Tres Chic Hand bag

I made this cute little handbag from a tutorial I purchased from Inking Idaho. The bag has been embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and I used my mat pack and white gel pen to add faux stitching..tres cute!

A Wish For Peace

This is such a pretty stamp set...a friend loaned it to me so I could make a few cards. For this one I embossed the background mat (crumbcake) with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and sponged it with Crumbcake ink. The image was stamped on the front panel with Crumcake and the sentiment was stamped with versamark ink and embossed in gold..I added some Tiny Tags to the organza ribbon

Slice of Life Baby Card

The little Bonds suit in the "A Slice of Life" set (mini catty level one set) is soooo cute!! For this card I embossed the base with Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. I sponged the circle in pretty in pink and stamped the suit with Staz On which I then coloured with a pretty in pink marker, then applied Crystal Effects. A satin bow and some punched flowers and leaves finished it off...blue one next!

While you are here I received a Leibster blog award from Debbie Lamb from Deb's Stampin Style. Debbie is from NZ and has a fantastic blog which you really need to visit...so may beautiful projects...I have never been to New Zealand but if I ever get the chance I shall pop in and say hi...I don't eat much lol! Thanks for thinking of little old me!
The idea behind the award is to draw attention to new blogs, or blogs with fewer than 300 followers. I had to choose just three and pass the award along.. it has taken me ages!!!!!!!!!
So here are my three
Helen Williams...  she sent me some lovely brayered cards when I was collecting for the Agape Childrens Home! Thankyou Helen

http://www.craftyhelen.blogspot.com/
Kris Mc Intosh...she has left some lovely comments on my blog, thankyou Kris. Please pop over to Kris's blog she has some amazing stuff

http://stampingwithkris.wordpress.com/

Angie Brown...my upline..and now responsible for my addiction!

http://www.stampindreams.com.au/

Fancy Flower Punch Card

I made this card for challenge 116 over at Late Night Stampers...this weeks challenge is to use flowers. I have punched three XL Fancy Flowers and spritzed them with water, scrunched and crumpled them then added a brad to the centre. The bud was made by using just one flower and after spritzing it I just rolled it up. The small leaves are from the XL Bird punch and the larger leaves are hand cut. The white background was embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and I have added a row of pearls under teh designer paper (level one hostess set). The quote is from the stamp set Every Moment.

Just Believe Card

This is another card for challenge 113 at Late Night Stampers using So Saffron, Blushing Bride, Certainly Cerley and So Saffron. I coloured the image using markers and teh background was embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing Folder

Aviary Vintage Wallpaper Card

Challenge 113 at Late Night Stampers this week is to use Early Expresso, Bridal Blush , Certainly Celery and So Saffron. I embossed the Bridal Blush with the vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and used leaves from the XL Bird punch and flowers from Boho Blossoms. I have also added some Tiny Tags and a birdcage from the Aviary set

Everything Is Coming Up Roses

Excuse the not so great photo and more importantly the very corny title of this post lol..I love bright colours on black backgrounds because it makes everything really pop. For this card I embossed the background with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder The rose is from 5th Avenue Floral set. It has been embossed in white on watercolour paper and coloured using the reinker float method. The leaves are just cut by hand and I added a few dots of bling

Baby Tees Baby Card

AAWWW! I love that little baby romper..it's the Baby Tees Wheel of course which I rolled onto watercolour paper and colours with my Aqua Painter and ink pads...The Top NOte Die was stamped with En Francais then  Embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. A pretty satin bow and a bookplate finishes it off...as well as a bit of sponging around the edges

Just Believe

I love love love Early Expresso! For this card I teamed it with Sahara Sand. The background is embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder...another quick and simple one...seems it's all I do!

This is a case of one of my favourite swaps I received at Brisbane Regionals...The original creator was Genelle Little...I changed the colours and added some ribbon but the rest is pure case..thanks for the inspiration Genelle, I love cards with clean lines.

I loved the make and takes we did at regionals..this is a knock off of one of the cards we made..I have used different colours but it's pretty much the same. Three posts in three days, I am on a roll!

Recycled Treat Holder

Hi Everyone! I don't know how people manage to update their blogs on a regular basis, I seem to run out of time...but here is a simple offering for today..

This little treat holder is made from the packaging from my Stampin' Up! clear block....I cut designer paper to fit inside and also cut a piece of window sheet the same size as the paper to act as a barrier between the lollies and the designer paper.It will stop the colour rubbing off the  lollies and ruining the paper..The  front is stamped with Staz On ink (leave the block inside the packaging to do this so the  plastic doesnt buckle when you try to stamp) . I half filled with lollies (since I ate the rest!!!) then added a stamped image from the level 2 stamp set Apple Blossoms. Its finished off with some Daffodil Delight ribbon...

