Punch Art - Girly Golf Birthday card

Here's a punch art card I made for a good friend's birthday who enjoys playing golf. I cased it from a card I saw a few years back (sorry don't know who to give credit to for this one) and just "girlied" it up to a female card. All made with Stampin' Up product except the "19" number stickers! Funny that we are always looking for male card ideas then I decide to "girly" up a male card for a female....lol !! Thanks for looking.....Sue :)

"Breathable" Soap Box Gift Idea - Made with Stampin' Up!

I recently stumbled across some great video tutorials on Youtube made by a talented UK demo, Sam Donald of "Pootles Papercraft", she has made quite a few 3D gift ideas which are one of my favourite projects to make. These particular "breathable" boxes for handmade soaps have a punch hole near the top which allows the soap to breathe and the lovely fragrances to waft out from them, I love Aromatherapy!
Lucky for me I am able to purchase varieties of fragrance and colour soap for a very reasonable price at my local market and am actually able to coordinate the soap colours with the great colour range Stampin' Up! offers. I already made a dozen or so and plan to make quite a few more for Christmas gifts :) By the way if my calculations are correct it is now 71 days till "Ho Ho".........thanks for looking, Sue :)

Gift Bow Bigz Die Card Ideas

Hi all, I've been playing with the "Gift Bow Bigz Die" from the Stampin' Up Seasonal Catty and it sooo versatile!! There's lots of different ways to use it besides the obvious making bows for gift boxes, which I reckon is alot cheaper to decorate gifts by making your own than buying gift toppers, even from the cheap shops! As you can see I've used it for birthday, christmas and wedding cards here and I think it would be great for baby ideas,girls and masculine projects as well. Not to mention great for some scrapbooking pages as well! I definitely think this die was well worth purchasing (my customers have bought it too and are also really happy with it!). Thanks for looking......have a good day, Sue :)

Candle Stamping with Stampin' Up! Christmas stamps

Just for something a bit different I showed my class how to stamp on candles a few weeks ago, the class went really well which was great because I had had some concerns of anyone being heavy handed with the heat gun may end up with a "melted , misshapen project" but thankfully this did not happen!! lol!

The Festive Flurry and Snowflake Soiree stamp sets have great "decorative style" designs in them which are perfect for decorating a candle I did some in the traditional christmas "red and green" but my favourite is the "Coastal Cabana" blue with the silver, it's such a lovely colour!! Hope everyone is having a nice week....cheers for now...Sue :)

3D Explosion/Surprise Boxes made with Stampin' Up!

Hi all! I did an "Explosion" or "Surprise" box class this week with my customers by popular demand and we actually did a "Birthday box themed" class with a card to match. I've been having alot of fun with the new Stampin' Up! Bigz Bow Die that is in the new seasonal catty and decided to make a couple more with a different theme with some of the new DSP papers in the seasonal catty. The silver bow embellished one was really meant to be "Christmasy" but would actually suit a special "Birthday" occasion. The Bow Die I can see getting used lots by me for all sorts of gifting, cards and scrapbooking projects. The Cherry Cobbler bow, I actually used Cordinations cardstock and embossed it and sanded it which gave it a "velvety look" that I'm really happy with! Enjoy your weekend.................Sue :)

Christmas Cards made with Stampin' Up! New Seasonal Catty & main catty products!

Well "hello" September!! August was not a month I care to revisit so here's hoping September brings better things!! I have been doing a little creating with some projects so hopefully I can play "catchup" this month and share them with you! I made these Chrissy cards for my class with some of the new product from the new Seasonal Catalogue which is now live and the bottom card I actually made from product in our main catty - except for the sentiment which is a carry over set called Greetings of the Season and is still available. I actually stamped this one on some of the new Cordinations neutrals cardstock (not Whisper White standard) and it gives it that "canvas" textured look. They are all quick and "easy as" cards and especially the Festive Flurry (snowflakes) stamp set which has framelits to match!! Thanks for looking............cheers Sue :)

Gorgeous Grunge Christmas Card Ideas

I love the new Stampin' Up! stamp set "Gorgeous Grunge"! It has soo many uses, as you can see from the cards above it can even be used on Christmas cards! I'm sure it's going to be one of those stamp sets I use regularly, think I'll just leave it arm's length instead of putting it away on the shelf so i don't have to keep getting up and down for it...lol ! Anyhow I've been busy preparing for my Christmas in July class tomorrow and ended up getting side tracked making these...better be getting back to what I'm supposed to be doing now.........thanks for looking, Sue :)

