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Crafty Creations February 16th Epic Celebrations

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This week the class was divided into two groups, with each group working on a different card. I decided to do this as the stamps from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue are so beautiful  but some take a while with double stamping and showcasing different techniques.  Our class time was running out and nothing spoils a good crafting session than feeling under pressure to hurriedly stamp and pass things on. 

One group worked on the Lots of Lavender and one with the Epic Celebration, both from the S-A-B catalogue and available FREE with purchase of  $90.00 worth of products from here.

They made an Eclipse card using the Happy Birthday Die and the Epic Celebrations.  Quiet a delicate operation as there are many little pieces to glue back into the card and as sometimes happens it didn’t all go to plan. But as you can see all the cards look great. One has the Happy Birthday removed and not replaced and one has the Happy Birthday recut in Bermuda Bay.

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This was the original and so much fun to make.

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Our second card featured the Lots of Lavender and 3 ladies made this one.

It required some double stamping and embossing with the Petal Pair Textured Embossing Folder which is tucked into the side of page 23 in the Occasions Catalogue.

They will all swap next week, so come back then and see what the two groups have done.

Even though I email images to each member before the class sometimes just seeing the real article gives off more ideas of how the stamp set can be used so we will see if we have any new creative ideas appear next week.

Till then Naomi.

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Crafty Creations February 2nd

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Hi all!

Have you  been reading some negative comments about this stamp set and dies that it’s too difficult?  Well we used the Let The Good Times Roll and Thrill Ride Pop Up and our little  group proved today that that is so wrong. Everyone managed to complete their card in the 2 hrs allotted.

Mind you I did do a fair amount of prep, stamping and cutting out the cars, balloons, presents, flags and banners. Just as well I did because we had 6 of our regular team, 2 new ladies and one marvelous young man and his carer.

His name was Ben and he was delighted to create the card for his Mum. We even found an “I love you Mum” stamp in the Thoughtful Banners Stamp Set.  We weren’t able to take a photo of Ben’s card as he became a bit tired and left when he had completed his card. Well done Ben. Hope to see you again.

For the front of the card we used the Lift Me Up stamp set so that half the class could be working on the front of the card and the others on the insert. We tied it in with a air balloon above the roller coaster.

So if today is your day why not have a go yourselves. The children I have given this card too have loved it and the older young at heart as well.

Take care, travel safe till next post

Naomi alias Nanny Stamp

 

The Dancing Internet

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Why is the internet dancing? You may well ask!

Because today is the beginning of the new Catalogue and all the bloggers are doing this!!  Letting you know what a great time it is to purchase stamps and get some genuine free stuff.  You can order from any current Stampin’ Up! products to build up your $90.00 from the Occasions Catalogue, the Holiday Carry Over, the Clearance Rack and the 2016-2017 Annual Catalogue. Then you will qualify for free product.

What do they look like? Download the PDF from the Sale-A-Bration image below.

But that’s not all. The other great offer is for you to join Stampin’ Up! and reap the benefits. Ask me about it! join

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Stay posted to see what I have made the coming weeks from my freebies.

Cheers Naomi

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Botanical Blooming Garden

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Hope you are enjoying the Pretty Paper Patterns for this month. I love the Pop of Pink, so vibrant and uplifting.ppp after text
Life is fairly hectic here at the moment as I am about to head off to Tasmania to visit with my son and his family for a week. I have 3 grandchildren having birthdays!!! . You will love the cards, made with the Shopkin people when I post them.

But in between I thought you might like to view this little number. It’s a folded box card that stands alone and folds flat to post. There is space on the back for a greeting.

It uses the very popular  Botanical Blooms Stamp set and the matching Botanical Builder Dies  I made it with Vicky one weekend. The DSP is  from the Occasions Catalogue.

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Pretty Front
Side fold view.

Price: $169.00

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Happy Crafting. Naomi.

Launch for Pretty Paper Patterns

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Hello people. A few blogs ago I mentioned that Vicky and I were taking another adventure in offering you more easy ways to create.
Well! Today is the day you can get your hands on our New Pretty Paper Patterns Tutorials.

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What are we offering? What’s in it for me? What can I do with them? I hear you question.

Since coming into the creative world of Stampin’ Up! card making, one of the things that has impressed me is the amount of beautiful Designer Series Papers or DSP for short that is available.
So like most of you I have my “Stash” and yes some I had been reluctant to cut into, they are so beautiful. Others I wasn’t sure how to use. Some colours/patterns “just weren’t me” so were wasted. Well not any more! I now know exactly what to do to showcase both my cards and the DSP.

When you join us you too can feel this confidence and reassurance that it all works together.