Since you are already here I will show you a few simple cards I made last week..I am loving Marina Mist, it's such a pretty blue. The stamp set used for this one is Great Friend and I embossed the background with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder

This is another very simple card using the Elegant Lines embossing folder, Beautiful Wings embossilit and teh very pretty Scallop trim punch...That's all for now I am going to try and post at least once a week from now on...in an ideal world lol

ESAD Bigshot Bloghop

Hi everyone, here we go again with another fantastic ESAD bloghop, this time featuring projects with the Bigshot...I hope you enjoy everyones projects and you are inspired to try some of them for yourself...but first..

What is ESAD?
ESAD stands for Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!
We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors but we share our love
for what we do with each other as Demonstrators. We run swaps,
challenges, tutorials, product know how and cyberstamps and we are
always there to help and support each other when its needed.
 So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group.

I hope you enjoyed  Pauline Bennets wonderful creations.....here are a few of my own

 

This turned out pretty cool considering it was made from mostly recycled materials...This candle centrpiece would look pretty on wedding tables...I started with a base made from a cardboard circle from an empty ribbon spool which I covered with alfoil..The leaves were cut from coke cans with the Leaves #2 die . I have embossed some of them with the Elegant Lines embossing folder. I used a hot glue gun to arrange the leaves over the base...the actual candle holder part is the bottom of a coke can and I added a bit of bling. The butterflies are Wonderful Wings embosselits and I used Vellum cardstock for those and added some bling to their centres

 

Those butterflies are soooo pretty...love em!

                                   

Sticking with the wedding theme, I made this bride card using a template I found on Jan Tinks blog. The Elegant Lines Embossing folder reminds me of beautiful bridal fabric.Her bouquet is made with a scalloped circle punched from vellum cardstock. The roses are actually quite small...I punched some 1 3/8 circles. I just cut them into spirals and rolled them up...I didn't use the whole circle, I just cut off the excess when the roses were as big as I needed.

I have to thank Jane Norrish for teaching me this wonderful technique..it's called double embossing and it looks so effective. The Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder was brayered with versamark, then the designer paper was placed in the folder and run through the Bigshot...It was then heat embossed with Black embossing powder..I then added the Wonderful Wings butterflies.

Last of all a simple dress up job..I got this memo block at the junk shop for $1...what a bargain...I added a few butterflies and leaves just to tizzy it uop a bit..that's what I love about the Bigshot, it's so vesatile..not only for cards but to make everyday items look a bit special!

Thanks for stopping by ...you are off to visit Vicky Were to see what she has in store for you...Happy Hopping!

...if you would like to be in the running to win some Blog Candy.. or as I prefer to call it ..reader rewards, here's what you do

To  qualify you must visit every blog and leave a comment on each one
Once  you  have commented on each blog email  Leonie at leonie@stamp-a-latte.com and advise you have done so
This is only open to customers (ie. demonstrators do not qualify)
There will be at least one aussie and one NZ winner..

(just in case you get lost or there is a broken link I have included a list of all participants)

1.  Nikki Sadler - http://www.inkyart.com.au
2.  Angela Purdie - www.kintakards.webs.com
3.  Richelle Fletcher - http://stampinwithrichelle.blogspot.com
4.  Shirley McAvoy - http://stampingelephants.wordpress.com/
5.  Carole Stedman - www.carolestamping.com
6.  Carol-Ann Torrie - http://queen-of-scraps.blogspot.com
   
7.   Sherylee Tutt - www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/sherylee/blog
8.   clare mcilhatton - www.crafty-cow.com
9.  Andrea Buckland - http://creatingcardswithandrea.blogspot.com/
   
10.  Susan Joyce - http://www.catsinkcorporated.blogspot.com/
    
11.  Ann Gerlach - www.discover-ink.blogspot.com
12.  Dani Fender - http://danifender.blogspot.com
13.  Bron Heslop - www.bronheslop.wordpress.com
14.  Charmaine Black - http://www.l-ink-edtopaper.blogspot.com/
15.  Pauline Bennetts - Pauline Bennets
16.  Bev Watt - http://stampinovation.blogspot.com/
17.  Vicki Were - http://www.stampinvickistyle.blogspot.com/
    
18.  Jo Weedon - http://www.scrapandstampin.blogspot.com
19.  Kim Conway - http://kimconwaycards.blogspot.com
    
20.  Jane Norrish - Http://www.janenorrish.com
    
21.  Jacinta Argent - http://jacintascreations.blogspot.com
22.  Monique Fielder - http://stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com/
    
23.  Jan McAnulty - http://cardcaperswithjan.wordpress.com/
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