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Have you seen this lovely set of foiled Designer Series Paper available in the Sale-A-Bration second release?
They are beautiful on their own, but are spectacular with coloured! Here's a couple of ways I added colour to a sheet of the small flowers.
For this one I used sponge daubers to sweep bands of Highland Heather, Pear Pizzazz, Balmy Blue and Blushing Bride across the panel.
On this panel I targeted the larger, rose-gold foil flowers with Highland Heather, and the smaller, silver foil flowers and white area with Balmy Blue.
I paired the panels with ribbons from last year's Sale-A-Bration and the carried-over Gingham Gala sequins. Fun cards to add to my stash! You can get this great paper for FREE with an order of $90, but only through the end of March. Shop my store now! Here's what I used to make these cards: Upcoming Classes
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1:00 - 4:00 PM Nancy's Stamping Studio 1801/151 Berkeley Street, Melbourne 3000 1 block E of Haymarket tram stop (19/59) and Flemington Rd/Peel St (58). Also 3 blocks W of Lincoln Sq./Swanston St - UniMelb tram stop. Contact for parking info. RSVP at least 2 days before class so I can be sure to have enough materials prepared. ************************************************************************* Monthly Card Class Make 5 projects featuring a variety of techniques and great Stampin' Up! products. Perfect for experienced and novice crafters! $30 - all supplies and afternoon tea included. March Tuesday, 17 March RSVP deadline Sunday, 15 March & Saturday, 21 March RSVP deadline Thursday, 19 March April Saturday, 18 April RSVP deadline Thursday, 16 April & Tuesday, 21 April RSVP deadline Sunday, 19 April May Saturday, 2 May RSVP deadline Thursday, 30 April & Tuesday, 5 May RSVP deadline Sunday, 3 May June Saturday, 20 June RSVP deadline Thursday, 18 June & Tuesday, 23 June RSVP deadline Sunday, 21 June ************************************************************************* Specialty Card Class Stamp With Me, Get It Free — Under My Umbrella Saturday, 4 April 1:00 to 4:00 pm Make a variety of cards using the Under My Umbrella stamp set, and take the set home with you! $40 - includes stamp set $65 - includes stamp set and coordinating punch RSVP & prepayment due by Sunday, 22 March 
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Here's what I made this week on my Facebook Live video. You can catch the replay on Facebook or YouTube!
I learned this fun fold from Pauline Barnfather, who posted it on a Demonstrator-only Facebook group. Click on her name to see her YouTube video tutorial. You can get the measurements for A4 cardstock here...for US Letter cardstock she suggests to cut card to 10.5" x 4 inches and make smaller score marks at 1-3/4" and 5-1/4" adjust DSP sizes to 1.5" x 3-3/4" and 1.5" x 3/4" .
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The other day I showed you a shaker card I made, but wasn't totally happy with. I decided to try adding some more poppies to it, and am liking it much more.  What do you think? Just keeping the creative process real here, folks! Upcoming ClassesInformation for All Classes: 1:00 - 4:00 PM Nancy's Stamping Studio 1801/151 Berkeley Street, Melbourne 3000 1 block E of Haymarket tram stop (19/59) and Flemington Rd/Peel St (58). Also 3 blocks W of Lincoln Sq./Swanston St - UniMelb tram stop. Contact for parking info. RSVP at least 2 days before class so I can be sure to have enough materials prepared. ************************************************************************* Monthly Card Class Make 5 projects featuring a variety of techniques and great Stampin' Up! products. Perfect for experienced and novice crafters! $30 - all supplies and afternoon tea included. March Tuesday, 17 March RSVP deadline Sunday, 15 March & Saturday, 21 March RSVP deadline Thursday, 19 March April Saturday, 18 April RSVP deadline Thursday, 16 April & Tuesday, 21 April RSVP deadline Sunday, 19 April May Saturday, 2 May RSVP deadline Thursday, 30 April & Tuesday, 5 May RSVP deadline Sunday, 3 May June Saturday, 20 June RSVP deadline Thursday, 18 June & Tuesday, 23 June RSVP deadline Sunday, 21 June ************************************************************************* Specialty Card Class Stamp With Me, Get It Free — Under My Umbrella Saturday, 14 March 1:00 to 4:00 pm Make a variety of cards using the Under My Umbrella stamp set, and take the set home with you! $40 - includes stamp set $65 - includes stamp set and coordinating punch RSVP & prepayment due by Sunday, 22 March
Last week on my Facebook Live video I showed you 2 ways I've used the Peaceful Poppies suite. You can click on the links to watch my video replay on Facebook or YouTube. I posted the first card design on my blog yesterday, which you can see here.
