Just Add Ink #269

Hooray for another Just Add Ink challenge!! I get so excited for Fridays, to see what the girls have planned for us each week and this one is made just for me. It's a colour challenge and it uses all my favourite Stampin' Up! colours... PERFECT!

Aren't they fantastic colours. I love all of them mixed together and the card that I made came together so easily:

I was so tempted to reach for my Watercolor Wings stamp set again, but then got this idea of silver leaves from the Sheltering Tree set. It's so cold here today that I just had the thought of winter on my mind.

I sponged the tree panel with all three blues, going from lightest out to darkest and then embossed the "leaves" with silver powder. It's so bright and shiny in real life. I wanted to keep the card a little rustic, so I used some of the embossed Tip Top Taupe paper from the 'Color Me Irresistible' DSP.

Remember, if you are in Australia and would like any of these items to make your own gorgeous creations, click on the products below and they'll drop you over to store!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

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ESAD Blog Hop - Hooray for the new Catty

Wow it's been a long time in between blog hops with the ESAD girls that's for sure. I love hopping with this uber talented group and you are about to be blown away with all the creativity to come. Whether I'm your first stop or you've hopped over from Cherie (wasn't her creations AH-mazing, that girl can craft!!) I hope you enjoy yourself and get plenty of new ideas.

So, my card today was actually inspired by... well, by MYSELF!! I know, strange hey.

In my little Stampin' Up! business I recently promoted to Manager, which has been in the making for sometime and this month the stars aligned so to speak and all of my blood (paper cut Ouch!!), sweat and tears paid off. So I made a Congratulations card, for myself:


 It's pretty special isn't it! I'm totally loving all our new DSP's in the catalogue, but I think the Timeless Elegance paper has to be the most beautiful. In fact I wasn't sure I was even going to cut into it. Tell me you have the same problem!!

Also can you see what I did with our new Natural Elements veneers. I inked up the 'Congrats' using our Memento black. Great way to colour co-ordinate these little beauties for any project.

Well that's it for me today. The next person on the Hop is the awesome Rachael Lewsley, who has yet another beautiful creation to share with you all.

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

“What is ESAD?
 ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and is a facebook group just for Australian and New Zealand Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrators.
 We love what we do & love to share with our customers, friends and blog visitors. We also share what we love in our ESAD Demonstrator community, through swaps, challenges, sharing knowledge, ideas& friendship and we're always there to help and support each other.
So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to leave me a comment with your email address then I'll contact you with information on how to join our group.”

1. Rachael Lewsley

2. Libby Dyson

3. Keryn Campbell

4. Rochelle Blok

5. Liv Ingle

6. Lou Kitzelman

7. Jackie Noble

8. Monique Fielder

9. Ria Kaire

10. Courtenay Heuston

11. Richelle Fletcher

12. Kelly Kent

13. Andrea Buckland

14. Narelle Fasulo

15. Leonie Schroder

16. Pauline Bennetts

17. Kathryn Ruddick

18. Barbara Williams

19.Cherie Davies

20. Chloe Evans

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Watercolour Wings... I love you!

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who is absolutely in love with the new Watercolour Wings stamp set. The amount of amazing colour combinations that can be used with this beautiful "3x step" stamp set is out of this world. Every time I try a different combo it comes out perfectly!!

So it was my best friends Birthday last week and I wanted to make something a little extra special for her, of course using her favorite color "Elegant Eggplant". What's more special, then a shaker card!!

I'm so pleased with this card, as it came out exactly like I imagined which makes a nice change lol. The Watercolour Wings set co-ordinates with not only the Bold Butterfly framelits (which, when brought as a bundle you can save 15% off) but also the Butterflies Thinlits too, which is how I got the "skeleton" effect on the front butterfly.

Are you wondering where my "purple" shaker filling's came from? Well, all I did was sponge Elegant Eggplant onto some of our Dazzling Diamond Glimmer paper and then used our 1/16" circle punch to punch them out. Easy Peasy!!

Happy Crafting.
Chlo

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Just Add Ink #268

So what do you think?!?!?  

After having the same blog layout for a few years now I decided that it was time to give it a little revamp and I totally love it!! And what better way to launch my beautiful new blog, but to take part in a sketch challenge from the Just Add Ink girls.

