Mystery Box Part 3

This is the last post on the Mystery Box I made this year. If you want to see the other 2 posts on my Mystery Box Click Here for Part 1 and Click Here for Part 2.

The last two parts of the Mystery Box were for the months of November and December

November

Card Candy Embelishments plus some 'candy or chocolate' as a treat.

 My receipient also recieved a block of family Kit Kat and a block of Cadbury Dream these being some of her favourite chocolates!

December

Christmas Card and a Christmas Decoration

There is an ornament in the gift box but I forgot to take a photo of it before I put it in the box and decorated it. It was then too hard to get the belly band off to take the ornament out of the box. LOL!

Note : Some ideas for this Mystery Box were CASE'd but I'm not sure where all the ideas came from. I tried to change other people ideas up to make them my own. If I have CASE'd one of your ideas and haven't acknowledged it please let me know and I'll put the idea down as yours. 

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Butterfly Basics and Butterfly Thinlits Sneak Peak

Here are a few of some of the new products that are in the new Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalogue that starts Jan 6th! There is so much yummy goodness in this catalogue that I want it all.

This card uses the new Butterfly Basics Stamp set and the Butterfly Thinlits. The other product on here that is also in the new catalogue is the Bermuda Bay Sequin trim! 

The Butterfly thinlits are divine!

 

And that Bermuda Bay Sequin Trim is now going to be my new 'thing' that will be on everything along with anything gold of course!

How amazing does the Butterfly Thinlit look with the Gold Glimmer Paper! Love it!

 

I can't wait for you all to get your hands on these awesome products and fall in love with them like I have! Bring on Jan 6th!

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Mystery Box Part 2

Here is second part of my Mystery Box to see Part One Click Here.
Part 2 of my Mystery Box is from the months September and October.

September
6 - 8 Gift Tags

 

 

October

Covered A5 Notebook/Notepad 

(The one I made is actually A4. I saw this note book already covered in glitter and it didn't come in any other size! I had to have it!)

Note : Some ideas for this Mystery Box were CASE'd but I'm not sure where all the ideas came from. I tried to change other people ideas up to make them my own. If I have CASE'd one of your ideas and haven't acknowledged it please let me know and I'll put the idea down as yours. 

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Just Add Ink Design Team Announcement

 

I'm so excited to announce that for 2015 I'm going to be on the Design Team for the Just Add Ink Challenge Blog.

 

I'm so looking forward to sharing all my creations with you and to inspire you to join in with the weekly Challenges.

 

Check out Just Add Ink and why not join in the weekly challenges, you don't need a blog to be part of it each week either!

 

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Mystery Box Part 1

My upline organised with my Stampin' Sisters to partake in a 6 month Mystery Box this year. Each person involved chose their favourite Designer Series Paper and then the person who had them made everything in their mystery box with the chosen paper. All was then revealed at the end of year team Christmas Celebration at San Churro! 

The mystery box person who I had chose Confetti Celebration DSP as her favourite DSP! It's bright and fun and had alot of my favourite colours in it as well. 

Due to ALL the photos I took this Mystery Box post will be done in three parts.

July

3 x Gift Packaging Items. Something that people could put a gift in

August 

4 Cards of a General Theme (Sympathy, Thank You, I Love You, Birthday etc.) Only one of each theme

 

Note : Some ideas for this Mystery Box were CASE'd but I'm not sure where all the ideas came from. I tried to change other people ideas up to make them my own. If I have CASE'd one of your ideas and haven't acknowledged it please let me know and I'll put the idea down as yours.

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Stamp Review Crew: Mixed Bunch Edition

It's blog hop time with The Stamp Review Crew and this week we are showcasing the Mixed Bunch stamp set.

If you are following along on the hop you may have joined me from the lovely Lisa Young or you may have started here with me. Either way you are in for a treat to see the creativity and imagination of myself and all of the other Stamp Review Crew. If you get lost on the hop Click here  or click on the banner at the top of the post and this will give you the list of all the 'hoppers' in The Stamp Review Crew.

I must admit that this stamp set has thrown me a little bit. I think in my mind I'm still in Christmas card mode and just couldn't quite think beyond that. I really had to make a mental shift in my mind to do something non-Christmas!

I've made three cards for this hop and let me just say that my first card started out VERY different in my mind than what I actually created.

Originally this card was going use Crisp Cantaloupe and Night of Navy and have stamping on a window sheet with some colouring with the Blendablilities but it just wasn't working. I don't know how my original idea changed to this one but I just started playing and this one worked.

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My next card uses the beautiful Flowerpot DSP. I thought it would go nicely with the 'flower' theme of the Mixed Bunch stamp set

 

I do love to use my layers! I have used it a few times but I do love how you can fold the stunning Mossy Meadow Ribbon to look like leaves. I really love this ribbon! So pretty!

 

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My last card is a quick and easy card. I masked off part of the card so I could stamp the Hardwood Stamp in the section across the middle, sponge around the edges and then added the rest of the elements of the card.

The flowers was coloured with the Cherry Cobbler Blendabilies just to give it another element.

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Click on the 'Next Blog' button below to Cindy Beach to see the wonderful creations she has made!

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Anniversary Card

Friends of my husband and I recently had a party for their 15th Wedding Anniversary.

I wanted to make a special card for them for this special occasion.

Out came the Blendabilities!

I'm still trying to master the art of the Blendabilites but it is so therapeutic and relaxing to get out the markers and just colour for a few hours. Love it!

The frayed ribbon on the left side of the card is left over from a previous card when I used just the threads of the ribbon to embellish a card. Nothing goes to waste!

Fold the beautiful Mossy Meadow ribbon over and it looks like leaves. Isn't it a stunning colour?!

If you would like to get the 'I Like You' stamp set used in this card, this is a hostess set. So book a party with me, invite your friends for some crafting time together and you too could get this stamp set too! 

Thanks for Looking!

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Stamp Review Crew: Endless Wishes Edition



This is my first hop with The Stamp Review Crew and I'm so excited to be the newest member of the crew. For those that don't know The Stamp Review Crew have a blog hop on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, show casing one stamp set. One stamp set, so many ideas.

This hop we are using the Endless Wishes stamp set.

 Very Christmassy!

Not that we have snow here in Australia at Christmas due to it being our summer! Can sometimes be 40 degrees (104F) on Christmas Day! HOT! I still love the idea of snow and a white Christmas and all that entails!

If you are following along on the hop you may have joined me from the fabulous Dawn Tidd or you may have started here with me. Either way you are in for a treat to see the creativity and imagination of myself and all of the other Stamp Review Crew. If you get lost on the hop Click here  or click on the banner at the top of the post and this will give you the list of all the 'hoppers' in The Stamp Review Crew.

I've create two projects for this hop. A 3-D frame and a card!  

On an Australian and New Zealand Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Only  Facebook Group, a fellow demonstrator, Pat Carr, showed us how to make a shadow box frame using a 12"x12" piece of cardstock. If you would like more info on how to make these Shadow Box frames please contact Pat here. I used the Shadow Box as a base as per Pat's instructions and then embellished it with my own design.

 Under the Tree DSP Shadow Box Frame

Little Letters Thinlits 

 Gold Glitter Close Up

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Using two of the words from the Endless Wishes set.

 I inked up the 'Merry' with a Mossy Meadow Marker as I didn't want the 'tails' of the word. Markers are fantastic to be able to ink up only a certain part of a stamp.

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Thanks for joining me on my first hop with The Stamp Review Crew now on to Shana Gaff to see what wonderful things she has created

  Thanks for Looking!

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