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

Stampin' Up! Lots of Lavender Card

With sale-a-bration drawing to a close quite quickly (3 days to go) I am sneaking in a few more creations using the fabulous free products I earned. Today's card features lots of lavender stamp set. Sadly, I don't think I spent enough time creating with this lovely image. 


I had my heart set on using sweet sugarplum on this card but I only have scraps of cardstock left (and with it being a retiring colour very soon I can't justify purchasing more paper). Thankfully, the petal garden designer series paper stack came to the rescue. There is heaps of sweet sugarplum paper in there just begging to be used! 

Have you got your lots of lavender stamp set for FREE yet (with any $90+ purchase.)


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Lots Of Lavender Photopolymer Stamp Set [147194] $0.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180] $11.50	Wisteria Wonder A4 Card Stock [124389] $14.00
Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [126985] $11.50	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395] $11.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Petal Garden Designer Series Paper Stack [144168] $17.50
Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $58.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00

Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration ATC featuring Epic Celebration Stamp Set

As regular readers my known, I am in a couple of ATC's groups. A demonstrator only one on our team forum and another one I run that is open to fellow demonstrators and customers. Our theme for February was sale-a-bration and I used the very popular (at least in my craft room) Epic Celebrations stamp set.

Did you see the tip I posted over on my Facebook Business Page to get a clean impression of a portion of the sentiment?

Sign ups have closed for March already but you can put your name down for April if you wish to join. Contact me to sign up for the glitter and glimmer theme. (If you join, my address will be provided along with other details required). 

Have you got your epic celebration stamp set for FREE yet (with any $90+ purchase.)

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Epic Celebrations Wood-Mount Stamp Set [147232] $0.00	Timeless Textures Wood-Mount Stamp Set [140514] $49.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $14.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [126975] $11.50	Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock [141420] $14.00	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] $11.50	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock [108601] $14.00
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [126945] $11.50	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $14.00	Starburst Punch [143717] $31.00	1-1/2" Circle Punch [138299] $28.00
1-1/4" Circle Punch [119861] $28.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00

Stampin' Up! Faux Black Metal Techniques Class

March's technique class was faux black metal. All classes attendees made 2 cards and a sample piece which is stored in a Memories & More album.

I had great fun playing with all our different foil papers. It is amazing how a bit of ink changes paper a lot!

Card 1

Card 2

To see what other classes I have coming up, click here.


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

Birthday Wit Wood-Mount Stamp Set [145750] $47.00	Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set [145519] $30.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970] $11.50	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] $11.50	Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad [126986] $11.50	Marina Mist A4 Card Stock [121682] $14.00
Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad [126962] $11.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Foil Frenzy Specialty Designer Series Paper [144125] $21.00	Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper [147193] $0.00
Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper [145580] $21.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $7.00	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00
Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $58.00	Petals & More Thinlits Dies [145655] $59.00	Whisper White 1/8" Sheer Ribbon [144172] $10.50

Stampin' Up! Easter Blog Hop

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing creative Easter creations.
Don’t forget, sale-a-bration has just over a week left to earn free product with purchase or it is also a fabulous time to join Stampin’ Up! Ask any of the girls on the hop for more details.

You may have come to my blog from Tina Gillespie. 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 mentioned sale-a-bration earlier in my post and I have used the amazing sparkly FREE (with purchase of $90+) springtime foils designer series paper in my off the page project. It comes as a white cardstock (with foil design) and I used my brayer and pool party inkpad to recolour the cardstock, hence the blue/silver strip pattern. I added a bunch of punched shapes to create a punched art bunny jar perfect for my nephews Easter gift.

Of course no bunny should be without a tail, so I added a pom pom. 

To complete the Easter egg jar, I made a gift tag featuring the mini bunny from "Pick a Pattern" designer series paper. As I don't own any Easter themed stamps or sentiments, using "Happy" from one of my many birthday sentiments filled half the bill along with the labeler alphabet completing the sentiment.

Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the very talented, Rachel Woollard.

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the participants below:
Monika O'Neill 
Sharon Davern 
Caroline Manwaring
Tina Gillespie
Ros Davidson <-- you are here
Rachel Woollard
Rebecca Jacovou
Catherine Proctor
Kathryn Mangelsdorf
Fiona Ryan
Judy May 

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Stamps: Happy birthday gorgeous, labeler alphabet
Inkpads: Smokey slate, marina mist, pool party, flirty flamingo, pink pirouette 
Cardstock: Smoky slate, marina mist, flirty flamingo, pink pirouette, whisper white
Accessories: Big shot, stitched shapes framelits, layering ovals framelits, springtime foils speciality designer series paper, pick a pattern designer series paper, silver metallic thread, soft sky stampin' write maker, white bakers twine
Punches: 1 3/8" circle, 1" circle, 3/4" circle, scallop tag
Other: Pom pom, raffia, glass jar

Stampin' Up! Sweet Soiree Memories and More Card Pack Card

Have you seen the Sweet Soiree Memories and More card pack? It's one of the many sale-a-bration free products you can choose with any purchase of $90+.

