A Time for hope...

And a 'Get Well Soon' message. I made this card yesterday to send to my friend and upline Cass for her mum who has just undergone a life saving organ transplant this week. It's is such an emotional time for them so hopefully it will help to know we care and are sending our thoughts and prayers to them at this time.

Happy Birthday Chloe!!

Our gorgeous little neighbour next door turns One today!! so I wanted to make her a card to go with her present.

I've used a set called 'Favourite Teddy Bear' for the main images and 'Small Sayings' for the sentiment. The number '1' comes from 'Letterpress Numbers'.

I've also added some 'Dazzling Diamonds' to teddy and the '1' just to glam it up abit ( and drew a heart in with my 2-way glue pen and sprinkled glitter on that as well).

The photo doesn't show it up terribly well though.

I don't always get the chance to make cards for friends and family but I do try!! I hope she likes it!

Mixed Bouquet...

I bought this stamp set for myself for christmas and finally got a chance to play while my beautiful girl had a nap yesterday.

I used a technique called Reverse Masking to create the shaded area and used my Pastels and Sponge Daubers ( I love love these little things!) to blend.

The sentiment is from the set Small Sayings which is in the current mini as is the wide chocolate ribbon. And the brads came out of my Hodgepodge hardware.

It was actually a really quick card to put together and I managed to make it while on the phone to my Mum! ('As Always' my hubby would say)

All Ingredients used are From Stampin' Up!® And available for purchase through me at any time! Take care xx

Friendship Blooms...

I just love freebies and this stamp set is one you can choose for free when you place an order worth $100 or more during Sale-A-Bration. To make this card I've used Regal Rose cardstock and created the scalloped bottom by using my corner punch with the guard removed.

Then layered with some Close to Cocoa cardstock and the Loves Me designer double sided paper. I've also added some paper peircing and ribbon from the Flirty Ribbon orininals Which is available from the current Mini catalogue.

If you don't already have a copy of these catty's please contact me and I will post them to you this week.

Our First Guest Blogger IS....

Paulette! Thanks so much for sending me this gorgeous card!

Paulette has used Petal Prints and Sincere Salutations along with some paper piercing.

Don't forget all you have to do is send me your card or email me and I will show off your work here as well. And it's so nice to get mail other than bills every once in a while!

Cake boxes...

How adorable are these? I made them a while ago, photographed them and managed to show them at a few workshops before my beautiful toddler *Sat* on them. Imagine a cardstock 'Cake' towering high...

Well, I was able to salvage the ribbon at least! They are made using the 'A New Little Someone" stamp set and Pixie Pink cardstock. I have some Dazzling Diamonds on the safety pins on the box using Heat and Stick Powder and Versamark Ink. These would be great for any party as souvenirs filled with lollies or treats and small gifts.

All items used are Stampin' Up!® and are available for purchase through me at any time.

Would you like to see your creations HERE????

If so then all you need to do is send me your cards or handmade items, 3-d, scrap page etc either by post or email ( saved as an attachment is fine) with a brief description and I will do my best to show it off to the world as my guest blogger!

So come on, what are you waiting for??

Simplicity...

This is my take on Cass' challenge at today's get together (another benefit of being a demonstrator is the time together to stamp, create and catch up with each other!)Which was a one layer card! My layer being the wide certainly celery ribbon. I've also added some Dazzling Diamonds to the flowers using my 2-way glue pen. This was stamped in Stazon black and watercoloured with crayons and aquapainter. All of which are Stampin'Up! and available through me!

Chocolate, Chocolate everywhere and not a bit to eat!

So... one of my New Years Resolutions is to cut DOWN (notice I didn't say OUT) Chocolate consumption and lose some weight! So I have to find other ways to get my fix. Thank goodness for Stampin' Up! and 'Chocolate chip', 'close to cocoa' and 'creamy caramel' cardstocks and inks.

These latest cards I made last night. The first uses the 'Carte Postale' set from the Summer Mini catty along with the 'French Script' background stamp and my SU punches to give some definition. This was a card sketch challenge a few weeks ago from one of my favourite site's I go to for inspiration! Splitcoaststampers

And this second card uses a set called 'Long Time Friend' and the 'Wide Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon' along with some Sage Shadow thrown in for good measure. What do you think??

To begin the New Year I will be announcing a new competition so stay tuned for more details.

Happy New Year...

... and all that Jazz! Well I must admit I'm glad to see the start of a new year. Lots of positive things to look forwards to and a whole new year of exciting adventures with Stampin' Up!

This is quick card I made today while my delightful (Ahem) child was resting (not sleeping as supposed to be!)

I love chocolate chip cardstock at the moment so used an 11x21 cm folded for the base and added some of the gorgeous double sided paper 'Loves Me' with 'Big Blooms' stamp set and 'Wide Very Vanilla Ribbon' all available from the Summer Mini Catty. For a bit of glitz I added some dazzling diamonds with my 2 way glue pen. And the word 'Wonderful' from the stamp set 'Warm words'.

Don't forget with all orders over $100 from now till the end of February you can earn FREE stamp sets from the Sale-A-Bration Catty.

Sale-A-Bration..

Is just around the corner. What an exciting time of year. Just when you thought you could party no more, Stampin' Up! go and offer the best promotion EVER!!

This is one of the gorgeous sets called 'Birthday Whimsy'
I can't wait to have a play with this hopefully this evening!!

