September News!

Hello again,
Just a short line to let you know about this months SU! special, and to remind you about World Card Making Day, on 3rd October.
Why not join me in making a card?
I have a monthly Card Challenge pack ready to go.
All you need to do is add a little creativity!
The Card Kit is $5.00, with enough materials to make two cards.
Each pack has a theme, and even if you don't enter the challenge, you still have a great pack to make a card when you need one.
There is a $20.00 SU! Gift Voucher to be won, so why not give it a try.
The theme for October is Friendship, and kits are available now. Judging will be on World Card Making Day.
November and December Packs will be Christmas, so you can pre order them too.
Each pack also contains a list of supplies and the Challenge outline. (Open to Australian Residents only)
Hope you will join us !


September Special Offer
It’s our FREE ribbon bundle gift to you with your qualifying purchase or workshop!
During the month of September you will receive these lovely ribbons when you spend $100 products or host a $600 work shop!!
The lovely ribbons are 9.1metres of each of So Saffron and Certainly Celery.
Choose the Designer Series Paper—Tea Party which has both these colours
and perhaps some clear buttons to decorate and you have a very useful collection.
Try packages using the ribbon as well as cards and scrapbook pages.
The ribbons make a effective beginning point of some wonder ful projects, don’t miss out!!
Contact me through this site.
Hear from you soon,
Happy Stampin'!

Flower Pot Cards

I was having a little bit of fun today making these flower Pot Cards.The tutorial was on Weekly Inklings, on SCS on 22nd July. It was amazingly simple, and all that was missing in the design, was a way to stand it up. I used a piece of cardstock 9 cm X 30 cm, and scored at 5 cm, 14 cm, and 21 cm. The extra section between the 14 cm & 21 cm score line is folded to make a "Mountain Fold" between the front and back panel.

Sense of Time

Here is another card from the weekend's workshop. This card was inspired by my good friend Nikki, who bravely Brayers were others dare not go.I had been visualizing this card in the earthy colours, and Nikki went for the blues.i was originally going to brayer on White card, but after seeing Nikki's card, I went back to the Glossy cardstock , and came up with this.
The background is only rolled over once, and then to add more depth, I sponged over the top with Creamy Caramel, using a piece of scrunched up lunch wrap. It gives a nice Faux leather look. The base card is Kraft, matting is Choc. Chip, and The DSP is from Parisian Breeze Specialty DSP, in the new Spring Mini Catalogue.I tend to leave the sentiments off till I am ready to part with them.

Ocean Commotion

Do you like this? I made this card after my brother, Ewan, and his wife, Alyce, came to Cairns for their Honeymoon.
We spent an afternoon on the beach at Port Douglas, and collected a Jar of sand for them to take home. I made a lovely tropical tag for them.

Unchartered Territory Brayering

I'm Addicted to Brayering! I just love the new sets in the Spring mini Catalogue. this set has so much potential., and it's so nice to have stamp sets that are for making men's cards I have used a base card of Pacific point, with matting of Really Rust and More like Mustard.

Sense of Time

Here is another Tri Fold Shutter Card, this is a set from the new Spring Mini Catalogue. I have used DSP from Urban Oasis. The cardstock is Sahara Sand and Not quite Navy.

Tri Shutter Fold Cards

What a mouthful! this technique was highlighted by SCS at the end of July. I liked it a lot, and wanted to include it in my last workshop. It was really a fun card to make, and one that I'm sure I will use over and over again, especially for kids cards.
So, here are a few of my first attempts at Tri Shutter Fold cards!

And the Winner Is...........

Once again it has been a difficult decision to choose just one card for the gift voucher. I hope making a Christmas card in July has inspired you to start a little earlier this year. I asked two friends who have not been in the challenge to help judge, giving me their top three choices. The card that received the most votes was Annette's. So congratulations Annette!
The next challenge is being pieced together, so if you want another kit, drop me an email, and I will post it out .

Card Challenge - Christmas in July

Brayering Again

It's bee a while since I had my Brayer out for a play. I have been practicing my technique and have improved a lot . I have started enjoying the dimension you can give a card when you brayer different colours and layers together. You end up with some really unique cards.

This one is done with SU!s "A Kind Word " Stamp. The Sky and pathway are Brayered, and the grasses are sponged. The little girl is done with a blending pen and markers.