Pop'N Cuts Treat Box

Last weekend I had my monthly stamp class.  One of the projects we made was a treat box using the new Card Base Pop'N Cuts which features in the Seasonal Catalogue.  There are so many other great uses for this as well as a base for a Pop up card. 

This is CASEd from Tanya Bell.  You can see some of her wonderful Easter treat boxes.  

Here is the treat box we made for Mother's Day which is coming up next month:

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Sentiments or Itty Bitty Banners

DSP:  Parker’s Patterns DSP

Cardstock: Whisper White, Marine Mist, Cherry Cobbler

Ink: Other: Simply Scored Tool, Big Shot, Card Base Pop’N Cuts, Extension cutting plates, Large Oval Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Itty Bitty Banners, Chevron Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Pearl Basic Jewels, Paper Piercing Tool, Paper Piercing Mat, Tombow Adhesive, Crystal Effects, Sticky Strip

Come back tomorrow and see the wonderful "Pop up card" we made using the same card base.  

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.  They are greatly appreciated.

Have a great weekend.

Angela 

Hostess and Joining Stampin' Up! Offer

Would you like to have some more Stampin' Up products.  Now is a great time as Stampin' Up have a great new promotion. 

Host a party:
If you host a party or place an order (or a group order with your friends) over $500, you can earn an additional $75 in FREE products!  This applies from 15th April - 30th May 2013.



Join Stampin' Up:
Have you also wondered about being a Stampin' Up demonstrator yourself.  Well now is a great time to do so as you will get an extra $75 for your Starter Kit and I will be here to encourage you and support you.  If you would like to find out more about what this involves, please contact me with no obligation.  I know I was a bit hesitant about it before I joined up, but I am so glad I did.  Stampin' Up has so much to offer!  You can be a hobby demo, or offer classes and workshops as much or as little as you like.
 
If you would like book a party or know more about joining Stampin' Up, please contact me for more details. 

Have a great week. 

Angela

A Masculine Card

Masculine cards are always a bit of a challenge for me.  When I do make them, I try and stick to blues and browns and use things like brads and twine instead of gems and ribbon. 

Recently we had a masculine card swap with other Stampin' Up! demos.  This is one of the great things about being part of a wider team with other demos, we get to learn and share with each other.  I wasn't able to go to the training day due to my son's soccer on a Saturday morning, but I was able to make some swaps and have a friend take them along so I still got to take part.  I haven't received my swaps yet, but I am looking forward to seeing lots of great, new, creative ideas.

Here is the the card I made:

Supplies:

Stamp sets: Itty Bitty Banners

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso Core‘dinations

DSP: Parker’s Patterns DSP

Ink: Early Espresso

Other: Big Shot, Sanding Block, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, 1/8” Mini Brads, Early Espresso Twine, Bitty Banner Framelit, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Tombow Adhesive

Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Angela 

Hello to Colour Refresh and Goodbye to Watercolour Pencils and Crayons

One of the things I love about Stampin' Up is their colours.  They have a great range of colours, and with card, ink, and embellishments that coordinate so well together.  Stampin' Up likes to keep up with the trends so it is making a few changes to its colour range.  In the upcoming 2013–2014 annual catalogue there will be 10 new colours.  Stampin' Up will be welcoming back some of the In Colours, moving some colours around, and introducing three brand-new colours!

 

Here is an overview:
 
Beginning on 4 April 2013, all retiring/discontinued colour products (i.e. ink, paper, ribbon, accessories, etc.) will be available only while supplies last.  So if you have some particular colours that you like that are retiring, get it quick before stocks run out.

Watercolor Wonder Crayons and Watercolor Pencils are also retiring.
Stampin' Up has also just annonuced that due to unforeseen problems with their supplier for Watercolor Wonder Crayons and Watercolor Pencils, they have decided to discontinue these two products.

The following items are only available while supplies last. 
101879: Watercolor Pencils
119802: Subtles Collection Watercolor Wonder Crayons
119803: Regals Collection Watercolor Wonder Crayons
119804: Brights Collection Watercolor Wonder Crayons
119805: Neutrals Collection Watercolor Wonder Crayons

If you would like any of these products, please contact me to place an order. 

Angela 


 

Petite Curly Label Punch Now Available

The Petite Curly Label Punch that was available during Sale-a-bration is now available for purchase.



Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if you would like to place an order.

