Hello paper addicts! I’m so pleased to have you here, especially if you’ve hopped along from Marian and the other demos in this blog hop. We are so lucky to have such a great bunch of talented demos here out West.
Let me ask you, crafty people – how good does a whole day spent crafting with friends, making up 12 gorgeous cards to take home, with a generous supply of cake, chocolate, and hot tea sound to you? Well to me that sounds pretty dang awesome, which is why I jumped off the couch with a resounding “yes please!” when I read the Facebook invitation from Kelly Kent and Nicole Wilson to do just that.
There is nothing quite like being able to get together with people who share your passion. Our Paper Adventures team does manage to get together fairly often, but of course, it’s never enough, and we are a little spread out, geographically. So this Demo Retreat Day that Kelly and Nicole organised was a fabulous opportunity to spend the day crafting with friends new and old.
We’ve followed the Make and Take box format at a few team meetings and it’s a great way of knocking out some projects quickly, and you always get such a great variety of projects as well. I loved that on the day of our retreat it was organised so that you weren’t necessarily doing the same projects as the people sitting around you, so you got to see a big variety of projects as well. For my Make & Take I wanted something simple and fun that would be easy enough to get done in the 20 minutes we had with each box.
I do love an organised Make & Take box, with everything ready to go! My box included the three stamps already mounted on blocks, ink (Archival Grey, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Memento black), Stampin’ Blends, dies, and a chamois for cleaning the stamps afterwards.
The stamps I chose for this project were that gorgeous unicorn from Magical Day plus one of the little decorative elements (the small stars) and this fun sentiment from Bird Banter. The card base and mat layer were in Whisper White and the pink square (die cut with the Stitched Shapes) is Flirty Flamingo.
A little stamping, a little colouring, a little cutting and a bit of sticking and this is what you get!
A nice simple, clean card with a little bit of a cheeky element.
Keep on hopping to see some more gorgeous projects, next up being the fabulous Richelle.
Thanks for stopping by!
From High Trees House,
S.
WA Demo Day Blog Hope Participants
High Trees House Living 
OOOOhhhhhh yet another that missed my craft space! Just beautiful Siobhan xx
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Thank you, Nicole! We could have settled in for the whole weekend and made all 30, I’m sure!!
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It was so lovely to see you again Siobhan and I loved making your card – it made me smile 🙂
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Aww, thanks, Melissa. It was fun catching up with you and I’m looking forward to seeing you again at On Stage.
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This card makes me smile – that sentiment!!!! So glad you were part of the first WA Demo Retreat Day! Thanks for being my table buddy. Kelly x
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I might be biased but we were a pretty awesome table 🙂 I do love a cheeky sentiment.
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I loved making this card. So cute
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I’m glad you got to make it and enjoyed it, Marian.
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Ooo! I did get to make this card at the retreat and had a giggle at the sentiment! Thank you!! 🙂
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Love a cheeky sentiment!! Glad it gave you a giggle 🙂
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Beautiful card, Siobhan! Didn’t get to make it on the day so thanks for posting it here so we can case it. It was great fun sharing a table with you at Retreat!
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Hey table buddy! It was fun getting to know you, looking forward to catching up again in a few weeks.
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Super cute card, Siobhan. Disappointed I didn’t get to make your beautiful card on the day. It was lovely to meet you. See you at Onstage x
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Oh, I’ll be there with bells on!
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Such a pretty, fun card, Siobhan. I love all the white space that makes it feel so clean and fresh!
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That’s why I love a bit of white space!Thank you, Judy.
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