Friday Sketch Challenge #6 (and catching up with #5)

Hi everyone! Time for another Friday Sketch Challenge, This was a really fun & easy sketch to work with so make sure you pop by the Challenge website and play along! This is a little monochrome(ish?) card I was asked by a friend to make for a christening she was attending. I thought the sketch needed the cute teddy bear from "My Favourite Bear", which is one of the very first sets I purchased and haven't been able to part with even though it has been retired for years.

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Stamps: Calendar Alphabet, My Favourite Bear
Ink: Early Espresso
Cardstock: Subtles Patterns Stack (Certainly Celery), Crumb Cake, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Antique Trinkets

Punches: Modern Label

Bigshot: Stripes Textured Impressions, Petal Cone Bigz L

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I played along with the last challenge for my DT commitments, but I didn't get the chance to post here, as I was attending a family wedding. So I thought I'd post the card here as well.

This is the card I made for Chris (Justin's Brother) & Amy's wedding. I also made their wedding invitations so luckily I had insider knowledge of the colour scheme, stamps used etc and was able to make a card that coordinated with the wedding perfectly ;)

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Stamps: Elements of Style, Monogram Sweet Alphabet
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
Cardstock: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White
Accessories: Black & Clear EDP, Basic Black Satin Ribbon

Bigshot: Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

Retired SU! Products for sale!

Well it's that time again, the time of year where I send my retired products to new homes where they can get a little more inky love.
*Click the product name to see a photo
*Where I have noted "Well Loved Condition click for a picture of the underside of the stamps, this normally indicates heavy ink staining on the wood blocks, however the rubber is still in good working condition.
*Where sets coordinate with other sets or wheels for sale I have made a note

Stamp Sets

• Oh, So Lovely (Level 1 Hostess) - New $35
• Oh, So Lovely (Level 1 Hostess - Excellent Condition $25 now listed on ebay
  
• Party Punch (Level 1 Hostess) - New $35
• Party Punch (Level 1 Hostess) - Excellent Condition $25 now listed on ebay
• A Little Bit of Happiness (Level 1 Hostess) - New $35
  
• For a Friend (Level 1 Hostess) - Excellent Condition $25 now listed on ebay
• So Many Sayings (Level 1 Hostess) - Excellent Condition $25 now listed on ebay
• From the Garden (Level 1 Hostess) - Excellent Condition $25 now listed on ebay
• Polka Dot Punches (Sale-A-Bration) - Very Good Condition $15 now listed on ebay
• Wonderful Words - Very Good Condition $30 now listed on ebay
• Carte Postale - Well Loved Condition $25 (Matches Leaves A La Carte) now listed on ebay
• Expressive Flexible Phrases - Excellent Condition $60 (click for catalogue images) now listed on ebay
• Office Accoutrement - Good Condition $30 now listed on ebay
• Everyday Flexible Phrases - Excellent Condition $60 (click for catalogue images) now listed on ebay
• Crab & Co - Well Loved Condition $25 now listed on ebay
• Merry, Merry - Well Loved Condition $25 (Matches All About Christmas Wheel) now listed on ebay
• Polka Dots & Paisley - Very Good Condition $25 (Matches Polka Dots & Petals and Petals Wheel) now listed on ebay
• Polka Dots & Petals - Very Good Condition $25 (Matches Polka Dots & Paisley and Petals Wheel) now listed on ebay
• Cheery Chat - Very Good Condition $40 now listed on ebay

Stampin' Around Wheels

• All About Christmas (Jumbo) - Good Condition $10 (Matches Merry, Merry) now listed on ebay
• Petals (Jumbo) - Good Condition $10 (Matches Polka Dots & Petals and Polka Dots & Paisley) now listed on ebay
• Leaves A La Carte (Jumbo) - Very Good Condition $12 (Matches Carte Postale) now listed on ebay
• Basics Outline (Jumbo) - Good Condition $10 (Matches Bud Basics)

I'm willing to sell to any Australian resident, however postage is additional and at your expense. I can accept paypal and bank deposit. Email (zjgould@gmail.com) or call me (0418 650 294) anytime to reserve your purchase. First in Best Dressed.

