Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

"Love" card

After making yesterdays vintage-y Valentine's day card for Sketch Friday Frenzy, I gave it a good making another love-ish card. This one uses a pre-folded purchased card I had buried in my stash.

Loads of photos for this card, showing the tri-fold layers etc. I even jazzed up the envelope a little. Of course the recreate this tri fold card very similarly by using the magnetic movers and shapes dies (page 155, idea book and catalogue) and accessories and of course the big shot machine.

 

Inside the tri folded panels

 

 
Matching envelope

 

Materials list:
Stamps: Basic phrases
Ink: Riding hood red, basic black, sahara sand
Cardstock: Riding hood red
Punches: Designer label, word window
Accessories: Love letter designer series paper, on board mix and match chipboard, basic pearl jewels
Other: Book paper, pre-folded card

Sketch Friday Frenzy, 012811

It's been a long week here at my house this week. We are nearing the final week of school holidays, celebrated Australia Day and my husband had a fairly major nose operation this week. So not only have I been celebrating but it feels like I have been nursing/looking after five kids instead of the usually four! LOL

Today's sketch is designed by Robbie Rubala.

 

I tired my hand at what I am calling a vintage-y valentine style card. We don't celebrate Valentine's Day in a big way here with the kids exchange cards etc. with students at school. The camera didn't pick up the colours real well so the card looks far brighter than it is... so annoying....

 

Side view

 

Did you know we have a Sketch Friday Frenzy blog? Each week the card sketch is uploaded and it's also a place for everyone to upload their own take on the current sketch. To see the next card on the round robin list, visit Sharon Field's blog.

Materials list
Stamps: Love defined (summer mini catalogue), well scripted (summer mini catalogue), sanded
Inkpads: So saffron, soft suede, regal rose, versamark
Cardstock: Very vanilla, so saffron, soft suede, regal rose
Punches: Designer label
Accessories: Chantilly 1/2" crochet trim (summer mini catalogue), clear embossing powder, stampin' write markers - so saffron, regal rose, soft suede
Other: Nestabilities

It's sale-a-bration time!

It's time to sale-a-brate with me during sale-a-bration. FREE stamps are being offered from January 25th - March 31st. There is three easy ways to earn FREE product during sale-a-bration.

1. Spend $100 and earn a FREE sale-a-bration stamp set of your choice

2. Host a workshop with $600 sales and you'll earn a FREE sale-a-bration stamp set in addition to the already generous hostess benefits

3. Join my Stampin' Up! team during sale-a-bration and choose a FREE stamp set from the idea book and catalogue to the value of $79.95

Click here to view the sale-a-bration catalogue 

I have limited vacancies left for workshops during sale-a-bration.  Contact me today to book your sale-a-bration workshop.

Visit again soon to see what I have made using my FREE stamp sets!

Look what I made!

I am currently lacking in inspiration and energy and decided some blog surfing was in order. I came across a tutorial to make a non slip bookmark. Of course, now I can't find it, but after saving the image to my pc it was enough to work with...

 

I love to read but my youngest darling daughter thinks that what ever I have used as a bookmark (usually a receipt or scrap of paper), is fine to pull it out and put back where ever she pleases. Here is hoping that my new non slip bookmark will do the trick! Not to mention it fits various size books.

I used my Stampin' Up! color coach for the basis of my colour combination. Poppy parade, so saffron and baja breeze (except I used marina mist and daffodil delight instead as I wanted something with a little more pop.)

Materials used:
Accessories: Satin 5/8" marina mist ribbon, bold bright buttons
Other: Hair elastic, sewing machine cotton

Summer mini catalogue blog hop

It's time for another blog hop with friends. A bunch of Australian Stampin' Up! demonstrators that I chat with regularly. Oh how I love all the friends I have made through Stampin' Up... When you are having a bad day it certainly is nice to chat with friends at whatever the crazy hour is.

Since you are hear to see what I have made for this blog hop, I'll get a wriggle on.

 

Close up of "easter" basket filled with love hearts

 

I decorated the inside of the card also (because I could *smirk*)

 

Click here to visit Di Dunk, the next stop on our blog hop tour. Scroll down for a full list off others participating.

