Sneak peak at some new stuff...

Hi everyone,

Spolier Alert, Spoiler Alert!!!! In April Stampin' Up have the Autumn/Winter Mini coming out and let me tell you it is AMAZING! Some really great products that I have been itching to get my hands on for what seems like a lifetime. There are lots of new stuff coming and I just want to tell everyone because it really is a great mini and when you see some of the stuff you will be going OMG!!! WOW!!! So save up those pennies and look forward to some beautiful products.

Today I have a card made using a few new things which is a little naughty of me but I really couldn't help myself. I used the wonderful Makeesha Byl's latest sketch challenge which looks like this...



And here's what I came up with...



The flower images are a new set in the mini called Vintage Vogue, Aren't they amazing?? Then I've used the Sizzix Big Shot (OMG I'm in love) to do the dry embossing in the background. I have used a non SU punch for the border. It's so cute though! And touched it up with some DSP, Rub On's, Ribbons and Pretties Kit!

Stamp Set: Vintage Vogue
Ink: Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose Prints DSP Hostess Pack
Accessories: Dimentionals, Pretties Kit, Regal Rose Grosgrain, Chit Chat Rub Ons, Non SU! border Punch, Paper Snips, Sizzix Big Shot

Thanks for looking
Dani

Makeesha Inspiration Challenge #17

OMG! I'm so excited! Why? Well two reasons....
a. I got to participate in a Makeesha Challenge again
b. I got my entry in well before due

Makeesha Byl runs weekly challenges and I always really enjoy them because I'm not making a card because its someones birthday or because my mum asked me too or whatever it's creating for me and sometimes you really need to get back to that rather than whipping up cards for everyone else. This weeks challenge is an inspiration challenge and it looks like this...



I originally saw this picture and just fell in love with that beautiful tree on the side so I thought I'd use 'Lovely as a Tree' to depict the tree from the image. I had so many ideas running through my head and kept trying different things and from there my card just kept evolving into what was going to be a really simple card to something a bit more complex. But thats the best part about the inspiration challenges is to get inspired and to enjoy creating. So here is what I eventually came up with



Stamp Set: Lovely as a Tree, Sanded BG
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze, Creamy Caramel, Barely Banana, Apricot Appeal
Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Chit Chat Rub On's, Choc Chip double stitched ribbon, Dimensionals, Mat Pack, Brayer, Sponge Daubers, Sponges, 3/4" circle punch, Post it notes, Creamy Caramel Marker, Stamp a ma jig

The card is thinner and longer than a normal card but sometimes its fun to experiment with the dimensions. To get the background I have used sponging and brayering. For further information or step by step details in how to achieve this effect please just leave a comment or email me at danielle.fender@gmail.com

Thanks for looking
Dani

Baby girl card

One of the ladies from The Inklings (demo team I'm apart of), Kari Hughes, had a beautiful baby girl just before Christmas so I decided to make her a card to say congratulations. As I've made so many baby girl cards this last 6-9 months I had trouble coming up with something different! I then settled on using the DSP from the Rock-a-bye girl simply scrappin' kit as my inspiration. Here's what I finally come up with...



Stamp Set: Nursery Necessities
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Old Olive, Rock-a-bye-girl Simply Scrappin' DSP
Accessories: Old Olive Crads, Scallop Edge Punch, Dimensionals

All the layers are adhered onto the card using dimensionals. This is why in the photo it doesn't look like its lined up properly. In real life the dimensionals just gave it a really good pop.

Thanks for looking
Dani

Secret Santa

Hi all,

I always feel like I'm a bundle of excuses when I'm posting on here, So I guess today isn't going to be any different! I want to apologise for not posting like I said I would. My computer has been doing stupid things. I have done the posts and they are saved they just haven't been published and everytime I go to publish them my computer has a spastic and freezes. We are hoping that the issue has been resolved and I can start getting some of the posts published.

