Leukaemia foundation fundraiser cards

Hi my stamping friends!

Here are the two pretty little cards we will be making on Saturday for my Leukaemia foundation fundraiser.
Looking forward to seeing you there! If you haven't RSVP'd yet, please let me know by this evening if you would like to come along.
There is going to be heaps of fun, giveaways, games, yummy morning tea and card making of course!

 

Happy stamping!
Love Claire

Leukaemia foundation fundraiser Silent auction

Hi my stamping friends!

A very exciting event is coming up this Saturday! It's my fundraiser workshop for the Leukaemia foundation. I am hoping we can raise much needed $$ for this fantastic foundation that practically assist Leukaemia patients and their familieis in so many ways.
At our fundraiser we will be having a silent auction. Below are the six bundles on offer. If you would like to bid but can't make it to the event, please let me know and I will get a bidding form out to you to fill in.
Please click on the pics to view a larger image.

 

 

 

 

There are two of this one available so it is bundle #4 and #5. The two top bidders will receive a bundle each.

We will be having lots of fun, making two cards, playing games, eating yummy morning tea and there will be lots of giveaways (for door prizes, bring a friend and donations made)! RSVP by this evening if you would like to come along!
Happy Stamping!
Love, Claire  

Dinoroar boys cards

Hi my stamping friends!

In keeping with the masculine theme of late, I thought I would share these boys birthday cards with you all. I have used the gorgeous Dinoroar stamp set from Stampin' up! and a really simple layout and a little colouring using the blender pens.

I love quick and simple kids cards because they are not always kept but even if they are then something like this still looks special as it is handmade :)

The scoring under the dinosaurs is a simple yet effective way to add a little extra effect to an otherwise simple card.

 

 

 

Happy Stamping!
Love, Claire 

Up, up and away for men

Hi my stamping friends!

Following on from my previous post about men's cards, I thought I would share another cute card made for a man using the Up, up and away stamp set. These colours are so great for a man. Here I have used: Crumb cake, Cajun craze, Not quite navy, Very vanilla, Baja breeze and a little Early espresso.

The cloud and bird stamps come in the set with the balloons and basket and the greetings are great for guys in this set too: ""miss you!", ""happy birthday to you!", "up in the air over you!" and "the sky's the limit". I love using the last two sentiments for cards for my hubby :)

Happy Stamping!
Love, Claire

Something "manly"

Hi my stamping friends :)

I truly used to fear making mens cards but over the years I have realised that they are actually quite easy! I have a few key tips for making mens cards:

• Rough it up a bit. Distress the edges using not too sharp scissors or our Cutter kit (p.149 of the Idea book and catalogue)
• Ink up the edges using a Stamping sponge or sponge dauber and the same colour ink as cardstock. This just gives a bit of an antique/aged look. 
• Add some metal. Stampin' up!s Metallic Brads are perfect! 
• Add some texture. I have to hold myself back from using my square lattice embossing folder on every mens card I make! 

The card pictured is one that we made on Friday evening at an in home workshop. The hostess asked for some ideas for mens cards and this one I felt was fairly neutral and could work for different ages. See, you can even make a man card without a car or a boat stamp in sight!

We used the super fun Grunge rock stamp set and some of the girls who knew guitar playing men decided to add a little stamped and hand cut guitar image from the same stamp set to their cards. I love seeing the creativity expressed at workshops! It's awesome.

If you'd like to host your own workshop (and request a theme) then please let me know as I would be thrilled to help you out! Don't forget until the end of July we are still showing our hostesses how much we love them by giving them an extra $90 to spend when sales reach $650!

Happy Stamping!
Love Claire