Stampin Up Australia: Claire Daly Independent Demonstrator

Stampin' Up! French Foliage Male Birthday Card .....

I had planned to say this Stampin' Up! French Foliage male birthday card was inspired by Autumn, but we're just 2 days away from winter here in the Melbourne! We have had some cold days and pouring rain at school pick up time. Why is the rain always heaviest at pick up time?

This was a card I made recently as an extra sample for the girls in my Technique Club. I wanted to demonstrate the different effects you could get with colouring the rubber of the stamps with Stampin' Write markers. The background panel stamps were coloured and then misted with a couple of sprays of water before stamping onto watercolour paper. The front leaf did not have any misting. I think this would be fine for a male birthday card don't you?

My colours are Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze and Pumpkin Pie. These are great colours for Autumn.

Tomorrow morning I'm heading off to Canberra for the 2012 Stampin' Up! Convention. I'm really looking forward to catching up with Shelli, the Stampin' Up! staff from US and Australia and of course all my fabulous team and demo friends. Convention is awesome! I'll be sure to post when I get back, but for snapshots of action along the way, be sure to like my Facebook Page (right hand column over there ->) and you won't miss a thing.

Hope you have a happy week,

Claire xx

Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper - great for scrapbooking and cards!

Just love the colours in this gorgeous Attic Boutique DSP from the Stampin' Up! Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue: Pool Party, Soft Suede, Poppy Parade and Daffodil Delight. There are both delicate prints and more bold prints in this paper pack, so I found it versatile for both scrapbooking and cards.

This scrapbook page is about our recent mini break to Apollo Bay. We had some lovely family time doing low key stuff like walks on the beach, going to the park and just relaxing. I love a beach holiday.

The Stampin' Up! Pennant Punch is perfect for creating banners with stamped titles. This alphabet stamp set is called Just Perfect which is aptly named as it's the perfect size for stamping on the pennant flags from this punch. I also popped a little 2 step-bird on top of the banner, like a bird on a wire!

Here's a card I made using the same Attic Boutique DSP. I love the dress form stamp from Stampin' Up!'s Established Elegance stamp set. Can you spot the pearls I have added too?

If you love this paper, it's part of this months Paper Party.

Be quick though - there are just 7 days to go now to get the great deals of either:

• Buy 3 packs of DSP at regular price ($18.85) and choose one free (does not include specialty paper; or
• Join my team for the new lower price of $169 and you can choose (your choice!) a free pack of DSP every month (including from those yet to be released) from June through December. That's seven packs of free DSP worth over $132 total.

If I can help you with either of these great deals, you can call me on 03 9735 2946, or email me.

Have a fabulous day.

Claire xx

 

 

Tea Shoppe and Twitterpated ...

As promised, here's another card using the gorgeous Tea Shoppe stamp set from the Stampin' Up! Autumn Winter mini catalogue.

This time I have paired it with the Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, some of the matching prints patterned paper in Riding Hood Red and Baja Breeze, and some Blushing Bride pleated ribbon.

The Twitterpated floral paper was cut using the Framelits for the BigShot, and I used the Stampin' Write Markers in Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red and Baja Breeze for my greeting.

Hope you like todays card. To see some more samples and go into the draw to win a Stampin'  Up! clear mount Tea Shoppe stamp set, head over to my Facebook page (just click the Facebook badge in the right hand column).

Have a great day,

Claire

 

Some of my favourite cards of 2011 ....

I spent some time this morning updating my picture galleries in the right hand column for you. I the process I realised two things:

1. I don't make anywhere enough kids, male and baby cards so I had better get onto that; and
2. I have some cards in there that are some absolute favourites of mine.

So I thought I would take a quick trip down memory lane and post some of my favourite cards from 2011.

This one was a favourite for a few reasons. It truly reflects my love of vintage style, I just LOVE the dress form stamp from the Stampin' Up! Established Elegance set, and I loved how the colour combination of Always Artichoke and the Pretty in Pink came together.

This next one I love mostly for the texture I was able to create using the embossed fabric. I also love how the colours of Soft Suede and Perfect Plum come together. This set is called Clearly for You.