The Sweet Soiree Memories and More card pack features 72 double-sided cards in a combination of 3" x 4" (7.6 x 10.2 cm) and 4" x 6" (10.2 x 15.2 cm). I've only used 4 cards (3 on the outside and 1 on the inside) on today's card and have loads left to make many more simple yet stunning cards.


Inside card

Have you got your sweet soiree memories and more card pack for FREE yet (with any $90+ purchase.)


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 your order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Amazing You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147215] $0.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $14.00	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $12.25
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] $11.50	Berry Burst A4 Cardstock [144249] $14.00	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [144083] $11.50	Sweet Soirée Memories & More Card Pack [147353] $0.00
Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Embossing Buddy [103083] $10.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $8.75	Silver Glimmer Paper [135314] $8.75
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00

Stampin' Up! Heartfelt Blooms Stamp Set

Today's card is an elegant but quick and easy card to make. I used the photo realistic heartfelt blooms image and stamped it in fresh fig ink onto fresh fig cardstock for a tone on tone look. I  also stamped a focal image on whisper white cardstock. After die cutting the focal image with stitched shapes and some copper embossing and the card is finished in less than 30 minutes!

Inside card

Have you got your heartfelt blooms stamp set for FREE yet (with any $90+ purchase.)


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Heartfelt Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147202] $0.00	Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140658] $33.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock [144248] $14.00
Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad [144082] $11.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Copper Foil Sheets [142020] $7.00	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636] $8.75
Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00	Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708] $58.00
Embossing Buddy [103083] $10.00

Stampin' Up! Springtime Foils Speciality Designer Series Paper Baby Card

I was asked to make a baby card for a friend to give to a work colleague who is having a baby soon (sex unknown). I was a little stumped trying to work out what to make that didn't feature much pink or blue. I finally decided to use the springtime foils speciality designer series paper that is a free sale-a-bration product with $90 purchase and use my brayer to colour the white cardstock to so saffron.

A close up of the letter panels featuring stitched shapes framelits and moon baby stamp set coloured in with stampin' blends

Have you got your springtime foils speciality designer series paper for FREE yet (with any $90+ purchase.)


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 your order is over $250 don't use the hostess code as you earn hostess benefits on your own.)
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Moon Baby Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143085] $35.00	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $12.25	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $14.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $11.50
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601] $15.50	Pool Party Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144595] $7.75	Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144604] $15.50	Daffodil Delight Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144586] $7.75
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957] $11.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper [147193] $0.00	Big Shot [143263] $159.00
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00	Large Letters Framelits Dies [141712] $172.00

Stampin' Up! Petal Passions Memories & More Card Class

Have you seen the petal passions memories and more card pack?
It features over 70 double sided cards, stickers sheets, acetate overlays and more.

I used a tiny portion of the products to make the 5 cards below and have lots of leftover product to make many more cards and use the cards in my memories and more albums. I recently ran this as a class and the ladies who attended loved how much extra product they had to work with. 
 

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Petal Palette Clear-Mount Bundle [145974] $108.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $14.00
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $11.50	Old Olive Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144574] $7.75	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $14.00	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [131180] $11.50
Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144604] $15.50	Powder Pink A4 Cardstock [144251] $14.00	Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [144084] $11.50	Powder Pink 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144151] $12.25
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Petal Passion Memories & More Card Pack [145592] $17.50	Big Shot [143263] $159.00
Silver Glimmer Paper [135314] $8.75	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75

Stampin' Up! Magical Day Step Up Card

Yesterday, I shared the cards made in this months techniques class featuring the "Not Your Mother's Shaving Cream" technique.
For todays card, I took it one step further. I fussy cut the "fire" (after I coloured it with stampin' blends) 's that it wouldn't be cut off with the square stitched shape framelit and I used the background technique on the dinosaur and stamped over the image with the texture stamp from Butterfly Basics stamp set.
I stamped it once in lemon lime twist and twice in old olive (stamped off both times). I then fussy cut the dinosaur out and stuck it on top of another image I had stamped. I used bermuda bay and always artichoke stampin' write markers to colour in the "spikes" and wings on the base image (so I didn't have to fussy cut as many small tiny details.)

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 your 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!

Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Stamp Set [137154] $42.00	Confetti Celebration Wood-Mount Stamp Set [141510] $44.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.00
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [126976] $11.50	Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock [141420] $14.00	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] $11.50	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $11.50
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $50.00	Daffodil Delight Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144585] $7.75
Pumpkin Pie Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144578] $7.75	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [131259] $51.00	Gold Glimmer Paper [133719] $8.75