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Festive Friday #3

January 27, 2012 by branicinoz

Hi Everyone!  I’m back again with our third round of Festive Fridays!  This week we’ll tackle the first of MANY Christmas cards that we all need to have made by the end of this year.  Andrea Lowcock won last weeks round, and you can see her creation here.  Now, let’s get to the challenge!

Here’s the fine print:

1: Choose a card or project below that inspires you

2: Create your own Project

3: Load your project online somewhere and mention who on my design team inspired you.  If you do not have a blog, you can email me the image and I can upload it for you as well!

4: Link your project below by clicking on the froggy and adding your link.  You can also click on the froggy to view the links already added.

5: Links close Thursday February 2nd at 10am.  Winners will be posted with Next Week’s challenge.

First up is my creation.  I’ve used traditional colours here but I found a great tutorial on marthastewart.com to tie this ribbon wreath.  I made it the focal point of my card.

Tracey Eaton sent me this gorgeous card as her entry:

Next up is Sarah Cameron with this accordion folded flower:

Tina Gillespie gives us a bit of Glimmer:

Carolyn Bennie with her shimmery poinsettia:

Last and certainly not least is Bridget Fox with her non-traditional coloured swirly tree:

There’s the collection of inspiration for this week, now get your thinking caps on, choose one (or more) projects to inspire you and get your mojo flowing!  I want to see LOADS of Christmas cards this week!  Click on the froggy to link your entry!

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Upcoming Class Schedule

November 6, 2011 by branicinoz

Sunday January 29th, 1:00pm: Masculine Stamp A Stack!

Make 2 each of 4 different Masculine Card designs featuring products form the Summer Mini Cataogue.  Cost $20.00.

Sunday February 26th, 1:00pm: Simply Adorned Jewellery Class.  

Cost $60.00 PREPAID by February 1 includes necklace, charm and THREE inserts.

Sunday March 25, 1:00pm: Easter Class.

Make 3 cards and a matching box or basket (including chocolate!).  Cost $30.00

email me or phone me to reserve your spots.  Spaces are limited.

branicinoz@gmail.com

0419 836 104

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Criss Cross Pocket Card

January 28, 2012 by branicinoz

This is the second wedding invitation sample that I made up for that Bride to Be.  It’s a criss cross card with a pocket that slides out:

For the flowers on the inside, I used the Upsy Daisy stamp set and stamped them first in Certainly Celery.  I then stamped them again in Old Olive, slightly offset from the first image, this creates a 3D look.

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Festive Friday #2 Winner!

January 26, 2012 by branicinoz

It was a slow week on the Festive Friday Challenges this week!  I’m sure everyone is busy getting kids ready to go back to school.  Shopping for backpacks, uniforms and lunch boxes.  I had one entry this week so of course, one winner!  Congratulations Andrea Lowcock!

Here is a badge for you to display on your blog:

Starting tomorrow we will be gearing up for several weeks of Christmas Cards, so I hope MORE of you will hop in and play along with your Christmas ideas!  Get Stamping Girls!

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Wedding Invitation Samples

January 26, 2012 by branicinoz

I had a workshop on the 15th and the hostess contacted me a couple of days before, asking if I could make some sample wedding invitations for one of her friends who was attending.  All the information I got was that her colours were green and white.  I didn’t know what shade of green, what style she liked, so I just made four sample invitations in varying styles and colours.  I will show them on four separate days, just to keep you coming back!  (I’m so evil!).  This was the one she liked the best, and in the end purchased the supplies to make some of them (she then booked her own workshop!)

The inside where she can ad her customised text:

The “cherish” on the front came from the Baroque Motifs set and the little plant on the inside is from Pocket Silhouettes.

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Easy Events Birthday

January 25, 2012 by branicinoz

This is the second workshop card from last weekend’s workshop.  This time I’ve used the cupcake stamp and once again stamped it on watercolour paper with Staz On Ink.  I’ve used the aqua painter in this sample but at my workshop I demonstrated the blender pens on this card, just to show some different ways to watercolour.

The DSP is Just Add Cake, and the ribbon is the Peach Parfait Poly Twill ribbon, which is so soft and easy to tie!

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Sale A Bration Blog Hop!

January 24, 2012 by branicinoz

It’s that time again!  The best promotion of the year, where Stampin Up pulls out ALL the stops in offering us FREE, exclusive, and Limited Time Only products!  For every $100 you spend on regular merchandise from any catalogue, you will receive a stamp set, DSP pack or Embellishment pack of your choice from the SAB brochure for FREE!  Click on the image above to see the SAB product brochure.

I’ve joined forces once again with the ESAD group of demonstrators to bring you a 23-person blog hop to inspire you with all our creations.  Grab a cuppa and sit down, and relax with all this inspiration!  You may have arrived here from Jane Norrish, or you may be starting off here, either way I invite you to hop along with us!

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for “Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators” and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin Up demonstrators.

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed.

So if you are a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group.

