Baby cards again

Two of my friends recently had baby girls and of course I had to make them a card each. I just love this design, made a boy one for my friend Steph remember for her baby shower :)

Now this is the first time I have used my iPad to upload a post..... I'm using an app called blogsy it's kinda kewl but still learning so please be patient, I know you will :)

 

Stamp Club cards for April

 Last month in Stamp Club we did and old favourite technique of mine called Rock 'n' Roll. I thought the new Mixed Bunch stamp set with matching punch would be perfect for this plus I had seen a few inspirational cards out there so got to work. This is what we made. I really love how you can  make a butterfly from this punch.

Some VERY exciting news!!!!

Ok now if you have uummed and ahhhed for too long about whether to become a demonstrator, you really have no excuses anymore - why? Because now the starter kit is the most affordable it's ever been PLUS it's now fully customisable, AND there is an awesome bonus thrown in that will last every month until December!!! Want to know more? Click here for more information about joining my fabulous team of demonstrators. Also dont forget the special this month where if you buy 3 packs of designer series paper, GET ONE FREE!!! Told you there was some exciting news :) Sorry I have not posted much lately, I have been busy with my Secret Sister projects, don't worry I will be posting pics next week once she knows who I am :) Cant wait to show you everything I created.

More Birthday Fairy Cards

I have just sent out another batch of birthday fairy cards to my fello demos. Here is the card I made this month. I took inspiration from this card. I am really loving this new Mixed Bunch stamp set with the matching punch. Dont these colours look great together! They are Island Indigo and Pool Party. Am so glad we have these for another year, not quite ready to say goodbye to them just yet. I have used the new Pool Party seam binding on this card which is available in the new Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue. Plus I have used the new Adorning Accents Edgelits for the scallop edge.
 

Adorned Handbag

My project has been posted on Inkspirations4U today, get on over there and check out the fabulous project site, it's not too late to join for this round. I have designed a handbag using the new edgelits - totally love these :) I have also used textured baja breeze cardstock and the Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper along with some Twitterpated buttons. I decorated it with some chantilly trim, an antique brad and the Tiny Tags stamp set.

My little man is growing up fast

Ok, I know I said I didnt scrap much cos nothing really to scrap but since I have had William I have a million photos of course and its taken me this long to scrap just one page :) I am very time poor now you can probably imagine....Anyway here is my first scrap page for like ages. I have used the Eat Cake DSP and the pennant builder punch. He just loves having his photo taken. Stay tuned for more random layouts with my little man :)

Mini Catalogue Launch

I recently held my annual Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue Launch and it was a great day full of fun projects, prizes, yummy food and creative time together. Here are the projects we made. I also made a gift for all my attendees but I forgot to take a photo of them - silly me :(
The first card was made using the cute new Tea Shoppe stamp set. Cant wait to play with this some more.The second card was CASED from here. The scented embossing powders are so yummo, I loved smelling them all arvo as my guests worked on their cards :)
The final project was a framelit treat holder inspired by this one I found. There is a tutorial there so you can make one too.All enjoyed a great day, am looking forward to Convention now, only 57 days to go, gees better get cracking on my swaps and projects for product playground...thanks for visiting today.

Team training night swaps

Ok I know I said I would post these the other day but time ran away from me and I got busy with preparing for my Mini Catty Launch (more on that in a later post). Anyway, here are my swaps that I made for my recent team training night. I really wanted to have a go at making these rosettes using the new Simply Scored, it really does make them sooooo easy. Plus they are in my favourite colour - PINK! I used the new Twitterpated designer series papers and matching buttons for the centre. The flower in the middle is from the triple layer bouquet punch and the rosette is mounted onto the extra large scallop circle punch. The sentiment is from the new Apothecary Art stamp set, one of my favourite from the New Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue. Thanks for visiting today :)