Angela

Sent With Love Kit

Stampin' Up! are offering a new Sent With Love kit.

 

This is only available from 1 April to 15 June, 2013 You  can purchase the exclusive Sent with Love Stamp Set or Sent with Love Designer Series Paper—or bundle them for a special 20 percent discount!

The stamp set:

 The Sent with Love Designer Series Paper:


 

Item	Description	Price
131847	Sent with Love Stamp Set (clear-mount)	$39.95
132182	Sent with Love Designer Series Paper	$22.95
132851	Pretty Bundle Includes the Sent with Love Stamp Set, Sent with Love Designer Series Paper, and Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine	$55.25 20% off retail value!

If you would like to know more, or would like to place an order, please contact me.

Angela

My Digital Studio and Online Shopping now with Stampin' Up!

We have two new exciting things at Stampin' Up!

The first is My Digital Studio (MDS).  It is digital design studio which you can use for digital scrap booking and card making.  You could even use it to practise designing a card or scarp booking page to see what it looks like before you get out your card, DSP, embellishments, etc.  Less waste that way!

Click here to see a video about MDS.



You can purchase the full version for ONLY $27.95 (Item 130646). If you would like to try before you buy, you can download a 30 day free trial version first.  If you would like to purchase the full version, please contact me. 

The second exciting news is that you can now order Stampin' Up products at anytime 24/7 online and get it sent direct to you!   You can still order direct through a demonstrator at a workshop or class as we have done in the past, or you can go online and order yourself.  I don't yet have the shopping online feature on my blog, but I hope to soon, so I will keep you posted.  In the meantime you can go direct to the Stampin' Up website store.  You can select me as your demonstrator and you will get things cheaper than if you didn't choose a demonstrator.  

If you have any further questions about either of these two new exciting developments, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Angela

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Try Stampin' Up On Tuesday #110

Here the sketch for Try Stampin' Up On Tuesday #110.

This is my take on the sketch.

Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Serene Silhouettes

Ink: Basic Black (marker), Primrose Petals

Card: Primrose Petals Core'dinations, Whisper White, Midnight Muse
Other: Big Shot, Petals-a-plenty Embossing Folder, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Sanding Block, Labels Collection Framelit Dies, Midnight Muse Satin Stitched Ribbon, Tombow Adhesive, Crystal Effects

Thanks for taking the time to drop by and for your comments.  They are always much appreciated! 

Bloomin' Marvelous Faux Tile Card

Last week was my wonderful upline, Julia Leece's birthday and so I made this card for her.  I used the Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set from Sale-a-bration which is a stamp set I have really enjoyed using.  I used the faux tile technique to make her card.  This was inspired by card I saw on Sally William's blog.

Supplies:

Stamps: Bloomin' Marvelous (Sale-a-bration stamp set)

Cardstock: Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Whisper White

Ink: Primrose Petals, Gumball Green

Other: Simply Scored Tool, Sponges, Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelit Dies, Post it notes, Dimensionals, Pearl Basic Jewels, Adhesive

 


Remember that there are only two days left of the Sale-a-bration promotion.  For each $120 you spend, you get to choose from 19 free products, so if you would like to purchase something, please contact me before midday Friday.  More details here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Angela 

Sycamore Street Card Holder and Cards

This card holder was inspired by Sally Stuart.   She used the adorning accent edgelet on hers which made a really nice curve on the front.  I unfortunately don't have that edgelet, so I had to come up with another way of designing it, so I decided to use the scalloped edge punch I had.  The top part of the holder is based on a card inspired by a card by Tanya Bell which I also saw on Narelle Hoggard's blog.  I used it on the front of the card holder and also on one of the cards.

 
Here are two of the cards I made to fit inside. 

This second card was also inspired by one of the cards Sally Stuart made with her card holder set.

Supplies: 

Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners, Memorable Moments

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pool Party

DSP: Sycamore Street DSP (Sale-a-bration product)

Ink: Rich Razzleberry (marker)

Other: Big Shot, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Scalloped Border Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Bitty Banner Framelit Dies, Sponges, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip Adhesive, Other Adhesive, Pearls, Velcro fastener, White Grosgrain ribbon (retired)

Thanks for taking the time to visit.

Angela

NZSU Week 8 Challenge and TSOT # 108

I decided to use the sketch for Try Stampin' On Tuesday #108 as my starting point for the NZSU Week 8 Challenge.  

Here is the sketch.