Ok... Every Christmas myself and the other Inklings (Demo group I am apart of) participate in Secret Santa and we send each other Stampin' Up presents which is so exciting. This year I received Mellow Moss taffeta Ribbon and Rub On's from the summer mini. To say thank you to my secret santa I decided to make her a card using the products she gave me. Here's the cute and simple card I made



Stamp Set: Pocket Silhouettes
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Eyelet border punch, Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon, Chit Chat Rub Ons

Thanks for looking
Dani

Pen Holders - SU Style

Hi everyone!

Happy 2010 to everyone! I hope you are enjoying your year so far! Things have been hectic here and I haven't had time to scratch my nose! It really saddens me that I haven't been blogging as much as I'd like to so I've made a New Years Resolution to actually get my pictures uploaded and blog more often! I love sharing what I do so am resolving (I guess that's how you put it) to blog at least once per week! I really hope that I am able to do this and look forward to sharing my projects with you more often this year.

I know Christmas has passed but I thought I would share some of the things I made this Christmas for my family and friends. Firstly I made some pen holders out of tins from tinned goods! They are so simple to make and look so affective. All you do is cut your DSP to size, Stick it around the tin with double sided tape and then decorate! And how effective do they look??



Here's two of the ones I made using the ski slopes DSP from the Spring Mini. You could easily substitute this for other DSP.



Here's a close up of one on its own



And here is one filled with my favourite products! How lovely do they look? When I gave them out I filled cellophane bags of homemade shortbread biscuits and had them sitting in the tins! Unfortunately at time of taking the photos all the biscuits had been eaten... I wonder who was the culprit... Hmmmm...

Thanks for looking and I will be back in a few days with other projects :)

Dani

Plum Daisy's

Hi All,

A few weeks ago it was my sister in laws birthday and I wanted to make her a card that she'd really like. She loves purple so I decided to use Perfect Plum and Pale Plum to make her card. My partner absolutely loves when I make cards using brayering so he wanted me to do a sunset type card using brayering. I thought using purple was a little out of my comfort zone but really like how the colours looked with a brayered background.

To get the background I stamped the Upsy Daisy Stamp Set in Black Stazon on Whisper White CS. I punched a circle out of a post it note on the sticky part and stuck it where I wanted my moon to go. Then brayered pale plum first until I got the colouring I wanted. I the layered over with Perfect Plum and blended the colour in to get the colours fading into each other. I then removed the punched circle and done! EASY! I was going to touch it up with some dazzling diamonds but my sister in law has a 2 year old and I just invisioned her playing with the card and removing all the glitter and spreading it all over the house! The glitter would really give it a pop though.



Stamp Set: Upsy Daisy, Sanded BG, Best Yet
Ink: Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Black Stazon, VersaMark
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Basic Black
Accessories: 1 3/8" and 1 1/2" circle punch, Brayer, Post it notes, Dimensionals, Stamp a majig

Oh and before I go I have a photo to share of my beautiful daughter Riley. She is 6 months old today (doesn't time fly) and I feel totally blessed to have her in my life. Here she is in the bath cracking a huge smile! Doesn't she just melt your heart???



Thanks for looking!
Dani

Makeesha Colour Challenge No 16

Hi All,

WOW! November was hit and miss! I created, I swear. It was just one of those months, In between the computer crashing, hospital visits and general life busy-ness I just haven't had time. I really need to stop making excuses. To make up for it I have a really cute card made for Makeesha's Colour Challenge! How super funky are these colours??



I thought these colours would be rocking as a boys card so I pulled out a set I've hardly used, Bugs and Kisses, and had a play! I really like what I came up with and really want to play some more with it now except we have an ant infestation at the moment and they have taken a liking to my craft desk and well I end up getting eaten by evil bugs everytime I create so I feel my choice in sets is quiet fitting given our ant visitors.



You can't quiet tell but in the background I have stamped little ladybettles on the red cardstock in versamark! Look hard and you will see them. Every photo I took it was very hard to see them.

