Author: mmmstampintime

Last night I had a stall at the Dockside Twilight Markets – my very poor reason for not posting yesterday.

I did, however, post an image on my Instagram account of the stall and my new black and white banner. A huge thank you to my friend Katerina who cut and applied the letters to each of the flags. Then I laminated and trimmed them. It was just as well that I did because there was the chance of some rain.

Click on the link to have a peek:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI460ZzJ9Oa/

While there were lots of people milling around, things were quiet. I have met lots of other lovely vendors and it’s great to be able to have a chat between people popping by.

One lady did look for some Christmas packaging for some gifts. There were a couple of options but she wanted three gift boxes that were similar. There was one I had made using the RECTANGLE TINS from the AUGUST – DECEMBER MINI CATALOGUE. She also liked some of the papers from the MOST WONDERFUL TIME DSP.

So this was an opportunity to offer to make some for her Friday morning. She was very happy with that.

Here they are:

The gift cards are just 2″ square. I’m sure that the light pink coloured lip balms will look fabulous in these tins.

I hope that Jo likes them and her gift recipients as well.

This experience reminds me of the value of talking and listening. If I hadn’t, then I wouldn’t have been able to make these boxes.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make these tins. If you live in Australia, you can order any of them through me. I look forward to helping you place an order.

Banner Year Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [153464] $30.00	Most Wonderful Time Product Medley (En) [150705] $122.00	Rectangle Tins [153519] $21.00	Rococo Rose A4 Cardstock [150888] $15.25
Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad [150080] $13.00	Rococo Rose Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154900] $15.50	Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Detailed Trio Punch [146320] $35.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

While I was planning this week’s projects, I glanced across my stamp sets and BLOSSOMS IN BLOOM jumped out as being a lttle neglectd of late. Of course, the MANY LAYERED BLOSSOMS DIES have been equally forgotten.

So, I made three cards.

The first one uses Whisper White card stock and ADHESIVE SHEETS. I die cut two of the large floral outlines. The first one was placed into the centre of the card front. Then I pressed parts of the second die cut around the outer areas to fill the space and trimmed it back.

I added a pop of colour by stamping the birthday greeting in Rococo Rose before die cutting it using my go to STITCHED RECTANGLES DIES.

The inside of the card and the front of the envelope were stamped with one of the single flowers.

For the second card I inked up the large floral stamp and spritzed it with some water, giving a water coloured effect.

I cut aother of the floral outline dies and positioned it over the stamped image. Then several of the single flowers were cut. the ADHESIVE SHEETS make it so easy secure the flowers without getting sticky fingers.

The inside of the card and the envelope front were stamped the same was as the first card.

The final card shares similarites with the first two, although definitely more colour this time.

The image was stamped using the Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad onto Rococo Rose card stock. The floral outline was die cut in the same colour. This time I only used one die cut flower, in Pretty Peacock.

I added some BUTTERFLY GEMS and stamped the greeting in Pretty Peacock. The final touch was to pop a piece of SCALLOPED LINEN RIBBON in the same gorgeous colour.

It was a nice way to spend the morning making these cards – using the same products in similar ways.

How do you enjoy your mornings?

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make these cards. If you live in Australia, You can order any of them through me. Let me know if you would like me to help you with an order.

Blossoms In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152684] $38.00	Many Layered Blossoms Dies [153582] $78.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $61.00	Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] $15.25	Rococo Rose A4 Cardstock [150888] $15.25
Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $17.50	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $13.00	Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad [150080] $13.00	Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad [101731] $14.00	Butterfly Gems [152481] $11.25
Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Water Painters [151298] $21.00	Stampin' Spritzer [126185] $5.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Take Your Pick [144107] $17.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

I am grateful to every one of my customers because they support my small, growing business.

For those customers who place an order with me, each month, I look forward to sending them one of my hand crafted Thank You cards at the beginning of the following month. If their order qualifies, I also send them a small gift.

One of my goals is to participate in Blog Hops and Challenges more regularly. The DEMONSTRATOR TRAINING PROGRAM BLOG HOP is a great way for me to achieve this.

Each month, the blog hop theme is CUSTOMER THANKS – such a great way to know that I have cards ready to send.

I have LOTS of feminine thank you cards and know that I need many more that are not as gender specific. This was the goal I had for this blog hop – create Thank You cards that could be sent to all my customers – men and women.

For these cards, I used the BEST YEAR and PATTERN PLAY STAMP SETS.

These cards are all about stamping. As you can see I used only two of the patterned stamps from the PATTERN PLAY STAMP SET. And, the cards are all about colour combinations. I definitely got my fingers inky!

The sentiment is from the BEST YEAR STAMP SET. I placed a post-it note over the bottom half of the stamp and then inked up the top half – Thank You.

The STITCHED RECTANGLE DIES had a perfectly-sized die to cut it out. I popped them up using a few STAMPIN’ DIMENSIONALS.

These cards are ready to send to my December customers, in January. I hope that my customers like them!

Make sure you hop along and see all the other projects:

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the product I used to make these cards. If you live in Australia, I would be happy to help you order any of them.

Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English) [152568] $35.00	Pattern Play Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [152523] $28.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock [121683] $15.25
Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $15.25	Cinnamon Cider A4 Cardstock [153083] $15.25	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $15.25	Just Jade A4 Cardstock [153084] $15.25
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] $15.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Pacific Point A4 Card Stock [116202] $15.25	Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] $15.25	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889] $15.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $13.00	Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad [153114] $13.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $13.00
Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad [153115] $13.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $13.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $13.00	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $13.00
Whisper White C6 Envelopes [106588] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00