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Crafty Creations 23rd June

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We certainly had some fun playing with the Embossing paste on Friday.  As you can see quiet an assembly line happening. Two Big Shots, 1 Cuttle bug, 1 Embossing station and a water bath for cleaning.  Thank goodness we had the big room.

June Crafty LadiesAs usual not a full crew but just as well with all the cutting and drying needed. In Whisper White:- 1 large Flower, 3 Branches, 3 Small flowers, 3 Medium flowers, 2 Autumn leaves. In Basic Black:- 2 Autumn Leaves, all from the Seasonal layers Thinlit Dies.  The largest flower is from the retired Botanical Builder but I will still be using it for a long time, that’s for sure.

We didn’t experiment with colours but just practiced with the embossing paste for today. Colouring later!

Paste Flowers

Irma added a sentiment, the original didn’t have a sentiment,  and used some coloured diamenties to highlight her card.   The largest flower is from the retired Botanical Builder but I will still be using it for sure.

Every one managed to create a finished card despite dealing with a new technique!

Well done ladies.

Product List

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

$12.25
Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.00
Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

$56.00
Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Stamp Set

$47.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00
Pattern Party Decorative Masks

$10.00
Embossing Paste

$11.50
Big Shot

$159.00
Glue Dots

$8.00
Pearl Basic Jewels

$8.75
Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

Botanical Builder Framelits Dies
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$56.00

Swirly Birds Meets Happy Birthday Gorgeous.

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Remember that training session a few weeks ago that I mentioned a couple blogs back? Well that was the place I made this little card.

The original was cased from the new Catalogue —-fabulous Catalogue isn’t it?

IF YOU HAVEN’T HAD A LOOK ON LINE OR SECURED YOUR COPY JUST GET IN CONTACT WITH ME AND I WILL SEE YOU GET ONE ASAP!

Don’t be the last to have such fabulous ideas and creativity at your finger tips.

The original image on page 10 was the inspiration combined with pge 171 but the end was ..well …pink and white with a dash of green

It was started off by creating a background with Sweet Sugar Plum on Shimmery White White CS using the Watercolour technique, with the Aqua painter and Sweet Sugar plum.

Then I added the Swirly Die Cuts, cutting off the overlaps on edges. Stamped Hello There from Pieces and Patterns Stamps and also the flowers from Happy Birthday Gorgeous and adhered to the card.

For more details head to Vicky’s Blog for a tutorial.

Thanks again Vicky for being a great up line.

Scribbles meets Happy Birthday

Product List

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Photopolymer Stamp Set
Pieces & Patterns Clear-Mount Stamp Set
Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
Shimmery White A4 Card Stock
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock
Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad
Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad
Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad
Twine Baker's Whisper White
Rhinestone Basic Jewels

May Technique Treats.

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What now?

Usually I would showcase the Weekly Deals on a Wednesday but like many other products it has retired. Speaking of which there are still bargains to be had HERE for Stamps and HERE for other products.

But there is still some exciting happenings. Vicky and I have created our 4th Technique Treat. This time showcasing the very versatile and timeless Lovely as a Tree.  The  Techniques Featured are Sponging and Heat Embossing.  Both beautiful Techniques that work well on numerous cards.

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Thank you to those who have been enjoying these Tutorial and I encourage those of you who are hesitating to just give it a go and purchase this one as you won’t be disappointed. They are all beautiful cards and techniques that you can use over and over, even if I do say so myself.

So pop over to HERE and get yours NOW! No more procrastinating! Creating awaits!

Good luck.  Naomi C.

Shaver Cream Landscape

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Hope you all Lauren 2016had a Happy  Easter and didn’t eat too much chocolate!  We had a great time with an Easter Egg hunt and a virtual Happy Easter with all the Tassie Relatives. How cute is this one. Our youngest Grandaughter  Lauren in her Bunny Suit.

OK! Enough frivolity. The other week when I was doing the challenge cards one of the Shaver Cream Papers just begged me to create a landscape. So I did. I used the  In The Meadow Stamp Set with Stazon.  For me the motion in the lower part of the card just seemed to compliment the swirls at the bottom of the mountain. Then blue happened for the sky. I popped in a little bit of foreground, added the sentiment on Vellum and tucked ends under. To make it pop I placed it onto Basic Black card stock.  How simple is that.

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It is a fun technique and can have some happy surprises like this one

Enjoy your last holiday day.

Bye.

Weekly Deals March

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That time of the week again but I do have a little treat for you as well. Vicki has kindly posted this delightful card complete with tutorial.

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It features the Shaving cream technique from our Technique treats March Offer.

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Why not head over to Sunshine Cards and Creations to see more details .

Now what’s on offer this week. Some beautiful papers, a must have square punch and you can never have enough Gold Ribbon.

Why no pop over to my shop now and grab a bargain.

Sale: $21.00

Price: $28.00

Sale: $15.75

Price: $21.00

Sale: $6.56

Price: $8.75

Happy Crafting Everyone.
Take Care Naomi.
PS   “Remember be yourself because everyone else is taken.”