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

Just My Sketches - Love You

Here is my April reveal for Just My Sketches. The heart shaped photo's were actually meant to be circles but I think Deanne will forgive me as they are something other than your regular 6x4's...
This layout is a little bit of an inside joke, the photos are of Stefan & Charlotte when we were in Albury recently. Stefan is Sarah & Mark's son, Sarah is probably the closest thing I have to a sister, she has known me since I was alot younger than these 2 are and it doesn't seem to matter how far away I go (because I'm the one who moves, she has stuck around, now she literally lives around the corner from where I grew up lol) we always keep in touch and we can always just pick up right where we left off and hang out as if it hasn't been over a year since the last time we saw each other, so we were really really excited to find out that we would be having our first child at around the same time (there are about 3 1/2 months between Charlotte & Stefan) and then we were even more excited when I had a girl & Sarah had a boy (neither of us found out ahead of time what we were having) and we decided the day Stefan was born that he would have to marry Charlotte so we could be related! Because of all this I thought it was only fitting that the journalling should read "Charlotte & Stefan - True love forever..."
The funniest part of the whole thing is that these photo's were probably the loviest they acted towards each other the whole weekend, when you have 2 only children under 18 months they don't tend to share very well and we had a few little barnies lol
I have used the Stained Glass technique for the flower in the top corner & I have cut out another heart from the love you in DSP and popped it up on a dimensional.
If you want to have a go of the sketch here it is:
PS I have just realised that by the time this post goes live the Ginger Blossom DSP & possibly the stamp sets will be retired, so I am really sorry about that, I try to publish only current products on my blog so that if something inspires you the products are still available.
Stamps: Big on Spring
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Versamark, Earth Elements SW Markers
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Ginger Blossom DSP
Accessories: White EDP, Black EDP, Sewing Machine

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould for Deanne Burton

Retired Stamp Sets on Ebay

For anyone who's interested I have listed some retired stamp sets on eBay. These aren't current retiring list products but sets that I kept last year and have decided they need a little more inky love than I am currently giving them.
You can check them out here.
With the current retiring stamps that I will be selling I will be putting a list up here shortly so you can see what I will be selling come 1 April (demo's aren't allowed to sell stock until it is officially retired, but I'm happy to take names of anyone who is interested).

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

Mojo Monday #76 - Fall Flowers Thanks

I saw the Mojo Monday sketch and had to give it a go, I don't think I really did it justice though, you know you have an image in your mind and you pop it down on paper and it's just nothing like you imagined... My excuse is that when I made this card my Mojo had been MIA for several days, maybe the mojo in Mojo Monday was what appealed to me lol, surely using a sketch with a name like that would have to help me find mine again... This is a gorgeous sketch and I might have to give it another shot, what do you think?
Stamps: Live Your Dream
Ink: Groovy Guava, Old Olive, Soft Sky, Sahara Sand
Cardstock: Soft sky, Groovy Guava, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Fall Flowers DSP
Accessories: Beach Ribbon Originals

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

Karin's Masterpiece!

Karin came over to play the other day & she needed to make a birthday card for her Aunty, so for a little inspiration she went thumbing through my (well loved, time for a new one?) catalogue and found this little gem on page 51:
She loved how they'd turned the stamp sideways to make a little vine of flowers and since I didn't have the Birthday Best stamp set (funny thing is she owns it but she left her stamps at home and just brought her cardstock etc) so we went looking through my stamps for something similar that we could use to recreate the look. Karin also wanted to use some colours from the Soft Subtles colour family so we pulled out the Colour Coach and came up with the magic combination of Lavender Lace, Apricot Appeal & Certainly Celery.
And anyway here is her interpretation:
Don't you just love it? It makes me so proud when I see one of my customers (but friend first lol) use the resources SU! has made available to us all and they make something they love! And it makes me even prouder to see her use a colour like Apricot Appeal with such ease when I have so much trouble using it!
Stamps: Season of Joy (Spring Mini), Time Well Spent, Short & Sweet
Ink: Basic Black, Soft Subtles SW Markers
Cardstock: Apricot Appeal, Lavender Lace, Whisper White, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Corner Rounder & Round Tab punches, White Gel Pen, Elegant Eggplant 1/4" Grosgrain