Ros Davidson www.rosdavidson.typepad.com <-- me
Di Dunk www.stampartbydi.typepad.com
Judy May http://www.judymay.typepad.com
Kathryn Mangelsdorf http://klm55.blogspot.com/
Nikki Sadler www.inkyart.com.au
Tina Gillespie http://scissorspapercard.blogspot.com/
Amy Buchanan http://www.fashioninggreatimpressions.com
Christine Blain www.christineblain.blogspot.com
Alisha Watson www.ratherbstampin.typepad.com

Materials list:
Stamps: Easter blossoms (summer mini catalogue), loads of love, well scripted (summer mini catalogue) 
Inkpads: Blushing bride, pretty in pink, melon mambo, sahara sand, versmark
Cardstock: Blushing bride, pretty in pink, melon mambo, whisper white
Punches: Heart to heart, full heart, pinking hearts border (summer mini catalogue)
Accessories: Black embossing powder, clear embossing powder, big shot, square lattice embossing folder (summer mini catalogue), blushing bride stitched poly ribbon
Other: Nestabilities

Sketch Friday Frenzy, 012111

Quick one from me this evening... I'm pretty tired. Finding the kids (and school holidays very draining.)

Today's sketch is designed but Melissa Hedine-Tootle.

 

I rotated the sketch and used it as the base for covering a planner to keep in my handbag (to try and keep my organised! LOL)

 

Close up

 

Do you like the button? I didn't have one in the right colour (marina mist) and didn't really want the bulk of on the front cover either so I used a sizzlets button #5 die. 

Did you know we have a Sketch Friday Frenzy blog? Each week the card sketch is uploaded and it's also a place for everyone to upload their own take on the current sketch. To see the next card on the round robin list, visit Sharon Field's blog.

Materials list
Inkpads: Marina mist
Cardstock: Marina mist, very vanilla, crumb cake, early espresso
Punches: 1 1/4" circle, 1 3/8" circle, scallop edge
Accessories: Elegant soiree, buttons #5 sizzlet die, big shot, linen thread

I'm excited!

I just learnt how to make my own digital overlay. Click here for tutorial. I was inspired by a post Ali Edwards had written and got playing. Of course, I probably should make an overlay with my name now to use on blog posts, letters I type etc. For now though, it will just be Wednesday I have written....

I am documenting our family life in 2011 by taking a daily photo and writing journaling to accompany the photo. This is today's photo.

 

Australia Flood Appeal

To help the victims of the floods that have devastated a large part of Queensland, please join me along with Stampin' Up! in supporting the Australia Flood Appeal. Stampin' Up! are donating $2 (AUD) of the retail value of sales from any stamp set (with a retail value of $30 or more) sold in Australia and New Zealand from today (15 January) through 15 February to the State Emergency Services in Queensland.

Contact me to place an order.

Sketch Friday Frenzy, 140111

Friday again so soon? LOL, my kids have been driving me crazy at the moment. I am finding these school holidays a little long... No one is here to read about the craziness of my house at the moment. You all want to see what I made with today's sketch by Melinda Couden.

 
 

Did you know we have a Sketch Friday Frenzy blog? Each week the card sketch is uploaded and it's also a place for everyone to upload their own take on the current sketch. To see the next card on the round robin list, visit Sharon Field's blog.

Materials list
Stamps: Party this way
Inkpads: Concord crush, pretty in pink
Cardstock: Pretty in pink, concord crush, whisper white
Accessories: Pretty in pink brads, lap of luxury designer series paper, so saffron stampin' write marker

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It has been an action packed day and a half here since 7pm Melbourne time yesterday. My eldest daughter Nikki came inside screaming and crying and dripping blood from her mouth. She was jumping on the trampoline and (obviously not in the middle) hit her mouth on the metal edge. A 3 hour wait at the hospital to be told "visit your dentist tomorrow" and we were finally on our way home again. She has split the gum above her two top front teeth. Of course there was no appointments for the dentist today despite my pleadings that Nikki was upset and worried.... Off there tomorrow at 11.30 and not a moment too soon.

Nikki while waiting at the hospital...

 

Okay, enough about Nikki, the real reason you are dropping by today was to see who designed this weeks sketch (Kim Innis) and my spin on it.

 

As often, I just can't work on a sketch and "copy" it. I took the main square and used that as the focus for my card. I was attempting a vintage card again, something that is not certainly my clean liner style. How did I do? Will it pass for vintage?

 

Side view of the dimension the flowers add

 

Inside view using the remnants on my craft desk

 

Last of all, but certainly not least. It's my mum's birthday today, so happy birthday chook, and NO, this isn't your card!!! We are celebrating with all the family next week so I have a little more time to make a super special card. *grin*

Did you know we have a Sketch Friday Frenzy blog? Each week the card sketch is uploaded and it's also a place for everyone to upload their own take on the current sketch. To see the next card on the round robin list, visit Sharon Field's blog.

Materials list
Stamps: Vintage vogue, well scripted (summer mini idea book)
Inkpads: Early espresso, rich razzleberry
Cardstock: Early espresso, naturals ivory, always artichoke
Accessories: Newsprint designer series paper, little leaves sizzlets die, antique brads, early espresso stampin' write marker, colour spritzer tool, pendent notes, vintage brads, vintage trinkets (summer mini idea book)