Christmas 2010

Well Christmas is over for another year, I hope you all had a fantastic Day with Family and friends.

I had my Daughters & family at my place, they all stayed Christmas Eve so that we could wake up with my Granddaughter, Nephew and Niece, altogether there were 13 of us, my Stampin Studio became a sleep out for the night with 2 adults and 2 children sleeping out there, my 2 Daughters and Granddaughter slept in the spare queen bed and Sonny slept on the floor beside the bed, my sister slept on the Settee so needless to say it was a full house, we were all up at 7am to open the pressies. 

A few photo's of our day

Christmas Eve

About 2am Christmas Morning off to bed at last

Christmas Morning ready to unwrap all those pressie's

Then in the afternoon the most fun was had with a water fight, my Graddaughter, my Nephew and the 2 big "boys",  at one stage I threw a bucket off water over one of the boys but made a hasty retreat when one of  them decided to get me back by throwing a bucket of water over me luckily I made the hasty retreat inside lol. 

There were lots of laughs and they all had a great time.

Birthday card for a Young Girl

A Close friends Grandaughter had her birthday last Friday and it was a Green theme, so i made her a card a green and white card. I love the new Hostess set Birthday Bakery it is just perfect for Girls. Those cakes look just so yummy if only they were real just as well they aren't.

Stamp sets: Birthday Bakery, Curly Cute

Ink: Basic Gray, Wild Wasabi

Cardstock: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi

Other: Blender Pen, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Glue Stick, Sticky Tape

Build a Birthday

 My Summer Mini Catalogue Launch was yesterday this is the card we made, I used two of my favourite colour combinations, plus we used the new Build a Wheels and Punch Pack Itty Bitty Shapes.
I really like using the new Square Lattice Embossing folder it adds another dimension and is ideal for a male card. the Stampin Around Wheel Guide is perfect for getting that straight line with the Stampin around Wheels. Just gotta love those tools that help making cards easier.

Stamp set: Curly Cute 

Build a Wheel: So Many Stars & Candle Crazy

Ink: Rich Razzleberry & Tempting Turquoise

Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White & Tempting Turquoise

Other: Punch Pack My Bitty Shapes, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Square Lattice,  

TomBow Glue, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 2 Way Glue Pen,

A little Desk Calendar

For this weeks class one of our projects was a Calendar card which was cased from one I received at Convention in May made by Lana Harvey (thank you Lana), except we made it as an Easel card so that it stood up plus the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die.

The perfect little gift for your mum, friend, teacher, work collegue etc

 

Stamp Set: Upsy Daisy

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Bashful Blue

Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive,Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Other: Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Designer Brads, Old Olive 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon,

 3 different Textured Impressions Embossing folders, Eyelet Border Punch, Stamoin Sponge. Calendars Versamark Pen, Clear Embossing Powder, 2 way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Glue Stick, Snail Adhesive

This Little Birdie Stayed Home

As promised here is another of the projects I made last weekend at our team craft day, this fabulous little Bird House was demonstrated by Sarah Roache   isn't it fabulous, I just love it.
The roof is held on by a mini library clip so that you can take it off to add some chocolates or other goodies inside.

December Christmas Frenzy

Another Fabulous special from Stampin' Up!