Today's version has a bit more room for playing. It is again inspired by cards Carol Haffner created and posted on Facebook, but with my own twists. I did stay with the black and white and red all over theme, however. 
Once again, preparing a supply of elements made it fun and easy to put these cards together. To make the larger poppies and leaves I stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then used the large, etched splotch stamp to fill in the outlines, often overlapping to get even greater colour variation. The leaves I did in both Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz, while the poppies are in Poppy Parade. The tall poppies were coloured with Stampin' Blends.
The black die-cut elements were made with a variety of dies in my stash - it's fun to go through them with an eye towards using them in a new way.
Here's what I used to make these cards: Upcoming Classes
Information for All Classes:
1:00 - 4:00 PM Nancy's Stamping Studio 1801/151 Berkeley Street, Melbourne 3000 1 block E of Haymarket tram stop (19/59) and Flemington Rd/Peel St (58). Also 3 blocks W of Lincoln Sq./Swanston St - UniMelb tram stop. Contact for parking info. RSVP at least 2 days before class so I can be sure to have enough materials prepared. ************************************************************************* Monthly Card Class Make 5 projects featuring a variety of techniques and great Stampin' Up! products. Perfect for experienced and novice crafters! $30 - all supplies and afternoon tea included. March Tuesday, 17 March RSVP deadline Sunday, 15 March & Saturday, 21 March RSVP deadline Thursday, 19 March April Saturday, 18 April RSVP deadline Thursday, 16 April & Tuesday, 21 April RSVP deadline Sunday, 19 April May Saturday, 2 May RSVP deadline Thursday, 30 April & Tuesday, 5 May RSVP deadline Sunday, 3 May June Saturday, 20 June RSVP deadline Thursday, 18 June & Tuesday, 23 June RSVP deadline Sunday, 21 June ************************************************************************* Specialty Card Class Stamp With Me, Get It Free — Under My Umbrella Saturday, 14 March 1:00 to 4:00 pm Make a variety of cards using the Under My Umbrella stamp set, and take the set home with you! $40 - includes stamp set $65 - includes stamp set and coordinating punch RSVP & prepayment due by Sunday, 22 March
Last week on my Facebook Live video I showed you 2 ways I've used the Peaceful Poppies suite. You can click on the links to watch my video replay on Facebook or YouTube.
Here's the first style of card that I made. I'm calling it a Triangle Flap Card, and I've CASE'd the fun fold from Debbie Henderson, who has a great video tutorial. I CASE'd the poppy design from Carol Haffner who posted on a Facebook group. 
There are actually 2 versions of this layout - one is the fun fold flap card, which opens up like this:
For this card the large Poppy Parade layer is just a flat panel.
Or, you can do like Carol did and make the front layers on a regular card base and just glue the triangle flaps down. When I was preparing to make these cards for the video I went ahead and stamped, embossed and cut out a number of sentiments, flowers, leaves, and layers so I was ready to just assemble as I desired. 
Here are some of the results:
And, as promised on the video, here are the measurements for these cards in both centimetres and inches...click on the table below and you'll get a printable tutorial.
Stop back tomorrow to see the other cards I showed on my video!
