Colour Renovation Re-do

Stampin' Up! recently announced they were renovating their colours, with a complete shake up of how they group colours and what colours they will carry over the next few years. As part of this change they will be introducing 5 new colours as well as making Kraft a new core colour so it will have a coordinating inkpad and many more coordinating accessories (oh I am so cheering for that one!). Another aspect of this change is many current colours will be retiring at the end of our current catalogue. While I am sad to be waving good-bye to some of them, others I am very glad to finally give the boot (Yoyo Yellow & Only Orange you know I am talking about you!).

Why I am I telling you all of this? There are a couple of reasons, but the first is to do with the card you see above. As I was going through things on my desk last week I came across some cards I had taken out of my sample boxes as they featured products that were no longer available. One card in particular I had really liked, so I decided to remake it using current product. To mix it up even more, I decided to use mostly retiring colours. I'm sad to say Mellow Moss, Brocade Blue and Close To Cocoa will all be leaving us at the end of August. This card also features two punches that are part of this weeks Deals Of The Week special offer. You can order both the Scallop Oval and the Trio Flower punches for $20.12 each (normally $30.95 each), but only until Wednesday so you only have one day left to take advantage of this great deal! Contact me now to order yours before it is too late.

All supplies by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock:Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Close To Cocoa, Whisper White, Brocade Blue
Stamp Sets: Flight Of The Butterfly, Best Yet
Inks: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Always Artichoke
Accessories: 5/8" Brocade Blue grosgrain ribbon, Trio Flower punch, Scallop Oval punch, large oval punch, butterfly punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, scallop edge punch, Pretties Kit, mini glue dots, dimensionals

Taken With Butterflies & CraftExpo

Yes I know, it's been another long break between posts. After days of thinking "I'll update my blog later" and it never happening, I've taken time out from preparing for CraftExpo to finally share something. This is a snippet of the card I have made for this months Elite Challenges colour challenge "Point Taken". While these colours just scream "peacock" to me, I thought they'd work well with butterflies. And I'm just a little obsessed with butterflies at the moment! Hope over to the Elite Challenge blog to read all the details.

What was that I said about CraftExpo? Fellow demonstrators and myself will be there with displays, demonstrations, a Make & Take and daily lucky door prizes. Drop by to check it out!

Where & When: Friday February 19th to Sunday February 21st at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre (a short walk from Broadmeadow train station).
Open: 10am - 4:30pm daily.
Tickets: Entry is $14 for adults, $12 for Seniors/Pensioners, $7 for Children (5-16yrs), Children under 5 are free. A family ticket (2 adults and 2 children) is available for $34.

Find us at stand F13

Love is Like a Butterfly

Another day, another butterfly card for the Elite Challenges blog! And another card that uses markers over already inked stamps... I'll see if the next card I upload can be a bit different in topic and technique . I've used another Summer Mini set on this card, in conjunction with a matching punch and Circle Scissors. Yes, Circle Scissors. Oh how I have loved playing with this fantastic tool... no longer am I circle challenged! I can now cut circles in any size from 1" up to 6" - I'm loving how easy and versatile it is. Anyway, to see the full card and all the product details, check it out at the Elite Challenges blog. If you like to see the circle scissors in action, just contact me to book a workshop.

Butter-Moth-Flies

On Friday night Clare hosted this months Inklings Cyberstamp. Her first challenge was a sketch challenge based on a poster for the movie The Shining, the second challenge was a colour challenge of black, white and orange. I was late to the party so I decided to speed things up by combining the challenges (after all, orange can be a bit scary... ). The colours would have been great for a Halloween card, but since that was past I was a little stuck for inspiration until I thought of all the Tiger Moths we have around at the moment. I used the emboss resist technique to create my moths with the Flight of the Butterfly set, so they may be a little confused as to what species they really are but I'm really happy with how they turned out. And yes, I actually used Only Orange!

All products by Stampin' Up!
Cardstock: Only Orange, Basic Black, Whisper White
Stamp Set: Flight of the Butterfly
Ink: VersaMark
Accessories: clear embossing powder, Basic Black marker, Scallop edge punch 1/16" circle punch, Pumpkin Pie grosgrain ribbon, Fashion District rub-ons, mini glue dots
Plus a mystery item from the up-coming Summer mini catalogue