Kwerner Colours #53

It's that time again, and I regret that I didn't get a chance to participate in #51 or 52, but sometimes there just isn't the time to play :(


Once again, these are not colours that I would EVER put together on my own, but I LOVE how my card turned out. It's sooooo bold!! My team members can look forward to a version of this card at our team meeting!

The flowers from Eastern blooms were first stamped on my paper using versamark and then I embossed them with clear embossing powder. I love how professional clear embossed images look.

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Eastern Blooms" stamp set, "Elegant Thank You" stamp
Stampin' Up Card stock- Basic Black, Pacific Point, Summer Sun, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Stampin' Up Ink- Versamark, Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, Summer Sun, Basic Black
Accessories- Clear embossing powder, Heat Gun, 1 1/4" square punch, paper snips, 2-way Glue pen

Cheers,

Friday's Occasions Mini Class

Happy Friday everyone!!

Why is it that the short weeks always feel sooooooo long?? At least the weekend is here, and tonight is my Occasions Mini card class.

One of the cards we are making tonight was posted as a colour inspiration challenge a few weeks ago, you can view it here. Its the Basic Grey and Pink one using the 'Soft Summer' stamp set for Dawn McVey's colour challenge.

This second one uses both the 'Matchbox messages' and 'Great Friend' sets as well as the Walk in the Park Designer Series paper and Baja Breeze corduroy buttons and brads from the Mini. I love the mix of colours in this DSP which allowed for layers of all sorts of colours, so safron, kiwi kiss, baja breeze, cameo coral etc.

The third card also uses the 'Great Friend' set (can you tell that I really like this set?) and this time I have pared it with butterflies cut using my Butterfly die for my Big Shot and the Summer of Love rub ons from the Mini. The same DSP is featured on this one as well, but this time I am showing the other side. The colours on this card are Pink Pirouette and Kiwi kiss, with the main butterfly in Baja Breeze. I love using rub-ons on my cards. It makes them clean and very simple. I think they have a huge impact. The women coming to my class tonight will get to choose which sentiment they want to use on this card.

The last card is made with the Manhattan Impression folder for the Big Shot. I LOVE the look of that folder. I ran a piece of Bordering Blue through and then mounted it on Pink Pirouette cardstock for the base. The white satin ribbon, the 'Oval All' stamp set and Scallop oval punch are all from the Mini.


I am sure that the women coming tonight are going to enjoy making these cards. Visit my Stampin' Up! page to view my events and don't forget to sign up early as space is limited!

Have an awesome weekend!

Cheers,

Catalogue pre-orders & FREE Shipping on In colours!!!!

That's right, the new catalogue is around the corner and now is your chance to pre-order. The catalogue price is $12. If you are like me you can't wait to get your hot little hands on the new catty, and as an extra incentive I am going to offer everyone who pre-orders a $10 discount off of their first purchase of $50 or more after July 1st!!! Contact me right away to pre-order. Club girls, you guys get a free catalogue anyhow as one of your many perks for being in my club!! Lucky girls!

Now, on to the FREE SHIPPING!!!

Isn't everything better with FREE shipping??? I thought I would offer everyone a chance to pick up some of the In colours now before they are gone for good and to make it even easier I am going to pay the shipping!!

That's right, place a minimum order of $25 with me from today, May 20th until Sunday, May 24th that includes at least one In colour item (ink, paper, DSP, re-inkers, ribbon etc) and I will pay your shipping!! The In colours Pink Pirouette, Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss are only around until the end of June, so now is a great time to buy all those beautiful things in those beautiful colours.

And don't forget about the current month of May promotions either!! $99 Starter kit, Buy 3 get 1 free DSP & 12x12 textured cardstock and purchase of the NEW Jumble Alphabet for 20% off!

Cheers,

More DSP

I wanted to share with you another card that I made at one of my recent workshops that uses our Designer Series Paper (also know as DSP). This card uses the DSP Raspberry Tart, which will be retiring at the end of June (it has Kiwi Kiss which is one of the 'in-colours' and all of them are retiring- but we get a NEW set of 6 beautiful and trendy colours!). Inside we used one of the tag shapes from the Matchbox die that coordinates with the 'Great Friend' stamp set. And of course I used the Butterfly from the same set on the front. I LOVE butterflies! Don't forget that until the end of the month if you purchase 3 packs of DSP or 12x12 textured card stock you can get 1 FREE!! Contact me to place your order.

Do you want to earn free stuff??? I am looking for Workshop Hostesses for June and July. As a hostess you can earn FREE stamp sets and FREE products while having fun and making cards!! Contact me to book a workshop either at your place or mine!

