Tree Trimmings.

I think the Tree Trimming stamp set is my most used set from the Spring Mini Catalogue. I love it so much. Here I've used it to make a Christmas tree decoration, inspired from GinnyGinny at Splitcoast Stampers. The center image is from the Baroque Motifs set. There is a lot of cutting out to make one of these but I think the end result is worth it.

This one I turned into a card using the Gold Brushed Metallic card (great for Christmas) and Riding Hood Red and heat embossing in gold. The greeting is from the Punches Three stamp set ( level 1 hostess). I've also used the eyelet boarder punch, scallop oval punch, gold brads and Riding Hood Red ribbon.

Here is the inside.


The colours for this card are Old Olive and Riding Hood Red with Ski Slope DSP.

Inside.

Sharing my Passion.

Leah

Last Day.

Good morning, what a fantastic time we had at the Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar on Saturday. Not only did I get to spend the day stamping with a wonderful group of ladies, but I also learnt a few new tricks and techniques which I can't wait to show you. It was also great to see some of my demonstrator friends and make some new friends.

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Because today is the last day for the Spring Mini Catalogue I thought I better show you a few more cards using stamp sets from it. This card we made at Megan's workshop using the Tree Trimmings stamp set. The baja decoration was heat embossed with a mixture of clear embossing powder & dazzling diamonds. The olive decoration was stamped three times, cut out and folded in half adhering the side together to form a 3d decoration. And the red decoration was heat embossed with gold embossing powder onto red card. The greeting is from the Best Yest (level 1 hostess) stamp set. We also used the eyelet boarder punch, Ski Slope DSP ( Spring Mini), gold brads and the Stamp a ma jig.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

More from the Spring Mini.

Here are some more swaps from Mel's Spring Mini Swap. Thank you Mel for all the swaps you have organized for us.

Melissa Hanlon - Great Friend set.

Karen Robinson - Forest Friends, Best Yet & Weathered background sets.

Vicki Warnaar - Sense of Time & Friends 24-7 sets.
Nerine Purton - Forest Friends, Lovely as a Tree & Echo's of Kindness.

And thanks to all the ladies who sent me cards. It's great to get excited about the mail. My hubby thinks I'm weird. :)

Sharing my Passion

Leah

Last days for Spring Mini.

With less that a week until the Spring Mini ends, I thought I better show you the swap cards from Mels's Spring Mini Swap I was part of a couple of months ago. :)

If you love any of the sets or accessories in the Spring Mini contact me before it's to late.

Sharon Williams - Oval All & Baroque Background sets.

( It got a bit of water damage in the mail box.)

Natasha Murry - Introducing & Simple Birthday Thanks sets.

Cassie McCumstie - Great Friend & Gallery sets, DSP Parisian Breeze.

(This was Cassie's first swap, well done.)

Judy Thompson - Great Friend set , DSP Walk in the Park.

I'll have some tomorrow for you.

Sharing my Passion

Leah

No Challenge this month.

This month has got away from me, so there will not be a challenge this month. Sorry. :( But there will be one in December for sure. And yes you guessed it, it will be Christmasy. So check back for that early December.

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If you need some idea's for Christmas gifts have a look at the Christmas Gift Giving Guide. There is something for everyone. And if you order $85 of products from the guide you will receive a Scallop Square Punch ($30.95 value) for FREE. How good is that! (Ends Dec 14th.)

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There are only 13 days left to order from the Spring Mini Catalogue, so contact me with your order before those gorgeous stamps and accessories are gone.

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Don't you just love the Parisian Breeze Specialty DSP! I've used it here to make this Pouch Gift Box, I love these too. We had fun making these at Megan's. The greeting is from the Say it with Scallops stamp set and I've used the Scallop Square punch, Round Tab punch and my new punch Heart to Heart. The 5/8" Jumbo brad in choc chip just finishes it off.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Mel's Swap.

Hi, hope you all had a great weekend. The weather here in Brissy was beautiful so we went to check out the fairly new council pool with some friends. The kids had a ball and it was very relaxing.

The card I have to show you tonight is one I made for Mel's Spring Mini Swap. (Thanks for organizing the swap Mel.) I used the Great Friend and Gallery stamp sets from the Spring Mini and the new white StazOn Ink.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Great Friend, Gallery
Ink: StazOn White, Pink Pirouette, Basic gray
Card : Black, Whisper White
DSP : Patterns Pink Pirouette
Punch : eyelet boarder
Accessories: stamp a ma jig, black brads, black grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, paper snips

Hopefully I can show you the other swaps I received soon. They are amazing. (Thank you Ladies).

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Sharing my Passion

Leah

Poppin Pastels with Wheels.