Stamp Set: Bugs and Kisses, Sanded BG
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Taken With Teal, VersaMark
Cardstock: Taken with Teal, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Accessories: Pumpkin Pie Marker, Stamp a ma jig, 1 3/8" & 1 1/2" circle punch, scallop edge punch, Sponge daubers

Thanks for stopping by!
Dani

Double Challenges!

Hi All,

I've been so busy and haven't had time to blog! I am so slack! The joys of parenthood I guess! Anywho the card I have to share is using 2 challenges rolled into one! I made it last week and haven't had time to upload it so I have missed the cut off for one of the challenges but am happy with the card anyway so I thought I'd share it.

The first challenge I used was Makeesha's Colour Challenge for last week, Here are the gorgeous colours...



And the second was last weeks Mojo Monday Sketch which i sort of changed to suit myself! Here it is below


And here's what I came up with....



Stamp Sets: Special Blessings, Friends 24-7
Ink: Basic Grey, Basic Black, Versa Mark
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Basic Grey Prints DSP
Accessories: White Taffeta, Pretties Kit, Soft Subtles Brads, Dimensionals

Have a lovely evening
Dani :)

Polished Baby

No it's not some strange form of torture for infants it in fact describes 2 cards I made recently. Last month at training our fearless leader Jayne showed us various techniques and ideas using reinkers. One that we learnt was the 'Polished Stone' technique. The way it works is you put rubbing alcohol onto a make up wipe then place a few dots of, your choice in a few colours, reinkers onto the wipe then dab the ink over glossy white cardstock until desired effect or amount of colour has been reached!

I made 2 cards using the same layout using different 'polished stone' colour combinations! Both cards are for babies. The Pink one I made for my fellow demonstrator friend Kylie Swain who gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Emily, last week. The other is for just in case as I have a few expectant friends at the moment.

I really love how this technique gives a card something extra. It was so simple to do and lots of fun as long as you don't mind getting your fingers inky!



Stamp Set: Nursery Necessities, Polka Dot BG
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Gloss White
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Basic Grey
Accessories: Regal Rose and Pink Pirouette Reinkers, Mat Pack, Regal Rose Grosgrain, Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Punch, Rubbing Alcohol, Make Up Wipes



Stamp Set: Nursery Necessities, Polka Dot BG
Cardstock: Sage Shadow, Taken with Teal, Basic Grey, Whisper White, White Gloss
Ink: Sage Shadow, Baha Breeze, Taken with Teal, Basic Grey
Accesories: Sage Shadow Baha Breeze and Taken with Teal reinker, Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Punch, Rubbing Alcohol, Make Up Wipes, Baha Breeze Striped Ribbon

Happy Stampin'
Dani

Makeesha Colour Challenge #13

Hi Guys,

This week i saw Makeesha's Colours this week I instantly knew what I wanted to do with them. Here are the colours that she gave us this week



I've been meaning to practice more with my brayer as I don't use it enough but really love the effect I get from it so I decided that these colours would be great for Brayering. I used the group of trees from the "Lovely as a tree" set and brayered to give a lovely moonlit night! Heres my final product...



Stamp Set: Lovely as a tree, Sanded BG
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Versamark
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive
Accessories: Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Brayer, 1 1/2" circle punch, Post It Notes, Dimensionals, Old Olive Brads, Mat Pack, Wide and Thin Choc Chip Grosgrain

Thanks for looking! If you want to know more details about how I made the card just let me know and I'll email you!

Cheers, Dani :)

Elegant Stars

My youngest brother celebrated his birthday earlier this month! I really wanted to make a card that combined things that he liked while also keeping it masculine which is a challenge in itself. He loves dark purple and black together and he loves stars so I knew I needed to include these on the card. I decided to play with my punches and here's what I came up with.



Stamp Sets: Spotlight on Christmas, Occasional Greetings
Ink: Elegant Eggplant
Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories: Small and Large Star Punches, Dimensionals, Black Brads

Needless to say I was really happy with the card and he really liked it too which is even better!

