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Friends Gift Set

3 December, 2010 2 Comments

I was going back through some photo’s I had taken today and came across a set I’d made for the Secret Sister program on ESAD.

This set was made using the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper and the Friends never Fade stamp set.

friendsgalaset

This set consists of a Card, Gift box of Gift Cards and a box for some chocolates, toffees or other goodies.

The card …

galafriendcard

I just love this card. The pear pizzazz layer is done using the flower decal from the Friends never Fade set and stamped in a diagonal pattern so it looks just like patterned paper – so easy to do :)

For the main image I coloured the flower with my Stampin Write markers and then stamped off on a scrap piece first and then onto the Vanilla piece. I then stamped the greeting from Occasional Greetings over the top of the flower in Early Espresso.

I adhered a single piece of white organza ribbon around the pear pizzazz layer and then used one of the ‘no tie’ bows which I attached using Glue Dots.

Gift Box  …

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This sweet little box was made using the Scalloped Enveloped die and the Big Shot.

I’ve just wrapped a piece of Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper around the outside and used the Large Oval Punch to create the handles.

Then you just pop in chocolates, toffees or whatever and tie it up – easy!

The Box of Gift Cards …

friendsgalaboxgiftcards

The little box is created exactly the same way as the box for the chocolates – you just simply stick the flaps down.

I’ve then placed a punched out flower – remember when I made the card I stamped off first?  You punch out this image for this box – see no wastage :) How frugal am I??

Then I just made up four little gift cards – and used the papers from the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Papers and Images from Friends Never Fade and Occasional Quotes for the cards.

friendsgalagiftcards

Hope you like this little gift set and if you’d like to purchase the items you need to recreate this and the instructions please feel free to email or ring me.

Dont forget all the awesome specials for the December Frenzy – just click on the image in my sidebar for more details.

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It’s in the bag!

18 November, 2010 10 Comments

How often has it been your fault that your daughter cant find her ipod headphones or anything else that has been imperative for her survival? Every other day it seems to be my fault that Miss Caitie can not find this or that and especially the headphones for her ipod. Well it will be my fault no more!

After the last episode when she couldnt find her headphones I decided it was time to act and today I did!

I recycled some empty brad containers and turned them into personalised little hand baggies for the girls and here they are …

handbaggies

How cute did these turn out and yes there is one for each of the girls!

I’ve simply used the Circle dies for the Big shot to cut out the Designer Series Paper & circles used for the layers. I stamped my images and then cut that piece using the 1 3/4″ circle punch. I used the marvellous Crop-a-dile to punch holes in the side to thread the ribbon through.

These little bags were inspired by a little bag that the lovely Tanya Kitto made while she was visiting back in August.  What a great week that was :)

handbaggyonie

Now not to be left out I made myself one as well!

I couldnt go past the Lap of Luxury DSP and the Morning Cup stamp set.

Even hubby commented on how cute the bags are and noted he didnt get one. Now I did offer to make him a little bag too but he said he’d survive without one!  There’s no pleasing some people!

So next time Caitie yells “Mum have you seen my ipod earplugs?”  I can then say …..

It’s in the bag!

well it should be!!

Just think of all the Christmas presents you could give in one of these!!

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Contempo Gift Set

1 November, 2010 5 Comments

Just a few weeks ago I did a demonstration for a lovely lady who had asked for a Christmas theme to their workshop.  These were all new ladies to me so I wasnt sure of their stamping abilities so I knew I had to make it simple but effective.  So I went with Contempo Christmas, Jolly Holiday DSP and the Christmas Bauble punch – these just work so well together and make Christmas gift giving and cards so easy!

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This is the set the girls made and they loved them both!

One of the greatest high’s I get from being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator is when someone thinks there is no way they could make the project I have designed and yet they do make it and they are so proud of themselves!

contempobaubles This card is one of the easiest cards you can make and uses a couple of different Techniques.

Using your punches – we simply stamped the bauble once in cherry cobbler and then again in old olive and punched both of these images out.

Using your markers – markers are not just for colouring in – they have so many more uses! We took the Merry Christmas stamp from Contempo Christmas and coloured it using our cherry cobbler and old olive markers.  Once coloured you simply ‘huff’ on the stamp – the warmth from your breathe will remoisten the ink and you just stamp it on your piece of cardstock and wallah – instant coloured greeting!

