Hi there,  I am over the horrid headache I have had for nearly the last two  weeks & boy it is refreshing to wake up in the morning & not feel the constant thumping.

So kids went back to school today & I thought ok I will get soooo much done, but do you know what???  I didn’t.   AAAARRRRRGGGHHH I felt like pulling my hair out.  I am supposed to go into Geraldton tomorrow but I think I may stay home instead.  If I do stay home I am going to be stamping like mad because I have a busy weekend.

Well enough babbling, I have some exciting news for you

Stampin’  Up!  have let us know what the special is going to be for the month of May.  There is not just one but two specials. 

The first is when you buy 3 of the selected (in the table below) packs of Designer Series Paper you can choose another for free here are the papers

 Scrapbooking Promotion

Dates: 1-31 May 2009

Promotion Details

Buy three packs of select Designer Series paper ($16.95 each), and get one FREE! See selections below:

How great is that?!  This special starts on May 1st so if you would like to take advantage of this drop me a line or give me a call & I will pop your order in a.s.a.p. 

Now I did say there was/is two specials for May didn’t I?!  This is another fantastic special  I am so excited about it.

If you sign up to Stampin’  Up! during the month of May, you have a choice of Starter Kits.  That’s right you can choose the original Starter Kit for $324 which includes stamp sets, ink pads, cardstock, business forms & many more items OR you can choose the Scrapbook Starter Kit which for the month of May only is $150. 

With the Scrapbook Starter Kit you will receive exactly the same benefits as any other demonstrator you will just start with a different kit.  Below is a list of  items in the Scrapbook Starter Kit

Scrapbooking Starter Kit Promotion

Dates: 1 May – 1 June 2009

Promotion Details

In celebration of National Scrapbooking Month, join Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator for only $150 with our limited-time Scrapbooking Starter Kit. The Scrapbooking Starter Kit contains the following:

Once you sign up to be an Independent Demonstrator with Stampin’  Up!  you will not only receive your discount on all your products, but you can also build you business to earn an  income to either help in the house or fund your hobby.  You will have access to a fantastic website with wonderful ideas & projects to help you on your way.  You also have access to Stampin’  Up! Demonstrator exclusive forums where you can chat with fellow demonstrators & ask questions whether it be regarding your business or just help with a project.  

If you would like to know  more details on becoming a demonstrator call me on 0428 291037 & I will answer any questions you may have.

Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with some stamping.

Have  a great night

Hi just a quick post,  I hope you are all well.  It is not quite so in our house.  I don’t know what has come of us,  maybe tiredness??!!   The title is one that represents the feeling in my head…..THUMPING constantly,   I need a massage quite desperately

I want to show you a page I did recetnly for the Cyberstamp I mention a few posts ago.   The colours are Kiwi Kiss,  Not Quite Navy,  Bashful Blue & Basic Grey.  The DSP is from the Good Morning Sunshine pack, I have used some Styled Silver Hodge Podge & stamped with From the Kitchen Of  Stamp Set aswell as Embrace Life.  Here it is

I can’t linger any longer,  I need to go attend to my darling children & think about some dinner.   Unfortunately there will not by much on here for the next few days due to other commitments & well being of the members of my family, but as soon as I have a chance to create & post I will do so.

Take care & keep stamping

So as the title says I have found the ones that I CASEd from Leah.

I am one of the lasiest stampers I know,  I love the look of techniques, but just never get around to doing something different unless I HAVE to or really really really really want to.  When I saw this card I knew I had to copy it & refresh my memory of emboss resist.   So I didn’t make many changes but this is my card

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Stamp set:  Priceless,  So Swirly Jumbo Wheel

Ink:  Pretty in Pink,  Versamark,  Regal Rose

Cardstock:  Pretty in Pink,  Whisper White

Accessories:  White Embossing Powder,  Embossing Buddy,  Jumbo Wheel Handle,  Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon,  Brayer,  Heat Gun, Scallop Edge punch,  Paper Piercing tool & Mat Pack

This is the second card I thought was gorgeous , and here is my CASE of it

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Stamp Set:  Embrace Life,  Sincere Salutations

Ink:  Riding Hood Red,  Kiwi Kiss,  Chocolate Chip

Cardstock:  Kiwi Kiss,  Choc Chip,  Whisper White

Accessories:  Paper Piercing tool & Mat Pack,  Stampin’ Dimensionals

This card was so super easy & it really is very very nice.  Leah CASEd it from the front page of the new catty.  Thanks so much Leah for your wonderful creations & inspiration.