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Great Friend" stamp set
Stampin' Up Card stock- Cameo Coral, Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss
Stampin' Up DSP- Raspberry Tart
Stampin' Up Ink- Cameo Coral, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black
Accessories- Big Shot Matchbox die tags, Rose Red Double Stitched Grosgrain ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 2-way Glue pen



Cheers,

National Scrapbooking day layout by Donna

Good Morning everyone! It's a bit chilly here in Toronto, but there is promise for the day.

I wanted to share with you a layout from my friend Donna, that she made for the make-and-take at my first ever all-day crop. How cute are her niece & nephew??? We were using products from the Occasions Mini. I love the stuff in that catalogue! As you can see, there is a strip from the 'Walk in the Park' Designer Series paper. Don't forget that until the end of May you can get a FREE pack of DSP when you buy 3 others (includes textured cardstock packs too!). I do want to remind you as well, that a number of our designer papers have the "in colours" in them and therefore they will be retiring with the end of this catalogue in June, so now is a really really great time to stock up!

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Great Friend" stamp set
Stampin' Up Card stock- Baja Breeze textured 12x12 cardstock, cameo coral
Stampin' Up Ink- Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Cameo Coral
Accessories- Paper snips, Big Shot Matchbox die tags, Stampin' Write Markers, scallop edge punch, scallop circle punch, large oval punch, white satin ribbon, Baja breeze cordoroy buttons/brads

Cheers,

Happy Mother's day and lots of inspiration!

Happy Mother's day to all the mothers out there!! I thought I would share with you the card that I made for my Mother-in-law. To make this card I stamped the Cherry blossom stamp from the "Soft Summer" set in the Occasions Mini. I LOVE this set. I stamped it 4 times in Basic black and then coloured it in with my Stampin' Write markers. Those of you who just took advantage of my first Marker club should pay close attention! I coloured both the base image and the ones that I was going to cut out, because when you adhere the cut out flowers with dimensionals you can still see underneath a bit. I absolutely love how this card turned out.

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Soft Summer" stamp set
Stampin' Up Card stock- Whisper White, Rose Red, Old Olive
Stampin' Up Ink- Basic Black, Rose Red (for the edge of the Whisper White piece)
Accessories- Paper snips, sponge dauber, Stampin' Write Markers (Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Old Olive).

I had a wonderful mother's day breakfast. My wonderful husband, who is a fabulous cook, prepared an incredible meal. I am on a low-carb diet and he managed to make me Eggs Benedict that fit my plan!! He is very talented!! I then spent most of the day making cards. Who could ask for a better day??

The following cards I made for Colour challenges. The first one is for Dawn McVey's challenge.

I used Basic Grey, Regal Rose and Rose Red, plus Whisper White of course. At least that's how I interpreted these colours. I really like the card and will be featuring it in my upcoming Occasions Mini class later this month.

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Soft Summer" stamp set
Stampin' Up Card stock- Whisper White, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Basic Grey
Stampin' Up Ink- Regal Rose, Rose Red
Accessories- Circle Cutter, Basic Grey DSP (from Hostess Level 1 pack), Eyelet Border punch, sponge daubers.

The second Inspired card was thanks to my wonderful 10 year old daughter Kieran. She wanted me to make a card using the following colours: Whisper White, Creamy Caramel, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive. So I took on her challenge. I did ask if I could add Bashful blue to that list as well (and I ended up sneaking in the tinyest bit of Close to Cocoa and Rose Red too..). This card is a total CASE from this card by Sophia Landry. Kieran really liked it though.

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Fun Fast notes" stamp set
Stampin' Up Card stock- Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive.
Stampin' Up Ink- Bashful Blue, Old Olive
Accessories- sponge daubers, Stampin' Write markers (Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Basic Black).

Hope you enjoy!

Cheers,

A fabulous Club night!

Thanks ladies!! I had a really fun time last night, as always. I always look forward to my club night. That's why I want to share it with others. I am still looking for members for my second club. Contact me ASAP if you are interested. Here are the cards we made last night. The technique we focused on was 'Stamping with Bleach'. I have wanted to try this technique out for sometime, and I figured these ladies were up to the challenge.

For the first card we started with a card base made using the Top Note die. The Elegant Eggplant piece was trimmed around the perforation and then stamped using the Cherry Blossoms from the "Soft Summer" stamp set (Occasions Mini). I love how the bleach almost gives the card a batiqued look. The greeting is from the "Great Friend" set (Occasions Mini). This second card uses bleach in a different way. For this one, we stamped the image with Versamark, embossed it with black embossing powder and then using a "dead" blender pen dipped in bleach, bleached out the center of the stamped image. The result is a whited out image on a coloured piece of paper that you can now colour in any way you like. We used Water colour pencil crayons and blender pens for this card.

