Did you enjoy the fabulous ESAD blog hop on Sunday night? There were some great creations!

This week I have something a little different for you - and its especially suitable for those who are taking a break from work, staying indoors out of the sun / rain/ wind/ extreme heat and especially this dreadful smoke!

I am very excited to announce that I am publishing a set of 8 tutorials, every month for the next 6 months. I have been working with some of my fellow Art With Heart Stampin' Up! demonstrator friends collaborating on an awesome pdf book just for YOU! It's called Creative Eight Wow Tutorials and the January edition is available RIGHT NOW!

How do you get it?

This amazing tutorial bundle is available FREE to those who place any $50 product order with me.  OR you can BUY it online for a measly $15 AUD.  I know you are just going to LOVE the eight projects detailed in the pdf.

Click on the paypal button to buy it instantly and receive it straight away in your inbox. 

OR place your Sale-a-bration order and get your Creative Eight Wow Tutorials free!

Hello and Happy New Year!

Today I am joining in with my ESAD sisters to bring you some lovely samples using Stampin' Up! products from the brand new Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration.  The catalogues both started on 3rd January and as demonstrators we were blessed to be able to have a bit of a play over November and December with our pre-order and products we received at On Stage (our annual Stampin' Up! get together).

If you have arrived here from another blog in the Blog Hop, welcome! If you are starting here and don't even know what a blog hop is, just click on the arrow at the bottom of my story, read the next one, click on the arrow at the bottom of that one to go to the next, etc etc until you do a full circle! It's easy - and you will get such good inspiring ideas!

When we arrived at On Stage in November, there was a very red tinged theme to the lighting and decor - no, not at all like the red tinged skies, the fire and heat experienced over our devastated country these last several months.

Our On Stage red tinge was . . . "poppies, poppies, poppies" . . .  so it came as little surprise when we received the new Mini Catalogue that it has many beautiful poppy themed products.

In fact, the Peaceful Poppies product suite has SO MANY gorgeous products in it, that I've hardly used anything else out of the new catalogue yet! All I've been making is Poppy projects!

For this first card I have teamed the Peaceful Poppies Dies and Peaceful Moments stamp set with consumable products from an entirely different Product Suite - Parisian Blossoms.  This gorgeous suite has Champagne foil highlights featured in the Designer Series Specialty Paper, Champagne Rhinestones and glossy satin Petal Pink Metallic-edge Ribbon, all used in this card, along with Champagne Foil and Thick Whisper White card.

I definitely wanted to try different colour combinations of this same design and layout and my two other favourite colours of the moment for gentle subtle cards and Crumb Cake and Purple Posy.

Instead of ribbon under the label, for the Crumb Cake card I used the Crumb Cake Twine from the Nature's Twine pack (in the Annual Catalogue).  The designer series paper on the left hand side is from the 6"x 6" DSP sampler which is currently an extra gift with your starter kit for those who join the Stampin' Up! family during Sale-a-bration.

The flowers and leaves are die cut from Sahara Sand Card stock and gently sponged parts of them with Crumb Cake ink. The background panel is stamped using the Birch background stamp on Crumb Cake. The base card is Sahara Sand.

The Purple Posy card also uses a small strip of Designer Series Paper from the Sale-a-bration Starter Kit sampler gift.  As the Purple Posy ink pad has been withdrawn from the market forever due to instability with the ink quality, instead of sponging some of the areas of the die cut flowers, I used the Light Highland Heather Stampin' Blend to darken some areas.

I chose Purple Posy 1/2" Scalloped Linen Ribbon to layer under the label on this card. 

I have listed all the products below if you want to double check which ones I used.

Right at the bottom of my post is the word "Comments".  I'd love to hear what you think! Please click on there and leave me some feedback!   You'll need to scroll past the list of participants and the thumbnails of the items I have used. Then come back here to this arrow and click on it to continue your journey through our Blog Hop! Thank you for visiting!

Click on the arrow to go and see what gorgeous creation our very talented friend Kayla McCreadie has made.