Now, on to my projects!  I’ve first made a card featuring the Everyday Enchantment DSP and the Fresh Vintage Stamp set.  The ribbon and Brad you see are also SAB items, and can be chosen for FREE as a set in lieu of the stamps or paper.

My second project uses the same DSP and embellishments, but I’ve done an 8×8 scrapbook page:

Okay, now hop on over to Jacinta Argent’s site and see what lovely creations she has come up with…

If you get lost or find broken links along the way, here is the complete list so you can pick up and find your way through.

1.  Sherylee Tutt

www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/sherylee/blog

2.  Juliette Chapman

www.juleskraftikrafts.blogspot.com

3.  Alison Barclay

www.gothdovedesigns.blogspot.com

4.  Corina Beyer

www.beyondinkstamper.com

5.  Christie Krunkel

www.christiescreativecorner.blogspot.com

6.  Jane Norrish

www.janenorrish.com

7.  Nicole Derendorf

www.nicolederendorf.com

8.  Jacinta Argent

www.jacintascreations.blogspot.com

9.  Leonie Schroder

www.stamp-a-latte.com

10. Alisa Tilsner

www.alisatilsner.com

11.  Keryn Campbell

www.kerynscards.blogspot.com

12.  Sharlene Mayer

www.magpiecreates.com

13.  Madonna Dunn

www.madonnadunn.com.au

14. Joanne Kechagias

www.Joannekechagias.blogspot.com

15.  Pauline Bennetts

www.paulinebennetts.com/stampede

16.  Monique Fielder

http://www.stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com/

17.  Bron Heslop

www.bronheslop.wordpress.com

18.  Felicity Fernandez

www.stampinwithflick.blogspot.com

19. Michelle Grech 

www.stampmeshell.wordpress.com

20. Kelly Nelson

www.kellysstampinspot.wordpress.com 

21.  Louise Layton

www.inkyloulou.com

22.  Yvonne Walker

www.yvonnescreativecorner.blogspot.com

23. Kathryn Ruddick

23. Kathryn Ruddick

www.katlodesigns.com

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Easy Events Thank You card

January 23, 2012 by branicinoz

This was one of the cards that I designed for my water colouring workshop last weekend.  Again, I used the Easy Events stamp set due to it’s versatility.  I LOVE this little garden of flowers!  I stamped it twice in Staz On ink on Watercolour Paper and used my aqua painter to colour them in with Calypso Coral and Wisteria Wonder ink pads, the stems are done with Lucky Limeade.  I’ve used the Berry Blossoms DSP punched with the square punches to make the border down the side.

The flower centres were blinged up a bit with the tiny basic pearls.

 

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Easy Events Baby Card

January 22, 2012 by branicinoz

I was working on designing some cards for a workshop last weekend and the hostess wanted to learn the water colouring technique.  I chose the Easy Events stamp set since it’s got so much versatility.  I made the two workshop projects (will be coming later this week) and then I wanted to make a card with this cute little rubber ducky.  I don’t have a baby in mind to give this to yet, but I just think this ducky is so cute!

I’ve used the Nursery Nest DSP and the Quick Accents pack that goes with it for the frame around the ducky and the betters too. So quick and easy!

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Burning Love Inspiration

January 21, 2012 by branicinoz

A couple weeks ago, there was an inspiration challenge posted on ESAD, one of the demonstrator groups that I belong to.  The inspiration was this image:

I knew immediately that I wanted to pull out my brayer and sponges and try to duplicate the burning-looking background, but also wanted to silhouette a heart on it.  This is what I came up with:

I used so many colours on here that I can even recall how they were layered…So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, More Mustard, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, Basic Black and more!  Thanks to my friend Tracey Eaton for this great inspiration piece!

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Festive Friday #2 Valentine Love

January 20, 2012 by branicinoz

Hi Everyone!

Welcome back to the second week of Festive Fridays.  First up, the Winner from last week’s challenge is Ros Davidson:

Isn’t it gorgeous???  Here is a badge for your blog Ros, thanks for playing along!

Okay, here’s how this Festive Friday Challenge works.

1: Choose a card or project that inspires you

2: Create your own Project

3: Load your project online somewhere and mention who on my design team inspired you

4: Link your project below.

5: Links close Thursday January 26th at 10am.  Winners will be posted with Next Week’s challenge.

Now, on to this week’s inspiration.  I’ve made a BLUE Valentine’s card with a whole pile of Glimmer Paper on it.  Check it out:

Next up we have this amazing Pop Up Card by Leonie Schroder.

Next up is an adorable Corset card by Carolyn Bennie:

We have a cute little Love Truck by Gail Clark:

A clever little heart present by Bridget Fox:

Tracey Eaton has had to bow out for this round due to renovations in her craft room, but rest assured she will be back soon with more inspiring creations!

That’s the Valentine Lineup for this week.  Surely there is more than enough inspiration here for you to get your creative Mojo flowing into something we all can see?  Link up your creation below and come back next week for our first CHRISTMAS inspiration Challenge!  Click on the froggy to add your link or to view all the links already submitted.



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