From the 1st January- 29th February 2008, you can earn FREE stamp sets from our exclusive Sale-a-Bration catalogue when you place a $100 order, host a workshop or by Joining my team as a Demonstrator. Once this promotion ends these stamp sets will never be available again. All the details are in the brochure, which also has some gorgeous new samples showcased as well!

If you would like your own copy please email me and I will put one in the post for you this week!

While I'm on the subject of specials, Stampin' Up! in conjunction with Australian Scrapbooking Creations magazine are offering the chance to purchase the Starter Kit at a further 10% off the already amazing value. This offer is only available till the 12th January so you need to be quick but this also means you will be entitled to Sale-A-Bration benefits as well and receive a free stamp set of your choice from the main catalogue. This means a massive saving of about $375 off the kits value.

Please don't hesitate to contact me for an obligation free info pack (I will express post) and I will answer any questions you may have about Stampin' Up!

Last piece of Christmas...

This is the last thing I wanted to show you for Christmas. If you were at the Penrith Paper Crafts Festival in November you may have seen me demonstrating these cute little gift cards.

( some of you lucky few may have received one from me then as well!).

They were super quick to make using a technique called 'Reverse Masking'.

All i did was create a circle mask using my round tab punch and then using 'pastels' and sponge daubers, coloured inside the clear area. Then with mask in place I stamped my 'hung up on the holidays' stamps, lift the mask and voila! A bit of 'dazzling diamonds' to finish and they're done. The best bit is I only used the one colour for the whole thing! Even the cardstock! This one is 'Ballet Blue'

Merry Christmas...

Hope you all have a wonderful, safe and Merry Christmas from my family to yours!!

Double pocket tote...

I made this adorable little double pocket tote bag using the Holiday Thyme paper which is sadly no longer available. It was a super quick project that would be a great gift with some small note cards or treats stuffed into the pockets.

It also uses the star from 'on board accents' chipboard and the 'celebrate' from the stamp set 'Lexicon of love', Gold cord, Twill tape and gold Brads.

December Madness Offer...

Still need to get a few gifts for loved ones or even yourself in time for Christmas??

• Place and order with me no later than 6pm 15Th December and you will I will throw in postage and handling costs on me! That's right ... free!
  
  
• Place an order worth $100 or more and receive a free Classic ink pad of your choice on me as well!!
  Place $200 and get two etc...
  

This offer is only available until Thursday, 15Th December.

Don't forget this is also the last chance to acquire the beautiful Holiday Thyme Double-sided Papers @ $14.95 they're a bargain!!

Hail, Hail...

Here are the photos as promised. These were taken about half an hour after the main storm passed and had already begun to melt.

I hope everyone has stayed safe and sound. Thank God for insurance!!

A bit of Scrapbooking...

So I'm not usually a scrapbooker but love to give it a go now and then. These are two 6x6 layouts I've been working on this morning and I must say I'm quite happy with how they turned out. The first one simply uses the ingredients from the Simply Scrappin Kits- All the trimmings. and the second is another using my new stamp set- Time well spent.

This second page uses a LOT of pink but it figure that's OK because my daughter is a very girly- girl. And she just looks adorable in pink.

As I type this a Hail storm has just hit Sydney. Will post the photos later. Bigger than I've ever seen and my first ever brand new car has just copped it big time!!!

Challenges Galore...

This is a card I made for a colour challenge that Madonna hosted for the team I'm a part of 'The Elite Stampers'.

Using "Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Rose Red, Orchid Opulence, Very Vanilla or Blush Blossom up to you"

I wanted to change the fold of the card and use my spiral punch finally! I also used the tag punch to do both ends of my 'Friends' Tag.

click on the picture for a larger view

Ive also used:

Time well spent (2008 hostess set)

watercolour wonder crayons and aqua painter

buttons (rich regals)

hemp twine

and glue dots- mini and pop-up

wide very vanilla grosgrain ribbon

All items are Stampin' Up! and are available through me simply by contacting me here.

Time well spent...

Remember during the promotion for the stamp set 'All in the Family', I mentioned what an amazing company Stampin' Up!® is?? Well, today they proved it once again. As a thank you to us as demonstrators we all received this stamp set for free from Shelli, the founder of Stampin' Up! (Can you tell I'm excited, it only arrived this morning and has already had a workout!)

If you would like more information about the benefits of being a part of this awsome family then please contact me for an obligation free info pack.

P.S. On the quiet, this set will be featured in next years catty as a hostess set!

This card uses:

Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal and Certainly Celery cardstock

Waterclour Paper

Water colour Wonder Crayons in Rich Regals and Aquapainter

Rich Regals Brads

'Time well spent' and 'Much Appreciated' stamp sets

Wide Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon ( summer mini) and the white gel pen.

New Summer Mini...

Is now online!! This year's Summer mini catalogue is jam packed with beautiful new stamps and accessories. Did I mention how gorgeous the papers are?? They are beautiful so I bought them all!! LOL

If not not satisfied just looking online, Drop me an e-mail or contact me so I can pop one in the post for you.

There's still time to buy your Christmas gifts for loved ones or if you would like to spoil yourself, there is something for everyone!!

Just a reminder that the Holiday Thyme papers are only available until the 15th December!!!

This latest picture is using the new 'Enchante' papers which I am totally in love with. These papers also co-ordinate beautifully with the 'Carte Postale', 'leaves a la Carte' wheel, and 'French Flair' Background stamps!






Accordion book in a box just ready to be embellished!!!