Friday, December 14, 2012

Clearance Rack Blitz

We're temporarily taking over a hundred products out of retirement with discounts up to 70 percent off retail-only while supplies last! We'll have four different groups of products on sale during the next month. Here's what's on sale and when:
Click here to see whats on special

Click here to see whats on special

Click here to see whats on special

Click here to see whats on special

•Feel free to order both Clearance Rack and non-Clearance Rack items on the same order-we're flexible like that.

•There is no minimum purchase required to participate in this special offer-go nuts!

•Qualifying Clearance Rack orders are eligible for hostess benefits. Bonus!

•Clearance Rack Blitz items are only available while supplies last for each time period they're on sale-so don't wait! Sorry, but there are no refunds or exchanges on Clearance Rack items.

•You need to take advantage of this sale before the last day of each sale period

Contact me for more info and to place your orders- don't wait too long as these will sell out fast!

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Clearance Rack Blitz

Starting tomorrow Stampin' Up! are having a sale- this will be perfect to get some of those items that you may have missed!

We're temporarily taking hundreds of products out of retirement with discounts up to 70 percent off retail-only while supplies last! We'll have four different groups of products on sale between 14 December -21 January. These are the sale periods:

•14-20 December

•21 December-3 January

•4-10 January

•11-21 January

Check back tomorrow to see what's on sale and when!

 Take advantage of these amazing bargains on previously retired products while they're here!

You can see these specials on my website and also keep an eye out for an email!

Holiday Ornament

The minute I saw the ornament on the front cover of the Holiday catalogue, I couldn't wait to try it out. I also had it as a class last month, the only thing about this is the glitter- it goes EVERYWHERE! But I guess it is the season for glitter!!

This was the first one I made

This is one of  the ones I made at one of my classes.
Because I run classes on Thursdays and Sundays, I ended up with two, so I backed them together and Ive hung them in the doorway between the kitchen and living rooms.

If you are interested in how to make one of these I have written instructions available, please contact me for the instructions or if you would like to order the products to make one of these.

Technique Classes

These are just a couple of the cards that we have made at the techniques classes over the last few months.

Faux Metal

Faux Tile

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Christmas Displays

I have been wanting to make this holiday bouquet the minute I saw this on "Diary Of Two Crafty Girls". I started with one pinecone and it was weeks before I finally got back to it- I just love this, the pinecones and flowers are so much fun to make. I just need to make extra pineneedles to cover the glass. I did alter the pineneedles- our pineneedles are really skinny and the ones in the tutorial just looked a bit too wide!

For my Christmas party, I made 8 of these tea light holders and had them placed on the table on the night. I used the flocked window sheets in the "Candlelight Christmas" specialty designer paper, holiday ornaments framelits and the fancy favour box.

Christmas Party Swaps

Earlier this month I had a Christmas party for some of my regulars that come to my classes. I served only desserts! To start with we had dips, then I served pavlova, white choc berry cheesecake, fruit salad, broken glass (jelly), flourless chocolate cake, gluten free cup cakes and regular cupcakes, profiteroles, ice cream and whipped cream. Kathy also made the nicest punch to drink on the night.
We also made swaps for the night;

This was mine, I also had a bag for everyone to keep their swaps in

Wendy


Amanda

Del

Leanne E

Barb
Annette


Mariette

Leanne H


Lindsey

Trichelle

Gail
 We all had such a great time that instead of just having another one in the middle of next year, we might plan on having one every season!! Thank you to all of the wonderful ladies for making the night so great.

Explosion Box

Today was my last class for the year, it was just two of my regulars and myself. Since it was the last one for the year I thought I'd do it a little bit different, I pulled out all of my Christmas designer papers that were still a full 12x12 and let them choose what they would like! Since all of the Christmas papers all had a very vanilla background I was able to score all of the base pieces for them no matter what colour they chose. I then had an assortment of punches and  ribbons for them to choose from! It reminded me of those last days of school where the teachers let you just do anything and chill out!

We used the pattern from Splitcoast Stampers, I just resized it to a full 12x12. The middle has pockets and the tags plus plenty of space for photos. For the lids, we made a poinsettia using the blossom builder punch.

For the centre, I covered a brad with hot glue and dipped it into black glitter. To give it a bit of Christmas bling, I then spritzed it with shimmer paint.

Friday, December 7, 2012

The New Stampin Trimmer is here!

This trimmer is FANTASTIC! I love, love love it! It is so easy to use and it cuts perfectly. The base is now wider so you can easily cut the common sizes without flicking out the arm- it even has a little leg to help support the arm! It is also long enough to cut a 12x12 sheet while both the cutting and scoring blades are in the track!

Here are the features of the All-New Stampin' Trimmer

•An extra-wide 15.9 cm cutting base and an extended 39 cm ruler

◦The extra-wide cutting base provides a large work area and is marked in 4 mm increments, allowing for small measurements.

◦The right-side grid helps you measure and cut very thin strips.

◦The extended cutting arm has a stabilizing leg to provide a sturdy and steady cutting surface for longer cuts.

