Mother's Day - Number of Years and Thoughtful Banners Card #JAI357

I am actually trying to be prepared and make Mother's Day card a number of weeks before the event. I have CASED myself for this card I made a few years ago for a fundraiser. For this card I have used the Number Of Years floral stamps to create the background using the coloured inks in this weeks Just Add Ink Colour Challenge #357 which is Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo and Sahara Sand on Thick Whisper White card. To create the sentiment I stamped the Happy and Mother's Day from the Thoughtful Banners stamp set in Island Indigo onto Sweet Sugarplum card stock which I punch using the Classic Label Punch.

To finish off the card I added Wink of Stella to all the flowers.

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Kinda Eclectic, Crazy About You, Hello You Thinlits Card

This card has to be an all time favourite. I have used all retiring products that I will truely miss on this card. The Crazy About You stamp set is top of the list I will also miss the co- ordinating Hello You Thinlits. I adore the effect that you get stamping and sponging over the coated Affectionately Yours Speciality Designer Series Paper which I done here with the sun ray stamp from the Kinda Eclectic stamp set and sponging the same ink amongst the rays as well. as a final touch o the touch I punched out some Silver Glimmer Paper stars using the Confetti Star Border Punch.

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Clearance Rack Updated May 2017

You’ll want to check out the online store Clearance Rack because we’ve updated it with select items that are up to 60% off. Yeah, it’s a big deal! Get them while they last.

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Hip Hip Hooray! Birthday Delivery with Birthday Memories DSP #GDP084

It has been a while since I played with Global Design Project and this week's challenge is to Case the Designer. I have so many beautiful new products here that I was able to receive at and ordered after OnStage, that are calling my name so I was compelled to make a card and share it with you. I have Cased Michelle Last's card layout. The Birthday Memories Paper reminds me of Golden Books that I read as a little girl. I started the card by choosing  the cake image from the cake paper and using the matching die from the Birthday Friends Framelits in the Big Shot along with a Stitched Shapes Framelit square from Whisper White card stock for the cake to sit on. I stamped the sentiment from the Birthday Delivery stamp set in Real Red ink inside the Banner which is stamped in Crumb Cake ink which I also cut with it co-ordinating die in the Big Shot. I finished the card by layering the images on Stampin' Dimensionals on to the back side of the cake paper which looks like the inside of a golden book.

A close look at the dimension and definition I created using Stampin' Dimensionals and Sponging with Crumb Cake ink.

To order any of the products used on this project you will have to wait till June 1st but we still have lots of other products available in the Occasions and Annual catalogues and on the Retirement List, simply go to my SHOP NOW button above to go to my Online store or contact me to place an order. 

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Celebrate Today Ghosting Technique - ESAD 2017 Retirement Blog Hop

Today I am participating in the ESAD (more info on the group below) Retirement Blog Hop with many of our other talent members. This card is an old favourite using the retiring Celebrate Today stamp set and was very well received when I taught it a few years ago in a class. I showed them how to use the Ghosting Technique to stamp onto Crumb Cake card stock in colour without discolouring the original ink. It is as simple as stamping in Whisper White ink drying it then stamping with desired colour over the to give true colour.

On this card I used Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay and So Saffron. I added the polka dot to the balloons in Whisper White ink. I added the Bow and Birthday on the sentiment strip in Archival Basic Black Ink. I used a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker to add the ballon strings. To finish the sentiment I added birthday in Bermuda Bay and used the Triple Banner Punch to flag the end.

Please visit the rest of the participants in the Blog Hop

Blog Hop Participants:

1. Lou Kitzelman

2. Kelly Kent

3. Rachael Lewsley 

4. Courtenay Heuston 

5. Narelle Fasulo 

6. Kirrkie Terri 

7. Nicole Wilson 

8. Carly Middleton 

9. Libby Dyson 

10. Rebecca Jacovou 

11. Rosalie Desmond 

12. Megan Lenske

13. Leonie Schroder 

14. Kristel Rimmer

15. Tanya Bell 

16. Richelle Fletcher 

17. Pauline Bennetts 

18. Mandy Depiazzi 

19. Ellen Woodbridge <- You are Here

20. Monique Fielder 

21. Maree McIntosh 

22. Cathy Pinchbeck 

To order any of the products used on this project you will have to be quick as the items on our Retirement List are selling out fast, simply go to my SHOP NOW button above to go to my Online store or contact me to place an order. 

I can also show you how to make projects like this at a party with you and your friends. Just contact me to organise a time to enjoy the amazing benefits our hostesses can earn and spend on anything in our catalogues including our Occasions Catalogue.

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Watercolour Wings One Layer Card

I found another treasure in my card samples box. I have no idea how many years ago I made it but is it still a favourite. I stamped 2 butterflies from the Watercolour Wings stamp set, pink butterfly in Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry, the blue butterfly is a little harder for me to decipher, I think i used Marina Mist,  Island Indigo and Not Quite Navy which is long retire that  you could substitute with Dapper Denim. I added the dots in Crumb Cake and the sentiment on piece of Marina Mist card stock which I flagged the end using the Triple Banner Punch to cover some previous miss stamping.

