Happy birthday Chandelier

Its sketch challenge time again over at Freshly made sketches and today I thought I would break out some gorgeous papers from Stampin' Up! called mocha morning specialty DSP - just gorgeous, and it is flocked so even more yummy!  

Here is the sketch:

and here is my card:

Up close view of the embossing:

The inside of the card:

Details: All Stampin’ Up!unless stated!

Stamp Sets: Enfrancais, petite pairs, Chandeliers (hero arts)
Ink Pads: crumb cake, stazon, versamark
Cardstock: basic black, crumb cake
DSP: Mocha morning specialty dsp
Tools:Big shot machine, heat gun,  chandeliers dies (hero arts), scallop edge die (marianne creatables)
Other: black taffeta, basic pearls, black embossing powder, embossing buddy

Merry Monday #3

Yep, its my 3rd week( But 4th week for them) in a row that I have done Merry Monday sketch Challenge which is a christmas card each week for the year woo hoo, this weeks sketch looks like this:

 and here is my entry:

I have decided to use all my "stash" on this christmas challenge if nothing else but to use it up, but all inks, the sentiment, the ribbon and the cardstock and DSP is Stampin' Up! whether it be current or retired or just not available here.

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Sale a bration time!

I love Sale a bration time, so many fun new items that you can earn FREE!!

Click on the picture below and it will take you to our sale a bration catalogue where you can view all the free items to your hearts content.  These items are exclusive to sale a bration and will not be offered at any other time. 

Click on ANY icon below to take you to the saleabration catalogue.

Email me HERE to place your order or ask any questions.

A everday enchantment pizza box!

 Don't you just love these cute little pizza boxes?  the dsp is the Free pack for saleabration, as is the cute little brad.  The postage stamp stamp is also one of the stamps from fresh vintage another free product you can earn.  Don't you love that stamp punched out with our new postage stamp punch, I love it.  I added a little handcrafted sentiment to the flower to finish it off.  I love how the paper looks vintage with the aging around the edges.

Inside:

Their are 4 mini 3x3 cards as below, I have stamped some sentiments and left them off the cards so that the recipients can add them when the need arises, there are also 4 mini hand stamped envelopes with the same postage stamp image stamped on the top corner - too cute.

Details: All Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Sets: Teeny tiny sentiments, fresh vintage, tiny tags
Ink Pads: poppy parade
Cardstock: pool party, very vanilla
DSP: everyday enchantment DSP
Punches: butterfly punch, scallop circle punch, ribbon border punch, word window punch, postage stamp punch, jewellery tag punch, boho blossoms punch
Tools: scorer and cutter,  cropadile
Other: twine, dimensionals, brad pack (salea bration), basic pearls,

Pizza night

I don't know if you remember but i had something going last year with my son called Pick a Memory, and basically there were a heap of tags in a bowl and each week he got to pick one out and we would do that thing together as a family.  This particular time was to order pizza and eat it UNDER the dinner table.  Something a little fun and something he would remember, anyway I have scrapped that particular event and have used bits and pieces from my stash to create it:

Details:  Paper pack and embellishments are from my minds eye.

scrapping with sale a bration goodies

I am back with another sneak peak today of the gorgeous papers and a brad from the sale a bration catalogue that goes live on the 25th January.  Remember for each $100 you spend you will receive a choice of exclusive stamp sets, a designer paper pack or a ribbon and brad pack.  There is no limit to the freebies you can earn, just depends on how much you spend!  Sound good?  Well I already know that I will be getting more of this delicious paper for FREE this month as I have nearly run out,  I love it!!!  Here is a layout made in the beautiful, beautiful papers.

I have run the page along the lines of the photos, ie the rock line is represented by the torn paper across the top, and the clear embossed stamping above the torn paper represents the trees behind the rocks.

Hmmm too deep for this time of day I think  lol.

A close up of the exclusive stamp set called a fresh vintage, I have stamped in versamark then clear embossed it.

 The top scallop is made with the tasteful trim die, and each little flower I have hand cut from the same DSP pack!  Too cute.

I have cut a small piece of paper and stapled it to the bottom to record the time of the event,

below is a close up of one of the stamps that come in that same set, and also see that super cute brad, that is a part of the brads and ribbon pack you can also receive for free, delicious aren't they?

Details: All Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Sets: Fresh vintage (sale a bration), letter it
Ink Pads: calypso coral, versamark
Cardstock: pool party, whisper white
DSP:   Everyday enchantment DSP
Tools: Big shot, tasteful trims die, stapler, paper piercer, heat tool, powder pal tray
Other: clear embossing powder, brads from the sale a bration pack,

christmas wishes with.....

Sincere good wishes as the sentiment in this card goes :)

Yep, card number 2 done for this year woo hoo!  Check out Always Playing with Paper to see all the other fun christmas cards this week:

dazzling details on the trim of Santa's hat and on the key he is holding, and the fancy W has been re stamped, then cut out and mounted on dimensionals on top of the original stamped part.

don't you love how santa is pointing to the sentiment, just too cute :)

the edges of the designer paper have been inked in early espresso using my stampin sponge, just to age it a little :)  the background of my main focal image has been inked in crumb cake.

Details All Stampin' up! unless stated.

Stamp Sets:  music note wheel , Santa mail (crafty secrets)
Ink Pads: Crumb cake, early espresso, poppy parade, basic black
Cardstock: crumb cake, early espresso, whisper white
DSP: sweet stack DCWV
Tools: big shot machine, nesties (spellbinders), sponge.aquapainter
Other: red striped grosgrain ribbon, dazzling details, clear gemstones.

A little wine with that...

I first set eyes on this gorgeous vintage stamp set over a year ago, and its been on my wish list ever since (its not a stampin' Up! set).  Anyway, one of the reasons I wanted it (aside from the fact that I am a white wine drinker lol), is that I wanted to make these bottle tags for the ones I give as gifts.  They have come up so well I have decided to make some to sell at the upcoming markets - I love them xx

A close up of the detail:

How it sits on the bottle of wine:

Cherry cobbler bottle tag

Early espresso bottle tag

Old Olive bottle tag:

Stampin' up!s gorgeous new vanilla velvet ribbon along the bottoms, just beautiful!

These will be for sale on my Facebook page.