2014 Catalogue Launch - Z fold cards

To launch the 2014 - 15 Stampin' Up! catalogue, I enjoy showing my customers a new fold.  This year I featured the Z fold card.  This is a very simple card to cut and fold as shown HERE by Dawn Griffith. 

I cut a piece of 12x12 card stock in half and then scored the length at 4 and 8".  I measured and marked 4 1/2" on the 6" side and then cut from the 6" point to the 4 1/2" point.  

The girls enjoyed having a card base made in seconds, the challenge was then to embellish it.
For me, this took some time but for others, no problem at all.  This is but a few of the creations fromt he Toowoomba launch...

A Marina Mist and Old Olive colour combination...

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation - Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri, Z fold Card

 Old Olive, Pink Pirouette and a little Rich Razzleberry featured on this card...

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation - Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri, Flower Shop & Petite Petals, Z fold Card



A Crafty Cat - creative team creation - Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri, Flower Shop & Petite Petals, Z fold Card

 Rose used a range of colours on Chocolate Chip card stock - isn't it stunning...


A Crafty Cat - Rose Christian- Stampin' Up! Flower Shop & Petite Petals, Z fold Card

This fold can be decorated with anything you like, Wetlands, By the Tide, anything.  I have more photos to publish so be sure to keep up with the posts.

Happy crafting...

2014 Catalogue Launch - Blendabilities

Stampin' Up! have released alcohol markers called Blendabilities and wow these have been SO popular with my customers.  Included in my Stampin' Up! catalogue launch, my customers got to test drive 3 sets - Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry and Cherry Cobbler to colour the beautiful Stampin' Up! stamp of "Blended Bloom" 125906 .  Go get a cup of your favourite drink and have a look at their creations...

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation -  Rich Razzleberry BLENDABILITIES to colour Stampin' Up! Blended Bloom

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation - Cherry Cobbler BLENDABILITIES to colour Stampin' Up! Blended Bloom

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation - Rich Razzleberry BLENDABILITIES to colour Stampin' Up! Blended Bloom

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation - Cherry Cobbler BLENDABILITIES to colour Stampin' Up! Blended Bloom

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation -  Rich Razzleberry BLENDABILITIES to colour Stampin' Up! Blended Bloom

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation - Cherry Cobbler & Rich Razzleberry BLENDABILITIES to colour Stampin' Up! Blended Bloom

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation - Cherry Cobbler BLENDABILITIES to colour Stampin' Up! Blended Bloom

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation - Cherry Cobbler & Rich Razzleberry BLENDABILITIES to colour Stampin' Up! Blended Bloom

Colouring was a childhood love of mine and colouring with Blendabilities is very soothing, relaxing and enjoyable for me.  These comments have been reflected at each of the events where participants undertook this project.

A Crafty Cat - creative team creation - Cherry Cobbler & Daffodil Delight BLENDABILITIES to colour Stampin' Up! Blended Bloom

I LOVE Blendabilites and I LOVE the amazing effect of the Blended Bloom stamp when married with Blendabilities.  I cannot wait to purchase all of the colours and show you what we create.

 Happy colouring,

2014 Cataogue Launch

Stampin' Up! have released their new 2014/15 catalogue and for demonstrator's and customers, that means new products to play with ... yaaayyyy.  This also means making the display of the year LOL, and this was my display...


A Crafty Cat - 2014 Catalogue Launch display

A Crafty Cat - 2014 Catalogue Launch a closer look at products with only one month to go.



A Crafty Cat - 2014 Catalogue Launch a closer look at various projects that can be undertaken with new products.

We had lots of projects to create and heaps of toys/products to play with...


Stampin' Up! ribbons, papers, embellishments, blendabilities and punches

Stampin' Up! inks, embellishments, DSP, blendabilities and Stamp sets

On a table of its own, the big shot and Textured boutique along with tools were displayed and used

A Crafty Cat - 2014 Catalogue Launch display of the big shot, textured boutique and paper piercing tools.





Our work areas were great - these are the work areas for the Waterford - Kathy Free's customers - just love the layout of the entire room and the lovely colourful sayings on the wall.

A Crafty Cat - 2014 Catalogue Launch work area

Second work area

A Crafty Cat - 2014 Catalogue Launch work area

I held several catalogue launch events in Toowoomba and one in Logan.  The ladies enjoyed creating the projects on offer and the results of their creative efforts will be featured in the following posts.
I hope you can join me each day as I get writing

Happy crafting

Label Swing Card Thinlit by Stampin' Up!

I love the shape of the Stampin' Up! Label swing card thinlit. Today's project is aimed at the men in our lives, so a masculine card using the label swing card.  I particularly love the Stampin' Up! "Word Map" coupled with the Stampin' Up! "Traveler" stamp set and of course had to use their colour card stock, Early Expresso.  Put this together and this is what I created for Father's Day...

Standing up, this photo shows the swing of the label, Antique Brad and Natural 5/8" Chevron Ribbon, both Stampin' Up! products.  The map was gently coloured with inked sponges.


A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Label swing card thinlit

 This is the card laying flat or closed...

A Crafty Cat - Stampin' Up! Label swing card thinlit

In the next post I will highlight the Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit, so be sure to join me.
Yours in paper craft,

Circle Swing Card thinlit by Stampin' Up! feature card.

Creating beautiful projects with the Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit comes naturally to a number of my dear customers.  This post features CN's first creation using the Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit and I love the detail of fussy cutting in this project, the colour combination and assembly/layout of the card.

CN's card was created in a class earlier this year...


A Crafty Cat - CN Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit

The card, when opened, revealed messages of endearment (from the Stampin' Up! "Blooming with Kindness" stamp set) that were solidly stamped on a background of the flower from the same set.


A Crafty Cat - CN Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit

The next two photos spotlight features of the card....


A Crafty Cat - CN Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit

This photo features the fussy cutting ....

A Crafty Cat - CN Stampin' Up! Circle swing card thinlit

I just love this card and I am sure the recipient was thrilled, and I hope it made her day if not week.

Yours in paper craft,