Father's Day #1

I am back, as promised! The new catalogue has so many amazing cards in it that when I saw this one, I knew it would be perfect for David's card. It was really simple to do, and uses the star jumbo wheel. I rolled it out in pumpkin pie and then did a so saffron, real red and garden green one, cut the stars out and mounted them on dimensionals.

The sentiment is from the teeny tiny sentiments stamp set (which I love) punched out with the word window punch.

Our new catalogue goes "live" tomorrow and I can't wait. I have my "must have" list all written out and I will be placing my order as soon as I can. If you would like to receive one of the new catalogues please email me at nickyadamson@ymail.com.

I have a christmas card to share with you next time ... using a brand new christmas stamp set.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Wheel: Star jumbo
Card: Tempting turquoise, whisper white, real red, so saffron, garden green
Ink: Tempting turquoise, pumpkin pie, real red, so saffron, garden green
Other: Large and small star punches, word window punch, stampin dimensionals

New wheel...

Well I have been home a whole week but trying to find time to take photos of all the cards I made while I was away, edit them and blog them has been difficult. Life seems to be so busy at the moment.

What a fantastic weekend it was. There were 27 amazingly talented ladies, loads of inspiration, new goodies to play with, great food and not much sleep!

First up is a sneak peak of a new jumbo wheel that is in the new catalogue which is released on Wednesday. I had seen it in the US catalogue and fell in love with it then, so when it was included in our pre-order, it was at the top of my wish list.

For this card I used pretty in pink, pink pirouette and chocolate chip. I inked the wheel with stazon ink and then rolled out two images, the first I cut to fit the card front then coloured it and the second I just coloured the duck jumpsuit. I cut it out and mounted it onto the first one. Here is a close up of the duck suit.

For the sentiment I stamped the outline from tiny tags and stamped the baby in the middle then used the matching punch to punch it out - gotta love that, so quick and easy. I then used linen thread to tie it onto the coathanger. Here is a close up.

I have a father's day card to show you next, so be sure to check back in a couple of days to see it.

Til next time,

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:
Stamps: Tiny tags
Wheel: Baby Tees jumbo wheel
Card: Chocolate chip, pretty in pink, pink pirouette, whisper white

Ink: Chocolate chip, pretty in pink, pink pirouette, so saffron

Big Shot: Perfect polka dots embossing folder
Other: Jewellery tag punch, stampin dimensionals, blender pen, linen thread

Weekend away

We have our annual INKlings weekend away this weekend and I cannot wait! My mojo seems to be taking a break at the moment, so I am hoping that a whole weekend away with some like minded crafty people will bring it flooding back! I will be back early next week to start sharing some of the amazing creations I have made ... not to mention the swap card I made.

Til next week.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

It has been a bad week in our house. David's Nan passed away at the grand old age of 98. What a fantastic lady she was. She was still living by herself and was fit and active right up until the last few months. I wish I had half the energy she seemed to have. I remember her telling me a story a few years ago about the people she was delivering meals on wheels to, and how they were 20 years younger than her! We will miss her so much, especially christmas with the whole extended family at her house.
I have also had Jess off school this week with a really bad bout of conjunctivitous. The noise and mess has been out of this world. Unfortunately Jess likes talking as much as me, and she has constant conversations with imaginary people!

So.... not surprisingly I haven't felt like creating much ... hopefully my blue mood will lift soon and I will get back to my craft desk. I have a few projects I want to get done and new pre-order stamp sets to play with ... I will see how I go.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky

New Medallion stamp

When I first got the new mini catalogue, I wasn't sure whether I wanted to buy the large medallion stamp, but I have seen some amazing things done with it, so of course I just had to get it! For this card I stamped the medallion in regal rose ink on the white card and then inked up the en francais stamp with a dauber in mellow moss ink, making it darker in patches and very light in others. I then stamped it over the top of the medallion. I used the dauber to put some ink around the edge of the white block. I then mounted it onto mellow moss card, and mounted that onto an always artichoke card base.

I used the vintage vogue flowers and a sentiment from the sincere salutations set for the main panel.

I stamped the background of the main panel with the en francais again (only this time I stamped off the ink twice before stamping on my panel). I cut the flowers out and then adhered them with a brad.

For the block through the centre of the card, I had a go at the "suede" technique. It is an awesome technique and one I am sure I am going to use a lot. You rough the paper up a lot and then peel it apart, using the inside fluffy portion as the "suede" panel. Here is a close up:Well that's it from me today, I will be back in a couple of days to share more.

Til next time, keep on creating.

xx Nicky

Supplies:

Stamp set: Medallion, en francais, very vintage, sincere salutations
Ink: Mellow moss, always artichoke, regal rose
Card: Always artichoke, mellow moss, whisper white
Other: Silver brad, sponge dauber

It's your last chance...

to get hold of some fabulous products that are being retired and will not be in Stampin' Up!'s new catalogue which is released next month. With the colour renovation and new punch body shape, the last chance list is a whopping 8 pages long, which is the biggest ever. To view the list, click on the link here.

Products in the last chance list are only available until 31 August or while stocks last, whichever occurs first.

Demonstrators have been advised that some items have very low stock levels, so if there are any items you absolutely cannot live without, please email me or call me on 0407-418-063 with your order as soon as possible, so you don't miss out.

Keep on creating.

xx Nicky