Teenage Birthday

Round We Go is a fun bundle from the Stampin' Up! Annual catalogue, so we know it will be available until April, but after that - who knows?

It has some fun stamps for two-step stamping, which for these shapes is quite easy. Ink the stamp, stamp to white card, rotate to fill the gap and line up. Then, without inking again, restamp! Even if you're slightly off. it still looks good.

There are four teenage boys amongst my grandchildren, and the challenge is getting tougher each year to make them personalised cards. Sometimes their interests aren't covered in my stamping stash, and that is when I need to use something like this.

Hooray For Surprises is the stamp I picked for both sentiments. The words and font are large and clear and carry a nice message too.

 I hope you enjoy looking at the card I made, and happy crafting!

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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.

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Sketch #15

To help inspire my crafting I'm following along with the Great American Stampin' Show as they use the sketches from the catalogue as inspiration. This week it is sketch #15 and as usual, you do not have to follow strictly to the same formula. Use the sketch to inspire, and don't forget to send the cards you create.

When I sat down to create for this sketch, I wasn't really sure which direction I would take it. There was a temptation to go Christmas again but I do also need more teen birthday cards, so Round We Go won.

The circle dies and stamps partly influenced that decision, plus there was a single line sentiment which fitted the thin banner from the sketch.

This is not quite a Triadic colour scheme if you look at the colour wheel, but it is close, and the colours do appeal to me. Peach Pie and Summer Splash are current 2024-2026 In Colors, and Azure Afternoon revently joined our Brights range.

Below is a card that I shared in February, and I share it again to show you that it uses the sketch too, only upside down!

Trusty Toolbox is the patterned paper and it is currently available in the Clearance Rack only $8.70 for a large pack. Even if you don't have the Trusty Tools stamps & dies, this paper is very usable for masculine cards by fussy cutting the tools. Just click on the highlighted words to check it out.

  SHOP:

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.

Colour Creations Blog Hop - Week 17 - Cherry Cobbler

 

Contributors to this blog hop are all members of Claire Daly's Art With Heart group. Every Wednesday night at 8p.m AEST we feature a fabulous Stampin' Up! colour, in alphabetical order.

Week 17 is Cherry Cobbler, from our regals collection and perfect for Christmas. I do suspect you will see a large number of Christmas projects this week. My colour choices are Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Wild Wheat.

As a demonstrator, I have been able to order early from the mini catalogue which goes live to customers on September 4th. Winterly Tree Tops is not strictly a Christmas stamp bundle as it has only more generic sentiments, which allowed me to include Greetings of the Season.

Another new stamp set I'm having fun with is Round We Go, a birthday/celebration stamp and die bundle which includes a die for the rosette behind the label. A new 3D textured embossing folder, Birchwood, has made an appearance on this card too!

This is my first Christmas card this year, it was so much fun to create and colour the pieces.

The amazing Christine Blain is next up, with another Christmas idea I do believe!

If at any time you find a broken link or would like to see a full list of participants, please head to the blog of our host of the AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop, Catherine Proctor.

Happy crafting,

CTC #483 CASE the Colours of To Market DSP

CASE-ing The Catty Crew are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from Australia & New Zealand who take inspiration weekly from the catalogues. The catalogues are a fantastic resource, and we love to inspire you to seek inspiration there too. 

It seemed a good idea to use this sketch for this week's colour challenge at CASE-ing the Catty because it has a number of parts to bring in the many colours in the To Market DSP. I managed to use each one: - Blackberry Bliss, Garden Green, Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Pie and Real Red.

Frosted Forest was the most recent bundle to arrive in my craft room, so it proved to be the perfect candidate. After stamping the tall tree, I used the masks and a blending brush to layer on the colours. Pecan Pie and Garden Green made their appearance here.

The natural, woody papers in Country Woods DSP really suit nature-inspired subjects like trees so I used two here. A Blackberry Bliss card base is a strong contrast with the Pumpkin Pie zig zag strip. It just left Real Red, so I dyed some white twine with a Real Red Stampin' Blend.

The bundle is an online exclusive, which mainly means you won't find it in a catalogue. It can be ordered through a demonstrator, and I am happy to help with that over the phone or click on the shopping link below to place your order.

Now it's your turn. We do request that the projects you submit have been created especially for this challenge. You can CASE directly or be inspired by a sketch/layout, colour combo or embellishment. Ask to join our Facebook group, and then add a picture of your CASE.

Next along the hop is my good friend, the talented Kathryn Mangelsdorf.