To order any of the products used on this project, simply go to my SHOP NOW button above to go to my Online store or contact me to place an order. Don't forget to check out all the deals on the Retirement List and Clearance Rack while you are there.

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Ellen

Eastern Beauty with Eastern Medallions Thinlits Card

I am really loving the soon to be released Eastern Palace Suite that customers can order from May 1st....more details to come on this. For today's card I was inspired in a reverse way by my lovely friend in the US Demonstrator Denise - Ladybug Stampin who was making a mask using the Eastern Medallion Thinlits with Window sheets to sponge into a card. I took that concept and made a similar pattern in Very Vanilla card stock in the Big Shot and sponged using our Sponge Daubers onto an addition piece under the cut outs in Dapper Denim, Fresh Fig, Tranquil Tide and Lemon Lime Twist Inks. I added the simple sentiment also in Lemon Lime Twist ink and to finish the card off layered the sponged and die cut pieces into a layer of Fresh Fig card stock onto a Lemon Lime Twist card base.

I will be holding a Stamp-a-Stack class on May 21st 1pm where we will using the Eastern Palace Suite making 6 cards 2 each of 3 Designs including envelopes for $25 on the Central Coast, NSW. Please contact me for further details and to RSVP.

To order any of the products used on this project you will have to wait till May 1st but we still have lots of other products available and the Retirement List, simply go to my SHOP NOW button above to go to my Online store or contact me to place an order. 

I can also show you how to make these projects at a party with you and your friends. Just contact me to organise a time to enjoy the amazing benefits our hostesses can earn and spend on anything in our catalogues including our Occasions Catalogue.

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Ellen

Happy Blooming Birthday - Flower Fair Card

Here is another set I am very said to say goodbye to - Flower Patch. This is an older card I have neglected to Blog but I still love it was made this with my Stamp Club ladies and is a One Sheet Wonder where we stamped a whole A4 Very Vanilla piece of card stock using the stamps that coordinate as 2 step stamping and using the smaller images to fill in the white spaces and made various card with it. Some of the colours I have used are Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo, Rose Red, Pear Pizazz, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set on Vellum to finish off the card. I will post another card made with this One Sheet Wonder next week.

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Hello - Eastern Beauty, Eastern Palace DSP Card

I had some time yesterday with my friend and fellow demonstrator Rosalie Desmond via Video to play and be inspired with using some NEW products from the Eastern Palace Suite from the upcoming Annual Catalogue, lucky for us we have the opportunity to play with it early and as a customer you get to purchase and play with this set as of May 1st in 2 Bundles of Products more info to come....... To make this card I to took the open flower shape and stamped it making sure it is connecting it to create a repeating pattern in one of our NEW 2017-2019 In Colours Lemon Lime Twist. I had a little scrap another new colour Fresh Fig patterned paper from the Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper and Gold Heat Embossed the Hello from the same Eastern Beauty stamp set which I flagged using Banner Triple Punch and added some bunched Gold Thread to finish off the sentiment. I layered the stamped piece in a Fresh Fig card stock layer onto a Lemon Lime Twist Card base.

I will be holding a Stamp-a-Stack class on May 21st 1pm where we will using the Eastern Palace Suite making 6 cards 2 each of 3 Designs including envelopes for $25 on the Central Coast, NSW. Please contact me for further details and to RSVP.

To order any of the products used on this project you will have to wait till May but we still have lots of other products available and the Retirement List, simply go to my SHOP NOW button above to go to my Online store or contact me to place an order. 

I can also show you how to make these projects at a party with you and your friends. Just contact me to organise a time to enjoy the amazing benefits our hostesses can earn and spend on anything in our catalogues including our Occasions Catalogue.

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Ellen

Layered Letters, Tin of Cards and 2015-2017 In Colours Smile Card

I have delved into my card box and found a few cards I have neglected to share with you all. I made this card as part of my catalogue launch way back in 2015 and most of the products used are now on the retiring list. I have used the 2015-2017 In Colors Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macron, Delightful Dijon, Watermelon Wonder and Cucumber Crush which are still available in a pack of 5 inks and card stock in A4 and 12x12 assorted packs. I stamped the SMILE sentiment from the Layered Letters which are also saying goodbye over the in colours overlapped circles in Basic Black Archival Ink.  I added a strip of the co ordinating Envelope Paper also on the retirement list which is still available under the co-ordinating card stock which I flagged the ends with the staying Banner Triple Punch. As a finishing touch I added some Baker's Twine and an older matching embellishment.

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Wedding Card - Double Take, Hardwood, Banners for You

Today I am participating in an International Blog Highlight. The Theme is Wedding. I created this card using two of the the Retiring 2015-2017 In Colours Tip Top Taupe and Mint Macron as well as the Double Take stamp set which I embossed in gold and added the Mint Marcon shadow on Vellum. I finished the sentiment using the Banners for You stamp set and matching Bunch of Banners Framelits. I created the background using the Hardwood stamp with Whisper White Ink on Tip Top Taupe card stock. I finished the card by adding a Gold Foil rose using the Rose Garden Thinits with the Precision Plate in the Big Shot and some Linen Thread.