Up to 50% of some items. Only available until December 29th

Email me to put your Order in now don't miss out
You can also view the Pdf Here

Item	Page	Description	Retail Price	Sale Price
119181	39	A Little Treat Wood-Mount Stamp Set	$26.95	$13.48
120018	39	A Little Treat Clear-Mount Stamp Set	$21.95	$10.98
119189	40	Tote-Ally Tess Wood-Mount Stamp Set	$45.95	$32.17
111255	43	Daisy Dash Jumbo Stampin’ Around Wheel	$19.50	$11.70
121482	56	Baby Bundle Wood-Mount Stamp Set	$59.95	$41.97
119161	72	Autumn Days Wood-Mount Stamp Set	$46.95	$23.48
120012	77	Pendant Park Clear-Mount Stamp Set	$36.95	$18.48
113031	88	Tart & Tangy Wood-Mount Stamp Set	$26.95	$18.87
115806	91	Fresh Cuts Wood-Mount Stamp Set	$46.95	$32.87
115946	102	Wonderful Favorites Wood-Mount Stamp Set	$47.95	$28.77
119167	104	Heard from the Heart Wood-Mount Stamp Set	$46.95	$28.17
119185	105	Teeny Tiny Sentiments Wood-Mount Stamp Set	$75.95	$37.98
105115	118	Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Write Marker	$6.95	$4.87
105106	119	Certainly Celery Stampin’ Write Marker	$6.95	$4.17
100045	119	Pretty in Pink Stampin’ Write Marker	$6.95	$4.17
105114	119	So Saffron Stampin’ Write Marker	$6.95	$4.17
105111	119	Bashful Blue Stampin’ Write Marker	$6.95	$4.17
105108	119	Regal Rose Stampin’ Write Marker	$6.95	$4.17
105109	120	Bravo Burgundy Stampin’ Write Marker	$6.95	$4.17
100069	120	Night of Navy Stampin’ Write Marker	$6.95	$4.87
100082	121	Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker	$6.95	$4.17
103104	122	Small Cello Bags	$9.25	$5.55
111325	140	Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware	$70.50	$35.25
112530	140	Circle Scissor Plus	$67.95	$40.77
116681	161	Kind Heart Wood-Mount Stamp Set*	$14.50	$7.25

You can also view the Pdf  Here 

Plus just what you have been waiting for

The Summer Mini Catalogue

and it has some fabulous products,

Stamp sets, Punches, Build a wheels, Embellishments and more

Click on the cataloque to have a look.

Don't forget to reserve your spot to come along to my Summer Mini Catalogue Launch on

Sunday December 12th,  12.30pm - 4.30pm

This event is FREE  - make a card with some new products, and pick up a copy of the new mini catalogue

Here's a little sample made with some of the new products

Itty Bitty Stamps, Buttons & Punches aren't they just so cute

WOW Christmas Party & Team Craft Day

On Saturday the WOW paperKRafters team had our Christmas get together and craft day, in all we made 6 fabulous projects it was a fantastic day had by all, Karen our fabulous team leader organised this for all of us and we all had a fantastic day. Another bonus was that some of us did Summer Mini swaps.  I will show you the other projects and swaps over the over the next few days 

This is the Christmas spinner card I demonstrated

Stamp set; Delightful Decorations, Christmas Greetings

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Versamark

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi

Designer Paper: Jolly Holiday

Other: White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones ,

Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 2 way glue pen,

This is the card Karen Demonstrated

with the Floating re-inker technique. I have never done this technique before

and was surprised at how easy it is, needless to say I will be doing this again.

 

Cracked Glass in a Frame

A few weeks ago after doing a class on cracked glass some of my ladies asked if instead of making a card could we do a  cracked glass project and frame it. That's just what we did tonight. You will have to excuse the Shadow in some of the Photos. The actual pictures are 6" x 4"

 Here is my sample

Bronwyn's

 Karensa's

Stephanie's 

Stamp Set: Lovely as a Tree

Ink: Soft Suede, Versamark

Cardstock: Basic Black, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla

Other: 1" Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 2-way Glue Pen, Sticky Tape,

Heat Gun, Stampin Sponge, Photo Frame, Sticky Note

A quick Christmas Card

I used the Petals A Plenty Embossing folder for the wreath , sponged it with Pear Pazzazz, coloured the Berries with a Real red Stampin Write Marker, added a layer of Pear Pazzazz & Real Red cardstock, adhered it onto the main card, added a Red Satin ribbon .

Then Stamped Merry Christmas from the Christmas Greetings set in Real Red

I love these colours together

If you would like to learn this technique email here

Isn't he Cute

One of my Ladies couldn't make it to class last week and she really wanted to make the Cracked Glass Elements of Style Card  here , this morning we made the card with her daughter plus another card.  The second card used the Owl Punch and was a cased from Bev Watts Tipsy Owl card (Thanks Bev),
each card was a little different.

Jacquelyne's card

Robyn's card

My card

Stamp Sets: Cheers To You, On Your Birthday,

Woodgrain Background, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Peach Parfait, Soft Suede,

Cardstock: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Old Olive,

 Peach Parfait, Soft Suede, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper Pack

Other: Boho Blossoms punch, Modern Label punches, Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch,

Two Step Owl Extra Large punch,

Word Window Punch, Circle Scissors, Little Leaves Sizzlet Die, 

2 Way Glue Pen, Sticky Tape, Stampin Sponge,

White Gel Pen,



Truckloads of love

It was time to make a male card, so out came Truckloads of love, here's a picture of some of the cards that were made at class, each card was slightly different in either the colour or load in the back. I always enjoy taking class with these Ladies as we do have lots of fun. Plus there are always some Chocolate Biscuits on the table.