We had lots of fun playing with wheels at a recent workshop. This is the card we made using the Always in Bloom wheel with the Poppin Pastels technique. I love using wheels, you can do so many different things with a wheel. We used the wheel to make the background, rolled with VersaMark ink then added colour with the Stampin' Pastels.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Always in Bloom Wheel, Great Friend
Ink : VersaMark, Choc Chip, Cameo Coral
Markers: Cameo Coral, Summer sun
Card: Kraft, Cameo Coral, Choc Chip, Whisper White
Punches : corner rounder, photo corner
Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, daubers, silver brads, stamp a ma jig, double stitched grosgrain ribbon Choc Chip

Sharing my Passion
Leah

For my Aunty.

Hi, today I have a special card to show you that I made for my Aunty who became an Australian Citizen. The Build A Roo stamp set was perfect for this card. It's in the Aussie flag colours and Kanga is holding the Aussie flag and she has a pair of thongs in her pouch. For the inside of the card I stamped the thongs from Just Beachy. So cute and really fun to make.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Build A Roo, Just Beachy, Say it With Scallops
Ink: Choc Chip, riding Hood Red, Creamy Caramel, Not Quite Navy, More Mustard
Card: Riding Hood Red, Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Creamy Caramel, whisper White
Punches: star, small star, 1 3/8" circle
Acessories: mat pack & tool, dimenionals


Have a great Wednesday.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Sweet 16.

I made this card for a very special friend turning 16 this week. (No peeking Nadia) I used Makeesha's Inspiration Challenge #13, I picked out Whisper White from the plates, Riding Hood Red from the pattern, Choc Chip from the coffee beans and Kraft from the cinnamon. I love this colour combination.

And I used the Mojo Monday 107 sketch. The cupcake is from the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set with DSP Ski Slop (Spring Mini).

Recipe
Stamp Set: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Choc Chip
Markers: Creamy Caramel, close to Cocoa, Choc Chip
Card: Kraft, Choc Chip, Whisper White
DSP: Ski Slope
Punches: scallop edge, 3/4" circle
Accessories: Riding Hood Red ribbon, chipboard-On Board lots of Letters, dazzling diamonds, silver brads, clear rhinestone brads.

Wouldn't it be great to be 16 again....

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Stamp A Stack.

Wow, what a fantastic day we had on Saturday for World Card Making Day. Thanks to everyone who came and joined in on the fun. We've now made a great start with our Christmas cards and hopefully your now motivated to get all your Christmas cards done.

Congratulations to Leanne and Margaret who won the door prizes. Have fun with your goodies. :)

So here's what we made, this cute tree decoration made from the large and small tag punches. The center snow flake is from the Baroque Motifs stamp set with a rhinestone brad.

We did some colouring with the Stampin' Write Markers using the Holiday Lineup stamp set and added crystal effects. This stamp set is sooo much fun, I love it. The greeting is from the Happy Everything set.

And we used the Tree Trimmings (Spring Mini) stamp set to make these cards. We embossed the main ornament with a mixture of clear embossing powder and dazzling diamonds. It looks great in real life. The greeting is from Best Yet (level 1 hostess set).


And yes I am planning another Christmas Stamp A Stack so keep checking the blog for details on that so you don't miss out.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

String Spinner.

Hi, today I have a String Spinner card to show you. I love these. This is the one we made at our last Passion 4 Paper group meeting. It was such a fun night and I'm looking forward to the next one. Back to the card, I used the Gallery stamp set from the Spring Mini along with Circle Circus for the background and the greeting is from Great Friend also from the Spring Mini.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Gallery, Circle Circus, Great Friend
Card: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Whisper White
DSP: Patterns Choc Chip
Ink: Bashful Blue, Tangerine Tango
Markers: Choc chip, Old Olive
Punches: 1/2", 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" circles
Accessories: jumbo brad white, tangerine tango ribbon, stapler

Have a great day, hopefully I can some of my kids to help me wash all the dust of the car today.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Mojo Monday 105

How cool is this sketch for this weeks Mojo Monday challenge. I've used the Punches Three (level 1 hostess) stamp set with my new set Spotlight on Christmas in the background, to make a Christmas card.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Punches Three (level 1 hostess), Spotlight on Christmas
Card: choc chip, riding hood red, baja breeze, whisper white
DSP: Ski Slope
Ink: choc chip, baja breeze
Marker: real red
Punches: scallop square, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" circle
Accessories: choc chip double stitched ribbon, silver brads, filigree brad, red rhinestone brad, dimenionals


Sharing my Passion
Leah

For Maree.

The school holidays have begun, I love the school holidays. Today I slept until 9.30am, did absolutely no housework and just played all day. What a great way to start the holidays.

Yesterday we went to my very good friend, Maree, surprise birthday lunch. It was so good, she had no idea at all. Loved the look on her face when she walked into the restaurant and saw us all then realized what was going on. She had a great time. Happy Birthday Maree.

