Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Happy 5th Birthday Kelly!!

Like any work-place, an acknowledgment of another year of work is always great to have recognised... This is no different for us, friends of Kelly, who is celebrating her 5th year of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator.

Kelly's commitment to the company, her friendship and of course, the work she creates, is always amazing!!

With that in mind, I have pulled out my laptop, dusted off my sleepy blog & have finally given it some love & care.. there are soooo many reasons to be happy right now, hey?

Some of you may know that there is a new annual catalogue that is being released to the public on June 1 this year & I have chosen to show off one of the stamp sets from this catalogue. (One of the perks to being a SU! demonstrator is that you are lucky enough to have access to pre-released items!!)

So here we go, time to show you my 'Happy' creations...

This photo shows a couple of the images from Crafting Forever, a brand new stamp set!! I think it has soooo many opportunities to be played with, so I seriously stamped over 40 images & lost myself to colouring them in, using the Watercolor Pencils with an Aquapen. How could you get any colours wrong, really???

While I was cutting out the paint pots, I realised that I could 'build' a container of brushes by individually cutting them out and layering them, (lucky my children are 12+ and they can cook their own tea, right??)

I decided my paint pots would work really well to hold up the 'easel' part of the an Easel Card. I used acetate, (over-head projector sheets, for us smarter people) behind the paint pots and placed them between the layers of the sentiment band.

The sentiment says: Do something creative every day... Isn't that just a great message to send someone?

I then cut a frame to place over the butterfly, from Butterfly Wings & hung it like a piece of artwork!!

These cards are now travelling all over Australia, as a part of a Demonstrator Swap - I make 10 cards of the same design, they go to a designated person who sorts through all of the swaps & she will send me 10 new swaps, of all different designs - what a great way to be inspired, hey?




How bright and cheerful are they? Perfect timing for Kelly's celebratory party, I think!!
Congratulations Kelly on making a great choice 5 years ago, (I'm celebrating 8 years Sunday, just gone!!) Hip hip hooray to us both!!

http://www.melissagifford.com.au/2017/05/kellys-stamping-friends-blog-hop.html


I'd love to hear what you think about my creations, I'd love for you to leave me a message that you've visited, if you can...

From this blog, you will click onto Danielle's blog, her creations will astound you!!

Take it away Daniella... Thanks for stopping by :)



15 comments:

  1. The Crafting Forever stamp set makes me SO happy too! It's my favourite set ever! I made a couple of cards on Friday using it and I love, love, loved colouring in the paintbrushes too!

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  2. Love your creative use of this new set, Jo. You have been busy! Gorgeous cards.

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  3. I love your creations Jo. I chose this stamp set to feature in my blog post for this hop, so thrilled with the extra inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. I have used this set quite a bit but hadn't thought of popping up the flower pot. Love what you have created JO!...B!

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  5. Wow, that's very clever Jo, will give that a go. Thx very much .

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  6. Another fan of this stamp set - so fun and so many colouring options for it. While looking at yours I had another little light bulb moment which I must go and write down before I forget. Lovely happy cards Jo :)

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  7. Your cards are fabulous! How clever to use the pots to prop up the easel part of the card.

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  8. Cannot wait to use this stamp set!! love it and you've done such a beautiful job here.

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  9. Thanks for looking into my little world everyone, I really do appreciate it! I just loved participating in this bloghop, it was so much fun!!

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  10. It looks like you had so much fun creating these beautiful cards, Jo. They are fabulous. x

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  11. Ok, so now l need this set too!..:0) Love the whole arty, easel idea Jo..Fab projects! xx

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  12. Oh Jo. These are just adorable. I love the creative way of using this easel card design. So glad you dusted the blog off!

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  13. I'm loving your cards, Jo. Awesome use of that fun fold. I just might have to case this ;)
    Greetings from the Netherlands,
    Danielle
    Mrs. Brightside

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  14. Totally gorgeous cards Jo! Thanks for joining this hop!!! I'm so glad to have kick started your return to blogging and can't wait to see more of your work! Kelly x

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