Pressed Petals Washi

Pressed Petal Washi Tape 

This class was the perfect combination of cards and tags, using the Pressed Petals Washi Tape from Stampin Up ®  This tape is so much fun to play with and the results are beautiful.

These two cards above, used Whisper White, and Basic Black card as the background. I wanted to explore how the petals looked individually and designed this in portrait mode so that the petals seemed to be falling down the card. We used the Faceted Gems for the centre of the flower, and Wink of Stellar, on the main flower and sprinkled across the cardstock.  It gave the flowers a dew kissed look.  Everyone needs a Wink of Stella!

The card above is inspired by a design by B J Peters.  We used Crumb Cake cardstock, with the top layer passed through the Scripty Embossing Folder. The white embellishment and leaves are cut from the Flourish Dies.  The centre of the flower is one of the  Perennial Essence Floral Centres. These delightful little fuzzy centres are self adhesive and you can also colour them with your Stampin' Blends!

This card above is another adaptation of another demonstrator's design - this time Susan Campfield.  We used the Brick and Mortar 3D Embossing Folder, another cut-out from the Flourish Dies  using Merry Merlot cardstock, and leaves punched out of Shaded Spruce using the Leaf Punch.  The Bricks and Mortar 3D Embossing Folder is amazing - such detail and depth.

The last set were two Crumb Cake tags, which also used the Very Versailles Stamp set, one in Soft Suede ink and the other in Mossy Meadow. The trim on the top is the new Scalloped Lace Trim.

These tags were a direct CASE from Linda Dalke an Australian Demonstrator who has made an excellent video explaining how to assemble the flowers.

You can find it HERE. 

Don't forget there are just 5 more days in August to join Stampin' Up!  with this great offer.

1. $169 for $280 worth of product.  That's $111 of free product.

2. Free shipping and handling on your Starter Kit

3. A $16 off coupon when you place an order in September

4. 20 to 25% off all your future orders AT LEAST until the end of January.

5. You don't have to sell anything to anyone - it's entirely up to you whether you sell or just buy for yourself.  Hobbiests are welcome.

6. You get access to loads of inspiration including free catalogues, a quarterly inspirational magazine, invitation to Stampin' Up!s demonstrator site where there is loads of information and sneak peek info.  There is also a Facebook group where demonstrators share their creativity.

7. You get to preorder from each catalogue - one month ahead of customers!  

8. You can add items from the Holiday catalogue (starting September) to your Starter Kit.  Yippee!!

9. If you join through me, you become part of the Lorikeet Stampers - a group of wonderfully supportive and encouraging ladies.  We are a mixture of hobbyists and business demos and everyone is welcome.

10. Joining Stampin' Up! gives you the opportunity to participate in a hobby where the creative side of your brain is engaged and the 'busy' side of your brain is switched off.  You are also becoming part of a supportive community that gives back!

Interested?  Contact me or you can join online by following this link.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you are interested in knowing more about Stampin' Up!, the starter kit or joining in my events, please contact me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com or phone me on 07 55 765 469.  I live on the Gold Coast, Australia and would love to help you.

And you can buy any Stampin' Up! products by visiting my Online Store by clicking HERE. 

Blends Club Round 2 - Part 2

Blends Club 

Stippling Technique

We met for Round 2, Class number 2 to focus on the stippling technique, using Stampin' Blends from Stampin Up ®.

Many of Stampin Up's images have a shaded or stippled area which gives the perfect guide as to where darker shade is needed. The camera from the "Capture the Good" set, above is the perfect example. We added dots using the bullet tip end of the dark Pretty Peacock , then blended with the lighter shade. Depending how much you blend, the dots can be left to show up or blended in.  The other camera was coloured using Lovely Lipstick.

The gift tags above, used the "On to Adventure" stamp set.  I loved these cute characters,  which really ARE such characters.  We again used the Pretty Peacock shades for the clothes, and shaded around the characters in Seaside Spray, to make them pop.  

If you are interested in trying out Blends, come and join us.   My classes are held in my home in Burleigh Waters on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Don't forget that August is a fantastic month to join Stampin' Up!  Why??

1. $169 for $280 worth of product.  That's $111 of free product.

2. Free shipping and handling on your Starter Kit

3. A $16 off coupon when you place an order in September

4. 20 to 25% off all your future orders AT LEAST until the end of January.

5. You don't have to sell anything to anyone - it's entirely up to you whether you sell or just buy for yourself.  Hobbiests are welcome.

6. You get access to loads of inspiration including free catalogues, a quarterly inspirational magazine, invitation to Stampin' Up!s demonstrator site where there is loads of information and sneak peek info.  There is also a Facebook group where demonstrators share their creativity.

7. You get to preorder from each catalogue - one month ahead of customers!  

8. You can add items from the Holiday catalogue (starting September) to your Starter Kit.  Yippee!!

9. If you join through me, you become part of the Lorikeet Stampers - a group of wonderfully supportive and encouraging ladies.  We are a mixture of hobbiests and business demos and everyone is welcome.

10. Joining Stampin' Up! gives you the opportunity to participate in a hobby where the creative side of your brain is engaged and the 'busy' side of your brain is switched off.  You are also becoming part of a supportive community that gives back!

Interested?  Contact me or you can join online by following this link.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you are interested in knowing more about Stampin' Up!, the starter kit or joining in my events, please contact me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com or phone me on 07 55 765 469.  I live on the Gold Coast, Australia and would love to help you.