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

2009 Retiring Stamps & Accessories List

You can find the list of Retiring Stamps & Accessories here. Some items will be available at 25% or even 50% off the RRP and with those prices they won't last long!
As stocks are only available while stocks last or until the end of March whichever comes first please contact me zjgould@gmail.com or on 0418 650 294 to place your order soon!
Updated 11/3/09 - Please note the changed format, all retiring products are now listed with Unavailable or Low listed next to the items already gone or about to go...

Page	Item #	Description	Availability
		Stamp Sets
125	112229	ABC Images	Low
62	108720	Ahoy, Matey	Unavailable
75	108722	All I Have Seen	Low
40	108728	*All Through the Year
34	108992	*All-Year Fun
110	108734	*Alphabits
48	108738	*Artfully Asian
102	108742	*Background Sampler
53	111229	*Backyard BBQ
86	108740	Bareback	Unavailable
51	108744	***Be Happy
83	108998	Beautiful Life	Low
124	108746	Best Friends Alphabet Lower	Unavailable
124	108747	Best Friends Alphabet Upper	Unavailable
124	108748	Best Friends Numbers	Unavailable
88	110250	Big Pieces
51	108753	Birthday Best
79	108755	*Blossoms Abound
80	108756	***Bodacious Bouquet
81	108757	Bold Butterfly
101	112294	Brocade Basics
65	112376	*Bronc Buster
78	111232	*Bud Basics
58	110255	Bundle of Joy	Unavailable
63	108763	By Land	Unavailable
116	112326	Calendar Cues
108	108764	*Canvas
94	111234	Carte Postale
115	108765	Cheery Chat	Unavaiable
112	108767	Circle of Friendship
30	108768	City of David
102	112272	Classic Backgrounds	Low
55	110246	Crab & Company
28	108772	Crazy for Christmas
33	112253	*Dad's Day	Low
42	108781	*Eat Cake
106	112300	Elegant Notes	Low
116	108785	Everyday Flexible Phrases
58	112391	Everything Baby	Low
117	108786	*Expressive Flexible Phrases
79	112310	Fabulous Flowers	Low
27	108790	Festive Favorites
40	108805	Figures of Speech
108	108806	*Fine Lace
95	108807	*Finest Flourishes
67	108809	Fishy Friends
107	108811	*Floral
32	112316	Forever in My Heart	Low
108	112397	*Friendly
115	111973	***G'Day Mate
110	108820	Genuine Articles
68	111975	*Go Team
56	108828	*Greetings Galore
92	112306	*Happiness
28	108840	*Holiday Wishes
26	108842	*Hung Up on the Holidays
116	108847	It's a Date
112	112320	It's All Good
111	108849	It's Your Birthday	Unavailable
97	108850	Itty Bitty Backgrounds
68	112330	*Just Golf
68	112332	*Just Tennis
31	112216	*Keep Christmas	Low
122	111989	*Kia Ora
96	112338	*Labelicious
113	108855	*Lexicon of Love
53	110254	*Like It a Latte
107	108857	Linen	Low
88	108860	Little Pieces
76	108864	***Looks Like Spring
29	112223	*Merry, Merry
77	108874	Mostly Flowers	Unavailable
118	108875	Much Appreciated
84	108877	Natural Beauty
90	110243	*Office Accoutrement
107	108884	*On the Spot
108	108887	*Paisley
31	108888	Peaceful Wishes
74	108890	Petal Prints
46	110247	***Polka Dots & Paisley
47	110248	Polka Dots & Petals	Low
38	108894	Pretty Princess
126	108904	*Rough Edges Mini Alphabets
83	108906	*Sassy Stems
32	112362	Sealed with a Kiss
122	112346	Seasonal Wishes
124	112402	Short Order Numbers	Unavailable
43	108913	Simple Somethings
29	110244	*Snow Flurries
27	108934	***Snowflake Spot, The
30	108918	*Solemn Stillness
122	112395	Spring Pictograms
91	108920	*Stamp of Authenticity
65	108921	Starstruck
74	108923	Stipple Rose	Unavailable
84	108924	Summer by the Sea
100	112284	*Sweet Sampler
93	108927	*Sweet Shapes
60	112290	*Sweet Thing
49	108929	Symbols of Solicitude	Unavailable
43	108930	Tag Time
38	110249	Tagger's Dozen
49	108931	Take Three
75	108937	Touch of Nature
54	108944	Unfrogettable	Low
108	108954	*Well-Worn Words
36	112336	Whale Wishes
72	108960	Wild Rose