Now onto the Box in a Bag ….

contempobaginabox I love making these bags!  They are just so pretty and so easy to do – you can find the tutorial here

To make this one I’ve used the lovely patterns from Jolly Holiday DSP and used my scallop border punch and my round tab punch to finish it off.  I’ve also popped on a tag made using the bauble stamp and punch.

To create the tag i’ve taken a long piece of Whisper White cardstock and stamped the bauble at the bottom. Once the image is stamped I have folded the piece of cardstock in half across the top of the bauble. You will need to use your scorer on this fold so its a nice clean crisp fold to ensure it will go into the bauble punch easily.

Slide you folded piece into your punch and have the fold just below the top of the punch area. Punch your image and you should end up with a folded tag – you can then write your greeting inside or just pop in to/from as I have done here.

The To/From stamp I’ve used is from the Punch Pals stamp set.

These two projects are so very easy and I’d love to show you how to make them. Simply contact me to book in your Christmas Demonstration and I’ll show you and your friends just how to make these lovely two Christmas projects.

Dont forget about our lovely Christmas Bundles that are available to purchase till 30th November – you will receive a free roll of Christmas Ribbon when purchasing any of these bundles.  You can view all the bundles here.  You can simply email or ring your order through – you dont have to attend a workshop or class although these are lots of fun!

Also I have my ‘Christmas Cards with More” class happening on 27th November, 2010.  These cards are more involved than the regular Christmas Cards and just perfect to give to those special people in your life. Contact me to reserve your spot as places are limited. You can find full details on this class on my Stampin’ Up! website under Events here

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Play Date

25 October, 2010 3 Comments

Yesterday I shared a couple of awards I received and today I’m sharing more about how nice it is to be part of such a wonderful company like Stampin’ Up! and how blessed I’ve been with friendships with other demonstrators.

The ESAD group that I talk so much about now has over 620 members!  Within that group we have a few regular networkers – well OK we chat online but thats really networking right?  One of those ladies sent me a lovely little RAK and I just had to share it with you.

What’s a RAK?  the abbreviation RAK stands for Random Act of Kindness and this is what I received from the lovely Shirley McAvoy …

How sweet is this little gift?

Shirley has taken a Post It Note and then created a cover for it so it resembles a little book.  Great idea as with post it notes in my bag they soon become post it curls or scrunches! So the book cover will keep it nice and neat. She’s also covered two of the Fold Back Clips in the same Playdate DSP and made a matching envelope using the scalloped envelope die.

The little note card is just way too cute! I didnt think I needed that Cute by the Inch Hostess set but now I think i’ll have to have a demonstration to get it for free!

So as you can see you can decorate a number of things and give them as gifts or make your own personalised goodies to keep and show off to your friends.

Thanks so much Shirley for this lovely little gift.

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ESAD Christmas Blog Hop

23 October, 2010 15 Comments

Well can you believe its just 9 weeks till Christmas – yes thats just 63 days! Oh dear – I think I better do me some organising and lists!!

Now to help you with some gift ideas and gift wrapping and such a few of the girls from ESAD (Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators) have got together to showcase some ideas for you – how nice are we??

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!®

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 its 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.

Now it doesnt matter where you start the blog hop – you just keep going until you’ve visited all 15 blogs – if you’ve started here with me then just keep going until you get back to me!  I can assure you that you wont be disappointed as the girls are so talented and come up with the bestest ideas!

The first project I wanted to share with you today is this awesome organiser – now didnt I say earlier I needed to get some organising done? Its just as well I now have one of these!

How neat is this??

How cute is that Santa jacket??

As soon as I saw this on Becky Roberts blog I had to make me one!  There’s a note pad there to make those lists we all need to make and the ribbon is latticed on the left side so you can slide in notes, photo”s,  gift cards and reminders. I’ve blinged the ribbon lattice with our new self adhesive diamontes.

The three images across the top are actually attached to magnets and I’ve covered a metal ruler with the red and white polka dot dsp so the magnets will stay on. I couldnt help myself – I had to add the Penguin!  They are my favouritest animal and I do have a small collection of them and yes one of my favourite places to visit is Phillip Island in Australia.

Here is a close up of the magnets …

they are just too cute – and how wonderful is that new Extra Large Ornament Punch??  The one here has one of our new self adhesive diamontes in the centre.

Now not only do you need to get yourself organised for Christmas but you also need somehting to put all your lovely little gifts in so here is a selection of bags and boxes to give you a few ideas.  I will be scheduling a Boxes, Bags n Tags class next month so stay tuned for details on that.

Here we have …..

