Well well here I am again, I hope this all goes to plan & shows up on Thursday.  I’m doing these scheduled posts because at the moment I have the time to sit & write & I don’t know if I will over the next couple of weeks with it being school holidays here right now. 

This post today (& the next couple too) is showing you another wonderufl gift I received in the mail.  Again it has been a little while since I received it & I am sorry Christine for taking so long in posting……but……LIFE, tell me, who said it ws allowed to get in the way of stamping?????? Lol

Here is the gorgeous gift Christine Healey sent me

It is a wonderful file folder full of goodies……there is a yummmmmy block of chocolate in a pouch (it’s so sweeeet), some envelopes made using the Scallop Envelope Bigz Die  & inserts to go inside them & then there is this GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS card .  I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything about this creation, isn’t it just wonderful

I have honestly not eaten the chocolate & I received it in May so I think it is now time to go & indulge

I’ll catch you back here in a couple of days

Hello hello & a Happy Tuesday to you……………I hope you are having a good one & are not too cold where-ever you ar today.  I’m feeling it a little here, so have just popped the heater into my craft room to warm it up a little so I can do some of those jobs that have been waiting for what seems like for-evahhhhhhhhhhhh

Today I’m going to show you another lovely gift I received in the mail recently.  This one was sent to me by the wonderfully talented Caroline Colgan

Isn’t it just gorgeous, I LOVE it, very PINK & very ME!!

Thank you so much Caroline for sending this to me it brought a smile to my face when I opened the mail & I am terribly sorry it has taken me so long to post it.

Well I’m off to organise a couple of other posts now to schedule over the next few days, so I’ll se you next time

Till then…….keep warm

Today I have a picture of a lovely gift I was sent by the very talented & lovely Liam Pucher

This is a gorgeous little easle drawer, it has some lovely note cards inside. 

You should pop on over to Liam’s blog, she has some incredible tutorials over there.

I hope you have a wonderful day today & I’ll chat with you later

Hi there, today I’m going to show you a creation I made a couple of weeks ago.  I saw this gorgeous little bird house a little while ago & thought I’d give it a go, this is what I came up with

I created a card to match with the birdhouse. I really enjoyed playing with Melon Mambo, it is such a fun colour to use.

The colours I’ve co-ordinated with it are Whisper White & Kraft. 

Here’s one I’ve created in Baja Breeeze

I hope you’ve enjoyed looking at my creations today.

I’ll catch you again soon

Good arvy to you, I hope your day is going splendidly

Today I am going to show you a box of cards I have created today.  I thoroughly enjoyed my bit of time I’ve spent in my craft room….the itchy fingers are enjoying the workout

Here it is

In all honesty I think this is the only creation I’ve been totally happy with using Pacific Point…..hmmmm maybe I should try using it a little more, it makes perfect male cards.

Here is one of the cards that’s inside the box

The base for the card is Whisper White & I’ve used some Good Morning Sunshine dsp, then topped it with a piece of Summer Sun cardstock.  I stamped the Loads of Love image onto Water Colour paper with Staz On ink & coloured it using my Aquapainter & ink.  I mounted this onto a piece of Riding Hood Red & then popped that onto the Summer Sun.

The greeting down the bottom of the card is from the set On Your Birthday, stamped in Staz On.

I made 3 cards with the Riding Hood Ribbon with a red ute & then 3 cards using the Pacific POint ribbon with a blue ute.  I also used some Circle & some Star brads…….

I think this well be given to one of my childrens swimming teachers……I’ve got this week & next to organise another 2 gifts……hmmm what will I make, I must get my thinking cap on.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at what I’ve created today & I hope it might have inspired you to use some colours you don’t normally use??

Till next time (which I’m going to schedule now so keep your eyes peeled over the next couple of days)……Keep Smiling

Today I’m going to show you a bag I’ve made to send to a friend.  In the bag I’ve included some cards & a little pillow box with some yummy smelling soap

Here is a pic of the whole set together

I’ve made a box in a bag & then I decided to make 6 cards to pop inside it.  Also I used my new Pillow Box Die that goes in my Big Shot & made the cutest little box that is home for a small soap.

Here’s the Pillow Box

& a close up of the flower

Here is a sample of the cards I included in the bag

I had alot of fun making this gift.  I know it’s going to be loved where it is going to

I hope you are having a great week, it’s back to being busy here atm, so stamping & blogging is having to take a back seat for a bit, hopefully i”ll be back with a little more later in the week.