Here's what I used to make today's cards: I've been wanting to make a shaker card with the Peaceful Poppies Suite ever since I saw the gorgeous sequins!  This is my first attempt. I was happy with it when I first made it, but now that I look at it in this photograph it isn't floating my boat. Too much white, I think...maybe I'll add more poppies along the bottom and up the left side of the frame. I will also try again swapping out the large Whisper White panel for some DSP. Sometimes this happens - I make something and when I go back I'm not satisfied and need to tweak. I'll update you on the outcome. Feel free to send me your suggestions for improvements or just leave them in the comments below. Upcoming ClassesInformation for All Classes: 1:00 - 4:00 PM Nancy's Stamping Studio 1801/151 Berkeley Street, Melbourne 3000 1 block E of Haymarket tram stop (19/59) and Flemington Rd/Peel St (58). Also 3 blocks W of Lincoln Sq./Swanston St - UniMelb tram stop. Contact for parking info. RSVP at least 2 days before class so I can be sure to have enough materials prepared. ************************************************************************* Monthly Card Class Make 5 projects featuring a variety of techniques and great Stampin' Up! products. Perfect for experienced and novice crafters! $30 - all supplies and afternoon tea included. March Tuesday, 17 March RSVP deadline Sunday, 15 March & Saturday, 21 March RSVP deadline Thursday, 19 March April Saturday, 18 April RSVP deadline Thursday, 16 April & Tuesday, 21 April RSVP deadline Sunday, 19 April May Saturday, 2 May RSVP deadline Thursday, 30 April & Tuesday, 5 May RSVP deadline Sunday, 3 May June Saturday, 20 June RSVP deadline Thursday, 18 June & Tuesday, 23 June RSVP deadline Sunday, 21 June ************************************************************************* Specialty Card Class Stamp With Me, Get It Free — Under My Umbrella Saturday, 14 March 1:00 to 4:00 pm Make a variety of cards using the Under My Umbrella stamp set, and take the set home with you! $40 - includes stamp set $65 - includes stamp set and coordinating punch RSVP & prepayment due by Sunday, 22 March
A few weeks ago I showed you a card we made during my February Monthly Card Class. It's also one that I taught in the U.S. during Nickie's card class. I had an extra card kit all made up, so I decided to try out another idea I've seen floating around.
Here's the original card: 
And here's my new version:
The Daffodil Delight strip of cardstock has been swapped for Gold Foil, and the bee's stripes have been coloured in with a long-retired Gold Stampin' Dazzle Marker. The really fun part, however, is how I made the metallic gold honeycomb pieces.
I put 3 of our carried-over Black Stampin' Dimensionals on a piece of backing paper from other Dimensionals, removed the protective paper, and sprinkled them with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder.
Then I heat-set them. Once they were cool I just peeled them off the backing paper and placed them on the card.
Yes, I could have cut the hexagons out of Gold Foil like I did the Daffodil Delight ones on the first version, but these have neat dimension and are more fun. Which version do you like better? Here's my supply list: Upcoming Classes
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1:00 - 4:00 PM Nancy's Stamping Studio 1801/151 Berkeley Street, Melbourne 3000 1 block E of Haymarket tram stop (19/59) and Flemington Rd/Peel St (58). Also 3 blocks W of Lincoln Sq./Swanston St - UniMelb tram stop. Contact for parking info. RSVP at least 2 days before class so I can be sure to have enough materials prepared. ************************************************************************* Monthly Card Class Make 5 projects featuring a variety of techniques and great Stampin' Up! products. Perfect for experienced and novice crafters! $30 - all supplies and afternoon tea included. March Tuesday, 17 March RSVP deadline Sunday, 15 March & Saturday, 21 March RSVP deadline Thursday, 19 March April Saturday, 18 April RSVP deadline Thursday, 16 April & Tuesday, 21 April RSVP deadline Sunday, 19 April May Saturday, 2 May RSVP deadline Thursday, 30 April & Tuesday, 5 May RSVP deadline Sunday, 3 May June Saturday, 20 June RSVP deadline Thursday, 18 June & Tuesday, 23 June RSVP deadline Sunday, 21 June ************************************************************************* Specialty Card Class Stamp With Me, Get It Free — Under My Umbrella Saturday, 14 March 1:00 to 4:00 pm Make a variety of cards using the Under My Umbrella stamp set, and take the set home with you! $40 - includes stamp set $65 - includes stamp set and coordinating punch RSVP & prepayment due by Sunday, 22 March I have such nice friends! When I was in Arizona one of my former customers came to class bearing gifts. She made Nickie and me each a quilted "mug mat" featuring Australian Aboriginal designs.  So appropriate for Melbourne, where coffee is life!  