Showing posts with label Choose Happiness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Choose Happiness. Show all posts

Sunday, 31 January 2016

What I Love SAB CTC#64


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 had fun with What I Love, a two-step or three-step stamp in photopolymer. I CASE-d the tag on the gift bag and came up with a little pack of four Thank You notecards. Really, it's so easy to ink up the leaf and stamp a few times with a couple of different greens onto a square of Whisper White, mounted onto a slightly larger square of Wild Wasabi.

These notecards are available in packs of 20 in Whisper White and Crumbcake with matching envelopes, and they only cost $10.50! So handy to have on hand for when you're short of time. You'll find them on page 149 in the Australian  annual catalogue, or click on the image in the supply list below.
To make the packet they're contained in, I cut a Gift Card Envelope from Crumb Cake and made a belly band from Botanical Gardens DSP, with some additional trims from Botanical Builder Framelits Dies and Mini Treat Bag Thinlets. There are also a couple of stamped banners from Choose Happiness.



My good friend and fellow crew member on CASE-ing The Catty celebrated her birthday recently. While this isn't CASE-ing The Catty,  What I Love helped me create this cheerful bunch of flowers to celebrate with Kathryn. I selectively inked up a greeting from Party With Cake. It's actually the bit about cake I left off - [chuckling]. No..... it's not that Kathryn and I don't like cake, we just live too far apart!! Kathryn is in South Australia and I'm in Victoria. Perhaps we should make a date for cake when we meet up in Sydney in April, hey Kathryn!


I wanted to fit a greeting into the oval, something that makes a statement and this sentiment seemed to fit that description. I've used Blackberry Bliss, stamped off once in some images, giving a lighter shade. The other two are Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo.
 The smaller sentiment is from Sunburst Sayings which fits nicely on a 1¼" punched circle.



If you can't wait to get some of these goodies in your hands, and you'd like me to be your demonstrator, you can shop in my online store here. Australian buyers only. My phone number if you have any questions is 0417 500 681. If your order is less than $250, it would be great if you used the Hostess code 4G296SCD when you checkout.
Starting this year we are doing a monthly challenge. If you have been inspired by any of the projects in the catalogue or on the blog hop, feel free to share with the linky tool on this post. A winner will be chosen and announced on the first post of the following month.


The email address if you're in Australia and wanting catalogues sent is rpalmieri5@bigpond.com 
If you're someone who likes to go in the reverse direction, click on 'previous, button and it will take you to Tricia at The Speckled Sparrow
but if you're proceeding forward, you'll click on the NEXT button and move forward to lovely Liz at Lilly Loves Paper

   
                                                       





 Cheers, Rachel
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Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Flowering Fields



SALE-A-Bration is a time of year that Stampin' Up!® demonstrators look forward to, as much as their customers do! Why? Because Stampin' Up! gives us free product too, when our orders reach $90 retail, and since it coincides with the new Occasions Catalogue (for us in the Southern hemishere, its a Spring catty for the Northern half of the world) it's is usually not that hard to earn a little SALE-A-Bration gift. This is the anniversary of when I joined the Stampin' Up!® family, 5 years ago and I love it as much, or more even, as when I first joined!

I have put through a sizeable order and now have a number of the free gifts in my hot little hands. I hate to admit it, but I spend a lot of time working my order out in multiples of $90 so I don't miss out by a few dollars. I always could add a packet of Dimensionals or an ink refill to bring it up to that magic total!!

No doubt you've seen and received heaps of notifications from demonstrators near and far about 'this most wonderful time of the year' and we are all making the same offers, so you'll find LOTS of information at the END of this post, if you want to read more, but now I'll share a little card I put together this morning. After mounting all the sweet wildflowers from Flowering Fields onto the wood blocks, I could hardly wait to ink them up. They remind me of wildflowers I saw growing in Canada, during summer, about 10 years ago.

 First I had to prepare the background. Using a size E acrylic block, I pressed about a third of it onto my Wild Wasabi ink pad, the other two-thirds into Soft Sky and then the edge of the top of the block into Lost Lagoon. Next, the block was spritzed with water. About three squirts, from about 30 cms, and it was nearly dripping.

The thick Whisper White card measured 10cm by 11.5 cm. which leaves a pleasing border when the inky block is smooshed onto it. I have to say that initially, I was disappointed with the white patches on the left of the image, but it's grown on me and now I really like that effect.






Using Memento black ink, I've simply stamped five of the six floral images and the wee butterfly straight over the background, after it had dried.
Flowering Fields has no sentiments, but I liked the message and the spidery writing of this one from Choose Happiness. "When I need a friend, you're there". It was stamped onto some SALE-A-Bration vellum and a thin strip has been placed over the other layers. Don't you love the clarity of the images? I'm sure they'd be great for colouring with Stampin' Write Markers or watercolouring with and Aquapainter and ink too.