Keep smiling

Hello there,  Baja Breeze would have to be one of if not my favourite colour.  It goes so well with many many colours.  Today’s project has Baja Breeze combined with Pink Pirouette & Chocolate Chip.

I made this set to send to a friend for her birthday earlier this year.

This is the card & pouch together

For the pouch I used the retired Parisian Breeze Speciality dsp, I just love these papers.
Here’s the pouch

And a picture of the card by itself

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Friends 24-7, Whimsical Words, Baroque Motifs

Ink:  Choc Chip, Baja Breeze

Cardstock:  Parisian Breeze Speciality dsp, Baja Breeze, Choc Chip, Whisper White

Accessories:  Flower Fusion Too, Wide oval Punch, Double Stitched Choc Chip 1″Grosgrain ribbon, 5/8″ Choc Chip Grosgrain ribbon, Silver brads

These cards are so easy to make & the Flower Fusion gives the card that little more of a lift.

If you’d love to make some cards like these or even the whole set at a workshop e-mail me today on tanya@stampnchat.com & we can organise a time & date to catch up, I’d love to show you how to do these.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hi, today I am going to show you 2 little albums I made over the weekend.

The lovely Gardenia set a challenge for us on ESAD-SU ( a forum for Australian & New Zealand Stampin’ Up! demonstrators) to make a Circle flip up album, you can find the tutorial here on Splitcoast Stampers.  I was determined to give it a go & got out a heap of papers, some cardstock & stamps I thought would all go.  I sa t down to create, cut out the circles &………………………………..nothing else wanted to happen, things just didn’t seem right.  So I sat & hashed a heap of things out before I decided to have a look in the Simply Scrappin Kits I have…….& then it all came together to create this

Now I wasn’t totally happy with it but thought oh it will do…..but I couldn’t finish with that. I HAD to make one I was really happy with & this is what I came up with…………….

With this album I sponged the edges a little & distressed them too.  I’m loving how it turned out!!! YAY

I used the Sweet Nothings Simply Scrappin kit & it made it so easy to finish this off.  In all honesty I think it took me about 30 minutes in total & then the photo’s…….I must add some more Simply Scrappin Kits to my next order & I think I’ll have to give some cards a go with the leftovers.

So I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday & I’ll be posting a challenge I’m setting for ESAD tomorrow, see you then

Howdy Doody……I hope you have had a wonderful weekend !!

Today I’m going to show you a gift I made & sent to a special friend of mine Andrea (waving at ya Andrea)

I was a little late sending this off because I have been a bit busy, but I did get it in the mail in the end….Anyway I made a combination of 3D & cards for Andrea & she absolutely LOVED them ……makes me smile to know I have put a smile on someone elses dial

To start with this is the card I made & then everything matched with it

This is a little pouch I made & popped some small square cards in it

A covered journal

& finally a box in a bag…..which had some Mt Romance hand cream in it

All products Stampin’ Up!

Cardstock & dsp:  Real Red, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Urban Oasis

Stamps:  Baroque Motifs, On Your Birthday, Thoughts & Prayers.

Ink:  Real Red, Basic Grey, Kiwi kiss, Whisper White

Accessories:  Round Tab Punch, On Board So Tweet, On Board Accents (retired), Real Red Grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Crop-a-dile, Circle punches (1 3/8″& 1 3/4″), Glossy Accents, Clear Rhinestone Brads….I think (hope) that’s it

I had a lot of fun making & posting this gift off, making presents is GREAT THERAPY

Enjoy the rest of your day today & keep smiling

At the beginning of the year the kids did their Vacswim lessons.  As usual I made a gift for each of them to give to their teachers.  This is what I made for them & I was so chuffed with how they turned out

This is what the finished product looked like.  I love the little sweet treat cup on the top & it has some dazzling diamonds in it with the butterfly

Here’s the card i made

Here’s what was inside the box…..Rocky Road (yummo!)

I just chopped some up & popped it into one of Stampin’ Up’s cello bags & then it fit perfectly into the box

Here’s a close-up of the Sweet Treat cup

I really do need to get my sweet treat cups out again…..must add that to the never ending list of things to do & try

Take care of you & see you next time