January 2018 - My Paper Oasis

Month: January 2018

28
Jan
2018

CTC 163 – Saleabration – Painted with Love Pandas

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC

A BIG hello to you all and welcome back to another week of CASEing the Catty, where every Sunday night the design team creates a hop focusing on a selected section of the current catalogues to CASE (Copy and Share Everything)!

The best bit is that you are able to play along too! All you need to do is CASE a design from the selected section and then upload your photo to our Facebook Group right HERE before the next challenge! Simple. I do hope you can play along!

This week is CTC 163 and we are back to CASEing anything in the Saleabration Catalogue!

Saleabration is the BEST time of the Stampin’ Up! Year because you can earn FREE, yes FREE, products for EVERY $90 spent on orders! If you don’t have a catalogue then contact your local demonstrator, me, any of the girls on the hop, or simply download a copy from the sidebar to see all the amazing freebies on offer!

My CASE this week focuses on the image on Page 8 of the catalogue – which is in fact, the image on the far right above!

I really wanted to cut – yes cut – my Painted with Love Speciality Designer Series Paper (DSP). It’s no good leaving it in the packet and hoarding it you know!

This paper is absolutely stunning. It’s thicker than normal, making it ideal for more sturdier crafts such as boxes and packaging, as well as for the usual paper craft uses like cards and scrapbooking. The metallic golds with the pinks and purples is a beautiful combination – really – you NEED to get this paper!

I have also used the super cute Party Panda’s Set that you can choose FREE during Saleabration and created two cards.

PAINTED WITH LOVE PANDA’S

The Designer Paper sheet that I used grades from purples (Rich Razzleberry) down to lighter pinks (Calypso Coral and Powder Pink), so I started with a ‘Pink’ card. I used our Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate for the background as it added to the gold without covering the gorgeous layers of the DSP. For this card I stamped the sentiment Love You from the Party Panda’s set, in rows across the rectangle I created with the Stitched Shape Framelits.

I REALLY like this second card! The Rich Razzleberry in the DSP is just gorgeous combined with gold. This time I punched a LOT of little hearts from the Cookie Cutter Punch and adhered them with tombow to my base piece for a very cool effect! It’s a bit like creating your own embossing folder!

I haven’t labelled the insides yet or attached a sentiment, as I thought they would be good for Valentine’s Day or birthdays!

I would love to hear which one you prefer!

Now it’s time to hop on over to Megan’s page and see what she has CASEd this week!

Happy Crafting!

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Product List

Party Pandas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[147221]

$0.00

Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

[145580]

$21.00

Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate

[141653]

$21.00

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

$14.00

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

[119981]

$14.00

Pink Pirouette A4 Card Stock

[116203]

$14.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$50.00

Cookie Cutter Builder Punch

[140396]

$31.00

Gold Mini Sequin Trim

[144128]

$10.50

Metallic Foil Doilies

[138392]

$7.00

26
Jan
2018

Seaside Shore Shadow Box Shaker Card

categories: 3D, AddINKtive Design Team, Cards, Fancy Folds, Male

Hi all my crafty, creative friends!

Today I thought I would drop by and share one of my latest fun 3D cards.

My Grandad turned 94 yesterday, and I always like to make them something a bit more special! My Nan really appreciates them! Lol.

So for this card I used a Bronwyn Eastley Tutorial – Mermaid Shaker Shadow Box Card. Bronwyn’s tutorials are really easy to follow, with plenty of step by step instructions, including pictures! You can take a look at here tutorials right HERE.

I adapted Bronwyn’s design and used my Seaside Shore Stamp Set to create my Seaside Shore Shadow Box Shaker Card!

Adding a shaker element to a shadow box was so much fun! I can guarantee that this won’t be the only one of these types of cards I create! In fact – I’m already working on design number 2! Who wouldn’t when you can create so much fun!

The Designer Paper used for this card is from the Myths and Magic Specialty DSP. It’s a thicker card, making it sturdier and perfect to create these type of box cards!

These cards also fit perfectly into a normal C6 envelope! So you can even post them! I added a white panel to the back of my card to write my birthday message!

I hope you like it!

Happy Crafting everyone!

Product List

Myths & Magic Specialty Designer Series Paper

[145600]

$21.00

Seaside Shore Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141625]

$37.00

Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies

[141497]

$45.00

Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate

[141653]

$21.00

Iridescent Sequin Assortment

[144212]

$8.75

Gold Stampin’ Glitter

[133457]

$7.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

$58.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

$58.00

24
Jan
2018

Colour INKspiration 26 – Picture Perfect Birthday

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, Colour Inkspiration

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Welcome to Colour INKspiration 26, where each second and fourth Wednesday of the month the crew create using a select colour palette. You can play along each fortnight by using the same colour palette and then uploading your design to our Facebook page right HERE. You need to upload your design the Monday before the next colour challenge begins! So for this one – you have until 7pm Monday the 12th of February.

