Card Class at ABSA

Hello Everyone!!  Just a quick post today - I'm teaching a beginner card class tonight at ABSA and thought I'd show you what we'll be working on using products available from from the store.  I also ran this class last week and the ladies all enjoyed themselves, so I hope the same can be said of tonight!  :)

We've based all three cards on the Kaisercraft Clear stamps available in the store, some fun Cosmo Cricket DSP and teaching the ladies how to use border punches, embossing folders and Spellbinders (you know how much I love my Spellbinders!!).

This card is super basic in construction - the fun is all in the flower!!!  I had to die cut 240 flowers all up for the 24 ladies doing the classes!!!  Don't know if I want to do that again in a hurry - but they turned out awesome!!  :)

Stamps - Kaisercraft
Paper - Lemonade, Limeade, Tomato Bazzill, White, Cosmo Cricket Strawberry Fields (both sides)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Ladybug
Accessories - Large Circle and Scallop Circle, Large Oval and Scallop Oval, Dahlia, Daisy Heads Spellbinders, Fiskars Lacy Days of Summer and Lace Border Punches, Swiss Dots and Gootchi Script Embossing Folders, Red and White Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Red Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

2S4Y51 In God's Hands

Hello Everyone!!!  Today I had the chance to play with the new set from Our Daily Bread Designs called God's Hands that will be available from May 1st!  I also used this week's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You as the layout for this card.  I wanted to keep it soft and simple to go with the sketch.

I started with a base of white, layered with some light blue bazzill and then more white embossed with the Nat embossing Folder.  Next I stamped the hand in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with copics (E00, E02, RV10, B21, 0) and cut out with the Label 4 nestabilities, matting with blue bazzill also cut with Label 4 nesties and popped up on foam tape.  I stamped the sentiment on to white and cut with the Ribbon Tags Trio 2 and attached to the card with some blue satin ribbon.  To finish I added a small satin bow to the ribbon and some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls (that I coloured with a B21 copic to make them a matching blue) to the corners.

Stamps - God's Hands (ODBD)
Paper - White, Blue Bazzill, X-press It Blending Card
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Label 4 Nestabilties, Ribbon Tags Trio 2 Shapeabilities, Copics, Cuttlebug Nat EF, Blue Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Sparkly Birthday Butterflies

This is a quick card I made today using The Shabby Tea Room challenge.  My niece's 2nd birthday is at the end of the week, so I made this very pink and very sparkly!!  :)  This is going to be super short otherwise I'm going to miss the deadline to get this in for the challenge (nothing like cutting it super fine!)

Stamps - Gem Stone Insects (Inkadinkado), Elegant Cheer (SU)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Pink Bazzill, MME
Ink - Versacolour, Rose Red
Accessories - Lacy Days of Summer Border Punch, Pink Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Scissors, Foam Tape, Kindyglitz, Kaisercraft Clear Rhinestones.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

ANZAC Day...

Today is ANZAC Day in Australia, a poignant day when we remember those who lost their lives fighting for our country.  Yesterday when I saw the challenges for Crazy 4 Challenges to case one of their designers and Our Creative Corner's challenge to use blossoms I knew exactly what I was going to do.  I cased Silke Kittmann's beautiful card and the blossom I chose is the poppy - the symbol used on ANZAC Day.

I used the poppy from JustRite's Plant a Little Love set and coloured it with Copics (R22, R27, YG11, YG63, YG67, E29) and cut it out and popped it up.  I made the sentiment using the Trompe Uppercase and Trompe Lowercase Font sets.  I did use the same large scallop punch that Silke did - unfortunately you can't see it in this photograph.

Stamps - Plant a Little Love, Trompe Uppercase, Trompe Lowercase Font Sets (JustRite)
Paper - Black and Green Bazzill, White, X-press It Blending Card, Kaisercraft DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Small and Large Circle Nestabilities, Blossom Nestabilities, EK Success Embossed Curve Border Punch, Copics, 1" Red Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Silver Cord, White Button, Scissors, Foam Tape.

Like most Australians we will be watching the ANZAC Day marches, honouring those who returned and remembering those who lost their lives.  Our family was very fortunate, my grandfather and my grandmother's two brothers all saw combat overseas during WW2 and returned home.  My uncle went to Vietnam and also returned home.  Not everyone was so lucky.  On ANZAC Day about 20yrs ago my mother showed me some old newspaper cuttings, the story of a young man who was like a brother to her.  On 7 June 1971, 2nd Lieutenant Ian Mathers aged 22yrs, died in combat in Vietnam.  About the same time, my Mum found out she was pregnant with her first child - me.  I still remember the look of sadness on her face as she showed me those clippings about this young man who was going to be a doctor.  She wanted me know a bit about him, so that on ANZAC Day someone else would remember him.  Every ANZAC Day since then, as I remember all those who died, I especially remember Ian Mathers, someone I never knew, but whom my mother loved so much.


Lest We Forget

QFTD05 - Great Perks!

Today I FINALLY got the change to play the Queen for the Day challenge at SCS!!  This week the honour went to Coffeestamper aka Sue aka Perk who is such a sweetheart, so of course I just HAD to play!!!  I really couldn't decide which card to case so I kind of merged two together!  :)  I really liked the Coffee Themed Card because of the colours and the band across the bottom and of course I just HAD to make a coffee themed card for our Perk!!  The other one I liked was the Hawgt Farmer Sentiment card - I really liked this layout.  So I merged all the bits I liked together......and of course I added a big bow!!!  LOL!!!

