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I am ohhhh soooo late with this post :(
On one of the Stampin’ Up! forums I’m a member of  it had a post asking for some assistance with tutorials to sell to help raise funds to buy a new chair for a very special little boy…. so I decided to help out with writing a tutorial.  I was lucky enough that the ladies at the Helping Hudson crew let me write three tutorials…………..here’s Hudson’s story
Hudson is the 2 ½ year old son of a fellow Aussie Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, but unlike most children his age, he has had a tough little life!  Doctors realised he had an incomplete brain before he was born and as a newborn he was discovered to be legally blind.  Hudson has recently been diagnosed with both Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy.  His mobility has been hindered severely by his disabilities, however his family and friends wish nothing more than to give him the chance to get moving on his own. Hudson needs a special Wheelchair/Walker, called a Kid Walker. This device will help get him mobile, allow him to play with his brother and sister, interact with other children his own age and give him independence in his day to day life!
This is where the stamping world really comes into play! There is a HUGE online stamping event taking place, called Helping Hudson -A Wheely Great Cause!  The organisers have been working really hard, securing support, tutorials and donations to get this event underway. There are going to be three weeks of stamping fun for you to join in – it kicks off  today and will run right through until 22 August.  
Bundles of tutorials kindly donated by Stampin’ Up! demonstrators the world over, are available for purchase.  Each bundle has 10 fun-filled tutorials for just AU$10!  There are six themes to choose from: Bags & Boxes, Christmas, Kids’ Birthdays, Projects for Men & Boys, Punch Art & Scrapbooking. There’s even a FREE bonus bundle if you buy four or more. WOW how exciting! All proceeds go directly to help Hudson.
The Helping Hudson Crew will also be posting some awesome challenges throughout the three weeks. For a small donation you can join in and be in the running for some FANTASTIC Stampin’Up! Prize packs, kindly donated by Stampin’ Up! Australia (Aussie participants only).  Also keep your eyes peeled for challenges over at Just Add Ink and Stamp A Memory too.
And we would love you to help spread the word too. Check out the ‘Spreading The Word’ page at the site for all you need to know to get the word out to as many people as you can.
To check it all out click on this icon below. 
There has been alot going on over at Helping Hudson, so exciting & so inspirational, you really should go over & check it out.
Here are some pics of the tutorials I wrote up for the cause
This tutorial is in the Scrapbooking bundle
This one is for the boxes & bags bundle
& finally
I did this tutorial for the Masculine bundle.
The bundles really are a bargain & they have been written by some very talented ladies :)
So if you’d like a little inspiration & ALOT of bargain filled tutorials pop on over to help out with raising money to help with Hudson’s chair

Hidy ho :)  

I hope you have had a super duper wonderful Thursday today.  I had a quick trip into Geraldton to take Robby in so he could pick up a ute that had some repairs on it.   So when I got home I made me a coffee, sat at my craft table & thought & thought & thought & finally something came to me …..YAY!!! :D

Here’s what I made

I was so happy with how this turned out that I made 2 more. 

Here is a close up of the ute

& the greeting

Now while I was stamping today I had this wonderful view out the window……………

how B…E…A…U…T…I…F…U…L…!!!! is the rain?!  It hasn’t rained here for about 3 weeks, so this HAS BEEN OH SO WONDERFUL & life saving.  The crop was just starting to really need a drink :D

SMILES all around in the Kitto household :)

I hope you like what I’ve made today, I’m off to go cook pizza for dinner so I had best rush before my darling children ruin our house!!! :P

Till next time……keep smiling

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?? :D

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

Yup another card htat is a masculine one, same stamp set as the last one, slightly different creations

Colours Choc Chip, Old Olive, Confetti Cream, Ruby Red

Ribbon is Twill

Punches are the Wide Oval Punch

I like the Ruby Red on this one, I think it brightens it a little.

It could be used either for a male or female card, what do you think?   I’d love to know.

Holidays are nearly over & kids are just about back at school, which I am looking forward to, but then that means life will get busy again :)

Chat with you again soon

This is another holiday creation no real inspiration needed for this one, it just popped onto the page :)

Colours are Choc Chip, More Mustard, Old Olive, Ruby Red & Confetti Cream (am liking cream atm)

Stamp set is Le Jardin Botanique, Sanded, Best yet (hostess set)

Accessories are Jumbo Eyelet, Hemp Twine & my good ole’ distresser from the Cutter Kit oh & that’s right I coloured in the tree with markers, same colorus as mentioned above

I love this card & I’m loving the pics my camera is taking up here atm…..I must try to take some more outisde pics when we get home (if only it wasn’t so hot & windy at home, we’ll see)

Ok so this is another super duper quicky, but that’s it for now, back to my holiday resting :P

Catch you soon

Hey hey it’s time for the ESAD blog hop.  I’ve been looking forward to this,  I’m really hanging out to join in & see what everyone has been up to.