The last card is just a little one. The dimensions are 3x3 and it fits perfectly inside one of our mini square envelopes. The butterfly was stamped with bleach on Night of Navy paper and then cut out using Paper snips. It was then mounted on a punch out from the Curly Label punch and then on Bella Bleu paper.

If you want all the details, you will have to join my club! :) One of the benefits of being a club member, is that I email you all of the instructions with pictures!

Just a reminder that I have 2 class scheduled for this month, a 4 card class featuring products from the Occasions Mini and a scrapbooking 101 class. Contact me if you need more information.

Cheers,

Cards with Patterned paper

Since Stampin' Up!'s promo this month is around our Designer Series paper, I figured I would show you come cards that use it! These are the last two cards from my Eight Great Greetings class.

I love love love Rose Red and Kiwi Kiss together!! It's sooo bold!! And therefore I LOVE the Raspberry Tart designer paper. The image was stamped with Basic Black and then coloured in with pastels and blender pens. And of course, no piece of cake would be complete without some dazzling diamonds glitter!

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Eight Great Greetings" stamp set
Stampin' Up Card stock- Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red
Stampin' Up Ink- Basic Black
Accessories- 1 3/4 circle punch, Rose Red Double Stitch Grosgrain ribbon, Raspberry Tart Designer Series paper, Stampin' Pastels, blender pen, 2-way Glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

I didn't love this card, and had difficulties coming up with the design. I think it was because I was trying to make a generic card. If it was for a specific type of shower (wedding vs. baby) or if I knew it would be for a baby girl vs. a baby boy I would have had an easier time. Either way, it uses the Pink Pirouette DSP and the image is stamped using Stampin' Write markers.

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Eight Great Greetings" stamp set
Stampin' Up Card stock- Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery
Stampin' Up Ink- Stampin' Write markers, Bashful Blue and Close to Cocoa.
Accessories- 1/4 inch Pretty in Pink Grograin Ribbon, Pink Pirouette Designer Series paper.

Later this month I will be holding a 4 card, Occasions Mini class. The class date is May 22nd and the cost is $20. Let me know if you can make it!

Cheers,

Happy Sunday, want to be a Demo?

I was just sitting here enjoying my morning cup of tea when I realized that I hadn't shared the current Stampin' Up! Demonstrator promotion! For a limited time you can join the Stampin' Up family for only $99!!! If you purchase the Scrapbooking Starter kit which includes everything you see here as well as all the business supplies from the regular kit, you can start your enjoying all the benefits of being a Demo right away!
As with our regular Starter kit (which is always available for $249) you can customize elements of the kit. You can choose any stamp set with a value of $51.95 or lower, change the Simply Scrappin' Kit, select the colour of paper you want to have and the ink colour of choice.

Take advantage of this fabulous opportunity by visiting my "Join Now" page, or contact me to learn more.

Have a great Sunday!

Cheers,

Scrapbooking Promotion for May!!!

Cheers,

Today is the last day of the Get Connected Promotion!!

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that today is the LAST day that you can take advantage of the "Get Connected" Promotion! For every $50 spent from the Occasions Mini Catalogue, or for every $200 spent on anything, you get to choose a freebie from the "Under $12" page in the Spring/Summer 2009 Catalogue!!!

*The items in the Occasions Mini are still available until June 30th. Just the promotion ends today.

If you want to take advantage of this, you have to contact me TODAY! Say tuned tomorrow for our May promotions! Here's a hint, think Scrapbooking!

I promised last week that I would share with you the cards that we made at last weeks Birthday card class. This first one is almost a total copy of my upline Caro's card (she has one version posted in October). We changed it up by stamping an addtional centre and 2 extra leaves. These were then cut out and mounted on dimensionals, but not before covering the centre with Dazling Diamonds!! Some of the women even glittered up the leaves too!

This second card uses the Big Bold Cupcake sizzlits dies for the Big Shot. It isn't on this version, but the one's the women made had the tops texturized with the small dots texturz plate, and the bottom of the cupcake was run through a crimper (Thanks to Wanda for letting us use hers!). The background is the Happy Birthday wheel.