I started with a base of chocolate chip, layered with white and some Bella Rose DSP.  Across the bottom is another piece of chocolate that I punched with a Threading Water Punch and then added some ribbon around it.  The vertical panel is more chocolate layered with more Bella Rose.  My feature panel has been stamped using JustRite's Just A Little Caffeine Set in Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured with Copics (E33, E35, E37).  I cut it out with circle nestabilities and matted it with chocolate and Riding Hood Red cut with Blossom Nestabilities and popped the panel up on foam tape.  I finish I added some tiny Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to the scallops of the blossom die cut and of course a big bow to the ribbon and topped it with a red button and some silver cord.

Stamps - Just A Little Caffeine (JustRite)
Paper - Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, White, X-press It Blending Card, Bella Rose DSP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Large Circle Nestabilities, Blossom Nestabilities, Copics, Fiskars Threading Water Punch, May Arts 1" White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Red Button, Silver Cord, Kasiercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Celebrating By The Sea

Hello Everyone and welcome to the JustRite Stampers Blog Hop!!!  Today we are celebrating the release of five beautiful new sets available from JustRite this month - Applique, Hope, Kaleidoscope, Let's Celebrate and By the Sea.  I've chosen By the Sea to showcase today - it has four borders and centers that fit the large oval stamper.  I've gone with a very nautical theme using navy, red, ivory and a touch of kraft!

I started with a base of Not Quite Navy and layered with Kraft and red bazzill.  The red layer I embossed with Divine Swirl across the top (for waves :) ) and the Dotted Wave Border Punch across the bottom.  Across the bottom of this layer I added some My Mind's Eye Lush DSP that I sponged with a little Antique Linen ink.  Across the join I attached some light brown grosgrain ribbon.  I stamped the center and border from By the Sea in Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured it with Copics (E31, E35, E37, R22, R27, YR32, Y21, C1) and added a little sparkle to the sea with the atyou Spica Clear Pen.  I then cut it out with Large Oval Nestabilities and sponged it with a little Antique Linen ink and then matted it with some Navy cut with the Label 8 Nestabilities and popped it up on foam tape.  I created the sentiment using the Times New Roman Lowercase Font and cut a notched tag, sponged with more Antique Linen ink and added a navy button and some natural twine and then finished by adding a couple of silver brads to the top corner.

Stamps - By the Sea, Times New Roman Lowercase Font (JustRite)
Paper - Not Quite Navy, Kraft, Red Bazzill, X-press It Blending Card, MME Lush DSP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa, Not Quite Navy, Tim Holtz Antique Linen
Accessories - Label 8 and Large Oval Nestabilities, Copics, Clear Spica Pen, Divine Swirl EF, EK Success Dotted Wave Border Punch, Light Brown Grosgrain Ribbon, Navy Blue Button, Natural Twine, Silver Brads, Foam Tape.

For more inspiration, keep hopping along.....

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Debbie Olson
Becca Feeken
Michele Kovack
Kazan Clark
Heidi Blankenship
Michelle Wooderson
Kellie Fortin
Sharon Harnist
Sankari Wegman
Kathy Jones  (that's me)
Angela Barkhouse

That's all for today, thanks for visiting and enjoy the Hop!!!

Rising...

Hello Everyone!!  Today I got to play in The Shabby Tea Room Challenge which was to use squares and be inspired by a vintage quilt.  I was working away with these squares when I realised this would be perfect for the Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge OCCSC11 this week as well!!  I've also used the brand new set by JustRite Stampers called HOPE, a set of 4 encouraging centres and borders.

I started with a base of white and layered with some pink bazzill.  Next I cut 8 of the smaller Fleur de Lis Pendant dies in white and laid them out like a quilt and then added a piece of pink satin ribbon to one side.  I then took a piece of square white card and embossed it and popped it up in the centre.  Next I stamped the centre and border from Hope and stamped it in Black and Old Olive Ink, adding touches of colour to the hearts and then matted with some green and pink bazzill and popped this panel on top of the embossed layer.  Finally I added a pink satin bow to the ribbon and topped with a prima flower and added some Kaisercraft Rose Pearls to the other three corner squares.

Stamps - Hope (JustRite)
Paper - White, Pink Bazzill, Green Bazzill
Ink - Black, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink
Accessories - Fleur de Lis Pendant die, Square Nestabilities, Victoria EF, 1" Pink Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Prima Flower, Kaisercraft Rose Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!

Featuring Kaleidoscope..

Today is the Featured Stamper Challenge and the honour this week goes to Dara!  Congratulations Dara!!  I chose her Touch of Brightness card to case.  I changed the colours, image, left off the bow (GASP!!!) instead taking inspiration from her three eyelets.  Over at JustRite we are sneak peeking the April Releases and today the set showing is the one I have used - Kaleidoscope!!  You can pre-order this and any of the new releases right now from JustRite Stampers!!

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I started this card with a base of purple bazzill, layered with green and then topped with two pieces of Basic Grey Kioshi DSP.  Across the join I've added some white satin ribbon.  I've stamped both the border and centre from Kaleidoscope in Memento Rich Cocoa and added touches of colour to the medallion with my Copics (V000, V12, V15, VR000, YG11).  I've cut the medallion out and popped it up and framed the entire circle panel on a piece of purple bazzill cut with Label 12 Nestabilities.  To finish I cut some black card with my Fancy Tags to frame each end of the feature panel and then added three Kaisercraft Black Pearls to the top and bottom corners!

Stamps - Kaleidoscope (JustRite)
Paper - Purple, Green, Black Bazzill, X-press It Blending Card, Basic Grey Kioshi DSP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa 
Accessories - Small Circle Nestabilities, Label 12 Nestabilities, Fancy Tags Shapeabilities, Copics, 1" White Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Black Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)