This one I can best describe as being a favourite purely for the way the elements of Stampin' Up! Creative Elements stamp set  came together. It was one of the first cards I made using the First Edition DSP and it's one of my favourite go to items for card making. Gives a neutral touch, without being too start IYKWIM?

This one I love for the colours. A Marina Mist background, with Whisper White, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry. I think I also like the mix of tone on tone stamping with the crispness of the stamping on Whisper White. This Stampin' Up! set is called Nature Walk.

These cards were very simple, but I really liked how you can make a statement with a simple embossing folder and a strip of patterned paper.

Now a couple of my favourite Christmas cards from last year. This set is called Merry and Type. As this a contemporary style set, I used brighter colours in Lucky Limeade and Island Indigo. Again I have used some tone on tone stamping, but also added some silver embossing and coloured the greeting stamp with Stampin' Write Markers to coordinate.

Finally, a very vintage Christmas card using the Petite Pennants Builder punch and Welcome Christmas stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed this trip through my favourite cards of 2011 in my galleries. I'll be back later today with a new card using Tea Shoppe as promised.

Hope your day is happy and bright,

Claire

 

 

 

Everything I love about a good cup of tea, with Stampin' Up! Tea Shoppe ....

There is just something about a good cup of tea isn't there? I can almost feel my body say 'ahhhhhh' when I drink it, some precious me time or sitting on my patio. At other times it coincides with being surrounded by friends and family (my favourite times). Then there is the times of utter sadness or disbelief, when offering someone a cup of tea seems all you can do. I remember this moment clearly the minutes after I had just received a call at work to say my father had died suddenly in a road accident over 16 years ago now. I had only just arrived in Melbourne and been at my new job 4 weeks, and a coworker made me a cup of tea which was so comforting.

But this post isn't about sadness, it's about a cup of tea and the lovely stamp set in the Autumn Winter Mini catalogue called Tea Shoppe (watch out below for details of how you can enter to win the clear mount set over the next few days!), which so suited my style and my emotional connection to a good cup of tea. This morning I even got out the best tea china, the Royal Albert Old Country Roses my sister bought us as a wedding present and enjoyed my cup of tea in that.

I must confess the milk jug was purely for the photo as I poured it straight from the carton. You will also see my trusty Lipton tea bag there, my tea of choice. I love it tells me on the back that tea is a good source of  Theanine (an antioxidant), so I'm not only doing my mental health a favour, but my physical health too. Double whammy.

Now let's get onto the card right? Well given my love for a good cup of tea, as soon as I saw the beautiful Stampin' Up! Tea Shoppe in the Autumn Winter Mini, I knew it was for me. Straight away I new I wanted to make an emboss resist card on a beautiful patterned paper, reminiscent of a lovely tea cup. Here's what I came up with.

This Designer Series Paper is Stampin' Up! Attic Boutique, one of the paper sets you can get free when you buy 3 DSP packs this month. First I clear embossed the image onto the DSP and then I brayered Soft Suede over the top, polished with a paper towel when dry and cut around the image. For the raised flowers, I just stamped the image in Soft Suede onto some of the Pool Party DSP and cut around them. Here's a close up showing how I have popped them up and added a pearl. 

My frames are made with the versatile Framelits, and the greeting and border are also in the Tea Shoppe set.

Would you like to win the Tea Shoppe stamp set?

I have lots more Tea Shoppe projects to show you this week, and also have a clearmount set of this gorgeous stamp set to give away on my Facebook page. Below is a pic of the wood mount set so you can see the images, but I am giving away the clear mount set valued at $49.95 on Sunday night. To enter (Australian residents only, sorry to my overseas readers ), head on over to my Facebook page, and either 'like' the image of another Tea Shoppe card I have just posted or 'like' my page for other samples and competitions. That's all you need to do. I'll announce the winner Sunday night on my Facebook page.

I'd love for you to be the winner, so head on over to my Facebook page  and 'like'. the new card I have posted over there.

Back soon with lots more Tea Shoppe ideas. I'd love to hear more about your favourite tea stories, your favourite teacup, your favourite brew maybe? Let me know!

Until then,

Claire

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It's a Stampin' Up! Paper Party Blog Hop! Earn FREE Stampin' Up! paper packs this month .....

