Soda Pop Tops

Stampin' Up's Soda pop Tops are one of the unusual items in the new Seasonal catalogue and they are sooo fun to play with.

You can use them as is or you can squish 'em through the Big Shot.  See, told you you need one.

• A squished Soda Pop Top makes it more post friendly.
• The 1" circle punch is the perfect fit to pop out a circle of DSP. 
• The Hexagon Textured Impressions Embossing Folder is a great option to add a bit of texture to this card.

Card:  Whisper White, Pool Party, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo, Sycamore Street DSP
Tools:  Big Shot for squishing, Apothecary Accents Framelits, 1" Circle Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch
Accessories:  Basic Rhinestones, Soda Pop Tops

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Pretty Petites Notecards

I made these awhile ago for correspondence cards.

I combined Print Poetry DSP with the Pretty Petites Sale-a-Bration stamp set.

I don't think I have shown these before...

Lots of fun to make...

 

 

And super useful too.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Anna

Sycamore Street

It's been raining here...and raining...and raining.  We need bright things to brighten our day, so this card made me happy.  It's another using Sycamore Street DSP, free during Sale-a-Bration.

I particularly love the Tangerine Tango diagonal stripe.

I hope this card has brightened your day too.

Don't forget that this DSP is only available throughout Sale-a-Bration which ends on March 22nd.

Stamps:  Happiest Birthday Wishes
Card:  Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Sycamore Street DSP
Ink:  Tangerine Tango
Accessories:  Sycamore Street Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Sale-a-Bration ends in a week

How big is your wish list?

Sale-a-Bration ends on Friday of next week.  We have 19 beautiful items to choose from for FREE with every $100 ordered.  You might like to host a last minute party or you might like to place an order with me.

 

If you have a big wishlist, you might like to join up!  Throughout SAB, Stampin' Up! is offering 25% more goodies in your starter kit.  You can choose anything you want to the value of $294 and pay only $169.  This is a great way to get started and you will love everything about being a SU! demonstrator whether you join as a Hobby Demonstrator or as a Business Demonstrator.

Want to place an order?  Email me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com or phone me on 07 55 765 469.
Want to become a demonstrator and join my team?  Give me a call and I will talk you into it. 

Remember the fantastic joining offer finishes on March 22nd.  As Nike says Just Do It!

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Just Over a Week Left

Sale-a-Bration is ending in a little over a week.  One of my favourite freebees is the Sycamore Street DSP.

My best cardmaking buddy came over today and we spent the day making cards.  I am filling a card order at the moment and one of the requests was for a 30th birthday card.

The bright colours of Sycamore Street were the perfect choice.  And with free co-ordinating ribbon, how could I go wrong?

Once again the colour choices are made for me.  And as this is a special occasion card, I did a fancy inside.

• When my ladies make a mistake at my card classes I tell them: cover it up or cut it off.  (In the nicest possible way!) There is almost always a way to fix mistakes.  This card was not originally designed with the butterfly.  Once I had finished the card I accidentally dropped it and it landed face down on an inked stamp, leaving a tiny, but very noticeable mark on the white of the card and on the DSP.  To remedy the problem - the tiny butterflies are adhered over the ink mark and an extra strip of DSP had been added to cover the other mark.  Easy.

Card:  Pool Party, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP

Tools:  Big Shot, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet (retired), Beautiful Wings Embosslits

Accessories:  Sycamore Street Ribbon

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Anna

Last but not least

This is the last of the three boy cards we made in last week's class.

The layout might look familiar as I used the same format for this card in a previous post. 

• The Mini Brads (200 in a pack!) were easy to line up using the Essentials Paper Piercing Pack and the Paper Piercing Tool
• Don't you love the sharp image that the firm foam stamp pads give?
• Colour co-ordination is done for you with our DSPs.  I started with the DSP then picked out two of the 'boy' colours from the pattern.  Co-ordination done!

 

As I designed the cards for the class, I really wanted to stick with brights colours for young boys.  The spotty pattern from Sycamore Street suited perfectly.  This DSP is FREE during Sale-a-Bration with a $100 order.  Don't forget that Sale-a-Bration ends on the 22nd of March!

Stamps:  Word Play
Card:  Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade
Ink:  Island Indigo
Tools:  Paper Piercer, Star Punch (retired)
Accessories:  Mini Brads

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Notecards in a Box

This was one of my recent classes.  It seems that once a year we seem to get around to making a set of notecards and a box to put them in.  They are so much fun to make and they make great presents.  We used the Patterned Occasions Sale-a-Bration set.

There are five images in the stamp set, so we made five cards.

Each one had a matching envelope and a little embellishment on the design.  We used the DSP Paper Pattern Stacks in the In Colours. 

