Tag: 2016-2017 ANNUAL CATALOGUE

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WEATHER TOGETHER …

December 4, 2016

Stampin’ Up! has a WEATHER TOGETHER stamp set and UMBRELLA WEATHER framelits die set in the 2016-2017 Annual Catalogue.

There are lots of cards and project ideas available to use as project inspiration – from the catalogue itself, Google images, Pinterest … and these are all a great place to start.

After that, I begin to think about how I can use these in other creative ways … here are my projects …

Top left card … totally CASEd from the catalogue [p.55]

Bottom right card … inspired by Breast Cancer Awareness …

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Using the umbrella frame stamp in a different way … upside down to collect raindrops …

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… I haven’t made a Magic Slider Card in a long time …. time to reveal …

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… a brighter side to the raindrops before.

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So, after ‘typically’ uses of the stamps, what else can you do?

Try turning things around …

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Before this card was made, the original idea came from television – Charlie and the Chocoloate Factory was being advertised as a film to be screened in the next week or so. I had been playing with this round stamped shape and realised that it was just like an EVERLASTING GOBBSTOPPER …so this was the first project …

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Please note that the background was created using an inked acrylic block as demonstrated by Rich at On Stage Live.

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SNEAK PEEK #4 … PARTY ANIMAL

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When I arrived at Onstage Live, on the first morning, I loved the signpost in the foyer of the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre … and was immediately drawn to PARTY ANIMAL [not that I really am one … but it sounds like so much fun!]

After I returned to my full time job as a teacher …

a friend at work asked if I could make a birthday card for her son, Finn, who is soon to turn six. He loves Jack in the Box styled toys … and she thought a recent wedding card, I had made for the daughter of close friends, could be the basis of his card …

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[We missed Caitlin and Bryn’s wedding as we were travelling in the US … so a special card needed to be made!].

So, I took this 3D card idea and pumped it up … a box, inside a box, inside a box, with something jumping out … and used Party Animal DSP and embellishments from the upcoming Occasions Catalogue, as well as the Balloon Adventure stamp set, alongside current annual catalogue products.

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I love the OPEN ME ALREADY stamp … so totally cool!

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I hope that Finn enjoys seeing his balloons escape when he removes the last lid …

The gift box, on the outer lid, was made using one of the framelits from the LOVE NOTES FRAMELITS DIES – it is one of two mini-envelope dies and is a great die to use for creating a small box.

This custom 3D card really gave me a buzz to create …

After a little ‘show and tell’ with this card, I am about to start working on a card for another friend at work … her granddaughter Grace is soon to turn one and I will make a special event card for her … I plan to use paper from the FALLING IN LOVE DSP pack.

 

 

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FLORAL PHRASES & FLORAL BOUTIQUE BUFFET

This Sunday will be my first card making buffet … a bit like a card making class with eight different card options on the menu!

The menu will feature the gorgeous Stampin’ Up! Floral Phrases stamp set and Floral Boutique DSP [Designer Series Paper for anybody new to my blog or to Stampin’ Up!]. We will also use other products … such as the Detailed Floral Thinlits … for these cards.

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Basic buffet choices – $20 for four cards  of your choice and some light refreshment …. and a further $4 per additional card. Contact me secure your reservation!

Here are some sneaky views from the cards on offer …

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 lots of layers to give some dimension to a simple card

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a pull-out card [that’s the name I give it!]

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original card idea – adding a little texture from the Best Birds stamp set

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a Stamping Pretty card idea with my own embellishment idea – layering flowers cut from the Flourish Thinlits set

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CASEd from Tamie … using a different sentiment

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a fusion of lots of ideas seen online … with my own touches …

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incorporating some copper into the theme …

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CASEd from the 2016-2017 catalogue … with a slight twist with washi

My thanks to the creative talents of Mary Fish [Stamping Pretty], Valerie Moody, Sarah-Jane Rae, Tamie Ackerson and the incredibly creative team at Stampin’ Up! [for all the projects we are inspired by in all our catalogues] … I have been inspired by or CASEd your projects for this class …

and I hope that many of you enjoy the elements I have created for this weekend’s fun!

The buffet on show …

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