Much excitement happening today. We have a fabulous new Stampin' Up! special 'Paper Party' where you can earn Designer Series Paper in two ways:

Option 1: Get a free pack of Designer Series Paper (and we're talking 12 sheets of 12x12 double sided paper which is fully colour coordinated with the Stampin' Up! colour range so we can tell you exactly what inks, cardstock and ribbons coordinate perfectly) when you buy 3 packs (so buy 3, bet 1 free - a saving of 25%); or

Option 2: Join Stampin' Up! with the new $169 fully customised kit (you choose EXACTLY what you want in your kit) and you will get free Designer Series paper each month for the rest of the year! WOW!

Designer Series Paper is my favourite Stampin' Up! product to play with, and as a scrapbooker before I joined Stampin' Up!, I couldn't believe how easy it was complete a page using the colour coordination Stampin' Up! has to offer. To show you how easy this is, today we have the Art With Heart Team blog hop,where we will show you many ways to use our patterned papers, particularly in scrapbooking.

You may be starting the blog here, or coming to me from the lovely Deborah Raymers  blog. Either way I have listed the names of the girls at the bottom of the post who are participating in the blog hop. Any of these ladies including myself will be able to help you with this months specials and talk to you about joining our fantastic team.

The paper I chose to play with for the blog hop, is Beau Chateau. This is a gorgeous set of paper, but was a little hard to scan true to colour so I have also taken some close up pics below! You can click on the layout for a closer view.

This picture is so precious to me, the day Josh met Sam when he was born. I love the softness of these colours for baby photos, a Very Vanilla base with Soft Suede, Marina Mist and Pink Pirouette. It also has an old world feel which I love. I have used 5 separate sheets of the 12 pack DSP on this page, and of course they coordinate perfectly because coordination is what Stampin' Up! do so well. I could even coordinate my stamp set to match the paper!

I printed my quote ("Life isn't measured by the breaths we take but the moments that take our breath away") onto the DSP and highlighted that with a stamp and pearl above and below. I have also used some of our punches (love this Two Step Bird punch with this paper!) and pearls and antique brads for embellishment.

Next stop on the blog hop is the lovely Tina Gillespie. If you get stuck anywhere along the way, here are a list of the Art with Heart team girls who are participating in the blog hop today. I have included where they are located as you might be interested in getting in contact them for a class timetable if you are close by :)

Claire Daly (me!) - Lilydale, Melbourne

Tina Gillespie  - Woodcroft, South Australia

Nikki Sadler - Aspendale Gardens, Melbourne

Ros Davidson - Skye, Melbourne

Amanda Hill - Byford, Western Australia

Kathryn Mangelsdorf - Woodside, South Australia

Di Dunk - Healesville, Melbourne

Alisha Watson - Bayswater, Melbourne

Sue Madex - Avondale Heights, Melbourne

Kathryn Ruddick - Croydon, Melbourne

Deborah Raymer - Seabrook, Melbourne

I hope you enjoyed todays's blog post and enjoyed meeting some of my lovely team. If you would like to join in the fun, give me a call on 03 9735 2946 or email me  and we can chat :) I'd love to have you along for the fun and crafty ride!

Claire

Art with Heart Team Stamping Day and about our lovely team .....

Last Friday I had a team stamping day at my house, which we like to do every 1-2 months. It's a lovely mix of both hobby demonstrators and those who would like to learn a bit more about getting classes happening at home or hosting workshops.

I like to design at least one make and take for the girls (and if my team can't make it they get this sent to them) and see what they do with it. They have fun choosing their own colours from my supplies, and then put theirs together using my written instructions. Here's the first make and take we made this month (we made a matching card as well) where the girls got to play with the Stampin' Up! Simply Scored and also the new Blossoms Punch:

Another fun part of the day is where the girls bring along the cards and scrapbook pages they have been making. This is particularly handy for new girls and there was lots of sharing and happy camera snapping going on. I love how everyone is so warm and welcoming to our new girls.

Did you know from tomorrow it now only costs $169 to become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator?

You can now choose exactly what you want to buy up to the value of $235 and you get the $80 catalogue and supplies kit and free postage, bringing the value of your kit to $315 for $169 investment.

