Another Little Letters

Did you notice the other cards on the board on Tuesday's post pictured below? 

Here's my very quick version of the "happy birthday" card. 

We had been out to Bunnings in the morning and I had grabbed a couple of paint card samplers to try on another project, so as I couldn't be bother rifling through the paper packs in the cupboard I just used these.  No where near as effective as the ones from Convention, but at least I had the spacing relatively even.  I should have kept all the little circles from the B, R, D and A letters to make it look better.  Next time. 

New stuff

Finally, we have new things.  A lovely big box arrived last week with lots of new things to play with.  Now I just have to find some inspiration.

One of the products in our new catalogue I had to have was the Little Letter Thinlits.  While at Convention in Melbourne, one of the demonstrations was using these alphabet dies in a slightly different way, or at least one that I had never seen before, with the letters on the top side of the card.  

 

That shouldn't be too hard, you think?    Actually you're right, it's not hard, just fiddly.  Here's my first attempt - be kind. 

 And the back of the card ....

Could you guess who the card was for?  Thankfully I only had to worry about three letters.  As I said, it's a little tricky but quite effective.  I think I would try to hide the reverse side next time though.  

We had a birthday lunch for Sam at Homebush Olympic Park and the letters actually got a little squashed before they arrived.  Of course the card doesn't fit in a standard envelope so I chopped the top fold off to transport the card, but it needed more protection.  

And the card was another spinner card where the space ship was supposed to spin around the planet.  Sometimes worked, sometimes didn't.   

Petal Parade set

Today a set of cards using one of the Sale-a-bration sets - Petal Parade.  This was another one cased from someone on Pinterest, but I am sorry, I can't remember who and where I found it.  If it's your original design, thank you.  I do try to credit people when I can.   

Lots of lovely bright colours, and a splash of bling.  What more do you need?

Inspired by "Frozen"

While I'm waiting patiently (??) for my box of new goodies to be delivered you will have to be content looking at some cards made using older products.  

This card was cased from Michelle Le Breton, another Stampin' Up demonstrator who was inspired to make this card while watching the movie "Frozen".  I still haven't seen it yet, but I loved her card.  So I made it in blue similar to hers, and then Melon Mambo just for something different. 

Apothecary Art

Have been spending a lot of time in my craft room lately, mostly because it gets the sun during the day and tends to be a little warmer than most other rooms, but also because I have been trying to sort through things to see what needs to be filed, thrown out or put away.  It has taken a while, mostly because I get sidetracked all the time, but it's almost done.  I've also sorted through my stamp sets to see which ones are no longer current and it seems to be half the shelf.  Bit sad really, but there are some that are definitely keepers no matter what.  

I have been making cards lately to try to sell at work and have been using sets that haven't been played with much lately.  Today I have a couple of cards made with Apothecary Art.  It's so great that we have framelits to match stamps, so much easier than cutting. 

New Catalogue

1st July - Know what that means?  It means that today is the first day we can buy products from our new Stampin' Up catalogue.  And know what that means?  That our bank balance will be a lot less than it was yesterday.  Sad, but true.  There are so many great things that I NEED, and not just new stamps.  There are alphabet framelits, new punches, beautiful ribbons, ......  

So, another card using one of those new sets you may NEED too.  This card is CASED from one I loved by Ann Schach. The new Traveler stamp set is a great one for males, and also for bon voyage cards or just someone who loves trains, ships, cameras or vintage.  All the images have really fine detail and stamp great.  In the set there is also a globe map, cruise ship and suitcase.  

Quick post

Just a couple of quick ones today.  

A thank you card using a piece of the Project Life paper. 

And a birthday card for a friend using an old favourite of mine, A Rose is a Rose.   

The missing card

Becoming a little unreliable, aren't I?  I must say I am finding it a little hard to post here every week, especially as some weeks are less productive than others, and then you wonder whether it really is worth the effort.  Not sure how some people post every day, but enough of that.  

I finally found the last card we made at our class.  It was hiding out on the floor in my car, left behind after I had taken them to show someone who couldn't come.  

