Back to blogging!

It's a new year, I have new toys and I thought it was about time I got back to blogging.
Normally I'm very much a routine kind of person. It's how I live and how I get things done. In January, that all goes out the window, which is lovely, but also not very productive!!
I've been having lots of fun with my new toys from the Sale-a-Bration brochure and Occasions Catalogue. I've been designing cards for upcoming classes, but also making some cards just for fun.
I kicked off my card-making for the year with a CaSE. I always like to make use of the lovely samples in the catalogue. I took this clean and simple card on page 47:

 and made my own version:

I've added an extra piece of DSP to mine, to bring in an extra pop of colour, and used a different stamp set.
When I haven't created for a while, I like to start off simple and work my way into it. It feels good to have one 'under the belt' and gives me confidence to tackle something more elaborate.
How do you get back into it after a long break?


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Occasions Catalogue Shares

If you would like to get your hands on a sampling of all of the beautiful papers, ribbons and embellishments in the Occasions Catalogue, then you might like to join one of my Share Bundles. How does it work? Instead of having to buy all of these gorgeous products individually (costing hundreds of dollars) you get a sample size of each!

DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SHARE (66 pieces) $23
You will receive a 6x6 piece of each of the sheets in each pack. So this is a total of 66 6x6 pieces: It’s My Party (12), Birthday Bouquet (6), Love Blossoms (12), Botanical Gardens (6), Shine On Specialty (6), Have a Cuppa (12), Going Places (12). You will also receive a 6x6 piece of the Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper.

RIBBON & EMBELLISHMENT SHARE (44 pieces) $24
Baker’s Twine (11.45m), Pool Party Glitter Ribbon (2.2m), Watermelon Wonder Satin Ribbon (2.2m), Bermuda Bay Stitched Ribbon (2.2m), Enamel Dots (24), Honeycomb Embellishments(3), Bow Paper Clips (6), Botanical Gardens Jewels (3), Have a Cuppa Embellishments (3)

OR BUY THE LOT - $47

and receive a FREE GIFT of a Sale-a-Bration Paper Share!

 

20 PIECES:

6”x6” Botanical Gardens Vellum – 8 pieces

6”x6” Wildflower Fields DSP – 6 pieces

6”x6” Perfectly Artistic DSP – 6 pieces

Email me if you would like to join the Share. I accept payment by Cash, Direct Deposit or cheque. Stampin' Up!'s 5% Shipping & Handling Charge is included in the Share price, but if you need your shares mailed out to you, postage will be $8, anywhere in Australia.

The Closing Date for Shares is 15th February, 2016 but I will mail out Shares as the groups fill


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Sale-a-Bration 2016 is here!

It's everybody's favourite time of the Stampin' Up! year - Sale-a-bration ... Because we all love free stuff!
There are 3 different ways you can earn free products:

If you have a big wish list, now is the perfect time to get those things as you’ll earn 1 FREE Sale-a-bration item for every $90 you order – so the more you spend the more you’ll get free! This year there are 11 products to choose from – 7 stamp sets, 3 paper packs and Project Life Cards!

NEW PRODUCTS ADDED! Check them out HERE

 

Sale-a-Bration is the perfect time to get your friends together and stamp, shop and chat! When you place a group or individual order of $400 you’ll earn a bonus $40 in Hostess Rewards! That means that if your combined total is $400, you'll earn an extra $80 to spend! A $500 order earns $100, and it goes up from there!

Sale-a-Bration really is the best time to join Stampin’ Up! During Sale-a-bration, you can get $295 in products for just $169! It's amazing value, plus you can choose whatever you want in your kit!
Contact me today to request a Catalogue, place an order, book a party or to ask any questions you might have about joining.


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The 2016 Occasions Catalogue is here!

Woo Hoo! The new Occasions Catalogue is here, and it's full to the brim with beautiful new products and inspiration:

Click HERE to download the PDF.

If you'd like a copy to keep by your bedside/read in the bath/show off to your friends just email me with your address, and I'll pop a free copy in the mail for you (Australian residents only please)


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Year-end Sale - Final Day!

It's the last day to grab yourself a bargain from the Year-End Sale!

More products have been added to our Year-End Sale! Check them out HERE

It's the end of the year, so we're cleaning our inventory and making room for new products--and we're offering you some great savings while we do it! We're adding more products to our Clearance Rack and discounting select items from the holiday catalogue!
Some products on the Holiday Retiring List are now discounted up to 40%!!

During the Year-End Sale, you can find ALL discounted products in one location in the online store: under the Year-End Sale category. So don't fret if you don't see the category "Clearance Rack" on the online store right now--it has been integrated into the Year-End Sale. But hurry - these are sure to sell out FAST!