This is a great deal if you already have lots of Stampin' Up! supplies that were in the current starter kit, and a great deal if you just want to get a great discount (even just considering the product, you get a 28% discount on your starter kit, and an ongoing minimum 20% discount on your supplies. If you choose to place a $300+ order withing 45 days of joining, you also get a 30% discount on that one, plus a minimum of $50 free product with your order. It's a GREAT way to get your stamping, card making and scrapbooking supplies at a great discount,

I am super proud of my team, which now spreads right throughout Australia. This is my 6th year of being a demonstrator and during that time I have been Australia's number 1 demonstrator one year, but most meaningful for me, number one for leadership and getting recruits off to a great start at various times too. This is the part I love the most, having a team and watching them enjoy the magic that being a demonstrator brings to their lives. I love the fun we have at get togethers and at Convention, the chatting, fun and support on our online forum and I love the way they are just so warm and welcoming and friendly to each other.

If you have ever thought about becoming a demonstrator, I would love you to join our team, either with me or through one of my fabulous demonstrators if you choose. Either way you would get my friendship and support too and would be welcomed at my team events and receieve my team newsletter. Just give me a call on 03 9735 2946 or email me  and ask me to call you. I will happily answer any questions you have and show you how easy it is to join online so your starter kit is on your way in the blink of an eye!

Keep an eye out tomorrow for a great new special and also a fabulous blog hop with several of the Art with Heart team girls.

Until then, have a happy smiley day.

Claire

Twitterpated and the BigShot ....

A quick and easy card today, thanks to the ease of using my BigShot and some matching Stampin' Up! punches and stamp sets. My colours are taken from the yummy Twitterpated DSP in the Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue. I am loving working with this paper. I have combined the coordinating cardstock colours of Baja Breeze and Blushing Bride and the coordinating ink colour of Not Quite Navy with it today.

I love the texture you can add with dry embossing using the BigShot (this Stampin' Up! textured impressions embossing folder is Elegant Lines). The flower and Blushing Bride piece are also cut with the BigShot using the Fun Flowers Die (main Stampin' Up! catalogue) and Framelits (Autumn Winter Mini) respectively.

My greeting is made using Perfect Punches (stamped in Not Quite Navy) cut out with the coordinating large Oval punch and matted with the Decorative Label punch.

I hope you like todays card,

Claire

Anyone for a little Sweet Cake, Stampin' Up! style?

Hello again. Today I have a card to show you that I created for our Art with Heart team Autumn Winter Mini card swap. It's a little different from my normal stamping style, but I loved doing it! I got my colours from the trusty Stampin' Up! Colour Coach, and the stamp set is one of the new sets in the Autumn Winter Mini. 

I am just loving the new colours we have available in the Bakers Twine now. I particularly love the Wisteria Wonder I have used here. I have also used the Scratch and Sniff Embossing Powder in Cherry on the cherry on top of the cupcake so it smells yum! The Dazzling Diamonds was quick and easy to apply using Tombow glue.

My colours are Cherry Cobbler, Wisteria Wonder and Pink Pirouette (although I had to use Blushing Bride on the background as I was out on Pink Pirouette - I think Pink Pirouette would have been better so will use that next time).

I hope you like today's card - let me know what you think! I'll be back soon as I am stamping again tonight. Just putting the finishing touches on the three cards for this months technique club, and then I think I might do some challenges. It's been wayyyyy too long.

Have a happy weekend :)

Claire

Looking for some Stampin' Up! Classes in Melbourne?

In addition to my own classes in Lilydale, a few other of my team also run classes in other areas of Melbourne. I thought you might like to hear about them for those of you that are miles away from Lilydale :)

The lovely Nikki Sadler runs evening classes in Aspendale Gardens. You can read all about Nikki's classes here.

Next up is the lovely Sue Madex, who lives over the other side of town in Avondale Heights. Sue runs regular classes which you can read about here.

Further south we also have the lovely Ros Davidson who runs classes in Skye. You can read all about Ros's upcoming classes here. 

I am sure there are more of my ladies who run classes which may be local to you so I will be sure to let you know in upcoming blog posts :)

In the meantime, here is another take on the card I posted yesterday. This time I used the negative section of the Framelit piece with the Bordering on Romance stamp set in the same colours as yesterday's card.

Have a good week!

Claire