  • A Large Gift Bag which could be used for books, dvd’s, clear mount stamp sets,wood mount stamp sets, video games and lots of chocolates
  • Box in a Bag which could be used for ribbons, brads, embellishments, watch, jewellry, cup, candles and lots of chocolates
  • tall gift box (centre) could be used for pens, markers, smooch spritz, small punches, ribbons, brads, jewellry, pandora beads, pandora bracelet and lots of chocolates
  • Triangle Boxes (shown here in 3 sizes) can be used for jewellry, watches, gift cards, gift voucher, a la carte stamp, beads, pandora, locket, diamond ring and lots of chocolates

I hope that I have given you a few ideas for getting organised for Christmas and something to pop your pressies in. I’ve had a wonderful time creating these lovelies  to inspire and motivate you!

Now if you’d like to see one or two of these items demonstrated please dont hesitate to email or ring me to book your demonstration in.

Now its time to hop along to the next blog in the ESAD Christmas Blog Hop which is by the lovely and super talented Pauline Bennetts.

Now if you happen to get lost along the way here is a list of all the ESAD Christmas Blog Hoppers today ….

  1. Sharlene Torres
  2. Kim Conway
  3. Andrea Lowcock
  4. Jo Weedon
  5. Narelle Hodges
  6. Leonie Schroder (that’s me!)
  7. Pauline Bennetts
  8. Aly Adcock (its also Aly’s Birthday so wish her a happy birthday while youre there!)
  9. Tanya Bell
  10. Monique Fielder
  11. Julie Fettes
  12. Jane Norrish
  13. Keryn Campbell
  14. Bev Watt
  15. Jan McAnulty

Now dont forget to leave comments at each blog cos we all just love comments :)

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Dress Up Christmas

16 October, 2010 1 Comment

Stampin Up! have done it again and its all to help you with your Christmas card making and gift giving!

You can create beautiful packaging to fit any Christmas gift with exclusive products from Stampin’ Up!® and  this Christmas season there are two ways to get FREE exclusive ribbon: get one spool of ribbon when you purchase a Christmas gift-giving bundle and one spool of ribbon when you host a qualifying workshop!

From 16 October-30 November and while stocks last, there are two ways to get FREE ribbon:

  • Get an exclusive package of ribbon for FREE when you purchase a Christmas gift-giving bundle!
  • Get an exclusive package of ribbon for FREE when you host a $550 workshop!

Choose from these bundles:

Description Wood-Mount Item/Price Clear-Mount Item/Price
Gifted Bundle
Gifted Set and Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper		 124041;

$66.90

 124042;

$56.90
Welcome Christmas Bundle
Welcome Christmas Set and Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper		 124045;

$69.90

 124046;

$59.90
Season of Joy Bundle
Season of Joy Set and So Swirly Stampin’ Around Wheel		 124043;

$67.90

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Delightful Decorations Bundle
Delightful Decorations Set and Ornament Punch		 124044;

$72.90

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Choose from the following limited-time ribbons when you purchase a Christmas gift-giving bundle or host a qualifying workshop:

Item Description Retail Value Cost with qualifying purchase/workshop
116792 Mistletoe Ribbon Originals $21.95 FREE
116795 Sleigh Bells Ribbon $15.95 FREE
113099 Riding Hood Red 1-1/4″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon $19.95 FREE
115608 Real Red 3/4″ Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon $19.95 FREE

Would you like some great Christmas ideas for your card making and gift giving?? then contact me today to schedule your Christmas workshop!

You can also place your order with me via email or telephone so contact me today so you dont miss out on this free ribbon!

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Who’s for a cuppa?

6 October, 2010 6 Comments

I know I could use one right now however its 6.37am and everyone is in bed and the coffee machine makes such a noise I’d wake them all up and I dont want to do that!  I’ve been up since 4am and awake since 2.40am – I think hubby really needs to see someone about his snoring!

As you know I run a Demonstrator only group for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators in Australia and New Zealand and we run a quarterly secret sister program through the group. Its a great way to get new ideas and be a little spoilt along the way – and who doesnt like handmade cards and little gifts in the mail? I know I love them and this is the gift I got yesterday for September ….

How divine is this?? You’d think my Secret Sister knows me quite well … she did put a note in saying that the pot is for coffee only!

I am going to have to go searching for the template for these – they are just so darned cute!

Now the tea cup has a slit in the top and thats so you can slot the ‘tea bag’ message/sentiment in like here ….

Its just too cute for words!