Well I’m off now to go do some kids stuff with tmy kids.

Till next time……..keep smiling

Happy Sunday to you all,  I hope you are having a nice relaxing day & have something lovely planned for the day.   We are heading off to a little town by the icean called Dongara.  We are taking the kids fishing & catching up with some friend while we are there.  We don’t go down there too often, but it is so lovely & we have an absolute ball.  I just love to go & have a meal cooked for me, even if it is a good old BBQ or Fish ‘n Chips

I don’t hink I have shared with you the true excitement I am feeling with all the new things I have to play with.  I did actually order WAY TOO MUCH, but it is just so refreshing to have new things to use.  When I first looked through the catalogue I wasn’t really taken by too many stamp sets, but as I looked more & more jumped out at me & they are the sets that I have heard other demonstrators say they really don’t like……oh what is wrong with me, do I need to visit the doctor?  LOL

Anyway I have been having  a stamp with the set called Cheep Talk, it is such a cuuuuute set.  I am finding it is very versatile & usefull for both male & female cards, not to mention scrapbook pages.  Here is the first card I made the other night with this set.  It is more for a boy, but could also be given to a girl.  I have inked the little birdy up using my Bashful Blue marker & then taken my Not Quite Navy marker & just gone around the outside of the bird to make it look like I have rock & rolled it.  I used my Choc Chip marker for the legs & More Mustard marker for the beak.  The rest of the ingredients are in the recipe that follows.

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Stamp Set:  Cheep Talk,  Sanded

Ink:  Kiwi Kiss,  Bashful Blue, More Mustard, Not Quite Navy

Markers:  Choc Chip,  Not Quite Navy,  More Mustard,  Old Olive

Cardstock:  Kiwi Kiss,  Bashful Blue,  Not Quite Navy,  Whisper White

Accessories:  Silver brads, Bashful Blue Double Stitched Grosgrain ribbon,  Hemp Twine,  Paper Piercing Tool & Mat Pack,  Stampin’ Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals

This is the next card I made.  I’m not totally happy with the greeting,  I think I might need to restamp it & punch it out with the Word Window punch,  I will see.  Anyway here it is

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Stamp Set:  Cheep Talk,  Fun & Fast Notes

Ink:  Kiwi Kiss,  Pink Pirouette, Choc Chip

Markers:  Pretty in Pink,  Choc Chip,  Barely Banana, Old Olive

Cardstock:  Kiwi Kiss,  Pink Pirouette,  Choc Chip,  Whisper White

Accessories:  Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain ribbon,  Filagree Brads (so gorgeous), Pink Fine Supernova Giltter (oooooo so yummy!!!), Two Way glue Pen,  Hemp Twine, Paper Piercing tool & Mat Pack, Stampin’ Sponges,  Stampin’ Dimensionals, Cutter Kit (distressing tool)

Well I love these two cards & think they may just have to sit on my desk for a little while…………..

Must dash & think about the things I need to pack for Dongara.  Have  a fantastic day.

Till next time………….keep smiling 

This is one of the reasons why i don’t CASE……I forget where I get ideas from.  I feel soooooo like the BIGGEST FOOL in the world.

In my post earlier today I said that I got the inspiration for this card from Leah…….

well I went looking for it again & it isn’t on Leahs blog but it is on Nerine’s blog here.  I am so sorry Nerine……& Leah. How much of a dillpickle am I??!!    BUT I DID FIND SOME GREAT INSPIRATION OVER AT LEAH’S BLOG.  Go have a look & see what I mean. 

I have been a lurker on both these ladies blogs for a bit & they have some fantastic work

So that’s it for me, no posting CASED work unless I can state exactly where it comes from.

I will have some original work up for you to see tomorrow, I’m done on CASE-ing for now.

