By the time you read this I’ll be in sunny Noosa on the 2009 Stampin’ Up! Incentive Trip.  Here’s the swap card I made to swap with the other Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who also achieved the Incentive Trip along with Stampin’ Up! staff.

There’s a bit happening in this card.  The main image was stamped in Chocolate Chip then coloured in using a blender pen dipped into the pool of ink from an inkpad.  The edges of the cardstock where sponged with a sponge dauber using Creamy Caramel ink and the little diamante in the middle is a rhinestone brad which I pulled apart and just used the diamante.  This main image was then adhered onto some Pink Pirouette cardstock then Chocolate Chip cardstock then the whole thing mounted onto the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals so that it is raised from the base card.  The green base card has been spritzed with a spritzing tool and a green marker then the edges have been sponged with the same colour ink (Certainly Celery) using a sponge dauber and an inkpad.  The butterfly was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink then coloured with inkpads and a blender pen like the main image then cut out and mounted with Stampin’ Dimensionals under the wings so they sit up.  On the right hand corner there’s two pieces that have been punched with the Photo Corner punch, one is in Chocolate Chip (like the base card which is why it looks thicker in that corner) then some pink patterned paper from the Bella Rose designer series paper range.  That same patterned paper (in pink and chocolate) was punched using the Eyelet Border Punch and adhered to the bottom of the card.  Just over the top of the scalloped border I have adhered some satin ribbon.  The ribbon is double-sided and I have adhered it so the vanilla side is showing, the other side is Kiwi Kiss.

Sorry this is a quick post but I need to finish packing for my holiday – hence the crooked photography!  Hope you like my card.   If you have any questions, please email me and I’d be very happy to answer them.

Rubber Stamps:
Dreams du Jour

Inkpads:
Chocolate Chip
Certainly Celery (plus matching marker)
Pink Pirouette
Creamy Caramel

Cardstock & Paper:
Chocolate Chip
Certainly Celery
Pink Pirouette
Very Vanilla
Bella Rose

Tools:
Eyelet Border Punch
Photo Corner Punch
Spritzer Tool
Blender Pens
Sponge Daubers

Accessories:
Satin Ribbon
Pretties Kit (pearls)
Rhinestone brad

Adhesives:
SNAIL Adhesive (for cardstock)
Stampin’ Dimensionals (to pop up the main section plus the butterfly)

Woop! I’m on the cover Creative Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine this month.  My card is the one on the right with the flower.  There’s more of my cards inside the magazine.

You can find this magazine at your local newsagency or Borders.  Also on the cover is a card made by one of my beautiful team members, Petronela Hardy, her card is the one with the cocktail glass and Petronela also has more cards inside the magazine.  By the way, my card features Stampin’ Up!’s Fresh Cuts stamp set with the matching die-cut card.  Petronela’s card features Stampin’ Up!’s Cheers For You stamp set.

I know I’ve been quiet lately but it’s only been quiet on my blog, in the background I’ve been running around like a headless chicken.  So much happening with the launch of Stampin’ Up!’s Spring Mini Catalogue and I’m also going to be going away soon for Stampin’ Up!’s 2009 Incentive Trip which I earned this year.  The trip this year will be to Noosa and I hope to be able to get lots of photos so I can blog about it when I get back.  I’d like to take this opportunity  to thank all my wonderful customers and team members for helping me to achieve this trip to Noosa – obviously I could not have done it without each and every one of you.  Thank you also for your friendship and all the wonderful emails that I receive from you all.

In the meantime since I’m going to be away, I’m offering all my customers free shipping for any Stampin’ Up! products ordered through me.  So email me your order asap and receive free shipping to anywhere in Australia.  This offer is valid only until 31st August.

That’s it for now, be good and I hope to post again soon.