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

Stampin' Up! WV Fold Mother's Day Card with Hues of Happiness DSP

A bit late posting this, but couldn't I post it before Sunday because I wanted to make sure Mum got the card first!
For Mother's Day, I made my mum a WV fold card. I had never made one of these before but they are surprisingly quick and easy. A great way to showcase stunning DSP as well! 
I've used the Hues of Happiness DSP and typed my sentiments as with the new catalogue, I apparently don't own a Mother's Day stamp!


Front view (card almost closed)


Overhead view, and this kind of helps explain how the card gets the WV name


If you want to grab any of the products I have mentioned, I have included a shopping list at the end of the post


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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Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $16.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $14.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.00	Hues Of Happiness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158822] $21.00
Simply Scored [122334] $53.00

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Stampin' Up! Mothers Day Card with Hydrangea Hill Suite

Today, we had an early Mothers Day celebration with my in laws. This is the card I made for my mother in law. She loves flowers and when I saw the 12" design on the Hydrangea Hill DSP, I knew it was perfect her card. I used the outlined die cut lettering technique from my April techniques class and wrote Happy G'ma Day as that is what we call her in shorthand for Grandma when we are writing messages on our phones etc. (and Grandma wouldn't fit!)


Stamped envelope


Inside card


Card opened up


If you want to grab any of the products I have mentioned, I have included a shopping list at the end of the post


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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Hydrangea Haven Photopolymer Stamp Set [154470] $45.00	Dressed To Impress Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158321] $31.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $13.00	Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] $13.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $13.00	Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad [150080] $13.00
Rococo Rose A4 Cardstock [150888] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper [154570] $20.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00

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Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalogue Blog Hop

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing creative projects using product from the occasions catalogue. The occasions catalogue is current now until June 3rd. Be sure to request your copy of the catalogue today (along with the sale-a-bration brochure).

Did you know that sale-a-bration is also a great time to join our fabulous team. Ask anyone on the blog hop if you’d like more details. 

You may have come to my blog from Tina Gillespie. Blog hops are full circles, so start blog hopping here and and at the end of my post (and everyone else's) there is a link to the next post.


Above, you may have noticed that I briefly mentioned sale-a-bration before. Sale-a-bration is a fabulous promotion that Stampin' Up! runs once a year (from January 3rd - March 31st, 2019) and with sales of $90+ FREE sale-a-bration products is earned. I have used some of the FREE sale-a-bration Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper on my card today. If you love the designer series paper, don't wait, put in your $90+ order today. 

All the sheets in the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper


If you happen to be my mum reading this post, please forgot come mothers day that you have seen this card and act surprised in May! For the moment, be happy that I am super prepared and organised and have made your you card in January!

I have made a floating pop up card in a box card featuring the fabulous new butterfly beauty thinlet dies. The butterfly beauty die is a two step layering die and actually cuts out a much larger butterfly than what I have used (I have just cut away the excess with my paper snips). The largest butterfly is 9.8 x 13cm and the thinlet dies come with 20 dies!


I have also used the well said bundle (well said stamp set and well written framelit dies) for my happy mother's day sentiment. I love how these combined products, 51 stamps and 24 dies work so well together to create many sentiments and phrases for lots of different occasions. I have used them on many cards already and they will be getting a lot more use during the occasions catalogue period.  


I die cut the "happy sentiment three times and layered each one on top of each other to make the word appear bolder and stand out more.


I made my own cloud background panel using the big shot and up & away thinlet dies (and the multi purpose adhesive sheets made sticking the clouds down simple!)


I finished off the back off the card with basic stamping (again from the well said stamp set) and some fussy cutting from the botanical butterfly designer series paper to match the card front. 


If you'd like a copy of the Occasions catalogue (and sale-a-bration brochure) I have a request catalogue tab at the top of the page (under the pink/grey Ros Davidson banner) and you can also find more information about joining the Art with Heart team in the same location under the Join to Save tab. 

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


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

Tina Gillespie
Ros Davidson
Kate Morgan
Caroline Manwaring
Sharon Davern
Kimberly Hern
Sue Madex
Claire Daly

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Stamps: Well said
Cardstock: Basic black, lemon lime twist, balmy blue, highland heather, whisper white
Inkpads: Memento, sahara sand, balmy blue, highland heather
Designer Series Paper: Botanical Butterfly
Accessories: Big Shot, Up & Away thinlits, butterfly beauty thinlets, well written framelits, layering circle framelits, multi purpose adhesive sheets, window sheet, classic label punch, butterfly duet punch 

Try it Thursday #15 - Large Origami Gift Pouch featuring Stampin' Up! Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper

Today's "Try it Thursday" create is an origami gift pouch which I used for my mother in laws gift on Mothers Day. It is quite a large pocket with the pocket portion measuring 13cm x 17.5cm (5" x 7") and made from a 12" x 12" piece of designer series paper.
One thing the video didn't say clearly to me was to after you fold the DSP in half, fold the right hand side of the triangle over to the 18cm (7") mark and then it is a lot easier to make your left hand fold. (I originally tried folding it at 6" and it was an awkward shape that had bits of paper where they shouldn't have been!)