Have a fantastic Saturday & till nex time………….go give someone a hug, I’m going to (& think of Nerine & Leah while I do, lol)

Another quick post today just to show you some more new cards.  I quickly whipped these up on Wednesday before I went into Geraldton for my Catalogue Launch. 

I was having MAJOR inspiration issues on Wednesday, mainly because I had lots to do & not enough time to do it all in, hence stampers block.  Anyway I went blurfing (new word for blog surfing)….I like it  lol!  I found some awesome inspiration over at Leah’s blog . 

CASEing is something i don’t do too often,  I feel a bit guilty about borrowing some-one else’s ideas & creation…..but sometimes I just have to bite the bullet & DO IT!  & this is one case where I did

I have been back to find the card from Leah’s blog that i am sure I CASED from but I just can’t for the life of me find it,  if I can find it later I will add it here so you can see where the idea came from….enough babble here is my card

and the recipe:

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Stamp set:  Embrace Life,  Inspired by Nature, Weathered

Ink:  Jet Black Staz On,  Whisper White craft Ink, Old Olive marker

Cardstock:  Choc Chip, Kraft, Water colour paper

Accessories:  Star Brads, Choc Chip grosgrain ribbon,  Paper piercing tool & mat pack,  Stampin’ Dimensionals

This is the second card & originally started from the same sketch as the one above………sorta

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Stamp Set:  Baroque Motifs,  Embrace Life, On your Birthday

Ink:  Baja Breeze,  Riding Hood Red,  Jet Black Staz On,  Rose Red, Old Olive

Cardstock:  Kiwi Kiss,  Baja Breeze,  Riding Hood Red,  Whisper White,  Water colour paper

Accessories:  Aqua Painter,  Wide oval & large oval punches,  Clear Rhinestone Brad,  Cutter kit (distressing tool),  Riding hood Red striped grosgrain ribbon,  Stampin’ Dimensionals

i think these cards have turned out quite well…..i hope you like my creations

Till next time……..keep stamping & smiling

As I promised in my last post a couple of new cards.  I can’t say much as I am busy with family things today.  WhenI first saw this set in the US I wasn’t all that keen on it & then when I saw it in our new catty I just had some CRAZY feeling that I HAD to buy it…….and I am SOOOOOO HAPPY I DID.  I love this set & my kids all love it to bits too.

These cards are just fairly simple as this is all I had time for before my catty launch the other night

With the second of these I want to make another similar but will add some stars to the eyes as I have seen alot of other people do ( & I think is really quite kewl)

Here is another card using this stamp set & this one I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE.  I have used some of the supernova glitter & I LOVE LOVE LOVE that too……..Oh this new catty is just so inspirational (I was going to say dangerous, but thought inspirational a better&  more accurate description)

Must run, if you would like to know more details, drop me a line & i can fill in any blanks in regards to colours etc….

This is a very tru quote I found & love to read as it is a reminder of how much life depends on love……I think this catty has renewed the love in my heart….ROFLOL!!!

Keep love in your heart. 

A life without it is like a sunless garden

when the flowers are dead.

Oscar Wilde

Hi there, 

I hope you have had a great day today.  My day today has been one of recovery, I had my catalogue launch last night & I was working on projects right up until 4pm yesterday finishing things off.  Yeh I know I should have been better organised, but the thing is that I went down to Mingenew on Tuesday & picked up my new catalogue orders & just had to have a play & do some samples before the night.  Anyway it has been a great day just hanging out with the kids & getting a bit of unpacking done here & there & dealing with food & washing etc…….you know how it all goes

OOPS I just realised I haven’t posted since Easter or even on Easter Sunday.  I hope you had a fun day & didn’t eat too much chocolate.  We had a very relaxing day.  Easter Bunny left some fantastic treasure hunt clues in the kids easter stockings & they had a ball finding ALL the eggs he had hidden.  In the afternoon we went down to Dongara to do a spot of fishing & catch up with friends.  It was such a relaxing day,  one to remember well & will be scrapped soon (oooooo with new papers…..)

I haven’t had alot of time to stamp this last week due to school  and mum holidays, so I am going to show you something I made a little while ago.  I love the way it has turned out.  I can’t remember where I found the tutorial for the bag, but it is so super cute & fits cards in it so perfectly.   This bag is so super easy & would make a perfect gift for a teacher, or mum for mother’s day, even just an RAK (random act of kindness),  pop a couple of cards inside & of course a little chocolate.