 

 

The box design was based on a cigarette box.  My sister and I nutted out the dimensions.  (Well my sister did most of the nutting out!)

 



See the contrasting panel inside?   And the contents are much healthier than cigarettes!

My six pack a day habit...

Once classes were over I made up the extras that were left and I ended up doing a set using the Print Poetry DSP.  This would have been lovely for class but I would have had to buy sooo many packs of the DSP to make multiple sets of cards.

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

It's a Wrap!

I recently bought some Kraft wrapping paper in various designs.  The 'male' pattern I chose was images of bicycles in black and white. 

Of course there needs to be a matching card.

• I used black Stazon ink for crisp clean penny farthings.
• I then used Versamark and White Embossing powder to create the contrasting images.
• Silver brads complete the look (I love the look of black and silver!)

Here's the card tucked into the present.  Notice that I put a pleat into the wrapping paper (thanks Pinterest) to hold the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

More Pretty Petites

I saw these notecards on Dawn Griffith's blog and thought the design was a little different.

 

 

Instead of the traditional open at the side, this has a little flap over the top that tucks into the sentiment.

 



I used the Print Poetry DSP and co-ordinating colours.

• The card base measures 3" x 7" and is scored at 1" and 4" measuring along the long side, using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool
• The coloured square on the front measures 2 3/4" squared and the rectangle on the flap measures 3/4" x 2 3/4".
• The sentiment is popped up on a dimensional which is stuck towards the bottom half of the back of the punched shape so that the flap can tuck underneath.
• These are super easy to put together!

Stamps:  Pretty Petites
Card:  Whisper White, Print Poetry DSP, Melon Mambo, Marina Mist
Ink:  Melon Mambo, Summer Starfruit, Night of Navy
Tools:  Petite Curly Label Punch (this punch is a SAB item but will also be available for purchase after SAB), Simply Scored Scoring Tool

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Too (Two) Easy Pretty Petites

Is this the quickest card on record?

I love the Sale-a-Bration set Pretty Petites.  As the name suggests the images are tiny.  The little set of brackets caught my eye and I made this super quick card.

The clearmount version of this set made it easy to centre the image.

Lots of clean white space means the image can't be anything but the focus.

The flower from the Itty Bitty Punch set is the perfect size.  I have used this punch so much I am wearing the image off the top of the punch!

I have been busy preparing for my launch on Saturday so keep checking in for some pics of the cards we made!

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Pretty Petites

Sale-a-Bration is in full swing and the Pretty Petites stamp set and Petite Curly Label punch are two of NINETEEN item you can get for free.

I have used this stamp set and punch in combination with the Print Poetry DSP Stack from the new Seasonal Mini which goes LIVE tomorrow. 

Great colour combinations and such a variety of prints.  I saw a similar design at Stamping Art Studio.

The Petite Curly Label Punch is  a must have for these cute images.

If you are interested in placing an order for Sale-a-Bration please email me.

Stamps:  Pretty Petites
Card:  Print Poetry DSP Stack, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White
Ink:  Gumball Green, Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse
Tools:  Petite Curly Label Punch

Thanks for Stopping by!

Anna

Sale-a-Bration time

Happy Sale-a-Bration day!  Sale-a-Bration starts TODAY and runs for TWO months!!!

 

There are many ways you can benefit from Sale-a-Bration........Try one or all of these!!

 

 

Book a party with me and earn fantastic hostess benefits AND some added extras during SAB!!  Get a group of friends together and I'll show them some fantastic techniques and beautiful products. 

 

 

Just by placing a $100 order with me you get to choose from 19 S-A-B freebees.  Yes....19!  For every $100 you order you are eligible for a free S-A-B item.  Hostess benefits apply to individual orders also!

 

 

Interested in joining for FANTASTIC discounts or to try starting your own flexible business???  During Sale-a-Bration you choose $294 worth of products for $169.  You'll enjoy a 20% discount all year round AND you will have a fantastic time meeting new people and exploring your creativity!  I have all types of demonstrators in my team!

 

Call or email me to book a party or place an order.  All questions welcome.

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Keep checking in for more S-A-B samples and sneek peeks of the upcoming Seasonal catalogue.

 

In the meantime you can view previous Sale-a-Bration posts HERE.

 

Anna

Corner of Sycamore and Madison

Two of our upcooming SAB freebees are Sycamore Street DSP and the Madison Avenue stamp set.

 

 

What happens when they meet??

 

 

A super easy card that looks fab!

 

The DSP and stamp set match perfectly to give a completeness to the design.

 

See how I have reflected the gradations of the DSP in the leaves of the flower?  Ink up your stamp by stamping it in the lightest ink first then moving it off the next coloured ink pad a little so that some of the lighter ink remains.  Move it up even further for the next colour.  Easy!

