Virtual Night Cards & Winner

Congratulations to Natasha M who was the only person to send me entries into my virtual night challenges. Your cards (as always) were gorgeous and I've posted them below for everyone to see.

For those of you who don't know, Natasha is my sister Stampin' Up! demo...we have the same upline. Originally I had decided to hand out a hostess stamp set and some other SU product as prizes, but as Natasha is a demonstrator, I know she already has the stamp set and other goodies which I was going to offer.

Today I thought I'd make her a few things she can use and pop them into one of my decorated strawberry punnet containers. Moving on, I've decided to steer away from the majority of Stampin' Up! product as Natasha has access to the same items I do (and probably already has them). I decided to pop together a little 'Bella' pack with some Heidi Swapp and Bumble Bee embellishments. Here's the picture of it all:

So, as the photo isn't the greatest, here's what you've got coming your way Tash:

* Thank you Card featured two weeks ago.
* 4 x Stamping Bella Images for you to colour as you see fit.
* Packet of Heidi Swapp Rhinestone flowers.
* Packet of Pastel Square Decorative Paper Clips.
* Packet of Favourite Findings "Bee Happy" Embellishments.
* Packet of Scallop Circle Punch Outs.
* Approx 40cm length of Soft Sky Double Stitched Ribbon
* Thank You Post It Note Holder
* Chocolate (which I forgot to take out of the fridge for the photo)

Natasha I'll arrange to get this to you shortly and I hope you like your blog candy. Thank you so much for playing along. Now to show the world your beautiful cards.

Card 1:

Card 2:

Virtual Night Project Two

I hope you all enjoyed making your Valentines Day cards. Now we get to move onto project two. For project two, you have the choice of making either a card, scrapbook page or gift tag using the scallop edge medallion technique. My example is above, and I have to admit, it is rather bright for my usual 'style' of stamping, but I'm really happy with the end result.

If you'd like to play but don't have a scallop edge punch, please don't be discouraged. Simply make use of any punch you may have or even some decorative scissors or tearing to make your medallion.

Ok, first thing I need to do is show you how to make your medallion with the scallop edge punch. So, here goes:

1. Cut a 2/3/4" (7cm) square from your desired piece of cardstock.

2. Taking your Scallop Edge Punch and place your cut square into the centre of the punch. You should have about 1/8" (0.5cm) over hang on each side of the actual punching section. See below photo. Punch exactly like this around each edge of your square.

3. Decorate the centre of your Scallop Punch Medallion anyway you wish.

As I said before, for those of you who don't own this punch, feel free to make a medallion from anything you have at hand to be the focal point of your card. For those of you just joining us for the night, I am currently online to answer any of your questions. Please email me at jasner5@bigpond.net.au should you have any queries. I will need you to type a reply email address in the narrative along with your question so I can reply to you.

For those that wish to go into the draw for the blog candy, please either email me a picture of your creation and/or leave a comment in the post of the project you did with a link to your blog. This way we can all see what you've created. For those that make a creation for each project, so long as you email or comment in both of my posts, you'll have two entries into my blog candy draw.

Supplies:

* Tart & Tangy, Kia Ora Stamp Sets.

* Real Red Stamp Pad. Real Red & Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers.

* Bashful Blue Textured Cardstock, Whisper White & Real Red Cardstock. Summer Picnic DSP.

* Wide Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon & Scallop Edge Punch.

* Glue Dots & Stampin' Dimensionals.

Well, I'll be back on Monday with my Monday Madness Card. Until then, I hope you all have a great weekend.

Virtual Night Project One

Good evening everyone, and welcome to another Virtual Night. The first project we'll be making is a Valentines Day Card and this is the 'themed' project of the night. I thought it would be a good idea so that you would all be ready a week before Valentines Day and thus, wouldn't need to panic at the last minute. Aren't I thoughtful!

There are absolutely no restrictions as to what you can and can't do, so long as the finished project revolves around Love. Above is my example, and I've used the SAB set Polka Dot Punches. This is easily my favourite SAB set this year as it's just so versatile.

I will be online for the next two hours. Please email me if you have any queries and I'll return your email ASAP. My email address is jasner5@bigpond.net.au. Please make sure in the narrative of your email, you leave me your reply email address if using the above link, otherwise I will not be able to reply to you. Until next hour and our next project, have fun!

Supplies:

* Polka Dot Punches and Baroque Motifs Stamp Set.

