christmas is just around the corner

so have you started on your cards?
I have! hehe This is made using the new Ornament punch - the one I used yesterday for the fish bodies! Firstly I stamped a couple of the ornaments from Contempo Christmas and Delightful Decorations in Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive - aren't these colours yummy together???? I did three in each colour/stamp and the punched them out. I folded them in half and then stuck them together to create the decoration. You can still post a card like this because you just put it in an envelope with the decoration open.
Just imagine what a great a Christmas tree would with a whole lot of these?? They are SO easy to make - contact me TODAY to get your Christmas preparations underway!!
julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz

fishy card

Isn't the fish so cute?? They are made using the new Ornament punch. The original card I saw was by Vonda Thomas called 'just keep swimming' and couldn't wait to get the ornament punch to make my own. I used the small heart from the Owl punch for the lips and also for the eyes. I used the circle scallop punch for the side fins and the photo corner punch for the tail. I think next time I might use an oval punch with half cut away with a scalloped edge for the tail. The sea weed is from the bird punch too. To create the top of the water I used the square scallop punch, it leaves the water looking edge when you do a line of it. All the punches are Stampin' Up! punches - if you would like to know how you can buy these - or even earn them for FREE contact me today julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz
Thought this card would be great for kids or people who love their fish!!

postcard from Paris

this morning I made this card by sponging. Normally when I sponge I use glossy paper but today I decided to use normal Whisper White which enables you to get darker colours. I masked out where the moon went and worked from the lightest colour to darkest. I used Pacific Point, Not Quiet Navy, Night Navy and Basic Black. The Eiffel Tower is from the awesome set Artistic Etchings and the back ground on the Basic Black card is from Notably Ornate. The 'post card' words are from the set called Winter Post which I don't have but I borrowed off the lovely Kate Tobeck http://katetobeck.blogspot.com/ . Kate and the awesome Bron Heslop http://bronheslop.wordpress.com/ came over this morning for a 'play date' hee hee! As Stampin' Up! demonstrators we LOVE getting together and creating - and it's great when you can share your tools (or toys as we call them) so it's fab to be able to use things that you haven't got. So THANK YOU Kate for the use of your set!

gifts for hostesses

these canisters are for anyone who hosts a workshop for me till the end of October.

They are made using some cool canisters that I found at a neat shop and I have decorated them. The canisters are very close to the new colour Early Espresso but we don't have a DSP (Design Series Paper) with Early Espresso so I made my own. The one of the right I used the Circle Circus stamp set and the Extreme Element set. The one on the left I used the wheel stamp Take a Sip and I coloured them in myself. The centre one is just the wonderful Medallion Stamp and the cute a la carte stamp So Many Thanks.

If you would like to have one of these (did I mention they are filled with 'treats'???s) contact me to book a Stampin' Up! workshop. Workshops are so much fun, get a few friends together to see some lovely products, watch me demo some tools and create something (which you as the hostess gets!) and then we all create a project together. There will be time to peruse the new Idea Book & Catalogue and do some shopping!! yippeee we all love shopping!! And the more your friends shop the more wonderful free stuff you as a hostess gets!!!!! So if you want to be the receiver of FREE stuff contact me NOW!!! julia.leece@slingshot.co.nz

special card for a friend

a friend of mine had to put her beloved cat 'Sing' to sleep the other day. This is always a hard thing for any pet lover to day so I made her a card today to send to her. It's awesome that Stampin' Up! have such appropriate stamps in their catalogue like this one called 'C for Cat'. There is also a 'D for Dog' set too.

I used the cat stamp for the front and two other stamps for the message inside of the card.

To get the great effect around the cat I wet some watercolour paper and then stamped with Crumb Cake (was called Kraft) and as it's die based ink it bleed. Once I dried the paper with my trusty heat tool I then stamped over the top with Early Espresso - I love the result!

Finished the card with some paper piercing, a button and some ribbon and it's all done.

I hope Linda and her family are comforted by my card as I can't be there in person to give her a hug!.

RIP Sing.

Just Add more Sympathy

Unfortunately I needed to make another sympathy card today so this is my second this week I decided to do a tri-shutter card and used the beautiful Woodland Walk papers from the new Stampin' Up! Ideas Book & Catalogue as I thought it look peaceful, which is what you want to give people when they are morning the lost of family or a friend. I teamed the Crumb Cake up with Pear Pizzazz and Very Vanilla. The lilies are from Fifth Ave and the sentiment is again from Thoughts and Prayers. I added some Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon and there is even a small pearl on the petal of one of the flowers. I am loving these teeny tiny pearls.

I have entered this card as my second entry in this weeks Just Add Ink #35 challenge. There are some beautiful cards being created over there so go and have a look - www.just-add-ink.blogspot.com and I am sure you will be inspired and uplifted.

Just Add Sympathy - JAI #35

this week over on Just Add Ink (click on the blinkie on the right) the theme the current challenge is 'Just Add - Sympathy' so here is my entry. Unfortunately we need to send more of these than we would like so I usually have a few lying around but I wanted to make one using things that I have never used before. So it started by using some Bravo Burgundy card stock and ink. I think it was the first time my Bravo Burgundy stamp pad had ever been opened! I teamed it up some Almost Artichoke which is another colour I barely use which for both of these I don't know why! I think they go beautiful together especially with the Very Vanilla I have used.

The flowers that I have used are the new paper flowers the Stampin' Up! have in the new Idea Book & Catalogue. I sponged them with both the Bravo Burgundy and Almost Artichoke and added a wee pearl (another great new product). The bow is Very Vanilla taffeta and the heart is from the new Level 1 Hostess set called Punch Potpourri.

Did you notice the scallop trim along the bottom of the layered card? That is the new Scallop Trim boarder punch and I wheeled the new Music Notes wheel in Bravo Burgundy too.

The sentiment is from the absolutely must have set called Teeny Tiny Sentiments.

Thanks for visiting my blog and be sure to visit the Just Add Ink blog for lots of other amazing projects.