Blog participant List:

1. Nicole Wilson
2. Shannon Kissane
3. Rochelle Laird-Smith
4. Denise Buetler
5. Rachael Lewsley
6. Bronwyn Eastley
7. Lou Kitzelman
8. Libby Dyson
9. Sue Vine
10. Peta Stephen
11. Monique Fielder
12. Narelle Fasulo
13. Cathy Pinchbeck
14. Jenny Hayward
15. Mae Collins
16. Cheryl Algie
17. Richelle Fletcher
18. Kathryn Ruddick
19. Kayla McCreadie
20. Jenny Bowman
21. Charmaine Black
22. Sharon Dalton

Product List

Peaceful Moments Bundle (English) [153824] $90.75	Parisian Blossoms Specialty Designer Series Paper [151192] $25.00	Petal Pink 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon [151194] $12.25
Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $10.50	Champagne Foil Sheets [144748] $8.75	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $14.25
Purple Posy A4 Cardstock [150887] $15.25	Highland Heather Light Stampin' Blends Marker [146881] $7.75	Purple Posy 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon [149706] $14.00
Scripty 3D Embossing Folder [149634] $17.00	Sale-A-Bration Mini Paper Cutter & Paper Sampler [154940] $46.00	Birch Cling Stamp [149256] $28.00
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25	Nature's Twine [146342] $15.75

The Art With Heart Team are back with our last Blog Hop for 2019. Getting into the spirit of Christmas and New Year celebrations, this month our theme is ‘Add A Little Sparkle’. We have a huge range of sparkly  projects to share with you featuring products such as Glimmer paper, Rhinestones, Delicata Ink, Shimmery White cardstock and much more. All of these products are available from Stampin’ Up! and any of these lovely ladies would be happy to assist you.

After several months of having the beautiful Bright and Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper, I finally got to have a play with it. It's my team Christmas Dinner tonight and I wanted to make some Christmassy little things to put on the table. The gorgeous Pretty Peacock and Copper Foil paper adds such elegant sparkle.

Don't you love how the copper foil highlights on the paper just pop out at you?  They coordinate so well with the lovely soft 1/2" Classic Weave Ribbon with Merry Christmas printed on it, and the Star Designer Elements.

Ferrero Rochers make a lovely addition to the Christmas table - and they look SO cute dressed up in little individual Christmas packages.

Many of the products I have used are listed below so you can have a closer look at them.  Don't forget to leave me a message and let me know what you think? 

The next demonstrator to share their sparkly projects with you is the delightful Caroline Mainwaring.

If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants below:

Tina Gillespie

Rachel Woollard

Catherine Proctor

Vicki Boucher

Rebecca Jacovou

Andrea Sargent

Kathryn Ruddick

Caroline Manwaring

Product List

Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper [150429] $25.00	Very Vanilla/Copper 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Classic Weave Ribbon [150394] $14.00	Star Designer Elements [150430] $15.75
Simply Scored [122334] $50.00	Dashing Deer Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151362] $38.00	Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] $15.25

Christmas comes early with Stampin' Up!  Get your order in today for delivery prior to Christmas AND get free postage only until midnight tonight!

SHOP HERE

Last Thursday I posted about some cute gift bags made with the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper.  See the post here

I also did a video on my Facebook page so you can see how I made one of the boxes - See the video here. 

Did you know there are 2 different packs of paper?

YES! That's right, there is the regular 12"x 12" Designer Series Paper Pack with 12 sheets, 2 each of 2 double sided designs, THEN, there is a bulk pack, 12"x 12", 20 sheets, 10 each of 2 double sided designs. This second pack was only available for demonstrators when the catalogue first came out, but now, YOU can have it too, and it's perfect if you need to make a stack of cards with the same design. 

Product List

Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper [149484] $20.00

Magnolia Lane Bulk Designer Series Paper [152455] $30.00

These are some of the other items I used on those two gift packaging projects - AND the gorgeous ribbon is discounted in our Year End Close Out Sale. 

Product List

Magnolia Lane Small Memories & More Card Pack [152728] $17.50	Magnolia Lane Memories & More Card Pack [149554] $19.25	Magnolia Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set [152729] $24.00
Come To Gather Ribbon Combo Pack [150456] $15.75	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147272] $15.50	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597] $15.50

YES! That's right, our End of Year Close Out sale is on now - there is a limited range of discounted items, plus you can see which favourite products from our Christmas (Holiday) catalogue will not carryover and are only available while stocks last.  Check those all out here.