Thanks, Pat! Now I can think of you when I'm in my craft room with a lovely beverage, and when I'm out running errands (she made me a nifty wallet from the same fabrics before I moved to Australia)! Upcoming ClassesInformation for All Classes: 1:00 - 4:00 PM Nancy's Stamping Studio 1801/151 Berkeley Street, Melbourne 3000 1 block E of Haymarket tram stop (19/59) and Flemington Rd/Peel St (58). Also 3 blocks W of Lincoln Sq./Swanston St - UniMelb tram stop. Contact for parking info. RSVP at least 2 days before class so I can be sure to have enough materials prepared. ************************************************************************* Monthly Card Class Make 5 projects featuring a variety of techniques and great Stampin' Up! products. Perfect for experienced and novice crafters! $30 - all supplies and afternoon tea included. March Tuesday, 17 March RSVP deadline Sunday, 15 March & Saturday, 21 March RSVP deadline Thursday, 19 March April Saturday, 18 April RSVP deadline Thursday, 16 April & Tuesday, 21 April RSVP deadline Sunday, 19 April May Saturday, 2 May RSVP deadline Thursday, 30 April & Tuesday, 5 May RSVP deadline Sunday, 3 May June Saturday, 20 June RSVP deadline Thursday, 18 June & Tuesday, 23 June RSVP deadline Sunday, 21 June ************************************************************************* Specialty Card Class Stamp With Me, Get It Free — Under My Umbrella Saturday, 14 March 1:00 to 4:00 pm Make a variety of cards using the Under My Umbrella stamp set, and take the set home with you! $40 - includes stamp set $65 - includes stamp set and coordinating punch RSVP & prepayment due by Sunday, 22 March
While I was in Arizona I had the pleasure of helping my friend and former team member, Nickie, teach her monthly card classes. It was great fun to see many of my friends/former customers and to meet some new-t0-me stampers!
Here is one of the cards Nickie taught (we prepped card kits for each other to get in on the fun, too!). I hadn't been that attracted to this Tropical Oasis Suite, but this card made me change my mind! 
Check out the cool effect we did with the 5/16" Braided Burlap Trim: we applied 2 strips of it to the back of the Painted Labels Dies piece and then used a piercing tool or tips of scissors to fray it. I chose to trim the ends, others left them more ragged and uneven for a different look.
To make stamp the palm trees we inked up the fronds with an Old Olive ink pad, then took a sponge dauber and applied some Pretty Peacock ink randomly over the Old Olive. Then we coloured the trunks with an Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker, "huffed" to dampen the ink, and stamped. You can see it most clearly in the photo below.
I am really loving this layout, too. Big impact without having to write very much to the recipient, LOL! The inside sentiment is from another set, and is completely optional.
Here are the supplies used to make this card:
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Here's a card I made just before I left Melbourne for just more than a week in the United States. I love how I can schedule my blog and social media posts in advance, and keep interacting with my customers and team members while I travel! It feels like I've been gone a long time, yet I'm still in touch with what's been happening.
I CASE'd this card from Teri Pocock, and liked hers so much I kept it the same except for the sentiment. I stamped the poppies several times on the strip of Whisper White in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then coloured them with the Poppy Parade Light and Dark Stampin' Blends markers. I mounted this on a slightly wider strip of Pool Party and cut 6 of the scalloped border pieces with the Painted Labels Dies. I am pleased with how I was able to get the pieces to line up easily so it's hard to tell where the seams are!
The background panel is a piece of Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper, and I mounted everything on a Basic Black card base. The sentiment is from Varied Vases, stamped in Versamark and set with White Stampin' Emboss Powder before punching with the Classic Label Punch. I love the range of projects that can be made with the Peaceful Poppies Suite...check out some ideas over on my Pinterest Board. Here's what I used to make this card: Upcoming Classes
Information for All Classes:
1:00 - 4:00 PM Nancy's Stamping Studio 1801/151 Berkeley Street, Melbourne 3000 1 block E of Haymarket tram stop (19/59) and Flemington Rd/Peel St (58). Also 3 blocks W of Lincoln Sq./Swanston St - UniMelb tram stop. Contact for parking info. RSVP at least 2 days before class so I can be sure to have enough materials prepared. ************************************************************************* Monthly Card Class Make 5 projects featuring a variety of techniques and great Stampin' Up! products. Perfect for experienced and novice crafters! $30 - all supplies and afternoon tea included. March Tuesday, 17 March RSVP deadline Sunday, 15 March & Saturday, 21 March RSVP deadline Thursday, 19 March April Saturday, 18 April RSVP deadline Thursday, 16 April & Tuesday, 21 April RSVP deadline Sunday, 19 April |
Meet NancyI've been paper-crafting since 2006, and an Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator since 2010. I love sharing my craft with others, either through classes or by creating special cards and gifts that meet their needs. Join me in creating fun! 
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