New Blendabilities colours & updated sampler pdf

Today I have awesome news for Blendabilities™ markers fans & I know there are lots of you out there. Our Occasions Catalogue started on Jan 6th & includes 4 new Blendie colour packs (as I fondly call them) - Bermuda Bay, Soft sky, Pink Pirouette & Wild Wasabi. This adds some new & lighter shades to our collection & they all play nicely with our current Blendie colours. Here's how they look in the catalogue.

Updated Blendabilities Sampler Chart
You night remember I created a Blendabilities sampler chart to keep track of all the lovely Blendie shades (& since it's been pinned over 2000 times I think some of you do).
I've updated the sampler chart to include the new colours & this is how it looks. Links below to view & download pdf documents for your country-region.

download Australia - New Zealand sampler pdf
download USA sampler pdf
download Canada sampler pdf
download UK-Europe sampler pdf

Note - google weirdness:
- When you view the pdf in google drive, the fonts look different....but should look like the above pic when you download it.
- Please don't request the Google drive option to 'share' the doc in google drive Just select the option to download it to your computer. Thanks.

Get original Blendabilities colours free during SAB

Even more good news - you can choose a free pack of our original Blendabilities colours as your Sale-a-bration reward for every $90 you spend on any catalogue items (excl shipping & handling) until 31 March. There are 12 colour packs (of 3 markers) to choose from.

So, for example, if you ordered our 4 Blendabilities colour packs, plus a Memento black ink pad to use with them, you could choose a 5th pack of Blendabilities markers free!
See all our Blendabilities markers in my store.

Contact me if you'd like more info about Blendies & if my Blendie chart is helpful to you, I'd love you to leave a comment.

Back soon with some projects.
Inky wishes, Di

Hello Sale-a-bration & our Occasions catalogue

It's finally here - today's the day we say hi to our fabulous Occasions seasonal catalogue. Even better, it's time to welcome Sale-a-bration (SAB) & free stuff! - everyones favourite time of the stamping year.

All my regular customers should already have their free paper catalogues - essential for relaxed reading with your fave cuppa. If not or you don't have a regular Demonstrator, just e-mail me & I'll pop them in the mail for you.

I'll be sharing projects & ideas though Sale-a-bration so keep checking in here. Here's all you need to know to get started.


Occasions Catalogue
Order dates: 6 January - 2 June 2015
Starting with the gorgeous paper bouquet on the cover (yes, it's a kit), you'll find awesome ideas for cards, gifts, photos & more. Celebrate all the important people & occasions of 2015 including birthdays, weddings, babies, Mother's  & Father's days, Valentines & Easter. You'll also find a selection of Christmas catalogue carryover items if you're keen to get an early start.

View & download Occasions Catalogue pdf here

Sale-a-bration

 View & download Sale-a-bration brochure

Sale-a bration runs from 6 January - 31 March 2015 & Stampin' Up! has created an amazing collection of freebies for you. How will you Sale-a-brate this year?

Shop: Choose a free product from the SAB brochure for every $90 you spend (excl shipping).There are 10 new & exclusive stamp sets & accessories or 12 Blendabilities™ marker packs to choose from. What will you pick?

Host: $400 or more in individual orders or party sales during SAB gives you $40 extra stampin' rewards - that's a minimum of $100 of freebies. This rewards table shows how much you could choose free.

Parties can be online or in person &- it's your choice. Contact me for more info on how to get your freebies.

Join the SU family & my team during SAB & choose your own $235 starter kit PLUS a free bonus project kit from the Occasions Catalogue OR 2 Sale-a-bration freebies.

This would be awesome for you if...
- you have a huge wishlist (who doesn't);
- you'd like get a great discount on everything you buy;
- you'd like to share Stampin' Up with friends & family, or make it your own part or full-time business.

If this sounds like you, contact me for more info & no pressure.
Ready to get started? - our quick sign up is here

Need more info - click away to e-mail me or leave a comment & I'll reply there.
I hope you're excited as I am. Back soon with some project ideas.

Inky wishes, Di

Christmas 2014 in review 1 - how I love stars

Firstly, Merry Christmas & the happiest of new year wishes to you for 2015.
December went in a flash for me & life got in the way of plans to sharing my Christmassy creations before the big day (as it does). However, as my blog is as much a record for me as a way to share with you, I'm sharing them anyway. Hopefully they may give you some ideas for next Christmas.
I really love stars for Christmas & felt like making something a little different so I made hanging ornament cards with Bright & Beautiful star stamps & framelits in a fave silver, pool party, lost lagoon & crumb cake colour combination.

There are 2 separate star pieces attached with a ribbon. This pic shows the front & back.

& this one shows also shows the separated ornament with the inside sentiment - which is from Bright & Beautiful. I used the digital version from MDS so I could shrink it to fit the star.

