Bubble over Onstage make and take

This card was made at Stampin' Up!s OnStage event.  It's a great time had by demonstrators who share in their love for all things Stampin' Up!.

This card uses the bubble over stamp set and die bundle.

The paper is a SAB freebee - bubbles & fizz.

Party Panda framed

I just love this stamp set. It’s one of Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration sets for 2018. It features the panda holding the balloon and Petal Passion Designer Series Paper.  The frame is using the Layering Square Framelits. The greeting is from Soft Sayings.

Diagonal Concertina card using Eastern Palace Suite

Once a month I attend a class at Adamstown Uniting Church card making group.  We have lots of fun and this month we tried the diagonal concertina fold. 

I have used the Eastern Palace Suite which gives me lots of options to choose from.

Stamp Set:  Eastern Beauty
Paper:  Very Vanilla, dapper denim, Lemon Lime Twist, Eastern Palace Specialty Designer series paper
Ink:  Dapper Denim, lemon lime twist
Tools:  Eastern Medallions thinlits dies, circle punch, paper trimmer

Night in Bethlehem meets Eclipse Technique

Eclipse technique is all the rage at the moment.  There are so many beautiful cards all across the pinterest and the internet.  I'm sure you have seen some.  Here is my take on the technique.

I have stamped using the Night in Bethlehem stamp set.  I firstly stamped the town of Bethlehem image in pacific point.  I then stamped it on a scrap piece of cardstock, then cut the image out with my paper trimmer in a shape of a rectangle giving me a mask.  I used the negative image of the mask and sponged pool party ink to give my Bethlehem some definition.  I then stamped the images of the stars, Mary and Joseph, the shepherd and the greeting.  Next I used the letters N O E L from the Large Letters framelits and placed them on my layer and ran this through the bigshot.  Mount the layer on base card and then using foam adhesive strips mount the letters in their place.

I was really pleased with the way my card turned out.  Very quick and simple technique but giving a wow effect.

What you need:
Stamp Set:  Night in Bethlehem
Card:  whisper white, dapper denim (pacific point, island indigo, night of navy would also look great)
Tools:  Large letter framelits, bigshot, paper trimmer
Accessories:  foam adhesive strips

Bokeh technique meets pop up panel technique

 A asked to make a 50th birthday birthday card for a male colleague and this is what I came up with.

Stamp set:  Letter's for you

Card:  Whisper white, basic black.

Ink:  Bermuda Bay, tempting turquoise, marina mist, pool party, black memento, whisper white

Accessories:  large letters framelits, happy birthday thinlits

Techniques:  Bokeh Technique, pop-up panel technique

Carols of Christmas Early Release

Carols of Christmas Bundle
Save 10% when you buy the stamp set and Thinlits bundled together! You may also buy each item singly.

ITEM	DESCRIPTION	AUD
146036	Carols of Christmas Bundle (wood-mount)	$90.75
146037	Carols of Christmas Bundle (clear-mount)	$78.25
144674	Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies	$52.00
144801	Carols of Christmas Stamp Set (wood-mount)	$49.00
144804	Carols of Christmas Stamp Set (clear-mount)	$35.00

For the month of August, you have the special opportunity to purchase the Carols of Christmas Stamp Set, Card Front Builder Framelits Dies, or both in a bundle (and save 10%) a month before it is even released in the holiday catalog. Check out the cuteness at stampinup.com and place your order with me today.  Click on the above image to see Carols of Christmas in action.

Carols of Christmas - Belair Creative Cards Class for August

This month in both our classes we will be using Stampin' Ups! "Early Release" Carols of Christmas bundle from the "Occasions Catalogue" that is released in September.

What you need: -

Stamp Set:  Carols of Christmas

Card:  Dapper Denim, Whisper White

Ink:  Dapper Denim, Pool Party

Tools:  Card Front Builder framelits dies

The second card that we will be doing this month is a card that I CASED from fellow demonstrator "Kelly Agee".  

What you need: -

Stamp Set:  Seasonal Bells

Card:  Dapper Denim, Whisper White

Ink:  Dapper Denim, 

Tools:  Card Front Builder framelits , Layering Circles framelits, Bell Punch