September 2017 - My Paper Oasis

Month: September 2017

17
Sep
2017

CTC 146 – Season of Glitz using Painted Harvest

categories: 3D, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC, Flowers, Gift Cards

A big hello to everyone. Thank you for joining the CASEing the Catty Crew for Challenge Number 146.

This week we are focusing on the Season of Glitz Section in the holiday catalogue on pages 20 -27 of the new Holiday Catalogue.

This week I have decided to show you how to CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) Season of Glitz to create Painted Harvest Mini Pizza Box Gift Cards.

I had held out for ages before getting this set…as in, it just arrived this week! But i could resist no more after seeing so many beautiful projects created with it.

I’m pretty time poor this weekend, so I took inspiration from the card on page 27 of the catalogue –

They looked cute, quick and catchy. When I pondered what set to use to base my design around, I knew I had to use the Painted Harvest stamp set!

The flower would make the perfect circle for the centre, and I really wanted to try out the new Mini Pizza Boxes – so I decided to create a little box of gift cards.

I couldn’t put the sentiment in the middle without obscuring the flower, so I stamped it on vellum and adhered to the bottom of the gift card. I then just popped my ribbon off to the side of the sentiment. My bling came by using the Wink of Stellar Glitter Brush, which is pretty difficult to see in pictures, but trust me – it’s there!

The colours for this set use Wisteria Wonder and Fresh Fig. The best part about the two step stamping for this set – there is no lining up! Yes thats right – no lining up required! I didn’t have the coordinating DSP to help decorate the Mini Pizza Box, so I created my own using the little acorns in the set! I fell in love with them. They are so adorable and took my back to the time I used to play on the oval at school and collet acorns and pop their little hats off!

Another great bonus using the mini pizza boxes – we now have 3″x3″ envelopes so making gift cards is super simple! And the boxes are food safe! So many things to love!!!!

I loved them so much in fact I created another colour sample –

This colour combination was Peekaboo Peach and Calypso Coral. It’s stunning!

CTC 146 Mini Pizza Box Gift cards using Painted Harvest by Stampin Up

CTC 146 Mini Pizza Box Gift Cards using Painted Harvest by Stampin Up by MY Paper Oasis

And the whole suite of what I created today.

I love how they turned out. So much so that my customers who place an order in September will be receiving one of these as a special thank you!

I hope you love them as much as I do!

Don’t forget to take the whole hop, and then pop on over to our Facebook page and upload your lovely creation by next Sunday night too!

Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Rebecca Scurr to see what she has created for you all.

Happy Crafting

Product List

Painted Harvest Photopolymer Bundle

[146021]

$58.50

Mini Pizza Boxes

[144645]

$10.00

Whisper White 3″ X 3″ (7.6 X 7.6 Cm) Envelopes

[145829]

$16.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

$11.50

13
Sep
2017

Colour INKspiration 17

categories: 3D, AddINKtive Design Team, Blog Hop, Cards, Colour Inkspiration, Kids Cards

Hi everyone and welcome to Colour INKspiration 17!

Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month we get to play along to a gorgeous colour combination inspired from Pinterest Images. This week we have such a bright and fun colour palette to work with!

The colours this week are Pool Party; Lemon Lime Twist; Tempting Turquoise and Flirty Flamingo! They scream spring and summer to me, unfortunately in Melbourne there is very little sign of sun at all!

I was grateful for the bright cheery colours though this week. It’s my niece’s birthday this week and I needed to make her a birthday card, so I combined this colour Inspiration with a tutorial from the amazing Bronwyn Eastley at addINKtive Designs to create my project.

I used Bronwyn’s This Little Piggy Slider Card tutorial for the base of my project and switched out the colours to suit this challenge, as well as using my gorgeous Magical Mermaid Stamp.

This card design is extra fun because it’s interactive. You can actually move the mermaid along the card, so a bit of extra fun for my niece! If you would like to make a card like this then just pop on over to the AddINKtive Designs Tutorial Shop where you can purchase the tutorial and create your own design 🙂

Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Simone Bartrum and see what beautiful project she has for you all.

Happy Crafting!

Product List

Magical Mermaid Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144017]

$35.00

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$14.00

Tempting Turquoise A4 Card Stock

[108598]

$14.00

Marbled Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[143755]

$35.00

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

$14.00

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144086]

$11.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141397]

$11.50

Iridescent Sequin Assortment

[144212]

$8.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109129]

$8.75

10
Sep
2017

CTC 145 – Merry Little Christmas with Tags and Trimmings

categories: 3D, 3D; Christmas, Blog Hop, card in a box, Cards, Christmas, CTC, Gift Box, Paper Boxes

Hi everyone.