These Tutorials will showcase DSP while at the same time teach you how to create pretty cards using DSP in different ways. Remember you don’t have to have the same DSP as we have used. Use what you have in your Stash as this is going to be a great way to use up all your stash.

Cost $3.20 (AUD)

Benefits –

Learn how to use your DSP in fun ways
Card Sketches for future use
Tutorials for future use – just change out the stamps or DSP
Use all that stash of DSP
Cards will be a mixture of male, female, kids, etc

Included –

Card Sketch – use the same sketch over & over with different DSP & Stamps
Step by Step Tutorial for 3 cards
Supplies List for each Card
Measurements – Metric & Imperial

To purchase your Tutorial, head on over to the “Pretty Pattern Paper” Page, click on buy now or contact me via email for other arrangements.

What have you to loose.

All the work is done for you and it isn’t even the price of a coffee!!

Wait there’s a bonus!

Vicki is also offering you a free tutorial here to just get you started.

137. To a Wonderful Grandmother – Botanical Blooms

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Today’s the day.

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Yes! Our April Technique Treats are awaiting you.Excited, We are!!

This stamp set Birthday Blooms just lends itself so perfectly to the Stained Glass technique, elevating the stamp set to a new level and wait till you see the vellum butterflies. You are going to want to grab your set.

Your friends will be awe struck when you make a card for them using this technique. Bearing in mind that there are 4 cards to be made for each kit,  plus two  Techniques, this month Vellum and Stained Glass. Together with instructions and index delivered to your inbox all making for great value for just $4.00.

So pop over to the Technique Treats Page and grab your PDF and start creating.

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If this is your first visit you can still purchase the previous months by clicking on their Buy button.

If you are interested but don’t want to use  PayPal  please Contact me to make alternate arrangements for purchase and Payments.

Happy Stamping Naomi!

Thank you, for stopping bye.

Sneak Peek and Weekly Deals

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Welcome to Wednesday,

Soon going to have to blog every day, so much happening in my crafting world. Again I have two happy occurrences. Firstly our Sneak Peek.A big thank you too those who purchased last months  Technique Treats  I hope you are excited at this months offer too.

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This month our focus has been on the very elegant “Birthday Blooms” Stamp Set from the 2016 Occasions Catalogue.  In creating these cards for you we have focused on Using Vellum and the Stained Glass Technique.

As, with most floral stamp sets, these can be used for many different occasions but, can you see the little tag on bottom LHS, this set is just perfect for Mother’s Day (which in Australia is celebrated the 1st Sunday in May).

These Treats will teach you how to get the most out of your stamps and supplies. We even include a layout for you to create your own Technique Book which includes a list of products used for each technique and a separate page for your samples.

Inspiration delivered to your inbox!

Each Technique Treat  will highlight 2 different techniques used on 4 cards but using one stamp set. Each month we will be showcasing a different stamp set.

Techniques for this month:-

  • How to build a Technique Book
  • Re-Inkers
  • Aqua Painter

Benefits:-

  • Step-by-step colour instructions for each card.
  • All the hard work is done for you!
  • Keep up to date with current trends
  • Inspiration! You will be amazed at how easy it is!
  • Technique Book designed to keep you coming back again and again
  • Technique Book for future reference

For only $AUD4.00 you will receive a PDF file to create containing.

  • A list of supplies required to complete 4 cards
  • Measurements for each card – Metric and Imperial
  • Step-by-step instructions required for each card
  • Technique Tutorial with step-by step instructions
  • Cover sheet for your technique book
  • Technique Index for you to place in the front of your book, for you to update each month.

Love learning new techniques? Want to get the most of your stamps? Not sure how to do techniques? Want to revisit a technique but you have forgotten how?

Then join us on Saturday  2nd April when we post our April Treat using the “Birthday Blooms” Stamp showcasing the Vellum and Stained Glass Window Techniques.

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OK have you read down this far?  Excellent because now you can see the Weekly Deals for this week.

No challenge as I have decided to keep challenge to fortnightly so please come back next week to see what’s on offer. See you then. Bye!

 

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.

Crafty Creations 18th March

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Pleased to see our two new ladies enjoyed themselves enough to return this week.  Well done Ladies.

Having had a couple requests for other uses with the Envelope Board besides Envelopes and with Easter fast approaching it seemed an ideal time to make a box. There have been many examples of this bag in a box on Pinterest.com  so I won’t name names today, just a thank you to all who post there.
We used the Have A Cuppa DSP and the Friends and Flowers Bundle for the Rabbit. Bunny feet were from Flower Flair Framelits  and the small oval punch. The tail is the tiny flower in the Botanical Builders Framelits. The 1” punch worked  for the head and rear end.
 The ears were colour in Pink Pirouette and the greeting just one I happened to have.

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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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