So if you are my secret sister and happen to be visiting my blog I say thank you for this gorgeous little gift :)

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New Idea Book & Catalogue Launch

19 September, 2010 3 Comments

Happy Sunday to you all!

I had my very first Catalogue launch over the past two days and what fun it was.  Now some may as why I did it two days in a row and it was to allow for people who dont work  could come on the Friday and those who do work could come on the Saturday.  I had two small groups each day so both days were a relaxed experienced rather than one big stressful experience.

I highlighted a couple of new products and demonstrated the ‘inked up folder’ technique I tried the other week which was a wow with them. We made three make n takes on the day – a card, little bag and a bookmark.

The card ….

pizzazzbelieve

As soon as I saw the ‘Just Believe’ stamp set I knew I had to have it. I love those silhouette images and the little frames are cute too!  I can see this being a very versatile set.

The Bag …

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I just love making these bags – they are just so so easy – oooh a Queasy Bag!  The stamped image on the front comes from the lovely Level 1 Hostess set Silhouettes Sentiments.

The Bookmark

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This is another of those ‘must have’ products – the Owl Punch and how cute are these bookmarks??  Caitie actually sat in on both demonstrations and yesterday decided to add Crystal Effects to the eyes of the owl and I must say that looks really good – thanks Caitie for the idea!!

The Specials

I did offer some ‘launch’ and ‘birthday’ specials yesterday which I’m happy to pass a couple on to you ….

  • spend $100 with me and receive free postage/handling and receive a free copy of the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue
  • book a workshop with me and receive a bonus Classic Ink Pad and when your workshop sales reach $300 receive a bonus ‘a la carte’ stamp
  • join my Stamp A Latte team and receive a bonus gift voucher for $35 from me as well as the free In Colour pack from Stampin Up!

I did offer the girls attending a couple more specials for attending my Launch.  These offers are valid until Tuesday 21st September although the free In Colour Pack from Stampin Up is on offer until 30th September.

You can email or ring me if you wish to take advantage of these great specials.

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Grab your passport & your briefcase ….

1 September, 2010 30 Comments

cos the ESAD 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue Blog Hop is here!

I do hope you have got yourself a cuppa and a biscuit – maybe even a chocolate one as there are 25 lovel blogs as part of this New Catalogue tour!

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!

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 its 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. Now if you’re not a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and would like to be please email me for a ‘no obligaton’ information pack.

Now as I’m the first in the blog hop you just keep going until you get back to me – easy :)   Also, if you happen to come across a link that doesnt have their posts up then scroll down to the bottom of the last blog post you were on and there will be a list of all the blogs involved.

We have blog Candy!

This blog hop we are offering blog candy for those who take the time and effort to visit every blog and leave a comment on all the blogs. All you have to do to be entered into the draw is to visit each blog and leave a comment on each one. Once you’ve done this email me and let me know you’ve fulfilled the requirment and  advised your name, email and location and I will enter you into the draw! How easy is that??

Now onto my project ….

One of the great new sets in the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue is called Artistic Etchings and I was lucky enough to be able to pre-order this set – one of the benefits of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is being able to pre-order stamps before the catalogues are released to the general public.

Now I wanted to make something more than just a few cards and I’ve mentioned before that I love using the Stampin’ Up! notecards.  So I designed a ‘bag’ that would fit the notecards inside.

briefcasecards

So using the notecard size  I went about designing the little briefcase and I just love how it turned out. I deliberated for quite some time on how to get the briefcase to get the texture of a real bag and decided that it would be easier to just use my stamp pad to create the lines/scratches on it. Then I just stamped some of the images from Artistic Etchings on the case to mimic those luggage bags with stickers and labels on them.

The three little cards fit in the briefcase perfectly and it uses a velcro dot to close the bag.  Here are the cards …

Now as I was making the briefcase and cards I thought of making a concertina passport photo book. I then remembered that my neice and her hubby are currently living in the UK and have made a couple of trips over to Europe and in particular France so I messaged Cath and asked if I could use some of their photo’s to which she was happy to do so.

briefcasepasport

So I set to work on the Passport.  Again I made it the size of the notecards so it would fit in the briefcase – and this way I wouldnt have to make another bag!  I downloaded and printed the photo’s I wanted to use and then set about to create the concertina part. I placed the photo’s without sticking them down so I knew where to put my stamps.Once I’d stamped and sponged the pages I popped the photo’s in and tagged them and I was done.

briefcasepassportopen

The Paris label on the front was printed on cardstock using word and I then attached the frame from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge (which I’m glad is in the new Catalogue) and popped it on the front.  It might look involved but it really was quite easy once I’d worked out where to put what photo.