 

The centre of the flower has been stamped separately and then punched out using an Itty Bitty Shapes punch.  I am wishing I put a rhinestone in the middle now that I look at it!

 

Stamps:  Madison Avenue (SAB)

Card:  Island Indigo, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Sycamore Street DSP

Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry, Summer Starfruit, Old Olive, Garden Green

Tools: Itty Bitty Shapes Punches

 

Don't forget that Sale-a-Bration starts on the 22nd of January.  You can get freebees simply by placing a $100 order or even more freebees by hosting a party!  Email me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com for more details or...watch this space.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Anna



SAB Sycamore Street DSP

Hello!  Stampin' Up!s DSPs just keep getting better and better.

 

 

Sycamore Street DSP is just one of the fantastic products you can get for FREE during Sale-a-Bration.  Don't you love the patterns?  This card is a simple way to showcase them.

 

 

 

This card is created by punching holes through the Whisper White and putting the different patterns of DSP behind the holes.

 

An odd number of holes always works well.

 

Don't be afraid to go off the page with your design.

 



 



 

 

Stamps:  Lacy and Lovely (I love the font in this set!)

Card:  Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo

Ink:  Tangerine Tango

Tools:  A whole bunch of hole punches, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Accessories:  Basic Rhinestones

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Anna

Mojo Monday Sketch 275

I  know it's actually Wednesday but I have entered a challenge over at Mojo Monday.

A new sketch is posted every Monday and the ideas people come up with are amazing.  Here is the sketch.

 

And here is my card:

 

 

 

• I managed five different colours on the same stamp by using my Stamp n Write markers applied directly to the stamp.
• Don't you love how the DSP reflects the pattern of the cupcake base?
• The Polka Dot Embossing Folder echoes the spots on the top of the cupcake.

 

 It's great fun to challenge yourself once in awhile!  Make sure you check out the other entries over at Mojo Monday.

 

Stamps:  Patterned Occasions (SAB)

Card:  Sycamore Street DSP, Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Real Red

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Basic Black, Early Espresso

Tools:  Big Shot, Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Heart to Heart Punch (retired)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Anna

A little more sentimentality

After five days of panic I have now found a round-a-bout way to load photos on my blog again.  Phew!  Sorry for the delay.

Here are a couple more cards designed in the same style as my last post, using the other two images from Feeling Sentimental.  These are based on a design by Teneale Williams.

 

Add some texture to the bottom panels by running it through the the Houndstooth Embossing Folder (thanks Teneale).

 

Those water splotches are from French Foliage and add an aged feel to the card, to match the sentimental images.

 

 

I achieved the distressed look by running my fingernail along the edge of the card stock.  Keep playing with it and rolling the edges and corners between thumb and forfinger.  Use a sponge to add Crumb Cake ink to the edges.

The phone booth panels on the left are stamped on scrap then stamped out with the 1" square punch and cut in half.  Their rectangular shape reflect the panels in the phone booth.

Feeling Sentimental is just one of the fantastic products you can get FREE during Sale-a-Bration.
With every $100 ordered, you can choose one of 19 products for FREE!  Starts January 22nd.

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Feeling Sentimental? SAB sneek peek.

 

To read about our Clearance Rack Blitz, click HERE.

For information about our Valentine Promotion, click HERE.

 

I spent a fascinating 20 minutes the other night watching a video by another Aussie demonstrator, Teneale Williams,  in which she showed her creative process for a beautiful card.  The video can be found HERE.

It inspired me to use some of the techniques and layout ideas to create this card, using one of our Sale-a-Bration sets, Feeling Sentimental.

Stamps:  Feeling Sentimental (SAB), French Foliage, Clockworks
Card:  Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze
Ink:  Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede
Tools:  Stamping Sponges
Accessories:  Early Espresso 3.2 mm Taffeta Ribbon

Looking for a business opportunity??? Stampin' Up! offers a fully customiseable starter kit if you are interested in becoming a demonstrator.

 

 

WHAT IS A DEMONSTRATOR?

A demonstrator runs her own home-based business selling creative products that inspire women and give them helpful ways to enhance their lives. And she gets to work with customers and hostesses to give great parties that introduce new people to Stampin’ Up!

Demonstrators enjoy constant support and ideas from Stampin’ Up!, making their work easier, more beautiful, and … an absolute blast.

Starter kits are a doable $169 AUD/$189 NZD , and you can completely customise them to suit your individual needs and taste. You get to choose what products you want to start with and what type of business supplies you want. Then we’ll ship the kit right to your door.

If you are interested or have any questions, please give me a call on 55 765 469 or email me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com.

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna