This a petal card and it only seems fitting that I used the Paisley Petals stamp set and matching DSP to create a Petal Card...

The Pennant Parade stamp set (page 37 of the catalogue) and matching punch (page 153) are such a versatile pair as the simple shapes are easily used for a variety of cards. There was the baby card I made a while ago, and then Bev and I taught a telescopic Christmas Card at the Hamilton Christmas Extravaganza using the Pennant Parade stamp set as Christmas Trees...

On Sunday we held the Hamilton Christmas Extravaganza, show-casing some of the fabulous new products from the Idea Book & Catalogue. At this Extravaganza we had five pairs of demonstrators who taught a project, moving from table to table so that, at the end of the day, everyone of the 70ish stampers who attended took home five lovely creations using a variety of techniques.

I had a couple of birthdays to make cards for this month, so I played with the Designer Frames Embossing Folders (see page 157 of the Idea Book & Catalogue). Inspired by a card created by Kerry Bunting, this is one of the cards I made...

For the October Workshops we made this Christmas criss-cross card (say that ten times fast!) using the rectangular designer frame embossing folder...

For the October workshops we created fabulous Christmas Star Boxes...

Here is a pretty vintage card I made using one of the designs from the Beau Château Designer Fabric pack, paired with the coordinating Elements of Style stamp set...

New to the Idea Book & Catalogue is Designer Fabric - check out all the gorgeous designs on page 140. Each pack of fabric includes three designs on 100% cotton in an extra-wide fat quarter size (approx. 68.6 cm x 45.7 cm each). These fabrics coordinate with designer papers and stamp sets from the catalogue. Here is one set of Designer Fabrics...