Apple Cider designer paper.

Here's another one of the cards made at the S.A.T. we used some really yummy paper from the Apple Cider range in the current mini. The stamp set used is called 'True Friend' also from the current mini. We used Blue Bayoo ink and a Really Rust marker to ink the flower up, chocolate Chip ink was used with the sentiment stamp. I really liked this one, I think I felt a conection with it after cutting all the pieces out for the kits, so if yours weren't messured correctly you can blame me! I can't believe how blessed I am to have such a talented and generous upline as Makeesha, she makes us all believe in ourselves and gives us such encouragement. I only hope I can be as inspiring to my downline as she has been to hers. Yes that's right I now have some wonderful girls who have joined my team and I can't wait to share all the fun of Stampin'Up! with them. Hi To Lynne, Kelly, Leonora and Lori. Welcome to the Stampin'Up! family. Take care all, lots of inky hugs from...

more from the Stamp-A-Thon..

Hi All, I hope this finds you in good spirits. I thought you might like to see another one of the projects that we were lucky enough to make at Makeesha's S.A.T. We used the set called 'One of a kind' for this one and some of that yummy designer paper called 'Berry bliss'. Three diferent punches were used and they were as follows: the round tab, the spiral and the new Boho punch from the mini, for the flower in the center. Some Purely Pomegranate double stitched ribbon finished this very pretty card off.

Oh well I better get off to bed for some much needed sleep, another busy day tomorrow. Take care all, lots of inky hugs from...

A birthday card for Morgan

Hi All, Well the weather is certainly on the change and we are now having some really beautiful days filled with sunshine. My birds are in full song and very excited to see summer on her way, at night I can hear the magpies singing their chorus and the kangaroos are visiting our flowers at night for a midnight feast! I feel so blessed to be surrounded by all this wonderful nature.

This card was made a couple of weeks ago for my very special God daughter Morgan, it was her 7th birthday! I used the set called 'Birthday Whimsy' from the sale-a-bration catague last year. I had a spare so I gave her one to make some cards for her friends at school. She is a very artistic child and loves to draw and stamp "not much influence needed on the stamping either!" She comes up for card making lessons and we have great fun together. I used some really vibrant colours on this one and 'Bold Brights' had an outing. the cards stock is Pink Passion and Only Orange, I used some Green Galore brads to embellish it and I used Pumpkin Pie, Pixie Pink and Gable Green ink. A small piece of designer paper from the old summer mini and a bit of cuttle bug embossing on the Pixie Pink card. I used the photo corner punch as well as the corner rounder. I got the idea for this card after looking on SCS, love that site. Oh well take care all and stay inky, lots of inky hugs from...

Clowning around!

Hello fellow blog surfers, I was inspired to have a go at this page after visiting my upline Makeesha's web-site. I changed things a bit but it's very similar to one she had done with her beautiful daughter in it. This is my eldest daughter Lori who is about to turn 21 in Sept.! the photo was taken in our garden back in the UK before we came to live in Australia. I used to do face painting at fetes and parties so I made a book with all the different face painting I had done. I have used the flitting by wheel in the background by inking it up on a Purely Pomegranate ink pad and wheeling it onto an 8x8 page of the same colour. I used some pretty in pink card stock to mount the photo onto and used the photo corner punch as well as the round tab punch to embellish the page. Some Purely Pomegranate ribbon and some pretty in pink brads finished of the embelisments as well as a stamp from the Define your life set with the word Perfect and it's deffinition, I also used two words from the flexible Phrases set, Precious and you. I stamped a few little insects from the Garden Whimsy set along the bottom of the page. I hope you like it, I certainly felt a pang of nostalgia when looking at it! Take care, lots of inky hugs from...

Another snip-it from the Stamp-A-Thon!

Hi All, I hope you all enjoyed your weekends, I didn't get much done but I did make my father's day card to send back to my dad in England. I promise to upload a picture of it soon.
This gorgeous little ensemble is one of the projects we all made at Makeesha's S.A.T. I had way too much fun that day and didn't really consentrate on what I was doing, hense nearly all my cards were a little different to the way they should have been! I still love all the things we made and I can't wait for next years. We used another one of my favourite sets called Piceless for this little card, it just seems to go so well with Regal Rose, it's as if they were made for each other. I love this little bag for the card to go in, I am a bit of a three D item girl and always demo one at every workshop I do. Oh well take care all you crafty people and thanks for visiting with me. Lots of inky hugs from...

Stipple Rose

Hello and happy Sunday to you all! I am having a very lazy day, just as you should on a Sunday. I thought I had already uploaded this card but when looking through the archives noticed that I hadn't, so here it is. I made this one with the 'Stipple Rose' Stamp which is one of the very few stamps that you can buy singularly apart from the background stamps. I first used this stamp at the first and only Stampin'Up! workshop that I went to and unfortunately the lady was very new to stamping and was not very knowledgable about Stampin'Up! products, I had taken my Mother-in-law along and she quite liked the stamp and baught it. She has never used it, so I thought I would put it to good use last week when I was asked to do a demo for a lovely group of ladies, they specifically asked for old fashioned cards so this is one of them I showed. I promise tomorrow I will not put up more brown! Take care all and stay crafty. Lots of inky hugs from....

