Swap Cards...

I recently took part in a swap over on Splitcoast Stampers....   We chose which color family we wanted to swap and made 9 cards of the same design in that color-family....  I decided to challenge myself and use the Neutrals Color Family...  I sent my cards to a lovely lady called Lisa who organised the swap and LO!  a couple of weeks later I received some amazing creations from the other swap-ee's!!   I thought Id share with you!!

Now I want you to scroll down quickly and make a note of which card you think I made.  Then read the notes underneath and see if you are right!!  Let me know if you guessed right in the comments section!!!

Number 1.

Number 2.

Number 3.

 Number 4.

Number 5. 

Number 6.

Number 7.

Number 8.

Heres whom made what....

1. Amanda Corbet.  2. Debbie Walter, Nevada. 

3. Carolynne Hedrick, Texas.  4.  Jenny Fulton, MN. 

5. Laura Simpson.  6. Deb Lippert, Wisconsin. 

7. Mary Jane Wellington, Maine.  8. Pam Steckman.

Arent they stunning?  Im so glad I did this swap and I plan to do a couple more.  Its a great way to see what ideas and techniques other people can come up with given the same basic rules and colors....  These are definately going onto my display board!!  YAY.

Now did you guess right?   Leave me a comment in the section below... 

TTFN

C xx

NEW!! In colors..

So, as youve probably noticed, Stampin' Up!  have a BRAND NEW catalog with loads of lovely new stamps and accessories for your crafting needs.  They also have introduced 5 BRAND NEW In-Colors for the next 2 years....  I decided to use all of these on one card to introduce you to them....

I LOVE the feel of these colors, very beachy and summery and im SOOOOO glad theres a pale purple once again (missed my pale plum!) and my favourite is the pale blue! 

From left to right the colors are:

Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Wisteria Wonder and the background is Calypso Coral.

Aren't they lushious??  I love the fact that SU! is keeping up with the current trends in fashion and home designs and keeping the colors fresh and new!  Well done!

The layout is from week 194, June 6 over on the Mojo Monday Blog.  This is a go-to place for me when Im needing inspiration..  Check it out!

Heres a close up of the flower detail... 

I got the inspiration for this flower from a lady called Wendy Weixler who has some tutorials on her blog, HERE.  I dont have the punch for the rose so I played with my scallop circle punch and came up with a little Chrysanthemum flower!  Cute huh?
Stamp set is My Friend.  Another new item from the catty and rapidly becoming a favourite of mine.

So, whats your favourite(s) from the new colors?  What would you like to see next time?  Please leave a comment as I love to hear from you all!

TTFN,
C xx

Planning an Evening of FUN!!

Soooo, Ive got this idea in my crafty little mind....

Who wants to come along to a "Scrapbook in an Evening" class? 

You will end the evening with a bunch of instructions, cutting guides, cardstock and patterned paper all (hopefully) assembled into 20 completed scrapbook pages ~ ready to fill an 8x8" album. You will also have enough patterned paper leftover to make 2 more albums!  You will have the instructions to use over and over so theres no excuse!  I will provide all supplies for the pages (except your own glue, paper cutter and photographs!) and expertise.  I will bring along my punches and big-shot and help you customise your album with hand-made embellishments....

Interested?? 
Class will be Aug 26th, place and time to be determined...  You dont have to be here either... I can provide all instructions and kit to you by post (USA Only) you just pay extra postage...  Cost is only $35 (in advance for pre-order of supplies)...  Theres only 6 spaces SO BOOK NOW!!  (Class fees are payable to me by Aug 12th... paid fees guarantees you a space and kit)

Hope to see you there, should be a FUN night!!

C xx

Randoms!

Wanna see some random stuff I have on my Camera SD Card?   Most of my crafting photos are on the external drive of the other laptop, currently being used and abused by my boys... they are quiet and not asking for food or complaining they are bored, so Im not gonna disturb them!! LOL!

This 'love'ly card was one of our club projects back in January I believe!

This little box of goodies was the inspiration for the last project our club did together.  Each panel inside used a different technique that we had learnt over the 6 months...  

This pretty one is a non-SU card... I made it for a very dear friend of mine who taught my daughter ballet.  Sadly she and her family left for sunnier (?) well more comfortable climbs.  Such is the life of a military family Im afraid!

And this unfortunate mess is what happens when someone tries to mail English Chocolate to Texas in 100f weather...  Not very pretty!  But tasted good!!

There will be more crafty-ness in the next couple of days... It seems we have a few months of club projects and some other goodies to look at!...

Back soon,
C xx

Really really bad blogger!!

OK, ok.... SO Ive been neglecting the old bloggitute for long enough!  I plan to get things back up and running here in the next week or so.  Lots and LOTS of projects to share with you - obviously!!  Including a swap I have just participated in over on the SU Demo forum...  Lots of NEW things to share too.... We have a BRAND NEW catalog coming out on July 1st!!!  I will have a class to share with everyone also. 

Stay tooned peeps!

I pwomise, pwomise, pwomise I will return vewy vewy soon!

Lubs ya!
C xx

Bad blogger!

Wowzer!  Is it really so long since I posted anything?  OOPSIE!
Well, as you can imagine its been crazy-busy here with Christmas and New Years!  I think now the decorations are put away and I can actually see my craft desk again (Thanks for sorting the garage hunny xx!) I may be a little more productive once again!!
I have some club projects to share but wont till later in the month as December class was postponed till January due to extreme busyness by everyone!!  Unfortunately this means we will be making Christmas boxes in January, but, Oh well!!  Early start for this year!!  LOL!
I have a few photos to scrapbook and plan a session this afternoon so stay tuned for some DIGI pages!!  WOO HOO!!!