49	108962	Wishing You the Best
120	108963	Wonderful Words
		Stampin' Around Wheels
29	109690	All about Christmas
78	106610	Basics Outline	Unavailale
42	107467	Birthday	Unavailable
80	107466	Bodacious
81	104156	Flitting By	Unavailable
95	108423	Leaves à la Carte
62	107212	Matey's Map	Unavailable
47	108980	Petals
104	107464	Rough Texture	Unavailable
91	107465	Speckled	Unavailable
65	109672	Bronco
54	106662	Daisy Field	Unavailable
67	104065	Fishy	Unavailable
53	107565	Flip Flops	Unavailable
40	107561	Garden Annuals	Unavailable
28	103195	Gifts Galore	Unavailable
32	109678	Kisses
74	104279	Leaf Prints	Unavailable
54	107482	Lily Pad	Unavailable
125	109568	My ABCs
55	108978	Sandy Shells
28	101638	Star
154	104061	Star Studded	Low
		Hostess Sets
24	109812	All about Occasions Bundle
21	112393	Cause for Celebration
18	112261	For a Friend
18	112239	From the Garden
22	112340	In the Spotlight
21	112233	Infinite Goodness
19	112259	Little Bit of Happiness, A
17	112214	Oh, So Lovely
17	112243	Party Punch
19	112245	So Many Sayings
20	111127	Spring Solitude Bundle
23	112263	Time Well Spent
		Accessories
		Brads, Buttons, Eyelets
145	105320	Basic eyelets	Unavailable
147	103977	*Bold Brights buttons
145	100375	Bold Brights I eyelets
147	103981	*Earth Elements & Neutrals buttons	Unavailable
147	103978	Earth Elements buttons	Low
145	100381	Earth Elements eyelets	Unavailable
145	105319	Metallic eyelets
147	105446	Rich Regals buttons	Low
145	105316	Rich Regals eyelets	Unavailable
147	105445	Soft Subtles buttons	Unavailable
145	100378	Soft Subtles I eyelets	Unavailable
		Designer Series Paper
135	110749	*Berry Bliss Designer Series paper
136	109174	*Brilliant Blue Prints Designer Series paper
134	109149	*Brocade Background Designer Series paper
136	109178	*Certainly Celery Prints Designer Series paper
136	109169	*Close to Cocoa Prints Designer Series paper
136	109150	*Dashing Designer Series paper
136	110699	*East Coast Prep Designer Series paper
134	109160	*Fall Flowers Designer Series paper
136	110479	Jersey Shore Designer Series paper
134	109151	*Le Jardin Designer Series paper	Unavailable
135	110748	*Notebook Designer Series paper
136	109176	*Old Olive Prints Designer Series paper
134	109148	*Outlaw Designer Series paper
135	108503	*Petals & Paisleys Designer Series paper
136	109170	*Pumpkin Pie Prints Designer Series paper	Unavailable
136	109167	Rose Red Prints Designer Series paper
136	110698	*Spring Break Designer Series paper
135	110273	*Spring Fling Designer Series paper
NA	106686	**Spring Flowers Designer Series paper
NA	106685	**Spring Showers Designer Series paper
135	110271	*Spring Silhouettes Designer Series paper
135	109157	Wintergreen Designer Series paper
		Hodgepodge Hardware
144	105532	Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware	Low
144	105531	Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware	Low
144	105515	*Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware	Low
		In Color
129	111860	Blue Bayou A4 card stock	Low
129	109018	Blue Bayou Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109013	*Blue Bayou Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109060	*Blue Bayou double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	111857	Groovy Guava A4 card stock
129	109019	Groovy Guava Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109012	*Groovy Guava Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109063	*Groovy Guava double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	108638	In Color 12" x 12" card stock	Unavailable
129	111856	*In Color A4 card stock
129	108694	*In Color textured 12 "x 12" card stock