The NZSU challenge is to use a colour combination from the "Colour Coach" using the Creative Combination selection.  I have used Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade.

Here is the card I made:

I didn't have any matching ribbon in any of the three colours and I thought it would look best in the boldest colour, Elegant Eggplant so I thought I would dry emboss some card to give an interesting effect.  However, I didn't have any Elegant Eggplant card to use, so I coloured Whisper White with my marker, let it dry and then dry embossed it.  As it was white card I had to colour the edges of the card. I think it turned out quite well.

I would have liked to have punched the sentiment out with an oval shape, but I don't have any oval shaped punches (yet!), so I trimmed the two edges with my circle punch.  

Supplies:
Stamps:Memorable Moments

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade (markers)
Card: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade
DSP: In Colour 2011-2013 Stack - Wisteria Wonder
Other: Big Shot, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Basic Pearl Jewels, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.  I really appreciate you taking the time to leave them.  

Angela

Thursday Morning Card Class

Here is another opportunity for you to come along and make some homemade cards.  This class is during the day, and just after school drop off, so ideal for you Mums to have some time to come out and be creative.  If evening suits you better click here for more details.

Thursday Morning Card Class
When: Thursday14th March, from 9:15am (For about 1 hour)
Where:  Unsworth Heights area
Cost: $7, for 2 cards and envelopes of a similar design.
All materials provided.  Cards will be pre-cut and ready for you to stamp, punch etc. and create.  
Babies/Toddlers welcome.
If you have time, please feel free to stay for tea/coffee/juice and morning tea afterwards.  RSVP by Tuesday 12th March.  Limited numbers so please RSVP.

An example of the type of card we may make.

Also, if 9:15am is too early for those of you with younger kids or babies, and if there are at least 2-3 or more of you who are interested,  please let me know.   I may be able to organise a repeat card class that same morning, after the morning tea at about 11am.  You would also be welcome to join us at 10:30 for morning tea. 

I hope to make this a regular class, the first Thursday morning of the month (during the school term).  

Please email me if you are interested.  Email:thepalmersangela@gmail.com

I look forward to hearing from you.

Angela

Stamp a Stack March Class

Have you ever wondered about making cards, and would love to have some homemade cards to give to family and friends, but you don't have the resources to make your own at home?  Well here is a chance for you to do this.  Come along to an fun evening with adult company and a chance to be creative and make six small cards (approx 9cm x 9cm) which you can have on hand ready for any occasion.  I will provide everything you need to make the cards, so you can just come along and enjoy the evening.

There will be two designs and you will make three of each design in different colours. You can choose if you want to make them for birthday, thank you, congratulations, etc, or just leave them without a sentiment ready for when the need arises. 

When: Thursday 21st March
Time: 7:30pm - 9/9:30pm
Where:  Unsworth Heights area
Cost: $15, for 6 small cards and envelopes.
All materials provided.  Cards will be pre-cut and ready for you to stamp, punch etc. and create.  Includes tea/coffee/juice and something to eat.  
RSVP by Tuesday 19th March.  Limited numbers so please RSVP.   
Email: thepalmersangela@gmail.com

Here is an example of the type of cards we may make.

If you have any questions about this class or are interested in other classes, please contact me.   (Email: thepalmersangela@gmail.com)

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Please note this has been edited with a change of class date.  The class date shown above is the new and correct date - Thursday 21st March. 

Also, if the daytime suits you better, click here for details about a Thursday morning class. 

Angela

Try Stampin On Tuesday #106

I found this week's sketch from Try Stampin On Tuesday #106 a bit more of a challenge, but I needed a birthday card for a friend so I thought I would use this sketch as my starting point. 

Here is my card.

I  have also been inspired by others who have also added something to the inside of their card too, so I decided to try that with this card.  Here is the inside.

You will see that I have kept to my favourite colours again - Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade, but also added Calypso Carol.  One of the reasons why I seem to choose these colours is because I have DSP in the 2011-2013 In Colours that match my cardstock.  I have recently bought some new DSP, so perhaps in the future you will see something a bit different!

Thanks for visiting and for your comments.  They are greatly appreciated.

Angela

Try Stampin on Tues #105

I started this card shortly after the challenge was put up, but only just finished it today.  It was a busy weekend so not much time to make cards.  I am glad that I got to finish it before the challenge closes.

