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

Stampin' Up! Chase Your Dreams Holidays themed ATC's

Each month I am joining fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators in my team and we are making ATC's based on a theme. 10 themes for the 10 years that I will have been a Stampin' Up! demonstrator for (in September 2017). This months theme was "Holidays" and I used the Sydney Opera House image from the retiring Chase Your Dreams stamp set from the Occasions Catalogue. 

In case you missed the previous months ATC's, the theme was Summer.


If your interested in joining my Stampin' Up! team and getting a chance to join in demonstrator activities like this ATC swap and more, click here to contact me or visit here to join now.

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High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set [143006] $45.00	Chase Your Dreams Wood-Mount Stamp Set [142942] $43.50	Chase Your Dreams Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142945] $31.00	Wherever You Go Wood-Mount Stamp Set [141948] $44.00
Wherever You Go Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141951] $31.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $14.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [126978] $11.50
Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] $11.50	Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad [126962] $11.50	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181] $11.50	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944] $11.50
Watercolor Paper [122959] $8.75	Aqua Painters [103954] $20.00	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [131261] $40.75

Stampin' Up! annual catalogue & occasions catalogue retiring blog hop featuring balloon adventures

Today I am participating in a blog hop along with the super talented ladies in the Art With Heart Team. We thought it would be fun to share some projects using our favourite retiring products from both the 2016 - 2017 annual and 2017 occasions catalogues.
Selected retiring products have discounts of up to 50% off but are only available until sold out. Be sure to place orders before the sun sets on these items on May 31st. You don’t want to miss out – ask me how!

You may have come to my blog from Catherine Proctor. Blog hops are full circles, so start blog hopping here and and the end of my post (and everyone else's) there is a link to the next post. I've also got a list of all 11 other blog hop participants at the end in case of broken links.

I've used the balloon adventures stamp set and co-ordinating framelits (which is also available as a bundle at a 10% discount) but are currently cheaper to purchase individually with the discounts that have Stampin' Up! have applied (with them being retiring products).


Close up

I've used the distressed glue technique and sponge daubers to create the inked cardstock that I die cut out using the balloon pop-up thinlet dies. I cut out an extra piece of the "banner" in whisper white cardstock to create the raised sentiment for the "party on" panel. I also used a piece of vellum cardstock to tone down the emerald envy cardstock (in the card background so it wasn't competing with the distressed glue panel.) 

Inside card

Click here to visit Tina Gillespie's blog and see what she has to share today.


If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view every blog hopping below:

1. Catherine Proctor
2. Ros Davidson <-- You are here
3. Tina Gillespie
4. Monika O'Neill
5. Rebecca Jacovou
6. Kathryn Mangelsdorf
7. Rachel Palmieri
8. Kate Morgan
9. Judy May
10. Rachel Woollard
11. Claire Daly
12. Andrea Roberts

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Stamp set: Balloon adventures, watercolor wishes
Inkpads: Delightful dijon, emerald envy, memento, tangerine tango, pacific point
Cardstock: Delightful dijon, emerald envy, whisper white, vellum
Accessories: Big shot, balloon pop-up thinlet dies, sponge daubers, balloon bouquet punch, stampin' dimensionals 
Other: PVA glue, cling wrap

Stampin' Up! Easter goodie bags featuring celebrate today and suite sentiment stamp sets

I made my little nephews carrot goodie bags for Easter this year. I finished each bag with a gift tag stamped "Happy Easter" using wild wasabi and pumpkin pie inkpads to echo the colours of the carrot.

The "happy" is from the retiring stamp set Celebrate Today which is reduced to $38.25 (and also has coordinating framelit dies called Balloon Framelits.)

The "Easter" wording is also from another retiring stamp set called Suite Sentiments available in both wood mount and clear mount (with clear mount being discounted to $29.75.) 


Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If you order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Live in Australia? Click on the Stampin' Up! products below to purchase them today!

