Seeing Spots!

Posted in Cards, Seeing Spots by Chris

What a great stamp set! On Sunday I held a Stamp-a-stack using the Seeing Spots Stamp Set, which we combined with Wow Flowers and Starring You, and the soft subtle colours of Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue, with a little Chocolate Chip. I cut the cardstock into kits, but then we mixed up the colours and changed things around and ended up with lots of different cards in different colour combinations. It was lots of fun. Here are a couple of the possibilities, but trust me, there were plenty of other ideas too.

For both cards, I have used:

Stamp Sets: Seeing Spots, Wow Flowers.

Cardstock: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana.

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink.

Accessories: Soft Subtle Brads, Silver Brads, Large and Small Oval Punches, 1 1/4 inch Circle Punch.

While they were all busy making these, I made some different designs using Seeing Spots as a background, so I will be back shortly to show you how some of those worked out.
Until then,
Happy Stamping
Chris

23Feb2010

Slack blogger…. again!

Posted in Cards, Wonderful Favourites by Chris

I have been, I know, a very slack blogger! I will try to be better, as I have soooo much to show you. Yes, while I haven’t been here putting up posts, I have been doing a lot of stamping, so I will post them one at a time so you can see what I have been up to.
First up, I will share with you the Valentine’s card I made for my husband. I am quite pleased with how it turned out, and he liked it, which is the main thing! 🙂

Stamp Set: Wonderful Favourite

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red.

Inks: Basic Black, Versamark.

Accessories: Heart Punch, Slit Punch, Embossing Buddy, Gold Embossing Powder, Heat Tool.

Stay tuned for the next installment soon!
Keep stamping,
Chris

17Feb2010

I’ve been published!!

Posted in Published Work by Chris

How exciting! 🙂 I came home to find my copy of the latest Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft, and on Page 91 in the Reader’s Gallery, is one of my cards.
Mine is the blue Patchwork card, and it features some of my all time favourites – lots of paper piercing (of course! 🙂 ), the most beautiful of all of the Designer Series Papers, Bella Bleu, and hodgepodge hardware, which I love but don’t use nearly enough of.
So here it is!

Why don’t you pop out and buy yourself a copy, Volume 15 No 11. There are some gorgeous and inspirational ideas in this one (and I am not just talking about Page 91 🙂 ).

Enjoy your day, and do lots of stamping!
Chris

7Feb2010

Finally…. some stamping!

Posted in Cards, Heartfelt Thanks, Three Thoughts by Chris

I have had so much going on over the past couple of weeks that I have had no time to do any stamping at all. So yesterday I got up earlier and actually had time to make a card! Yayyyy….. 🙂
One of the reason I have been so busy, is that Jamie had his very first day at pre-school on Friday. He really loved it, and had just so much fun. So here are a couple of photos, the first one just as we were leaving to walk down to pre-school, and in the second one he is sat right up the front near the teacher. I will definitely be making a scrapbook page out of these 🙂

And now to my card. The ESAD group for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators often runs challenges, and the latest challenge was to use the layout of one of the cards on Page 13 of the Summer Mini Catalogue (the orange card) and make our own version. I also had a few of my own personal challenges that I wanted to add to this, which were, to use some colours that I don’t use very often, and to use a stamp set that I haven’t used for a long time. And here is what I came up with:

Stamp Sets: Heartfelt Thanks, Three Thoughts.

Cardstock: Whisper White, Gable Green, Orchid Opulence.

Inks: Basic Black, Orchid Opulence, Gable Green, Tempting Turquoise.

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Paper piercing tool and Mat Pack, White Gel Pen, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Paper snips, sponges.

The idea for the colour combination came from a recent post on Gretchen Barron’s blog. It is not a combination I would have thought of, but it is stunning, and I will definitely be using more bold bright combinations in my cards from now on. So, thank you for the inspiration Gretchen.

I am sure we all have stamp sets that are sitting up the back of the cupboard, unused and collecting dust. So set yourself a challenge to get one of them out, and stamp with it again. Stampin’ Up!bring us so many new, gorgeous sets, that sometimes it is easy to forget about some of the old favourites.
Here’s to more stamping time,
Chris

2Feb2010

Ferris Wheel Scrapbook Page

Posted in Scrap Pages, Uncategorized by Chris

Just a very short post today, but I wanted to share with you a scrapbook page uses some of the elements from one of Stampin’ Ups fantastic Simply Sent kits. The kits are designed for making cards with, but it’s always good to see a different way of using things. The Simply Sent kits are a wonderful way to get started in cardmaking if you are a beginner, or if you like to have things pre-cut and ready to make into cards. So just send me an email if you would like to order one, (they are on Page 141 of the IB&C) and don’t forget that if you place an order of $100 or more between now and 31st March, you can have your choice of one of four limited edition stamp sets FREE. It’s a good time to build up some stamping supplies.

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Whisper White.

Accessories: Rock Star Simply Sent Card Elements Kit, Corner Rounder Punch, computer and printer for journalling.

And that’s it! Pretty easy, huh?

1Feb2010

Half Sheet Wonder Part 2

Posted in Cards, Hello Again by Chris

Here is the fourth card in the series of Half Sheet Wonder cards, following on from the three cards I posted up yesterday. The main flower has four layers of cardstock with a “Build a Brad” in the centre. The leaves have been cut to shape by hand and then I have used the edge of the ink pad for the veins of the leaves.

Stamp Sets: Retro Remix Wheel, Hello Again, For Everything, On Your Birthday.

Cardstock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum.

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Barely Banana, Bashful Blue, Sage Shadow.

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Paper Snips, Build-a-Brad, Circle Scissors.

Sorry this is such a short post today, but my lovely little boy has been quite unwell over the past two days and just wants to sit next to me and have a snuggle!
Have a good day.
Chris