Claire Daly - Stampin Up Demonstrator in Melbourne, Australia

Claire's Stampin' Up! 12 Day's of Christmas Day 8

Hello friends! I hope you are having a happy start to the week and are feeling creative and rested. It's been a lovely sunny (actually quite warm) day here in Melbourne. Summer is on the way.

Before I get into today's card, I wanted to tell you some exciting news! Shelli (CEO of Stampin' Up! at www.soshelli.com) chose my Blueberry and the Wishing Star page as one of the winners in last month's So Shelli Creative Challenge! How exciting! I get to choose a free stamp set, but I think the most exciting thing for me is that Shelli visited my blog and read that precious page. I would encourage you all to have a go at the challenges. They are so much fun and I am always so inspired by the creations people submit. Have a go!

Today's card features the fabulous Stampin' Up! Christmas set A Wish For Peace. This is a lovely traditional set and I really enjoy creating with it. The colours I have chosen for this card are Baja Breeze, Kraft, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip.

I have coloured the image using the Stampin' Write Markers. I used Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Always Artichoke and used my Aquapainter to add a bit of solid colour to the church. The sky was sponged on using Baja Breeze ink pad. For the background I have clear embossed the swirl from Baroque Motifs and the centre of the Build a Brad has been punched from the floral pattern in the Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper. Here's a full run down of the Stampin' Up! products I have used:

• Stamps: A Wish for Peace, Baroque Motifs
• Ink: Versamark, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip (for spongeing edges)
• Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Kraft, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White
• Paper: Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper
• Other: Build a Brads,1/2" circle punch, scalloped edge punch, Baja Breeze striped grosgrain ribbon, paper piercer, Stampin' Write Markers, Embossing Buddy, clear embossing powder

I hope you enjoy this card and thanks for stopping by. I'll be back tomorrow for day 9.

Claire xx

 

Claire's Stampin' Up! 12 Days of Christmas Day 7

Today I am showing you the second card I have made with the Stampin' Up! Christmas Classics set. Another really quick and easy card that would be easy to whip up a bunch of cards if you needed. For this one I have used the Stampin Write Markers for a multicoloured main image. The colours I have used are Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Real Red.

I really love how the small holly/berry stamp looks stamped as the background using the Real Red ink on the Real Red cardstock. Here's a run down of all the Stampin' Up! supplies I have used:

• Stamps: Christmas Classics
• Ink: Real Red
• Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
• Other: Eyelet Border Punch, Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin' Write Markers (Old Olive, Real Red and Chocolate Chip)

I hope you enjoy today's card. See you back later tomorrow with day 8. Happy stamping!

Claire xx

 

Stampin' Up! Christmas Classics - Day 6 of Claire's 12 days of Christmas

I had the pleasure of borrowing this stamp set from my lovely friend Christine on Thursday night. It's not one that immediately took my fancy, but then i started seeing all the lovely things everyone has done with it and now I NEED it!

Today's card is very simple and could easily be mass produced to catch up on a bunch of Christmas cards. Some gold embossing, a bit of patterned paper and an embossed background. Super quick don't you think?

Here's a run down of the Stampin' Up! products I have used on the card:

• Stamps: Christmas Classics, Occasional Greetings
• Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Very Vanilla, Kraft
• Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip (sponged on edges)
• Paper: Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper
• Other: Small Oval Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Vintage Brads, Gold Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun

I hope you are having a lovely weekend. See you back here tomorrow for day 7.

Claire xx

 

Stampin' Up! Claire's 12 Days of Christmas Day 5

Today we have a bright and happy Christmas card in one of my favourite colour Christmas colour combinations, Kiwi Kiss, Real Red and Chocolate Chip. These colours (as well as Old Olive) go really nicely with the colours in the I Wish Simply Scrappin' Kit.

