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Spice Cake "Beautiful" Scrapbooking Layout

This is a take from the lovely, talented Delys Cram - a version of a SaleABration layout she showed us all at our Demonstrator Training Stamp Camp.  I absolutely loved what she did - so this is my version using the Spice Cake papers:

I used this easy design as a demonstration at the recent Auckland Craft Expo, so some of you may have seen me whip this together in 20 minutes.  Simple and Lovely.  You know, it's the colours Stampin' Up! puts together and makes all the accessories coordinate - that is a big part of what makes even simple designs look fantastic.

The Spice Cake papers also have optional coordinating fabrics, which I used here to make this embellishment flower.  I've used the Blossom Party die here and it cuts through fabric like butter.

I've used the Perfect Alphabet here to make the title, and punched them with the 3/4 inch circle punch.  There!  An easy way to make a title without stamping directly and without cutting out individual letters!

The two brads are from the SaleABration series - and only available through tomorrow!!

Order your Spice Cake papers by tomorrow; they are going and gone forever.  Sad face; I've really enjoyed the soothing colours in these ones.  See my more embellished layout using these same materials here.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Perfect Alphabet

Colours: Pool Party,Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard, Very Vanilla

Other: SAB Everyday Enchantment Brads, Subtles Buttons, Twine, Blossom Party Die, Seam Binding Ribbon, Spice Cake Fabrics, Spice Cake papers, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, 3/4 inch circle punch

Elementary Elegance Butterfly

Thank you, Rhonda Fawcett, for adapting this design from Vanessa Webb and sharing it with so many lovely customers at our Extravaganzas!

This project features the Elementary Elegance set - one of the four SaleABration sets you can receive for FREE - place an order before Saturday afternoon to still get this one!

Love the font on the words in this one!!

That Beautiful Butterflies die sure does get a workout in my craft room.  Who doesn't love butterflies?? From age 1 to adult, they are always a winner!!

It's quite clever how the butterflies and folded in half and then layered again with vellum to give quite a lot of height and interest.

And love those Vintage Tags!

The papers used are the Everyday Enchantment, another SaleABration item - order yours today or tomorrow or first thing Saturday before they are gone!

 

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Elementary Elegance - FREE with $120 order

Colours: soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Pool Party

Others: Beatiful Butterflies Die, vintage Tags, Vellum, Dots Embossing Folder, Everyday Enchantment DSP, Crimper, Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Curly Label Punch

 

A sweet Enchanted Gift

***Just three more days of SaleABration - place your orders today to make sure you get your FREE stamp sets and accessories!

Last weekend we had a Lovely day in Hamilton enjoying the SaleABration Stamp Extravaganza there.  The team was nice to work with, the projects fun and acheivable, and the sun shining.

My littlest one, Sofie, came along to help me.  She's found a new love of craft, which her mother is certainly enjoying!

Kristine McNickle kindly made Sofie up a thank you gift for helping on the day using the SaleABration goodies:

She had some cuter little treats in there than that, but they were eaten long before we got back home . . .

That SaleABration set Outlined Occasions is quite cute, isn't it, especially when the two parts of the words are stamped in different colours like that.  How thoughtful that Stampin' Up! made them two separate stamps!

To see Sofie helping us and with her gift, visit me on Facebook!

Just three more days of SaleABration - place your orders today to make sure you get your FREE stamp sets and accessories!

***The Simply Adorned product line featured in the Summer Mini will be discountinued as of 31 March 2012 and will not be carried over into future catalogues. Be sure to purchase your Simply Adorned accessories while they are still available!***

 

What's On This Week

Monday March 26th Polished Stone Techniques Class - we will throw in faux wood technique tonight too.  7:30 pm birkenhead  $15

Wednesday March 28th Papakura/Takanini Stamp Class - Make an Easter Treat or two plus a lovely vintage card.  7:30pm  $15

Sunday April 1st  West Harbour Stamp Class - Make two lovely projects Sunday afternoon  2pm  $15  West Harbour

Bring a friend!

Email me or 021 128 9923 to book!

Elements of Style Poppin' Pastels

Another remake of an oldie - this one originally inspired by a simple card found in the good old Idea Book & Catalogue. 

We've used a few different pastel techniques here - used them over Versamark on the Lucky Limeade piece and used them to colour in an image on the flowers.

I remember in the olden days we just used pastels to shade edges . . .

