idea Book and I wanted a very bright, happy card with a touch of bling, so hopefully, this card brought some cheer to a dear grandma.

Stamp Set: Pocket Silhouettes

Card: Perfect Plum, Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Ribbon: Certainly Celery wide Grosgrain Ribbon

Accessories: Chunky Glitter, Pretties Kit, Eyelet border punch