I've set myself a challenge to see how many creations I can make from my I Wish Simply Scrappin' Kit. Here's card number 8.
That die cut ornament looks a nice rich chocolate colour in real life. My flash didn't agree with it I think! I love ornament embellishments and stamps.
Catch you again tomorrow!
Cheers, Sue
Here's a quick one for you today, card number 7 for my I Wish Kit Challenge. I quite like this little square card.
Having a bit of a red rhinestone brad phase too, can you tell!? You can find them on page 149 in the Circle Fire pack. A nice sparkly addition. The rest of the materials for this card are all in the I Wish Kit. (Page 137.)
Cheers, Sue
Got busy with my I Wish Kit again last night for my 'I Wish Kit Challenge' so thought I'd pop by with another card.
This time I visited Mojo Monday for a bit of sketch inspiration. Here's this week's Mojo Monday sketch.
And here's my first try at a Christmas version of the sketch. I've used just the papers, cardstock and die cuts from the I Wish kit, with the addition of a red rhinestone brad from the Fire pack.
Now that one didn't quite look like I'd imagined when I started so I decided to have another go. This one is a little less busy and I like it better.
While I had all the kit contents spread all over the dining table I made another 4 as well, so I'll be back tomorrow with more kit cards. And of course Monday to Friday blog posts during July as part 2 of my July challenges.
See you soon. Have a great weekend.
Cheers, Sue
Time for another creation from my I Wish Kit I think. Here's a card I whipped up quickly today.
This is my 5th card for this challenge and I have a TON of stuff left in the kit. This card is based on Genna's sketch for our July team challenge - loving that sketch! I've used my 1 1/4 " Circle Punch and Short and Sweet stamp set for the greeting. I've popped the circles up with Stampin' Dimensionals. Love the border strips in the kit. They're very forgiving too I find. If I've put it on crooked I'm able to lift it and try again without tearing the cardstock.
These are filling fast so I've added a new date - Wednesday 29th July, 7.30pm.
Three spots left in that one. Check here for the latest availability. We'll be making 4 Christmas cards including this one here. Class fee $15.
We're enjoying the school holidays here. These days there seems to be such a tendency towards filling weeks with organised, planned events for kids. Its funny I think how sometimes the spur of the moment, simple activities are just as much fun. (And often involve less queues, less frazzled parents and kids, and less $$$!) Like playing with the box my Stampin' Up order arrived in this morning. Kept Hannah and Jack amused for quite a while decorating it and playing 'Planetariums.'
Or our super simple picnic. Today I was dropping an order off in Williamstown so decided to make an excursion of it and packed a quick picnic and a ball. It was a tad chilly but the kids and I had great fun kicking the ball around, checking out the city views and snuggling up for our cheese and vegemite rolls. Parking: $4 Lunch: $Not much! Getting out and about with my kids in the fresh air: Priceless!
I love the school holidays!
See you Monday! Cheers, Sue
Cards for guys always seem to present a little bit of a challenge. Perhaps because so many of my stamps, papers and embellishments are floral and feminine!
With some birthdays approaching for some fellas in the family I got creative today.
Stamp Set: Cheers For You
Cardstock and Ink Colours: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip
Other: Windsor Knot DSP, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Vintage Brads, and my newest toy - a crimper!
I was also tackling two different team challenges with my card making today - a product challenge set by Ros Oakes. The July challenge is to use as many different designs from one pack of DSP on a creation. And a sketch challenge set this month by Genna Gifford. Here's the sketch.
While I had everything out I made a second one, tweaking the design a little.
I am really loving my new crimper and crimping everything in sight!
You just cut your cardstock piece or paper piece, then feed it through the crimper. You can adjust the 'crimps' a little by how firmly you squeeze the handle. Quite a nifty tool for adding a little texture I think. Page 155 if you're looking for it. $37.95
So do you have a favourite??
The kids and I are just back from a few days R and R with my parents in Seymour. We had a lovely time away. Always nice to have a change of scenery.
The kids had fun cooking with Maddy .......
(and I had fun eating the results!)
Morning tea out in the pergola ....
Mum showing Hannah some family heritage items and telling stories about her mother ....
Gardening with Poppy ....
And my favourite pic from this trip - the kids checking out the frost .....
OK enough family snaps - be back with some more cards and creations tomorrow!
Cheers, Sue
Details about my I Wish Christmas Kit Challenge here.
I've added some ribbon to this one and used the greeting from the hostess set Best Yet (pg 19.) I love the textured cardstock that comes in the Simply Scrappin' Kits.
If you need some Christmas ribbons and papers, you'll find details of a Christmas Share here.
I get blog visitors stopping by from interstate and overseas, and thought I'd share a few Melbourne, Australia pics too.