Here is this weeks sketch:

And here is my entry:

 Such a cute card isn't it. I made this for my gorgeous friend and Downline Kim from Kim's Paper Krafts who's Birthday is today.

I wanted to make a gorgeous card for her. She is always in my corner, cheering me on and offering council when I need it. She also makes the most amazing roomie too. I couldn't go to Convention without her

Lots of new product on this card, everything used it listed below, but I want to point out the gorgeous Expressions Natural Elements. 3 different wooden words (Celebrate, Congrats and Thanks) that are the perfect size for cards and, great news for me, you get 5x of each word. I'm pretty sure I'll be finding lots of uses for these little babies!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

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Weekly Specials Up today!!

 Morning guys, Weekly Deals are up for this week. Some awesome specials. Click on my SHOP NOW button to grab a bargain!!

Have Fun,
Chlo

New Project Life Moments like These

I've finally had a chance to open and play with my very small preorder yesterday. These are the things I have learnt so far:

1) I will really love this years incolours, can't decided on which will be my fav as yet, but pretty sure they will all get used a lot.

2) My wishlist for the new catalogue is growing every time I open it. Really need to book more workshops to pay for it or stop opening the catty.

3) The new Ronald McDonald stamp set and punch is not only benefiting an amazing charity but its one of the best punch/stamp bundles I've seen in a while and I'm pinning it as one of the stars of this years catalogue.

And at number 4) is the gorgeous new Project Life set called Moments like These. The card kit is so fresh and trendy that I can already see heaps of layouts I can use it on, but today I wanted to highlight the stunning accessory kit that matches that set. Here's a quick card that I put together using some of the bits from the kit:

Ok so from the kit I used the card with the sentiment, the individual sequins and the little gold paperclip. The gold writing on the card really does sparkly and stand out. One of the comments on this card in Instagram said, "Love this card, but did you actually, really stick the card down?" That really made me laugh, as I'm known to be a bit of a hoarder of pretty things, so it's nice to know I'm not alone!!

Thanks for stopping by,
Chlo

Ingredients
Cardstock: Basic Black and Mint Macaroon
DSP: Back to Black
Other: Moments like These PL Accessories kit, Butterfly thinlits, Blossom Accents, Gold Sequin Trim and Vellum.

Freshly Made Sketches #185

Whenever I'm in need for some inspiration, I find that sketch challenge blogs are all ways the perfect place to start looking and one of my favourite go to blogs is Freshly Made Sketches. Pretty much 99.9% of the time, there sketch always inspires a card from me and today is no different.

Here is the Sketch challenge for this week:

And here is my Card:

I decided to use the Banner Banter Stamp set because I love this cute little punch and matching stamps but also because this is the bundle that I am offering for my new Product Classes, which start this month (Thursday 28th May).

Haven't heard about my Product Classes??? Here's everything you need to know -

So after all the excitement from Convention and seeing all the beautiful products and ideas on how to use them, it got me so inspired that i have come up with a brilliant idea. I'm super excited to announce, that starting this month I will be holding my new Product Classes!!

On the last Thursday of every month I will be offering you lovely ladies a chance to buy a bundle of goodies and then come along to a free class to make some beautiful cards with them. This month we will be using the gorgeous Banner Banter Stamp Set and the super cute banner punch. 

It's so easy to join in with the fun. All you need to do is send me an email, ordering the 'Product Bundle of the month' before the cut off date, which will usually be 2 weeks before the class, and i will place your orders and have your goodies waiting here ready for you. You'll then come to class and make three gorgeous cards with you new products for no extra charge. At the end of the class you will leave with your beautiful cards, new products plus a few more other ideas on how to use them!!!

So this months details are:-

May's Product Bundle - Banner Banter Stamp Set and coordinating punch $42.95 (clear)

Order cut off Date - 14th May
Class Date - Thurs 28th @1pm - 5pm

June's Product Bundle - Six-Sided Sampler and coordinating Hexagon Punch $55.25 (clear)
Order cut off Date - 11th June
Class Date - 25th June

If you would like any more information or have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Have Fun,
Chlo

Ingredients
Stamps: Banner Banter and Simply Wonderful (R)
Ink: Memento Black
Cardstock: Whisper White and Basic Black
Other: Back to Black DSP, Silver Glimmer, Banner Punch, Black and white Bakers Twine and Vellum.