* Craft White Stamp Pad.

* Pretty In Pink & Vellum Cardstock. Berry Bliss DSP.

* Pretty In Pink Gingham Ribbon, White EP, Mat Pack & Piercing Tool.

Virtual Night

This Saturday will be my first Virtual night of the year. I will be starting the event at 7.30pm Central Standard Time and have planned two projects. One will involve a technique while the other will be a 'theme' challenge. The projects will be posted an hour apart to allow time for those playing along on the night to complete their creations.

For those that can't play along on the night, there is no time limit to complete the two challenges/projects, however, for those that email to me or post their creations (and let me know) on their blog before Saturday 14th February 2009, they will go into a draw for some great blog candy. By notifying me of your creations (either by email or by posting on your own sites) I reserve the right to show and/or link your creations to this blog. This also allows me to keep track of who's in the draw for the offered blog candy. All credit will be given to each artist.

I hope you can all play along at some stage, and I look forward to seeing your wonderful card art.

Virtual Stamping Night:

Project 2 & Card Four of the Twelve Cards of Christmas.

Well, it's 7.30pm in the NT and it's time for the final challenge of this Virtual Stamping Night. This challenge is to create a one layer card using only one colour ink that's not a traditional Christmas colour. Bonus brownie points if you can also use a reverse mask (for beginners, there's a basic and short tutorial on how to do this at the end of this post).

The card I've created was inspired by my upline Karen who showed me the reverse mask when I was a novice stamper about 12 months ago. Although her card was different, it was the basis for my card below, which incidentally is another Christmas card as I still need more for my 'stash'. Please note, if you don't wish to do another Chrissy card (if your layout card ended up being a Christmas one), feel free to make any type of card you'd like.

Here's my example (sorry about the photo quality):

Supplies:

* Lovely as a Tree & Many Merry Messages Stamp Sets.

* Pale Plum Stamp Pad & Versa Mark (cause it's not a colour...he he he).

* Whisper White Cardstock.

* SAMJ, Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Sponge, 2-Way Glue Pen.

* CM Ovals Cutting System.

How to create a reverse mask:

For those who've never done masking before, basically, a mask is placing a piece of paper somewhere we DON'T want to over stamp. For a reverse mask, were stamping within usually a boarder to 'fill' a space.

Step 1:

Please cut a piece of scrap paper to slightly smaller than the size of your card front. I do this so I can totally centre the image and can see easily where the actual card is sitting. You then need to cut out the centre of the scrap piece of paper with the shape you wish your reverse mask to be. To cut my oval, I've used a Creative Memories Oval Cutting System. For those of you that don't have this, feel free to be imaginative and trace around an object then cut out the mask with either scissors or a craft knife. Be creative, although I've used an oval, you can use a square, circle, rectangle or any other shape you find.

Step 2:

Place your cut out scrap paper on the front of your card to where ever you'd like it to sit. Temporarily secure in place using a temporary adhesive or paper clips. I've used my 2-Way glue pen as a temporary hold. Once you've positioned your matt correctly, sponge within your cut out area. I've used SU Sponges, but again, if you don't have this, perhaps a kitchen or bath sponge can suffice. Alternatively for a different look, try scrunched cling wrap.

Step 3:

Carefully remove the paper mask template to see your masked creation. Continue stamping as desired. My example, because I was using such a pale ink is difficult to see, but you can faintly see the effect...which is subtle.

Thank you for joining me tonight in my Virtual Stamping Night. I hope you've made some great cards and you enjoyed yourselves. For those that wish to show their cards, remember to either comment below with a link to your blog OR email me your pictures and I'll upload them on my blog tomorrow.

Regards, Nerine

I'm back...I have a few cards sitting in my email box, so I thought I'd take the time to upload them now. Everyone's done such a great job on their cards, you should all be super proud of yourselves.

Here's Mel's:

Here's Judith's:

Here's Karen's:

Here's Tammy's:

Virtual Stamping Night:

Project One & Day 3 of the Twelve Cards of Christmas.

Thank you everyone for joining me in my second, Virtual Stamping Night. We have about 20 ladies all stamping together tonight across the country, which for me is very exciting. I hope you like the projects I've planned for tonight, I've kept them very basic for beginner stampers, but this, of course can be built upon for the more advanced stamper. Remember though to try make each card within an hour.

