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CTC#113 More Sale-a -Bration fun

Welcome back to another Sunday night. This week we are taking inspiration from first part of the Sale-A Bration Catalogue. I have chosen the layout of the sample on page 5. It's so versatile and can be adapted for all sorts of occasions. That's the great thing about using the catalogue- someone else has done all the design experimenting and figured out the perfect balance of elements. I have adapted this layout with 2 samples of DSP and cutouts rather than stamped elements. However I did use the beautiful SAB set Delicate Details instead of real lace. I have heat embossed in white on Kraft card and fussy cut around the lace. This is a beautiful treatment for wedding cards! The other SAB itme in my cards is that beautiful ribbon . It is SO much softer than the picture suggests. The trouble of course is picking which SAB item you'll use the most! Get them all - you won't be sorry! In the Lift Me Up sample I have used the same lace technique and the be...

CI02 Luscious Succulents

Hello and Welcome to the second Colour INKspiration blog. What an exciting concept we are enjoying by using the Facebook page for your entries into the challenge. So much sharing of ideas and creativity. It's so energising! And just how gorgeous and On Trend is this inspiration pic! .  I have created a little "Gratitude Station" in a frame for my daughter as a house warming gift. It's a simple frame with a simple message. I read about a friend who spent last year writing little notes to describe a moment of happiness, storing the notes in a jar, and reading them all in the New Year to start her year with happy memories. It sounded like such a great concept.   This little station invites you to write a little note describing something you are grateful for and storing those moments of gratitude so you can read them later when you need some help with perspective and mindfulness. The Oh So Succulent stampset is absolutely fabulous, and I was insp...

CTC#112 Birthday Blast in a Box with mini tutorial for this Size

Welcome to another week with CASEing the Catty as we seek inspiration from pages 8-13 of the new Occasions Catalogue. While I love the Cupcakes and Carousels paper, I am totally in love with the Birthday Blast and Star Blast Edgelits and I was inspired by the box on the bottom of page 11, but I have created a Card in a Box. I had to play around with dimensions a little to get the width for the edgelit, and created a long flat box ("landscape") rather than the conventional taller "Portrait"box. So these dimensions fit neatly into our Crumb Cake Envelopes or you can easily make one to suit- and the beauty is that from one sheet of 12x12 DSP you will get the envelope plus the decorative panels for your card. You can see how neatly it folds flat and slides into the envelope!, And you can see the single bridge adhered to the inside of the box. I stamped the base of the box with the teeny star just like the image in the catalogue.   You need ...

CQ Paperlover's Crew full day stamping retreat #6monthstampinggoals!!

Yesterday we held our first Full Day Stamping Retreat in Rockhampton and I'm really grateful for all the help I had in putting the day together. It was a great team effort by several of the demonstrators from my team - the CQ Paperlover's Crew. Thanks so much to Krissy Buck, Heather Latham, JoAnne Humphreys and Sharon Dalton who created samples, taught classes, arranged prizes, organised the catering and timing, and of course the setup and cleanup. It was a great day and attended by new and old crafty friends who had come from quite a wide area in Qld - Brisbane, Buderim, Moura, Gogango, Biloela.....and Gracemere!! It was a very hot day in CQ at 41degrees so being inside in the cool Air Conditioning stamping was a perfect escape from the heat. Each participant went home with a goodie bag and 8 cards from 4 classes plus bits and bobs from the Product Playground, as well as a folded paper wallet they made, prizes and catalogues. I hope everyone had fun learning...