Showing posts with label Flower Fair Framelits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flower Fair Framelits. Show all posts

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Way To Go!

I was sad to see Boutique Borders retire - I really like the 3 stamps in this set. Anyway, for a bit of fun, I've mixed a retiring stamp, a carryover stamp and a brand new stamp on this card. 
Flower Patch is the stamp set that has carried over, and I'm loving it more this year than when it first came out.That might be because I've finally mastered stamping with photopolymer stamps, so it's much more enjoyable. It's a blessing to have the Flower Fair Framelits to cut out all the different pieces. 
The new stamp is I Think You're Great, which I received at Convention this year. I've hung onto the retired Word Bubbles Framelits for cutting out different sentiments and they seem to fit this banner greeting too. I wonder if you can see that I used the 'kissing' technique on the 'way to go'? I think it echoes the pattern of the Boutique Borders with the scallops.

Looking through the Color Throwdown design team cards, I noticed that 3 of them really picked up on the pattern in the bedcover, funny!

Cheers, 
Rachel









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Wednesday, 8 April 2015

Amazing Weekly Deals 8th-14th April and Bonus Bundles!



These are the BEST Weekly Deals ever! I'm not sure whether I've ever said that before, but I'm definitely saying it this week!!
It would be so easy to make up a great order with just the items you want/need from these deals and the Bonus Bundles, which finish next Wednesday (15th). I have to admit, one of the reasons I became a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator was so I could have all these wonderful products, and every single item on that Weekly Deal flyer is in my craft room already. Another reason I love being a demonstrator, is to share the joy of creating with Stampin' Up!® colour co-ordinated cards, inks and ribbon and matching dies, punches and stamps.

Naturally, to be excited by these goodies, you'd really need to have a Big Shot, the must-have crafting tool. When you buy the Big Shot, it comes with a standard multipurpose platform to get you started. Later, you might want to upgrade to the Magnetic Platform -130658. The magnetic platform holds all your small framelit pieces in place and does away with the need to use post-it notes to secure them.


One of my favourite Framelits is Banners - 132173, you can stamp onto them, dry emboss or leave them plain. There are six different sizes, so you can even layer them like I did with the gold foil banner under the stamped banner in the picture above.


The Framelit Stars -133723 is great for masculine cards, graduation and Christmas. Even die cutting and leaving the void is a great way to use them. Again, there are a number of size options, five in total, so you can layer, stack and frame with these framelits.


Flower Fair Framelits -133731, even without the Flower Patch stamp, gives you a huge selection of flowers and foliage and since the stamp set is photopolymer, it isn't as expensive as the red rubber stamps. Most of the Framelits have more than a $10 saving off the regular price.


Would you prefer a flower punch instead? Fun Flower- 133785 is one of the newer ones and matches Beautiful Bunch (3 different images) and the single stamp Bloom For You. It's a $7.50 saving off the regular price of the punch.


I haven't covered everything on the flyer, you might already be sick of reading, but let me just remind you too, of the Bonus Bundles which are on offer for a fortnight, finishing next Wednesday.



If you would like to take advantage of these promotions you can order anytime of the day or night at my online store or you can phone me (0417 500 681) with your order and credit card details at reasonable times of the day or evening.

If you include this hostess code  6MGVWWGH at checkout, I will send a small gift separate to your order from Stampin' Up!®.

Now, what will you make first?
Rachel

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Saturday, 11 October 2014

Sparkle In Pink

I love the weekend, and I am really enjoying this one. I finished my chores as quickly as possible and have enjoyed the garden in the spring sunshine. I did a little crafting last night, although I have been working on my Project Life too. I was so far behind (four years in fact) that my initial job was to get them into order in the albums. I have been going through and adding in journaling cards and sometimes printing some additional photos.

I've struggled to make cards this week. I was just too tired after work, but last night I was a little more relaxed and I put together this pretty little pink number. I love the sketch Amy O'Neill has for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week. I'm a big fan of Amy's work so it stands to reason I'd like her sketch, and her card too. You just need to click on Freshly Made Sketches and it will take you to the blog where you will see oodles of inspiration.

