Tap, Tap Tap - It's Your Birthday!

When tidying my shelves, I'm reminded of stamps I loved a year ago, but neglect in the rush to use new ones. Repeating part of the formula from yesterday, there is a carryover stamp paired with a new one. If you count the inside, there's a long-retired stamp there too - 'wishing you' from Wacky Wishes combines so beautifully with the latest release Birthday Blossoms. Colour Me! came up with an inspiring colour scheme and I thought the sketch By Jen T at Freshly Made Sketches gave me lots of space to work with. However, keeping in mind that FMS like clean cards, I haven't cluttered it up too much.

Tap, Tap. Tap is the carryover stamp set, and I've used the typewriter and some of the letters on the Coastal Cabana background. Endless Birthday Wishes have some small typed-style words and two of them were added to the sheet of paper in the typewriter. Birthday wasn't one of the sentiments included in Tap, Tap, Tap.

The tiny flower from Something To Say seems to blend with the other blossoms quite well and adds a bit more pizzazz, along with the rhinestones. Having mentioned the inside, I s'pose I should share it! Sorry, I'm having camera issues with the flash not firing at the same time as the shutter releases. Hope its not serious as I head to Europe shortly.

Thanks for dropping by

Cheers

Rachel

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Easter Joy (And Chocolate!) JAI#255

I abandoned my plans for this afternoon to CASE Bronwyn Eastley and make these 'Egg Thrones' . Check out Bronwyn's blog, AddINKtive designs, because she's bound to inspire you in some way too. Now mine are not as gorgeous as Bron's, but I'm a relative newcomer to 3D projects, and I would have liked more time to sit and experiment with the decorating more. Nevertheless, I'm EXCITED that I've actually achieved something for Easter giving!

And even though Bronwyn's gorgeous creation is in the gallery at Just Add Ink, for ovals or eggs, I still wanted to share my simple little 'egg' there too.

After searching online for tutorials on egg throne's to get me started, something seemed a bit 'off' with the measurements of the first one so I've spent a bit of time tweaking to sort the problem. 

The 'throne' section was a little bit too big for the front and back, which must be just under 2 inches to fit into the Tag Topper Punch. It seems fairly good now, although maybe its been adjusted a little TOO much (Elegant Eggplant thrones). I am trying to write a tutorial for future reference, so hopefully I will have it sorted soon. 

Bunnies are my plan for the next ones. How would you decorate yours?

Cheers

Rachel

Island Birthday RS #117 SSC#77

Today I've made a birthday card using the clean, layered sketch at Retro Sketches and some beautiful colours, as suggested by Sunday Stamps Color Challenge. I do rather like the inspiration picture, it reminds me of old European doorways, such lovely, rustic entries.
SUO Challenges have suggested 'stamping in the background', instead of DSP.

The grungy  door surround in the picture inspired me to ink up an embossing folder with Sahara Sand, and instead of pushing it through the Big Shot, I used my brayer to press the colour onto the card. I like the effect it has given, and I think I'm going to try it some more now. The Embossing Folder I inked up was Alphabet Press, the one on the belly band strip is Arrows.

I've used a piece of Pacific Point paper from International Bazaar DSP, and a scrap of Bermuda Bay from Kaleidoscope DSP. I have to say, this is a really pleasing colour combination, which I haven't used before. Not much stamping either, just a greeting from retired Wacky Wishes, so I didn't even get inky today!

 I'm a bit excited too, it's a long weekend in most of Australia, with Monday a holiday for Queen's Birthday.
Have a great weekend
Rachel

Birthday Owl and Spiders!

My summer holiday is over!

So sad to be going back to my regular day job tomorrow, I like being a "free spirit" flitting here and there with plenty of time to read, garden, craft and socialise.

Before I become totally disciplined again, I wanted to share a couple of birthday cards.



     Owl Occasions 

                       

 This stamp has been available for the past 4 months, but cannot be ordered after this coming Thursday (31st January) so ring or email me promptly if you think you too would like to own this one. 128003 $37.95 for clear mount, 128000 $46.95 for wood mount.

#3 grandson, who will be 3 on February 14th, has a bit of a 'thing' for that owl character in a TV show. (I'm being slightly cautious in case there is a copyright issue). I'm hoping my card featuring the Party banner, branch, balloon and owl from Owl Occasions and the "3rd Birthday" from Memorable Moments is a big hit with him.

Memorable Moments was one of the gifts I came away with from last year's convention in Canberra, and I've found it very useful with all those numbers, plus an rd, nd,th, and st as well as Happy, Anniversary, Birthday and a label outline. It is on page 139 of the annual catalogue if you'd like to take a closer look.

Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise and Lucky Limeade are the colour choices for this card.

Jar Of Spiders

I had lots of fun creating this card for #1 grandson's birthday, exactly one week after his cousin's.

I used three stamp sets for this one, and DSP Comfort Cafe, which is in the Annual catalogue and available till the end of June this year.

The spiders and web come from Googly Ghouls, page 27 of the Holiday catalogue, finishing this week.

The jar is from Perfectly Preserved, page 29 of the Holiday Catalogue (but this one is carrying over, at least for another few months).

The 'happy' on this card is from a cute Hostess set on page 200 of the Annual Catalogue, Wacky Wishes, yours free to purchase with your hostess dollars if your order reaches $300.

The number and 'birthday' are again from Memorable Moments and I used the frame stamp from that stamp set and the matching size in Framelits to hold the greeting. Crumb Cake and Midnight Muse were the main colours, with a touch of Cajun Craze

Thought you might like to see a close up view.

Ordering is Easy

If you live anywhere in Australia you can place your Stampin' Up! order through me and it can be shipped right to your door (by Australia Post) for 5% of your order total, minimum shipping $5.95. If you click on the catalogue symbols on the sidebar you can view them online. The 25th Anniversary catalogue will be uploaded after it goes"live" late this week.Sale-a-bration has begun, so for each $100 of your order you get to choose one item from 19 exclusive stamp sets, designer patterned paper, or buttons & ribbon.

If you have a $300 order, you receive $50 hostess dollars to spend on ANY items in our catalogues but can choose the EXCLUSIVE hostess stamp sets too, you receive your choice of 3 sale-a-bration items and you will also get a pack of two sheets of 12" by 12" silver glimmer paper (for Stampin' Up's 25th anniversary).

The Holiday Catalogue finishes on 31st January and the new 25th Anniversary Catalogue commences on 1st February.

If you need any of the brochures, you can contact me by email or txt/phone 0417500681.

Keep on stamping,

Rachel