Simply Sketched Thank You - Cas on Sunday

I needed some simple little Thank You notes, and the NEW hostess stamp set Simply Sketched seemed perfect, along with the challenge at CAS on Sunday. The challenge is "Kraft and Twine". Crumb Cake is the  Stampin' Up! kraft colour, and they have many shades of Baker's Twine.

I've stamped two of the leafy image and one of the poppy from Simply Sketched with Early Espresso, before taking my trusty Aqua Painter and adding Strawberry Slush to the flower, Rich Razzleberry to the berries and Old Olive to the leaves.

It was quite easy with the Cropodile to punch a pair of holes to thread the Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine through and tie a simple bow. There are three greetings included in this Hostess stamp set, Thanks so much is just one of them. So there it is, all completed, with plenty of space inside for a thank you note!

You don't actually need to hostess a party to earn this stamp set but you still need to spend $300 to earn $50 hostess dollars, to be spent on either exclusive Hostess items or other catalogue products. This also applies to sales through my online store.

Cheers,
Rachel

Woo Hoo! Cake FM119

What a great challenge from Heidi at Friday Mash-up! A lovely sketch and "use your favourite NEW stamp set" - too easy! Well, that's not to say I'll be one of the picks, but I had a lovely relaxing time putting together two favourites. I have also entered the Seize the Birthday Anything Goes challenge which runs for a WHOLE MONTH and Sunny Challenges & Creations, which also runs for a while.

I discovered the other day how nicely Rich Razzleberry and Island Indigo go together, and when I saw the strip across the bottom, I wanted to use one of the stamps from Six-sided Sampler with my Stamp-a-ma-jig. I made up the templates before my class last Friday night, and the ladies had a lot of success, despite one of them never having used the Stamp-a-ma-jig before. I decided to stick to one stamp only, and thought the diagonal stripe could be very effective. What do you think?

Another favourite that I seem to be using such a lot at the moment is the single stamp Woo Hoo! I love scribbling a little of the Stampin' Write Marker onto a plastic lid and then choosing what I'll colour - a little or a lot? The Aqua Painter makes this fun and so easy, I don't even use Stazon, just the regular black stamp pad.

I used the two colours to mount the Woo Hoo! stamp and just the Rich Razzleberry for the main panel because it was going to be on an Island Indigo base. I think it has turned out to be quite masculine.
Don't forget that the Six-sided Sampler comes with a matching punch, making crafting with it even better.

Back to work tomorrow but I still have a few more cards ready to share so look out for more posts....

Rachel

Pick and Mix Class

Last night I had a Pick and Mix Class at my home. Such a cold, wet wintery night, so I was very glad that the ladies made the effort to brave the weather to join me. I decided to showcase three different stamps available now, to show the different ways they can be used.
This post I will mainly share one of the single stamps that is available only till August 31st, Woo Hoo!
I ordered this stamp as soon as it became available, because I could see it was a fun, easy to use stamp. And it only costs $11.95! Because of the style of the image, it lends itself beautifully to the Chalkboard Technique which is so popular currently. It also makes for a superbly simple water-colour image, as it isn't necessary to colour EVERY bit.

I had the card completed, apart from it having the plain black-and-white image, and demonstrated some easy water-colouring using the Aqua Painter (page 164) with a little ink from some Stampin' Write Markers scribbled onto a plastic lid.
The colour is Crisp Cantaloupe, an In-color for this year, and I used a spotted paper from the In-color DSP Paper Stack (page 152- $37.95). A Tangerine Tango layer of card and a button from Sale-a-bration threaded on to some Calypso Coral Bakers Twine finished the card off.

The Chalkboard Technique is super-easy too. You need Stampin' Up! Craft Whisper White Ink (page 145) and a piece of black card.It's just a matter of stamping the image, smears and smudges are okay too, it just adds to the chalky effect.
The image is hand cut (easy-peasy) and mounted onto colored card, in this case Rich Razzleberry, but it looks good on any colour. This Modern Medley DSP is a pack of interesting black and white prints: Newsprint if you're missing First Editions DSP, and musical notes, bold hounstooth and more.(page 154)
This was the popular choice for my class and they chose their own colour combinations.

You can order from me if the items are shipping to an Australian address. Either email me or phone 0417500681 with credit card details, or order 24/7 from my secure online store.


We finished up rather late, but it is another wet, cold day, so I shall probably stay home quite happily all day.

Cheers
Rachel 

  

Umbrellas for Color Throwdown236

I loved this picture which Color Throwdown used as the color inspiration starter this week. I always plant pansies in my garden, because of the great profusion of color they provide.




Then, after Stampin' Up! announced the new and returning colors, I was sorting through my retired stocks to see which shades I still had, when what did I find, but Orchid Opulence? That is NOT one of the returning colors, but I still have it because it is such a gorgeous, unusual purple shade.

I received a shipment on Friday which included Rain or Shine stamp set, from the current mini catalogue and available until June 30th for $28.95 (clear mount). It also has stamps for Bridal showers or Baby showers, and you only have to do a quick on-line search to turn up galleries full of inspiration.

Because my husband and I were heading away to the beach for the weekend, I slipped a bag with minimal supplies into the car, and had lots of fun stamping up the umbrellas onto different cards, including one for a baby boy, and this one. Don't the Rich Razzleberry and Orchid Opulence umbrellas look stunning?

We had no need of umbrellas even though it is autumn in Australia. After some chilly weather over Easter to remind us that seasons were changing, we've reverted to a last blast of summer with 27 degrees and sunshine all weekend.

Hope you all had a happy time too
Cheers
Rachel