The tree has been embossed in white embossing paper, and the centre of the Build a Brad came from one of the cardstock stickers in the I Wish Kit. I am LOVING this kit for making quick coordinated Christmas cards. Here's a run down on the Stampin' Up! products I have used today:

• Stamps: Snow Swirled and Many Merry Messages
• Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip
• Cardstock: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss
• Other: I Wish Simply Scrappin' Kit, Vintage and Bold Brights brads, Build a Brad, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Embossing Buddy

I hope you like todays card. Have a nice weekend and I'll see you back here tomorrow for day 6!

Claire xx

Stampin' Up! Baroque Motifs & Spotlight on Christmas - Day 4 of Claire's Stampin' Up! 12 Days of Christmas

Hello again, I hope you are enjoying my 12 Days of Christmas. I am certainly enjoying bringing them to you.

Today's card is another cool colour combination of Whisper White, Real Red and Baja Breeze inspired by the Ski Slope Designer Series Paper and the Scallop Square Punch which you can get for FREE with an $85 purchase as part of Stampin' Up!'s current Christmas Extravaganza promotion. I have to say I love using all my punches, they make card-making very quick and easy.

To add a little interest to the patterned paper layer, I have embossed the swirl from Baroque Motifs using Silver embossing powder. I have also silver embossed the square stamp from Spotlight on Christmas.

Here's a list of the Stampin' Up! supplies I have used in this project.

• Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Spotlight on Christmas
• Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White
• Ink: Versamark
• Paper: Ski Slope Designer Series Paper
• Other: Scallop Square Punch, Clear Rhinestone Brad

I'm sure you will find the Scallop Square Punch a great addition to your papercrafting tools. If you'd like to take advantage of the Christmas Extravaganza promotion, call me on 03 9735 2946 or email me.

See you back here tomorrow for day 5!

Claire xx

 

I Wish Simply Scrappin' Kit - Day 3 of Claire's Stampin' Up! 12 Days of Christmas

A super quick and easy one today. Sometimes you need some quick cards right? Can't go past a 'ready to go' kit when you want some quick cards. Stampin' Up!'s Simply Sent kits and Simply Scrappin' kits are perfect and you can purchase them as part of the fabulous Christmas Extravaganza promotion, maybe qualifying for the free Scallop Square Punch. It was so quick and easy I actually made two cards for today.

 

Isn't that striped paper from the I Wish kit gorgeous? Here's a full run down of the Stampin' Up! supplies I have used:

• Paper and cardstock stickers: I Wish Simply Scrappin' Kit
• Cardstock: Chocolate Chip
• Punches: Small star, 1 1/4" circle

Pretty simple hey? If you would like to purchase the I Wish Simply Scrappin' Kit, call me on 03 97352946 or email me.

Thanks for stopping by. See you back here tomorrow for day 4.

Claire xx

Stampin' Up! Snow Swirled Stamp at Home Projects

Snow Swirled is such a great stamp set and there's tons of things you can do with it. The pattern for this lovely 3D Christmas Tree was shared on this blog but I just gave mine a Christmas flavour using Stampin' Up! Snow Swirled stamp set and Ski Slope Designer Series Paper (only available until 30th November).

 
If you love these products, you will love the 10 exclusive tutorials I have put together for my last Stamp at Home kit for 2009, the Snow Swirled and Ski Slope Stamp at Home Kit.

For just $16.00 you get pictures and full step by step instructions for all of these 10 projects including two card folders. As there is no product included, these can be purchased anywhere in the world, and demonstrators are also welcome to purchase my tutorials for class inspiration. Projects are supplied by emailed PDF which is ready to go right now!

To purchase, just click on the PayPal button to pay by PayPal balance or credit card (you don't need to have a PayPal account). If you would prefer to pay by direct deposit or credit card over the phone, just email me and I will get straight back to you.

Don't forget to pop back later tonight for day 3 of my 12 days of Christmas. It's so much fun to be bringing these to you each day.

Hope you are having a happy day,

Claire xx

Stampin' Up! Claire's 12 Days of Christmas Day 2

This isn't a colour combination I usually use, but I was reaching into my trusty stamping trolley for some watercolour paper, and picked up a pack of these Stampin' Up! Fresh Cut note cards which inspired todays Christmas card. I knew I wanted to emboss in silver on the white cardstock, so the Baja Breeze and Real Red were a good contrast don't you think?