All items are available to order in my online shop, or message me if you need help with it!  Don't forget to grab some of that beautiful soft Crumb Cake "Come to Gather" Ribbon so you can tie off a couple of 2-5-7-11 boxes with it like I did - it's so soft and lovely to tie into gorgeous bows.

Talk soon,

Kathryn

Hey and welcome!

Who doesn't like cute packaging and even cuter little gift bags?

The Art With Heart Team are back with another inspirational Blog Hop. This month we are featuring Gift Bags and Boxes, just in time for the Christmas gift giving season. The bags and boxes featured are all made using current Stampin’ Up! products and any of our wonderful team members are happy to help you with the supplies you will need to reproduce these beautiful projects.

I'm starting by showing you some of the products I used to create my bags - because most of these products are not in our Annual Catalogue or in our Holiday Catalogue, so you may never have seen them.

I have chosen to open a pack of Magnolia Lane Bulk Designer Series Paper, and team it with the Magnolia Blooms Stamp Set and Magnolia Lane Cards and More pack which are in the Experience Creativity Brochure. Other items I've used are listed at the end of this message.

I loved taking a stroll WAAAY down memory lane to recreate some cute gift bag ideas with these new products.

I chose the 2-5-7-11 Box which we made a LOT of back in around 2009, and the Crafty Hallet Box-in-a-Bag which we made stacks of in different papers in around 2013-2014. I always love revisiting these old designs with new paper!

The 2-5-7-11 Box is perfect for a cake of your favourite flavoured Olive Oil Handmade Soap to give as a gift, or half a dozen luxury chocolates.

For the box flap I used one of the label dies from the Detailed Bands Die set in the Annual Catalogue, threading the paper through the die, so as to only cut one edge of the paper.  You can see that I also fussy cut the flowers and leaves with my Stampin' Snips and coloured them with Stampin' Blends.

The heavenly Crumb Cake ribbon is from the Come to Gather Ribbon Combo Pack in the Holiday Catalogue (p.47). This ribbon is SO soft and easy to tie - I just LOVE it!  And for my second project, I actually coloured it with my Dark Petal Pink Stampin' Blend to tie it in closer to the colours in the bag.

This bag has Early Espresso cardstock as it's base, so it's perfect to fill with dark chocolates!  In the past we always filled them with Note cards and at the moment in the new beginner catalogue we have the Magnolia Lane Cards & More pack which makes perfect cards to fit.

The next hop in the Blog Hop is the delightful Catherine Proctor. Click on the arrow to go to her blog.

If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants below:

Rachel Palmieri

Sharon Davern

Rebecca Jacovou

Kathryn Ruddick

Catherine Proctor

Vicki Boucher

Andrea Sargent

Sujatha Harding

Rachel Woollard

Tina Gillespie

Kate Morgan

Kathryn Mangelsdorf

Enjoy checking out all the gift ideas shared by our talented team and be sure to leave a comment as we'd love to know what you think!  Talk soon,

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Magnolia Lane Bulk Designer Series Paper [152455] $30.00	Magnolia Lane Small Memories & More Card Pack [152728] $17.50	Magnolia Lane Memories & More Card Pack [149554] $19.25
Magnolia Blooms Photopolymer Stamp Set [152729] $24.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $13.00	Detailed Bands Dies [149549] $66.00
Come To Gather Ribbon Combo Pack [150456] $15.75	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147272] $15.50	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597] $15.50
Neutrals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock [147003] $22.25	Metallic Pearls [146282] $12.25	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $15.25

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week only (20-22 November), take an extra 5% off the original 10% discount on eight selected product bundles, Neutrals Ink Pad collection, Regals Ink Pad collection, 2018-2019 In Color Ink Pad collection

AND 15% off individual inkpads and all the corresponding card stock, A4 and 12"x 12" in the Neutrals, Regals and In Color Ranges.

Product List with RRP (take an extra 5% off ) 

Free As A Bird Bundle [151123] $89.00	Dino Days Bundle [151139] $88.00	Band Together Bundle [151076] $95.25	Bloom & Grow Bundle [151069] $91.75
Parcels & Petals Bundle [151107] $88.00	Path Of Petals Bundle [151131] $74.50	Memorable Mosaic Bundle [151063] $62.00	To A Wild Rose Bundle [151073] $93.50

Two of my most used and favourite product bundles are in this sale. Can you guess which ones they are?

