how else you can use the stampin up catalogue

apart from buying everything in it of course hahahaahaha

it is an excellent source of ideas and inspiration.

this month the creative crew were asked to case a card from the catalogue and it had to be a tall card

i ummed and ahhed about a few and played with a couple but they were a bit poop 

(so i am not showing you them here!!)

and finally was happy with this card inspired by page 78 and the nature's nest set.

 the original used oranges and green and razzleberry i think

i swapped those colours for black, white and melon mambo

i changed the scallop trim punch for the lace ribbon punch

and the dragon fly for a butterfly.

the sentiment also got changed

i also wanted to change the medallion stamp from being subtle to being in your face!!

so i used the melon mambo embossing powder to really pop it out!

to finish it off i made a matching envelope using the very cool long envelopes from stampin up

i would love to see what card sketches have inspired you

feel free to leave your inspirations in the comments section and i will pop on over and say hi!

cheers ears

scrapbook page with a difference

over at the creative crew this month we were taken out of comfort zones (well i was anyways lol) with the challenge of using a pocket card as a scrapbook page...hmmm...took some thinking...

so this is what my brain came up with!

one gigantic pocket card!!!

 i used 2 pieces of love letter dsp (now retired sadly) as it fitted the colour scheme of my photos.

i just gave the edges a bit of a curve with the corner punch and folded over the top bits and stuck the sides together. then i inked around the edges.

 inside are 2 big photos on bashful blue card with tags attached and journalling on the back

 yes that is my handsome hubby :>

as well as him i have added a medallion stamp and added a bit of dsp and an antique brad. the edges of the medallion have been made using circle punches and cropadile out of a scallop die and some bling!

there is also some srtipey thick ribbon and a large silver tag with a felt flower and antique brad

up the top is a bevelled window pane with a sentiment inside it

 used the simple letters alphabet for the title and added some bling

 the bevelled window pane has a sentiment from best yet and i have added some ribbon and glitter brads

 photo tabs have journalling on the back

tags are made using circle punches and dsp and an antique brad

hope this inspires you with your scrapbooking for an idea for loads of journalling

cheers ears

pms friday class

each friday fortnight i have a pms session at my place what the heck is pms you ask? well apart from the obvious... and why the heck would you want to hang out together and whinge about having it.... now now now what do you take me for? pms=pizza, music and stamping (although there was a suggestion if one week it could please be pizza, men and stripping lmao!!!) if you are ever out my way on a pms friday feel free to join us. it starts around 7pm. costs $10 there is usually 1 or 2 make and takes and a whole pile of laughter, giggles and fun! give me a call 46274628 if you want to come to our next one. here's what the girls came up with on friday the focus was on easel cards here we all channelled zindorf and did some faux tiling and sponging

here we used the magnificent medallion stamp and embossing powder a good night was had by all and we even finished before midnight so none of us turned into pumpkins cheers ears

elite challenges for may

every month the elite stampers have a couple of challenges set by the ever lovely carol and i always fail epicly at getting them done however this month i seem to have done them-woot! go me!

first is a sketch challenge thought i might use some only orange and the "that's funny" stamp set and turn it ito an easel card next was a colour challenge-razzleberry, baja, not quite navy and artichoke thought i would be a bit different and make a cute little back pack bag the little button were made using the cool button die template can be found here the final challenge was to use the medallion stamp which is just so so so so cool and i think i want to marry it and have it's babies (note to self: ask steve first) here i used gold embossing powder and lightened up the background with a bit of white and added a build-a-brad okies-leave a comment to say hi cheers ears