More cute cupcakes

So, here I go again with this seriously cute cupcake punch! It's so easy to whip up a little card with this handy tool!! Here the colours are Melon mambo, Early espresso, Wild wasabi and Pretty in pink. The paper patty case is from the Sweet switches DSP also found in the Autumn Winter mini catalogue. The cute pom pom trim is in Melon mambo and also from our current mini. The sentiment comes from the Birthday bakery hostess stamp set.
I should also mention that this card is a half size (so it's half an A5 sheet folded in half).

Happy Stamping! Love, Claire

Cupcakes!

Hello everyone!

My favourite new thing from our Autumn-Winter mini catalogue is the very cute Build a Cupcake punch. With one punch movement you cut out a cupcake base and frosting top as well as a candle with flame, cherry and sprinkles! Simply punch out a couple of colours and you can create your own cupcake.

I have used some 'boy' colours below to make a birthday card. The colours are Pacific point, Bashful blue, Real red and Wild wasabi. The strip of patterned paper is from the /brights patterns designer series paper stack. This is a really great set of patterned papers comprising 40 sheets - 2 each of 2 double sided designs in the 10 Brights colours. The papers measure 12"x12".

I have found the best adhesive to use with these little punched out shapes is the Multipurpose liquid glue which some of you may know as Tombow glue. It has a fine point tip at one end for fine pieces (like these punched shapes) and a wider tip at the other for adhering larger surfaces such as a photo.


Well I hope this inspires you a little! Happy Stamping!
Love, Claire

Something quick and fun!

These cards were so quick to make!
The key is to choose some designer series paper and use that as your colour base and then add a matching stamped image. I have come up with two very different cards here with the same layout and concept here.
The first is a friendship card which I gave to my bestie here in Cairns.





This second version is a male birthday card - the look here was a bit more rough and manly with the map DSP a bit roughed up to look like a well used road map!

And yes, you're all going to go nuts at me because neither of these papers are available any more for purchase! eek! But my challenge here is this, go dig out some of your favourite dsp and a matching stamp set and inks. Then go get crafty ~ I'd love to see your results! Leave me a link in your comments if you give this a go!

Happy Stamping!
Love, Claire

Back with some great deals during May!

Hello everyone! I know, you must think I have fallen off the face of the earth! Well thankfully I haven't! I have just been so busy lately! We had a great trip down to the Sunshine coast in March and then we've had family visiting from Hong Kong and Melbourne over Easter and of course everything in between with three little boys keeping me very busy! Our Samuel is nearly 6 months old now and scooching around on the floor, almost crawling! Wow time flies by!

Despite my absence, I have been stamping! I have had a few workshops and had fun with some of my own projects also. I have a couple to share with you today in a later post. But first off I wanted to tell you about some super specials that Stampin' Up! have for you this month.

Every week during May Stampin' Up! will be releasing a special deal available for one week only! So if you see something you like, let me know asap and I shall organise to have it delivered to you.

Here is the first deal of the week:

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Sale Price
121578	37	Tag Alongs Wood-Mount Set	$31.95	$19.17
120468	59	More Monkey Accessories Clear-Mount Set	$23.95	$14.37
121550	59	More Monkey Accessories Wood-Mount Set	$29.95	$17.97
120003	75	Cottage Garden Clear-Mount Set	$24.95	$14.97
119163	75	Cottage Garden Wood-Mount Set	$32.95	$19.77
121494	98	Compliments to the Chef Wood-Mount Set	$35.95	$21.57

Now this offer is available only until Tuesday May 10th - so don't miss out!

I will be back a little later with a couple of cards for you!
Happy Stamping! Love, Claire

Time for tea?

Here is my little submission for this weeks Just Add Ink challenge. The girls over at JAI have come up with a lovely sketch for us to play along with this week!

I have made this card half the usual size (So it's half an A5 sheet folded) and used some of our lovely in colours, Peach parfait, Concord crush and Pear pizzazz. The stamp sets used are Vintage vogue and Morning cup and I have used the curly label punch and the eyelet border punch.

You can see in my first photo that I have used paper-piecing for this card using the free hostess set of In color patterned papers - so sweet! I just love these papers, the patterns are really beautiful! You will definetely want a pair of paper snips scissors if you plan to cut out little pieces like this!

Happy Stamping!

Love, Claire

A FUN Inkspiration

Hi girls!

I am not sure what it is but the Inkspirations challenges are inspiring me to scrapbook lately! This weeks challenge (#56) is a colour challenge comprising of Basic black, Cherry cobbler, Baja breeze and Whisper white. I'll admit, it wasn't an easy one for me at first but once I pulled out all my ink, CS and accessories it started to come together quite quickly. I have just made an A4 layout here (I didn't have 12x12 in any of the colours!) so I will probably place this onto a 12x12 at some stage. I do quite like making progressive pages such as this where you can place a smaller completed layout onto a 12x12 sheet. I think for me a 12x12 piece of CS can seem a little overwhelming at first!

I have once again used the big shot for a bit of added texture and interest. I just love this square lattice embossing folder and of course the sweet little top note shape for journalling. This stamp set, Notes and Details from the Summer mini catalogue is perfect for Scrapbooking with. I have also used the now retired Big Deal alphabet and the also retired baja striped ribbon.

This is my favourite part of this layout, Ethan's cheeky little smile! Oh I just love him :)

Happy Stamping!

Love, Claire

Just in time for Just add ink!

I have a last minute entry for this weeks challenge over at Just add ink. This is such a sweet colour combo that I couldn't miss it! The colours are: Early espresso, Soft suede, Rose red and Regal rose. I have been waiting on my order to arrive from Stampin' Up! which included some soft suede cardstock but alas it is not here yet so this card had to go ahead without it! Please excuse the poor photography... it was way too windy outside today to get a decent photo and I had dear little Levi (2 years old) 'helping' me with the camera also! lol


I really love using this Vintage vogue stamp set. Here I have done a little collage stamping using soft suede and rose red. The collage panel is dotted with three small hand cut flowers each centred with a basic pearl. This is then mounted onto some regal rose cardstock which is on some embossed Rose red which is finally mounted on some Early Espresso for the card base. This sweet soft suede polkadot ribbon is from the mini catalogue in Autumn last year. I do wish I had bought more of this ribbon at the time! Oh well...

I hope this inspires you to create something today!
Happy Stamping!
Love, Claire