New Stampendous stamps

Have you looked in the Look Whats New category of my website lately? I received some new Stampendous stamps that are gorgeous.

In the new catalogue they have a range of Jumbo Stamps that are fantastic, so much you could use them for scrapbook pages, cards, fabric & wooden projects. And the Daisy stamp sets are lovely, next order I'm getting one for me.

Jumbo Rose stamp

Jumbo Hydrangea stamp

All the projects were done by Stampendous design team and I've photographed them from their catalogue.

To all the ladies off on the Scrapbook Retreat have a fabulous time.

ATC's and new cards

Well the closing date for the Trading Frenzy for our JAV ATC group is almost here and I've done two more to add to my cards.

I posted the instructions for how I've done this style a little while ago if you would like to see it.

You know how you buy items and bring them home really pleased with yourself and then they hang around for a little while as you think about how you'll use them. Then one day you're cleaning up your craft area and you decide to put them in a drawer with all the other similar products you have of that type.....lets say flowers and they languish there all but forgotten?

Do I do that? Of course I do! Anyway after fishing around in the "flower drawer" (plastic drawer not cupboard drawer) looking for something else I found a packet of three leather flowers that I bought .....ooh a long time ago and thougt to myself "this is the day you do something with these". So I made some cards.

I started off with a craft card then used the Darkroom Door Flourish stamp inked in white for the background. I cut a strip of white cardstock and stamped & embossed the saying from the

Hero Arts Messages stamp set. I put a gem brad in the middle of the flower and attached it to the cardstock and then used double sided tape to attach it to the card. 

A very similar card. I've just changed the saying and added a strip of self adhesive Paper Lace.

I've used Archival Jet Black ink to stamp the Flourish background and then stamped and embossed my saying and backed it with some black cardstock. I cut a strip of black cardstock for my stem and two leaves and added a gem brad to the middle of the flower then glued them to my card. I stamped a flower pot in white ink and cut it out and used Magic Mount to give it some height. 

For this card I've used a lavender card and attached a piece of embossed white cardstock on top. Then I've stamped and embossed the saying from Hero Arts Messages stamp set and cut around it closely before attaching it. 

The butterflies are from the Darkroom Door Butterflies stamp set and I've stamped them in Archival Jet Black ink and used Marvy Markers to colour them before cutting them out and attaching them.

For this one I've used a plum coloured card then silver on that then a pink card that has a Friends Definition stamped on it in Plum ink. From the Heart (one of the little $2 stamps that I sell at the markets) was also done in plum ink on pink card and backed by silver.

The lady is stamped on white cardstock then again on printed paper (you just want the dress part) and coloured in with Marvy Markers. Cut out the dress from the printed paper and glue over the original image. Glue down on the card and coat the balloons with Glossy Accents. The saying is raised by Magic Mount.

New Bo Bunny stamps & Ink pads

I'm just adding some new lines to my website and thought you might be interested. Three new Bo Bunny stamps, great value and easy to use and some new ink pads.

Mount Perry

Saturday was a really good day out at Mt Perry for the Travelling Arts workshops. It's a great hall, large and well maintained so everyone had plenty of room. We were even treated to freshly made scomes for morning tea, a saucage sizzle for lunch and cake for afternoon tea.

They have a little art gallery next to it and I managed to have a quick look. Around lunch time a storm came over and it was quite black for a while but by the time we were packing up it had stopped raining.

It was a lovely social day and I chatted to a lot of people who all do some kind of art/craft work.

1920's Chic

Darkroom Door have realeased a few more stamp sets but for the moment this is the only one I've ordered.

If you go to the Stamping Mathilda blog you'll see she's made a really nice card using these stamps.

This Sunday is the PCYC craft markets so if you would like to see them up close call in between 8am and 12pm where you'll find me on the back wall in the hall.

Saturday 5th March in Hinkler

Tomorrow I'll be joining Christine from "Adelle collections to have a stand in Hinkler in the centre aisle near Boost Juice.

I'll only have one table so it will be a small range of the products I stock.

Hope to see you there.