Happy New Year everyone and saying goodbye to Retiring favourites

Welcome everyone to the start of 2019 and may it be a wonderful year.

We are coming to a close for our fabulous Stampin' Up! 2018 Holiday Catalogue that ends tommorrow - 2nd January.

Just a quick reminder if you wanted to order any goodies get in now Just click here or on the picture below which will take you straight to my shop

I am always a little sad to see the list of retiring products.....Feather & Frost Photopolymer stamp set (147771) has been one I have enjoyed and can be used throughout the year with the removing some of the words from the sayings. 

TIP: I added a piece of post-it-note to the bottom three words on the stamp that says The gift of your friendship means so much.... and then ink up don't forget to remove the note and then stamp and you can use it any time then.

In this card I used a scallop from the Layering Circle Framelits 

Now I used the Santa's Signpost Framelits Dies to cut out the two cute elves from the Santa's Workshop Speciality Designer Series Paper.

Thank you for stopping by

Until next time

Happy stamping

Maree xxx

Quick and Easy note cards using Beautiful Baubles

Hello everyone thank you for joining me today.

Needed to make a few quick cards using the Beautiful Baubles stampset from the Holiday Catalogue. #simplestamping is what it is all about - going back to the basics of ink, stamps and paper. I chose to use one colour, one stampset and only one card = no layers which was so hard to do. 

I needed some cards to go with some gifts for Christmas and I love using the Stampin' Up! Note Cards - they are so versatile....

Pool Party and Melon Mambo were the colours I used - kept it simple and loved how they turned out.

Used the Stamparatus which made it so much easier to make a few quickly.

Stampin' Up! have released a Craft & Carry bag that you can purchase to put your stamparatus in - love it!

Craft & Carry Stamparatus® Bag - 149695 Price is $50.00 plus postage - contact me if you would love to have one.
Love the Melon Mambo below it is so vibrant Don't forget to stamp on your envelopes front or back it finishes it off and is so pretty! Have a safe & happy christmas wherever you are. Until next time Happy stamping Maree xxx

INKspired Sketch Blog hop 90 -

Hello and welcome to another INKspired hop on sunday night. This is the first day since thursday that we have got above 10 degrees C - keeping the winter gear out. Now it is raining which we so need ...
You may have hopped across from Narelle and I think she may be featuring new product - can't wait to see. 

Well I found this sketch hard and I am still not sure why... perhaps because the stamp I wanted to use was not working

So started again using the Owl stamp which is in the Holiday catalogue page 41. The stamp is called Still Night and it has Night Owl Thinlits as well that come in a bundle that saves 10% - see below so cute.

Recipe:

1. Main card is Soft Suede.

2. Then cut a piece of Wood textures 6" by 6" DSP and adhered to a piece of Blushing Bride .

3. Put it through the big shot with the Corrugated Dynamic Textured embossing folder.

4.Cut two pieces of Very Vanilla and adhered them together.

5. Cut the branch from the Wood Textures DSP on page 191 of the Main Catalogue.

6. Stamped the owl onto crumbcake cardstock using a combo of colours Gray Granite and Soft Suede.

7. Used the Birthday friend stamp from the Darling Label Punch box on page 209 of main cattie on sale whilst stock 

lasts.

Thank you for popping in

Now it is onto Allison and I can't wait to see what she has made for tonight

Until next time

Happy stamping

Maree xxx

Second 48 hour sale is 10% off Stamps & Kits in Main SU Cataologue - supplies are limited

The next  48 hours of fun has started! Our new two-day sale is 10% off annual catalogue stamp sets and kits. Supplies are limited, so shop now and get your hands on some new favourites!

This Sale ends midnight on 26 November so don’t wait!

*Annual catalogue products only, exclusions apply, item quantities limited. Use my link below so you can see what is on sale for this second 48hour period https://www3.stampinup.com/ecweb/default.aspx If you order at my online store and use this host code you will receive a gift Code is  DNE3AB7Z If you have any queries please text me and I can ring you back Maree 0400 883 897

OnStage Swaps for Brisbane - Saturday 10th November 2018

Hello everyone just a quick pop in to show my swaps that I did for Brisbane Onstage - it was such a good day!

Of course I used the lovely First Frost that comes separately or in a bundle with the Frosted Bouquet Framelits Dies and you save 10% when you buy the bundle. Bundle code is 149943 Clear , 149942 wood

I was working up until I left for Brisbane so used our Whisper White Notecards which saved time instead of cutting up the cardstock! They cost $11.25 for 20 note cards & envelopes (131527) - a great buy. They also come in Very Vanilla.

It was a mass production stamping all the envelopes first and the first leaves on the card in Soft Sea Foam ink.

Then I stamped all the words in Memento ink and punched out using the Pretty Label punch

The large flower was stamped in Flirty Flamingo ink and cut with the framelits.

Then stamped the small twig with dots on it in Smoky Slate ink and then the small flower in Balmy Blue ink and Highland Heather ink. The words were glued down and the Flirty Flamingo flower was popped up on a dimensional.

The card on the left has the twigs stamped in Gray Granite ink which is darker - one person received this card at Onstage. (my apologies for the light catching on the cellophane in the pic)

Until next time

Happy stamping

Maree xxx

INKspired Sketch Blog hop 89 -

 Hello everyone I am glad that I could join in this sunday night and schedule the hop before I departed for Brisbane for the Stampin' Up! Onstage event.

Can't wait to see Narelle's Santa card - it will be so cute!

Here is the sketch that Teneale has left us with (she is in Orlando with Barb) having a great time I am sure.

My apologies for the lighting but has been overcast and storms here today. Started with Mint Macaron and used the Tin Tile Dynamic Textured embossing folder.
Stamped the milk can from the Country Home stampset and coloured using the Stampin' Blends.

Finished with a piece of the Silver & Pool Party Baker's Twine. The words are from the First Frost stampset ( I have been using for my Onstage swaps - will show you when I come back). 

Started with it punched out with the Pretty Label Punch but cut the top & bottom off as it was too wide.

Thank you for popping in

Now it is onto Allison and can't wait to see what she has made

Until next time

Happy stamping

Maree xxx

INKspired Sketch Blog hop 88 -

Welcome to our sunday night blog hop.There are only three of us hopping tonight as Barb & Teneale are getting organised for their trip to Orlando - so exciting!  You may have hopped across from Kozue and isn't her card lovely.

Now below is the sketch that Teneale has given us to us for this fortnight.

This sketch gave me some grief when trying to work out what to do. I ended up using the lovely Winter Woods stampset inked with Smoky Slate on Whisper White cardstock.

Main card was the lovely Highland Heather and the strip was  Gorgeous Grape with Basic Black behind it.

Ran the Gorgeous Grape/ Basic Black strip after I had stuck it together through the Big Shot using the Garden Trellis embossing folder  - not sure why I haven't used this before it is so lovely. 

Embossed the words from Happy Birthday Gorgeous in Black embossing powder. Don't forget to use your embossing buddy - it makes such a difference!

Popped up the Whisper White with those lovely trees to make a cute birthday card in purples.

Now it is onto Allison

Until next time

Happy stamping

Maree xxx