Wendy Todd - Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator

Easter Cardmaking in Lake Macquarie

Yesterday I attended the Coffee, Craft and Chat club at Morisset  Multipurpose Centre to demonstrate Easter Cardmaking. We had a great morning socialising and creating together. Thanks for having me, Ladies!

Today's card is the Make & Take project that we created yesterday morning. I CASEd the layout from a card designed by Nichole Heady and the punch art basket of eggs from a card designed by Marelle Taylor.

Would you like to create a card like this at your own in-home workshop? I can taylor a workshop just for you according to a theme of  your choice -what a great way to spend an afternoon or evening with friends! Contact Me to book your workshop today! 

Simple Thanks For Everything

Just a simple card today. This card was strongly inspired by a card displayed at an official Stampin' Up! event. I only had a blurry photo of the card I was inspired by, but it was enough to give me an idea and I ran with it! I like the simplicity of this card layout because it lends itself to a variety of applications. I've made my card a thank-you for my father-in-law, who often helps me with little jobs for my craft room. I so appreciate all he does for me! But this card could easily be adjusted to suit any occasion -change the colours for a beautiful lady's birthday card, change the stamps and simplify the colours for a striking wedding card... the possibilities are endless!

Clean and simple cards are making a big comeback and I just love them! When I find a great layout like this, I like to sketch it out into a notebook that I keep for future reference. This notebook is one of my favourite cardmaking tools, now -so handy for those quick cards you need to make in a hurry!

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Stamps: For Everything

Papers: Kraft, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

Ink: Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Clips Assortment Hardware, Scallop Border Punch, Chit Chat RubOns, Textile Embossing Folder

Bright and Happy Birthday Card

Today's card combines some old favourites (Gingham Ribbon -yum!) with some new must-haves (Good Neighbours Stamp Set -love it!). I first saw the design for this card on SCS and loved the bright, happy design right away. The versatility of the Good Neighbours FREE Sale-A-Bration stamp set hasn't ceased to amaze me. I've used this set for a HUGE range of card themes -including thank-you, welcome, birthday (both masculine and feminine) and even sympathy cards! It's a fun set to create with and definitely a very useful addition to any stamper's collection.

By far, the best thing about this awesome stamp set is that you can earn it for FREE! Stampin' Up!'s famous Sale-A-Bration Promotion is ON NOW and that means you can choose a free stamp set for every $100 you spend before March 31st. Email Me or phone me on 0402 120 972 for more details or to place an order.

Stamps:  Good Neighbours, Cheer & Wishes

Papers: Pixie Pink, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Patterns DSP

Ink: Pixie Pink, Pumpkin Pie, Black StazOn

Accessories: Circle Punches, Flower Fusion, Black Gingham Ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Totally Tool Masculine Card

I've long struggled with making cards for men. Masculine cards always seemed a huge challenge for me. Late last year I made the (since proven to be VERY wise) decision to add the Totally Tool stamp set to my collection. Let me tell you, I am SO glad I did! I love this stamp set! No sooner had I got my hands on it than I began planning a Stamp-A-Stack class using it -I wanted to share the joy of this set with my class customers!

Today's card is one of the 3 designs we made in that Stamp-A-Stack class. I CASEd the layout from a card designed by Kristina Werner and altered it to suit the supplies I wanted to use. I really like the versatility of this card -it's suitable for any aged man in your life (even the little ones!) and it's bright a cheery, too!

If you would like to order any of the supplies used to create today's card, or to book into my next Stamp-A-Stack class, please email me or phone me on 0402 120 972.

Stamps: Totally Tool, Family Phrases

Papers: Kraft, Glossy White, Holiday Treasures DSP

Ink: Versamark, Riding Hood Red, Cameo Coral, Pacific Point, Old Olive

Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, White Signo Gel Pen, Sponge Daubers 

A Razzle Dazzle Thank-You

Happy Thursday, Everyone! Today's card is very bright and cheery and one that just plain puts me in a good mood! I made this card a while ago for a swap with some other demos in my team and I just love how it turned out. I CASEd the design from a card I saw on SCS and changed the colours to make them more "me". This colour scheme just screams "Razzle Dazzle" to me... what do you think?

Razzle Dazzle is one of the gorgeous stamp sets in our Summer Mini Catalogue, which expires on March 31st. Do you still have summer mini products on your wish list? Don't delay! Email Me or phone me on 0402 120 972 with your order today!

Stamps: Razzle Dazzle, Occasional Greetings

Papers: Rose Red, Cameo Coral, Whisper White

Ink: Opaque White StazOn

Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers in Old Olive, Rose Red, Cameo Coral, Scallop Oval Punch, Old Olive Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Clear Acetate Sheet, Eyelet Border Punch

Scrapbook In An Evening Class

I have an exciting class coming up that I wanted to share with you all today. I often have mums tell me that they just don't have enough time to do all of the scrapbooking they'd like to get done. I recently had one of those lightbulb moments and thought "I should do a class where we make a complete scrapbook album in one evening". So here it is. My "Scrapbook In An Evening" class. Love it!