Celebrate Today Photopolymer Stamp Set [137138] $45.00	Suite Sentiments Wood-Mount Stamp Set [142968] $49.00	Suite Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142971] $35.00	Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock [138343] $14.00
Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad [138325] $11.50	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad [126959] $11.50	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [126945] $11.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75
Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262] $5.25	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $58.00

Stampin' Up! Thank You card featuring "Hello You" thinlits

As another domestic basketball season has drawn to a close, I once again volunteered to make thank you cards for the coaches.

I choose to use the "Hello You" thinlits as my main greeting and die cut both the "thanks" and "you" words in pacific point cardstock. As you will have noticed, the card doesn't read "thanks you" as I cut the extra "s" off the word "thanks" using my paper snips.

Did you know that the "Hello You" thinlits have a coordinating stamp set called "Crazy About You". It is available in wood mount, clear mount and photopolymer and is on the annual Stampin' Up! retiring product list.

I was originally going for a different design for this card, a Z fold actually but, one of the girls in the team wrote on the card as if she was the only person to write on that section. A little scanning and photoshop magic made it fit with some of the other signatures. I have to track down a few more girls before the game tomorrow (there game is to see who finishes 3rd or 4th on the ladder for the season) hence the additional white panel.  

The basketball used on the card front was an image I downloaded from the internet and can be found here. The basketball playing girls I covered with fine tip glue pen were cut using my electronic die cutting machine.



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Live in Australia? Click on the Stampin' Up! products below to purchase them today!

Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $14.00	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] $11.50	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976] $11.50
Pacific Point A4 Card Stock [116202] $14.00	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [126951] $11.50	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock [108601] $14.00	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [126945] $11.50
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Hello You Thinlits Dies [137363] $41.00	Brights Designer Series Paper Stack [138434] $38.50
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00

Stampin' Up! no stamp stamping ATC's featuring gorgeous grunge & timeless textures

February ATC's theme on our team forum was "no stamp stamping". Stamps could used on the ATC but it also needed to focus on some no stamping which could be done with embossing folders, erasers, bubble wrap etc. I went with paper scrunching and ink which is used on my t-shirts and I stamped the background of the ATC with my favourite stamp set, gorgeous grunge which is on the Stampin' Up! retirement list. Sob!


Midway through making my ATC's I made my nephews first birthday card featuring Elmo and I used the same technique on Elmo.

Close up of the t-shirt to see all the texture (enhanced with clear embossing powder).

Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If you order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Live in Australia? Click on the Stampin' Up! products below to purchase them today!

Custom Tee Photopolymer Bundle [144724] $77.25	Designer Tee Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143356] $0.00	Timeless Textures Wood-Mount Stamp Set [140514] $49.00	Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140517] $35.00
Gorgeous Grunge Wood Stamp Set [130514] $43.00	Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set [130517] $34.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $14.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] $11.50	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180] $11.50	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [131181] $11.50	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172] $11.50
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $15.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130] $8.75

Stampin' Up! retiring product list

The annual retirement list has been released today and don't hesitate on placing your order. Popular products sell out very fast.
Click here to see the PDF list
Click here to shop online and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If you order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Stampin' Up! Balloon Adventures 10th Birthday Card

My daughter was invited to a 10th birthday party where the birthday girl loves purple and horses and the girls were going on a trail ride for the birthday party. It required no thought to make a horse themed card for her friend Zoe. I used my electronic die cut machine for the horse but decorated the Stampin' Up! cardstock with coordinating inks, fine tip glue pen and wink of stella (clear). 

Close up of the card (you can see the Wink of Stella shimmer here).

Inside card


Shop now in my online store and don't forget to use this months hostess code for a free gift next month (if your order is under $250. If you order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Live in Australia? Click on the Stampin' Up! products below to purchase them today!

Balloon Adventures Photopolymer Stamp Set [142823] $45.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $14.00	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $12.25
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976] $11.50	Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock [108614] $14.00	Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad [126969] $11.50	Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock [141423] $14.00
Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395] $11.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50
Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Balloon Bouquet Punch [140609] $31.00