One of the places we like to visit in Melbourne is the Aquarium. We got a family pass this year so have been making the most of it! It is situated on the Yarra River.
The new penguin section opened recently. They are so cute to watch!
And the kids like the hands on rock pool area where they can touch!
Then we like to head down the Yarra, over the bridge and grab some lunch at Southbank.
Back tomorrow! See you then,
Cheers, Sue
Today I thought I'd share a card I made recently for a friend's son who turned 7.
Stamp Set: Crazy For Cupcakes (pg 44)
Ink and Cardstock Colours: Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango and of course Whisper White - a lovely cardstock to stamp onto
Other: Tangerine Tango Striped Ribbon, Sponge Daubers plus the owl and the heart from the Bright Delights Rub On set (pg 139)
I like the Bright Delights Rub Ons. There's a couple of owls for any owl fans out there. Plus some trees that coordinate with Trendy Trees stamp set. Nice and colourful too.
Back tomorrow with more,
Cheers, Sue
Here's card number 2 from my I Wish Kit Christmas Challenge. The sheets of die cuts and matching patterned paper and textured cardstock make it quick and easy to whip up a bunch of simple one of a kind cards.
I used my small star punch, word window punch and the greeting is from Short and Sweet.
The kids and I are off in Seymour for a few days of fun with my parents but I've set my 'post scheduler' to show you some kit cards over these days.
My newsletter went out over the weekend. This month's edition has 3 different cards using the same layout, a shipping special for newsletter subscribers, some eyelet border punch tips and lots more. Hope your copy hit your inbox and isn't floating about out there in cyberspace! There's a sign up box in the right column if you'd like to join the newsletter crew.
Happy Monday!
Cheers, Sue
Are you planning to get an early start on your Christmas cards this year? Need some Christmas supplies to help get in the mood? Read on for a Christmas share you might be interested in.
After doing most of my cards in December last year I'm determined to get going earlier in 2009. (Helps a lot with keeping that 'Festive Feeling' happening in December, instead of the 'AGGGHH Frazzled Feeling!')
I've put together a Christmas Share for people wanting some ribbons and papers in greens and reds for their Christmas cards, crafts or scrapbooking.
Each share contains:
A 6" x 6" square of each paper in the Holiday Treasures pack (6 sheets in total)
One metre of Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
One metre of Real Red 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon
One metre of Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon
One metre of Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon
One metre of Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon
Share cost:
$12 if picked up from my place
or $14 including postage.
Phone or email to order your share. Payment can be made by cash (pick up only), cheque or direct deposit. Make lots of cards?? You can order more than one share if you need extra supplies.
You can find the Holiday Treasures paper on pg 134 and the ribbons on pg 151.
Back Monday to Friday next week with lots more! Have a great weekend.
Cheers, Sue
One of the cards we're going to be making this month at Christmas In July classes is this one ...
Not your traditional Christmas colours!
The stamps I've used for the tree, the snowflake background and the greeting are all from the set Snow Swirled on page 30. As soon as I saw that tree I knew what technique I wanted to try with it.
The tree has been stamped in Versamark then embossed with a mixture of approx 2/3 silver embossing powder and 1/3 blue glitter from the Fine Supernova set of 5 glitters on pg 145.
A rhinestone brad just sets it off.
The silver with a hint of blue sparkle looks quite effective. I experimented a bit with the mix until I had the amount of blue I was after. Just add a little at a time.
I've kept the leftover mix in an old brad container ready for next time I want some sparkly silver blue.
Mind you I did use quite a bit of mine as I made 11 of these for a team Christmas card swap.
If you're coming along to a class or workshop you'll be able to see all the gorgeous cards I received back in the swap. Gotta love swaps!
Here's my mass producing efforts!
Mid way through the production ....
And all complete and ready to post off to the swap organiser.
The greeting is embossed with black embossing powder on a strip of our lovely silver cardstock. You can find this on page 130 in a Brushed Metallics pack with some gold and copper cardstock too.
I couldn't decide if I liked the greeting best straight or at an angle so did a few of both.
Well, that's it for today. If you're in Melbourne's west and would like to come along to Avondale Heights for a Christmas in July class, you'll have lots of fun making this card and 3 other different festive designs for $15. Check here for details.
Hannah (6) has been busy in my 'leftovers' box. Here's what she came up with. We always get along particularly well on the school holidays. More time to do things like this and less 'hurry up and eat your breakfast/get dressed/clean teeth' and so on I think! We're quite likely to be in our jammies til mid morning when there's no school.
Back tomorrow! Cheers, Sue
Well actually this post is of the 'here's one I prepared earlier' variety so we're actually out exploring Scienceworks and the Planetarium today. Isn't technology handy!