This week we have a very blue / green colour palette for you to play with.

This weeks selection are Emerald Envy; Bermuda Bay; Tranquil Tide and Sahara Sand!

I immediately thought of oceans and seas when I saw this colour challenge, but I decided to go in a completely different direction. I actually found this palette one of the trickier palettes to design with, especially when not creating ocean scenes. Because of that I kept my design very simple and chose to use Picture Perfect Birthday as my stamp set of choice. An 18 piece photopolymer stamp set full of party fun!

I added a bit of silver to jazz the card up a bit. The Designer Paper is a FREE Saleabration item – Bubbles and Fizz – that you can choose with any $90 order. I have to say though – that sentiment has been one of my favourites and is quite frequently used already. And those ribbons look fabulous – especially when fussy cut – they pop right off the card.

I do hope you have been taking advantage of all the FREE items on offer during Saleabration. Remember – it only runs until March 31st – so you don’t want to miss all the fun!

Now it’s time to continue around the hop and see the rest of the gorgeous projects on offer! Next up is Denita 🙂

Happy Crafting everyone!

Product List

Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp Set

[145519]

$30.00

Bubbles & Fizz Designer Series Paper

[147244]

$0.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$15.75

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

[121695]

$14.00

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[141396]

$11.50

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin’ Pad

[144085]

$11.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109131]

$8.75

Silver Mini Sequin Trim

[144230]

$10.50

21
Jan
2018

CTC 162 – Sweet Soiree with Sunshine and Rainbows

categories: Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC, Kids Cards

Good evening everyone and welcome back to CASEing the Catty, where every Sunday night the design team CASE’s (Copy and Share Everything) from a given section of the current catalogues. You can play along too, by creating your own masterpiece and loading your picture on our Facebook page right HERE. You have one week to get your entry in 🙂

We are up to CTC 162 – where we are CASEing the Sweet Soiree Section of the Occasions Catalogue, on pages 10-14.

It’s only a few pages of the catalogue, but it is overflowing with gorgeous projects ready to be recreated with your own spin on them! I chose to play around with the card on the right on Page 14 –

I have already been having a bit of fun with the Sunshine and Rainbows suite – and I knew I wanted to take it out and play again! I kept pretty close to the card in the Catalogue for the challenge, just changing and adding a few elements, and combining it with the Unicorn from the Magical Day Stamp Set – It’s like these sets were made for each other!

I started by spritzing yellow brusho on a piece of Shimmery White Cardstock because it holds the water so much better than Whisper White. Once that was dry I flicked some water drops all over and sprinkled with Gold Embossing powder and heat set, to create the Gold splatters. Did you know that you can simply use water for embossing powder splatters? I stamped the sentiment in versamark and also heat set with Gold Embossing powder.

I chose to cut my rainbow using the framelits and scraps of coloured cardstock. a tip for your rainbows is to nest them together and line them up from the back, then simply apply a few pieces of tear n tape adhesive to hold them together – no tombow glue to mess about with, and then you can pop the whole lot up on dimensionals like I have done.

The clouds were cut from our Myths and Magic Glimmer Paper Pack for a bit of added sparkle, and the Unicorn, from our Magical Day Set, was coloured with our Stampin Blends! The horn is also sparkled with gold glitter. Easy to do once you have applied a bit of Fine Tip Glue to the horn – just add Gold Glitter and let it dry!

I hope you like my CASE this week and have been having a chance to create yourself. Don’t forget to come back and play along after you have taken the tour and seen all the amazing projects on offer!

Now it’s time to hop on over to Jackie Noble and see what she has been creating:

Happy Crafting!

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Product List

Sunshine & Rainbows Photopolymer Bundle

[145983]

$80.00

Magical Day Clear-Mount Bundle

[145985]

$80.00

Myths & Magic Glimmer Paper 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm)

[145601]

$26.00

Brusho Crystal Colour

[144101]

$52.00

Stampin’ Blends Markers Collection

[147475]

$209.25

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

$14.00

Stampin’ Spritzer

[126185]

$5.00

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109129]

$8.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

Iridescent Sequin Assortment

[144212]

$8.75

Stampin’ Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

14
Jan
2018

CTC 161 – Saleabration and Amazing You

categories: Birthday, Blendabilities, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC

Hi everyone!