This class will not only provide you with a gorgeous completed album, but you’ll also receive full step by step instructions to recreate the album at home in any theme and colours you like! The completed album has 12 pages for photos and journaling and 6 pockets for hideaway mementos or hidden journaling. With fun, bright colours, it’s the perfect album to record all those special moments of the special little ones in your life.

Here are the deets:

When: Thursday, 18th March, 7pm start

Where: My house, Blue Haven, NSW (address given upon registration)

Cost: $30, includes all materials for complete album AND supper! Bargain!

I have strictly limited places in this class, so be sure to get in quick to secure your place. Email Me or phone me on 0402 120 972 today to book your place at this exciting new class! 

Cardmaking with Free stamps!

Today's card is one that I created for my Sale-A-Bration launch party back in January. I wanted to have a variety of samples made up to show my guests the versatility of this year's free stamp sets. I CASEd the design from SCS and just changed it slightly to suit the supplies I had on hand. Such a cute, simple design and it was so quick to make!

There are just 4 weeks of Sale-A-Bration left! If you still have one (or more!) of this year's free SAB Stamp Sets on your wish list, don't delay! Email me or phone me on 0402 120 972 today to place your qualifying order!

Stamps: Good Neighbours (SAB 2010), Trendy Trees

Papers: Old Olive, Cameo Coral, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun, Cameo Coral, Old Olive

Accessories: Old Olive Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Apron Lace Border Punch

Masculine SFYTT Challenge Entry

I have another SFYTT Challenge entry for you today. Jen Del Muro does such great sketches! I wanted to create a masculine birthday card, so I pulled out my Seeing Spots stamp set and created some patterned paper to use as a focal point on my card. I created the background on the card base by "thumping" my ink pad all over it in different directions. Such a great effect for masculine cards!

If you would like to order any of the products used to create today's card, please email me or phone me on 0402 120 972.

Stamps: Birthday Wish, Seeing Spots

Papers: Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Basic Black

Accessories: Twill Tape, Antique Brass Hodgepodge (retired), Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write marker, Stampin' Dimensionals

Pretty In Pink SFYTT Sketch Challenge

My two boys are going to a birthday party this weekend for a special little girl who's turning 1. When thinking about a design for Abbie's card, I decided that last week's SFYTT sketch challenge was a perfect starting point.

I decided to keep the colours simple and just went with Pretty In Pink and Whisper White. I'm really happy with how this card came together. I hope Miss Abbie likes it!

If you would like to order any of the Stampin' Up! supplies used to create this card, email me or phone me on 0402 120 972.

Stamps: Pretty Princess, Crazy for Cupcakes

Papers: Whisper White, Pretty In Pink, Tea Party DSP

Ink: Pretty In Pink

Accessories: Pretty in Pink Striped Grosgrain, Crystal Brads, 5 Point Flower Punch, Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch, Pink Tissue Paper, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder  

Scrapbooking Sale-A-Bration Style

I wanted to share this super-cute 6x6 Scrapbook Layout with you. This is the Make & Take we created at Bev's workshop last weekend. The original layout was designed by the very clever people in the Stampin' Up! design team, but I changed it a little to suit the stamps and supplies I had on hand. As you can see, we used the Sale-A-Bration stamp set "Whimsical Words". At first glance, this set seems perfect for cardmakers, but in using it with this layout, I realised the massive potential it has for scrapbookers, too. Such a gorgeous combination of script font and type font, these stunning stamps are my new favourite journalling tool!

You can earn this set for FREE during Sale-A-Bration, which is on now! Just for spending $100 on any of our current range products, you can choose one of four gorgeous stamp sets for FREE! Email me or phone me on 0402 120 972 to place your order now. 

Quick & Simple Gift Ideas

Yesterday, Bev hosted a workshop at her house and I had the pleasure of demonstrating for her and several friends. I'm always grateful for the opportunity to share my passion for papercrafts with others, so I like to make a handmade gift for my workshop hostesses. For Bev's workshop yesterday, I decided to make up a gift bag of Love Notes with a matching card.

Using an idea I learned at Convention last year, I cut a piece of Baja Breeze Patterns Paper to fit neatly inside a small cellophane bag (IB&C page 130), then punched a handle using the Word Window Punch. For the gift card set, I CASEd the 3x3 card design for my set from our current Idea Book & Catalogue and made a set of 4 of them. I slipped them inside the bag and then tied it closed with a piece of double stitched Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain ribbon.

For the matching card, I used the same design layout as the 3x3 cards, but enlarged the scale to make a standard A6 card. I layered a few felt flowers from Flower Fusion Too and secured them with a Vintage Brass brad to give a bigger size embellishment with a bit more detail to give my larger card balance.