Dont be a stranger!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

C xx

Exciting stuff!!

(KEEP SCROLLING DOWN FOR NEWER POSTS!!)

Yes you heard it right!!  20% off select products from Stampin' Up!

from October 19 thru December 16th!!

This is a promotion after my own heart.... I LOVE making boxes and packaging at Christmas-time.  These Bundles are truly a great deal... All you have to do is decide which one(s) you want to snag!!

Heres the details a little closer...

Vintage Christmas Card Bundle (Mini catty):

Bells & Boughs set (p.19) and Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper (p. 18)       

Wood-mount: 124067 $23.92

Clear Mount: 124068 $19.92

Contempo Christmas Card Bundle (Main catty):

Contempo Christmas set (p. 45) and Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper (p. 174)

Wood-mount: 124071 $20.72

Clear-mount: 124072 $17.52

Tags Till Christmas Bundle 1 (Mini catty):

Tags Till Christmas set (p. 24) and Decorative Label Punch (p. 25)

Wood-mount: 124077 $38.32

Clear-mount: 124078 $31.92

Tags Till Christmas Bundle 2

Tags Till Christmas set (mini catty p.24) and Ornament Punch (main catty p. 203)

Wood-mount: 124478 $38.32

Clear-mount: 124477 $31.92

Gift Packaging Bundle

Gifted set (main catty p. 30) and Mini Lunch Sacks (mini catty p. 13)

Wood-mount: 124083 $26.32

Clear-mount: 124084 $19.92

Simply Adorned Gift Bundle (main catty)

Charming set (p. 130), Simply Adorned 1" x 1 1/4" charm (p. 189) and

Simply Adorned 24" Chain (p. 189)

124076 $39.88

Frame Gift Bundle (mini catty)

Definately Decorative Chunky Frame (p. 9) and Small Chocolate Chip Dotted Flourish

Decor Elements (p. 23)

Wood-mount: 124075 $19.92

Its worth noting also that the Bells & Boughs and Tags Till Christmas stamp sets are also available in Spanish.  The Contempo Christmas, Tags Till Christmas and Gifted stamp sets are available in French too!! 

If you would like to order these just follow the link on the Right-hand side of the page to my Stampin' Up! Website or you can leave me a comment with your email address if you have questions...

Hmmmm.... decisions, decisions!.....

Busy Busy Bee!

Well, Ive been as busy as a bee for the last few days...  We had a lovely Thanksgiving Holiday here... Although Hubs was working the night shift he was able to join us at the table for a scrum-diddly-umptious knees up at a friends house!   Since then we have resisted the urge to put up our Christmas Decorations (Unlike many, many in town!!) as I object to doing this before December 1st!!

Ive been really busy in the craft room!!  Making lots of things I cant share just yet... a couple of birthday cards for people I know read this!!  Hi Mom, Hi Mum!! a lovely Christmas Box project for my next club meeting, and a little something for my lovely girlies!!

I CAN share an ongoing home decor project with you.  I went to the local craft shop the other day (Yes, Im allowed to visit once in a while!!) and picked up some styrofoam cones in 3 different sizes.  So far Ive decorated 2... Not decided what approach to use for the third one, but I will, eventually get it finished!   So here you go.  I think the photos are pretty self-explanatory!...

So, I started with strips of double sided patterned paper (this is old Christmas DSP from SU UK) and cut strips 6" x 3/4".  These were looped over and just pinned onto the form.  I didnt want to use any glue as these will not last till next year without some serious squishing, so I thought it would be nice to be able to change the paper & color scheme each year!

Can you see how I just made some pen marks to keep myself on a straight line for each layer?

And heres the finished tree... Aint she pretty!?  Not a dab of glue in sight!!

The next one was a bigger cone, and took soooooo much longer to do...

I punched out loads and loads of Scalloped Circles and cut them in half... I think it took 2 sheets of A4 cardstock to cover the base.

I love the way it looks like an evergreen...  although my son said it looked like dragon scales! Thanks son!

Next I used the 5 petal flower punch on Cherry Cobbler, Real Red and Bravo Burgundy cardstock...  scrunched up the flowers and randomly layered 3 together with a little burgundy flower in the centre.  I found some old green DSP hiding in the corner and punched one for the back.  I used my crop-o-dile to punch a hole through the centre of all the layers and threaded a silver sequin onto a pearl topped pin, using the pin to attach the flowers. 

It still looked a bit naked to me so rather than make another dozen or so flowers (!) I just added some more sequins & pins in the gaps.... 

So, whadya think??

Not sure when I will get around to number 3, but I'll let ya know!!

Off to clean up the mess! 

TTFN,

C xx

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just popped in to wish those who celebrate a Happy Thanksgiving Day today. 

If you dont celebrate, its a great opportunity to stop for a second and think about what you are grateful for in your life. As hard as you may think you have it, theres nearly always someone worse off than you and ALWAYS something to be thankful for...

Back soon, Im off to friends to gobble some turkey!!  NOM NOM NOM!!
TTFN
C xx

ANOTHER SALE!!!

You have to check out my Stampin Up Web Page for some more OUTSTANDING offers... limited time only till November 30th.... Many products at 30, 40 and even 50% discounts.... Online purchase only.... DONT MISS OUT! 

Heres the link... http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/carolynneh/promotions to ALL the spectacular offers SU is having at the moment....  PHEW!!
C xx