Just Add - Material

this weeks Just Add Ink's (JAI#31) challenge is to add some sort of material to your crafting project so I made this brooch. It is made using a die through the wonderful Stampin' Up! Big Shot, isn't it fabulous that you can cut fabric using the Big Shot - this is the Flower Folds die which is a new die in the new Stampin' Up! Ideas Book & Catalogue that goes live on Wednesday!!
You can cut up to 8 layers of fabric at once with these Bigz dies. It's a great tool to use for anyone who's interested in fabric - quilting, clothing whatever! I have made a handbag to using a die through the Big Shot. All the fabric I cut for this flower was cut with just ONE trip through the machine.
If you would like to know more contact me today julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz

Every Moment is special

Every Moment is the name of the stamp set that I used for this stepper card that is one of the new stamps in the new Stampin' Up! Ideas Book & Catalogue which goes live on this Wednesday. It has the daisy, the butterfly, the sentiment and another lovely stamp with a bird on a bush of rushes.

To stamp the three daisy's on this I had to make a mask to ensure I didn't stamp over another stamped image when I was creating the posy of daisy's. To make a mask you stamp the image on to a post-it note then cut it out. This means you can place and replace it over and over again.

I used Soft Suede for the background card and the Top Note Big Shot Die to create the shape. The other card is Very Vanilla. The button is Always Artichoke and is also cut out using a Sizzlet die the Stampin' Up! sell for the Big Shot Die cutting and embossing machine. The ribbon is twill and the thread is linen.

This Stepper Card tutorial is available to purchase on the right hand side of the blog.

Yesterday I was in Hamilton New Zealand for a Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar which was great fun. Every time that Stampin' Up! demonstrators get together we do 'swaps' and this was my swap. Swaps are where you make an amount of the same card/project and you swap with each other. This is awesome cause you come home with a bunch of different projects and different styles. It gives you great ideas and it gives me something different to show my classes and customers.

There is so many great reasons to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator so if you are thinking about what to do with your spare time contact me today julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz

Wonderful Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper - NEWSPRINT

I am in love with this awesome product that Stampin' Up! have got in the new catalogue. This newsprint DSP (Designer Series Paper) is Basic Black and Very Vanilla and so yummy to work with. I covered this box with the DSP and then added bit of yumminess using Vanilla Confetti card and Very Vanilla card with Basic Black ink. I used some Hodge Podge hardware, some Vanilla ribbon, some brads, three pearls and some stamps - Sense of Time, Artistic Etchings (brand new set) and Priceless. I even managed to get a bit of the new embossing folder - Vintage Wallpaper.

I really enjoy covering boxes and things and this paper makes the the crafting so much better!

Don't forget the new Ideas Book and Catalogue goes live on the 1st of September - but in the meanwhile for the last week of the old catalogue Stampin' Up! have announced some more AMAZING discounts.

Contact me today if you would like to put your order in or to get more information - julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz

Item # Page Description Discount Discounted NZ Price
116342 42 Big Bold Birthday 50% $ 31.98
116408 100 Seeing Spots 50% $ 17.98
116344 121 Big Deal Alphabet 50% $ 45.98
116208 126 In Color card stock (A4) 50% $ 8.63
105538 127 Bold Brights Stampin' Write markers 25% $ 51.71
105537 127 Soft Subtles Stampin' Write markers 25% $ 51.71
105540 127 Rich Regals Stampin' Write markers 25% $ 51.71
105541 127 Many Marvelous Markers 25% $ 209.96
105550 128 Bold Brights Classic Stampin' Spots 25% $ 37.46
105551 128 Earth Elements Classic Stampin' Spots 25% $ 37.46
105539 128 Earth Elements Stampin' Write markers 25% $ 51.71
105552 129 Rich Regals Classic Stampin' Spots 25% $ 37.46
112042 132 Urban Garden Designer Series paper 50% $ 9.98
112041 134 Bella Rose Designer Series paper 50% $ 9.98
107305 152 Oval Large punch 50% $ 17.98
113692 152 Eyelet border punch 50% $ 17.98
109043 152 Scallop Circle punch 50% $ 17.98
113694 152 Heart to Heart punch 50% $ 17.98
112082 152 Wide Oval punch 50% $ 17.98
112091 152 Scallop Edge punch 50% $ 17.98
113693 152 Full Heart punch 50% $ 17.98
104310 155 Crafters' Tool Kit 25% $ 68.96
112004 1-3/4" Circle punch 50% $ 17.98
116629 Butterfly punch 50% $ 17.98