I do hope you like what I’ve made as I really did enjoy making these two little projects. It’s Cath’s birthday later this month so I’m going to send the briefcase and the passport over to her – I do hope she likes it!

Now its time to head off on your journey to the next Blog that’s part of the hop being the lovely Keryn Campbell from New Zealand (see I knew you’d need a passport!!)

Here’s a list of all the ladies participating in the blog hop just in case one of the links in the posts dont work …

Enjoy your journey around the blogs today and dont forget to leave those comments to qualify for the Blog Candy!
(Sorry Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators can not win the blog candy)

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Truckload of Cards

23 August, 2010 1 Comment

Sorry for not posting the last couple of days … I got my birthday present early and have been playing with it and configuring it and trying to work out how to get it to do what I want it to do – what is ‘it’??  It’s an iPad!  I’m not as impressed as I thought I’d be but I’m slowly working it out.

If you remember I had my lovely friend Tanya come stay for a few days at the beginning of the month and one of the projects she brought kits for us (us being my lovely friend Lisa and myself) to make is this awesome 3d Truck complete with cards!

truck

How cool is this truck? and doesnt every girl need a pink truck? I think so!!  Looking at the above image I’m thinking we could even pop on some swirls or flourishes around the fender. Now that would be cool would it not?

Here are the lovely cards we made to pop inside ….

truckcards

They are like a gate fold. Now when I was making my cards I got a bit of a serve from the girls asking why I put the presents and pets in the back. Well when you move you have to take the pets right?? and there will also be all those housewarming presents you’ll need to pick up too!! Or maybe they are all the new stamps and accessories in the upcoming 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue!!

Now if you didnt want to put cards in the back of the truck you’d be able to fit in some coffee/hot chocolate sachets, chocolates, gift card, small stamp set, ribbons, brads, glimmer paints, gorgeous new sizzlits dies or some of the lovely new textured impressions embossing folders! So much to choose from!!

Now you wont fit the new Idea Book & Catalogue in the back of that truck but you can arrange your own copy from me as I have received my order of 4 boxes!

You can get yours by ….

  • paying $10 plus postage. Now if you live close by and can pick it up or I can drop it off you wont have to pay the postage. Also, you will receive a rebate of $10 on your first order from the new catalogue of $100 or more.
  • book a workshop & get it for free – its that easy!

Now if you do happen to purchase yours from me and after reading the book decide you need a workshop to earn the awesome new products for free then I will give you a voucher valued at $10 to use at your workshop.

Contact me today to arrange your workshop and get your free catalogue!

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What do you do with …….

18 August, 2010 7 Comments

Ribbon Spools ?

Well empty ones at least!

You can pull the spools apart and remove the circle pieces of cardboard. Now you could keep one of each size and use these as circle templates – that is until you’ve saved the money to buy the Circle Scissor Plus!

These can also be used to create curves and rounded corners larger than the punch does or theres always the templates for making pom poms! Do kids still do that these days?? I know I always used to make them as a kid – ahh childhood memories – gotta love them!

But what about the plastic spools???

Well this is what you can do with the spools ……………

You can make them any height and you can pop in so many different things …

  • ribbons
  • smarties
  • buttons
  • m&m’s
  • brads
  • chocolate bars – well long skinny ones like this White Knight or Curly Wurlys
  • roll up money and pop inside
  • keys to the new car (I wish)
  • a map with directions to the new iPad (now that would make an awesome birthday gift!)
  • coloured pencils
  • watercolour crayons
  • a lovely pen

So many different ideas!  All you need to do is to measure around your spool and thats how wide you cut your piece of acetate and the height is up to you! Use sticky strip to hold it all together and your done – soooo easy!  If you wanted to jazz up your tubes then you could always use the lovely printed window sheets in the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.

Dont forget to keep an eye on the Last Chance List and the availability list and make sure you put your order in before the items you want are gone for good.

Also, I should have my delivery of new 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogues over the next few days so if you havent pre-ordered yours you’d better do so soon!

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Are you ready to hop?

18 August, 2010 Leave a Comment
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Just a quick note that a few of the ESAD girls are busy making samples to introduce the new 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue to our lovely customers and blog readers.

So be sure to check back on the 1st September so you can start hopping along and viewing all the gorgeous art work. You can start here on 1st September and all the projects will be up at 10am Sydney time so mark your diaries!

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