Wendy Todd - Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator

Handmade Scrunchy Ribbon

Happy Friday, Everyone! Today I wanted to show you this great trick for creating scrunchy ribbon from Stampin' Up!'s gorgeous Taffeta Ribbon. I learned this trick from the gorgeous Shannon West at Stampin' Up! Convention last weekend. We are so lucky to have such a talented training facilitator! I am always inspired by Shannon whenever I see her create!

Anyway, so, the trick is to take a length of our taffeta ribbon, cut a tiny slit in the centre of one end of the ribbon using your paper snips and then just pull on one of the fibres of the ribbon to get this scrunchy effect along the length of it. So cute! I loved Shannon's idea so much that I came home and created a card using this idea the very next day! My card is pretty much a CASE of Rae Barthel's card in this post over on the Papercrafts Connection blog (third card down). I really like this layout, I think I'll try it again using a different paper and colour scheme. So many cards to make, so little creative time! Lol.

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A Worthy Cause - MS Awareness Week

Yesterday was World MS Day, marking the beginning of MS Awareness week. Established by the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation and its member MS societies, World MS Day was created to raise awareness and inspire people to fight to make a difference in the lives of people living with MS. Over 2,000,000 people throughout the world are currently living with MS, a chronic, often debilitating disease. According to the World MS Day website, "it is one of the most common disabling neurological conditions amongst young adults".

With two close family members and a friend currently living with MS, this is a cause very close to my heart. Here in Australia, the MS Society has launched a national campaign in honour of MS Awareness Week. The "kiss goodbye to MS" campaign encourages us to wear red lipstick to help spread the word on MS. Since I'm not a big lipstick wear-er, I decided to create a red card and share it here on my blog instead. So, here is my red card! I've used the Pink Flamingo DSP, along with Real Red ink and a gorgeous Real Red button. I kept my card design very simple because I think that stunning floral paper does all the work on its own!

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you've enjoyed my card. I would ask that while you're here, please take a moment to visit Australia's MS Society website and donate to this fantastic charity that does so much to improve the lives of people living with MS.

Belated Mother's Day Sharing

A Belated Happy Mother's Day to all my blog reading mums! I hope you had a lovely, restful day yesterday. Today I am sharing the card I made for my mother-in-law. I used the gorgeous new In Colour, Melon Mambo and the fabulous Medallion stamp set. I just love this new stamp! It gives such a stunning focal point for cards.

To get the soft effect to the stamped medallion image, I used a technique called "ghosting". This is a really simple technique. You just use a brayer to spread a good coat of ink over our Vellum Cardstock, then stamp onto the vellum with a clean stamp while the ink is still wet.

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Stamps:  Medallion, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Inks: Melon Mambo, Black StazOn

Papers: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Vellum Cardstock, Whisper White

Accessories: Basic Black Brads, black satin ribbon from my stash

A CASE of Andrea Walford

Hi Everyone! A very quick card for you today. Earlier today, I saw this card by Andrea Walford and instantly knew I wanted to CASE it for my nephew's birthday in June. I've been hoarding the gorgeous Sweet Slumber Specialty DSP for ages and as soon as I saw Andrea's card, I knew that I would be breaking into it to make this card. One of the things I liked most about Andrea's card was the simplicity of it. This card took me literally less than 10 minutes to make, but doesn't it look adorable? It's the perfect birthday card for that special little boy in your life and a great design to use up any left over scraps of favourite papers, too! I can definitely see me using this layout again!

 
Stamps: On Your Birthday

Papers: Kraft cardstock, Sweet Slumber Specialty DSP

Ink: Basic Black Classic Ink

Accessories: Button Bouquet & Button Latte Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, So Saffron Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals