Sunshine and Sprinkles Birthday Card

Hello everyone.
It's been a busy few weeks for birthdays, so there will be
a few posts for me to catch up on showing my creations.
My first post today is a card I made for a young lady and wanted to show off
some new items from the new Seasonal Catalogue.

I think the Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP is sooooooo cute.
It's so virbrint and colourful, fit for any girls birthday.
As you can see I did alot of layering on this card, not
only with cardstock and DSP, but also including the
White Tea Lace Paper Doilies and Soda Pop Tops as well.
I hung from behind the Soda Pop Top a couple of little stamped image
"Happy Day" and Number #1 from the Ciao, Baby stamp set.
All the items used on this card can be found in the new Seasonal Catalogue
and the Sale-a Bration Catalogue also.
I hope this has started getting your creative juices going.
Until next time.
Michelle

Oh Baby

Hello and welcome to my blog.
I am excited to share a couple of things with you today.
1. Friends of ours has just had their first baby and they had a baby girl.
2. This gave me the opportunity to play with my new goodies from the new Seasonal (not so mini)
catalogue to produce a card for them.

As they had a girl I thought I can get a way with using the new More Amore Speciality Papers as not only can it be used for Valentines cards, but I quite like it for a baby card.
The colour palet is Pool Party, Very Vanilla and Primrose Petals.
On the card I have a love heart in Very Vanilla and a tip if you don't have a love heart die cut or punch is you can use Fancy Flower punch instead.
You just slide your card stock into the punch to make a "V" shape and punch and you have created
an instant love heart.
Another cute new item is the Soda Pop Tops. For $6.95 you get 16 in total and 2 sizes.
Can't wait to get this sent off to the new proud parents.
If you wish for your own Catalogue or items you have seen here please drop
me a line on mmarchant71@yahoo.com.au so I can place your order for you.
Thanks for stopping by.
Michelle

Items Used

 

Stamp Sets: Ciao Baby (New)

 

Cardstock: Pool Party, Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla

 

DSP: More Amore DSP (New)

 

Ink:Primrose Petal

 

Other: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Embossing folder, Soda Pop Tops (New),

Scallop Circle Punch 7/8"(New), Rhinestone, Pool Party Seam Binding

Sale-A-Bration Time 2013

 It's earn some free stamps time and who doesn't want to do that!!!!

Sale-A-Bration is an annual party with loads of FREE products.
This year's party is better than ever- Stampin'Up! is celebrating their 25 year Anniversary, so there
will be many exciting things to come.
So join me with your party hat on and let me help you earn these freebies.
To see the products on offer, be sure to check out the Stampin' Up! Website as from today.
To book your party with me or place your order just email me at mmarchant71@yahoo.com.au.
Thanks for stopping by.
Michelle 

Belated Christmas Card

Hello readers.!!
It has been awhile and like you I have been very busy.
Christmas and New Year has passed and it was enjoyable as it could be.
I'm now concentrating in entertaining the kids whilst they are on school holidays.
As time has flown by I missed showing you this card which was inspired by my lovely Upline
Marelle Taylor.

Marelle showed us how to make this delightful card at the Heart Felt Training day in Sydney and desperately wanted to have a go myself.
This is a great way to use up any scrap material you may have left over and turn it into something very homemade without the sewing (even better).
I gave these away to my childrens teachers and I was given lots of lovely comments, so thanks Marelle for your wonderful ideas.
Thanks for stopping by.
Michelle

Ingrediants:



 

Card stock: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade and Real Red

 

Ink: Real Red

 

Stamp Set: Contempo Christmas

 

Other:Ornament Punch, Candlelight Christmas Fabric, 1/8"Taffeta Ribbon Old Olive

 

Petals-a-plenty Embossing Folder

 



Just a reminder that the Holiday Catalogue will be coming to an end on the 31st January.

So ensure to not miss out on something you had your eye and place your order with me today.

 

Secret Santa Gift Bag

Hello fellow readers!!!!!
Well I'm sure you're all in the thick of it with Christmas preparations being made
and shopping to do, so I hope you have managed to take time out of your busy schedule to have  a look and see what my latest creation has been.
Once a year our team of Demonstrators gather for a Christmas party,but with a difference.
We do a Secret Santa and decorate the gift however we see fit.
This year we were to decorate a gift bag with our most up to date Stampin' Up! items.
I've always wanted to make a Paper Bow and I think I managed it here.

The contents unfortunately were not photographed before bringing it to the party. ( Sorry, ran out of time)
The main aim to the bag and gift was, it was all reusable.
The Bow can come off and be used again on a gift you wish to give. The same goes for the gift bag itself. (I used the Snow Festival DSP for that).
The lovely Tulle you'll find a use for as well as the Antique brad.
Inside was a jar filled with Dolly Wooden pegs and I wrapped various ribbon on each and fastened them with heart shaped pins.
I also included mini sample cards and stuck brads, buttons and so on.
My recipiant was very happy with her gift and that makes it all worth it in the end.
Well I'll let you all get on and I'm glad you stopped by.
Don't forget to leave me a comment. I like your feed back.
Michelle

Owl's It Going?

Well I don't know about you, but I want time to put it's breaks on
because I'm not ready for Christmas yet.
Since my last post lots of changes have been happening in my
life and craft has not been happening much.
I guess you can say my mojo has gone for the moment and I'm waiting for it's return.
This blog is to show and share with you my creations which I love to do.
I'm thinking about maybe starting one about a recent condition I've been diagnosed with
as that seems to be controlling my life more these days.
Don't get me wrong I will never give up what I love doing as a hobby,
but it will have to take second place for now.

Now back to what I have to share with you today.
I would like to show you a card I sent to a young lady who turned 12 this month and I wanted to use again the Owls Occasions, as he is so cute.

See what I mean? Very cute indeed holding onto his balloon.
You can do so much with this stamp set and I decided to stamp party hats everywhere, give him and
balloon and hover over the branch with leaves.
My colours on my card were Pool Party, So Saffron, Primrose Petal, Soft Suede and Gumball Green.
Well I hope you enjoyed today creation and I will try and get back soon with more.
Michelle

Christmas Stamp A Stack

Last weekend I had started my first Christmas Card Class with some friends of mine.
We did make 4 cards and the main theme was using the
new Snow Festival DSP from the new Christmas Catalogue.

 

All the cards as you can see are very different and I ensured we got to make use of alot

of new goodies.

I think everyone's favorite was the cute Owl from Owl Occassions #128000 (W) $46.95

or #128003 (C) $37.95. Which is your favorite?

Now I cannot take the credit for the card at the middle back. Not that you can see it at

all that well, but I did case this one from the lovely Kimberly Van Diepen.

I just had to make this one because I think the mittens are so cute.

I hope you enjoyed my post today and hope to be back soon.

Michelle



 

Ingrediants:

 

Stamp Sets: Owl Occaasions, Greetings of the Season,Make a Mitten

 

Ink: Primrose Petals and Soft Suede

 

Card stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Gumball Green

 

Cherry Cobbler

 

DSP: Snow Festival

 

Other: Versa Mark, Cherry Cobbler, White and Iridesent Ice Embossing powder, Heat Gun

 

Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Big Shot, Silver Glitter Paper,Snow Festival Printed Tags

Christmas Gift with Purchase Promotion

It's only November, but Stampin' Claus is coming to town! Get a FREE Festive Paper-Piercing Pack when you purchase the Ornament Keepsakes Set and Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper Bundle.
Click here for more details.
This offer ends on the 30th November so contact me to place your order.
Michelle

It's Spools Time Promotion

Free ribbon anyone?

It’s not quite warm enough to hit the pool yet, but be sure to take advantage of the ‘spool’—Stampin’ Up!’s ‘It’s Spool Time’ promotion, that is!
During October, get a FREE spool of 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon with every $60 purchase—choose your favorite new In Color or earn all five!

Email me your order and choose your favorite color or colors (Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple and Gumball Green). Remember you receive one spool FREE for every $60 you spend.

Michelle

Crazy About Lalaloopsy

Hello fellow readers and welcome back to my blog.
I am posting a card today that is not something
I would usually make, but once I heard that my dear friends daughter loves Lalaloopsy I just had to give it a go.
I personally think she turned out alright, what do you think?

She was made from circles mainly. The hair was drawn free hand and the rest were using SU's Circles #2 Big Shot Die Cut for the face, Sweet Buttons Embosslits for the eyes, 1/2 Circle punch for the cheeks and that's it.
The Owl is from the Owl Builder punch.
The title Celebrate is from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue this year and I embossed that in White.
So why don't you have a go.
Hope to post again soon.
Thanks for stopping by.
Michelle

Mini Thank You's

Hello to you all out there.
I know I have been a bad blogger of late and unfortunately it can't be helped.
I am in the middle of packing up a house, organizing a birthday party and
sewing for my children' s school.
So when it rains it pours as they say.
I wanted to show some mini Thank You cards I made for a very special reason.
A dear friend of mine had a birthday and I wondered what could I get her for a present.
The idea of getting her a Big Shot came to mind, as I knew she'd always wanted one.
I wanted to share this idea with other friends to ask if they wanted to chip in to make this happen.
Well they kindly did and to show my appreciation I made them these cards.