Ok so ESAD-SU is a wonderful Yahoo group I am lucky enough to be a member of.  It is a group for Australian & New Zealand Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators.  We have online chats, challenges, cyberstamps, tutorials etc… all to share with each other.  It is also a wonderful place to ask questions, there is always someone there willing to help out if they can.  If you are a demo but not a member, click here & you can join up. 

Being a demonstrator I had the chance to pre-order a stamp set from the Sale-a-bration catty & I decided on Vintage Labels, then I got it & thought….Oh my!!!! what am I going to do with this?
I actually had ALOT of fun with it

Here I made some little boxes with some love notes in

Stamp sets:  Kindred Spirits, Vintage Labels

Ink: Choc Chip, Riding Hood Red

Accessories:  Curly Label punch, Paper piercer & mat pack,

 

Then I made this version

Stamp sets:  Vintage Labels

Ink: Choc Chip

Accessories;  Brads, Paper piercer & mat pack

Then I decided to have a play with some of those wonderful  ‘no bad bits’ cupcakes

here is a close up of the label

don’t you just love the versatility of this stamp set!!!! I DO….SERIOUSLY

Ok now onto the last card I have made using the Vintage Labels stamp set

Oh I LOVE this card too.  I honestly haven’t done much stamping at all lately, but this is one of a few I made to go into a swap recently.

So the deal with the blog hop is that you post a comment on here, then go to the next blog & comment there & so on….until you have visited all the blogs & commented on them all.  Once you have done that you will need to send Leonie an e-mail to leonie@stamp-a-latte.com to leter know you’ve been to them all & commented. The precious Leonie will then pop your name into the draw to win some wonderful Stampin’ Up!  products blog candy….YAY!!!

So I’m the last one on the list but if you started here you need to pop on over to Alana Galagher’s blog here  & comment, follow all the links, comment on all the blogs & then pop Leonie that e-mail.  You’ll love all the blog candy you’ll receive if you win & ya gotta be in it to win it :)

That’s it from me today, I’m still on holidays & thoroughly enjoying the down time, reading, swimming, NOT COOKING!!! (gotta luv that) sleeping in……am I making you jealous yet??? LOL! :D

Take it easy & I’ll get back to my regular posting soon.

Whoop whoop,  another post so soon……ROFLOL :P

Well I am cheating with this one because I have scheduled it to appear.  I am flat out trying to sort the paperwork for the farm atm so I have not stamped in a couple of days, but mind you I did that much over the weekend that I think I needed a rest anyway….lol

Another wonderful challenge set over the weekend was by a lovely lady named Lisa Ryder (I’m not sure if she has a blog but will find out & link it if she does )  Lisa chose to set a colour challenge & believe me when I saw the colours I thought…..gee they will be a real challenge.   You see the colours are Riding Hood Red, Bordering Blue, More Mustard & Naturals Ivory…….oh my what a combination.

So when I saw these colours together the first thing I thought was……man, it must be a male card becasue these colours are just NOT PRETTY (iykwim) then the next thing I thought was…..OOOOOO Rooster I could use my Rooster & I love my Rooster :D

It took me a while to get the layout right but I am really please with how this card turned out……..

Saturday Colour Challenge

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Set:  Rustic Rooster & Great Friend (coming August 1st), Sanded

Ink:  Riding Hood Red, More Mustard

Marker:  Bordering Blue

Cardstock:  Riding Hood Red, Bordering Blue, Moer Mustard, Naturals Ivory

Accessories:  Jumbo Eyelet,  Distressing tool from the cutter kit, Hemp Twine, brad, Wide, large & small oval punches .

I love e effect of the weathering of the edges but I feel like I do that with alot of my cards, I think it has to do with the fact of not being able to cut straight or lay the card straight…..LOL

Well I have to dash now , go to pick up the kids from school & do the sport activities. so I will chat with you again soon.

Till then……………..smile your little dial off :D

TanyaBlogSig

Hiya,  great to see you :)

So today is Wednesday & it is my first day at home ALL by myself for 2 1/2 weeks.  The kids are back at school, Robby is at work (after a busy day at home yesterday with our farm advisor….*sigh*) & I have made Duncan (our workman) a lunchbox…….

Instead of trying to get something stamped & posted today I thought I’d show you the other couple of cards I made on Sunday, similar to the ones I showed you in my last post.

