BYOP Matthew

My husband and I are having a little holiday in West Australia at the moment. We are planning to visit Perth for a few days before heading to Margaret River for beaches and wineries. Next Saturday my trip will finish with a day at Stampin' Up! Onstage, back in Perth. There is another happening in Sydney at the same time, but we decided to tie in a holiday to a part of Australia we hadn't visited with this conference. So you don't feel neglected I have a few automatic posts set up for you.

Last month, my eldest had his birthday. He's very hard to buy for and so I usually give him cash. This time I put squares of items that he might like to spend his cash on. First up is the red hammer on a green background, very similar to the symbol for a hardware chain in Australia. Maybe he will want to do some home maintenance?

Next is a tee-shirt, the slogan says "Everything will be OK". Things haven't been going his way lately, but I'm sure that won't last.

The last square has a part of a car with a surfboard on top. I didn't give him enough money for a new car (haven't won the lottery yet) but it might help out to replace the surfboard that smashed on the rocks a few weeks back. Lucky he wasn't smashed along with the board!

I fold the card so there is a little pocket to place the cash into, and stamped with a sentiment from B.Y.O.P. - that's buy your own present. It comes in two parts and says "Something to use... For whatever you choose".

Stamp sets and Framelits: Nailed It stamps Build It Framelits, Custom Tees and Tee shirt Builder Framelits, Beautiful Ride, BYOP, Timeless Textures

Card: Delightful Dijon, Tip Top Taupe, Watermelon Wonder (all retiring May 31st) Smokey Slate, Basic Gray, Pacific Point.

Cheers, Rachel

Two Beatiful Rides SAB CTC#72

This week at CASE-ing The Catty we are sharing another SALE-A-Bration pick, whether it be a stamp set, one of the papers or even Project Life - they're all available for you to pick when you make an order of $90. 

****BUT.....this is your last chance as SALE=A-Bration ends on March 31st.****

I decided to use the tandem bicycle sketch to make a card using the Bug from Beautiful Ride. I've never known anyone who owned a VW, nor have I ever ridden in them, but like a lot of people, I do think they're kinda cute.

There are a few different pieces of Designer Series Paper on this card. The Map is from Going Places DSPS, while the car has been stamped onto Pretty Petals DSPS. Both of those are 6 inch square paper stacks with 48 sheets of paper, ideal for card-making. In addition, I used a strip of Shine On Specialty DSP, as  there was a scrap on my table left from another project, just begging to be added.

Sentiments on this card are from Beautiful Ride and Project Life Let's Get Away.

 Next I turned to the back of the leaflet and decided to ink up the tandem bicycle. It's a cute little stamp where you can build up the picture adding bits and pieces like a basket, flowers, hearts or the wine and bread I've popped in here today. The paper is water colour paper, and I used an Aquapainter to colour all the bits and pieces. Later, I stamped with the small splatter stamp from Timeless Textures and added a little strip of Cherry On Top DSP. I had a couple dear to my heart in mind, when I was making this card and they'll be celebrating 10 years of marriage in October this year. The sentiments on this card are from Beautiful Ride and Party Pants (it's another SAB pick). Did you notice one rounded corner on the blue card? I CASE-d that from the brochure too.                                        I'm so happy with this pair of cards, and I do hope I've inspired you to start stamping something. It is such a relaxing hobby, and I don't feel my day is complete if I haven't played with paper or ink.           If you happen to be mad for everything in the Occasions catalogue, you can pick an item for every $90 you order ($180 = 2 items, $270 = 3 items, $360 = 4 etc). If you get as high as that, maybe you should have a chat to me about joining up as a demonstrator, 

Stampin' Up!® welcomes and supports all types of demonstrators from the hobby demo buying crafting supplies at a discount, through to those making it a full time business. During SALE-A-Bration you get to choose $60 extra, choose $295 of any products from the Annual Catalogue and/or the Occasions Catalogue and pay only $169. Of course, if you prefer to be a customer, you can purchase your supplies through my online shop, or by contacting me, you just need to have a delivery address in Australia.

Now you can head over to Judy by pressing the next button, but if you missed seeing project, you can go back to Elizabeth too.

   

Cheers, Rachel

Beautiful Party CTC#70

This week at CASE-ing The Catty we are sharing another SALE-A-Bration pick, whether it be a stamp set, one of the papers or even Project Life - they're all available for you to pick when you make an order of $90. If you happen to be mad for everything in the Occasions catalogue, you can pick an item for every $90 you order ($180 = 2 items, $270 = 3 items, $360 = 4 etc). If you get as high as that, maybe you should have a chat to me about joining up as a demonstrator, Stampin' Up!® welcomes and supports all types of demonstrators from the hobby demo buying crafting supplies at a discount, through to those making it a full time business. During SALE-A-Bration you get to choose $60 extra, choose $295 of any products from the Annual Catalogue and/or the Occasions Catalogue and pay only $169. Of course, if you prefer to be a customer, you can purchase your supplies through my online shop, or by contacting me, you just need to have a delivery address in Australia.

This week I took inspiration from the SALE-A-Bration leaflet, second issue, which began on February 16th, It includes two stamp sets - Pedal Pusher and Party Pants - plus a pack of three Metalics Glitter Tape. I broke out the silver glitter tape for these cards, and I'm so thrilled with it! It tears just like washi tape and the glitter is brilliant! I might have got a little bit carried away using it, but is it possible to have too much glimmer and gleam?

My first card was based on the little 'Congrats' card at the bottom right of the catty picture. Very loosely based I could add, but it's so easy to vere off in another direction. I had been playing with the volkswagon from Beautiful Ride. First I stamped it on the white card, and then a second image onto a piece of Perfectly Artistic DSP (one of the earlier SAB items which made way for these new ones). It was easy enough to trim the body of the car and remove the windows. In real life there is a nice impression of the tyres being recessed, quite realisticly. The wee dog in the back seat is a tiny stamp you can add anywhere you please. I taped this onto the Shine On Specialty Designer Series Paper with silver clouds, and added a few candy dots.

For the second card, I was inspired by the gift bag in the middle of the picture. I couldn't stop at one balloon though, and used the Balloon Bouquet Punch to add a couple more. The sentiment stamped on the Pool Party balloon is a very useful one to hang on to and use for a long while after Sale-A-Bration ends. There are eight really handy greetings and the lovely big balloon in Party Pants.

Maybe you'd like to share something from SALE-A-Bration which has inspired you. Here is the link to CASE-ing The Catty where you can do that.

I've jumped into the blog straight after my dear friend Kathryn, in Adelaide, so make sure you go back to her blog if you've missed it. She has shared a gorgeous butterfly on Glimmer Tape (seems like we all like a bit of glitz and gleam!!!)

 

Or just keep on blog hopping forward to another Melbourne girl, Judy May, but don't forget to do a full circle!

Cheers, Rachel