Always

Hi Every one, I hope this finds you all enjoying your weekend. I just thought you may like to see another card made with the set called Always from the mini, I used Chocolate Chip ink and stamped 'Sanded' background stamp onto Creamy Caramel card stock, I then stamped the 'En Francais' background stamp onto some Very Vanilla cardstock using Close to Cocoa ink, next I used the little twig stamp from 'Always' to create some more background, stamping in full ink then just stamping again without re-inking. The bird and the flower were stamped with Choc Chip onto Very Vanilla and the edges were distressed using the cutter kit. The word 'Always' was inked with one of the Stampin'write markers in Choc Chip and mounted using the oval punches and some vintage brads. I used the window punch to cut out the beautiful sentament ' always on my mind and forever in my heart' The ribbon is Choc Chip 5/8' grosgrain. Hope you like it. Take care, lots of inky hugs from...

A bit of Scramping!

Here's another snip-it from the Stamp-A-Thon. The hearts are from my all time favourite set from the spring mini which is called 'Always'. We embossed the first two hearts with white embossing powder and layered the third on top after doing a bit of 'Poppin'Pastels' technique to it. The word 'Cherish' is from my fav set in this years main catty which is called 'Baroque Motifs', we cut it out with the window punch. It was such a fun day and I would recomend it to anyone who loves to laugh and stamp with friendly peolple! Have a stamperific day! lots of inky hugs from....

A birthday gift for someone special!

Hi All, How cute is this little owl! I love birds as you all may of gathered by now and when I saw this gorgeous little owl in the ' Celebrate Everyday' set which is in the new Spring mini catalogue I couldn't resist it. There is also another little bird in that set too, so I will endeavour to upload a card with that one on for you. I got the idea of how to make this little gift card holder from my ever talented upline Makeesha and it was for her birthday that I made this one for. I put little googley eyes on it so they move arround when you shake the card. I coloured him in with Creamy caramel and choc chip SU markers which of course match the same coloured card stock perfectly. The ribbon is the 5/8's' grosgrain choc chip. I pierced the holes arround the scallop with a matt pack. The words 'Celebrate and Whoo hoo! are from the 'Celebrate Everyday' set. The 'For you' which has been mounted in the two punched out ovals is from another mini catalogue set called 'One of a Kind' , this set has some beautiful little flowers with it that you can buy a matching punch for and it cuts them out perfectly. If you would like to see the new Spring mini please contact me . charmaineblck@yahoo.com.au Lots of inky hugs from .....

Fun at the Stamp-A-Thon!

Hi there everybody peeps! I know you have all been so patient waiting for these photos to be uploaded and I really do apologise for taking so long. I have lots of new photos of all the projects we made at Makeesha's Stamp-A-Thon, so I will put them up a few at a time and put some other projects in between too. I've been a very busy stamper of late and have got some really special news too...I have now got a fabulous little team and the ladies who have signed up with Stampin'Up! through me are going to meet here once a month to exchange ideas and share swaps, I can't wait for all the fun we will have together. I'll tell you more about them later.
This gorgeous little box in a bag was one of the eight projects which we made with Makeesha, it was made with half a sheet of designer paper from the Out Law pack, we made a little box which we then wrapped the paper round and then put the scalloped trim around the bottom. The 'For You' tag is a stamp from the Occasional Greetings set and the stamp in the middle is from Wanted, punches used were the round tab, the scallop circle and two different circle punches, we used the Crop-a-dile to set the jumbo eylets to finish it off. I love it and I will fill a few of these with chocolates or alike for gifts at Christmas time. Thanks for looking and stay tuned for the next project, I'll upload it it tomorrow, lots of inky hugs from....

An Early Christmas card

Here's the Christmas card I mentioned in my earlier post, I used my fav. technique again (rock-n-roll) with Old olive and Garden Green, This is a two step stamp and the second stamp was stamped in Versa mark ink and embossed with gold embossing powder from SU. The stamp set used is called Solemn Stillness and the background on the Old Olive card stock is done with the matching wheel called Star Studded. I used the slit punch to add a little gold brad in the corner, I hope you like it. I was at the craft fair all day today with two of my very best friends " Hi Marg and Marie" We had a lovely day and we bumped into lots of fellow stampers and chatted about all the goodies we had seen etc. Well I'm off to see my friends at our monthly Stampgroper meeting tonight and then it's early to bed so I can be fresh and ready to stamp all day at my uplines Stamp-a-thon tomorrow...Can't wait! Take care all and happy stamping from.....