Something Old, Something New...

One of my grandsons is celebrating a birthday today and he is totally into "Olde Worlde", so his birthday request was braces and a gold pocket watch. To match the gift I 'borrowed' this pocket watch from a retired kit, Timeless Greetings and the greeting stamp seemed appropriate too.

Something old is Boho Blue, the lighter blue card which recently retired but pairs with Take To The Sky DSP, which is still current. The Adventurous Sky stamps and dies released to go with this paper are in the Last Chance section at a reduced price.

 The 'New' is the two sentiments on the inside of the card. The Right Words stamp is found on page 89 of the latest Stampin' Up! annual catalogue. It includes many sentiments for both the outside and inside of cards, a frequent request from customers.

Do you hang onto old supplies or ditch them?

SHOP

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

Join up

If your Wish List is mighty long, you might want to take advantage of the May joining offer for the attractive savings. You can pop $303 (as near to, but not over) in your shopping basket, join up to my team and only pay $169 including the shipping. After that you will get a minimum 20% off your orders, until you decide you don't want to participate anymore. Basically, if you don't meet the Quarterly minimum, you drop out without penalty. Get in touch and we can talk if you prefer. Otherwise, get your list sorted, get ready to pay with Paypal or Credit Card and click here.

Colour Creations - Week #1- Cloud Cover

A group of the Art With Heart Team is hopping through the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order. This is week #1 of a brand new Colour Creations Insta Hop. The Stampin' Up! annual catalogue went live yesterday so now it is time to introduce Cloud Cover, the first of our five In Colors.

I only have card stock in this colour, so paired it with Secret Sea ink & card. It was fun to try out some more new product too - Gallery Blooms stamp/die bundle, Beautiful Motifs stamp/die bundle and some added interest to the frame with Elements of Text.

Most of the products are from Beautiful Gallery Suite Collection, including the new embossing folder, Damask Designs.

Check out this complete suite for more inspiration on pages 52-57 of your new catalogue.

Do you have a favourite In Color yet?

 SHOP:

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

If your Wish List is mighty long, you might want to take advantage of the May joining offer for the attractive savings. You can pop $303 (as near to, but not over) in your shopping basket, join up to my team and only pay $169 including the shipping. After that you will get a minimum 20% off your orders, until you decide you don't want to participate anymore. Basically, if you don't meet the Quarterly minimum, you drop out without penalty. Get in touch and we can talk if you prefer. Otherwise, get your list sorted, get ready to pay with Paypal or Credit Card and click here.

A Splash of Yellow

Memorable Blooms bundle featured in the January to April mini catalogue and now it is on the Last Chance rack. 

I thought with such pretty flower stamps and some great dies, it may have been included in the Annual catalogue, but it hasn't made the cut.

Memorable Blooms still works out cheaper to order this bundle as a bundle for the 10% overall saving. You can take a closer look at the stamps and dies here in the online shop.

 

Zipped Up for Birthdays

All Zipped Up came in handy for a birthday card for Master M, turning 7. I had been at a loss, and it might not have been the best fit as this boy rarely wears anything more than t-shirt and shorts. He's a tough little chap.

 I decided to personalise the jacket using the Mini Alphabet dies.

A stamp set that includes sentiment options, including one for the inside is a winner in my book, that means All Zipped Up really fits the bill.

Happy crafting everyone,

 

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 45 - Pretty Peacock

Pretty Peacock is a favourite colour and it teams up so well with Lost Lagoon. This is Week 45, and Pretty Peacock is the featured colour for our hop this week.

Serene Love DSP is on special in Last Chance for only $15.22 a pack, and its 12" X 12" paper too.

Fussy cutting these flowers is pretty easy so I cut a whole lot to make thank you cards, always handy to have on hand.

The Oxidised Copper SDSP gives a touch of class to these cards and I heat embossed the sentiment in copper also.

The inside was decorated with the fussy cut blooms as well.

Happy crafting,

 

Colour Creations Insta Hop - Week # 44 - Poppy Parade

 

Contributors to this insta-hop are all members of Claire Daly's Art With Heart group. We love chatting & crafting together. This week is week #44 and we are creating with Poppy Parade. 

Thankful Garden is a new Online Exclusive, released March 4th along with lots more Online products. I liked this one so much I ordered the suite, which includes stamps, dies, masks, patterned paper and ribbon.

The other flower is a lovely Hydrangea, but this flower seemed more likely to be a bright Poppy Parade. Country Woods DSP was out on my desk for another card I was making, and I decided the textured wood made a great background for the flower.

This bundle is perfect for those of us who don't always want to colour with Blends or pencils. There are 5 masks in the Thankful Garden bundle, 3 are for the two flowers and 2 are for the leaves.

Placing the masks over the stamped image allows you to layer on colour with a blending brush and even with the one ink colour you get a pleasing variation. I used only Poppy Parade and Old Olive.

I hope you are inspired to create,

SHOP:

Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

CTC#510 CASE March Online Exclusives

CASE-ing The Catty Crew are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from Australia & New Zealand who take inspiration weekly from the catalogues. The catalogues are a fantastic resource, and we love to inspire you to seek inspiration there too.

When you shop online you often see pictures of samples pop up, and this was one offered for Textured Notes. I only ordered the bundle at this stage so went to Country Woods DSP for a paper with an interesting, yet subtle print.

The outer borders were cut with the larger die for my CASE, and the sentiment was stamped directly onto the smaller label.

Now it's your turn. We do request that the projects you submit have been created especially for this challenge. You can CASE directly or be inspired by a sketch/layout, colour combo or embellishment. Ask to join our Facebook group, and then add a picture of your CASE.

Next, we're hopping to see what Rochelle Blok is sharing this week.

Happy crafting,