SaleABration

If you have never experienced SaleABration before, you’ve missed out. Spend $90 and get to choose a freebie from the catalogue. The Adorable Owls Stamp Set is one freebie you can go past. 

Place your order with this months host code for a free gift from me.

Happy stamping, 

Rachael xx

Global Hop on Youtube

 Join the Global Monthly Video Hop team for some inspiring projects using the free items that you can grab now for Sale A Bration.  

I created a card using 2 of the products - a DSP and a sentiment set.  

Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel and click the bell for notifications when a video goes up.  

Happy Stamping,

Rachael xx

Let's Get Hopping #46

Welcome to another Let's Get Hopping Blog Hop.  

This month the theme is "anything but a card".

You have probably found your way here from Nina's blog. Thanks for popping in!

For those who don't follow me or know me well, I started creating with paper almost 18 years ago.  I dabbled with Stampin UP but my biggest passion was scrapbooking and with that comes OTP (Off the Page) projects.  So I have a secret passion for creating gifts and altering items with paper based products.

I also love to gift candles, because often, these are not something we buy for ourselves and yet there is nothing nicer than having a house filled with fragrance from a lit candle.  So for todays project, I wanted to showcase how to easily make a plain glass candle into something worth giving.  

I've recently discovered these wonderful candles at Aldi of all places!  They are cheap ($3.50) and have a lovely long lasting fragrance.  The one I have at home so far has lasted well over 15 hours!  This one is a vanilla based smell.  I've wrapped it in DSP and added elements to the top.  No need for a matching card because the small sentiment says it all.  

I've used the free papers from Sale-A-Bration for this one.  Cut the layers for the top from the 2 largest circle dies and then hand cut the floral image and coloured it using Soft Succulent, Pale Papaya and Blushing Bride Stampin Blends.  Adding a sentiment from the Penguin Place stamp set and a few bits of bling in the form of gold ribbon and rhinestones, these gifts take less than 30 minutes to complete.  I'll be wrapping this one with some clear cellophane and curling ribbon and gifting to one of my lovely friends who are popping over for a workshop this weekend.  PERFECT hostess gift for only a few dollars.  

Thanks for popping by and checking out my project.  I hope you are inspired to alter something to gift now too.  Don't forget to pop onto our next blog with Tanya, and leave comments as you go.  

Happy Stamping, 

Coffee, cake and cards resumes

 I'm excited, finally its school holidays, and that means we can breathe and get some time to create.... with friends.  I am holding a workshop to create 3 birthday cards tomorrow with 3 lovely friends from work.  Unfortunately one friend can't make it and I know was a bit disappointed.  To cheer her up, I created 2 cards that I have in 'kit form' to pop in her mailbox - for her to make with her youngest who happens to love arts and crafts.  

I tried to keep the colours more male or neutral and also to make the cards fun.  Suitable for all ages!  I used some retired items and some of the Sale-A-Bration goodies too.  I hope they have fun putting them together.  

To all those who are entering school holidays and have their kids at home, good luck to you all.  As a teacher I not only look forward to the holidays but also feel for parents who will no doubt be very ready to hand them back in 2 weeks time. 

Grab out the crafting gear or buy a kit and spend some quiet time creating.  Not only will the kids love it but you will end up with some great projects at the end.  

Happy Stamping,

 

Penguin Place sparkling card

 We all love a few sparkles on a card and what is even better is a lot of sparkles all together!  Sale-A-Bration brings us not only this adorable papers with images ready to cut and use but also the 6x6 BE DAZZLING  paper.  Both are free items in the catalogue with a $90 spend.  

I was doubtful about the BE DAZZLING papers because to take a photo doesn't do it justice but I quickly grabbed myself one on my second SAB order, and it is beautifully sparkly and adds so much to these snowy scenes.  

If you love sparkle and want to grab yourself some, pop an order in with me ASAP before they run out or the promotion finishes.

Happy Stamping,

Rachael xx

Birthday card with a touch of bling

 I've been sending out birthday cards to fellow demonstrators in Australia recently and I'm finding myself in need of more cards.  Always a good place to be in!

The free sparkling paper came from the SaleABration catalogue, free with $90 order.  I coloured it with my stamping blends so it matched the HOST set of DSP, Playful patterns.

I love how this DSP print matched the embossing folder and means I can have more dimension with little effort for my background piece.  Please do this again Stampin Up!  

I've used the check DSP which is the back of the floral design and embossed the HAPPY sentiment with white embossing powder.  

I must give this a go again, it came together very easily using small pieces that were already on my table. Here is a snippet of the bling that comes with that paper - amazing! 

Happy stamping,

Rachael

Finally, another YouTube tutorial

I apologise this one took a lot of effort, my iMovie really wasn't wanting to cooperate this week.  But I finally got another quick and easy YouTube how-to uploaded.  YAY!

  

I recreated the mechanism for another pop up card, the same as THIS CARD.  This time though, I used the Counting Sheep stamp set and Sheep Dies - both free from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue!  

This is a super fun birthday card that pops up as a surprise when you open it.  

The YouTube video is now uploaded and ready for viewing.  Please pop over HERE to subscribe.  

Happy Stamping, 

Check out the great freebies in the Sale-a-bration catalogue.  Don't have one?  Contact me now. 

 

Inky Stampers meeting!

Each month our team meets up via Skype.  Its always a great hour of chatting and giggling.  We also try to craft in that time.  This month we decided to create a fun fold card.  Here is my version with a popup section inside.  

I used the Penguin Playmates paper that comes free at the moment in the SaleABration catalogue with any $90 order.  What is great about this paper is all the images that are begging to be cut out and used with the reverse side papers....  

I also used the die from the Words of Cheer Bundle (page 20 of the mini catalogue).  How pretty is that layered HAPPY sentiment!  It is so simple to create maximum impact on a card with these sorts of things at your fingertips.

The inside of my card pops open to reveal a fun scene using more of the cute animals from the DSP.  I couldn't help but use a retired die from last year to create a snowy slope scene for the bottom of the card.  As tricky as this card looks, it is very quick to come together and easy to do.  I must do a quick video on it to share.

Happy stamping, 

Rachael 

Sale-A-Bration Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sale-A-Bration blog hop where a group of demonstrators from all over are showing off the products in the SAB catalogue.  The spend to earn most items is $90 with a few $180 spend items as well.  

Today, I chose the Delicate Dahlias stamp set (free with a $180 spend) to showcase.  I had a simple card in mind, using memento ink stamping, a Stampin Blends background and simple stamping using yellow as the focal colour.

I had lots of fun seeing this come together, and I think it makes for a super happy card.  I kept the sentiment simple using part of a sentiment from the Counting Sheep stamp set (also from the SAB catalogue, free with a $90 spend) and the Biggest Wish Stamp set from the Annual Catalogue. 

Thanks for joining in the hop today.  You can jump on over to the other blogs and check out othere items in the catalogue.  

Happy Stamping, Rach xxx

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