The Stampin' Up! 5 Petal Flower Punch is a perfect fit to pop behind the centre of the Stampin' Up! Fresh Cut notes. Then I have just popped some Baja Breeze patterned paper behind and a designer brad in the centre. 

Here's a full run down of the Stampin' Up! supplies I have used in this this card:

• Stamps: En Francais background, Many Merry Messages
• Ink: Versamark
• Cardstock: Whisper White, Ruby Red, Baja Breeze
• Paper: Baja Breeze Patterns Designer Series Paper
• Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Filigree Designer Brad, Rhinestone Brad

I hope you like today's card. See you back here tomorrow for day 3,

Claire xx

 

Stampin' Up! Spotlight On Christmas - Claire's 12 Day's of Christmas Day 1

I love Poinsettias. They remind me of my maternal Grandmother who was very special to me. Each Christmas I would give her a Poinsettia plant for Christmas, and I can't see these plants without being reminded of this lovely lady. My Grandmother died of cancer at the ripe old age of 92 in January 1993, and even when she was being nursed at home in her final days she had a Poinsettia plant on her windowsill. Today's first card in my 12 Days of Christmas is inspired by Poinsettia's.

My poinsettia was made using the flower stamp from Spotlight on Christmas. I stamped 3 of the flowers using the Rock and Roll technique (first in Pretty in Pink and then rolled the edges of the flower in Ruby Red) and then layered them and attached a Chocolate Chip button from Button Latte Designer Buttons. I covered the outer petals in a light coating of Crystal Effects.

Here's the Stampin' Up! supplies used in this card:

• Stamps: Spotlight on Christmas, Occasional Greetings
• Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Ruby Red
• Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze and Kraft
• Paper: Holiday Treasures Designer Series Paper
• Other: Linen Thread, Button Latte Designer Buttons, Crystal Effects

I hope you liked today's first card. See you back here tomorrow for day 2. For more Christmas inspiration, pop over to Ros Davidson's blog. Ros is one of my downlines and started her own 12 days of Christmas yesterday. Her projects are gorgeous and so unique.

Claire xx

 

Stampin' Up! Christmas Extravaganza and Claire's 12 Days of Christmas ...

Thankyou for the lovely get well wishes. I have felt very cared for. I feel a lot better than I did a few days ago and I am hoping my slower pace with lots of rests will see me back to normal very soon. Thanks again to everyone who emailed me or commented. Much appreciated.

No denying it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas now! Once November clicks over, my mind always moves well and truly into Christmas mode. Look's like Stampin' Up!'s have as well, with the release of the Christmas Gift Giving Guide and the annual Christmas Extravaganza promotion. Buy a gift and you can get a gift too!

Spend $85 on products listed in the Christmas Extravaganza Gift Giving Guide (Download Christmas Extravaganza 09) and you get a FREE Scallop Square Punch! There's no limit to the number of punches you can get (you can get one for each $85 you spend on products listed in the guide) so you can give some of these as gifts as well! There's lots of lovely products to choose from as well. Here is a layout and a Christmas card I made last night using the I Wish Simply Scrappin' Kit which is included.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

• I Wish Simply Scrappin' Kit
• Chocolate Chip and Gold Encore Ink Pad
• Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads
• Kiwi Kiss A4 Cardstock
• Round Tab and 1 1/4" circle punch

and this Christmas card,

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used (things marked with an * are in the Christmas Extravaganza promotion):

• I Wish Simply Scrapping Kit*
• Kiwi Kiss textured 12x12 cardstock
• Button Bouquet Designer Buttons*
• Riding Hood Red 5/8" striped grosgrain ribbon*
• Chocolate Chip Prints Designer Series Paper

Now because I need to move my own Christmas creating along a bit, I will be starting my annual 12 days of Christmasblog promotion tomorrow! I will be posting a Stampin' Up! Christmas card or papercraft project each day over the next 12 days. Better get a wriggle back to the creating table! Enjoy!

Claire xx