Stamp Set:  Truckloads of love, A little birthday cheer

Ink:  Always Artichoke, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Tempting Turquoise,

Card stock:  Always Artichoke,  Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Tempting Turquoise, Water color Paper

Other:   Crimper, Blender Pens, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Glue stick,Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch

No Buttons or Ribbon on this one

I have used the stamp set Sense of Time for my husband's birthday card (which was today), as you can see I haven't put any ribbon on it at all just a little bit of Linen thread which to him would be string. The base card is Chocolate chip although in this photo it looks lighter.

Stamp Set: Sense of time, Sanded, A Little Birthday Cheer

Ink: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake

Other: Hemp Twine, Modern Label Punch, Metallic Brad,

Distressing Kit, Snail Adhesive, Stampin Sponge

 

Rich Elements of Style

At first I wasn't to sure about the Elements of Style set but since using it i have fallen in love with it.
This card is cased from Nikki Stalker an Australian Demo who makes beautiful cards, Karen showed me a picture of it and I decided I had to try it and I must say I am pleased with the way it turned out the only thing I have changed is the sentiment.

Stamp Set; Elements of Style, Tiny Tags

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Cardstock Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Other: 1 1/4" Rich Razzleberry Striped Ribbon,

5/8" Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain, Hemp Twine,

Jewelry Tag Punch, Glue Stick, Snail Adhesive.

 Click here to see an earlier post using the same stamp set but with Marina Mist and the Cracked Glass technique 

Garage sale Retired Stampin' Up Merchandise

The WOW paperKRafters are holding their first craft market/garage sale this coming Saturday from 3-5pm.

WHERE: Marina View Primary School Hall, West Harbour 97-99 Marina View Drive. Free parking & entry. We'll have goodies to buy for Christmas plus our retired stamps, ribbons, DSP - the majority reduced to clear.

Pat Blayney is going to be there with her fabulous Christmas cakes & chutney's marketed under "Mrs B" - she is a regular at the Craft Markets around town & her stuff alone is worth the trip.

A Tutorial on How to mount your Stamps

When you have mounted your stamps onto the wooden blocks do you have trouble lining up the sticker with the stamp .
Well here is a great Tutorial on how to mount your stamps using the Stamp-a-ma-jig, watch this video and then try it believe me it works.
 Thanks Ilina

Bird Box and Tags

I first made one of these box's at my Fabulous Upline Karens,  So I decided I loved it so much I would have a class for my Ladies. Needless to say when I showed it to them they loved it. It sure does involve lots of punching as there are 12 tags . I purchased the Tutorial from Jenny Moors but just changed the Designer Paper and card stock colour to current ones.

Stamp set: Tiny Tags

Ink: Soft Suede

Card stock: Peach Parfait, Pear Pazzazz, Poppy Parade, Soft Suede, Whisper White

 Designer Series Paper: Sunny Garden

Other: Punches:- 1 ¾” circle, 1 3/8” circle, Boho Blossum, Two Step Bird, Five Petal Flower

Medium Jewellery Tag, Handheld 1/16” punch

Piercing Tool & Mat Pack

Clear Rhinestone Brads & Silver Brads

Peach Parade Poly Stitched Ribbon

Two Way Glue Pen, Glue Stick

More Fabulous Team Swaps

Two more swaps I received from our WOW team training

Sarah is one of our Newest members to the team and has used Contempo Christmas and Heard from the Heart,  the decorations have also been embossed 

The next card was made by Claire Hardman the only stamp on this card is the message on the front from Many Merry Messages. Claire has used Punches for the curtains and the tree is sponged using a template for the shape

Aren't I lucky to receive all these fabulous cards from my fellow WOW team mates

Dressing Up for Christmas October / November Special

Wouldn't you just love to get some free Ribbons, which are not available in our Idea Book & Catalogue. So from today until November 30th if you order any of the Christmas bundles  you earn one free roll with each bundle and/or host a $600 workshop you earn an extra roll for free as well.

In the Welcome Christmas Bundle is a  Specialty Designer Series Paper

Christmas Cocoa

Create beautiful packaging to fit any Christmas gift or card with exclusive products from Stampin’ Up!

Click HERE to see all the details & the ribbons in closer detail.