Launch Update

Thanks again to everyone who came to the launch of the new catalogue.  $147 has been donated to the Gold Coast Children's Hospital on your behalf!

Printed Petals

Again, using the new In Colors - Concord Crush and Poppy Parade, a bright and cheerful combination.  All the In Colors have co-ordinating 1/2" Stitched-Poly ribbon.

The sentiment is from Party This Way.

The centre of the flower is created using the one in punch, pierced with the 1/16" punch and glued over a 1 inch circle of Peach Parfait.

Regionals

Regional was a while back now and I promised to post some of the Make and Takes.  We did a lot of work on colouring images so this card was a great way to experiement with watercolouring and masking.

The stamp set is Every Moment and each image comes up beautifully when coloured.  Can you see the tiny pearl in the second flower.  A delicate touch!

Stamps:  Every Moment
Card: Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede Textured, Watercolour Paper
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Jet Black StazOn
Tools:  Aqua Painter, Color Spritzer, Scallop Edge Border Punch
Accessories:  Daffodil Delight 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Pearl Basic Jewels, Clip Assortments

Easy DSPeasy

The Designer Series Papers make it so easy to put together simple but stunning cards.  These are made using the new In Colors and the Perfect Punches stamp set.  The flowers are from Punch Potpourri, one of the Level One hostess sets.  Both these stamp sets have co-ordinating punches which means cards are assembled in a snap!

Stamp Sets: Punch Potpourri (Level 1 Hostess set), Perfect Punches
Card: Whisper White A4, Peach Parfait A4, Poppy Parade A4, Concord Crush A4, Blushing Bride A4
Ink:  Concord Crush, Poppy Parade
Tools: Scallop Oval X-Large, 5 x 3.5 cm Oval X-Large
Accessories:  Gold Brads

Happy Anniversary

Friends of mine are celebrating their wedding anniversary.  This is the card I made.  It doesn't quite show in the pic, but the girl owl has a tummy of Blushing Bride DSP.  This is one of the new In Colours, a sort of a dusty pink.  Remember that DSP (Designer Series Paper) now comes in pattern stacks in each colour family (page 127 of catalogue).  I have the In Colour stack - more samples next post!

...Fairies, Butterflies and Cupcakes

Another sample for the dancewear shop.  I'll make a bunch of these in the pink, purple and lilac combinations.  The cupcake top us part of the scallop circle punch, the bottom is a 4 x 4 cm square that I have trimmed slightly and run through the paper crimper.  Do you like the flame on the candle?  That's the heart from the Two-Step Owl Punch.  The candle is hand cut.  The Happy Birthday sentiment is punched out with the new Modern Label Punch.

Stamps: Party this Way
Card: Melon Mambo A4, Pacific Point A4, Regal Rose A4, Daffodil Delight A4, Pumpkin Pie A4 (all p118), Whisper White A4
Tools: Modern Label Punch (p147), Scallop Circle Punch (p147), Two-Step Owl Punch (p146), Crimper (p148)