The next one is a card for the men in our lives. I always find it so challenging making masculine cards, because I love to work with pink! For this one we used the "Celebrations" stamp from the "Under $12" page (FREE today, contact me to learn how). We coloured one of the celebrates with a Always Articoke marker and then stamped the entire image in Not quite navy. Then it was punched out with the large oval and mounted on to a Always Articoke scallop oval from the Occasions Mini. The patterned paper is from the Simply Scrapin' kit "Tailor Made".

And finally, this last card I think is my favorite! I absolutely love this image from the "Cupcakes for all" set. We coloured it in with Stampin' Pastels and then of course topped off the cupcakes with Dazzling Diamonds glitter! Inside we stamped the sentiment "Celebrate one cupcake at a time" from the Hostess set "Sweet little Sentiments".

In May I will be featuring a Scrapbooking 101 class and a card class using the Occasions Mini stamp sets. My newsletter will be going out shortly, so if you don't already subscribe enter your name today.

Cheers,

Another member has joined the "Hive"!!

Just a quick post on a beautiful evening (after what began as a very rainy day) to say WELCOME to Isabelle, the newest member of my team!

Just a reminder that my very first all-day crop is on Saturday, in honour of National Scrapbooking day. Contact me to book a spot, cost is $30 for the day and includes lunch, a make-and-take and use of my Big Shot and ALL my dies!!!!


Cheers,

Kristina's 50th Colour Inspiration Challenge!!!

That's right, Kristina has reached a milestone with her inspiration challenges! And to celebrate, this week she is offering prizes. So, if you have ever wanted to participate in one of these, now is a really good time. Here is the inspiration.....

And here is my card! What do you think?
Once again, these are colours that I would not normally put together. But I love how it worked out. I did use a few non-SU stuff (*smacks hand*) because I had it in my stash, but the stamps, paper and ink are all SU! One of my recent Hostesses can look forward to receiving this one in the mail!!

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Trendy Trees" stamp set, "Thank you Kindly" stamp set
Stampin' Up Card stock- Whisper White
Stampin' Up Ink- Versamark, Chocolate Chip
Accessories- heat and stick powder, Heat tool, mini glue dot, Non-SU ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Non-SU glitter (Doodlebug Designs).

Cheers,

French Rooster

Wow!! Two posts, two days in a row!! I know, I'm crazy!! But am also much less stressed today, because I wrote my final exam for my Project Management Certification last night!!!! And I passed!!!

I thought I would share with you a card I made a while ago using the hostess set "Rustic Rooster". My husband and I love all things French, we even spent our honeymoon in Burgundy, France. So I was immediately drawn to this set.

I actually used almost every stamp in this set (with the exception of the flourish, I wanted to work it in but was at a loss, I guess I could have used it in the inside).

I stamped the script stamp 4 times on the More Mustard cardstock in Basic Black and then again once on a piece of Very Vanilla which I then tore by hand and curled a bit with my bone folder. I inked both of these with a sponge dauber and Chocolate Chip ink. The Rooster was stamped in Basic Black and then coloured in using a blender pen and my ink pads. And then finally I stamped the "stamp" image, cut it out and inked it too. I like the outcome, what about you??

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Rustic Rooster" Hostess level 2 stamp set
Stampin' Up Card stock- More Mustard & Very Vanilla
Stampin' Up Ink- Basic Black, Chocolate Chip (other inks to colour in the rooster)
Accessories- sponge dauber, Dimensionals

If you want this set, contact me about hosting a workshop. Hostess sets can only be earned not purchased!

Cheers,

It's been ages... and introducing a Marker Club!!

I have been so crazy busy!! No time to blog!! I have been super busy at work on a new project, finishing my Project Management Certification at Ryerson University (I have my last exam tonight!), conducting workshops and prepping for my Birthday card class this Friday!! It's been insane to say the least! But that's okay, I am one of those people who get more done when there is more to do. The less I have to do, the less I do!So, what is a marker club you say?? Well, if you are anything like me, you covet the Many Marvelous Markers set, but don't want to outlay the money for it. And maybe you don't even know what the markers are used for..... Check out this link to give you just a few ideas on some of the many ways to use the Stampin' Up! Stampin' Write markers. After all, $158.95 is a lot to dish out in one shot. But $39.95 is much more managable. However, if you purchase the markers by colour family (or individually) you don't get the very practical storage case for the markers. Hmmmmm what to do? Well, I have solved your problem!! If you join my marker club, you pay only $39.95* a month for 4 months** and in one of the 4 months, you get your carrying case!! This way you get your cake, and eat it too!!!

*I must have your credit card number on file to join this club (contact me directly if this is a problem)
** You must remain in the club for the entire 4 months!

Now on to some cards!!!!