We are back for CASEing the Catty 161 where we get to CASE (Copy and Share Everything) from the Saleabration Catalogue this week! ANYTHING from the Saleabration Catalogue. That leaves a lot of scope you know!

Have you got your copy of the new catalogues yet? You don’t want to miss out because Saleabration allows you to choose FREE products for every $90 or $180 spent! So make sure you contact your demonstrator for a copy!

This week I decided to CASE this lovely card on the front cover of the catalogue –

Although, I have to be honest, I didn’t really like the colours in this image. So that was the task I set myself – Copy the card but change up the colours. I pictured this card more with black and white tones, with just a hint of colour to lift the flowers. So this is what I created –

I started with a Basic Black base and added a layer of Petal Passion Designer Paper (5 3/4″ x 4″).

For my second layer I stamped the flower from the Amazing You Stamp Set (FREE) in versamark, on another Basic Black Layer (5″ x 3 1/4″) before heat embossing with our Clear Embossing Powder. I then stamped the ‘rays’ in versamark in the centre of this piece and heat set with Silver Embossing powder. A couple of wraps of the New Silver Baker’s Twine finished with a bow, and then the whole layer was popped up on dimensionals to finish it off.

The flowers were created by stamping in versamark onto Vellum Cardstock and heat setting with White Embossing Powder – so much embossing today! Lol. I then coloured the back of the images with our Stampin Blends. You couldn’t see the colours on the black like this though – so I then adhered them with some tombow to Whisper White Cardstock, before fussy cutting each flower and adhering to the card. I added a few other elements before using the Celebrate You Thinlets (also FREE) to cut the ‘Amazing’ sentiment. This was so easy to adhere using the Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets!

I’m really happy with how this card turned out, and dare I say – I prefer my colour combination 🙂 And even better, the stamp set and framelits are products that you can choose for FREE during Saleabration !

We would love to see you create your own work of art by CASEing something from the Occasions Catalogue and posting a picture of it on our Facebook Group – HERE. You have until next Monday to get your entries in!

Now it’s time to hop on over to Jackie Noble and see what she has created this week!

Happy Crafting!

Product List

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$14.00

Petal Passion Designer Series Paper

[145589]

$19.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

Amazing You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[147215]

$0.00

Celebrate You Thinlit Dies

[146840]

$0.00

Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109130]

$8.75

Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109131]

$8.75

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.75

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

$11.50

Silver Baker’S Twine

[145569]

$7.00

Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$15.50

Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$15.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$15.50

Stampin’ Blends Markers Collection

[147475]

$209.25

10
Jan
2018

Colour INKspiration 25 – Epic Celebrations

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, Colour Inkspiration, Kids Cards, Male

Hi everyone and welcome back to Colour INKspiration Challenges for 2018.

Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month the crew design a project with the colour template we are given. You are able to join in the fun too, by creating your own project with the selected colours and then posting them our Facebook Page HERE. I hope you can join us for our Colour Challenge kick off for 2018 with Colour INKspiration 25!

Here is our Colour Palette for this challenge –

Your Colours are simply Night of Navy; Whisper White and Lemon Lime Twist!

I don’t think I would have thought of putting Night of Navy and Lemon Lime Twist together before this challenge, but they actually go very well together! I had to play around with ideas in my head for this one for a while, but I decided to create a bit of a funky card for a young man’s upcoming birthday using the brand new Saleabration Set Epic Celebrations.

For me, Epic Celebrations is a fantastic teen set – sometimes some of the most difficult cards to make in my opinion. And it’s even better because you can choose it for FREE with any $90 order!

This was such a fun card to make. I just kept adding to it. I knew I originally wanted a water coloured background with the Navy specks, but I then added to that with our new Shimmery White Embossing Paste and the brick background, then I added some Gold Glitter Flakes for a bit of extra background ‘noise’! And whilst we don’t actually have any 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon in Navy – you can colour the white ribbon with our Stampin Blend Alcohol Markers – so thats what I did – and Ta Da – Night of Navy Ribbon!

What do you think? Funky enough for a young man?

The crew have some AMAZING projects for you on the hop – so jump on over to the lovely Jacque to see what she has created for you all.

Happy Crafting everyone!

Product List

Epic Celebrations Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[147236]

$0.00

Shimmery White Embossing Paste

[145645]

$15.75

Pattern Party Decorative Masks

[144103]

$10.00

Gold Glitter Flakes

[146816]

$8.75

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

$14.00

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

$14.00

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

$14.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[103033]

$6.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill

[144092]

$6.50

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.75

Lemon Lime Twist 3/8″ (1 Cm) Mini Striped Ribbon

[145611]

$14.00

Whisper White 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon

[144172]

$10.50

Night Of Navy Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144040]

$15.50

07
Jan
2018

CTC 160 – Picture Perfect Party Panda’s

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC

A big hello to everyone and welcome back to CASEing the Catty.

