Combi Van Challenge

I bought a rustic looking 12" x 12" window box picture frame with out knowing what I was going to do with it. After many thoughts, I decided I would challenge myself to make a 3D combi van picture with a beachy feel. I wanted the whole picture to be made out of Stampin Up card stock.

The whole van was cut out by hand, I simply sketched shapes I wanted onto card stock and then cut out the pieces and layered them with foam tape to get a 3D look. I used Stampin Up punches where I could, for example, circle punches for the wheels and lights.

I did lots of sketching, cutting, tearing and ink staining and approximately 20 hours later, the end result was better than I thought it would be...

1st Club Night

I had my first club night on the 7 February and it was a great success. These were the two projects we made. The first card was using lots of new products from the new occasions catalogue and the second card I wanted to do a card that was really quick using washi tape.

Graduations Cards

Both my kids graduated at the end of last year and these are the cards I made for them. I am very proud of their achievements. I made these cards using the blue ribbon stamp set from Stampin Up.

White Christmas

I have always wanted to have a white Christmas... but living in Australia, there will be no chance of that ever happening as our Christmas is during summer. So the next best thing was to make some cards to reflect a white Christmas. I had a little inspiration from some other designers for 3 of my cards, see below for details.

 

 

 

The inspiration for the card above came from Tanja Kolar who makes beautiful cards and I love all her work and she now has a translation button on her website, so you can read everything in English.

The idea for the card above came from Heather Klump. I particularly loved the subtleness of the ornaments and the vintage feel of the card.

 

The inspiration for the card above came from Judy May. You can use any Christmas tree stamp for this card as they all work with the design.

Christmas Cards

Christmas is fast approaching, so I thought I would share some great Christmas cards with you all. I have used a range of new products from the latest catalogues as well as some retired products.

 

Daisies Just for You Card

Another simple card that has a lot of "wow factor". Unfortunately the Stampin' Up! daisies die was never available for sale in Australia.

Build a Flower Card

I'm sure most of you have a range of different brand products, primarily I use Stampin' Up! products, but also have a number of other brands that I use as well. This is a very quick and simple card using  mostly Stampin' Up! products and a Cherry Lyn die for the flower.

Bear Punch Art Card

Punch art... it can be extremely challenging, but it can also be very easy if you have the right punches. I have made many punch art characters and will share them with you over time. The inspirations for this little guy came from a card that I have seen in one of my upline demonstrators class. I love the simplicity of the card.

Mixed Bunch Card

This is a very quick and simple card to make, the inspiration came from one of the cards that I have seen in one of my upline demonstrators class.

Flower Pot Birthday Card

I wanted to show the card that I made for my mother's birthday. I was inspired by a card a saw on  Helen Heil's blog. She gives step by step instructions on how to make this card, unfortunately I didn't have the petal cone die that she used, so I had to improvise and make up my own template to use for the flower pot.

Here is my version of the flower pot card.

 

Blossom Petals Builder Card

I just wanted to share another card made with the blossom petals builder punch. Unfortunately most of the products used to make this card are now retired, so if your were lucky enough to have bought the products before they retired, you might like to give this one a go!

Flower Pot Cards

Here are a couple of nice, quick and simple cards to make if you are short on time and best of all, they still have the wow factor!

Owl Punch

Well I decided to do a post about the owl punch, I think this punch is so versatile with what you can make with it. Try googling the owl punch on the internet and you will see the ideas are endless. I have made a couple of sheets of examples that I found on the internet that others have made and also came up with some of my own ideas as well.

Polka Dot Cards

Today I am sharing a couple of polka dot themed cards, the first one is cased from Connie Collins and the second one is from Linda Callahan.

Blossom Petals Builder Card

I just love the blossom petals builder punch, it is so versatile with the different flowers you can build. These flowers look fantastic plain or used with the coordinating build a blossom stamp set and add great dimension to any card or scrapbooking page.