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Ellen

Retiring List 2017 Annual and Occasions Catalogues

Its time to say GOODBYE to many of our Products in the 2016-2017 Annual Catalogue and Occasions 2017 Catalogues. Please be aware the our Retiring In Colors will be the first products to go so be quick so you don't miss out. I would encourage you to use my SHOP NOW button above to get your order ASAP to your door step. Here is the full list below.

http://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/lastChance/2017_SP_RetiredList/Retiring_List_SP.pdf

So if you have a "Cumcumber Crush" on a fave... don't be left "Watermelon Wondering" Why Why Why I left ordering cardstock and reinkers and matching DSP so late... These are while stocks last and have been known to sell out early.

To order any of the products on the Retiring List or any other products simply go to my SHOP NOW button above to go to my Online store or contact me to place an order.

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Ellen

Thanks - Life Me Up Bundle with Cupcakes and Carousel DSP Card

This card has to be one of my favourites that I made as a Display Stamper back at November's OnStage Live in Brisbane last year. I had the detailed Hot Air Balloon left over from a previous project. I put it up against my favourite argyle pattern from the Cupcakes and Carousels and it got a bit lost so I attached it to a piece of vellum to tone down paper. I simply added a sentiment from the matching stamp set punched out using the Classic Label Punch over a piece of Very Vanilla Thick Baker's Twine.

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OnStage Local Sydney 2017 Team Gifts - Lift Me Bundle, Kinda Eclectic and Brushwork Alphabet

I am very excited today, I am at Onstage Local in Luna Park Sydney #OnStage2017 which is Stampin' Up! local convention. We will see some of the fun all the participants are having at our LIVE event in Amsterdam, as well as local presentations. I always make a special page for myself and my team to wear with our name badges.

I cut the detailed Hot Air Balloon from the Up & Away Thinlits in Pacific Point using the Precision Plate in the Big Shot. Stamped the smaller Hot Air Balloon from the Lift Me Up stamp set in stamped of Crumb Cake and the using Emerald Envy ink with the Brushwork Alphabet set stamped our initials on Whisper White. I die cut the Balloon and Cloud from Up & Away Thinlits and circle in Crushed Curry from the Layering Circle Framelits which I then stamped in the matching ink with the Sun from the Kinda Eclectic.

I chose all these colours to match the Party Animal Papers which I used to decorate a Full Wide Stamp Case which I filled with some OnStage essentials for the day.

I would love to be able to share this experience of fun, friendship, stamping and sneak peeks with you in November for our next OnStage event. Please contact me for more information on how to join the fun

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Ellen

Dragonfly Dreams Bundle, Watercolor Pencils and Brushwork Alphabet Card

I made this card with a group of scrapbookers last weekend. I really want to show them how awesome our watercolour pencils can look as a background with some Emboss Resist using the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set on Shimmery White card stock. I have added a You Tube video on how I made the background of the card below. I decorated the watercolour background with 2 layered dragonflies from the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits cut in the Big Shot using Vellum and Dazzling Details Glimmer Paper. I added the Sentiment which is custom from the Brushwork Alphabet stamp set. I adore how the letters link up to give a perfect handwritten look. To finish the card I added some silver Metallic Enamel Shapes.

You Tube Video on how I made the background

Close up of all the Shimmer and Glimmer

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Big On Birthdays, Watercolor Pencils on Vellum and Floral Boutique Paper Card

I am always happy to earn free stamps and I was able to get the beautiful Big on Birthdays stamp set recently and this stamp instantly stood out to me and I just had to play with it. I stamped the sentiment on Vellum in Night of Navy and clear embossed it using the Heat Tool. The flowers were crying out for some colour so I took my Watercolour Pencils and coloured the back of the vellum and I adore how it turned it when backed with Whisper White card stock. I layered the card with Floral Boutique Pattered paper and for a Finishing touch some Basic Pearls.

Colours used on the vellum

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Carousel Birthday, Sweetheart Punch and Cupcakes and Carousel Card

I really adore this card and it really came to be from a stamping error. I stamped the Ferris Wheel from the Carousel Birthday stamp set in Calypso Coral ink and I either miss inked or miss stamped the middle of it. I pondered what to add to cover my mistake and grabbed my Sweetheart Punch and the Cupcakes and Carousel Paper stack and punch the heart from the argyle pattern, added it with Stampin' Dimensionals and added a liberal coating of clear Wink of Stella. I used my Blender Pen and Peekaboo Peach ink to colour the frosting on the cupcakes. I added this to the polka dot pattern from the paper stack on a Bermuda Bay card base. I added the Sentiment onto one of the labels from the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits which I cut out in the Big Shot. I added some matching Peekaboo Peach enamel shapes and added it over a piece of Very Vanilla satin Ribbon to finish off the card.

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Ellen