Kylie's International Blog Highlight August 2020 - Hippo thanks

Hello and welcome everyone to my blog. I have been enjoying playing with the cute Hippo from Hippo Happiness and decided to join in 

Kylie Bertucci’s International Stampin’ Up!® Blog Highlights for August  which has the theme of Thank You. It is taking the time to make a card for a loved one or a friend, simply saying thanks 

especially when we have family & friends locked down in Melbourne at the moment.

Started with Magenta Madness as my base card. Added a piece of Bumblebee cardstock to a 3 inch strip of floral from the Flowers for every Season DSP. I embossed this piece with the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder.

Stamped my hippo using the stamparatus in Flirty Flamingo and Magenta Madness (stamped off once) - so cute. Used the Hippo & Friends Dies to cut out my hippo and the Magenta Madness piece.

The word thanks came from the Beauty Abounds stampset.

Don't forget to go and look at all the beautiful cards that have been put up - just click here will take you straight there.

Now don't forget to click on the hearts to vote for 5 of the cards.

Thank you for stopping by

Until next time

Happy stamping, stay safe and 
be kind to one another.

Maree xxx

INKspired Colour Combo Challenge 113 -

Hello and welcome everyone to another INKspired blog hop - this is a colour combo and I find this hard to do - that is to limit to the colours below. Teneale has given us great colours to work with but it has taken me awhile to be happy with my card.

You may have started here or come straight across from the delightful 

Julie Martin and I love what she makes 

Started with a base card of Smoky Slate and then added the Petal Pink double layer that had been embossed with the Scripty 3D embossing folder. 

I started with the flowers from Beautiful Friendship stampset using the above colours on a piece of Whisper White cardstock and then I cut the shape out with one of the Stitched Nested Labels Dies. 

I used the Layered with Kindness stampset - see below as I love the words.
for my friend. I stamped twice in the Smoky Slate ink using my Stamparatus. Then used the Label Me Fancy Punch.


Lastly the inside of my card where I used the script from the Very Versailles stampset in Smoky Slate ink and stamped the flower from Beautiful Friendship over the top.

Thank you for stopping by - now it is onto Barb Williams 

and I can't wait to see what she has made.

Until next time

Happy stamping

Maree xxx

2019 Sale-A-Bration - Lovely Lattice Stampset

Hi everyone

Wanted to show you another free stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration brochure.

Love this time of the year where, when you spend $90.00 before postage you can choose 

free product from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.

The Lovely Lattice stamp set is great for colouring in but changed my mind today and didn't colour this card in . I will show you later in the week the ones I coloured in. I ended up making a few cards today (so quick) using the Stamparatus - love love this amazing product.

. Today I kept my card simple -  Crumb Cake and Night of Navy cardstock. I then inked the words and the flower in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. No colouring in as I liked it as it was.

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer stamp set

Lovely Lattice stamp set

Now below are the cards that have been designed by the Stampin' Up! Concept Artist that are samples in the brochure to provide us all with great ideas or to just copy.

Lastly a quick video that Stampin' Up! has put together

Products used to make my card are listed below:

• Stamp sets: Lovely Lattice (SAB brochure), Butterfly Gala (Occasions Catalogue) 
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Night of Navy
• Accessories:   Stamparatus , Stampin' Scrub, Stampin' Mist Stamp Cleaner

Would you like to make this card at home? All the materials needed to make this card
are available from me via my online store or
you can contact me and I can order what you need.

Thank you for stopping by. If you would like a Sale-A-Bration and an Occasions Catalogue please let me know by dropping a message to me at mareescards@gmail.com or send a text to my mobile - 0400883897 and I will organise them for you.

If you would like to book a party just contact me.

If you are ordering online please use the code below when you order 

Host Code for January

4AEGCAZZ

Until next time

Happy stamping

Maree xxx