Also, I'd like to take a moment to re-iterate that for those that have blogs, feel free to upload your creations if you'd like. For those that don't have blogs, again, if you'd like others to see your creations, please email me a photo of same to jasner5@bigpond.net.au making sure you leave return email details in the narrative. Uploading your card however is VOLUNTARY and please don't feel pressured into doing this.

Last but not least, I hope you all have FUN, FUN, FUN. On to the first project!!!

To get us warmed up, I thought I'd set a basic card sketch challenge. For those new to stamping, the idea of this challenge is to take the sketch and, using what ever products you wish, create a card that has the same layout as the sketch. It's a great starting point as it takes the guess work of 'where do I put what'.

Here is the sketch:

And here's my example:

Supplies:

* Carte Postale Stamp Set.

* Always Artichoke, Purely Pomegranate and Naturals Ivory Cardstock. Holiday Harmony DSP.

* Purely Pomegranate Stamp Pad.

* Gold Cord (unfortunately retired) & Stampin' Dimensionals.

Good Luck, have fun until 7.30pm CST when I'm back with project 2!

We have our first card finnished. Congrat's Mel for your wonderful card.

Here's Tammy's

Here's Karen's:

Here's Judith's:

I hope your all very proud of the cards you've created, these are just fantastic!!!

SUPER-Stampers Virtual Stampin' Night
Project 3:


The last project of tonight is going to be a layout challenge. You can use anything you like to make your card, but please use the layout supplied (you can manipulate slightly but we must be able to see the main layout features). Remember, you have an hour, Good luck and have fun.


The Layout:

My Example:

With my example, I've used the corner rounder to scallop the bottom edge of the back sheet and have then used the crop-a-dile in an effort to try to make a 'lace' effect. I've also faux dry embossed the main image, and have only coloured in some of the flowers on the dress for a more subtle effect. The inspiration for this card has come from a lady by the name of Emily Giovanni. Her blog is DEFINATELY worth a look.

Supplies:
* Bloomin' with Happiness (retired Level 1 Hostess Set)
* River Rock, Soft Skies & Very Vanilla Cardstock.
* Basic Black, Soft Skies & River Rock Stamp Pad.
* Corner Rounder, Soft Skies Double Stitched Ribbon, Crop-a-dile & Sponge.

SUPER-Stampers Virtual Stampin' Night
Project 2:

I hope your all having fun and are ready for the next challenge. This time, it's an off the page challenge. For those non or new stampers, an off the page project is simply something that's not a card or a scrapbook page. For this project, were making a gift bag out of 12x12 Designer Series Paper and a little cardstock - the idea for which, I obtained from my UStamp classes.

My Example:

Supplies:
* Enjoy the Moment Stamp Set
* Berry Bliss DSP, Pretty in Pink Cardstock.
* Close to Cocoa Stamp Pad.
* Crop-A-Dile & Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon. Corner Rounder & Sponge.

SUPER-Stampers Virtual Night
Project 1:

Hello SUPER-Stampers & dedicated readers. Tonight I have planned a Virtual Stampin' Night for the ladies in my Stampin' Up! down line. As a team, were known as the SUPER-Stampers, and for the next three hours, were going to dazzle you with three fantastic projects.

The ladies have no idea what I've planned for them to make, but each hour (7pm, 8pm and 9pm) I'm going to post a project revolving around a 'theme'. The girls will have an hour to create their project, photograph it and post it on their blog (or email it to me and I'll post here for them). SUPER-Stamper team blog links can be found to the right of my blog and are named Mel S and Sharon W.

Naturally there are little prizes etc to be won through out the night for my down line independent demonstrators. I also have a few give aways for readers, so make sure you blog surf the links and post a message for your entry into the draw to win some blog candy.

Ok, lets get down to business. This is the first project for the SUPER-Stampers Virtual Stamp Night, and it is a colour challenge.

Please make a card (any size and design) using the colours Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and Taken with Teal. You may also choose one neutral to add to this combination.

Here's my example:

Good Luck, and Happy Stampin'.

Supplies:
* Always Stamp Set.
* Very Vanilla, Elegant Eggplant, Taken with Teal and Old Olive Cardstock.
* Elegant Eggplant, Taken with Teal & Old Olive Stamp Pads.
* Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, Antique Brass Hodge Podge. Scissors to Distress.
* 1/1/4" & 1/3/8" Circle Punches.