And you can buy any Stampin' Up! products by visiting my Online Store by clicking HERE. 



Stampin Blends Round 2

New Stampin Blends Colours

With the new 2019 Stampin Up ® Catalogue out and some new Blends colours, it's time for a new Blends Club.

I have 8 ladies for this round.  We are practising our blending and trying new techniques.

Using the new Purple Posy Blends for the largest flower from Good Morning Magnolia , darkening with Highland Heather Blends, and using Old Olive for the leaves, this layered card was loved by all in my class.  

The second card we made, used the Bloom and Grow stamp set and Dies. We used the Rococo Rose Blends for the flowers, with a touch of Yellow on the berries, to make this card pop.

Lastly, I sent home the components for the card above as homework for my class. It uses the beautiful Hostess Stamp Set - New Wonders, which is the little fairy, mixed with the flowers again from Bloom and Grow.  I am looking forward to seeing the different versions everyone brings back.

If you are interested in trying out Blends, come and join us.   

Thanks for stopping by.  If you are interested in knowing more about Stampin' Up!, the starter kit or joining in my events, please contact me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com or phone me on 07 55 765 469.  I live on the Gold Coast, Australia and would love to help you.

And you can buy any Stampin' Up! products by visiting my Online Store by clicking HERE. 



Fabulous Foils

Last week I ran a class using Stampin' Up!® foils and all sorts of great techniques.

The ladies loved it.

Two cards explored the Tarnished Foil technique where we built up layers of black StazOn and Copper and Gold Embossing Folder.  The results are amazing and work so well with the Garage Gears Thinlits.

 

We used the same technique on the second card using Copper Foil and also the Tin Tile Embossing Folder.

 

Our last card used the Black Ice Technique.  This is a surprisingly easy technique where you drag the StazOn over the foil to achieve fine black stripes.  The tree was also stamped in black StazOn.  The last step is to swipe Versamark in the same direction and sprinkle with Clear Embossing Powder.  When you heat is, that's where the magic happens - fine icy stripes show up on your foil! Stunning.

If you LOVE Stampin' Up! products. our new catalogue starts on June 4.  It's packed with fun goodies for you to get inky with.  Contact me for a copy.

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

DSP Blitz

Using your DSP

My class on Tuesday 14th May, focussed on using up your DSP stocks - we all do it: we hold on to it, because we love our DSP, but we have lots of stock to use up to make way for the new Stampin Up ® Catalogue coming on June 4th 2019.  Can't wait!!!

We explored a mix of using Stampin Up ® envelopes which we decorated (above), and creating our own envelopes from DSP using the retiring Envelope Punch Board (below) with matching single sheet note cards.

It was as simple as punching out circles, in the matching DSP below, and a strip to decorate the envelope, to create a pretty 'Thank You' card.

The last two cards below, again match the colours in the DSP, to the card front and the envelope.  We used the tailored Tag Punch to lay a pattern across the front of the card.  It's the perfect punch for creating interesting patterns on cards with DSP or plain cardstock.

Don't you love that 'Smile' sentiment?  It's from a new stamp set in the upcoming Annual Catalogue called Daisy Lane.  And the 'thank you so very much' is from Butterfly Gala which is carrying over.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you are interested in knowing more about Stampin' Up!, the starter kit or joining in my events, please contact me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com or phone me on 07 55 765 469.  I live on the Gold Coast, Australia and would love to help you.

And you can buy any of the current Stampin' Up! products by visiting my Online Store by clicking HERE. 

Hummingbird House Charity Day Part 3! The projects and the final total.

Last weekend my team the Lorikeet Stampers ran a charity day to raise money for Hummingbird House, one of three children's hospices in Australia.

Our charity days are usually based around a stamp set.  The fee for the day includes the stamp set and our projects are designed around the stamp set.  This year the set was Vibrant Vases and my friend Bec Ross and I designed the projects together.

We had fun using the Gingham Gala DSP to make this cute little basket and teeny cards.

Then we switched to a black and white theme to make this notecard box based on a Pootles design.

One of my amazing team members cut out the smallest Stitched Square for everybody. That's approximately 384 squares!!!!!!!! These cards were a bit of play time where customers could decide on their own layouts and stamps.

And another box - the Mini Pizza Boxes - we did a little watercolouring of these images using our Aquapainters,

We've done Mini Pizza Boxes before and usually include mini cards and envelopes.   This time we wanted something a little different so we made the card below....

It's a concertina card!  It's a design that you can make longer if you wish by adding more folded card stock.

We also had a bonus project which we all got around to doing, of a chocolate tray that fits in the pizza box.  Cute!

 Our last two projects were two full size cards - this one used the Wood Crate Framelits to make a crate of cards.

And the last project featured wooden vases punched out using the coordinating punch.

For more posts about the day you can check mu other blog entries.

You can see us in action in this post HERE.

And some of the Lucky Door Prizes HERE.

And the final fundraising tally is 'in'.  We have raised a total of $784 for Hummingbird House!  PLUS a donation of $200 was given directly to Hummingbird as a result of our event.

So that's an impressive $984.

Thank you to everyone who came along to take part and supported this cause so generously.  We are very fortunate to receive a box of retired goodies from Stampin' Up! for our raffle.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you are interested in knowing more about Stampin' Up!, the starter kit or joining in my events, please contact me at wheatonanna@hotmail.com or phone me on 07 55 765 469.  I live on the Gold Coast, Australia and would love tohelp you.

And you can buy any Stampin' Up! products by visiting my Online Store by clicking HERE.