Friday, 31 October 2014

Stampin' Up! Word Bubbles Farewell Card

Just a quick post to share a quick and easy little card I made for a lady who was moving away for work. It shows what you can do with those snappy little Word Bubbles even if you don't have the matching stamp set, Just Sayin'. Missing you already... does actually come from Just Sayin' but many other sentiments fit into that shape.


So, the screen shot below brings you up to date with the other Weekly Deals from Stampin' Up!® for the 5th week of October 2014. Order up until 11.50pm 4th November. If you're in Australia, anywhere at all, you can pick them up from my online shop 24/7.
And don't forget! Weekly Deals are available every Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.

On another note, November is my birthday and I'd love to send you a gift. So....any orders over $50 (before shipping costs) during November will qualify for a gift from me. I can't tell you what it is yet, and it will ship separately to your main order. You need to use this code   MYJAE96T  in the box "Hostess Code" BEFORE you enter your payment details.

Have a good weekend
Rachel




Thursday, 30 October 2014

Welcome SSC87

It has been a big thrill for me to add another member to my team this month, and I do like to send a card to welcome new recruits. Carmela decided to join during October to take advantage of the additional gift from Stampin' Up!® of a packet of free Designer Series Paper for 6 months. She has been a customer for quite a while, and LOVES Stampin' Up!® so much - I know she will enjoy being a demonstrator too.

I wasn't sure of Carmela's favourite colours so I used the challenge at Sunday Stamps, which is way outside my comfort zone, but it does you good from time to time, to shake things up a bit. The vase of flowers from Pictogram Punches is a good way to introduce a bit of colour, and I love punching them out with the cute little punch. When the vase needed 'grounding' I pulled a striped banner from Perfect Pennants.

I was lucky enough to get a great stamp set, Workshop Words Too, by attending Convention a couple of years ago and it has the "Welcome to our Stampin' Up!® family" sentiment, which is a perfect fit for a new recruit. I'm not sure if this stamp set was ever available to order, it is aimed at demonstrators.

Thanks for looking,
Rachel





















Choose Happiness CTS#97

Today I've broken open a stamp set that is new to me for CAS(E) this Sketch. I've seen really lovely Choose Happiness. (Was that the name of an eighties pop song?)

I have struggled with this sketch, there are a few discarded versions in other colour ways on my table!!! Perhaps it was the simplicity of it? This ended up being the simplest version I made.

The leaves are stamped directly onto the card, the flowers are cut out with a pair of snips, the bottom one is raised on a Dimensional, with a few strands of gold thread from Gold Bakers twine and the sentiment from Boys Will Be Boys. Isn't that such a sweet font?

I have used a strip of retired DSP for this too, the colours and that herringbone pattern were perfect. So there you have it - a sweet and simple birthday card.
If you want to ask me any questions, feel free to ask?

Cheers, Rachel






Saturday, 25 October 2014

Mingle All The Way FMS#159

Many Merry Stars arrived in my hot, little hands this week, so it's getting a bit of a workout at the moment. Paired with Mingle All The Way and using the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, it all just came together beautifully.

It took two tries to find the Circle Framelit that suits the sentiment best - it's the fifth one from the centre and the Starburst Framelit to surround so perfectly is the third one from the centre. That makes the greeting rather large, but after all, the sentiment is really the most important part of the card, isn't it?

I really like this sketch, there are so many different ways to interpret it, and if you check out the gallery, on Freshly Made Sketches blog, you'll see what I mean. Those girls rock at sketches!!!





















I have something else to share with you too. My downline came over on Friday for a little bit of stamping fun. She doesn't have Many Merry Stars yet, so was happily stamping away with it, when she decided that the elongated star from the stamp set would fit the tree punch, which she has, but I don't. Obviously she took some images home to play about with, and sure enough - a perfect fit!!

Have a great weekend, won't you?
Cheers,
Rachel

Friday, 24 October 2014

Happy Holiday Cheer CTC#13

Here we are back with another challenge in CASE-ing The Catty. Weren't the entries over the last fortnight for gift bags and boxes inspirational? I love to see what others do with the same supplies that I have. This week we are featuring Christmas cards. I've made my Christmas cards for years, even before I came to Stampin' Up!®. Originally, I only made them for a very select group of people I knew would appreciate them, but I never buy Christmas cards now, they're always handmade.
After an evening stroll with my husband, I came home full of inspiration to make this Christmas card.

Those who know me well, always expect a Christmas card in shades of blue, and I haven't decided yet what the design for the bulk card will be this year, but this one just might be in there with a shot!
There's a new Christmas supplement from Stampin' Up!® out now, and I received a shipment a few days ago, so I used Many Merry Stars instead of the Endless Wishes I'd been planning. Both are super-lovely stamp sets, but I wanted to share this one with you before it disappears. The items on this supplement will NOT be carried over, once they're gone, they're gone! Many Merry Stars is particularly adaptable as the little stars inside the larger outlines are all separate pieces, so you can use them together - or not, as you choose. I like the two large outlines for birthday cards too.
The colours I've used are Soft Sky, Blushing Bride, Blackberry Bliss and Wisteria Wonder.

Since the idea of this challenge is CASE-ing The Catty, I was CASE-ing this halloween card on page 46 of the Holiday Catalogue. I liked the way the leaves were layered quite close together toward the bottom of the white panel, gradually thinning out about half way up. I liked the tag they used, but substituted a banner, and I was really impressed with the panel being all askew. It gave the card a novel look I thought, and I will use that again.




The tag is from a stamp set from the Holiday Catalogue, Mingle All The Way. Even though the Thanksgiving tag and the halloween tags aren't a lot of use to us in Australia, the three Christmas tags are so super special that they make up for it! You can see details in the links below and those links will take you directly to the item in my online store.



Cheers,
Rachel