Forest Friends

Our little friend Lucas turns 2 today so I made him this card. The little bunnies are perfect for a toddler and these colours go so well together. Look closely - I've drawn bits of grass around the bunnies with Garden Green marker.


Hope you've had a wonderful birthday Lucas. xxx.


Ingredients


Cardstock: Night of Navy, Real Red, Garden Green, Whisper White
Ink: Night of Navy, Real Red
Markers: Garden Green
Stamp Sets: Forest Friends, Great Friend
Punches: 1-3/8" x 5/8" Oval, 1-3/4" x 7/8" Oval

Father's Day

I'm looking forward to spending Father's Day with my Dad, my brother (who is also a dad) and my 5 year old niece tomorrow. My husband and I are planning to go to my Dad's for breakfast where my niece has promised to make us pancakes! Then all of us except my husband (who has an exam on Monday) will be going to lunch in the Rocks in the city. Happy Father's Day Dad - love you lots!

Ingredients for the card above...

Cardstock: Soft Suede, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla

Ink: Soft Suede, Certainly Celery

Stamps: For You Flower, Trendy Trees, Circle Circus

Punches: Fancy Flower, Scallop Edge Border, 1-1/4" Circle

Other: Vintage Brads

Join the In Crowd

If you join my team between now and 15 October, you will receive a complete set of FREE In-Colours including all the ink pads, Stampin' Write Markers and an assortment of card stock. That's $84.90 worth of product absolutely free.

What a great start to your business...

If you'd like to join, please contact me.

Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stampers Anonymous SU Blog Tour! Tonight we are delighted to show you projects using products that were available to us in our demo sneak peek from the 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalogue.

You may have just come from the blog of Kirrily Matthews but if you are starting here, don't worry... you can make the complete tour just by following the links at the end of each post. There are 14 stops along the way and we hope you will visit each one to see the wonderful creations we have to show you! Please feel free to leave some comment love along the way...

At the end of each post there will be a link to take you to the next stop on the tour.

So grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy!


My first creation is an early Christmas Spring Card using the masking technique.


Ingredients

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Ink: Melon Mambo, Baja Breeze
Stamps: Contempo Christmas, Tiny Tags
Punch: Jewelry Tag Medium
Other: Dazzling Diamonds, Hemp Twine


My second card is a fun birthday card using a great new punch and some new stamp sets.

Ingredients

Cardstock: Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla

Ink: Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red

Stamps: For You Flower, Printed Petals, Party This Way

Punches: 1-3/8" Circle, Fancy Flower

Other: Basic Black Marker

My third card uses my new favourite stamp set, Artistic Etchings. I've used some of the new jewels to accentuate the background image.

Ingredients

Cardstock: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Ink: Soft Suede

Stamps: Artistic Etchings, Oval All

Stampin' Around Wheel: Very Vintage

Punches: Scallop Oval, 1-3/4" x 7/8" Oval

Other: Basic Pearl Jewels


Now you're off to enjoy the wonderful creations of Marelle Taylor. Thanks for stopping by!

If you happen to lose your way, here's a list of all participants.

1. Fiona Harvey
2. Juliette Chapman
3. Kerry Bunting
4. Kirrily Matthews
5. Lorna Casha
6. Marelle Taylor
7. Meighan Wheller
8. Melissa Gillis
9. Michelle Marchant
10. Nikki Stalker
11. Sally Williams
12. Sam Coppack
13. Sandy Quail
14. Sharon Wilson

Last Chance...

A reminder that you only have until 9pm 31 August to order retiring items. Before they go, I have a couple of things to show you.

The first is a double page layout using some retiring cardstock and Designer Series Paper.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Really Rust

Paper: Tea Party Designer Series Paper

Ribbon: So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon

Letters: Stampin' Up! Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Sizzlits Dies

Other: On Board So Tweet, Basic Black Marker

The second is a card that I made for a christening. It uses Blush Blossum Cardstock which is retiring.

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Blush Blossum

Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip

Stamps: Medallion, Wonderful Favourites, Short and Sweet

Other: Silver Emboss Powder, Pretties Kit

However, if you are ready to see some new colours, stamp sets and accessories, don't forget to check back here on Tuesday at 9pm for the Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop.

Announcing the Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop

My fabulous team, Stampers Anonymous will be holding a blog hop to introduce the new Idea Book and Catalogue being released on 1 September.

We will kick off at 9pm next Tuesday, 31 August 2010.

You will be able to start on my blog and follow the links to visit all the other posts. We will be showcasing new stamp sets, punches and other accessories.

So if you would like a hint of what's in store, save the date in your diary. Hope you can make it.

River Thames

Created by Lorna Images ©1990-2010 Stampin' Up!®

I found a Scrapbooking sketch challenge on Home and Scrapped and decided to give it a go. I've used some retiring products for this page, including the very versatile Windsor Knot Designer Series Paper and the Fabulous Fusion Flowers on p.144 of the current Idea Book and Catalogue. One of the best things about Stampin' Up! is that all the colours go together beautifully. For example, the Windsor Knot paper uses Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, So Saffron and Old Olive. Once I picked out the paper to use, most of the colour choices were made for me, including the use of the cardstock, ribbon and flowers. The only other colour I added was Rose Red. I've used the Big Shot Timeless Type Junior Alphabet for the page Title in Chocolate Chip and So Saffron, and the great new Heart punch in the current mini. I applied the Jumbo Eyelets using the Crop-a-dile.

Helping Hudson

I found this blog which has been set up to help a little boy named Hudson.

He needs a KidWalker which will greatly improve his quality of life. The blog itself has challenges and giveaways. You can even buy some tutorials - the proceeds will help his parents raise money to buy the KidWalker. If you don't want the tutorials, but want to help, there is a place to donate some money.

You can read more about this amazing little boy or enter the challenges and buy the tutorials on the blog Helping Hudson.

A Rose is a Rose

Created by Lorna
Images ©1990-2010 Stampin' Up!®


I love this stamp set (A Rose Is A Rose) and it is one of the ones that is on sale for 20% off the retail price for this month only. There are so many things you can do with it. It contains 14 stamps and as a couple of the stamps are quite large, it suits scrapbookers as well as cardmakers. The 'capsuled' flower and dragonfly are from the hostess set, Organic Grace.


Ingredients:
Cardstock: Handsome Hunter, Regal Rose, Whisper White
Ink: Handsome Hunter, Rose Red, Regal Rose
Stamps: A Rose Is A Rose, Organic Grace
Other: Sweet Treat Cup, Daubers, Crystal Effects