ALSO:

Ink and Card Stock Colours (Take 5% off colour collections and take 15% off all individual ink pads, A4 Card stock and 12"x 12" cardstock in the Neutrals, Regals and In Color families).

Regals Classic Stampin' Pad Assortment [147148] $117.00	Neutrals Classic Stampin' Pad Assortment [147151] $117.00	Classic Stampin' Pad Assortment In Color 2018-2020 [147153] $58.50
Regals A4 Cardstock [146998] $15.75	Neutrals A4 Cardstock [146999] $15.75	2019-2021 In Color A4 Cardstock [149702] $15.75

Sale is for 20th-22nd November only. All A4 and 12"x 12" cardstock in the four colour groups, in individual packs as well as the color collection packs. All ink pads in the four colour groups, individual as well as multi-packs.

Quoted prices will update with discount in the shopping cart. Click on an image to go to the online shop.

Confused?

LOL me too! But we can work it out! Essentially you are getting the equivalent of free postage on bundles and multi-packs, and 15% discount on all individual items in the Regals, Neutrals and In Colour families. 

Message me if you need help!  Happy stocking up on your Christmas card making card stock and inks!

Woohooo!!  Who doesn't love a Flash Sale when it involves stamp sets!!!

Starting shortly (midnight), Stampin' Up! are having a 24 hour sale which includes 50 of their stamp sets at 15% off - and to celebrate my last week of classes at univeristy for the year, I am offering Free postage to anyone whose order reaches $100 in product! But you need to let me know as soon as possible as the sale is tomorrow! (Wednesday 23rd)

Which stamp sets?

Click on any of these thumbnails for a closer look.  (Prices shown are current Annual Catalogue Prices. Discount will be applied once the sale starts

Product List

Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set [147702] $47.00	Lots Of Cheer Cling Stamp Set [149503] $35.00	Making Christmas Bright Photopolymer Stamp Set [148046] $37.00
Winter Woods Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151359] $40.00	Dashing Deer Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151362] $38.00	I Say Hello Photopolymer Stamp Set [149284] $28.00
Inspiring Iris Photopolymer Stamp Set [149268] $37.00	Fanciful Fragrance Cling Stamp Set [149281] $38.00	Tea Together Cling Stamp Set [148779] $38.00
Very Versailles Cling Stamp Set [149275] $40.00	Beautiful You Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151412] $49.00	Abstract Impressions Photopolymer Stamp Set [147513] $45.00
Swirly Frames Photopolymer Stamp Set [146519] $37.00	Painted Glass Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148220] $31.00	Budding Borders Photopolymer Stamp Set [149273] $30.00
Beautiful Friendship Photopolymer Stamp Set [149252] $38.00	Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [146386] $30.00	Garden Shed Cling Stamp Set [149247] $40.00
Little Twinkle Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151264] $33.00	Garden Goodness Photopolymer Stamp Set [149250] $30.00	Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set [144783] $37.00
Rare Blessings Cling Stamp Set [149241] $38.00	Slice Of Happiness Cling Stamp Set [149289] $37.00	Beautiful Day Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151257] $37.00
Leave A Little Sparkle Cling Stamp Set [149292] $37.00	Magical Mermaid Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151234] $35.00	Stargazing Cling Stamp Set [149295] $38.00
Wonderful Moments Photopolymer Stamp Set [147529] $45.00	Seaside Notions Cling Stamp Set [149278] $40.00	First Frost Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148913] $38.00
Capture The Good Cling Stamp Set [150388] $35.00	Love What You Do Photopolymer Stamp Set [148042] $37.00	Born To Shine Cling Stamp Set [149244] $33.00
A Good Man Cling Stamp Set [149270] $42.00	Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148217] $73.00	Best Catch Cling Stamp Set [148598] $35.00
Lilypad Lake Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151272] $38.00	Country Road Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151356] $33.00	High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set [143006] $45.00
Artisan Textures Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151278] $30.00	Sea Of Textures Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151267] $35.00	Geared Up Garage Cling Stamp Set [148590] $37.00
Let It Ride Cling Stamp Set [148765] $42.00	Gallery Grunge Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151275] $35.00	Crackle Paint Cling Stamp Set [148752] $28.00
Birch Cling Stamp [149256] $28.00	All Wired Up Cling Stamp [149262] $28.00	Buffalo Check Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151372] $28.00
Handwritten Cling-Mount Stamp Set [152063] $28.00	Around The Corner Photopolymer Stamp Set [147464] $28.00	Lined Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set [145908] $59.00
Crafting Forever Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151231] $35.00