I had promised earlier that I would post the rest of the cards from my "Eight Great Greetings" class. I have 3 of the photographed, I will get around to posting the others another time.

This first one, I have to apologize about the terrible picture! It looks like I deleted the good one and kept the blurry one! Anyhow, it was a very simple card but looks great in person. I used the Hostess Paper pack for the Basic Grey patterned paper on the bottom of the card.

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Eight Great Greetings" stamp set (from the Occasions Mini Catalogue 2009),
Stampin' Up Card stock- Real Red, Whisper White
Stampin' Up DSP- Hostess Level 1: Patterns Pack Designer Series Paper II
Stampin' Up Ink- Basic Black
Accessories- Basic Grey Taffeta ribbon




The inspiration for this next card, a card for Mom's Day, came from my upline Caroline LeBel. She sends us monthly inspiration cards (yes, "The Hive" members can look forward to this feature beginning next month). I pretty much case'd (Copy And Share Everything) her card, changing the colours and using a Embosslit die for my flowers. The leaves in the background are from the Level 1 Hostess set "Darling Dots".

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Eight Great Greetings" stamp set (from the Occasions Mini Catalogue 2009), "Darling Dots" Hostess Level 1 set
Stampin' Up Card stock- Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose
Stampin' Up Ink- Basic Grey, Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette
Accessories- Stampin' Up Simple Flower Embosslit, Silver Brads, sponge dauber, Stampin' Up Top Note die, Big Shot, Regal Rose & Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write markers

And the last one I can show you today is the mini Thank you card we made. Again, super super simple and very very cute! This card has a demension of 3x3 to fit our mini square envelopes and is just a perfect size for a gift card. The image is stamped first in Whisper White and then a second time using Baja Breeze. The effect is a shadow effect.

Products used:
Stampin' Up "Eight Great Greetings" stamp set (from the Occasions Mini Catalogue 2009)
Stampin' Up Card stock- Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango & Whisper White
Stampin' Up Ink- Whisper White Craft Ink, Baja Breeze
Accessories- Square mini envelopes

There are still a few spots left for my Birthday card class this Friday. We will be making 4 Birthday cards using a variety of different techniques. The cost is $20 or free with a $50 order placed on Friday (Club members pay only $15 and Demonstrators pay only $10). Contact me if you would like to join us.

Cheers,

National Scrapbooking Day Crop announced!!

I hope everyone had a fabulous Easter!! Our long weekend, just didn't seem long enough, but isn't that always the case???

So, it's true I am hosting an ALL DAY crop for National Scrapbooking Day on May 2nd! It's my first ever crop and it will be oh so fun!! The crop starts at 10am and goes until 6pm. The cost is $30 and includes the following:

• lunch
• Door Prizes
• Prize for best card
  
• Prize for best scrapbooking layout
• Use of my BIG SHOT and all my dies (Sizzix, Stampin' Up exclusive and Quickutz)
• Use of my alphabet stamp sets

Bring your stash, your current projects (cards or scrapbooks) and join me for a fun filled day!! Contact me ASAP to book your spot as space is limited.

Hope to see you there!! :)

Cheers,

Kristina's Colour Challenge #49

I think that spring is FINALLY here in Toronto. There is no sign of snow and we actually have our screen door open in our kitchen! What a lovely start to the long weekend!!

Kristina Werner posted her 49th colour challenge last night, and I was so excited when I was check my blog subscriptions this morning. The colours are bold!! And bright and definitely not something I would come up with. And that's the point right?



I used the picture for more than just the colours. I loved the look of the flowers on the black background. I stamped the 3 flower stamp from "Eastern Blooms" once in Pacific Point then Kiwi kiss and finally in rose red. To change the colour of the centres I used a baby wipe to "erase" a portion of the inked stamp and then coloured them in with a Stampin' Write marker. One of the many ways you can acheive a multi-colour stamped image. I then cut them out with my paper snips. They were mounted to the card using Dimensionals. The "hi" was stamped using my serif alphabet set and my stamp-a-ma-jig. I stamped each letter 3 times with the Whisper White craft ink to acheive a bold white. For the bottom strip I used the scallop edge punch on Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss and Pacific Point card stock, lined them up and then adhered them together. Then I tied a ribbon on top! Hope you enjoy!

Products used:

Stampin' Up "Eastern Blooms" stamp set & "Serif Alphabet" stamp set

Stampin' Up Card stock- Basic Black, Whisper White, Rose Red, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss

Stampin' Up Ink- Whisper White, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red

Accessories- Scallop edge punch, Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dimensionals, 1/4" Whisper White grosgrain ribbon.


Cheers,