Hand Delivered AWH Colour Creations

Colour of the week is Bermuda Bay

Hand Delivered was the first Hostess stamp set I added to my order last week. It wasn't initially a stand-out for me, so it just goes to show how seeing a few samples on Pinterest can change your mind.

I enjoyed getting it set up on the Stamparatus, and once everything was in place, I could stamp over and over. For both these samples, featuring Bermuda Bay, she wears a striped skirt. In others I've changed her skirt from stripe to floral, and instead of holding balloons and books, she holds a tiered cake.

I held back on putting my cards together until I'd received my order, so I could add the Brights Designer Series paper to the card. This year it comes in the very useable/storable 6" x 6" size, and on the balloon card are the 2 different sides of the one sheet of paper.

For the Graduate card, I've introduced a touch of red and green. The beauty of Bermuda Bay is that it seems to go with so many other colours.The skirt has been stamped to add colour, but the other colours are added using the Stampin' Blends. The first lot of colours are back in stock, and ready to be ordered, but we still impatiently (as of last Friday) wait for the lovely new shades to reach the warehouse.

So if you are hosting a party soon, or plan to place a $250 order yourself, you might like to consider choosing Hand Delivered as one of your Hostess Only special selections. I can explain this more if you get in touch with your questions.

To see other creations made using Bermuda Bay, go back to Cathy, where there is a full list of participants.

2BEUMMY3
until July 4th

Happy Anniversary

I had a friend come over for a stamping session recently. She was so excited that her dear niece had become engaged and wanted to make her a special card. So off we went to Pinterest and found this gorgeous card by Heather Klump and my friend proceeded to make her version of the card complete with the paper piercing, while I made an anniversary card.



I think maybe this is a little TOO pink to give to my sweetheart, but today is our wedding anniversary, so Happy Anniversary darling. Home in our own bed tonight - lovely!

Rain or Shine with three cute umbrellas was a Mini catalogue line that wasn't carried over :(  - we said goodbye to it at the end of June. We both used the heart stamp from Love and Laughter and my friend used the greetings in that set too, while I grabbed A Word For You (retired), I love the script on those stamps. Mainly I used Strawberry Slush and Bermuda Bay, with some other pinks mixed into the hearts. Aren't these NEW colours lovely?


Cheers
Rachel

Hi, Hello There!

Have you used Canvas Creations on page 156 of the catalogue yet? I have made some card fronts for an October class and was trying to find something small for the left over pieces, when it occurred to me to make mini letter banners for a card.

I have stamped 'HI' with Morning Post Alphabet onto the canvas using Bermuda Bay and Crushed Curry. Just love the way the script on the letters shows through. I took my color-cue from the Epic Day DSP and cut some of the shapes using the Hearts a Flutter Framelits, and hand cutting others. After adding some brads to a couple of the banners, I adhered them over Baker's Twine (which isn't visible after all that!) and finished off with hello there from the Happy Day stamp set.

I'm spending a few days near St Ives, Cornwall at the moment with my dear husband
Feel free to leave a hello for me here, and thank you for visiting.
Rachel

A Slice of (Sketched Birthday) Cake

Sketched Birthday (page 13) is a set of eight stamps which can be used as plain black and white images, they can be coloured, or they can be stamped with white ink onto black card for the Chalkboard Technique.
Coastal Cabana is a NEW In-color which looks great teamed with Bermuda Bay. The DSP is from the In-color DSP Stack, this pattern has polka dots on the other side. Strawberry Slush seemed a perfect colour for the icing on the cake with a Crushed Curry candle flame. The greeting is also part of Sketched Birthday and the Ink to Rubber Technique allows you to use multiple colours.

The inside has more of the In-color DSP Stack, balloons from Sketched Birthday and two greetings from Remembering your Birthday. That is another NEW stamp set with eight paired stamps. In many cases you would be able to place one on the front of the card and the other inside,  or the way I have with both on the inside.

This was another of the cards available at my Pick and Mix class last Friday. Remember you can shop anytime in my online store for any Stampin' Up! products, including these stamp sets, delivery must be to an Australian address though.

Remembering Your Birthday $33.95 (Clear)

Sketched Birthday  $33.95 (clear)

Cheers, hope your week is going well

Rachel

Birthday Bling PP152

You can't ever have too much bling can you?  Yes, that's what I thought too, so this is what I came up with!