It uses one of the new in colours; Blackberry Bliss.  Don't you love that name.  And the colour is quite gorgeous too.  Combined with Crush Curry it looked quite good.  

Did you notice my little stamping blunder?  I didn't ink up the front of the wheel enough, but as my sample card was made late the night before our day I didn't have time to re-stamp.  And there is a new little flower punch too.  Cute

Saturday card class 2

Following on from Tuesday, the next card made on Saturday uses the Blended Bloom stamp, also given out at Convention to use with our Blendabilities pens. 

Those who attended on Saturday were given a choice of colouring the bloom with Calypso Coral Blendabilities, their own colouring tools or (as I have done - I am still working on my Blendabilities version), stamping the image three times on coloured cardstock and layering the different sizes together.  A little shading has been done around the different layers, and I quite like the way this has turned out,

Did you notice the little pearls on the happy birthday sentiment?  At Convention they showed us how you can colour the pearls with Blendabilities and the colour won't rub off.  And they look beautiful too.  The leaves are also from another new set; Kinda Eclectic, another Convention giveaway. 

Strangely I seem to have misplaced the last card.  Will have to have a good search for it and pop it on later.  

Saturday's card class

We had another card class last Saturday where there were lots of things to look at.  Of course there was the new catalogue to have a quick look through, the things we made at Convention, the swaps received and also some new products. 

And of course we had to make cards using the new products, didn't we?

This first one uses the Amazing Birthday stamp set - not really a set I would have chosen, but ... it's growing on me.  We were given this set at Convention to use on a make and take but I wasn't happy with the colours we used.

It's AMAZING what a little sparkle and the right colours can do.  

Our next card uses the Traveler stamp set.  This set was on my wish list the first time I saw it.  The detail that has been put into each stamp is really fine and they stamp beautifully.  

My original sample card was used for a birthday my son was going to, so this is actually one made the following day.  I had wanted to use the World Map stamp as background but as I don't own it yet, for the class we used the ledger image from The Open Sea.  I had also printed out some maps from the internet which I "aged up" using tea, but most chose to stamp the background.  I chose to use the tea stained map and created a slightly different version.  

 

More soon.

 

Convention Update 4

Just a few photos of some of the 3D items that people swapped at Convention.  Lots of interesting little boxes and packaging.  

And to finish off, a few shots of Melbourne.  
 

This was a lovely little laneway filled with interesting cafes and shops that reminded us of Diagon Alley from Harry Potter, and then we saw this oddly attired man in a top hat walking towards us, and I had to get a photo.

After all that walking, time to put my feet up

That's it, no more Convention stuff.

Convention Update 3

Really sorry, but I haven't been able to create anything lately to blog about, so thought I could show you a few more ideas we were shown at Convention.  

Outside of the main room where all these displays and boards of different ideas to create using Stampin' Up products.  

The one below are the samples shared by Donna Williams using the Blendabilities that will be available after July.  Blendabilities are new alcohol based markers for colouring.  They come in packs of three; one of the colours is an actual SU colour and the other two are different shades, either lighter or darker than the original colour which blend together perfectly.  We were fortunate enough to receive a set of these, but my colouring skills aren't that great, but I'm working on it. 

 I love those lanterns - not sure how often it would get used though.  (notice the new bling too?)

This board was the samples by Rachael Van Rij who was using new thinlit dies called Little Letters - an alphabet set with letters 1.9cm high.  Yes, it's on my wish list. 

 

And she showed us how to cut those letters out on the fold of the card

I really like the idea with the patterned paper behind the negative space of the letters.  Look out for one like that by me one day.  

Convention Update - swaps

As you know I love the owl punch and the many outfits, styles and characters it can make, so that's what I chose for swaps.  

We had a few things going on before we went away, so the swaps were a bit of a last minute thing and were CASED from two other demonstrators with a few changes.  We made bookmarks - Harry Powltter and Pocowlhontas.  

I actually just found out I spelt Pocohontas wrong - should be Pocahontas, so it's Powlcahontas.  

 I forgot to take photos after we had completely finished them (the night before convention started) but fortunately remembered before we gave them all out. 

Harry was CASED from Diane Barnes and Pocahontas from  Bronwyn Eastley.