I am Leonie and I'm an Independant Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in Sydney, Australia.Archive for scrapbooking
Seeing Spots …. or is that Circles?
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Good morning everyone – I do hope you are well and not getting washed away with all this rain we are having in Sydney. We do need it and it is falling in the catchment areas so that’s a good thing as it means its going into our dams where we need it.
Thursday I shared with you two scrapbook layouts I made using the Circle Scissor Plus and at our SaleABration Spectacular I demonstrated using the Circle Scissor Plus and the different ways you can use it.
Today I want to share with you two cards I used as samples on the day.
This first card was done using the Sweet Always Designer Series Papers, coordinating cardstock and the A Kind Word and Always Stamp sets.
I showed the ladies just how easy it is to do frames with the Circle Scissor Plus without moving it. I’ve also thrown in a couple of our circle punches to show how well Stampin’ Up! products go together.
Not to let the boys out I even made a card for them!
This card uses the Windsor Knot Designer Series Papers, coordinating cardstock, and the All in the Family, On Your Birthday and the Calendar Alphabet & Numbers stamp sets.
I have layered the circles again for the main image and with the All in the Family stamp set its imperative you use the Stamp-a-ma-jig so all your images line up well.
I did try to not use it and my little girl (which is not shown here) ended up with fangs from the top of her dress! Not a good look for a little girls card – unless of course you’re doing a Twilight theme!!!
I am running classes this first term called “Tool Time” where I will highlight a tool and show you different ways of using your Stampin’ Up! tools. So many times we see them demonstrated and just ‘have’ to have it and then it get put on the shelf or in the cupboard to gather dust.
The first class will be on the Circle Scissor Plus and you will get to know this tool and make three projects using the Circle Scissor Plus.
Tool Time – Circle Scissor Plus
Date ~ 26th February, 2010 Time ~ 10.30am Cost ~ $20.00 bookings essential
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Soul Scrappers Thursday Technique Challenge – TC3
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You may remember that I told you that I had been asked by the lovely Erika Martin to be on her ‘Soul Team’ for the Soul Scrappers forum – well today is my first challenge! So I do hope you will go to the forum and join in on the challenges and fun!
This is my very first Technique Challenge and I hope you like what I’ve done. This is all a bit daunting for me to be on a ‘Soul Team’ with such talented ladies!
I thought at first using circles was a bit basic but I do know that some are new to scrapbooking. It also doesn’t hurt to go back to the basics and revisit some of the techniques we did when we started scrapbooking and maybe use them in different ways.
Here is my first ‘circles’ layout ….
I’ve used the Stampin’ Up! Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin’ kit for this layout and my lovely new Circle Scissor Plus. I have fallen in love with this tool as it makes making circles so so easy!
I’ve incorporated the circle adhesive die-cuts from the Simply Scrappin’ kit and then cut some more with the Circle Scissor in coordinating colours for this layout.
The large scalloped circle I’ve done by cutting out the largest circle with the Circle Scissor then I’ve taken the guard off my corner rounder and gone all around the edge for the ‘scalloped’ look.
Here is a close up of the “I love You” on the bottom left and the “you mean everything” embellishment
To make the “You mean Everything to me” I’ve used sentiments from the Always stamp set and the frame is from the Frames with a Flourish set.
Now the circle scissor just doesn’t cut circles – you can also draw circles with it!
It comes with two attachments – one for cutting and a holder for drawing – now you can draw circles onto plain coloured cardstock to make your own circle patterned paper!
With this layout I took my piece of Specialty Designer Series paper from the Sweet Slumber pack and drew some circles in pencil.
I then used those pencilled circles as a guide for journaling,
Once I had finished and the ink was dry I just used an eraser to remove the pencilled circles.
Here is a close-up of the end of the quote and my “flower” embellishment.
I do hope you like what I’ve done and if you want to do this challenge please and join over at Soul Scrappers to participate in the challenge. Go to the Thursday Technique Challenge 3 post for all the instructions for this challenge.
I can’t wait to see what you make!
Sale A Bration Spectacular Update
Posted by: | CommentsWell what an awesome day Saturday was at our SaleABration Spectacular!
We had 46 people come for the day and we all had lots of fun and all the ladies worked hard making all those projects we’d set up for them – they made 8 projects in all and with quite a few going home with door prizes or raffle prizes!
Here is a slideshow of how things looked before everyone arrived ….
Here are the make n takes that I made for the day ….
There were 8 make n takes in all and the other six were created by my lovely fellow demonstrators – Lisa, Jossleen and Clare. We had some make n take kits leftover so I managed to grab a couple of kits so I can make up the make n takes too. Now I have some of my kits left over so if you’d like a kit for the above make n takes then please email me with your address and I’ll post them to you.
I do hope those who were there on the day had as good a time as I did!
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Busy Busy Busy
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Just a quick note to apologise for not having anything to share for a couple of days – I’ve been busy, busy, busy making samples and make n take kits for the Sale A Bration Spectacular this Saturday. Its going to be an awesome day full of make n takes, demonstrations and lots of fun – we’ll be showing you stamping, scrapbooking and boxes – we will also be demonstrating techniques and Stampin’ Up! tools and products.
How cool is that flyer??
This is what we delivered to approximately 200 letterboxes last month.
