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My swap cards for Orlando Onstage need to be 5½ inches by 4¼ inches - that's 14cm instead of the Australian 15cm, so there's a nice strip left over. For Thrifty Thursday I designed a class card which uses that strip to carry the sentiment! 

No waste of those perfectly cut strips, class prep and swaps dealt with at the same time - now that's a thrifty use of time AND card!

You can shop in my online shop anytime of the day or night, you can email an order and let me know if you want to give me your credit card details, drop by with cash or direct debit into my bank account. When you make your online order and use the host code, I share the Host benefits with you by posting product to you in the following month.

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Using Up Class Packs

I have at least one class a month, except for January and December, when we are far too busy in Australia with Christmas/end-of-year/summer holidays. Parts of the year are so popular that there's a waitlist for classes, and then in winter (now) there is a down-turn due to illness or people heading away to warmer climates.

August's class used Beautiful Day and Dragonfly Dreams (both have flying insects!!!) and the ladies made some gorgeous cards. However, there were two free seats, so today I was wondering if I should have a little play with a left-over pack.

Instead of the flowers we masked for class, I used the butterfly and went way-out with the colours. That was until I realised I hadn't ordered Poppy Parade or Highland Heather yet (along with a few other greens and Soft Suede) so an order is going in for those missing items. I'll finish colouring the butterflies when that order arrives.

Now please, if you've thought about stamping, come along to a class so I don't have to keep adding to my basket of unused class packs. 

Next class is    Friday September 14th @ 7pm

or                  Saturday September 15th @2pm

and we are using Abstract Impressions for that one. These classes are usually 2½ hours long, $22 and everything is supplied. No need to feel that you have to order, but of course you are always welcome to buy your supplies from me. Phone/text 0417 500 681 or email rpalmieri5@bigpond.com

I do have a Quick & Easy Make'nTake class too, which needs us to arrange a mutually suitable time.

One card and envelope, your place or mine (no more than 20km from South Morang, VIC) and $15.

 If you are looking to buy supplies, my shop is always open. Use the Host code and I share the host benefits with you, spend $90 during August and Stampin' Up!® send a code to use on your September order for $9 off.

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Butterflies In This World CTD#470

Today I needed some time out and chose to get into my craft room and create. An old favourite came off the shelf and paired with an old favourite masking/sponging technique and a new colour combo from Color Throwdown Challenge, I've spent some happy time.

We used In This World for a retiform card recently and a friend of mine, Carolina Evans, also used it for her Onstage Swap in Melbourne. This stamp set has some interesting images, so I plan to get some more use from it, just in case it retires.

I was glad I remembered to attach a strip of this Sizzix Multipurpose Adhesive strips to the card before I cut 'lovely' with the Lovely Word Thinlets. It sure does make it a lot easier to adhere to your project.

The stamped sentiment is from Dragonfly Dreams, and as it is photopolymer, it could have been curved more to match the die cut 'lovely'. Sometimes these ideas come after you've put ink to paper!!!

Frog Tape, a low adhesive painter's tape, is what I use for masking. Before I stick it to the project, I also remove some more of the 'stick' by applying it to my clothes. It is very effective and doesn't usually lift any paper.

This verse inside is part of a kind of funny/witty set of stamps, Five For All. I could have added the second part "Just Like Me", but haven't on this occasion. When the sentiment is on two separate stamps, it gives more options for mixing and matching. I have a large number of birthdays through December and January, so I hope to get back in here for some more crafting soon.

What do you think you would make with this colour palette from Color Throwdown?




Remember that if you shop in my online shop on Monday 27th November, there will be NO SHIPPING CHARGE, for 24 hours only. But, as well as a gift in the mail from me for ordering and using the Host Code, I will send you a birthday card to send to someone else.

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World Card-Making Day

 There was no way I wanted to ignore World-card Making Day, but I was busy in the lead-up with a family 30th yesterday. So this morning, once I'd completed the clean-up, I decided to finish off some partly made cards for this event. The front of this card was a demo piece from a Techniques class I held in September. It uses the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlet Die to emboss an image into the card without cutting.

Dragonfly Dreams is a lovely stamp set in the Annual catalogue, and it also has co-ordinating framelits. You'll find Dragonfly Dreams in my online shop anytime you go shopping. As it is photopolymer and you use your own acrylic blocks, it is relatively inexpensive.

To emphasise the dragonfly wings, I've painted several coats of Wink of Stella Clear onto them. Often it is very difficult to photograph, but I was thrilled with the result today.

When I was making my son's 30th birthday card, I began with a standard-sized card and these colours. A BIG birthday deserves a BIG card I decided before I'd gone much further, and I will share it with you soon.

I'm very fond of Bermuda Bay and Lemon-Lime Twist together and the Daffodil Delight certainly helped paint a pretty picture!

Tranquil Tide made it onto the leaves too, and some Burlap ribbon gives it a country feel, don't you think? Painted Harvest has these leaves and the sunflower. It is available in the Holiday Catalogue, which might mean we say goodbye to it at the start of January 2018. It has been very popular though and you will have seen stacks of cards made with it. It is available on its own, or bundled with the leaf punch at a 10% saving on both. That is only till the end of the Holiday catalogue, after that, if they remain in the range there will be no discount.

 I'm glad I was able to share my projects with you for World-card Making Day. On my Facebook page I have asked for readers to share a picture of their creations for this occasion, and I invite any of you too. Just go to facebook and scroll down a little for the post.

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