Occasions Catalogue 2015 - Something Lacy

Hi all!!

Well have been busy in my world lately (arghh had no time for crafting :( )  My two younger son's have moved back home for a bit, then my parents moved in on the weekend, going from 2 in the house (nice and peaceful lol) to 6 adults in the house is quite unusual for us.

Well I had time finally to craft this morning and oh how I have missed it.

Today's card I have used the Something Lacy background stamp from the occasions catalogue. Also I missed out on getting some of the gorgeous printed vellum so I made my own using butterflies from various stamp set's.

What I did here was stamp Something Lacy using clear embossing powder an heat set, then sponged over with Blackberry Bliss.

On the Vellum I have stamped butterflies with Memento. Once dry I turned it over and adhered with fast fuse to the background I had stamped.

Sentiment is the Hostess set from the Occasions Catalogue "Because You Care"

Framelits: Chalk Talk

Well we are nearing Convention and I am so excited an that means I will have lot's to share with you in the future so be sure to stay tuned :)

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Creative Blog Hop

Happy Monday everyone and welcome to my post for the Creative Blog Hop!

I was nominated by the talented and lovely Jayne over at Papillon Papercaft

This is a different sort of Blog Hop from what you normally see on my blog.  Each person that contributes nominates another talented papercrafter to carry the baton if you will.  I have met the very talented Tamie Holt  ‘Tamie Luvs to Craft 2’ and we share our love of crafting and wanted to send the baton across the border to Queensland Australia.  At the end you will be able to pop on over an check out Tamie's Blog.

Since I was only nominated this morning I was already thinking of what I was going to get up to today. Well it worked out perfect that I knew I wanted to make flower's so this is how my creation came about.

I hope you like my card!

This is a Shutter Tri-Fold Card, I love doing these cards and have been favourites for Weddings

I have used the now retired Irresistibly Yours DSP from the SAB, sponging over to create a soft background colour. The flowers are made from the Petite Petal  & Flower Shop stamp sets an matching punches.

Sentiment is from the Occasions Catalogue "Big On You" which is still available till June 2nd

Back of card for personal message

Card when closed will fit into a regular envelope

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Be sure to pop over and have a look at Tamie's Blog Hop Entry. 

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April Crazy Crafters Family Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us for the Crazy Crafters April Blog Hop, this month we are Celebrating Family!

Our host is the very talented lady....Tamie Holt. 

We hope you enjoy our virtual hop where you will either learn great techniques for your paper crafting projects or just a chance to enjoy each of the ladies lovely creations! Be sure to click on the next button further down to continue your journey on this blog hop

Today I have used the panel out of the Artisan Embellishment Kit from Occasions Catalogue to create these cards.

Using the panel as a stencil, I applied Versamark using a sponge dauber and heat embossed in Clear powder. Then randomly sponged 3 different colours, wipe over with paper towel when done to get excess ink off the embossed images.

To make the panel a bit stronger for future use, clear emboss and heat set a couple of times.

Blog line up:

Angela Lorenz - You are here
Angela Westland
Tamie Holt
Emily Robinson
Carolina Evans
Sue Wdowik
Stephanie Fischer

I hope you enjoy our blog hop, now for you to move on to the lovely Angela Westland @ Ange's Treasures

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Easter Blog Hop

Hi everyone!

Today I bring you another AWHT blog hop with some of the awesome ladies in the Art With Heart Stampin’ Up! Team. Today our focus is on Easter!

If you place an order with me during Sale-a-bration, you can choose a free item with every $90 you spend in one transaction. There are lots of fabulous free items to choose from (ask me for a brochure and an Occasions Catalogue) and the promotion will end on 31st March.

When you join during Sale-a-bration, you get to choose whatever you like from our catalogues, but pay just $169 for $235 worth of product (that’s a huge discount!) but also you get to choose between two free product options. It’s quick and easy to join online too. Ask me how!

You have come to my blog from the lovely Ros Davidson.

Today I have used a Joy fold type card, these are so much fun.

Measurements:

Base: 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch score at 3 inch

Insert: 8 1/2 x 3 1/4 score at 4 1/4

Inside panel: 3 x 4 inch

Front panel: 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 inch

I have used Happy Easter Bunny from the Occasions catty. 

Stamp bunny image and fussy cut around the cute little fella then colour as you wish.

For inside I have used For Peep's Sake also from the Occasions Catty

I hope you like my card

Let’s keep this blog hop hopping. Next up we have the gorgeous Tamie Holt.

Thanks for visiting my blog

Till Tomorrow

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Because You Care - Hostess set Occasions Catalogue

It's a gorgeous day here and I had so much fun making this card.

Started today just making a heap of flower's to have them ready for when I wanted to create but during the course of the morning I had changed direction and made this card when I had completed these gorgeous flowers. 

Now all I have to do is go back and finish all the half done ones sitting on my craft table and put away!

First I stamped an heat embossed using Pool Party embossing powder all the flowers I needed to create the flowers then punched them all out. To create the layers I have used 2 big flowers, 1 medium flower, 3 small ones. To create the bud in the middle of the big one, cut away one petal an squish up towards centre with the stamped image on the outside. To reduce the size of the other flower's all you have to do is take away the larger petals.

If you have any questions please ask away!

I hope you like this card.

Thanks for visiting my blog

Till Tomorrow

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Flower Shop

Morning all!

I have been making a lot of Wedding cards and exploding boxes lately for customer's, it must be in the air. Today I was asked to make a Black & Gold card.

I used the Flower Shop stamp set to create these flowers. 

I stamped 3 flowers in versamark then heat set with Gold embossing powder.

Now place flowers stamped side down and spritz back with water, take each flower and squish and pinch each petal together. Once dry turn over and pull apart just a little, layer the 3 flowers together adhering each one.

For the background I used the mask from the Hooray It's Your Day kit.

I hope you like this card!

Here are a couple of the Exploding Box Cards made this week

Thanks for visiting my blog

Till Tomorrow

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Sheltering Tree - Occasions Catalogue 2015

Hi All!

I love the Sheltering Tree stamp set available from the Occasions Catalogue.

Here I have also used the Sunshine Mask from the Hooray It's Your Day Project Kit also from the Occasions Catty page 16.

Well we only have another 25 days to get your FREEBIES from the Saleabration catalogue, so when you spend $90 from either the Annual or Occasions catty you can choose a free product from the SAB.

Please note: Blendabilities are currently not available.

So here is my card

Thanks for visiting my blog

Till Tomorrow

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