So here is the card I made for her. I don't know what to call it. Maree's favorite colour is Baja Breeze so I used the Parisian Breeze Specialty paper. (Spring Mini) I traced around a carousel note on the top flap and cut out to make the scallop edge. Layered a few flowers with a corduroy brad and wrapped with ribbon.

Recipe
Stamp Set : Friends 24-7
Card: choc chip, whisper white
DSP: Parisian Breeze Specialty
Ink: choc chip, baja breeze
Punches: eyelet boarder
Accessories: corduroy brad, felt flowers, white flower-pretties kit, choc chip & whisper white ribbon, piercing mat & tool

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Makeesha's Sketch Challenge #13

Makeesha has come up with a great sketch for her challenge this week. Click here to check it out.

I wanted to use my new So Saffron ribbon that I got for free in this months promotion, so I started with that. I pulled out DSP Walk in the Park and used Choc Chip card as the matting. I really like So Saffron & Choc Chip together. The stamp set is Echoes of Kindness (level 2 hostess) and the greeting is from the Oval All set in the Spring Mini.

Recipe
Stamp Sets : Echoes of Kindness, Oval All
Card : choc chip, so saffron, whisper white
DSP: Walk in the Park
Ink : choc chip
Marker : choc chip, so saffron
Punches : 1 1/4" square, scallop square
Accessories : so saffron ribbon, flower designer brad, stamp a ma jig

Have a great Sunday.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Just Beachy.

Hi, today I have a slider card to show you. I've used the Just Beachy stamp set from the Spring Mini. These are so cool, you pull the ribbon and the card drives across the beach. And the fish are so cute.

Recipe
Stamp Sets : Just Beachy, Circle Circus
Card : choc chip, kraft, baja breeze, so saffron, whisper white
Ink : baja breeze, so saffron, choc chop, close to cocoa
Pinches : scallop edge, word window
Accessories : blender pen, grosgrain ribbon choc chip, dimensionals, snips

Have a great evening.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Sense of Time.

Today I have an 8 x 8 scrap page that we made at last months workshops. I really like this set, Sense of Time (Spring Mini) it can be used for lots of different themes. We also had a play with my new toy the Spritzer. I love it, you've gotta get one of these, it's so fun and a great stress release. :) The clock is embossed in gold and the edgers are inked using a dauber.

Close up of what the Spritzer can do.
It spritzers the ink onto the page forming the splattered effect.

Recipe

Stamp Set: Sense of Time

Card: very vanilla, creamy caramel

Ink: VersaMark, creamy caramel marker, choc chip marker

Punches: tag, 1" circle

Accessories: gold embossing powder, spritzer, dauber, gold brad, grosgrain ribbon choc chip

Sharing my Passion

Leah

Swaps.

Here are some amazing cards I received from the Passion 4 Paper team swap. All stamp sets are from the Spring Mini Catalogue.

This first one is mine, I've used the Great friend set, DSP Walk in the Park and a jumbo silver brad. The butterfly was embossed in white onto vellum.

Julie also used the Great Friend set. She has kissed the butterfly and embossed the greeting with clear embossing power and dazzling diamonds.

Tereesa used Uncharted Territory stamp set for her step card. And added a couple of cute fish from the Just Beachy set.

I'm looking forward to see what they come up with next time.

Sharing my Passion.

Leah

Happy Fathers Day.

Happy Fathers Day, I made a gorgeous card at Julie's Launch Party for the kids to give their Dad. You can see it here, just scroll down a little. Today is also my Mother in-laws birthday so we are having a double celebration today. She asked us not to get her a present but it's still nice to give a little something so I made her a set of Christmas cards. Now she won't have to buy any.

Here are some from the set.

Tree trimmings.


A Holly Jolly Christmas.

Happy Christmas Mate.

Hope your doing something fun today.

Sharing My Passion.

Leah

Inkspirations Sketch Challenge #11

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. They always go way too fast, don't you think...

I was doing a bit of blog surfing and came across a Fan Fold Flower on Splitcoast Stampers designed by Bonnie Szwalkiewiez and just had to try it. It is sooo easy to make and very cute. After, I thought now for a card to put it on, remembering Makeesha's challenge this week is a sketch with a circle, I put the two together. Makeesha always has fantastic sketches.

I have used a couple of new products from the Spring Mini, the DSP Walk in the Park (gorgeous) and Jumbo Brads (lovin them) they come in 4 colours white, silver, vanilla and choc chip. I'm so excited choc chip brads. :)

Anyway here is my card.

Recipe
Stamp Set: Echoes of Kindness (hostess)
Ink: basic gray
Card: basic gray, cameo coral, whisper white
DSP: walk in the park
Punches: eyelet boarder, 3/4" circle (behind flower)
Accessories: jumbo brads, scoring blade, white gel pen, mat pack,dimensionals, crystal effects

Thanks for having a look.

Leah