Teneale Williams

Friday is HERE….YAY! and it is a long weekend which is lovely I just hope it warms up a little here is Sydney because I am freezing. I have big plans to stamp this weekend and I am looking forward to Saturday, I have a team training event to attend and I am doing a bow presentation for the group…. wish me luck As you know Friday is also Inkspiration challenge time and this week is a sketch which is SO good. I suggest making time to play along this week.

I just love this colour combo, when I first started I was really struggling with the flower placement, the image in my “head” was not happening on the card front {don’t you hate that} by in the end it came together and I am really happy with it.

Inside….. pretty….

All Materials are from Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: A Rose is a Rose, Friends 24-7 and En Français
Ink: Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive
Other: Half Pearl from Pretties Kit, Large Square Punch and Daubers

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

June Guest Superstar Lee Pelosi

After much waiting and drama’s along the way I am finally an Aunty again to a beautiful little girl named Ebony Rose she was born 7:30pm on Monday 19th October 2009. She is SO cute and such a good baby, Mum is doing really well and her big sister Bailey {who is 3 years old} is very proud, I was looking after Bailey when Ebony was born, It was one of the most special moments I have experienced, I had not told Bailey that her mum was having Ebony that night but she knew that her mum was in hospital because they were checking on the “baby”, once I received the call that Ebony was born I told her and Bailey’s little face just lit up and she clapped her hands and said proudly “guess what Aunty… I am big sister now” It was just so precious. Now whenever she is with Ebony she says “it’s ok Ebony, big sister is here”…

I have taken so many photos over the past few days of Ebony and I am back into my Scrapbooking so I have Scrapbooked a photo of little Ebony Rose from Monday a couple of hours after she was born and it was the first time my sister held her. The layout was inspired by a quilt that was made for Ebony by her Aunty Lucy and I just LOVE this quilt SO much, I took elements from the quilt like the damask design, the polka dots and blocks of pattern to create the layout. I even added a little stitching detail along the bottom. I was really happy with my page and even happier with having another CUTE niece.

Here is another photo of little Ebony Rose on the quilt that inspired my page.

Materials used:
Stamps: Fifth Ave Floral, Friends 24-7 and Baroque Background
Ink: VersaMark, Basic Grey and Pink Pirouette
Paper: Sweet Always DSP, Regal Rose DSP, Whisper White CS and Pink Pirouette CS
Other: Clear Embossing Powder, Scallop edge, Chipboard letters, Watercolour Crayons, Blender Pen, White Taffeta Ribbon, Pink Pirouette Button.

One of my favourite images from the entire Stampin’ Up! Catalogue is the Damask image from Friends 24-7….I just love, love, love it. I also really like the colour combo I have used of Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip and Blush Blossom, I just love how the Blush Blossom works with the Chocolate Chip. The only thing I am not sure with is the Greeting flag, I played around with it on the card…off the card…As you can see I have left it on the card. A really simple layout but I think it works, I have just stamped the Damask image in VersaMark over the Blush Blossom Cardstock to add light texture, On the Very Vanilla Cardstock I have used a Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to position the images.

Materials used:
Stamps: Friends 24/7 and On your Birthday
Ink: VersaMark, Chocolate Chip and Blush Blossom
Paper: Very Vanilla, Blush Blossom, Chocolate Chip Cardstock & Printed Paper
Other: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Corner Rounder, Vanilla taffeta Ribbon, Cream Button, Dauber and Stampin’ Dimensionals

I can’t tell you how good it is to just be making cards for the fun of it, For months I have been just designing for Classes or Design work but for the past week it has just been for ME {and my Launch party} and I am really enjoying it, I guess it also helps that I have my Mojo back. Today I have a card using Friends 24-7 which is the same set as my previous post, I LOOOOOVE this set and it has a bit of everything in it. I like this card, It is “fresh” and quite bold for me. The paper I have used is Haiku {NEW} it is a really nice colour combo of Old Olive, So Saffron, More Mustard and Tangerine Tango. Tangerine Tango is one of the New in color’s which I will admit I did not think I would like but I do….

Materials used:
Stamps: Friends 24-7
Ink: Basic Brown, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango and Going Grey
Paper: SU Watercolour, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla
Other: Cream Taffeta, Blender Pen, Kaiser tiny Pearls and Small circle punch

I would just like to thank everyone for their lovely comments by email and posted here about my mojo return and last card, I 100% promise to post more {that’s for you Karen} and I will POST a few more time this week…..So pop back and I will have something new for you.

I just love how new stamps and supplies can bring back your Mojo….I think it’s safe to say my “dry” spell is over, For the past few months I just feel like I had lost my Mojo, My “wow” factor….But I have been making a few cards this week using some of my new stamps and I feel like I have it back, This is just the start of the new cards….. I know they are good cards because My Sister {who does not really get the Cardmaking/stamping thing} said she liked them….. SHOCK.

Anyway, I have used Friends 24-7 and A Rose is a Rose to create this card. I must say these are my two Favourite sets from the new Catty…….SO MANY nice sets but…. AND the new papers…..OMG……… You will see over the next few posts I am loving the new papers. Just a couple of things on this card, I have used the new Build a Brad {which I loooooove} I attached a large Pearl from the Pretties kit in the centre and following the “flag” trend that is huge in Papercraft at the moment I cut a strip of paper then using my square punch I just create the V {SO much easier then just cutting it cut with paper snips}

Materials used:
Stamps: Friends 24-7 and A Rose is a Rose Both NEW
Ink: Choc Chip, Brown StazOn, Boarding Blue, Mellow Moss, Creamy Caramel and Going Grey
Paper: SU Watercolour paper, Very Vanilla, Choc Chip CS & DD and Bella Bleu
Other: Blender Pen, Choc Ribbon, Build a Brad, Pearl from Pretties kit, Kaiser tiny pearl, Dauber, Large Square punch and Spellbinder Oval and Oval Scallop.