happy birthday Stef

My good friend (and cousin in law if there is such a thing) Stef had her birthday last week and this is the card I made for her. It's made using the new scrummy DSP called Mocha Specialty Designer Paper. The black images are flocked - you just want to sit there and pat the card (then the little men come and wrap you in a white coat that ties up in the back and take you away! lol).

The card itself is quite plain letting the texture of the paper stand out. The ribbon is the new seam binding ribbon (in Very Vanilla). I have teamed it up with Very Vanilla card. I even lined the envelope to add to the luxury feel of the whole project.

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEF!

welcome to your new home

this is the card that I made for a friend Bron when she shifted house last week. I CASed it off Dee Sturgeon as she sent me a similar card when I shifted - you can see her card here

I changed the colours right up to make it different - I used the wood background stamp to create the weather boards and the flower box. The roof and the shutters are made using the scallop boarder. The windows are just hand cut but the flowers are from the Boho punch and the leaves from the two step bird punch. As you can see from the below punch the roof pulls off to show the card where a greeting is written. I used the retired Good Neighbours 'Sale-a-bration' stamp for the house stamp - that's one retired stamp set I am KEEPING! lol

can you see how TINY the brads I used on the flowers? they are the new TINY brads - they are so cute and so fun and EASY to use!!

adding something a little extra

the other day I was out shopping with another demo and we found these stationary kits and thought we would challenge ourselves to do something to 'swish' it up. SO here is my take. I took it out of a clear acetate box that had yucky stickers all over it. But the items were held in a strong plastic container/tray so I thought I could cover the tray with a lid.

I wrapped some matching card around the side of the tray ......

and added some embellishments to some of the items. I matched the bright pink of the stationary items with Old Olive and Melon Mambo. It was fun to do something like this - I am waiting to see what the other demo does with hers! hehe

If you would like this set be the first person to put in an order over $100 and it's yours!!!

email me at julia.leece@vodafone.co.nz - I am putting in an order on Wednesday night which will be the last one for this month. Looking forward to hearing from you soon!

happy 25th anniversary

25 years ago on Tuesday I was a bridesmaid for my friend Chrissy and her hubby Rogan. Over the years we lost contact until recently when we bumped into each other at a shop! I knew it would be their 25th anniversary this year and had been looking for their address as I wanted to at least send them a card. So it was awesome to catch up with her over a couple of lunch dates already and I was able to send them a card after all!

I love the fact now with Stampin' Up! that you can purchase whole packets of silver card as I LOVE the silver. I used silver embossing powder for the sentiment. The flowers are made using the triple layer doily punch. The happy couple are off today to spend a week in Raratonga to celebrate their milestone! So cool to see such a happy pair.

highlighting with sweet treat cups

the sweet treat cup has the new glass glitter in it making it a 'shaker' card. I wanted to highlight the girl swinging - and thought it would look like snow - hence the sponged 'snow' back ground. Sometimes I make a card cause I have a purpose (i.e. birthday, Christmas etc) but sometimes just cause I want to try out an technique - like this one!! I have NO idea what I would use this card for - happy to hear your ideas on that one! hehe

another zig zag card

This is another one of my zigzag cards - this one made for the Stampin' Up! Big Day Out. It is using the new DSP (Designer Series Paper) called Timeless Portrait. It is so pretty - Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla.

The flower is made using the new Doily Triple Layer punch. I have blogged about these before on the post relating to the 3D Frame that I have for sale. A full tutorial for the flower is included in the tutorial for the 3D Frame (only $5NZ!)

the edge around the sentiment is made with just the eyelet boarder punch - punch out a strip and make small snips along the flat edge and then run through a crimper - then you can bend it around the oval - easy peasy!

Happy Crafting!

hows this for CUTE!!!

last nights class on Crafters Anonymous was taken by guest teacher Deb Speijers

Isn't he a little cutie!! It's made from the Stampin' Up! pillow box die and a few Stampin' Up! punches. I used the triple heart punch for the feet and beak - and lots of circles!!

I can see a few of these being made!