As this gift card set is such a quick, simple gift idea, I decided to show the workshop guests how to make it themselves at home. For my demonstration, I decided to make the same design in different colours, using the colours from the original Flower Fusion set. I gave away the second set as a door prize at the workshop.

Workshops are a lot of fun and a great way to spend an afternoon with friends! If you'd like to learn some great quick and simple card and gift ideas like these, or even some scrapbooking techniques and layouts, why not host a workshop at your place? Don't forget, hostesses can earn EXTRA benefits during Sale-A-Bration! Email me  or phone me on 0402 120 972 to book your workshop now!

Clearly Cardmaking on the Central Coast

Today's card is one that I made a while ago and for some reason never quite got around to adding it to my blog. I was really happy with how this card turned out at the time, so it's a surprise that I didn't get it on here sooner!

I've made this card with clear acetate sheeting (also known as clear cardstock). The white alphabet stamping was done using White StazOn ink and the Nursery Letters stampin' around wheel. It looks so effective in real life!

I hope you like today's card. If you'd like to order any of the Stampin' Up! supplies used to create this card, please email me or phone me on 0402 120 972. Don't forget, it's Sale-A-Bration time and that means free stamps on all orders over $100 value! 

Haitian Relief Update

Stampin′ Up! demonstrators are working hard to make a difference in the lives of those who continue to be affected by the 12 January earthquake in Haiti. In just fifteen days, demonstrators around the world have already sold 7524 of the stamp sets. From each of these sets, Stampin′ Up! will donate $2 to the Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund.

This offer lasts until 28 February, 2010, so you still have time to lend a helping hand to those who are so much in need.

I {heart} Hearts Mini Accordian Album

I am really loving the I {heart} Hearts stamp set. I'm finding it to be a very inspirational set, which makes it really easy to create with! When I bought the set back in early January, the first project that I began planning was a mini accordian album for my husband for Valentine's Day. I plan to put some family photos in my album and I chose an accordian style because I wanted my husband to be able to stand it up on display, either on his desk at work or on our TV cabinet at home. I was so excited with the finished album that I decided to offer it as a class. The class sold out so quickly that I didn't even get to advertise it online!

The class was held at my place last Thursday night and we all had a great time. Everyone's albums turned out a little differently with each person's personal touch. This is one of the things I love most about teaching papercrafts -the way we can all create something different with the exact same supplies and tools. It's so inspirational!

Don't forget... Until February 28th, the Stampin' Up! will donate $2 from the sale of every i {heart} Hearts stamp set to the American Red Cross Haitian Disaster Relief fund. PLUS, during this fundraising promotion, I will personally discount the stamp set from the full retail price of $42.95 to just $35.14 (plus shipping). Don't delay! Contact me today to place your order and help the people of Haiti to begin rebuilding their lives.

Good Neighbours and Sale-A-Bration

I am so enjoying Sale-A-Bration! This year's Free stamp sets are just gorgeous and SO much fun to create with! I've used one of this year's free stamp sets to create today's card, which I CASEd from SCS. It's called "Good Neighbours" and I am loving it! The set comes with 3 house "bodies" and 3 house roofs that are all interchangable. It also comes with a leaf stamp and 2 tree stamps AND a cloud stamp! It's just adorable and so versatile.

To create the background effect on the vanilla cardstock, I just used my bone scorer along the groove of my paper cutter. I love how it turned out!

During Sale-A-Bration (on now until March 31st), when you spend $100 on Stampin' Up! merchandise, you'll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward. There's no limit--for every $100 you spend, you can select another FREE Sale-A-Bration reward! Contact me today to place your qualifying order and get your hands on some gorgeous FREE stamps! 

Haitian Disaster Relief

I am proud to announce that Stampin' Up! are joining the relief effort to bring aid and support to the people of Haiti. From now until 28 February, Stampin' Up! will donate $2 from the sale of every I {Heart} Hearts stamp set (pictured left) to the American Red Cross' Haiti Relief and Development Fund. The Red Cross is already well established in Haiti and this money will be used to provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need.
 
In order to sell as many of these sets as possible (in the hope of raising lots of money!), I will be removing my demonstrator discount. This brings the cost of the stamp set down to just $35.14 (plus applicable shipping of $5.95 or 5% of order value, whichever is greater).
 
Don't forget, Sale-A-Bration is now on and the purchase of this set will count towards your $100 order!

I just love this stamp set, so I'm really excited that Stampin' Up! chose this set to fundraise with. I sat down yesterday and created this cute milk carton gift box, using the I {heart} hearts set and Candy Lane DSP. This is such a cute gift box and will make a perfect valentine treat for my hubby.
 
Contact me today to place your order for this gorgeous stamp set and help the people of Haiti to begin rebuilding their lives.