Have a lovely evening!
Dani :)

Choo Choo Challenge

When I went away in August on the Inklings Team Weekend Away I got to participate in some challenges throughout the weekend. One of them was an old Kristina Werner Colour Challenge - Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Whisper White and Sahara Sand. I really think these colours look great together so decided to have a play with the Choo Choo Set from the Spring Mini Catalogue and make a baby card as I know SOOOO many babies being born at the moment. Here's the card



Stamp Set: Choo Choo, Nursery Necessities, Sanded BG
Ink: Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Versamark, Certainly Celery, Sahara Sand and Old Olive Markers
Cardstock: Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Sahara Sand
Accessories: Stamp-a-majig, Old Olive wide grosgrain Ribbon, White Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals

Thanks for looking!
Dani

A call for scraps

Hi Guys,

Are you a hoarder like me and keep scraps of cardstock "just in case" and then never use them? If so I have the perfect solution. The Inklings Demonstrator group I am part of has been doing alot of stuff for Westmead children's hospital including visits and making cards with sick kids. They are always on the look out for punched out shapes of cardstock, paper, DSP, Whatever, for the kids to play and create with. So next time you look at a scrap and can't decide what to do with it, punch out a few shapes, put them in a pile and when you get a decent amount send them to me (Or Jayne Mercer who is organising this) and we will make sure they get to the Children's Hospital. They don't have to be SU! product so any punches or cardstock you have will help!
If you want anymore information including my address so you can mail them to me please email me at danielle.fender@gmail.com

Thanks for your assistance guys!
Dani

Makeesha Colour Challenge #12

Wow, 2 posts in a week, I'm on fire!! Ok not literally because that would hurt! Anywho... I got some spare time yesterday to have a play with this weeks Makeesha Challenge! The colours she chose are just divine and work really well together. Here are the colours she chose...



I took a little inspiration from this card I received from a fellow demonstartor, Kylie Swain after giving birth to Riley. I absolutly LOVE this card so couldn't help but get inspired by it! Here is the end result...



Stamp Set: Wild About You, Nursery Necessities
Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, So Saffron, Regal Rose Prints DSP Pack II
Ink: Regal Rose
Accessories: 1 1/2' and 1 3/8' circle punches, Mat Pack, Dimensionals, Real Red Ribbon, So Saffron Button from Button Latte pack

I have a few friends including Kylie Swain who are pregnant with baby girls and are due in the next week or so, so I thought it was appropriate to start stocking up on some cards! This one is for my friend Sarah who was hoping to pop today so she has an easy birthday to remember but it didn't quiet happen!

Thanks for looking!
Dani

Beautiful Thanks

Gees, Haven't I been slack! I keep meaning to update my blog but have been so slack. I sincerely apologise to any of my loyal followers, If you still follow that is! Life has just been so hectic in between a million august birthdays including my own and my partners and having a little bubba I just feel like I haven't stopped! I have heaps of stuff to share just no time to share it if that makes sense!

Here is a card I made on the team weekend away back in August! It was a sketch challenge and I really wanted to do something using sets I don't own. So I had a play around with "A Beautiful Thing." As happy as I am with the outcome this card took me 4 attempts to get the stamping right! So for future reference don't use this stamp set when you only have had 4-5hrs sleep! The Flowers have Dazzling Diamonds on each little dot but you can't tell in the photo! They look stunning though!



Stamp Set: Three Little Words, A Beautiful Thing
Cardstock: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Almost Amethyst
Ink: Almost Amethyst (Marker and ink pad), Lovely Lilac, Sage Shadow Marker
Accessories: Choc Chip Wide Grosgrain, Ice Rhinestone Brads, Eyelet Border Punch, Word Window Punch, Dazzling Diamonds, Two Way Glue Pen, Large brads (From spring Mini)

Thanks for looking and I will try to be a little more prompt with my updating! Also Fiona Harrison email me your details (danielle.fender@gmail.com) so I can send out the card I had on offer for blog candy to you!

Cheers!
Dani