Hi again,

well i did manage to whip up this card this afternoon, when I was trying to not think about my ear today

I have used the sketch from Taylored Expressions and their Friday cupcake challenges. I didn’t use a cupcake but a new stamp I received in the post just this morning from Sweet Nellie stamps in the UK. (www.sweetnellie.com)  They are from a line called Gorjuss girls and oh they are super cute! Tiarne went nuts over it when she got home from school today.

Here is Taylors sketch for this week:

Then my Gorjuss Girl card:

This particular stamp is the Gorjuss sitting girls (I know that is stating the obvious, but seriously that is she is called) There are a few different ones that you can get (and yes i did get some of them too.. )

Okay so I have just realized that I have forgotten to take a pic of all the Copic colours that i used…whoops. You have to forgive me for not being totally with it today! But I do know the other product I used….. Riding hood red for the base, then some Pink Flamingo DSP from Stampin’Up. I added some Pretty in pink taffeta ribbon fed through the slot punch. Then some blue rhinestone brads, and paper piercing for embellishment.

Well I am off to bed, and hopefully I will wake up with no ear pain tomorrow!

Have a good night!

 Hi everyone!

I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend! Ours was pretty great, apart from me having one of my mega headaches, that just don’t want to budge! Yesterday I was really down and out, and ended up taking my space cadet medication and slept most of the day.

Now I have come down with what feels like an ear infection! I haven’t had this kind of pain for many years, and boy it aint pleasant.

But I really don’t want to come and whinge, but rather apologize for the lack of inspiration this weeks Make it Monday will provide. Not having a lot of energy or a clear head today, I decided to just show you something that I have made recently at one of our technique stamp clubs, using markers and Crystal effects.

I have had lots of people email or ask about crystal effects, so this should show you how easy it is to use and how great it looks.

Materials required:

• Cardstock
• Stampin’ write markers
• Crystal effects
• Stamps
• Scissors
• Adhesive
• Brads
• Ribbon
• Stazon
• Stamp-a-majig

Step 1:

Ink up your stamp using the brush end of your Stampin’ write markers from Stampin’Up.l I have used Real red, Chocolate chip, and Old olive as the colours on my Inspired by nature stamp set by Stampin’Up.

Step 2:

Breath onto your stamp where you have inked it up before you stamp it. This adds some condensation to your ink, so it will stamp nicely. Then stamp it onto your cardstock. I have stamped it onto the whisper white cardstock, which I have already stamped with the reeds from the Inspired by nature stamp with Kiwi kiss ink.

Step 3:

Put your card together. I have mounted it onto Kiwi kiss cardstock, and then Real red for the base. I also added red brads, red ribbon, and the greeting which I stamped with Stazon ink, with a Stamp-a-majig to align it perfectly.

Step 4:

When you have a new bottle of Crystal effects, cut the tiniest bit off the top of the bottle. Then you lightly squeeze the bottle to allow the crystal effects to come out over your image. Use the end of the bottle to help you spread the Crytal effects around. I have done it to the tops of each flower.

Final product:

Here is the finished card. I can’t stand it up to photograph as the Crytal effects will run, until it is set, which usually takes about 1-2 hours depending on how thick it is. It just gives your creation that extra WOW feature and it goes a long way and last a long time too!

Hope that was a little interesting even though it was brief ~ I promise to do something 3-D for you next week!

 Hello everyone,

It is a miserable winters day here in Perth today! It has been so wet the past 3 days. It is good though as the country desperately needs the rain! I am not a big fan of winter, but it is just one of those things you need to go through…..just have to rug up and keep the heaters going!

Now i am here to share with you the Scrap it Saturday page I have made to share. It is of my daughter Tiarne…..who i might add is growing way too quickly! None of her clothes from last winter fit her, and she is already past my shoulder! I think she will take after her Dad and be really tall!

Anyway here is the page for you:

For this page I have used Riding hood red, Bashful blue, and Pumpkin pie for the Cardstock colours. The stamps sets I used are Itty bitty backgrounds (retired) and Petal Pizazz which are both from Stampin’Up. I added some paper piercing, rhinestone brads, and Riding hood red striped ribbon for embellishment. I have actually stamped the stem and leaves, and clear embossed them so that they have the rich but shiny colour.