Team Training Night

Last Friday night I had my team meeting for the launch of the New Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue. Here are the projects we made. I demonstrated how to use the new Simply Scored and the beautiful new Framelits Labels Collection. We also used the gorgeous new stamp set Apothecary Art. I found ideas for these cards here, here and here. All have tutorials.
For the first time we decided it would be fun to make some swaps and start getting in the spirit for Convention coming up in May. I was really impressed with all the swaps that the girls put together.
Here is Denise's Swap - another card using the framelits and the Simply Scored.
Here is Judy's Swap - using the cute Tea Shoppe Stamp set.
Here is Jenny's Swap - an awesome punch art card, great for masculine cards.
Here is Liz's Swap - another one using the framelits and Apothecary Art stamp set.
And here is Jeniece's Swap - cute little 3D folded dresses, great for parties.
I will come back tomorrow and post pictures of my swaps :)
If you are interested in joining my fabulous team, simply email me for a free information pack to be sent to you. It's not too late to make the most of all the bonuses of joining during Sale-a-bration, call me today.

I'm Gorgeous!!! (Apparently LOL)

The lovely Tanya Bell nominated me, yes ME and my blog for a gorgeous blogger award. WOW, what an honour. Thank you soooooooo much. I dont know that I am quite in her league but I am blushing all the same.

As with most blog awards there are a couple of things I need to do …

* Thank the person who gave you this award (Thank you, thank you, thank you Tanya)

* Paste the award to your blog (tick)

* Link the person who nominated you for this award (tick)

* Nominate as many other bloggers for this wonderful award as you like (tick)

* Post links to their blogs (tick)

So here is what I came up with....
Jo Eades
Chris McLucas
Andrea Buckland
Andrea Lowcock

I hope they like their new awards :)

Birthday Fairy Card

Earlier in the year I signed up for a birthday fairy round for the year where every month you send birthday cards to the people celebrating their birthdays. When its your birthday everyone sends one to you. It is organised through the ESAD group I belong to for demos. Here is the card I made approx. dozen of for my recipients for Jan & Feb.
Here is the collection of cards I received for my birthday early last month. What a great collection. I will continue to post my cards that I make throughout the year for the birthday gals.

Baby Wishes Book

Here is the Baby Wishes Book I mentioned in my earlier post. I designed it for the recent Inkspirations4U but I made it for my friend Stephanie's baby shower. I got the idea for the things to include as wishes from here. I have used the petite pocket die and the two tags die - you all know how much I love my Big Shot :) I made a spine for the book using the new scoring tool (yes the Simply Scored is coming next month!!!) Once again I used the Nursery Nest DSP, it worked so well for her owl theme. I have a FREE pass available for the next round of Inkspirations4U, simply comment on this post and you will go into the draw to win. (Winner will be drawn using random.org) Winner will be announced on Saturday.

Baby Shower Time AGAIN!!!

My lovely friend Stephanie just had her beautiful baby boy Quinn and it occurred to me that I didnt post the collection of goodies I made for her. I made another one of my fabulous diaper cakes. It was so good this time knowing it was a boy plus I had a theme of owls so I went to town creating all this. This cake was a whole tier larger than the ones I have made before with a whopping 136 nappies! I used the Nursery Nest DSP to decorate it. I filled it with lots of essentials including onsies, dummy, wraps, wash cloths, brush/comb, baby oill, soft toy, teether, singlets and lots more.... She totally loved it :) The invites were a modified version of an invite I made a while ago for my SIL. Check out her cake, isnt it awesome! (No I didnt make this, I'm a crafter not a baker LOL)We also made the favors using the petal cone die (very similar to my baby shower ones) and I decorated some jars of baby food for one of the games like I did for my SIL too.Here is the card I made for her - isnt it cute!I made the prizes similar to my baby shower once again and simply modified the banner I made for mine and stuck some owls on it. It was a really great day. I also made her a baby wishes book but I will talk about that in my next post.

SAB projects

I made these ages ago for my team meeting back in January but forgot to post them. These are all made using the fabulous collection of products available for this year's SAB promo. Click here to see the brochure. You can choose from stamps, gorgeous papers or ribbon/brads this year and I am loving the LOT! Don't get upset, there is still time to order so you can get some of these for FREE. Just place your qualifying order before the end of March and you can have some too. Call me or email me today to place your order and I can have it delivered straight to your door :)

Stamp Club Projects February

This month, our first one back for the year, we focused on a technique called faux embossing or dry embossing as it is also known I think. I used this technique a few years back on this card here when I demonstrated the technique at a craft show. As it is Sale-a-Bration too, we used some of the stamps, paper and embellishments on offer for this years promotion. There really is a great collection in the brochure this year. Click here to see it. This technique is so easy to do and looks super effective, if you didnt know better, you really would think it was embossed!!!

