October Christmas Stamp-A-Stack

The first of this year's Christmas Stamp-A-Stacks (SASs) will be held in October.  I am offering the same workshop on two different days.  The dates for this SAS are Wednesday 16 October and Saturday 19 October from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm on both days.  The same cards will be made at both sessions.

At these workshops, you will make 8 cards (4 of each variety) with matching envelopes.  Cost for the SAS is $20.00 (cash) which includes all materials and afternoon tea.

If you are interested in joining us for this SAS please contact me by email on larkinjones@grapevine.com.au or by phone on 6251 4346.

Flower Pot cards

I have been playing with ideas I have filed away over the years and these Flower Pot cards are one of those.

They have a base shaped like a flower pot and an insert with images on the top.  This insert is pulled up from the card and has room for a message.

They are fun cards to make and have lots of potential for variation.

Bunches of Flowers

I came across this idea on Pinterest one day and then my friend Allira showed me a card she had made along similar lines.

The base of the card is a "zig-zag" and you just stamp and cut out as many images as you can and layer them along the top of the base.  The middle section needs images on the front and back so that it matches when the card is both open and shut.

For these examples I have used the old "Fifth Ave Floral" set as well as the new "Secret Garden" stamp set.  The advantage of the Secret Garden set is that it comes with matching Framelit dies so the cutting out is much quicker.

Swallowtail

 

I cased these cards from Marelle Taylor's website.  The stamp is called Swallowtail and is a large stamp and is great for colouring.

 I have used Cajun Craze and Tempting Turquoise as base colours for these cards and I have coloured them in using the SU pastels (no retired) although markers or daubers would also do the trick.



Welcome back

Welcome back to my blog.  After a number of months tied up with family matters and work I am now in a position to return to my crafting life and get some more workshops happening.

Workshops will recommence in late August and I will keep you posted with up coming events.

Looking forward to catching up with everyone again soon.

Cheers

Raining Flowers

Finally I have had some time to get my stamping gear out and have a play.  I spent the last couple of weekends tidying my room so that I could find all my gear again.  Job still not quite finished but I decided I had to use my 'Stampin' Scrub' again which meant I had to get some stamps dirty.

Last year I bought the stamp set called Raining Flowers (now retired) and I found this oh so simple design on the Splitcoast stampers gallery.

Just love this design and will continue to play with the idea with other images in that stamp set as they can all be used in 2 step stamping.

All products Stampin' Up

Cardstock: Crumb Cake

Inks: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Whisper White

Stamp sets: Raining Flowers, Flowering Flourishes and Sincere Salutations (retired)

Extras: clear embossing powder and versamark stamp pad

 



A Christmas Project

I made this 3D layout for my sister, Denise for Christmas.  I wasn't able to post it until after I had given it to her but now she has it here it is. 

I CASed the idea from Louise Edmonds after seeing in the Splitcoast Stampers gallery.  I used Rich Razzlebury and Lucky Limeade (retired) as my base colours and a variety of stamp sets, some current and some retired, to create this project.

I was pleased with the final result and so was Denise.




 

Dad's birthday card

I have made this card for my Dad who was so sick last year on his birthday we were sure he wouldn't see another!  But he has rallied and is back to his wonderful, chipper self at 83 years old in a couple of weeks.

The card uses a great stamp set called The Open Sea.  This stamp set came out in a mini catalogue last year and has reappeared in this year's regular catalogue.  I have used a colour scheme of Bashful Blue, Midnight Muse and Whisper White and I have also used some retired DSP that came out with the stamp set last year.

Let's hope this year treats Dad kindly and I get to make many more cards for him.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

Never Ending Card

I have prepared this Never Ending card for a small workshop I am holding with a couple of friends.

Never Ending cards are full of WOW factor. They fold and fold and fold and fold and each time they provide another wonderful combination of images.

On this occasion I have used one of my new stamp sets called Flowering Flourishes and a couple of images from the retired stamp set called Fresh Vintage. The colour combination is Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse and Very Vanilla which matches the pieces of the new DSP Comfort Cafe I have included on the card.

I have included images of three of the four stages of this card -  the fourth one keeps loading the wrong way round. I will try to upload it again later.  Even though you can only see three of the four folds you can see how each fold gives a completely different effect.

Concertina Card

Last week the Splitcoast Stampers tutorial was for a Concertina Card which sparked my interest.

I decided to have a go at making one and this is the result.  I have used a stamp set from last year's Sale-A-Bration called Fresh Vintage along with its matching DSP and the colour scheme used the retired Incolour, Peach Parfait.


The result is quite pleasing .  If you are interested in making this card Google Splitcoast Stampers tutorials and look for "Concertina Card".  One thing to think about though is that it takes most of a 12 x 12 sheet of DSP to complete.