◦When fully extended, the extended cutting arm sits flush with the trimmer base, providing more accurate and consistent measurements across the entire surface.

◦All rulers and measurements on the base are printed under a plastic cover so your measurements won't wear off.

◦The base has nonskid feet, which keeps the Stampin' Trimmer securely in place on your work area.

•A full 30.5 cm cutting and scoring track

◦The extra-long cutting track has space at the top and bottom so you don't have to take the cutting and scoring blades out when you're not using them.

◦The track gives you enough space to cut or score a full 30.5 cm without having to remove or switch out handles.

◦The cutting track locks in place for secure storage or transport.

◦The track includes an insertion point for cutting and scoring blade handles so you can easily insert handles into the cutting track.

•Specially designed handles and cutting track to ensure straight cuts

◦The hook on the scoring and cutting blade handles keeps the handles stable so the cuts are as straight as possible.

◦Handles come in two colours: dark for cutting, light for scoring.

◦The precision tip on the cutting blade allows you to pinpoint precisely where you're cutting.

◦The point on the side of each handle shows you where the blade will cut, making it easy to see exactly where your cuts and scores will begin.

•Storage compartment under base

◦The storage compartment holds scoring and cutting tools such as a Bone Folder, Simply Scored Stylus, extra scoring and cutting blades and even business cards.

◦Separate compartments within the storage compartment keep your tools organised, and the clear cover makes it easy to see what you've stored.

This would be the perfect Christmas present for the paper crafter in the family- order one today!

Friday, November 23, 2012

Christmas Gift Wrapping!

I'm sorry I havn't posted for a while- I have been busy making things it just takes me a while to upload everything! One of these days I'll get some new things on but for now this is just a little quick post!

I was talking to my sister this week about Christmas pressies for my nieces and nephew and after deciding on gift cards and cash I automatically thought how can I make some cute little "boxes" to pop cards and cash in and I thought I would make some little purses for my nieces and a back pack for my nephew. I should be pretty safe putting this on but if you are looking Ben stop now!

My sister said colour wise Ben liked green and I straight away thought of a army backpack- I had come across this pattern on Becky Roberts site a while ago but had never made one so I got out always artichoke and made the bag, flap and pocket and then I sponged artichoke, early espresso and soft suede ink over the top and then spritzed a little chocolate chip on top with the colour spritzer.

I just made a little tag with the jewelry tag punch out of crumb cake and linen thread and used the "Simply Serif ABC" to stamp Ben's name with chocolate chip ink.
Sorry its a little blurry!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

It's Spool Time!



During October, get a FREE spool of 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon with every $60 purchase. Choose from any of our 2012-2014 In Colors-or earn all five!

Item         Description                                                              Retail           Price with
                                                                                                                    $60 Purchase

126848    Gumball Green 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon       $15.95             FREE

126847    Midnight Muse 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon       $15.95             FREE

126844    Primrose Petals 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon      $15.95             FREE

126845    Raspberry Ripple 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon   $15.95             FREE

126846    Summer Starfruit 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon    $15.95             FREE

This ribbon is beautiful- its so soft & easy to work with, contact me today to order yours!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

I'm still here!

It seems like ages since Ive posted anything! I have been so busy. I had my new catalogue launch on Thursday and Sunday last week. The ladies had a great time. For the first time I had set up a candy bar- I've been wanting to do that for a while and was also hoping it might keep Cooper away from the tables (I usually have bowls of lollies on the tables). My plan on keeping Cooper back worked until I looked over and he was sitting on a stool at the bar eating M&Ms with a spoon in each hand!

I had made little fancy favor boxes and I had run the "Betsy's Blossoms" roller along the bottom with lucky limeade and had covered little bull dog clips with the matching DSP to keep them closed! I had also stamped "come stamp with me" on little tags that hung off the bull dog clips.
As they came to the door, they got to choose one of the candy wrapper boxes that I had decorated in the new in colours along with their kits. The person who picked the box with the ferreo rocher inside won a stamp set (inside the other boxes was a lindt ball chocolate!).


I should have taken a photo of all the boxes- these are just some spares I had! We made five different cards all using new products from both of the catalogues.


 This one was using the new cordinations products and the new window frames framelits from the holiday catalogue
 We hadn't made an easel card before and I thought it might be fun to try it out with the scentsational set and the mug worked really well to hold the card in place when its open!
 I was so happy to see this set in our catalogue this year- we finally have the same sets as the Americans! Don't you just love these ribbon slides?
 This was one of the hardest ones- I really wanted to try to use all of the new in colours but this summer starfruit yellow was a little outside my comfort zone, but once I paired it with the midnight muse... I loved it! I LOVE the new vintage faceted buttons- arn't they so cute!

It is so hard to get Hershey's products out here so when I saw the minitures the other week in town I changed my card idea to this one! I think its pretty cute, I've seen this idea on Stampin' Connection (a website for SU demonsrators!). I used the new finishing touches edgelits for the table cloth and the new itty bitty banners for the happy birthday banner.
I have some more cards and projects to show over the next little while but I'll put those on another day. I've been busy getting ready for the local craft fair next month (plus mounting all of my new stamps!! One thing about the clear mount stamps- they sure are quicker then wood!!)

