I’ve been really busy these school holidays getting ready for the next Southern Crafter Market held on the 19th and 20th July at the Velodrome, Invercargill. New Zealand.
The new Hamburger die from Stampin’ Up! has been very popular, and I’ve made nearly 160 of the boxes.
All of the above boxes have been cased from some very talented demonstrators except the Panda bear, which is my own design. I’ve made between 9 and 13 of each of these boxes. Lots of fun!!
These four way Easel Cards were very fun to make!! All made with Stampin’ Up! products although some retired card stock and stamps have been used.
The first two cards above are all the rage at the moment with the easy “sunburst technique”. The gorgeous butterfly card is made using instructions from the fabulous Tami White, using the Stampin’ up Bitty Butterfly punch and Papillon matching Potpourri Stamp set.
The first card is made by stamping the flowers / leaves in Whisper White craft ink, then using the matching framelits, make a mask with the Big Shot. The mask is placed over the matching flower / leaf and sponging over with classic ink. Very effective.
The third card was sent to me by my lovely up-line Vicki Were, I cased the card and we made it in class last Saturday, using Crushed Curry as the main colour, and sponging all edges. This used the lovely stamp set “Happy Day”.
This set of 3 cards are made using the new Pansy punch and matching Flower Shop stamp set. The original design was by Rhonda Price, she used the Fancy Fan embossing folder, I changed it to using the Woodgrain Embossing folder.
The first card is made using strips of cardstock, layered onto a plain piece of card, this was then run through the Big Shot with an embossing folder. In this case the new Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder. The ribbon is the new 2013-2015 in colour Ruffle Stretch Trim, with the ribbon stretching, it made it a breeze to attach to the back of the cardstock circle. The clay rose was coloured with Coastal Cabana to match the ribbon.
The next card was cased from Patti Long Bossi and also uses the new Pansy Punch and matching Flower Shop Stamp set.
The last card is loosely cased from Pamela Staples, and was fun to make. Once again it uses the Pansy Punch and Flower Shop Stamp set. This time the flower was stamped on vellum using Versamark and embossed with White embossing powder. The flower was coloured in on the back side of the vellum with Stampin’ Up! markers.
Invercargill Velodrome
Thank you to all my customers who visited my at my market stall this weekend. I had a fantastic weekend and look forward to seeing you all again at my next market.
Recently I was asked to make a set of 6 cards to farewell colleagues from my work.
All the cards were made using Stampin’ Up! products, and new In Colours from the lastest 2012 – 2013 Stampin’ Up! Catalogue. The cards were extra large cards designed so that fellow colleagues could write their messages inside. All cards had a bit of extra bling with Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle dotted around or drawn on top.
This card was made using the full set of Floral Frames Collection Framelits, matching stamp set called Daydream Medallions, and the new Coastal Cabana coloured Cardstock. Background stamp set used was Flowering Flourishes.
This card uses the popular triple time stamping technique and the full set of Labels Collection Framelits. Stamp set used is my current favourite stamp set: Stippled Blossoms.
The next two cards use the large Swallowtail butterfly stamp. The first embossed in white embossing powder onto Whisper White cards stock, then sponged with various Stampin’ Up! classic inks. Small butterflies were stamped in Midnight Muse direct to the card, and also onto Whisper White card. They were punched out with the Elegant Butterfly punch and Bitty Butterfly punches.
The 2nd Swallowtail butterfly embossed in silver embossing powder onto vellum cardstock. The back coloured in with markers, fussy cut out and layered on the top of the card.
This card used the Secret Garden stamp set and matching Framelits. The background Lattice Bigz die was used for the trellis. Based card stock is the new Baked Brown Sugar In Colour, leaves and flowers were stamped in Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, and Strawberry Slush Classic Inks.
The final card was made using the Flowering Flourishes Stamp set, new air dried clay and flower molds. The flowers were coloured in after making by pressing them into a Strawberry Slush Classic Ink Pad.