The stamp set I used is called Reason To Smile, it came from the June promotion which is no longer running.
The card size is 4x4 in Pool Party and Whisper White.
After coloring in the daisies I went over it with Champagne Mist just to give it a little shimmer.
The present was well received and I am so glad we did it for her.
Thank you for stopping by.
Michelle

My Hubby's Birthday

Hello to you all and happy Weekend to you.
I am posting a card for my lovely husband who turned a year older last month.
I had in my mind to use the colour Not Quite Navy this time, as it's not been a colour I have used for sometime.
I combined it with Daffodil Delight and Whisper White.

Lets see what you think.
You may recognize the stamp set which is Pennant Parade and used the coordinating punch.
I folded a piece of" Big Top Birthday"DSP at the bottom of the card.
The Happy Birthday sentiment is from "Sweet Cake" stamp set.
This was matted onto Daffodil Delight card stock.
I hope to post more until I move in the beginning of next month and then their will be a 7 year old party to organize. Busy Busy!!!
Until next time stay safe.

Ingredients:

Stamp sets: Pennant Parade and Sweet Cake

Ink: Not Quiet Navy and Daffodil Delight

Card Stock:Whisper White, Daffodil Delight and Not Quite Navy

DSP: Big Top Birthday

Other: Not Quite Navy brads, 1/2 "circle punch, White string, Lattice embossing folder

and Dimensionals.

My 2 Girls Birthday

Happy Winters morning to you out there in bloggers world.
Winter is certainly here and it's nice to rug up and enjoy the sunshine while we can.
I have been a bit slack in showing you these cards, but time just runs away from me of late.
My twins girls turned 10 in May and I wanted to make them something special.
So I decided on a box card and got my inspiration from YouTube.

The colours here were Pool Party, Calypso Carol and Whisper White.
On the center piece of the card I used Sweet Cake stamp and on that placed glitter for frosting on the cupcake.
Here is the card second card.

I love these papers and with some pages already embossed for you it comes in handy.
This time Calypso Coral was the main colour on the card. I stamped the image twice.
Once in Calypso Coral and again Soft Suede. I added a brad and glitter.
Just a tip- When placing your cardstock into the card,
it is best to right your message first before placing it on the inside.
Very difficult to write in it when already stuck down.
Well that's all from me today.
Until next time bye for now.
Michelle

Hello

Hello fellow readers and Happy Weekend to you.
It has been awhile I know and time flies when your busy.
This past week is like a whirlwind. First I get the flu and stuck in bed for most of the week.
Then I find out I got a new job and then Friday it was my husbands birthday.
So now it's catch up time.
I had the chance to make a card that I wish to share today.

Just a small card using Basic Grey and Daffodil Delight colours.
The papers are from the Autumn/ Winter Mini Catalogue "Attic Boutique" and they make a lovely background for this card.
I used a stamp from the Elementary Elegance set and as you can see I used the "Hello" sentiment.
Well that's a short post from me today.
Stay healthy everyone and see you next time.

Michelle

Ingredients:

Stamp Set: Elementary Elegance

Ink:Basic Grey

Cardstock: Whisper White and Basic Grey

DSP: Attic Boutique

Other: Dimensionals, 1 1/4 " Daffodil Delight Striped Ribbon

A couple of reasons to Smile

Hello blogger fans.
I hope it's nice where you are. Lately it's been dull with the weather here,
so I thought I would post something to make you smile.
Firstly, I wish to share with you a card I made for my dearest friend's daughter who just had a birthday.

This s a 4x4 sized card using Whisper White cardstock. The patterned paper is Sweet Shop from the current Autumn/Winter Mini. The stamp set is Outlined Occasions from the recent Sale-A-Bration catalogue.
My hand cut flowers came from the stamp set Topsy Turvy Celebration
I do like the outcome so the cutting was worth it.
The colour pallet on this card is Wisteria Wonder, Rose Red and Concord Crush.
To finish it off, all the flowers had diamante s  placed in the center.

The second reason to smile is this month's promotion.

You'll smile during June with the exclusive Reason to Smile set-only available during this special offer!
Get it in two different ways:

1. Get it for FREE with a $125 purchase!*
2. Purchase it at the regular retail price-no additional purchase necessary!

Description           Wood-Mount Item     Wood-Mount Price
Reason to Smile Set   130826                          $35.95
Description            Clear Mount Item      Clear Mount Price
Reason to Smile Set    130828                         $28.95

*Only one free set per customer
Get yours now by emailing before the 30th June.
Michelle

Many Thank You's

Good day to all of you in blogger land. I hope you are all nice and refreshed after your lovely weekend.
I am posting a card I cased from the lovely Connie Babbart.
I loved the layout of her card and need to make a Thank you card for someone special.

