Inspire.Create Stamping Challenges Theme: Masculine Challenge #015

Hello and welcome. I am so excited as this week is my first week as a member of the Inspire.Create Challenges Design Team! I feel so privileged to be asked to join the team.

Inspire.Create Stampin' Challenges #015 has a Masculine Theme. 

My eldest son is an excellent cook, a talent he definitely didn't inherit from me. Self taught he loves to cook for family and friends. Sunday baked dinner is his BBQ specialty, and if invited for a meal you can be sure the BBQ is fired up with a delicious aroma wafting up the driveway to greet you. Christmas dinner is a real treat and he has perfected his Grandmother's recipe for 'Snow Sauce' to pour over the Christmas pudding.

So what a perfect stamp set Apron of Love from the 2018 Occasions Catalogue is for him. I haven't made this as a Birthday card but a card just to let him know how amazingly clever I think he is.

  

I have been taught that it is good manners when visiting a persons home to bring a small gift. So I have made a 2" square box and attached the die cut apron pieces to the front and back of the box 

to accommodate a small bottle of chilli relish for his BBQ meat.

Anyone who knows me knows that I love my Big Shot and these tiny little cooking utensils are so sweet I had to create a set of coordinating 4" x 4" cards. Just as an excuse to play with the die cuts.

After die cutting the little utensils for the note cards I noticed I was left with square negative die cuts so I have mounted them on 3" x 3" gift cards to add to my card stash.

A little apron tag completes the set.

  

Thank you for visiting me today you can add your own creation to The Inspire.Create. Stamping Challenges gallery here. 

 Good bye for now and enjoy your crafting.

Product List

Apron Of Love Photopolymer Bundle [145986]	Celebrate You Thinlit Dies [146840]	Tutti-Frutti 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [145606]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]	Big Shot [143263]

Wedded Bliss

Hello and welcome. This weekend I was fortunate enough to attend my niece's wedding so I CASEd the card Steffi Helmschrott designed for Global Design Project #GDP128 for my wedding card inspiration. How gorgeous is Steffi Helmschott's card?

  

I stayed with Steffi's card layout and size but used traditional silver embossing for my stamp design with the Cake Soiree set. I have also included the vellum silver embossed flowers found in the Sweet Soiree Embellishment Kit to add soft elements to my card.

    Something that is becoming acceptable these days is the bride and groom requesting guests contribute to a wedding wishing well with a monetary gift so I made my card into a gift card holder to tuck our gift in.

For my next card I have used the present image from the Cake Soiree stamp set. I have used the same layout and silver embossing but die cut a rose and some leaves from the coordinating Sweet Cake Framelits Dies.

Even though there wasn't a gift involved for the wedding I have made a gift box using the FREE Sale-A-Bration paper to display a little gift card.

 

I hope you enjoyed viewing my projects today. For more inspiration hop on over to the Global Design Project here.

To purchase any of the Stampin' Up! products used just click on the photographs below and they will take you straight to my online store.

Until next time take care and enjoy your crafting.

Product List

Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Cake Soiree Clear-Mount Bundle [147627] $106.00	Cake Soirée Wood-Mount Bundle [145816] $125.00	Sweet Soirée Embellishment Kit [145578] $19.25	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $8.75
Versamark Pad [102283] $15.00	Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper [147193] $0.00	Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon [144213] $12.25	Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders [145656] $16.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $7.00

Sale-A-Bration has arrived!

Global Design project #GDP120 is a CASE the designer Krista Frattin. For those that don't know what CASE means it is to Copy And Selectively Edit another persons work.

I have decided to use the cute little panda bears this week from the Sale-a-Bration stamp set Party Pandas. 

To CASE Krista's design I have positioned the main image to the left of the card front, used designer series paper for the background and kept the sentiment 'celebrate'.

The Designer Series Paper I have used is Picture Perfect and the turquoise glimmer paper used for the sentiment is from the Myths & Magic Suite both in the new Occasions catalogue. The Balloon Honeycomb Embellishments fit perfectly into the the stamped balloon image to add dimension to my card. 

 This adorable stamp set of 3 panda bears is proving to be a very popular Sale-a-Bration item and is FREE with every $90AUD purchase. Learn more about Sale-a-Bration freebies HERE.

I have stamped another panda and randomly stamped the confetti from the same stamp set to decorate the inside of the card.

Thank you for visiting me today. I hope you are inspired by my creation and for more inspiration hop on over to the Global Design Project website

Until next time happy stamping.

Product List

Party Pandas Wood-Mount Stamp Set [147218] $0.00	Party Pandas Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147221] $0.00	Picture Perfect Party 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [145559] $17.50	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $14.00
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $12.25	Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) [145601] $26.00	Balloon Honeycomb Embellishments [144124] $8.75	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [131259] $51.00

Sneak Peak

Hello and welcome! The weekend before last I was lucky enough to attend Onstage Melbourne 2017 and I am thrilled today to be able to share some of the new products coming in the soon to be released Occasions Catalogue for 2018.

One of the privileges of being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is I am able to see new products first hand. Stampin' Up! are so generous they give us FREE products for attending Onstage in a product giveaway called 'Prize Patrol', plus we are able to pre-order new products ahead of time which won't be released to customers until January the 3rd.

There is however a way you can get your hands on these products early. If you were to join my team you too can order these products as part of your Starter Kit. It's such a great time to join.

This weeks's Global Design Project #GDP114 is a design challenge so I have decided to do a little 'Sneak Peak' for you.

I have used the gorgeous Designer Series Paper Sweet Soiree to die cut the hearts for the design, teaming it with coordinating Flirty Flamingo Cardstock and silver embossing.
The only thing I changed on the design was the position of the greeting.

Sarah Douglas, our CEO, has coined the phrase 
                                   "Love it, Live it, Share it"
for next year's theme and I am sure I won't have any trouble doing that. With the coming year being Stampin' Up's 30th anniversary there is the promise of lots more exciting promotions on offer for us all.

The Silver Mini Gable Boxes are another welcome inclusion in the Occasions Catalogue.

 I have created a tag with the coordinating framelits to decorate and to attach to the gable box.

Here is a little glimpse of whats to come from the display boards at Onstage featuring the Sweet Soiree Suit

Thank you for joining me today. For more inspiration and great projects pop on over to Global Design Project  page.
Until next time happy stamping.