Stampin' Up! Everything Eleanor cards inspired from Convention

These cards were inspired by a beautiful card I saw at convention in Brisbane last May. It was made in Island Indigo like the one on the end in the top photo and I would love to give credit to the creator but unfortunately I have no idea who that talented person is....anyhow until I saw it I had honestly never really thought twice about buying this stamp set but after seeing not only this card, there were a few other lovely projects on display using this set, well I had to get it! I decided to also try and adapt it to a Christmas card and it worked as well. The bottom card in Calypso Coral is for a friend and I added a subtle "Giggle Greetings" stamp to it for a laugh! Thanks for looking, have a good week...........Sue :)

50th Anniversary Easel Card with Stampin' Up! Memorable Moments

I made two of these cards for my cousin's 50th wedding anniversary only because I wasn't sure which one I would prefer, and I'm still not decided which one to give her!! lol  They were inspired by my own "convention swaps" that I made a few months ago. I used the Stampin' Up Memorable Moments stamp set but definitely needed my stamp-a-ma-jig tool to get the placements just right. Now to pick which one to send???......have a good weekend.....Sue :)

Sunburst Style cards with new Stampin' Up! Designer Series Papers

Hi all, I saw a video tutorial the other day on Frenchie stamps aka Frances Martin's blog on how to do this "sunburst technique" so of course I had to give it a go, especially to try out some of the new Stampin' Up! Designer Series Papers. I'm especially drawn to the black and vanilla Modern Medley papers which have that standout "wow" about them and are really suited to making "male" cards. I also used the new "Label Love" stamp set which has a matching punch and the "You are my Sunshine" stamp which is one of several "single" stamps available to be purchased separately. Well that's me for now, thanks for looking......Sue :)

Stampin' Up! New Gingham Wheel and other New Products!

Hi all! The day is finally here for the start of the new Stampin' Up! annual catalogue! Yay !! All the new products and goodies are available to order from noon today! Have to admit I end up having a "mojo meltdown" this time every year, only because I get so excited about all the new product to play with and so many ideas happening that I end up overwhelmed and not knowing where to start!! Anyhow I decided to have a play with the new "Gingham wheel", it gives me a "country cottage" sort of feeling so I ended up watercolouring some stamped images from the new hostess set "Simply Sketched" and the new "Best of Flowers" stamp set. These cards remind me of the older styles of cardmaking but "Oldies are still Goodies" and definitely have that handmade appeal which really is what this papercrafting passion is all about!! It's beautiful to see the sun actually shining today, we've had our fair share of rain this month here! cheers Sue :)

3D Circle Flip Up Card Inspired by the beautiful Stampin' Up! Convention Anniversary Display

I haven't made a 3D circle flip up card for sometime (the tutorial is available on "splitcoaststampers" but was so inspired by the beautiful display at the Stampin' Up! Brisbane Convention of their "Celebrating 25 Years" that I decide to have a try at a more humble version. I was really happy with my result but it definitely is a "wolf in sheep's clothing" project, looks simple but requires alot of time, patience, fussy cutting, bigshotting and hand glitzing!!I wouldn't be making another one in a hurry and "hats off" to the creators of the Stampin' Up! original! Glad we just had a "long weekend" otherwise i probably would not have finished it, now I'd better get on with some other chores that I've been neglecting..........cheers for now Sue :)

Stampin' Up! More Convention Make & Takes - Mixed up my way!