I trust you had a lovely Christmas break and are all set for a new year of crafty fun!

It’s lovely to be back crafting and stir those creative juices again. I must admit, it was pretty easy with our brand new Occasions Catalogue and Saleabration events!

For our first CTC of 2018, we are CASEing (Copy and Share Everything) the Picture Perfect Party Section on Pages 4-9 of the brand new Occasions Catalogue.

The Picture Perfect Party Suite is such a fun and bright range. And the imagery on the Picture Perfect Party Designer Series Paper (DSP) is AMAZING! It really does make creating cards super simple – you just let the DSP do the work.

I CASEd the image on the top left of page 6 of the Occasions Catalogue.

I liked the simple design, and as I wanted to play with my Party Panda’s from the Saleabration Catalogue, I knew it would suit my layout. The best bit – You can choose Party Panda’s for FREE with an order of $90 or more during Saleabration!

So I created my Picture Perfect Party Panda’s teaming the DSP with the Panda’s and making two slightly different cards.

See how that background just pops right off the card! And those Panda’s are just too cute to resist.

Because the layout was quite simple, I decided to make a second card…

This time I used some Silver Foil Sheets for some added pizzaz to the card. You really could build your birthday stash so quickly using this Designer Paper! It even has a sheet of presents that you could use for the front of a card, or in my case – I cut some out to help me dress up the insides of the cards –

How simple is that!

I hope you are looking forward to sharing another year of crafty fun with us! Why not kick start it by joining in with this challenge! Create your own CASE from the section mentioned above, then upload your picture to our Facebook Group – HERE!

Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Simone Bartrum to see what she has created for you all!

Happy Crafting!

Don’t forget all the amazing Shop, Host and Join Specials on during Salebaration! Find out all about it by clicking on the picture!

Product List

Party Pandas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[147221]

$0.00

Picture Perfect Party 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[145559]

$17.50

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$7.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

Tutti-Frutti Adhesive-Backed Sequins

[145609]

$12.25

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$50.00

2″ Circle Punch

[133782]

$31.00

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

[131286]

$14.00

Berry Burst A4 Cardstock

[144249]

$14.00

Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock

[144250]

$14.00

Silver Mini Sequin Trim

[144230]

$10.50

03
Jan
2018

Saleabration and the New Occasions Catalogues have arrived!

categories: Cards

It’s Here! It’s Here!

The absolute BEST time of the Stampin’ Up! Year!

The New Occasions Catalogue has just been released, and SALEABRATION comes with it!

Click on the images below to download all the lovely catalogue goodness!

Occasions Catalogue

The Occasions Catalogue has 55 pages of beautiful eye catching projects to get you creating for any occasion you think off – Weddings, birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day – anything! It’s not to be missed.

Saleabration Catalogue

Saleabration as always has some gorgeous exclusive Stamp Sets, Designer Papers, Ribbons, Card Kits, Memories and More Packs and this year – FRAMELITS all for FREE with qualifying purchases of $90 or $180!

Yes, you read that right! This year Stampin’ Up! Have included some Big End Items like Framelits or large stamp sets that you can redeem with a $180 spend – or get two other items for the same amount. Just look for these reward icons throughout the brochure –

And if you don’t have a catalogue yet and you live in Australia – simply send me an email and I can pop one in the post for you!

But Saleabration doesn’t end there you know! Here are some other benefits!

Now is a great time to HOST a workshop and reap the rewards – literally! Saleabration means you can earn more rewards by hosting a qualifying workshop or placing an order of $400 or more! $40 MORE! That’s a great chance to get more items ticked off the wishlist!

Love Stampin’ Up! and the amazing products? Then now might be the perfect time to JOIN as a demonstrator!

With no lock in contracts, what have you got to loose?

During Saleabration you get $235 worth of ANY product for ONLY $169 – thats $66 FREE to start with, PLUS Free Shipping on your order as well as TWO ADDITIONAL STAMP SETS! That potentially another $174 of FREE product! Making the total value of $239 of FREE products!

$408 worth of goodies for only $169!!!! What a way to build your supplies!

You can use the Contact Me form or email mel@mypaperoasis.com for more information, or if you can’t wait – then click HERE to Join my Inky Oasis Team and the fun with team meetings, Facebook forums, personal support and more!

Enjoy all the new crafty fun and I will see you on Sunday for our first CASEing the Catty of 2018!