Hope you like it and have a great afternoon!

 Well I am soooooo SUPER excited to share with you that plans are under way for this years Stamp-a-thon to raise fund for the National Breast Cancer Foundation!

We have had the most wonderful time at the past 2 Stamp-a-thons and have raised lots for the NBCF! You can read all about them HERE, HERE, and HERE!

2009 Stamp-a-thon

Fundraiser for

National Breast Cancer Foundation

Yes it is that time of year again, for the annual Stamp-a-thon for the National Breast Cancer Foundation!

We have had two very successful Stamp-a-thons in the past, to raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Those that have attended are still talking about it!

I am sure that being a woman who could be diagnosed by the life threatening disease at anytime you can understand that it would be a very difficult trial to live through. So we thought we could help to give back to those that have or have had to suffer through the agony of being diagnosed with Breast Cancer by doing what we love best…..STAMPING!

So far we have received positive response from the Foundation about the event as well as support from Stampin’Up.

So be sure to get your registration form in as places are strictly limited.

(places for current demonstrators is limited, depending on the registration amount of guests)

The Details

Where:            Free Reformed Church  Armadale – Church Hall

             84 Fifth Road, Armadale

Time:             9:30am -4:30pm

When:            1^st August 2009

Cost:              $60 for the day inc materials and supplies for 8 projects, Morning and Afternoon tea & Lunch, and a $10 gift voucher to be redeemed on the day.

What are we doing?

We will be making 8 different projects using a variety of stamp sets, colour, and accessories throughout the day.

There will be demo boards with a variety of projects for your viewing, so make sure you bring a digital camera!

You will need to send in a registration form and upfront payment to attend the Stamp-a-thon. So don’t miss out, send yours in today!

You will need a moderate level of stamping to complete the projects

Ages 15 & up

Have questions?

Please contact the Registrar, Monique Bruning – monzbr@hotmail.com ,

You can upload your Registration Form  by clicking on this link

http://www.makeeshabyl.com.au/pics/stampathon.pdf

We look forward to seeing you there!

Well it is that time again for a brand new challenge! This week we have a sketch challenge for you all and well it is a little different, so I just know you will have fun with this one!

Here is your sketch for this week:

Now can you believe that I have made two cards for this challenge……And I got the sketch wrong! LOL! I printed it off to work on at my desk and it is only now that when I am uploading this sketch do I see that I have it slightly wrong. It seems that my print out as cut a bit off the bottom of the sketch…..Ah well you will still get the idea!

Here is the first one:

Spot the difference? I haven’t taken the tag base right down to the bottom of the card! but ah well you get that. So here I have used Rose red, Kiwi kiss, Regal rose, and Whisper white cardstock. Then I used the Inspired by nature and Flight of the Butterfly stamp sets from Stampin’Up. I added some Regal rose wide grosgrain ribbon tied of with a pink button from the Button Bouquet box. Then some Pretty in pink taffeta ribbon, paper piercing, and Pretty in pink brads to finish it off.

Next I made a masculine card, turning the sketch to the side:

For this card I have used the Seaworthy stamp set from Stampin’Up. This stamp set is only available in Australia and New Zealand. I have stamped it onto watercolour paper with Chocolate ink, and paper tolled l the sails, as well as added a bit of water to the stamp to blend the colour. The base cardstock is Baja breeze, and I have also used Really rust for the tag. Lastly I added some Chocolate chip wide grosgrain, twine, hodgepodge, and paper piercing for the embellishment.

So there you have mine, now be sure to go and check out the Design Teams samples, as they are sure to be GORGEOUS!

Cindy

Karen

Kirsty

Amy

Renee

Kim - Guest designer

Want to play along? - here are some guidelines.

If you would like to play along, all you need to do is follow the directions:

1. Make your creation following the challenge ie, sketch, colour, or inspiration image.

2. Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, with a direct link back to the post on this website, so that others viewing the post will know where the challenge has come from, and it is courtesy to do so.

3. Then come back to this post so that you can add your name and link in the Mr. Linky!

You have until the Thursday the 25th June midnight to get your entries linked.

I will pick a winner and an honourable mention on Friday 26th June.

I hope you have fun with this one, and do try to give it a go! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.