The little words are done using the Curly Label Punch - don't you love how a punch can be used in so many different ways??  Gosh I love my tools!!

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Supplies Used:

Stamps: Elements of Style, En Francais

Colours: Baja Breeze, Lucky Limeade, Basic Grey

Other: Buttons, Curly Label Punch, Basic Pearls, Chantilly Ribbon, Pastels

A remake Red, Black and White

I designed this project up about three years ago, and today I'm posting a little remake of it.  It's a cute little one with a fun punch technique:

We used a series of circle punches to create the frame / window on the front, which is quite simple and effective.  The leftover scallop shaped frame can be inserted inside the card for a little wow.

Love the striped embossing folder! 

This little cutie is perfect for any girly girl ~

See a tutorial on how to do a similar window frame!

STAMP CAMP 2012 Rotorua!

This last weekend was the Demonstrator Stamp Camp!  Wow did we have lots of fun!  I think all of us fell into bed Sunday night and slept through Monday as well.  I know I took a 2 hour nap yesterday myself . . .

We had wonderful teachers from all over the country, great challenge games, and heaps and heaps of laughing.  I really appreciated the support the team members showed to one another; at the tables working and sharing, encouraging the teachers, and socializing together.

Friday night the boys and I went out to get some dinner at the local McDonalds . . . but the restaurant bit was closed.  We had to walk through that drive through.  Rob even when he is dead tired, can be so fun.  Even the workers were laughing.

Saturday all day the girls worked and worked and worked, and the three boys who braved the camp went out on the water.  And didn't I love to see them strutting in for lunch in their wet suits!  It's a pleasure to have these boys in my life.

Saturday night we were given a limited supply challenge, which was really taxing our brains at that stage!!  We couldn't use scissors or trimmers and had a bag with just a few bits in it.  We could use any other materials, like rubbish or scraps . .. or flax . . .

This is what my team came up with.  I am the lucky lady who took it home and my three girls are enamoured, as I thought they would be.

It did turn out lovely.

Well it was a fantastic weekend.  Thank you to all, especially Shona Edmonds, who made the experience wonderful. Next year already booked!

Spice Cake Suite Scrapbooking Layout - Sugar & Spice

This creation is for tonight's scrapbooking class - inspired strongly by the sample in the Summer Mini Catalogue itself!  I really liked the layout, and just jazzed it up a bit more.

I don't think I could have found a better photo for this - done by photographer and friend Kylie Pokere, she gave us an excellent deal. She did a fantastic job, charged us for the shoot and a disk where I can print the photos as I wish to do layouts.  Creative family photos at a great price and plenty of inspiration for my work.

I used the Gold Glow sprintz all over the layout, leaving and loving the blobs that came out on "accident".  I actually like that sort of look, too.

The yummy Spice Cake papers were woven (this is actually quite quick and easy) to create a lovely background mat with lots of colour.

The butterfly brad is from the Fresh Vintage SaleABration Suite - mixing in some girlie in there.

Who would have put More Mustard with Pool Party?? I quite like it.

I love how this frame turned out!  I created my own background stamp by putting four of the Spiced Paisley cling stamps onto one big block, then stamped away.  Went over the top with the Woodgrain stamp and edged with white ink.  Turned out awesome!

The amphersand is covered with the Spice Cake fabric!  I'm hoping some of the ladies tonight do their titles in fabric - didn't quite work with what I was doing, but would look fantastic in general.

Used bits of the fabric on the layout for "ribbon", too. 

I have another photo I wanted to fit on here, but it just was better to leave it as is, so I think at class tonight I will make a facing page layout to go with this one.  We'll see.  Might be too busy chatting!

Next Scrapbooking Class is Wednesday April 4th. Theme to be determined tonight, but taking requests!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Spiced Paisley, Woodgrain

Colours: Pool Party, More Mustard, Soft Suede, River Rock, Pear Pizzazz

Other: Alphabet Dies, SaleABration Brads, Spice Cake DSP, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, BAsic Pearls, Velvet Ribbon, Antique Brads, Linen Thread, Spice Cake Fabric, Gold Glow Spritz

What's On This Week

Wednesday March7 - Scrapbooking Class in Bucklands Beach!  Using the Spice Cake series, we will make a general themed page suitable for a family portrait(s).  7:30  $15  book in

Friday-Sunday March 9-11 Stamp Camp for my Demonstrators!  Three days of fun with wonderful, lovely people!~