best day ever

i love when a new product comes into my grasp and i can play around with it

project life has joined with stampin up to make a whole range of stuff based on stampin up colours and stamps

 this card uses a card from the pl everyday adventure accessory kit as a stencil and i have added washi tape feathers to it.

 i used the retro fresh washi tape set for the feathers.

 here is the card that i used for the stencil and some staz-on black ink.

the feathers were very easy to make.

just get some thin wire

add approx 6cm of washit tape to it folded over at 3cm.

then cut to shape and to cut in feathers.

these were made for a card swap with my inklings group of stampy friends

cheers ears

the circus is in town!!

well with 4 kids the circus is ALWAYS in town at my place 

with the little monkeys and acrobats and clowns we have here lol

at a recent inklings retreat 

i was able to sit quietly for a couple of hours and 

concentrate and make something intricate and time consuming.

our challenge was to use a whole heap of colours and i immediately thought of the circus!

 this layout originally started as a card which got too big and got turned into a scrapbooking page which then, because of the lumpy bumpy-ness (yes that is a real word!!)

is now a picture to be framed on a wall!!

 the lion was made using the following punches

a 1"circle (face)

1/2"circles (ears)

word windows (arms, feet)

bird (legs, tail)

owl (ears, tummy, nose)

his mane was made from some exciting new dsp coming out in september 

(which i can't tell you because it is secret squirrel lol) which i have sponged

 the clown was made with the following punches

scallop circle (hair)

xl oval (tummy, pants, straps)

bird (arms, shoes)

1/2" circle (eyes, nose)

 the flag at the top has words from a new secret squirrel dsp 

and the tent is also made from the same secret squirrel new dsp lol

the flags at the side are from a new punch-woohoo!

balloons are from party this way and i have put crystal effects over them and tied twine to them

 the opening at the front was made by gluing together two peices of dsp 

and letting them dry with that fold in them

i have also added a spare peice of card under the tent top to help push it out to 

make it more standy-outy (another real word haahaha)

and you know the coolest thing about this?

i won a prize for it!

<<blush>>

thanks to the inklings who voted for me :>

my daughter (the one in the photo) just loves it and now i have a grumpy little brother who is also wanting one...sigh....maybe some time soon when mummy gets the same luxury again :>

cheers ears

christmas in july inklings blog hop

Welcome to The INKlings’ Team’s Christmas in July blog hop. You may have arrived here from Liz's amazing blog or just be visiting my blog, whichever way once you’ve checked out my creations you can continue the hop through the link at the end of this post to  Janice's lovely blog.

How quick is this year going! 

Have you started to think about your Christmas cards and projects yet? 

The INKlings team has and we thought that this month was the perfect time to host a Christmas in July blog hop. You'll find lots of great ideas provided by 16 team members’ fantastic blogs.

Want to win some Blog Candy? Simply leave a comment on each blog and then email me and let me know you’ve done so and you’ll be in the running for a fantastic prize from Inklings team members.
Sorry Blog Candy prize not available to SU! demonstrators but you're more than welcome to leave us a comment! 
 

“Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.”

snowflakes fascinate me

they are so intricate and delicate and beautiful

trying to imitate something that mother nature does so extraordinarily well 

with punches is...well...difficult

these punched out snowflakes use a variety of punches

tag,circles, scallops, photo corner, boho blossoms and my trusty cropadile are used here.

stick together with tombow glue and sprinkle with glitter

tie with some fine white cotton and hang them around your home

or remember doing snowflakes with folded paper as a kid?

well you still can!

i let my 6 year old and 8 year old loose with my punches during the school holidays and these are what they came up with!

aren't they cool?

keeping with the snowflake theme i made this gift set.

i have used the lovely ice cream parlour ribbon and buttons

(did you know you can get these for FREE with an order over $100?)

underneath is some packaging paper stamped ready to be used as gift wrap!

 for this part of the gift i decorated a little wooden box.

to do this i painted on some baja breeze ink with a paintbrush

(just squirt a little bit of ink from your re-inker to do this)

 and then i added some ribbon to the bottom with sticky strip.

on the top is one of the snowflakes from above 

that i have stuck some ribbon and buttons on to.

inside the box i have made a zigzag mini album using matching colours of 

daffodil delight, pacific point and melon mambo

and a rikrak strip from the tasteful trim big xl die cut

 

my matching snow man card was made using some circle punches (body and head), 

2 step bird punch (arms)

star (carrot)

owl (snowflakes, eyes)

tag (greeting on ribbon).

the stamp sets i have used here are the very versatile confetti set

season of joy and short and sweet.

another idea for a christmas gift that is very simple and very easy is jewellrey

here i have made a cute pair of earrings using the snowflake from short and sweet.

i stamped the image on and glued it all together and then carefully squeezed crystal effects over to strengthen them...

can't have your earrings getting all soggy in the rain now can we?

they come in a empty glitter container

interesting fact: did you know that the 13/48" circle punch fits exactly on the top of this jar? 

did you also know that the 13/8" circle punch fits inside on the bottom?

if you want more stampin up sets with snowflakes try

playful pieces (hostess set) pg15

sparkling (jumbo wheel) pg22

punch pals pg24

sassy sparkles (jumbo wheel) pg 25

winter post pg26

snow swirled pg28

every little bit pg37

short and sweet pg111

dasher pg161

not so obvious sets include

to a classic pg 41

hello again pg68

medallion pg 87

Well that’s all from me. 

Next stop on the INKlings’ Team Blog Hop is the lovely janice. 

Have fun and don't forget to leave a comment on each blog to win some great Blog Candy.

If for any reason you find a missing link on the blog hop head back here to find links to all the members taking part. 

 clare http://www.crafty-cow.com

janice http://www.janicespencer.blogspot.com  

christie http://www.christiescreativecorner.blogspot.com

Kari - http://www.karigail.wordpress.com 

Joanna - http://www.joannawassens.com

Michelle - http://stampinground.wordpress.com

 Alana - http://www.alanagalagher.blogspot.com

Carol - http://www.inkantations-and-inkarnations.blogspot.com

Cath - http://cathdeanpapercraft.blogspot.com/ 

 Amy - http://amyandersonsblog.blogspot.com/ 

 Vanessa - http://stampness.blogspot.com 

Michelle D - http://stampinkpaper.blogspot.com

Ryn - http://rynscraps.blogspot.com

Fiona B - http://fionajanestamping.blogspot.com

Liz Halbisch - http://lizhalbisch.blogspot.com

cheers ears

christmas in july blog hop coming soon!

MONDAY 25TH JULY FROM NOON

Get some great ideas for your Christmas projects

and be in running to win some great blog candy every time you comment!!

Here's a sneak preview

See you then!!

PS THANKS TO THE ANONYMOUS COMMENTER WHO POINTED THE ERROR OUT TO ME :>

better late than never!

the ever marvellous fiona gave us a cyber challenge last week and i have finally gotton around to posting it i am such a slacker but i have been very busy getting miss katie's birthday organised baking and icing cakes seems to take me forever!

but here we are and i am have my challenges done! one of fionas challenges was a side step card i have made one before but i made the instructions up last time fiona gave us these great ones from marelle's blog which were really easy to follow

i used the stickers and dsp from the sunny days scrapbooking kit from the winter 2010 mini aren't those colours just fab?!!

another challenge was a 4x4 card with a matching envelope and to use Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Kraft and Whisper White. they were actually separate challenges but i combined the two for katie's birthday card i also added some bling and dazzling diamonds

i think miss katie liked it she waved it around and tried to eat it so i take it was ok lol no bling was devoured luckily!

cheers ears!