Bethinking

Metal Rocket

In my newsletter that I sent out last week, I showed how to do the Faux Metal technique, because a few people had been asking about it. I used the rocket stamp from "Pun Fun" to make my metallic looking image, but it hadn't actually made it on to a completed card yet. Well, now it has!

After creating the silver rocket, I thought I needed to tie in a bit more silver, so I embossed a chipboard "5" with silver embossing powder. It was easy to choose some other elements to add, as stars always go well with rockets! And, I guess that my colour scheme was a bit 4th-of-July-inspired.

Supplies Used

Stamps:

Pun Fun, On Your Birthday, Nursery Necessities

Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Brilliant Blue

Accessories: Chipboard, silver embossing powder, Various punches, paper piercing tool.

Same but Different...

I love it when a stamp set is versatile. This card is made from the same set that my previous card was made from, but I've used completely different images. No birds this time, even though I love them!

I made this card for a team Cyberstamp. It was based on a Clean and Simple sketch, which can be found here. Normally I procrastinate for ages over card design, so I find it very easy when the sketch is already done for me.

Supplies used

Stamps: Cheep Talk, On Your Birthday

Cardstock: Slumber Party speicalty DSP, Washington Apple DSP, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip

Inks: Kiwi Kiss, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Accessories: So Saffron Stripey ribbon, scallop edge punch, 1" circle punch. 

Workshop Cards

Here are a few different cards that we've made at workshops recently. If you'd like to get together with a few friends and learn how to make cards like these, then you should host a workshop of your own. There's a great special in June and July for workshop hosts, which you can read about here . You can even choose which cards you'd like to make! Please contact me if you're interested. 

Cards for the Boys

At Stampin' Up! convention recently, one of the presenters Nicki Tidbold talked about some strategies to use for making cards for the boys & men in her life. Often it seems easy to make something pretty and girly, but harder to create something masculine. However, I was inspired to come home and try out a couple of cards, one for a grown-up boy's birthday, and one for a younger boy (hopefully you can work out which is which, otherwise I'm in serious trouble with my designing!)

The "Trendy Trees" stamp set is my new favourite, too. It was one of the sets we received at Convention, and I've been using it heaps!

Supplies Used

Stamps: Pun Fun, Trendy Trees, On Your Birthday, Classic Stars wheel

Cardstock: Urban Oasis DSP, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Grey; Tangerine Tango, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Confetti White

Accessories: Hemp Twine, Paper crimper, Cutter Kit.

Convention Swaps

One of the fantastic things about being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator is having the opportunity to attend Stampin' Up! events. So, I've been lucky enough to spend the last few days down in Canberra, with about 400 other demonstrators from Australia and New Zealand, learning and chatting and laughing and celebrating - it was a fantastic time! I'll have some more images to post over the next few days about the things we did and all the goodies we received!

At Stampin' Up! events I always try to participate in swaps - I make abunch of cards in 1 or 2 designs and swap them with other demonstrators for a card they've made, so that we can share ideas and see different ways of using our stamp sets. So, I made about 60 cards to swap, in 2 different designs, using "Thoughts and Prayers" and "Owl Together Now" (some of you may recognise that card!)

In return, I received a stack of fantastic samples back from other people. There's loads of great ideas there, so I can't wait to go through them more closely. If you're over at my place for a class, then you're very welcome to have a look at them, too!