I have been an active Stampin' Up! demonstrator for 14 years, and thanks to my wonderful team, I am at Silver Elite level. One of the joys of crafting is sharing it with others, so I hold monthly classes both in my home and in the community. Do get in touch if you have questions about classes or Stampin' Up! products.

Craft & Chat Class Schedule to end of 2024 This is the schedule for Craft & Chat card classes. Classes are held in my craft room in South Morang, VIC. 2½ hours, $25, 3 cards & envelopes. You get to try out product, equipment and learn new techniques with guidance from me. Team members craft for free. There is nothing nicer than meeting new friends and crafting together. September 2024 Wednesday 4th 1pm-3:30PM Saturday 7th 1:30-4pm October 2024 Wednesday 2nd 1pm-3:30pm Saturday 5th 1:30-4pm November 2024 none, I am away seeing more of Australia. Again, if you have an idea which day you might be interested in, please let me know for my future planning. SHOP: 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.

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Week #4 Sketch With the Great American Stamping Show

 To help inspire my crafting I'm following along with the Great American Stampin' Show as they use the sketches from the catalogue as inspiration. This week it is sketch #4 and as usual, you do not have to follow strictly to the same formula. Use the sketch to inspire, and don't forget to send the cards you create.

The art piece is positioned to the far right of the card front, which I incorporated for my card. It creates a 'point of difference' to the usual layouts. Two banners at the bottom left are similar to the sketch, but I added the sentiment on a tag on top.

The Frosted Forest trees were coloured, minus the stamping step, and then die cut. There are so many ways this bundle can be utilised.

The bundle is an online exclusive, which mainly means you won't find it in a catalogue. It can be ordered through a demonstrator, and I am happy to help with that over the phone or click on the shopping link below to place your order.

I have been an active Stampin' Up! demonstrator for 14 years, and thanks to my wonderful team, I am at Silver Elite level. One of the joys of crafting is sharing it with others, so I hold monthly classes both in my home and in the community. Do get in touch if you have questions about classes or Stampin' Up! products.

Craft & Chat Class Schedule to end of 2024 This is the schedule for Craft & Chat card classes. Classes are held in my craft room in South Morang, VIC. 2½ hours, $25, 3 cards & envelopes. You get to try out product, equipment and learn new techniques with guidance from me. Team members craft for free. There is nothing nicer than meeting new friends and crafting together. September 2024 Wednesday 4th 1pm-3:30PM Saturday 7th 1:30-4pm October 2024 Wednesday 2nd 1pm-3:30pm Saturday 5th 1:30-4pm November 2024 none, I am away seeing more of Australia. Again, if you have an idea which day you might be interested in, please let me know for my future planning. SHOP: 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.

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Week #3 Sketch With the Great American Stamping Show

To keep me making cards for the next 6 months I'm following along with the Great American Stampin' Show as they use the sketches from the catalogue as inspiration. This week it is sketch #3 and as usual, you do not have to follow strictly to the same formula. Use the sketch to inspire.

This sketch idea has been used often by me and others over the years. This week I chose a scenic paper from Thoughtful Journey DSP and the great thing with this layout is how economical it is with the pretty paper. This is currently priced at 15% off, so you may want to add some to your order, I'm getting another pack as it is current through to end of April next year.

With 2.5cm strips, it is possible to get two cards from each 6" X 6" piece of paper. The first one has a Petunia Pop base to set off the clump of flowers in the foreground.

For the second card there is a white base, texture embossed background and a ribbon. A simple greeting to fit a circle of holes, which is one of the unusual dies in the Round We Go bundle.

Do you have a preference for one card or the other?

If you'd like to see what the GASS girls made, check this...

Brandi Barnard 

Shannon West

Julie Salva

Jodi

I have been an active Stampin' Up! demonstrator for 14 years, and thanks to my wonderful team, I am at Silver Elite level. One of the joys of crafting is sharing it with others, so I hold monthly classes both in my home and in the community. Do get in touch if you have questions about classes or Stampin' Up! products.

Craft & Chat Class Schedule to end of 2024 This is the schedule for Craft & Chat card classes. Classes are held in my craft room in South Morang, VIC. 2½ hours, $25, 3 cards & envelopes. You get to try out product, equipment and learn new techniques with guidance from me. Team members craft for free. There is nothing nicer than meeting new friends and crafting together. September 2024 Wednesday 4th 1pm-3:30PM Saturday 7th 1:30-4pm October 2024 Wednesday 2nd 1pm-3:30pm Saturday 5th 1:30-4pm November 2024 none, I am away seeing more of Australia. Again, if you have an idea which day you might be interested in, please let me know for my future planning.

 SHOP:

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.

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