I also made a similar elegant eggplant & silver version.

... and some starry cards too.
This version uses the same layers as the ornament - a stamped star, vellum star, glimmer star & noel or joy from the Wondrous Wreath framelits, made into a square card with All is Calm dsp.

 Another square version with some shiny silver & glimmer.

 Here's  another variation.

Well, that's all my starry creations for now. I'll be back next time with more Christmassy creations using an amazing little box. Thanks for visiting.
Inky wishes, Di

To see & order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.
Product List

Bright & Beautiful Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Wonderous Wreath Photopolymer Bundle	Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock	Pool Party A4 Card Stock
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	White Vellum A4 Card Stock	Silver Foil Sheets
Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad	Bright And Beautiful Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download	Lucky Stars Textured Impressions Embossing Folders
Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack	Lost Lagoon 3/8" Silky Taffeta Ribbon	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

Exciting news - Just Add Ink design team

In the midst of much Christmas creating, I'm excited to share the news that I'll be joining the lovely girls at the Just Add Ink Challenge Blog as a Design Team member from January 2015.

I'm sure many of you are already familiar with Just Add Ink but if not, you're in for a treat. Each week a new papercrafting challenge is issued on the blog -  this could be based on a sketch, colour combination, theme, technique, or inspiration pic etc. The Design Team share projects they've created based on the challenge, then you can create your own project & link it to the challenge too. Fun! I've been inspired by the team's awesome creations for such a long time so I'm really looking forward to starting the challenges, getting to know the girls better, learning more & sharing lots too.

So, check out JAI's current & past challenges here & keep an eye on my blog for my first official challenge in January.

I'll be back to share some more Christmas creations too...hopefully before Christmas is upon us!
Inky wishes, Di

Festival of Trees for World Card Making Day

As promised, I'm sharing more Christmas projects using the Festival of Trees bundle. We made these at my World Card Making Day event on October 4th... & what an extra special day it was. A very dear friend just returned home to Aus after a long time overseas & surprised me by joining the class. Thank goodness my class lovelies who came are awesome cardmakers, as I was more than a little emotional & distracted at seeing her after so long. Anyway, in between hugs, much chatter & delicious treats we made this card...

I saw this fabulous card by Kimberly Van Diepen in the week before the class & just loved it, so made my own variation. Thanks so much for the inspiration Kimberly. I carried the tree theme to the inside & used the great sentiments from the Wondrous Wreath set.

Scalloped Tag Topper Box
I like to surprise my class gals with little extras, so we also made this surprise matching box...

This was a very last minute addition after I saw this great box tutorial by Simone Bartrum on my Pinterest travels. I followed the tute measurements exactly & decorated the top to match the card. Here is how it looks open. Perfect for a tealight candle, choccie treat, jewellery & lots more.

I think everyone enjoyed making their projects & I certainly loved spending the afternoon with them too. Thanks very much for visiting today & hope you like the projects. If you have any questions or just want to say hi, just leave me a comment.
Inky wishes, Di


Product List To see & order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.

Product List

Festival Of Trees Photopolymer Bundle	Wonderous Wreath Photopolymer Bundle	Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock	Pool Party A4 Card Stock	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock
Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Nordic Noel Designer Series Paper	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad	Lost Lagoon 3/8" Silky Taffeta Ribbon
Frosted Sequins	2-1/2" Circle Punch	Tag Topper Scalloped Punch	Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

Natural Festival of Trees Christmas

It's a thunder-stormy evening here in Sydney & Harry, my scared little fur-baby is curled up shaking beside me. So, what could I do but keep sitting beside him & type a blog post. Hopefully, you're happy about that too :-)
Today's cards came from my first play with Festival of Trees back in September (oops). This is one of my fave Holiday Catalogue stamp & punch bundles. If the card looks familiar to you, it's because I adapted it from a lovely sample in the catalogue.

I used our Naturals White cardstock for the base & dotty tree, which created a little more rustic look & traditional red-green combination. I had some scraps left so I made this little simple one too.

So, what do you think? Do you like the natural look?  If not, this would work equally well with regular whisper white. That's all for me today as dinner must be made, but I have another Festival of Trees card to share next time. Until then...
Inky wishes, Di

Product List
To see & order any items used in today's project, just click on the items below to see them in my Online Store. You can order from me if you live anywhere in Australia. I would love to be your Demonstrator if you don't already have one. Please allow "Demonstrator contact" in your preferences so I can thank you properly when you place your order.

Festival Of Trees Photopolymer Bundle	Naturals White A4 Card Stock	Kraft 12" X 12" Card Stock	Real Red A4 Card Stock	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz
Brights Backgrounds Designer Series Paper Stack	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad	Pear Pizzaz Classic Stampin' Pad	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad	Linen Thread
Big Shot	Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Decorative Label Punch	Banner Punch