Stampin' with Ally

Phase II of Decor elements now available

allyf — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:42:19 +0000

Decor Elements Phase II

Click here to view the combined Phase I and II brochure of Decor Elements.

Phase II is absolutley stunning, This picture is of the new Ginormous Flower decal range that comes in two colour schemes as does the new butterfly decals which are really beautiful.

Holiday Mini

allyf — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:25:55 +0000

This years holiday mini is the best yet, wait until you see what is in it! You can view it here

Holiday Mini

If is full of really great accessories and you will be pleased to here that the gold and silver cord is back.

My 3 favourite sets are Mr Twigster, Christmas Cardinal and the Winter Post set. I am sure I will be using these sets alot in upcoming classes.

Poinsettia

allyf — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:16:07 +0000

This card uses the scrumptious new designer paper – Ski Slope from the Holiday Mini, the cardstock colours are Old Olive, Read Red and Baja Breeze.

Stamp sets are Season of Joy, Snowburst and many Merry Messages. Ribbon is Real Red striped Grosgrain and the greeting is embossed in gold to match the gold brad in the centre of the flower.

The background snowflakes are stamped with baja breeze ink onto the baja breeze cardstock to get a tone on tone background.

All the colours from this card are taken from the designer paper, if you ever struggle putting colours together, use the coour combinations in the paper, this way everything matches and gives you that professional look.

Baroque Christmas

allyf — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:08:35 +0000

Baroque Motifs make great Christmas cards. This one uses Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke and Gold embossing powder with some gold elastic thread. Sorry the picture is a bit dark.

The medallion is embossed in gold onto artichoke cardstock and cut out.

Seasons Greetings comes from the stamp set Many Merry Messages

Bitty Birthday Class

allyf — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:25:08 +0000

Bitty Birthday Class – October 29^th 6pm $30 prepaid

Make 3 Birthday cards, a Gift Tag, a Gift Bag and a party favour all with the same stamp set, then once you are done take the stamp set home! Bargain basement price of $30.00.

I will need definite numbers for this class so please let me know if you wish to attend by the 20^th October so I can order your stamp set. Pre payment is also required.

I think this is going to be great fun and will give you lots of ideas for future use.

Polished Stone

allyf — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:45:14 +0000

This was one of my technique card swaps for convention this year.

The technique is Polished Stone, instructions can be found at splitcoaststampers.com here

The cardstock colours I used are Night of Navy, Brocade Blue and Bordering Blue. The polished stone technique was on glossy white cardstock. Reinkers were the same with the addition of silver and the greeting was embossed in silver. Stamp sets are wonderful words and Lovely as a Tree.

I was thinking after I made it that it would be a great christmas card.

Pun Fun tin

allyf — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:43:29 +0000

My Hostess Gift swap for convention, this is an altoid tin decorated with cardstock and ribbon.

I made four mini cards to fit inside using the Pun Fun, Sprinkles and Simply Said stamp sets. Cardstock colours are Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Real Red and Certainly Celery.

Made a lot of use of my punches! They turned out really cute, I want to try to make enevlopes for the cards now then it will be the perfect gift for anyone.

Zoofari Waterfall

allyf — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:39:25 +0000

This was my other WOW swap for convention. Waterfall cards are great fun to make and I love the Zoofari set. I will again endeavor to get instructions up but they can be found at splicoaststamper.com in the resources area Waterfall Card

Colours for cardstock and ink are Close to Cocoa, Rose Red, So Saffron, Perfect Plum and Old Olive. Neutral cardstock is Very Vanilla. Stamp sets are Zoofari, Sprinkles and Curvy Verses.

I used jumbo eyelets to hold the cocoa strip down to make sure it was secure, I thought it may fall off during trvael if I just taped it. I also fixed the ribbon down with a small eyelet as I wasn`t sure it would stay put if I just looped it through. Turned out really well though so I will probably make them like this in future.

Double Slider

allyf — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:32:19 +0000

This was the card I made for one of my convention WOW swaps.

It is a double slider card instructions for which I will post at a later date, but for now you can find the at splitcoaststampers.com in the resources area Double Slider Card

The stamp sets are Doodle This and Curvy Verses. Cardstock and ink colours are Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral and So Saffron. The large flowers are stamped in black directly onto the cardstock and then cut out, then all held together with a Fire Rhinestone Brad.

This is a fun card to have a go at, but time consuming – as I found out when I had to make 10 5 days before I left for convention!. Definately a great Technique Class card though. Movement cards are always satisfying when you have finished them.

Convention Swap

allyf — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:23:21 +0000

This was the card that I took to convention with me for my general swap. I used the Wonderful You set with the matching wheel. The cardstock is Always Artichoke and Old Olive as are the inks. The ribbon is the 5/8″ Old Olve Grosgrain.

Wow shows how far behind I am with this blogging lark, just getting my convention swaps up now!!

I have also used this card at a class using Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla using the flower image from the same set.

It really is quite hard to make a bad card with this stamp set!