Hey Sports Fan

 Some masculine cards were needed for my stash and in front of me was Hey Sports Fan designer series paper. At this stage I hadn't bought the stamps and dies because baseball is not such a popular sport in Australia. 

Hey Sports Fan DSP 12" x 12" $157882 $20.00

I've since ordered them because I like the ticket dies, and can see other ways to use them and the stamps have good greetings.

It seemed a good starting point to cut flags out, and some of the labels from the paper. Easy enough with a pair of snips too.Then I used hexagons from the Beautiful Shapes Dies (Page 50 J-J mini) to cut the patterns from DSP

Some hexagons were glued down, one was raised on dimensionals, as was a sentiment.

This card has a background textured with the 'Stripes' embossing folder from the duo Stripes & Splatters. They are the narrow ones so had to be used a couple of times for this background. Again, fussy-cut flags, 2 glued down and one raised. 

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If you'd like to make cards similar to this, and need more information, feel free to get in touch. If you live anywhere in Australia, you may order from my online store (and I'll do a happy dance)! I hold classes in my home - South Morang, Victoria and can do at Phillip Island Victoria as well.

 Your orders are very much appreciated, no matter how small or big, every little bit helps me to meet my minimums, and keep on creating. Hopefully you are inspired by some of the projects I share, and want to make your own. My online shop is open anytime and delivery by tracked Australia Post takes 5-10 days.

Currently, through January, February & until March 16th, Stampin' Up! offer a bonus with your $90 order, a free item. This promotion is called SALE-A-Bration, and there are a number of different rewards including a couple of higher value ones for larger orders.

If you live in Australia, you can join my team,the FUNdamentals. 

One of the great things about Stampin' Up!® is the support they give to their demonstrators, creating a lovely 'family' feel. There is no pressure to hold parties, classes or demonstrate unless this is a path you want to go down. For January through to February 28, there is a special joining offer of two free stamp sets from either catalogue, in addition to the other $235 worth of product. YES, you can pick expensive stamp sets! Want to find out more? Phone or text, 0417 500 681 or email rpalmieri5@bigpond.com 

CTC#264 Week 1

Welcome back, it's week 1 of CASE-ing The Catty, and this time the challenge is to case any sketch from the mini catalogue and give it a male twist! It just so happens that tomorrow is my eldest son's 44th birthday (I was actually in labour on leap day) so he's lucky he isn't celebrating his 11th while his eldest turned 12 last week!!!

Using the sketch for a card showcasing My Meadow, as my inspiration, which 'as is' could be suitable for either gender anyway, I turned it 90 degrees. My Meadow, A Good Man and Do The Impossible were the stamps I chose.

The narrow panel for the art piece was bordered with Crumb Cake, the sentiment overlapped and I used a piece of the grass from My Meadow. I had intended to use a lot more of the scene, but with the orientation altered, I did run out of space!

Matthew used to be a keen rider, but I think with work and the 3 childrens' activities, that may have gone by the wayside. Surfing is his other hobby and he snatches a wave or two when he can.

His youngest is Alice, my only grand-daughter out of 7 grandies, so this stamp is very suitable. She will also celebrate her 7th birthday on March 8th, International Womens Day!

My lovely friend Julia Quinn is next up this week. I wonder if its a card, scrapbook page or something else. Let's go check it out!

I'd love you to choose my online shop to purchase from, use the Host Code when asked at check out, & I will send you a gift, along with a handmade card. The items listed below were used in my project above, and link to that item in my online shop.

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until 30 March

Remember that it is SALE-A-Bration until March 31st, so for every $90 you order, you get to choose a SAB item and its shipped straight to you with your order. Any questions, get in touch.

It's also a good time to join my team, either as a business or just to buy your own supplies at 20% discount. You get $235 worth of YOUR CHOICE of product for $169 including shipping, PLUS a mini guillotine, pack of assorted current 6" square DSP, and your choice of a stamp set. Make it the most expensive stamp set you want to get best value. Again, any further questions, get in touch and you can read more here.

Product List

A Good Man Cling Stamp Set

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$42.00

My Meadow Photopolymer Stamp Set

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$37.00

Do The Impossible Cling Stamp Set

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$35.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$44.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$17.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

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$6.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$7.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$15.25

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

[147107]

$13.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$15.25

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$13.00

Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147283]

$15.50

Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[148544]

$15.50

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147278]

$15.50

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144601]

$15.50

Stampin' Blends Color Lifter

[144608]

$7.75

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Birthday Boys

The end of September, beginning of October has always been a crazy time in our family, but a little less crazy nowadays - I don't have to make birthday cakes for my five sons! My husband and I were married in September, number 2 son arrived 28th September, luckily #3 was July, but #4 arrived 8 years after #2, on October 6th so that made for too much cake, too close together. 

Happy birthday for your recent birthdays, boys! Mr 39 has received the somewhat subdued shirt-style card.I was actually thrilled with how it turned out, and you can place money or a gift card in the shirt pocket. I loved the pattern on the Best Route DSP (designer series paper) and using Pocketful Of Sunshine to stamp and diecut the pocket, plus to stamp stitching down the shirt front really tickled my fancy. I had just enough of the retired metal buttons for this project, but I will order the Galvanised buttons on page 13 of the Holiday catalogue as I feel they may be similar.

There is a die in Pocketful Of Sunshine dies that is a half -circle, for a sun in a pocket, and I cut the tee-shirt neck with that, before hand drawing the ribbing. This is such an appropriate card for Jake as on Father's Day (early September in Australia) we were talking about hand-me-downs and homemade clothing. I reminded Jake how he used to order specific items of clothing, including picking out the fabrics with me.That's how he had one-of-a-kind MC Hammer pants!!! I used to sew all my kids clothes including shirts and even suits when they were young. Much easier to just put together a paper shirt!

Both cards are finished off inside in the same way, except Will has the train included, because he catches trains to get around town. The pair of stamps on the inside are from Perennial Birthday, and they are go-to stamps for any birthdays. That stamp set is a Stampin' Up!® suggested stamp set to begin your collection with and I totally agree with that suggestion.

I had a bit more trouble coming up with a card for Will, turning 31. He is an active member of the Melbourne Parkour community, who headed to Sydney recently for a gathering, so I settled on the plane DSP from Best Route. That was before I found out it was a road trip!!!

When I ordered the Best Route paper and En Route stamp set, I also added the Memories and More cards. "You're The Best" is actually a sticker from the Memories & More Cards, and later this month I'll share the Thank you card (using more stickers) I made for the travel agent who arranged the trip to the States for my travel buddy in Adelaide and me.

They will come in very handy when I scrapbook our big adventure I think. So many of the cards seem very appropriate for our first trip to the USA, for both Kathryn and me. We are feeling very brave planning it and travelling independently.

Let me know if I can help you find your crafting solutions, or browse my Online Shop at your convenience.

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