129	111853	Purely Pomegranate A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109011	*Purely Pomegranate Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109061	*Purely Pomegranate double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	109017	Purely Pomegranate Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	111852	River Rock A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109016	River Rock Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109010	*River Rock Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109062	River Rock double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	111851	Soft Sky A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109015	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109009	*Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109059	*Soft Sky double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
129	111850	Wild Wasabi A4 card stock	Unavailable
129	109020	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Ink refill	Unavailable
129	109014	*Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad
146	109058	*Wild Wasabi double-stitched grosgrain ribbon
146	110716	*Wild Wasabi striped grosgrain ribbon
		Miscellaneous
133	103604	*Days-To-Remember 12" x 12" Wall Calendar
148	103280	Embossing kit	Unavailable
133	100900	Gift sacksGift sacks	Low
132	106523	Five-in-One Card Cover Envelope Template	Unavailable
133	110730	*Pockets & Pieces Office Accents	Low
		On Board
140	107307	*On Board Accents
141	109181	*On Board Blossoms & Basics
141	109179	*On Board Ginormous Pieces
140	107306	*On Board Simon Lower
		Punches
142	104942	1/4" Circle punch
142	104943	*1/4" Square punch
143	104389	Double Circle punch
143	106522	*Spring Flower Bouquet punch
143	112670	Three for You Punch Box
		Ribbon
147	109189	*Beachfront Ribbon Originals
147	101259	Black hemp twine	Unavailable
146	104830	*Caramel gingham ribbon
147	109187	*District Ribbon Originals
147	109188	*Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals
147	109185	Jersey Ribbon Originals	Unavailable
146	104829	*Light Blue gingham ribbon	Low
146	104828	*Light Pink gingham ribbon
146	109037	More Mustard 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
146	104831	*Moss gingham ribbon
147	109184	Sherbet Ribbon Originals
147	109186	Theater Ribbon Originals	Unavailable
		Rub-Ons
141	110282	*Anchored Rub-Ons
141	110281	*Cherished Memories Rub-Ons
141	110285	*Urban West Rub-Ons
		Simply Scrappin'
138	109610	Confetti Simply Scrappin'	Unavailable
137	110572	*Crew Kids Boy Simply Scrappin'
138	110567	Crew Kids Girl Simply Scrappin'
139	109649	Round Up Simply Scrappin'
139	109635	Secret Garden Simply Scrappin'
138	109663	*Winter Bright Simply Scrappin'
		Simply Sent
13	112664	*Friendly Notes Simply Sent
12	112666	*Lifelong Notes Simply Sent	Low
13	112665	*Sending Happy Thoughts Simply Sent
14	112667	*Simple Delights Simply Sent
14	112668	*Three Thoughts Simply Sent

I will be updating this post with the sold out items on a regular basis until 31 March.

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

5 petal punch flower

When i saw this tutorial I knew I had to give it a go. I decided that rather than sponging the flowers I would use the Sale-A-Bration polka dot punches flower.
I'll be demonstrating this technique to my Terrific Techniques girls on Saturday as it is our Punch Art 101 class.
Stamps: Happy Everything, Polka Dot Punches
Ink: Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock: Berry Bliss, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose
Accessories: Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals, Fire Rhinestone Brad, 5 petal punch, Spring Bouquet Punch

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould