It’s been 10 months…??

Posted in Cards, Flowers by Chris

I can’t believe it has been ten months since I last blogged. Ten months or more really, of being without the slightest bit of inspiration, totally mojo-less, and really struggling with everything creative.

Thankfully the urge to create started returning a few weeks ago, yesterday I started de-stashing my crafting space with the intention of sending out a heap of cards to people, and finally, finally getting back into stamping and creating again.

So, without further ado, here it is….

I started with a piece of the Abigail Rose Designer Series paper from the current Annual catalogue, which I have coloured using Stampin’ Blends, the flowers in Mango Melody. The centres of the flowers were coloured with Real Red and Mango Melody blended over the top to change the colour.

I fussy cut two of the flowers, one raised on Dimensionals on the front, the other on the inside of the card.

I love how vibrant these colours have turned out.

If you are still here, and have been patiently waiting for me to return, thank you, I am very grateful.

Let’s hope this year is one of creativity, love, laughter and fun.

Happy stamping,

Chris

2Jul2013

New Annual Catalogue

Posted in Business by Chris

This year’s Annual Catalogue is now live and available for you to order from. Heaps of gorgeous new goodies!
Make sure you send me an email if you would like a hard copy for yourself (only if you live in Australia, please). You can place your orders now online by going here.

Click here to view the catalogue online. And click here for the PDF version.

Alternatively, if you live in the Canberra area, contact me to book your place at one of my Catalogue Launches, this coming Thursday evening 4th July at 7.30pm or Sunday 7th July at 2pm. Get your own copy of the new catalogue, have a play with some of the new stamps, punches and colours, and get some ideas for using some of the new products available in the catalogue.

I’ll be back soon to share some projects made with some new goodies…..
Happy Stamping!
Chris

1Sep2012

Artful Stampers Blog Hop

Posted in Big Shot, Cards by Chris

It’s time for the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue!!! To celebrate, some of our Team – The Artful Stampers – are sharing fabulous projects showcasing a selection of the gorgeous new products available in the 2012-2013 Catalogue!!

You may have hopped here from Melissa at Bee Devine Designs Blog. I’m stop 4 on the Hop and I’m glad you “hopped” in. 🙂 But if you started here, that’s ok too, just keep on hopping and you’ll eventually get all the way around!

Today I am going to share with you a set of three cards made with a gorgeous new Hostess Set called Summer Afternoon (Page 201 of the new Catalogue).
The cards also feature a new set of framelits dies called Bitty Banners (Page 191) and some of the new ribbons available, the Stitched Satin Ribbon and Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (Page 172), and some of the new In Colours.

I have used inks and Aqua brush for the water colouring on each card, on watercolour paper, and have also used a combination of the Adorning Accents Embossing Folders, and the Adorning Accents Edgelits dies.

I will give you a closer look at each card individually, so that you can see them in more detail.

The colours for this first card are Gumball Green (new In Colour) and Soft Suede, along with a touch of Cajun Craze for the pot. The Houndstooth Embossing Folder along the top section adds some texture and I have wrapped some Linen Thread around a few times.

The second card has a layer of Raspberry Ripple (another new In Colour) card stock with some Daffodil Delight Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon.

And the third card…. ah… here is something for you to discover… a bit of a challenge… this particular card uses the layout of a card from the new Annual Catalogue. The first person (only people who are not SU demonstrators please) to correctly tell me which page the card is on that inspired my card, and the stamp set and colours used in the card in the catalogue, will receive a small gift from me. So leave me a message with your answers 🙂

As for my card, it uses Gumball Green and Summer Starfruit. I am still not sure if I like Summer Starfruit, but I suspect it will grow on me, and if not, it will one of the very few SU colours that doesn’t appeal to me!
The card also uses Gumball Green Stitched Satin Ribbon. The ribbons are lovely to work with!

Now click on the link to Kathryn Carr for the next stop on our Hop. I am sure you will find lots of wonderful ideas to inspire you. And in case you get lost or there are broken links just pop back here for the full list of stampers taking part in this hop.

Thank you for visiting and if you’d like to leave a comment I’d be very pleased to hear what you think of the new catalogue and products 🙂

Happy Stamping!
Chris