Here's a few more Make & Takes from Stampin' Up! Convention Brisbane that I made at home "my way"! Actually the Christmas one was inspired from a card on one of the display boards at convention. I've played with three new stamp sets on these cards, Gorgeous Grunge, Tag It and Hello Lovely which will be available to all from July 2 (not too far away now!) I'm really liking the "grunge" which is a new style to try for me and "washi tape" is fun too! I've seen it around but haven't played with any till now and it's more fun playing with it than just looking at it! Lol ! I made extra sample copies of these too and sent them to some of my customers and team members that didn't go to convention, just to share the fun around! Well time to get on with my 'real job" and do some more creating later!.....................cheers Sue :)

Stampin' Up! Tag a Box sneak peek, ideas inspired by Brisbane Convention

This is another "Make & Take" new product sample we were given at Convention but my Tag a Box is "completely" changed from the original project. This was actually inspired from a demonstration given by Linda Higgins using vellum and also from another presentation Linda did at the Sydney Heartfelt event last October using White Stazon on window sheets. The "fringed leaves" was another convention inspiration and the "pearly strings" embellishment idea came from one of my customers. Clearly I have a head spinning with ideas now but I think these worked fine together in a mixed up kind of way! The new Tag a Box is a really nice, versatile size too, and "easy as" to assemble! Happily today is a cold, wet and windy Sunday so it's a perfect "crafting" day.....woohooo!.....Sue :)

Stampin' Up! Sneak Peeks - Convention Make & Takes, my way!

I love the inspirations from the Stampin' Up "Make & Takes" we get at convention but I always "Take'em and Make'em at home, "my way"! I start off making them as they are exampled but always end up taking my own creative direction and changing them somewhat or just completely different altogether! I really love the decorating brown paper bags idea and it's another great way to recycle some of the packing brown paper that comes with our Stampin' Up! order boxes. There are a few new catty "sneak peeks" on these projects, love playing with new goodies! I think our new "catty" is awesome this year and my wish list is soooo very long!.lol...........Sue :)

Stampin' Up! Convention Swaps I Received

Oh and whilst I'm sharing swaps I made I've got to share some of the lovely swaps I received! This is not all of them but there's inspiration enough in just these samples. Particulary liked the "male" card ideas which we never can have enough of, male cards are the hardest to create in my book and I gladly welcome any new inspiratons for these! Ok now I'm going to get off this PC and do some "real" creating..lol! Sue :)

Stampin' Up! Brisbane Convention My "Swaps"

Hi all, I'm back home from the Stampin' Up! Convention in Brisbane and as always was "Great"! I always come home with my head spinning with ideas and inspirations! Had a great time catching up with old friends and making some more new friends, that would have to be one of the best parts of convention! Stampin' Up! did another great job of spoiling us again and celebrated their 25th Anniversary with us by giving us lots of extra "all attendee" gifts and even gave us all a copy of the "New Catty"! Wooohoo...thank you Stampin' Up! The cards above are piccies of my "swaps" and am happy to say one of my favourite and longest running stamp set "Lovely as a Tree" is staying for another year! I decided to make these with the Stampin' Up! Brushed gold and Brushed Silver cardstock which are lovely but I never see these used very much but I love it! We received so many new goodies that there will be plenty of "sneak peeks" to share around with you all..........gonna start playing now! Cheers Sue :)

Applique "Swap" Bags made with Stampin' Up! for Convention in Brisbane

Had some fun the other day making up some "swap" bags with a friend for the Stampin' Up! Convention in Brisbane later this week! Soooo excited!! This year's convention theme is "Be The Difference" so quite a lot of Bigshotting letters was required (last year's theme was "I Am"...lol....only three letters!) All the shapes were cut out with various dies and framelits through the Bigshot and ironed on with applique suited adhesive. Getting excited now, only 2 more sleeps!!.........cheers Sue :)

Stampin' Up! Butterfly card ideas - Sympathy and Thank You

Here's a few cards I made over the weekend (two of which were inspired by Dawn Olchefske "DoStamping with Dawn, US Demo). Unfortunately the "Sympathy" cards were needed but I think butterflies are very appropriate for so many occasions and whilst I was creating those I also made a pretty "thank you" card for one of my customers. The Stampin' Up! butterfly punches are perfect for making quick,easy and pretty cards! I'm sooo excited to be going to the Stampin' Up! Convention in Brisbane in two days time but I'm not ready yet so I better get cracking with packing and my swaps!! :)

Mother's Day Card made by my DD with Stampin' Up!

Hi all....my blog posting has been a bit "all over the place" but that's how life can be at times! Have to share this very special Mother's Day card made for my by my DD! Sooo cute and meant the world to me because I know we all love to make and give cards etc but so very special when we get a hand made card that was hand made especially and given to me! ............thanks to my DD, it made my day so very special!  :)