ESAD Sale-a-Bration Blog Hop!

Well here we are again, are you ready for another fabulous ESAD blog hop? I hope so because this one will rock your socks off! If you haven't seen the beautiful products on offer in this year's SAB brochure and already fallen in love with them, well you sure will after this little journey. You may have arrived here from the very talented Bron Heslop's blog if you are already doing the hop, make sure you click on the link at the bottom to head on over the next blog. We all have been busy creating some great projects to inspire you. Firstly......

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin Up demonstrators.

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed.

So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group

I have created a wall hanging organiser for you today using the GORJUS Everyday Enchantment Papers, the Ribbon/Brad pack and the Fresh Vintage stamp set. I got this idea from the talented Tammy Maxvill on 'UStamp Oh My Word Edition 2011' .I purchased this frame from IKEA (love that place) and used some cork sheets in the bottom left panel to create a 'pinboard' using the brads. The ribbon is used in the bottom right panel to place photos, notes reminders etc... The top right panel uses the scallop envelope die (cut twice and made a box out of them) to hold receipts etc..and the top left panel is your 'tear-off' calendar for the year's important dates. I have embellished the frame with some die cut butterflies in Poppy Parade and embossed them with clear embossing powder. The floral image from the Fresh Vintage stamp set has been stamped on the calendar and the notes using the markers. Thanks for visiting today :-)

Here is a list of all the participants in the hop just in case you get lost along the way....now you can head on over to Michelle Grech's blog to see what she has been up to. Have fun!

1. Sherylee Tutt

www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/sherylee/blog

2. Juliette Chapman

www.juleskraftikrafts.blogspot.com

3. Alison Barclay

www.gothdovedesigns.blogspot.com

4. Corina Beyer

www.beyondinkstamper.com

5. Christie Krunkel

www.christiescreativecorner.blogspot.com

6. Jane Norrish

www.janenorrish.com

7. Nicole Derendorf

www.nicolederendorf.com

8. Jacinta Argent

www.jacintascreations.blogspot.com

9. Leonie Schroder

www.stamp-a-latte.com

10. Alisa Tilsner

www.alisatilsner.com

11. Keryn Campbell

www.kerynscards.blogspot.com

12. Sharlene Mayer

www.magpiecreates.com

13. Madonna Dunn

www.madonnadunn.com.au

14. Joanne Kechagias

www.Joannekechagias.blogspot.com

15. Pauline Bennetts

www.paulinebennetts.com/stampede

16. Monique Fielder

http://www.stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com/

17. Bron Heslop

www.bronheslop.wordpress.com

18. Felicity Fernandez

www.stampinwithflick.blogspot.com

19. Michelle Grech

www.stampmeshell.wordpress.com

20. Kelly Nelson

www.kellysstampinspot.wordpress.com

21. Louise Layton

www.inkyloulou.com

22. Yvonne Walker

www.yvonnescreativecorner.blogspot.com

23. Kathryn Ruddick

www.katlodesigns.com

More Wedding ideas....

You may remember the wedding collection I posted last month, well I have been putting together some other ideas using the same black and white theme.
I got the idea for this funky folded invite here. I have used the new wedding stamp set Marry Me and embossed it with black embossing powder. The scallop oval has been embossed with the vintage wallpaper folder with the Big Shot and then sprayed with vanilla shimmer smooch spritz. I have given her an engagement ring using a rhinestone and a little glitter on her veil edging and for her tiara. The flowers around the edge come from the set You are Loved and the inside invite uses the Love Blossoms wheel and the trim is using the dotted scallop ribbon border punch.
I also did an alternate cover for the pocket invite I posted last time. This one uses the textured Vanilla Cardstock with the belly band using the lace border punch, some black satin ribbon and an antique brad.