Welcome to this weeks CASEing the Catty Blog Hop. You may have hopped across from Jackie or be starting right here, but I encourage you to take the full tour of this weeks hop all about the Merry Little Christmas Section on pages 10 – 19 of the New Holiday Catalogue!

So I have to ask….have you got a copy of the new catalogue yet? Have you downloaded a copy for yourself? What do you think? Is there just too much loveliness to choose from! Well hopefully we can help you as you tour around and see what everyone has showcased tonight!

There are a lot of beautiful ideas in these pages of the catalogue. But if you have been following me for a while, you will have an idea that I am a sucker for little boxes. I have NEVER sold off any of my little box dies once they have retired, I just can’t bear to part with them!

Because of that, this weeks selection was an easy choice for me. I created A Merry Little Christmas with the Tags and Trimmings Bundle!

I used the little pillow box to the right (you can make both the pillow box and the stocking with these dies) and turned it into a little gift stocking, because the stockings are what I truly fell in love with when I saw this set!

The gift tag die is what you use to create the back of the stocking, so the little stocking is actually 3D and stuffable too, making it ideal for a gift card, or cash or a few little treats! Who wouldn’t love to get this for Christmas. You could personalise with a name and hang on the tree ready to hand out.

I also thought they would be great as a table place setting, with the cutlery tucked neatly inside! That way you can colour coordinate them to suit your decor for the day! You pop on the guests names to indicate seating arrangements!

And finally I wanted to point out, that just because their primary purpose is for 3D items, doesn’t necessarily mean that is the only way to use them! Don’t add the backing to the stocking, trim off the top and you can quickly and easily create a Christmas Card!

So there you have it! A Merry Little Christmas with Tags and Trimmings!!!

I do hope you have enjoyed my projects today. Now it’s time to continue the hop and head on over to the lovely Monique and see what she has created for you all!

Happy Crafting!

Product List

Tags & Trimmings Clear-Mount Bundle

[146062]

$92.50

Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper

[144623]

$22.75

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.00

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

[106576]

$14.00

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

$14.00

Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

[135315]

$8.75

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$7.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.75

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

$14.00

Fresh Fig A4 Cardstock

[144248]

$14.00

03
Sep
2017

CTC 144 – Quilted Christmas

categories: 3D; Christmas, Blog Hop, Cards, Christmas, CTC, Fancy Folds

Hi everyone and welcome to CASEing the Catty Challenge 144!

I am SUPER excited about this weeks challenge because we are getting to CASE (Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit) from our

BRAND NEW HOLIDAY CATALOGUE!!!!!!

It is 55 pages of absolutely stunning Holiday Projects and Ideas! You won’t be disappointed with what’s on offer, so click the image to download your very own copy – and make sure you contact your local demonstrator to get your very own paper copy!!!!!

We are starting our hop CASEing the Quilted Christmas Section on Pages 4 – 9.

SO I FINALLY GOT MY CHRISTMAS ON !!!!

Now my most Favourite Bundle in the WHOLE catalogue is in this section! It’s the Ready for Christmas Bundle. I knew as soon as I saw it that I HAD to have it and it went straight to the top of my list! You can see why from the pictures below taken from page 6 –

It’s such a fun bundle with 20 stamps and 20 dies that I just couldn’t resist it.

To really show it off today I took inspiration from all of the projects that you see here and combined them into ONE card! I haven’t made this type of Tri Fold Card before, so I was excited to give it a go with this bundle. I thought the layout would work perfectly for what I wanted to create and I am really, really happy with how it turned out.

Here is the front of the card. It’s a bit more bulky than a normal card, so I used some of our Gold Ribbon to loosely secure the card, so that it can slip on and off to open the card.

Once you slip off the ribbon you open the stair section of the card to reveal the Christmas Tree. I love the way you can stamp this tree then cut the shape with the framelits, or cut the tree shape in coloured card and then cut and attach the leaves for a fabulous 3D look that jumps off the card!

The baubles are stamped and cut in the set of three, so much easier and less time consuming than doing them individually, which I love!!! Combine the gold embossed baubles with a gold star and a bit of gold metallic thread wrapped around and your tree is all dressed up! The panel behind the stairs was the perfect place for a Christmas Sentiment! Don’t you love that font!!!!

Open up the entire card and here is what you find! A whole house scene! This set really does have so many possibilities and is so much fun to create with!!!! I bet it will become one of your favourites too!

Here’s a clearer look at the front panel of the card.

I hope you enjoyed my project for today, because I had LOADS of fun creating it! I may even make a tutorial for this project! What do you think?

Now it’s time to continue the tour and hop on over to the amazing Simone Bartrum! She has made some brilliant cards using this bundle and was also my inspiration for this card – so click the link and see what she has created for you this week!!!!

Happy Crafting!!!!!

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