 

Sorry the colours haven't come out so well.  I will look forward to using my camera again soon, rather than the camera on my phone, once we get our main computer up and running again.

Supplies:
Stamp Set: Easy Events
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Limeade (and markers)
Cardstock: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Limeade
DSP: In Colours 2-11-3012 Stack - Wisteria Wonder, Limeade
Other: Petals-a-plenty Embossing Folder, Scalloped Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Basic Jewels Pearls

Thanks for stopping by.

Angela

A Simple Mini Valentine's Day Card

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today at our church coffee group, I took some of my Stampin' Up things along.  For those who wanted to, they had a chance to make a simple Valentine's Day card.   It was a bit like "a make and take" at a workshop.  

They got to try sponging, punching, stamping, as well as dry embossing and die cutting with the Big Shot.  I think they were pleased with their results.  Some also got to make an envelope to go with the card using the simply scored tool.  Here is what we made.

Supplies:
Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners
Cardstock: Whisper White
Ink: Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler
DSP: Pool Party from 2011-2013 DSP stack
Other: Chevron Embossing Folder, Itty Bitty Dies, Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponges, A4 white paper for envelope

I hope you are enjoying your Valentine's Day.

Angela

A Heart Box

Earlier this month I held my first class of the year.  For this class I wanted to include a 3D project.  I thought that since Valentine's Day is coming up it would be nice to make something that could be used for this occasion.  I saw this heart box on Brenda Quintana's blog and thought it would be perfect.  She also has a tutorial on how to make it which I have adapted slightly.  It is perfect to fill it up with some small yummy treats like Hershey's Kisses.

This is how my version turned out.  

 

Supplies:
Stamps: You are Loved (or one could use Itty Bitty Banners) 
Cardstock: Raspberry Ripple, Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals
DSP: In Colours 2011-2013 DSP stack – Wisteria Wonder
Ink: Raspberry Ripple
Tools: Big Shot, Hearts Collection Framelits, Adorning Accents Folders, Simply Scored, Heart Punch, Punch to punch small holes, (Bitty Banner Framelit Dies) 
Embellishments: Raspberry Ripple Stitched Stain Ribbon, Pearl Basic Jewels
Adhesive: Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, Snail, Glue Pen 

Thanks for visiting.  Enjoy the rest of your week.

Angela

Try Stampin on Tuesday #104

I enjoyed making a card using the sketch the other week from Try Stampin on Tuesday, so I thought I would make one again this week using sketch #104. 

This is what I came up with.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Mixed Bunch, Memorable Moments (for the Happy Birthday sentiment)

Ink:Wisteria Wonder, Primrose Petals

Cardstock: Wisteria Wonder, Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla

DSP: Wisteria Wonder from 2011-2013 DSP stack

Other: Big Shot, Petals-a-plenty Embossing Folder, Blossom Punch, Pearls Basic Jewels

Have a great weekend!

Angela

Bloomin' Marvellous SAB Creative Fold Card

Here is a card I made using the Bloomin' Marvellous Sale-a-bration stamp set.  I love this stamp set. 

The layout of this card was originally inspired by Connie Stewart from Simply Simple Stamping.  After I made it I also saw that Mary Fish had also made a card of a similar style and you can see hers here.

 

And here it is opened up.

Supplies:

Stamps: Bloomin’ Marvellous (SAB)

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Whisper White

Ink: Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Primrose Petals

Other: Snail Adhesive, Glue Stick

Thanks for stopping by.

Angela

 

The New Seasonal Catalogue

Today is the first day of Stampin' Up!'s New Seasonal Catalogue.  It is from 1st
February until 30th June.

 

There are so many wonderful new products  - stamps, dies, punches, embossing folders, DSP, etc.  It is so hard to choose which ones to buy!

Here are a couple of my favourites:
The Simply Scored  Borders Scoring Plate #126291 (page 26)  This scores borders and patterns!
And the new Bitty Butterfly Punch #129406 (page 13) 

Some of the products from the Holiday catalogue have been carried over, which are shown towards the back of the catalogue (page 34 & 35).  Also the Champagne glimmer paper # 127885 was not included here, but it is still available.

You can download the catalogue here or you can view it online here.
If you would like a copy of the catalogue, please contact me here

If you would like to attend a class or host a party yourself, please contact me.  

Also remember that until 22nd March for every $120 spent you get the chose of a free product from the Sale-a-bration range.  More details here. 

Have a great day.

Angela