I’m thinking I probably should have made a tutorial, but now is not the right time to, so maybe later?!  Will see how I go once the kids are back at school.  For now…..do you want to know the measurements?  Of course you do…………here they are:

Cut a piece of cardstock to measure 10″x 12″. 

 Along the 10″  side, score at 2″ & 8″. 

On the 12″ side score at 5″ & 7″. 

To make the tabs, but along the 5″ & 7″ score lines until you hit the 2″ scoreline, do this on both sides. 

Adhere the tabs & sides together, decorate with some DSP,  insert some jumbo eyelets & ribbon for the handles & there you have it.

And here is my bag, cards & choc bag

Here’s a recipe of what I used:

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Stamp Set:  Fun & Fast Notes, Fresh Cuts

Ink:  Jet Black Staz On,  Going Grey,  So Saffron,  Ruby Red

Cardstock:  Going Grey textured card,    Rose Red,  Basic Grey,  Bali Breeze DSP (now retired), So Saffron,  Watercolour Paper,  Whisper White

Accessories:  Jumbo Eyelets,  1″ Rose Red Grosgrain ribbon,  Aqua Painter,  Silver Brads,  Designer Label punch,  1 3/8″ Circle punch,  Word Window punch,  Slot punch, Crop-a-dile,  Stampin’  Dimensionals,  Cutter kit (distressing tool), Medium Cellophane Bags

I must rush now,  I need to go organise dinner for my family……what to have?  I haven’t even thought of that bit yet,  OH I DO LOVE HOLIDAYS

I will try to post some new cards in the next day or two, keep watching.

Till next time………….stay happy & stamping

Good morning & Happy Saturday to you

I hope you are having a great day,  we are.  It is so nice to know the kids are on holidays & there is no routine for 2 whole weeks…………….YIPPPEEEEEEEEEEE (yep I’m worse than the kids).  This means I can stay in my pj’s for as long as I want & I don’t have to make lunches into lunch boxes & the kdis dont HAVE to get to bed early and all those fun fun fun things.

Anyway this is going to be a quick post.  I just wanted to show you the little gifts I made up for the kids to give to their teachers.  The idea of these came from Keesh….thanks hunny

This is all the ones I made

and here is a close up pic

Well I must be off now.

Oh yeh a recipe

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Stamp set:  loads of love accessories

Cardstock:  Bashful Blue,  Groove Guava,  Purely Pomegranate, Choc Chip & Whisper White

Ink:  Bashful Blue,  Purel;y Pomegranate,  Groovy Guava

Accessories:  1″ satin choc chip ribbon,  1″ double stitched choc chip & bashful blue ribbon, Stampin’ dimensionals,  Scallop circle, 1 3/8″ & 1 1/4″ circle punches,  Lge oval punch

Take care & till next time……………keep smiling

Happy GOOD FRIDAY everyone.  I hope you are having an enjoyable day & that you have a lovely Easter planned.  We are staying home today & are going to just have a quiet lunch with the 6 of us, the kids really enjoy that.

So onto another Cyberstamp Challenge, this one was to incorporate any 4 of these items/techniques etc…

1. Punches
2. Ribbon
3. Brads
4. Hodgepodge
5. Distressing
6. Embossing
7. Gitter
8. Pocket
9. DSP
10. Wheel
11. Sponging

I actually made it & then check to see if it fit the criteria & yippee it did

The criteria I have used are:

1. Embossing (the happy)
2. Hodgepodge
3. Sponging
4. DSP
5. Distressing
6. Ribbon

Here is my card

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Stamp set:  Happy Everything, Sanded

Cardstock:  Kraft, Chocolate Chip,  Pacific Point,  Whisper White,  Good morning Sunshine DSP

Ink:  Whisper White craft ink,  Versamark, Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  White embossing powder,  embossing buddy,  heat gun,  1″ Choc Chip ribbon,  Styled Silver Hodgepodge, Label Punch

I had fun with this one.  I should have another scrap page up in a couple of days.

Till next time…………..keep smiling