We are so lucky to have so many shades of blue in the Stampin' Up! range but I chose three for my ink and added in another for the card base.

I broke out Daydream Medallion for a change of pace, and overlapped the two large ones. The biggest is stamped with Midnight Muse, the medium one is Bermuda Bay and for the tiny layered ones I used Soft Sky. Maybe it is a little light in colour , it looks quite pretty IRL tho'.
I found that the little, fancy medallion punched out quite nicely with the 1¼ inch scalloped punch and the smallest stamp in the set, with the ¾inch circle punch. The card front has been de-bossed with the Fancy Fan Embossing Folder and mounted onto a card cut from Coastal Cabana.And then I went crazy with rhinestones, placing them on the fancy ends of the larger medallions, the large ones in the centres of the small medallions. and a row to emphasise the greeting.

It's funny when I do these Tic-Tac-Toe challenges - I always get confused! I ended up not being sure if I was working on the centre line down Blue-Bling-Friendship or the diagonal one Birthday- Bling- Embossing and I've used the rather neutral greeting 'to my friend' but the good thing with that is I have two greetings for inside which could suit and are in the same font: 'happy day to you' or 'Thanks so much'!

The latter doesn't belong in Friendly Phrases, but since all are retired now, I have grouped them. I'm not ready just yet to let this old favourite go!




If you are quick, there are a few more hours left on this Paper Players challenge, why don't you see what you can come up with?

Happy stamping

Rachel

All About You! FMS92

I had partially made this card before we went away this weekend, but hadn't had time to photograph it or blog, so it's catch-up time now.

I think Bermuda Bay might just be my new favourite colour, I'm even wearing a top and cardigan in those colours as I type this. {smile}



I stamped one of the border stamps from Mosaic Madness onto the Bermuda Bay base and used Coastal Cabana to stamp three of the cute little shapes onto Whisper White and then punched them out with the Mosaic Punch. Don't you just LOVE it when Stampin' Up! make it that easy, with a punch to match a shape?
Those shapes are lined up on the left and look gorgeous with a little added bling. The right side is simply stamped in Bermuda Bay with a stamp from Really Good Greetings and underlined with another stamp from Mosaic Madness. I added some more rhinestones to that and called it finished.

There are so many variations in that stamp set, 11 stamps in total! You will find it on page 123 of the new catalogue. I used Mosaic Madness for this card too.

I'm back from a delightful, but exhausting weekend with three of my grandchildren. Always lovely to spend time with any of my children, and their wives and children, we are very blessed.

I have two weeks holiday so I'm looking forward with excitement to the release of the new catalogue on Tuesday, I've had plenty of time to browse through it and make lists. Do you want to see the new catalogue too?
I expect I will have time to create, catch up with friends, visit the Monet exhibition currently visiting Melbourne, and finish planning the trip to Ireland and England that my husband and I are taking very soon.

Feel free to contact me if you need a new catalogue, information or to place an order. I'll be very happy to chat. Phone 0417 500 681 rpalmieri5@bigpond.com
Cheers - Rachel

Topsy-Turvy Celebration Bling PP150

To celebrate some lovely stamp sets that are being retired by Stampin' Up!, my June classes were "Retirement" themed.

It fits the criteria for this week at the Paper Players for "Bring on the Bling". Check out the design teams inspiring cards here.

This card made with Topsy-Turvy Celebration was a class sample. It has ended up with heaps more bling on it, much more than I would usually use - 'cos I am a 'less is more' kind of girl, and I can't quite recollect the phrase Genella used to describe my turnaround. It seemed very funny at the time though!

The stamp set might be retiring, and the huge Designer Builder Brads (you can order them till the end of this month) but we get to keep the Rhinestones, the linen thread and the Silver Glimmer Paper.  Strawberry Crush and Bermuda Bay are NEW colours. The Mosaic embossing folder is new too, and the Pool Party Core'dinations is staying. We can buy mixed packs of core'dinations from the start of the new catalogue too, that will be great!

This month before the old catalogue retires and the new one commences is just a little bit exciting, but its hard to know what to use first. The old faves before they go, or the exciting new goodies. If you would like a copy of the catalogue and you live close enough to pick one up, let me know by phone 0417500681 or email rpalmieri5@bigpond.com and I will make sure I have one for you. If you need one posted, it will cost $10 for postage.

Have a happy weekend
Rachel