changing how stamps stamp

OK here is another sneak peek at a new stamp set called Every Moment. This stamp is a line drawing stamp - meaning it is not a solid stamp but I have made it one by colouring inside the stamped image with a marker pen, making it a silhouette, cool eh! Means you can get lots of different looks from a single stamp set - great value like always with Stampin' Up!'s products.

I sponged the background before stamping the images. I used glossy white card for the background, then layered it with Whisper White and then on a Basic Black card. Added some Old Olive ribbon and brads and the sentiment is also from the Every Moment stamp set.

I used the wide oval punch and a tag die from the Big Shot Lots of Tags set.

Thanks for visiting my Stampin' Up! blog.

another Just Add Ink Challange #31 and it's a goodie!!

over a http://www.just-add-ink.blogspot.com/ there is another challenge (they do one every week). It's great to help you get some inspiration or to help you make yourself keep to a dead line - and they always use Stampin' Up! product.

This week it was to use Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Kraft so this is what I came up with. I love using the products that I ordered during the pre order time. That's such a cool thing about being a Stampin' Up! demo - you get to have things before everyone else - not to mention you get them at a great price!! I used the Artistic Etchings and Baroque Motifs, the new Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder for the Big Shot and I {Heart} Hearts stamp and matching punch. The card itself is a easel card, makes a nice change from the usual style of card.

So if you haven't ever entered a challenge have a go - you don't have to have a blog to enter either.

Thanks for visiting

what we did at Albany, Auckland, New Zealand today

Today I had a team training event and one of the cards I 'had' to share was one that Jacque my upline, taught us at her level one team training.

Here is the one I did today. I used the cute Fox & Friends stamps plus the Inspired by Nature for the grass. The leaves are a Stampin' Up! Big Shot die and the alpha is Defining Alphabet. The card is Pacific Point & Whisper White.

This type of card has two pockets in the front that you can pop tags into. Be a great idea for a gift card - maybe for Father's Day which is only two weeks away! They are just like a 'normal' card that opens up so you can write on them inside if you didn't want to write on the tags.

Here is the Vintage Vogue one that we made at yesterday's training. Isn't it scrummy????

We did water colouring, sponging, wheeling - all sorts!! Do you love the flowers?? contact me today to book a workshop so I can come to your place and spend a fun few hours with your friends sharing how easy these are to make.

PLEASE NOTE:

there is only 10 days left to order products from the current (09/10)Stampin' Up! Ideas Book & Catalogue plus the Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue so email me today julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz

New Stampin' Up! Ideas Book & Catalogue Sneek Peek

this card shows quite a few of the new products that will be available in the new Stampin' Up! Ideas Book & Catalogue which goes live on 1st September. The embossing folder that I used is called Vintage Wallpaper and isn't it scrummy!! I have gone over it with my brayer which just puts ink on the raised surface. The round Rose Red image is from a stamp set called Artistic Etchings and the word 'for you' is from a set Cute by the Inch. I also used the three heart punch, the word window punch and the Lot's of Tags Big Shot die. For the Rose Red heart I pre embossed the card with the Polka Dot embossing folder. All our dies and embossing folders go thru the fabulous Big Shot (made by Sizzix) which we sell and many of the products are EXCLUSIVELY Stampin' Up! products. Even the cute pearl is new in the catalogue!

I find the Big Shot much easier to use than other similar machines as I have arthritis in my hands. It has a easier handle to use and a longer base plate making it really stable and great for using the longer dies. Of cause many of the dies can cut thru fabric which makes it a great tool for quilters and sewers.
If you would like a FREE workshop to see the Big Shot in the flesh contact me today to book - julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz
The BIG SHOT will make your card making, scrap booking, quilting or any craft projects AWESOME!! Team it up with Stampin' Up!'s ink pads and rubber stamps and it's a marriage made in heaven!!