Archive for January, 2009:
Voila tin
I just LOVE the “little fat chef” {as I like to call him} Isn’t he cute? I made this recipe tin last year, Some of you may of seen it already as it was published in For keeps Creative paper issue 72 (November 2008) or made one yourself when I offered it as a class. I was really happy with this tin but it has lots of work it in……. I should say lots of cutting.
Here are the divider cards that go inside:
Materials used: Stampin’ Up!
Stamp: Voila, Voila a la carte and Jumbo Outline Alphabet
Ink: Basic Brown, Soft Sky, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink and Blush Blossom
Paper: Notebook and Very Vanilla
Other: Blender pen, tab punch and twill
Non Stampin’ Up! Stuff: Provo craft tin and Charms
Subscribe to the comments for this postAnd the winner is…..
Wow what a response to my last post, Thanks to everyone who shared their tips on getting and staying is inspired, The winner of my card is Naomi Vaughan… Naomi I will email you to get you address and post your prize out to you.
Naomi Vaughan Says:
January 22nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
As always YOUR work is inspiring. Your current card is lovely. I also find tidying up my craft desk and room can inspire me…….I usually find things I’ve forgotten that I had and I get motivated to use them!
Adore Rose….Win my card
I am feeling so Inspired at the moment, I had been feeling a little “over it” lately…. But I am definitely not feeling that way anymore, And this card was my turning point…. I made this over the weekend and I LOVE it. I pull out a classic stamp, Stipple Rose and a Few Favourite Backgrounds to create this little beauty. I coloured the image with Real Red and Old Olive Markers onto Stampin’ Up! Watercolour paper, I used a Blender Pen to watercolour image. I have stamped “Adore” from Tres Chic using a Choc Chip marker (Don’t look at Tres Chic as just a Background Stamp, it’s a GREAT word set aswell). I have stamped both the Real Red and Olive Old Cardstock with the Linen background in VersaMark (I Love adding little details), I have stamped the Floral background on the Old Olive cardstock. I have layered up the card as shown and tied Stain ribbon round the card (This Ribbon is from the Theatre ribbon pack).
I have made a bunch of this cards to give to some of my Friends that I just “adore” and just want them to know that and I have also made one to offer on my blog as a give away… What do you need to do to win? Tell me what inspires to create or what do you do when your feeling uninspired? I will pick a winner at random and post them this card and a little SU Surprise. Now closed
Thank you for stopping by….
Sending loads of love
It is under 1 month to Valentines day, So to get in the Valentines Day spirit I have a cute card to sent loads of love, Not my normal style but I LOVE it. I got this stamp set in my Starter kit when I joined Stampin’ Up! and I have not used it much…I think the thought of water colouring it puts me off, But I do love paper piecing so that’s what I did…
Notice the little details, it has a windscreen and a open window…
I have used jumbo brads for the wheel….
Materials used:
Stamps: Loads of love
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Spring Break paper { I think…}
Ink: Blue Bayou, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black
Other: SU Jumbo brads, White ribbon, overhead sheet, Blender Pen
Apples
I have a colourful (for me at least) and masculine card for you today, I Just love this stamp from “For Father” which is in the current Summer mini, It is such a fun set to use and water colour. I am not the worlds best water colourer but I am pretty happy with this card, I strongly believe the key to “good” water colouring is SU Watercolour paper….{This stuff rocks} I like to colour direct to the paper with a marker then work the colour with a blender pen.
Materials used: ALL Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: For Father, Sanded and Background sampler
Ink: Basic Brown, More Mustard and Brocade Blue
Markers: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Old Olive, Ruby Red, Real Red, More Mustard and Brocade Blue
Cardstock: Watercolour, Very Vanilla, More Mustard and Brocade Blue
Other: Blender Pen and wide Grosgrain Choc Chip ribbon
Sale-A-bration is HERE
The best time of year is here….it’s time for Stampin’ Up! to reward its customers, hostesses and demonstrators with free stamp sets in a promotion they call Sale-A-Bration.
Here’s how Sale-A-Bration works:
Customers
When you spend $100 you’ll receive a free Sale-A-Bration Stamp set and the best part is there’s no limit for every $100 you spend, you receive a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set.
Hostesses
When you host a workshop of $600 of more you’ll receive a free Sale-A-Bration Stamp set in addition to all of the regular hostess benefits!
Recruits
During Sale-A-Bration, anyone who joins as a demonstrator can choose any stamp set a value of up to $79.95 from the current Idea Book and Catalogue
You can see the free sets HERE. If you would like your own copy or your own copy of the Summer Mini Catalogue just email {mail@tenealewilliams.com.au} and I will post one out to you.
Now for a card using one of the Sale-A-Bration set Botanical Blooms {SO nice}, I tried to get a little creative with the images by stamping the Pink flower twice to make a larger flower, I used a maker on the leaf stamps to make smaller leafs.
Materials used: (Mostly Stampin’ Up!)
Stamps: Botanical Blooms and A little Birthday cheer
Ink: Sage Shadow, Pretty in Pink and So Saffron
Cardstock: Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla and So Saffron
Other: Accent and elements chipboard, Saffron button, Non SU Pink Ribbon, Scallop edge punch, sanding block and SAMJ
