Autumn-Winter Mini Play

Last Saturday I held an Australia's Biggest Afternoon Tea and Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue play.  There were 11 ladies there in person and quite a few there in spirit.  We raised a total of $140 for the Cancer Council and everyone went home with some cute Make and Takes.  Here is one of the cards we made.

I saw this design on Splitcoast Stampers and simplified it for the day.  It was a different approach to stamp the flower in black ink.

I also had a sample in my displays of the same card with a few more steps in it.

Thanks so much to all the ladies who attended and contributed their time and money to such a worthy cause.  It was a fun afternoon.

Stamps:  Mixed Bunch, Thankyou Kindly
Card:  Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Mocha Morning DSP, Neutral Designer Series Paper Pattern Stacks
Ink:  Basic Black
Tools:  Blossom Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelit Dies, Adorning Accents TEF
Accessories:  Brad

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

Stampin' Up! Stampin' Write Markers

At a recent demonstration a lady who had won some Stampin' Write Markers in our raffle asked me to show their uses.  I demonstrated the card below, applying ink straight to the stamp with the markers.  Love this flourish from Elements of Style.

Our markers have two ends:  a brush tip end and a fine end.  The brush tip is fantastic for applying ink straight to the stamp and on this card, I used the fine end to draw the border around the card.

Each marker can be bought individually, or they are available in sets according to their colour families.

Stamps:  Elements of Style, Thank You Kindly
Card:  Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Ink:  Old Olive, Rich Razzlerberry, Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write Markers

Two Tags die and a new Colour

Stampin' Up! is introducing five new In Colours in the new catalogue.  Our current In-Colours will stay around for another year so we have a total of 50 colours to work with!  This is Wisteria Wonder, a beautiful subtle tone.  Again I have used the Two Tags die, coming in September, which has (as the name suggests) two different shaped gift tags.

The butterflies are made using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit for the Big Shot.

A little rhinestone adds a touch of sparkle.

Stamps:  Thankyou Kindly

Card:  Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant

Ink:  Elegant Eggplant

Tools:  Big Shot!!, Two Tags die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, 4.4 cm Scallop Circle Punch, 3.5 cm Circle Punch,  3.2 cm Circle Punch

Accessories:  Concord Crush 1.3 cm Stitched Poly Ribbon, Linen Thread, Basic Rhinestones

French Foliage

This is one of the beautiful sets in the new Autumn-Winter mini.  I have used it to create a simple one layer card. 

Stamps:  French Foliage, Thank You Kindly
Card:  Confetti Cream
Ink:  Old Olive, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Soft Suede
Tools:  Corner Rounder Punch