I dragged out my Vintage Vogue stamp set and gave it a go.
I decided to use Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade and Whisper White for the colour pallet.
The DSP and brads are from this years Sale-A-Bration catalogue called Everyday Enhancement.
Once cutting out the flowers I placed the brads through them and stuck them on with dimensionals.
A short post today and I will be back with more to share soon.
Michelle

Sweet Shop Birthday

Good day to you blog readers.
Sorry I have been MIA for awhile, but I have been lapping it up in Qld going to both the Sunshine Coast
and the Gold Coast to cerebrate my twins 10th birthday.
Today I would like to share with you a card I made for a dear friends of mines' daughter who turned 6 yrs old.
I can't resist using the "Sweet Shop" DSP which you can see here.

Stamp set "Sweet Cake" is made for these papers and with a little bit of glitter to me it looks like frosting.
The color pallet this time is Soft Suede,Pool Party and Whisper White.
The final touch is this cupcake brad which is so cute.
I hope this finds you well.
Until next time.
Michelle 

It's Your Birthday

Hello and Welcome to my blog.
I hope your weekend was relaxing and fun, as mine was. I had a Mother's Day card class yesterday with some lovely ladies and I will post soon what we made.
Today I wanted to share a Birthday Card for a dear friend and wanted the opportunity to use the new framelits from the new Mini catalogue.

I also used a small piece of Twitterpated DSP and copied the look of the pleated satin ribbon.
The colour pallet is Island Indigo, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral.
I used the "You  Are Loved" stamp set for the center image as I love to colour on rubber using Stampin' Up!'s markers.
I hope you enjoyed today's post  for use of some new items.
Thanks for stopping by.
Michelle

It's Party Paper Time!!!!

During May, join the Paper Party and earn FREE Designer Series Paper.

Choose from any of these 2 offers.

You will get a FREE package of Designer Series Paper (excluding Specialty Designer Series Paper) -an $18.95 value- when you buy three! Choose from a wide variety of designs and colours available in the Idea Book & Catalogue and Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue:

    PAGE                              ITEM NUMBER                       DESCRIPTION

      129                                122354                          Pocketful of Posies

      129                                122357                          Beau Château
      129                                122367                          Paisley Petals
      129                                122355                          Domestic Goddess
      129                                124339                          Just Add Cake
      129                                122351                          Frightful Sight
      129                                122352                          Timeless Portrait
      129                                122350                          Berry Blossoms
      129                                122359                          Well-Worn
      130                                122347                          Nursery Nest
      130                                122349                          Letters to Santa
      130                                122348                          Big Top Birthday
      13**                              125406                          Twitterpated
      17**                              125407                          Attic Boutique
** Are found in the Autumn/Winter Catalogue.

Now if you thought that was a great deal how about this. Join now as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
and only pay $169 for your Starter Kit(normally $235) and you'll receive a FREE paper pack each month till the end of 2012. Order your starter kit online HERE.
Becoming a demonstrator is a way of sharing what you love with others. Building on friendships and having
lots of fun along the way.
You can build on your own business  or do it as a hobby from home with incentives, training and support
from Stampin' Up!
This current offer end 31st May, 2012.

Michelle

Up, Up and Away!!!!

Hello readers and welcome to another day of sharing.
You may notice that I do a lot of childrens birthday cards and no wonder because I do have 3
children currently under the age of 10yrs old. Parties and birthday's are always requiring cards to be made
and I am fortunate to be a demonstrator with Stampin' Up! to get to do them on a regular basis.
I made this card for a boy and I got my inspiration from a Shoe Box Swap from Stamp Camp last year.
It is so much fun to see what someone can come up with when handed the stamp set and come up with a creative way of using it.
I loved the idea with the window and phrase showing on the front and inside of the card.
The stamp set used is Up, Up and Away and the papers are called "Big Top Birthday".
Well I hope you like it and inspired you in some way.
Until next time.
Michelle

Ingredients

Stamp sets: Up, Up and Away, Party This Way

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, & Real Red

DSP: Big Top Birthday

Card-stock: Whisper White & Tempting Turquoise

Other: Petite Pennants Builder, Scallop Oval, Lrg Oval punch, glue dot

1/8" Real Red Taffeta Ribbon