The New Annual Catalogue for 2017/2018 has been released and I have loved playing with all the new products that are available. I absolutely love the colours in the Colour Theory DSP. Berry Burst, Dapper Denim, Old Olive & Crushed Curry. I decided to use these colours and the dsp to create a little box with a handle. The inspiration came from a fellow demonstrator Nikki Joyce from the UK. She shared a bag with note cards on a facebook page I’m a member of.
I came up with these bags and cards.
I was looking for a box to put some little goodies in as a gift and came across a great tutorial from Crafty Caroline in the UK.
I made the picnic basket & love it. It is a little fiddly putting the lid on and putting the split pins on but I love how they turned out. I’ve used up some lovely designer series paper and a good way to use up your retiring products. The split pins are no longer available from Stampin’ Up! but I’m using up my stock of them.
Here is the video tutorial for the box. I hope you will enjoy making this box as much as I did. Don’t forget that the retirement list is out and selling fast so go online to my shop and grab yourself a bargain as some items are up to 50% off
The Balloon Celebration Stamp set is a versatile set that can be used for male and female cards.
I’ve been asked to prepare a class using this stamp set and the matching Balloon punch. The designs are gorgeous with many inspired by Pinterest and one card changed up from an Ice Cream stamp set class that was designed by Stampin’ Up!
I was asked for birthday cards and male and female cards and the cards are in the above photo. I also decided to make a matching card. So I made a male and female card of each design using the same colours and I was really happy with how they all turned out.
The used the colours that are in each of the Designer Series Papers
You can purchase all the products that I’ve used in these cards at my online store.
Balloon Celebration
Party Animal Designer Series Paper
Balloon Bouquet Punch
Tasty Treats Designer Series Paper
Pacific Point
Tangerine Tango
Emerald Envy
Crushed Curry
Watermelon Wonder
Pool Party
Peekaboo Peach
Pear Pizzazz
Crumb Cake
VersaMark Ink
Clear Embossing Powder
Linen Thread
Stampin’ Up! trainer Brandi and her daughter Lily Jane, share some tips and tricks for the Birthday Bright Project Kit–a brand-new kit in the 2017 occasions (spring/summer) catalogue. Visit stampinup.com to order yours today or contact me.
The next class for kids that I’m running is the week after the public schools break up for the Christmas School Holidays.
I keep the class to a maximum of 6 students. The cost is $20 per child and they with make 4 note cards with envelopes and they’ll also make a box that they can keep them up.
Monday 19th December 10am – 12pm
Tuesday 20th December 10am – 12pm
Wednesday 21st December 10am – 12pm
Thursday 22nd December 10am – 12pm (4 spaces left)
The cards they’ll make are in the photo below. The class is held in my home in West Pennant Hills, NSW.
If you’d like to book your child into one of my classes then contact me.
I’ve come up to Brisbane for Stampin’ Up!’s international conference #Onstage2016. There are 4 of us that have driven up to Brisbane together from Sydney. Other team members flew up but we decided to start our adventure early and left early Wednesday morning to come up. It was a long day but was fun.
Day 1 of Onstage 2016 was great as we received the brand new Occasions catalogue & Sale-a-bration Catalogue. I also was lucky enough to receive a Prize Patrol.
Day 2 saw us starting with a Main session full of stampin’ demonstrations by our local demos. We also had a lot of business talks throughout the sessions and then it was time for us to do some stamping. We all broke up into 4 groups and made some make & takes to get to play with some of the new fantastic products.
This afternoon we had another main stage session with some more business tips and stamping demonstrations.
I can’t share any of the products I’ve seen so far but can start sharing from next week. If you’d like to receive your own copy of these catalogues, then please contact me and I will get one in the post for you as soon as I get them. 
When we go to any event with Stampin’ Up! we are encouraged to make swaps to share our designs with others. We usually make a card front and have the recipe of ingredients listed on the back so other demonstrators can be inspired.
I used Pinterest for some inspiration along with a card that my upline Marelle Taylor made. I used the new sponge brayers and the Seasonal Decorative Masks to make the backgrounds.
I used the new Layering Circle Framelits for the sentiment and the words were from two stamp sets, Scenic Sayings & Layering Love.
I enjoyed making these two cards. The card on the left I brayered randomly with different inks. The card on the right I just brayered in ombre design. I hope you like them.