As I mentioned in this post, I don't own any mothers day stamps so I printed a sentiment and used framelits to cut it out.


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 products below to purchase them today!

Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock [141420] $14.00	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] $11.50	Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock [141422] $14.00	Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398] $11.50
White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $11.50	Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper [144185] $19.25	Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $58.00
Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies [143774] $50.00

Stampin' Up! Arrow Fold Mothers Day Card featuring Naturally Eclectic DSP

Happy mothers day to all my mum readers out there.
I couldn't help but make my mum a fancy fold Mothers Day card and when I saw this card, I knew it would be perfect. I did change the inside up as my card base was a little flimsy. I used a square piece of lemon lime twist cardstock 14.8cm (5 13/16") as a matt for stability with a 14.3cm (15 10/16") piece of designer series paper to echo the front of the card.
The arrow fold card design would love fabulous in the "Share What You Love" designer series paper but I am on a mission to use up some of my current (but soon to retire) designer series paper!

I don't own any mothers day stamps (shock horror!) so I printed a sentiment from my computer and die cut it with the layering oval framelits.


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.)
FAQ regarding hostess code?


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

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 A4 Cardstock [144250] $14.00
Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad [144086] $11.50	Berry Burst A4 Cardstock [144249] $14.00	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [144083] $11.50	Peekaboo Peach A4 Cardstock [141422] $14.00
Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad [141398] $11.50	Whisper White 12" X 12" Card Stock [124302] $12.25	Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper [144185] $19.25	Gold Sequin Trim [132983] $8.75
Big Shot [143263] $159.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $58.00	Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies [143774] $50.00

Mothers Day blog hop

I'm blog hopping again today with friends and fellow demonstrators in the Art With Heart Stampin' Up! team today. We are focusing Mothers Day creations. You may have found me by blog hoping and if so, you came to my blog from Nikki Sadler (or if not, click on the heart in each blog post to complete the blog hop circle and see all the creations).

Lets see something you can make for Mothers Day.

Seeing as it is a mothers day card, of course it must be pretty on the inside

To continue on this blog hop, click on the heart image to be taken to Kathryn Mangelsdorf blog.   

Thanks for dropping by today, don't forget to e-mail me to grab a copy of the occasions catalogue or to enquire about joining the Art with Heart team. 

List of all participants in today's blog hop:
Ros Davidson <-- Me
Kathryn Mangelsdorf
Rachel Woollard
Genna Gifford
Judy May
Kate Morgan
Nikki Sadler

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Stamps: Stipple blossoms, mum's love
Inkpads: Costal cabana, bermuda bay, basic grey, crisp cantaloupe, strawberry slush
Cardstock: Bermuda bay, whisper white
Accessories: Big shot, ovals collection framelits

Stippled blossom cards

Cards from my stippled blossom card class. Participants had the choice of making a mothers day/birthday or blank version for any occasion.

Card 1


Card 2


My daughter, Miss N joined in with the class (as it was held on the school holidays) and made a birthday card for her Aunty.



I think she did a pretty good job for a 9 year old. She now wishes to join in on all classes. Stampin' Up! demonstrator in the making?

Mother's day

This year for mother's day, I had some extremely excited kids. As hubs and I had only gotten back from Darwin the evening before they were chomping at the bit to see me and gather and chat.

The kids spoiled me with lots (11) of handmade cards (which will be going in a huge pocket envelope in my Project Life album), gifts from the mothers day stall at school and itunes gift cards.

Hubby even got in the act and got a card at the shops... I think he did good choosing the card. What mother can't relate to the earrings?

Nikki had a questionnaire thing from school to write answers about me. Her answers aren't as funny as she gets older but the spelling certainly makes me crack a grin *smile*. I won't list all her answers here but the ones that made me smile were:

Mum's favourite food: Tasty nodels (noodles)
Mum's favourite drink: Wiyn (wine)
My mum's hobby is: Stampping Up (Stampin' Up!)
Mum's favourite book is: The widing (wedding)

Hubs cooked a lovely breakie, we went out and got kebabs for lunch (totally what I wanted) and headed off to a local park for our annual mothers day photo (of me and the kids).

We had a lovely roast from the webber for dinner along with my mum, step dad, my sister and her fiance before retiring to watch some tv in the evening.

All in all, it was a lovely day where I did little and was spoilt that went way to fast!

Festive friday #15

On this Anzac day public holiday, I've squeezed in a little mothers day card creating using the current festive friday challenge.

The challenge was to use this photo as inspiration for a mothers day card.

I used the stunningly beautiful bordering on romance stamp set for my flowers.

I can't forget the pretty inside of the card now can I?

Materials list:
Stamps: Bordering on romance (autumn/winter mini catalogue), well scripted (retired)
Inkpads: Basic grey, riding hood red, pink pirouette, certainly celery, baja breeze, basic black, versamark
Cardstock: Basic grey, riding hood red, pink pirouette, baja breeze
Punches: Wide oval
Accessories: Twitterpated designer series paper (autumn/winter mini catalogue), subtles patterns stack designer series paper, lots of tags sizzlets dies, basic jewels pearls, aqua painter