Grab a bargain before they're gone!

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Merry Christmas!

In amongst all of my pre-Christmas cooking and cleaning, I just wanted to pop in and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with lots of time for crafting! This is the Christmas card I sent out this year. I had lots of fun getting my fingers multiple shades of blue and green in the process! It's all shimmery in real life, thanks to Shimmery White cardstock.

I also just realised that I hadn't shown you the Christmas decor pieces that I made using the Hello December Project Life Cards and Accessories. A fun countdown flip-frame (Frame is from IKEA):

And a Christmas Box Frame:

So simple to put together, and these can be used year after year. Merry Christmas!


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Quick Christmas Gift Bag

Need to dress up a Christmas Gift? Just grab some of your favourite Designer Series Paper, a Gift Bag and a Designer Paper Clip. Voila! You are done!
These little bags make an iTunes gift card look a bit more special!

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Home for Christmas Tag and Box Set

I thought the Hearth and Home Thinlits would make a cute "window" in the lid of a box....and was I right?? My little box holds this set of 6 tags and it also holds 6 Ferrero Rocher Chocolates.
Here are my dimensions (some are in inches and some are in cm, hopefully that's not too confusing!)

You can make the box and 6 tags using one 12” x 12” piece of cardstock.
Box: 7” x 5-½” Kraft Cardstock, score 1-¼” from all 4 sides
Lid: 5-½” x 4-½” Kraft Cardstock. In landscape orientation, score 1-¼” from each end
Window Sheet: 11 x 7.5cm
Tags (6): 10 x 4.9cm, punch one end using Ornate Tag Punch
Gold foil: 4.9 x 5.5cm
DSP: 4.9 x 4.9cm
Tips: Use ¾” Circle to punch a ‘notch’ in the side of the box to make it easier to open Cut an extra window frame for the inside of the lid, to cover your adhesive


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Christmas Chocolate Holder

If you need a cute little Christmas gift, then these might fit the bill! Little mini Chocolate holders. I copied these from some gorgeous ones I found HERE.
The chocolates are from Aldi, and I've used the Merry Moments Designer Series Paper and Peaceful Pines stamp set to decorate the holder.

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Home for Christmas Lumiere

I love making Home Décor items, especially at Christmas time. I've seen a few of these tea-light lanterns around, and decided to make my own version. Of course you need to use a battery-operated tealight in one of these!
I've the Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper to decorate my lumiere. There's a different (fussy-cut) design on each side. It looks so pretty at night when the light shines softly through the vellum.

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Little Christmas Mouse

Since my team is called Stampers Anony-mouse, I always like to make my team some mouse-themed Christmas gifts. We had our Christmas party last Friday night and these were the little gifts I made everyone. I used the Fry Box Die, the Delicate Ornaments Thinlits (for his head), and lots of punches! I decided to give them reindeer antlers instead of Santa Hats this year.
Inside are some homemade cranberry and white chocolate cookies.
Here's a close-up:

The colours I've used are Smoky Slate, Blushing Bride and Chocolate Chip.

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Clean and Simple Christmas

If you haven't made your Christmas cards yet, it's not too late! You can keep it clean and simple, and whip up a batch of these in no time at all.
Here's another design that is also very quick and easy:

If you're going for the clean and simple look, I always like to add a touch of sparkle or texture, just to stop it from being too plain.

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Christmas Display

Does this look familiar? My clever hubby copied the cover of our Holiday Catalogue to make me a display piece. It's been gracing my card classroom for the last few months, and has received many admiring comments. He did a good job, don't you think? Here's the original:

....and then I copied all of the cards, tags and decorations to put on it!
There's only a couple of weeks left to order from this Catalogue. You can view the Retiring List HERE. Some items have sold out already!

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Rip Flip for Christmas

You may remember the "Rip Flip" technique that I demonstrated in Hawaii. If not, you can read about it HERE
I decided that this technique would make some quick and easy Christmas cards. It's a great way to use all that beautiful Christmas DSP that we all like to collect!!
I've used Merry Moments here, and kept the rest of the design quite simple....very easy to mass-produce if you still haven't made your Christmas cards!

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Lots of Joy Stamp-a-stack

I love pairing traditional Christmas images with non-traditional colours. Here I've used Island Indigo, Cucumber Crush, Night of Navy and a dash of Silver with the Lots of Joy stamp set.
It was fun playing with all the different elements and laying them out in different ways. During the Stamp-a-Stack Class, all of the ladies came up with even more different layouts. That would have to be my favourite thing about stamping - the infinite number of possibilities using just ink, stamps and cardstock :)

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