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Two New Catalogues!

They are finally here! Not one but two catalogues at once- how lucky are we?
There are so many fantastic products in both its hard to choose & my wish list is HUGE!!







Friday, August 10, 2012

Update on Retiring Products!

I just thought I would let you know of some of the items that have already sold out....

Short and Sweet stamp set pg 110, $29.95
Curvy Verses pg 103, $39.95
Just Surfing pg 61, $24.95

Concord Crush A4 card stock
Blushing Bride Ink Refill
Concord Crush Ink Refill
Pear Pizzazz Ink Refill
Poppy Parade Ink Refill
Blushing Bride A4 card stock
More Mustard Stampin Write Marker
Confetti White A4 card stock
3/16" gold brads
Dotto refill
Crimper
Circle Scissor Plus replacement blades
5-petal flower punch
Stampin Around standard wheel storage
Colour Caddy extender kit
Stack and Store containers
Well Worn DSP
Mini Library Clips
Stampin Scrub Replacement pads
Timeless Types Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlits dies


I will update this list as more items sell out.

A few of you have asked why there are so many ink pads on the list- Stampin' Up! are bringing out a new style, its a firm foam pad, I was able to try these out at Convention & they are sooo nice!
The Stampin' Write Markers are only going to be available in select colours & in their colour families in the new catalogue so if there a few of your markers that are starting to look a little shabby from using them every day stock up on those!
Stampin' Up! will no longer be carrying textured card stock at all.

If there are products that you need please email me today.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

The Retired List Is Here!


August is your chance to say goodbye to hundreds of stamp sets and accessories retiring from the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue. These products are only available while supplies last, so be sure to get your favourites before they're gone.



Just remember to be quick- once these items are gone they won't be available again and from past years they sell out of some items very quickly! Contact me today to place your orders


Saturday, July 14, 2012

We Still {heart} Our Hostesses!


During July, hostesses who hold a minimum $650 workshop will receive an additional $90 in hostess FREE merchandise dollars--that's in addition to the $100 they already receive for a $650 workshop- how great is that?! Contact me today to book a date for your next party!
 
Don't forget that the Autumn- Winter Mini ends this month too- so if there is something on your wish list don't wait because you might miss out!

Simply Scored Diagonal Plate



The Simply Scored Diagonal plate is now available! I was lucky enough to have won one of these at this years Stampin' Up! convention and I've been able to make all kinds of boxes & envelopes with it- its great!

Item         Description                               Price
125586     Simply Scored Diagonal Plate     $20.95


Product Features

•Sits on top of the Simply Scored base

•Held securely in place by rubber pads on back of the plate

•Has etched grooves every 1/8" (3.2 mm)

•Can score any size card stock up to 12" x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm)

•Includes instructions for creating common envelope sizes

•Coordinating products include

◦Simply Scored scoring tool (item 122334)

◦Simply Scored Metric Plate (item 127531)

◦Simply Scored Place Markers (item 125625)

◦Simply Scored Stylus (item 125624)

◦Bone Folder (item 102300)



Flower Bouquet

I have been making flowers lately like a crazy lady! I absolutely love the tutorials from Diary of two crafty girls. This is their "Paper Flower Bouquet". The hardest thing is putting the florist tape on- my tape is pretty dodgy & I need to find another brand!
So what do you think of this little bunch? The roses were super easy to make & are so big & full. I cant wait to try these little hydrangeas on a card!


I have someone very special in mind for these! I might have to make some just for me to brighten up the house on these wet & windy cold winter days!

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Roses and more!

I thought I had better show you what I have been doing lately- it takes me so long to blog especially take the photos etc so it has been a while since Ive posted anything before today!
I came across this blog just last week and the flowers that the girls make are fantastic! I bought a couple of the tutorials & couldnt wait to go to Dubbo and get the florist wire and tape so I just used strips of old olive to wrap around a bamboo skewer (its not the best but I couldnt wait to try it!)

When I got the wire etc I stuffed the rose & didnt realise until after i had glued them in!


I put the outer petals on back the front! It still looks beautiful- even the hubby was impressed when I put it in a vase on the table! Im working on the spring bouquet at the moment but in the meantime pop over to http://diaryoftwocraftygirls.blogspot.com/ and check out their work!
I also saw this cute little 3D apple there & this neat gingham check technique!


When I was convention, I saw Vanessa Webb use shimmer paint to make a mother of pearl look which I have tried before but I have never tried a bag-a-lope which is what she had decorated for her WOW technique. Here is my first bag-a-lope they are so cute, I think you might see a few more of these!

You can really see the shimmer in this photo!
Just a little reminder about the reason to smile promotion- it ends on Saturday I hadnt even used this stamp until yesterday Ive just been looking at it thinking Ill use that tomorrow & I just dont get around to it- and its just such a nice set!
Here is just a super quick card to christen it!
Its hard to see but I used the designer frames as a border for the flower.