The Fine Print : Stamps will remain discounted even if they go on backorder.  If stamp sets reach their back order limit they will be switched off and when stock is refilled, it will be at regular catalogue prices not the sale price.

If you have selected over $100 worth of stamp sets, please contact me so I can apply your free postage manually. This can't be done on the Online shop. All other orders can be placed on the online shop.

I hope you find a stamp set you love on the discounted list! Have a great day!

Kathryn

Happy New Holiday Catalogue!

The gorgeous new Holiday Catalogue starts today - and boy oh boy are there some gorgeous projects and stamping products in there!

I have just submitted Assignment 1 for Uni semester 2 and now I am looking forward to really getting creative with Christmassy themes over the next couple of days.

I hope you can come and have a look at all this gorgeousness! I am planning on being in my stamping room in Croydon North from 10am until 1pm this Friday 6th September. Come and have a cuppa, make a card or some tags, pick up your hard copy of the Holiday Catalogue, and check out the beautiful products!

Send me a text message on 0418 361 931 if you need the address.

WRAPPED IN PLAID Product Suite incorporates traditional Christmas colours in timeless tartan with a fantastic versatile 13 piece photopolymer stamp set, Pine Tree Punch, Specialty Designer Series Paper, beautiful ribbon, bells and gold mini pizza boxes.

ALL INCLUSIVE KITS 

Pages 36-39 contain the Joy of Giving Tag Kit, Christmas Countdown Project Kit (advent calendar box drawers) and the Most Wonderful Time Product Medley. These kits make a beautiful gift for someone else, or if you are busy and on the go, they are the perfect quick project to start your Christmas Crafting.

Experienced stampers can assemble the Christmas Countdown Advent Calendar in a morning session and have it ready to fill with surprises for December. 

The Joy of Giving Tag Kit includes everything you need - a 17 piece stamp set, Poppy Parade Stampin' Spot, and all the die-cut pieces required for 30 deluxe gift tags in a designer box. This kit suits beginners through to advance stampers.

For those who like to create using their imagination, the Most Wonderful Time Product Medley doesn't come with instructions, but it does come with a massive stack of products for you to create dozens of coordinating Christmas projects. I will be putting together a pdf of beautiful Project Ideas for all those advanced stampers who purchase this medley from me or via my online shop.

DON'T FORGET!

Come and see some of the products in real life and have a cuppa this Friday morning 6th September, 10am-1pm.

And also look out for World Card Making Day activities at the end of this month and into early October. World Card Making Day is Saturday October 5th.

Product List

Most Wonderful Time Product Medley (En) [150705] $122.00	Christmas Countdown Project Kit [150703] $52.00	Christmas Countdown Cling Stamp Set [151833] $37.00
Joy Of Giving Tag Kit (En) [150700] $61.00	Perfectly Plaid Bundle (En) [151143] $54.75	Wrapped In Plaid Suite Bundle (En) [153326] $113.00

Designed to COORDINATE 

Designed to give you a discount!

Stampin' Up! bundles are great for your crafting collection, as you get beautiful coordinated products - making your projects quicker and easier, and when you buy the items as a bundle, you get a 10% discount.

And who doesn't like that!

BUT!! I'm having a snap sale! And you get an EXTRA 10% discount on bundles from now until 11.50pm tomorrow - Saturday 31st August!

With 12 beautiful product suites to choose from, there is something for everyone!

Take a closer look at them HERE

Then email, phone or message me your order and Credit card details for payment before the end of the day tomorrow.

(Orders must be placed direct through me, as the discount has to be applied manually and isn't able to be applied on the online store).

Email: kathryn@katlodesigns.com

Phone: 0418 361 931