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LAUNCH COUNTDOWN … 10, 9, 8, 7 ….

The invitations have been sent …

… display samples have been made … make and takes have been designed … product playground samplers have been organised … scavenger hunt challenge has been finalised … product raffle opportunities have been arranged …

… make sure that you let me know if you plan to be here for the Occasions and Sale-a-bration Catalogues Launch, at my place, on January 15th … it is going to be an amazing day!

Here is an example of one of the display samples I have created for the day …

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FAREWELL …

December 10, 2016

It is always sad to say farewell to a friend from work and I will miss Felicity … especially from my card class.

So when I was asked to make her farewell card, for her faculty colleagues at the school we all teach at, I was very excited.

The design brief had three elements – peacocks, purples and teals … I knew straight away that I wanted to use the PAISLIES & POSIES stamp set … and watercolouring.

I was so pleased with the end result … and she liked it very much.

mmm … most satisfying!

It is lots of fun looking for ways to use our stamp sets and tools in different ways … making them so versatile!

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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.