Again these cards are using the colour theme of, Chocolate CHip,  Sage Shadow, Really Rust, More Mustard & a bit of Old Olive.

With this first card I used the stamp set Friends 24-7 (which I am warming to).  I blinged it up with some Clear Rhinestone Brads, I also used one of the YUMMY clips out of the clip assortment.  The sentiment is from the very YUMMY sale-a-bration set called YUMMY which is one set I just can’t pass up. 

ESAD-SU Fathers Day Swap CASE2

 

 

Now this next card is a little different but still based on the same colours.  Here I have used the brand new (to me) stamp set Circle Circus.  Yet again this is the first time I have used this set.  I have again used some Clear Rhinestone Brads to bling it up.  This time I have used the narrow Choc Chip ribbon & punched the best wishes out of the set short & sweet with the Word Window punch.

 

 

ESAD-SU Fathers Day Swap CASE3

 

and now this is the final card I made

Here I have used the leaves out of the Embrace Life stamp set & used the Dad sentiment from the Greetings Eight set.  Then the buttons i used are from the Buttons Latte…..these are GORGEOUS. 

ESAD-SU Fathers Day Swap CASE4

 

So there you have the last of the brown & green cards now I promise i won’t be posting any more like these  for a little while.  Hopefully I will have something else to show you soon.  I am planning for another Cyberstamp with some other SU demonstrators so I will have some things coming up.  I am heading off to Geraldton tomorrow to go shopping & then sports with the kids on Friday, so life is still a bit busy but hopefully I will have some time to not only stamp but post too.

Till next time……..keep smiling & thanks for calling by.  Chat to you soon

TanyaBlogSig

Hi there  I am glad you dropped by today.  I am sorry (yet again) I have been away.  We have had school holidays here & I just haven’t had the time to post let alone stamp :)

We have had an awesome time over the holidays.  We went to the movies, McDonalds (which is a HUGE treat for the kids), picnicing which was divine.  Apart from that we just stayed home & chilled & it was just wonderful.

Ok so on Sunday we went on a picnic lunch (in between the showers of rain) & I had some cardstock cut up to make some cards so I was lucky enough to make a couple before we went & then another couple after we got home.  I joined in with a card swap with some other demonstrators & it was Father’s Day orientated.  I didn’t really know what I was gonig to make & was going through the stamp sets I have when I thought……..Ooooo the trendy trees set would make a noice card.  & of course I HAD to use the Happy Father’s Day greeting.  Now what is a male based card without some hemp twin & a jumbo eyelet?? So I got to it &  this is the card I made for my swap

ESAD-SU Fathers Day Swap

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Set:  Trendy Trees,  Weathered,  Occasional Greetings

Ink:  Sage Shadow, More Mustard, Old Olive, Really Rust, Choc Chip

Markers:  Choc Chip

Cardstock:  Choc Chip,  Really Rust,  Whisper White, Windsor Knot dsp

Accessories:  Choc Chip grosgrain ribbon,  Jumbo Eyelet, Hemp Twine, Paper Piercer & mat pack, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Now, as I said earlier I had a few extra pieces of card cut so I decided to make some other cards,  the supplies for these are pretty much the saem I have just changed the stamps & accessories

This first one I have used the stamp set Boatloads of Love & I have coloured the boat using my aquapainter & re-inkers.  I totally suck with my watercolouring but I am making myself do it so I can get better :)

ESAD-SU Fathers Day Swap CASE 

 

ESAD-SU Fathers Day Swap CASE1

 

So with this set I used the stamp set Friends 24-7.  I coloured the bird directly on the rubber & stamped it.  I blinged it up with some half pearls out of the Pretties Kit.

 

This was so easy to make these cards with the left overs from my swaps.  I have a few more too & I will show you those over the next few days.

So till next time…….keep stamping & smiling :)

tanyablogsig41

Good morning, now I know I said yesterday I would have some scrapbooking, but I thought if I post a photo that I already have in my comp, then at least I will have something to show you.

This is a card I case-d from one I had received earlier in this post.  Mine is much more somple than Claire’s, but I think it still showcases the technique well (& yes I know the pic really isn’t that good, sorry)

rocknroll-with-trendy-trees1All supplies Stampin’  Up!

Stampn Set:  Trendy Trees

Ink:  Pumpkin Pie,  Ruby Red, Old Olive,  Choc CHip,  Creamy Caramel

Cardstock:  Kraft,  Old Olive, Choc Chip, Whisper White

Accessories:  Stampin’  Sponges,  Paper Piercer & mat pack, large oval punch

I will be back a bit later with some scrapbooking, so stay tuned………..

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