While I was sorting out my design, I decided to use the colours in this week's colour challenge at ColourQ. Black, pink and silver can be put-together so many different ways. I chose to use Blushing Bride because I didn't have Pretty In Pink, with a teensy bit of black, and a little more silver. It was lots of fun layering up the Flower Patch blossom. Die cutting is a breeze with the matching dies, Flower Fair framelits. Project Life Cards & Labels framelits cut a strip of silver glimmer paper. Silver Glimmer paper has a tendency to blunt cutting blades and punches, but doesn't seem to cause the same problems with framelits.

It does seem to shed a bit of its glimmer on the Big Shot cutting plates, causing lots of the projects that follow to 'sparkle' too!!!!!






I wish the camera had succeeded in picking up the gorgeous sparkle, you'll just have to believe me.

On Wednesday night this week, I had the thrill of seeing the later stages of a Luna eclipse, after the cloud cleared. I found it amazing to see the distinct shadow on the surface of the moon.

Happy card-making,

Rachel







Sunday, 5 October 2014

Delightful Dahlia FMS#156 CMCC#40



I've surprised myself today, by using the monochrome colours at Colour Me! for this sketch by Narelle at  Freshly Made Sketches. Strangely, I find Calypso Coral (really any of the orange shades) a little bit overwhelming on cards, and yet I wear a LOT of orange and coral??! Doesn't really make much sense, does it?


Tea For Two was a BIG favourite from the mini catalogue nearly two years ago because of the 'tea' theme and the lovely patchwork patterns it incorporated. It also has a number of pieces featuring Calypso Coral, like the sweet spot here. It's a bargain in the Clearance Rack at the moment.

Lately, because I have so many new stamps, I have neglected old favourites like Regarding Dahlias. This flower is always stunning, I love cutting it out, and imagine how gorgeous it would look coloured with Blendabilities!

I didn't want a greeting to overwhelm the big blossom and an outline from Mosaic Madness, punched was about the right size. I was happy to find the Banner Banter greetings were quite a good fit, and obviously I could have just punched with a banner punch too.


The Mosaic Madness Embossing Folder was an easy choice after using the punched shape for the sentiment. I love the way either side of the paper looks fabulous after embossing.
Lastly,some leaves cut with Flower Fair Framelits, which might have been nice to stamp with the matching stamp in Flower Patch to give some more definition. With all these ifs and maybes, I can almost feel another card coming on!!!!

There are two great blogs for you to look at more inspiration, Freshly Made Sketches and Colour Me! Click on the link and check them out.

I must get a wriggle on because I am taking hubby to 'test-drive' a lunch at the restaurant where we are celebrating my Big O birthday in two months. Hope you have a wonderful day!

Rachel






Monday, 22 September 2014

Pretty Flowers in the Patch CTD 310


Have you tried out the Flower Patch Stamps and matching Flower fair Framelit Dies yet? I can hardly believe that I wasn't going to purchase this set, and in fact I didn't! Stampin' Up!® gave it to me for FREE! That is just one of the little perks of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

I have to say these soft colours at this week's Color Throwdown Challenge are very sweet, and about my favourite combination for Flower Patch. I have tried others too, and they look good too. Check out Good Thoughts in Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze and Always Avocado. There are just so many possibilities with this many different stamps to combine (nineteen, in fact).

You have a few more hours if you want to whip up something for Color Throwdown too.

Thanks for coming to view my blog,

Rachel

Sunday, 21 September 2014

Softly, Sweetly, Subtley CMCC#38

I've had this idea brewing while I've been away over the weekend, so after returning this evening, and cooking a quick dinner, doing the dishes, folding the washing, I've snuck off to my craft room to see how it would work out. I'm not sure how I feel about it yet, I usually 'sleep on it' before publishing.


I used the biggest stamp in Boutique Borders for the background of the base and the top of the panel. I'm looking forward to playing with this stamp set a lot more. Flower Patch has been stamped over but the Blushing Bride wasn't really bold enough so I stamped it again and cut it out with Flower Fair Framelits.

If you would like to leave a comment about my card, I'd love to hear from you.




I'm looking forward to this coming week (I'm on holidays!) with lots of socialising,
Hope you have a good one too!

Rachel