Gifts For You

So after all that, if you'd like to shop with me, Australian residents only, you can browse the Occasions catalogue in my online store, or click on the image in the sidebar to the right. The same applies to the Annual catalogue, you can make your choices from either of those. I have a Hostess code for January  4G296SCD  and if you add it when you're checking out, I'd be very appreciative. If your order is $90 before shipping is added, you will get to choose a SALE-A-Bration item, a gift from Stampin' Up!®. I will also post you a packet of It's My Party Enamel dots for an order of $90 or more, which includes the Hostess Code. You need to allow me to contact you (that option is offered at checkout) so I know where to send your thank you gift. These will be posted out in the middle of February.
Read on for further information, and I am available to answer any questions or book a workshop at rpalmieri5@bigpond.com or phone 0417 500 681

Cheers, Rachel
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Here's the deal: for every $90 AUD/$110 NZD you spend (before shipping and handling), you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. That means it's the perfect time to purchase those products you've had your eye on while earning more products for free.

Note: Pages 4-15 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure show products available throughout the entire Sale-A-Bration sales period (5 January-31 March 2016); Pages 16-19 show limited-time products available only until 15 February.* Watch for another batch of limited-time products coming 16 February!
*Based on inventory, availability may be temporarily extended





It's the best time of year to join Stampin' Up! During Sale-A-Bration, you can become a demonstrator for just $169 AUD/$189 NZD and choose $60 AUD/$70 NZD more of FREE products for your Starter Kit. Plus, the kit ships for free! In plain English - go through your catalogues and pick out $295 retail of merchandise. It will be shipped to you and your credit card will have $169 debited to it. You are under no obligation to hold workshops or classes. If you are not able to order $440 worth of merchandise over the next three months, you just drop as a demonstrator. You will not have to return anything.

Thursday, 2 July 2015

Butterfly Of Happiness Take 2

This is a short and sweet post. I couldn't leave it alone - I'm sorry! Recently I made a card for a challenge, and I explained how simple designs are often the biggest struggle for me. At left is the card I submitted to CAS(E) This Sketch and below is how it turned out after I had another look at it this morning.









I added a sentiment in the right hand corner, plus some splatters of Pear Pizzazz, Cherry Cobbler and Tip Top Taupe using Gorgeous Grunge. It isn't a big change, but even the splatters made me feel a whole lot happier. The vast white space really bothered me. What do you think - with or without splatters?

Cheers
Rachel



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Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Butterfly of Happiness CTS#129


I stamped a little last night using the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch. It is a lovely simple design but those are the ones I REALLY struggle with. I just can't work out where to stop. I tried first with Vintage Leaves, but didn't like what I made.  The only thing sorted there, I resolved to add the Leaflets Framelits to my order, since they're a Weekly Deal starting today, but only while stock lasts.
Since I have been using Choose Happiness to make another card, I tried the leaves from that with a butterfly from one of my new hostess stamp sets, and a squiggly line in place of a sentiment. I used an Aquapainter and some ink in the lid to colour the images.



It still seemed to 'need' something to fix it in the corner so an Antique Brad filled the bill there. It has been mounted on a piece of Pear Pizzazz and then Tip Top Taupe. I'm not happy because I have followed the sketch too exactly, but will link it up anyway.
Hope tomorrow is a more creative day!

Cheers
Rachel



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Friday, 5 June 2015

Winter Flowers CMCC#74

It is feeling mighty chilly in Melbourne this past week, the cold gets into my bones and I don't want to go anywhere.We are looking forward to a public holiday on Monday, so I have plenty of time to hang at home and play with paper, although it will be nice to catch up with family sometime too. I'm hoping to get a big brown box of Stampin' Up! goodies before the long weekend, but if it doesn't happen.... (It did happen - {feeling excited})


A monochromatic colour challenge from  Colour Me...! suits our wintery season, and the flower from Choose Happiness, stamped in Sahara Sand on watercolor paper, then lightly misted with water was my choice today.

I was inspired this week, by my friend's creativity after she stamped a flower all over the card front in different shades of pink. I told her I'd be CASE-ing her, although this isn't exactly what I had in mind. The CASE version will probably come later.
Because You Care was a hostess set in the recent Occasions Catalogue. The font is rather nice and I will keep on using it. I stamped in Soft Suede, as black looked really stark when I first tried that. A ruffle of spotted, dotted lace in TipTop Taupe has been added to the bottom and some pieces of gold from the gold bakers twine, because I forgot to order the new metallic thread.

Don't forget to check out the gallery at Colour Me, and have a good weekend.

Rachel


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Saturday, 1 November 2014

Stampin' Up! Floral Birthday, FMS#160

I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches to put this birthday card together. The layers took a bit of figuring out, but the end result is very pleasing. I tend to make it all-too-fussy, and I hope I have kept it nice and 'clean'. The blossom from Choose Happiness in Melon Mambo, hand cut with snips is the star of this card. There is a second layer also hand cut. I was looking for a compact sentiment, and settled on the now-retired Banner Greetings. The embossing folder and DSP are both retired too.
Now, do you think that linen thread and rhinestones go together? I decided they did!




To continue this soft appearance, the corners have been rounded and I always use my Envelope Punch Board for that task now. Very pleased to say that I also finished off the inside on this one, so it is ready for giving.

Thanks for passing and reading my blog,
Rachel








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Thursday, 30 October 2014

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