Friendship Cards

I love to send out cards to my friends that live away from me, to let them know I am thinking of them. I made these two cards last week to have ready to send out in the next couple of weeks.




This card uses the flowers and sentiment from the Time Well Sent set that was given to all demonstrators by Stampin' Up! I just love this set. It is so versatile! I also used the sentiment from the Sale-a-bration set called Friendship Bloosm.I used Yoyo Yellow, Apricot Appeal and Only Orange ink. The ribbon and cardstock is not SU.





This card I used the dress from the level 1 hostess gift called Bloomin with Happiness. I coloured in the images using the Soft Subltles Stampin' Write markers. They are very versatile and match perfectly with the SU cardstock and inks.

More Cards

This next card I used my Thank you gift from Stampin' Up! called Time Well Spent. It is going to be in the new catalogue in April as a Level 3 Hostess gift. I cased it from SCS-Rebuh (who cased it form Nancy Riley- don't you just love the world of card-makers and their williness to share?!). I made a few subtle changes to her orignal card.

The cardstock is not SU but it does come close to the Tempting Turquoise, Orchid Opulence and Gable Green inks that I used to colour my pictures. I used my Frenchville crimper to crimp strips for down the edge and the new Sale-a-bration set Lots of Thoughts for my sentiment.

On a Roll

Have been on a card making roll for the past 2 days. Here are my creations from today.




The fisrt card I saw on SCS. It was made by Teneale and I was drawn to the colours. So I created my own version of her card. Love the colour combination of Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red and Old Olive. I also used Chocolate Chip. I then made the sencond card using the same colours. This time I used Terrific Tags and Itty Bitty Backgrounds. The ribbon is from Dotty's Craft Shop and came in a pack of 6 ribbons.

Baby Album

My good friends Lee and Mal have just had their first baby. A boy named Luke. I decided to make them a little album. When I bought my Bind-it-All, it had displayed a heap of ideas for using it- one of them was a CD album. Basically you just cover and decorate old CDs and then bind them together. It was pretty easy and I have learnt from the experience.





I traced the "L" from my computer onto Certainly Celery card and then stamped the rest of the name in the same coloured using Whimsical Alphabet Upper. The paper is from Flavia and came in a bulk pack.







More Flavia paper. I ghosted the top title using Bashful Blue and Brilliant Blue. The pram stamp and the titles are clear stamps but I can't remember which brand!

More Flavia paper. Title in Tempting Turquoise. Riviting in Ballet Blue.

More Flavia paper. Titles in Almost Amethyst and Brocade Blue.


More Flavia paper. Titles in Certainly Celery.

Busy Busy Busy....

I have been very busy for the last 2 days making cards. I do not have a huge amount so show for my efforts but I have just enjoyed sitting at my craft desk and creating- with no time restrictions on me. I cased some of these cards from ideas from SCS- just love that place! It really gets your creativity going!!

I just love using the crayon resist technique. I used Ballet Blue, Creamy Caramel and Certainly Celery ink a nd cardstock. The stamp set is Polka Dots and Petals.


I am drawn to using black, white and a colour. For these two cards I did just that, adding Taken with Teal and Orchid Opulence with the black and white.

This is a very versatile card. I haven't put a sentiment on it yet but it could be used as a birthday card or a thank you card or a thinking of you card.

Will post some more pics tomorrow. I hope you like my creations!
Cheers,
Chrissie

What a Year...

Well as 2007 comes to an end, I thought I would reflect on the year. I cannot believe how fast the year has gone! This time last year I was gloating about having 10 months off from work and now I have only 4 more weeks before I return to full time teaching. It is amazing to think that also this time last year I had never heard of Stampin' Up! and now I am a Independant Demonstrator. I really love everything about Stampin' Up! and I have grown as an "artist" since I started using their products. I look forward to 2008 and the opportunity to grow my business. It has been a year of growing for my DD too. She started Kindy in January and has thoroughly enjoyed every moment. We had loved hearing about her day and looking at the wonderful creations she has made. We have had many great times together as a family; spending times away in our caravan.

May 2008 be a year that brings good health and happiness.
Cheers,
Chrissie

I've Been Tagged...

Rebecca left this message in my comments section:
You've been tagged:
The rules of the game:
• Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
• Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog, we all want to know them.
• Tag 7 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
• Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Ok, this is my first time being tagged on my blog so here goes:
1.I met my husband at a funeral. It was the funeral of the father of a mutual friend and we have been together for the past 9 years.
2. I am an identical twin. Over the years we have looked very similar and poles apart! Right now... we are very similar.
3. As a little girl, my tiwn and I were very difficult to tell apart... so everyone would look for the freckle I have behind my right ear.
4.I have only been booked for speeding twice in the 20 years I have been driving. Once in 1988 and once in 1999 so by my calculations... I am not due for another speeding ticket until 2010.
5.I LOVE lollies. If there was a plate of chocolate and a plate of lollies... I would eat the lollies first!!!
6.I have over 100 paper punches. I started my card making using punches and have broadened my repertoire to include stamps as well. (Must admit I use stamps more now than punches but will never sell them off!)
7.I would love to leave the city for the country. I lived out west for 3 years and loved the small community feel. I would sell up in an instant if we could.

People I am going to tag:
1.Kim
2.Jean
3.Nardi
4.Amy
5.Karen
6.Hannah
7.Susan