Fluttering Butterflies.

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Thanks for dropping by.

We had a larger class today at Crafty Creations at the Community Center, with two new ladies attending. They, like most  people, were a bit unsure at the start but quickly settled in and surprised themselves with their lovely cards. Well done  ladies!

We quickly put our heads to the task of creating, with the very versatile stamp set, Timeless Textures as the background stamp from the Occasions Catalogue. Fun was had stamping on and stamping off just to create that right depth of background on Whisper White Card Stock.

Next came the butterflies, Papillon Potpourri, an older favorite of mine, and the Butterfly Thinlits die.  Add a sentiment Simply Wonderful (Retired) and some pearls and… voila card created. The card stock we used were Hello Honey, Cajun Craze and Mossy Meadow with matching inks as well as Smokey Slate and Memento Black inks.

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The sample cards by me.

 

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Haven’t they all done well!!

Hope you can pop back next week and see what these ladies get up to.

In between just click on an item to add it to your next purchase and surprise yourself with your creation ability. The offer of a  free product with an order of $90.00 is still available.

I just received the fantastic glitter tape for my freebie and it is so much shinier in reality I can’t wait to use it.

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Tea Times New Venture

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I mentioned that there was some excitement in the air and so there is. I have just been appointed to lead the Crafty Creations Card Group at the Community Center in Caloundra. It has been very ably run by Vicki Wright for the last 8 years and she will be sadly missed, big shoes to fill.

As this has come about a bit faster than I had envisioned, (which is why I missed last Monday’s Blog) I have created a shaker card that symbolises the “shaking up of things” and as the ladies enjoy a cuppa the lovely tea pot from the Cup and Kettle Framelits Die seemed perfect.

I must confess  Nicol Tugurl posted one similar on  Pinterest

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Tea Times New Venture

The ladies were all very creative with their cards and enjoyed the challenge. They could see that the image needed a background that had some life but not too busy as in the reverse of this DSP. It is lovely but not the best way of showcasing the teapot.

I love the way the spout fills up as you tip the card back and forth. The “tea” is just glitter from the $2.00 shop. Silver, gold and bronze mixed.

If you check back at a later date I will have posted the tutorial. Thank you for stopping bye.

Thank you

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Thank you’s with a thank you to Kathie Durgan. Some things are just so timely, call it Karma, coincidence, meant to be but just as my free papers arrived and I needed some thank you cards for stampers Kathie created a post.

I immediately grabbed the papers and my Envelope Maker and reproduced these cards, with a couple of variations. thankyou

Quick and Easy.Using Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Sunburst Sayings Stamp Set. .Just below for tutorial on how to make the bow.

Making a bow

Punch board bow

 

Botanicals Play Day

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I’ve just had a lovely time with my up line Vicky finalising our Technique Treats launch, scheduled for Saturday 6th February. There will be a sneak peek on Wednesday 3rd to let you all in on the secret. Be sure to log in then!

Once we had the business side of things out of the way we were good to play.

I created this card using the masking Technique and the Brights colours. I just love the POP! they give to any card.

Your free tutorial is here.Botanicals

Hope you have as much fun making it as I did.

Bye CU next Wednesday!!

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If you are missing any of the products below to make this card just give them a click and you will be taken straight to my store where you can shop for them all. Just happy to help your creativity shine!

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Happy Sale-A-Bration Day Aus!`

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Meg’s Ginger Bag – Sale-A-Bration

 

Tuesday, 5th January 2016

Happy New Catalog Day!

YES! Today is the first day we can finally order from the new Stampin’ Up! catalog!

Now you can get your hands on some of the delightful new products.

Just like this little Ice cream.

Having made the “A Nice Cuppa” for Meg I was browsing through the Sale-A-Bration catalogue and spied the bag on page 147. Just the thing for her chocolate coated ginger!!

Birthday Bouquet DSP Papers.
Birthday Boutique DSP

A quick bag make with the Stampin’Up! Birthday Boutique DSP papers  with the Gift Bag Punch Board. Three other pieces were cut with the Banner Framelit Die.  Rang all three layers through big Shot with the smallest eyelet from Chalk Talk at the top. Stamped image in Crumb Cake on Whisper White from Honeycomb Happiness Stamp Set and again on Pink Pirouette Card Stock in Pink Pirouette ink. Cut out the  ice cream and adhered to cone image.  Stamped Greeting from Honey comb Happiness. Peeled the paper off back of tiny ball of Honeycomb Embellishments and placed on ice cream.  Covered peg with  tiny strip DSP then  Tied a bow in Whisper White bakers twine and all done.

Meg was delighted with not only the chocolates but the cute bag they came in.

Off to put in an order.

Happy Creating.

PS: Have just created my first Newsletter, filled with whats happening in my world,  a few tips and the latest Stampin’ up! news.  Contact me if you are interested  in receiving one.

PPS This is the free stamp set that was used to create this bag can be yours also when you spend $90.

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