We have more people coming than I anticipated so if you still want to come you’d better contact me today or tomorrow. The first 50 to put their name down will receive a wonderful show bag (or loot bag as I call them)! They are full of all sorts of goodies.
So if you’re not doing anything this Saturday why don’t you come along?
We are raising funds for the Macarthur Dementia Care & Support group oh and I still have raffle tickets for purchase if you want to be in the running for some awesome prizes! We have 7 raffle prizes all up so a good chance to win a prize!
I heart …
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I have some very exciting news to share with you today – well to some its no longer news but I’m still over the moon about it! This past week I received an invitation to join a new Scrapbooking Forum and thought to myself ‘well I did say at Christmas I wanted to do more scrapbooking this year’ so off I went and joined.
A day or so later I get a message from the forum owner (Erika Martin) and she asks me if I’d like to be on the Soul Scrappers Design Team!! Well after picking myself off the floor I did check with her first to ensure she had the right person and she said YES!!! Soooo I said Yesssss too! Its a huge honour to be asked to be on a Design Team for someone who does such awesome scrapbooking like Erika!
The forum is such a great place to be a part of and I’m still amazed at being on the Soul Team! They’ve already had some new challenges posted to the forum and they look really good – there will be sketch challenges, technique challenges, theme challenges and also some for Digital Scrapbooking. Now the one posted this past week that I wanted to have a go at was the “About Me Challenge” from Erika.
I originally was going to start with a brown theme and baroque motifs however after pulling out umpteen different Designer Series Papers I opted to go with colours that match my photo’s and couldnt work out a title for me so I figured for a page about me I should share the things I love so I immediately thought of the Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin kit – if you remember I used this for yesterday’s Utah Divas Sketch challenge card.
I couldnt get a patterned paper to work from the kit so I went through my stash (and believe me this took some time!) I opted for the pretty floral paper from Candy Lane Desiger Series Paper pack.
I love these hearts!
The adhesive die cuts that come in the Simply Scrappin kits make any layout look good! I’ve torn vellum to go behind the “I heart …” letters just to lift and make them stand out better. All the things I love were printed and cut up and I put the small adhesive die cut hearts on each one.
Its been so long since I’ve done a layout it was good to sit down and play with photo’s and paper again – I even found the little photo printer we have and the photo paper without much searching which is a good thing considering we’ve just moved furniture around in the house and this is a sure way to put something in such a safe place that it can never be found again! I’m sure you know what I mean.
Now if you’d like to do more scrapbooking or even learn how to do it why not come and join Erika’s new forum at Soul Scrappers or just click on the Soul Scrappers banner below or over in the sidebar on the right.
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Love Sparkle Sketch
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Hello and welcome to another Saturday Sketch from the Utah Divas International Group.
I love Carol’s sketches as you would know if you’re a regular visitor to my blog.
Now when I first saw today’s sketch I thought it wayyyy too busy but I’m pleased with the card I’ve made. –
Oh and guess what??
NO STAMPING!!
I do hope you like my card.
I have had the Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin kit for some time and have wanted to make a whole array of projects with it and thought today’s sketch would be perfect and just traded the circles for hearts.
I am allowed to do that – Carol said so!
I love the colours and everything in this kit!
The Simply Scrappin kits are a great purchase! They have so so much stuff in them you can make so much.
Each pack includes ….
- eight 12×12 sheets textured card stock (2 each of 4 colours)
- 6 sheets double sided patterned paper ( 3 each of 2 different designs)
- 6 sheets Adhesive Die Cuts (2 sheets of 3 different designs.
- So as you can see its great value!
- Now don’t forget to pop over to the Utah Divas International Blog to check out the other projects the Design Team there have created – now they are all in USA so you may need for them to wake up before their projects are uploaded.
- Now I’m off to do some scrapbooking – yes you read that right!! Me scrapbook and I’ll have some exciting news when I upload that layout! So make sure you pop back.
- Thanks for stopping by ….
Inventory Clearance Sale … update
Posted by: | CommentsI just thought I’d pop in quickly to remind you about the Inventory Clearance sale that finishes on 24th January. I am busy making items to display at our Sale-a-bration Spectacular so this is why I havent posted any projects today.
It appears that the sales on these clearance items have again surpassed the projected figures and some items are now no longer available at the clearance price. So if there is anything on this list that you ‘need‘ then please contact me today to place your order. Also, from now until the Inventory Clearance sale ends on 24th January I am offering free postage! So contact me today to place your order.
As of now, the following item(s) are no longer available as part of the Inventory Clearance Sale:
| Item Number | Item Name |
| 116376 | Jumbo Outline Alphabet stamp set* |
| 111983 | Just Riding stamp set* |
Announcing Sale A Bration Spectacular
Posted by: | CommentsIf you are a Stampin’ Up! customer you will know that each year after Christmas Stampin’ Up! has a Sale-A-Bration and this year it begins on January 25th and goes until 31st March, 2010.
A couple of local Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators and myself have got together to arrange an event as our “Sale A Bration Spectacular” – this is the first of these types of events I’ve done and I’m a little excited and anxious to say the least!
If you are local to the Campbelltown/Macarthur area or dont mind a drive you are hereby invited to come along and enjoy the day with us.
When: Saturday – 6th February 2010
Time: 11am to 4pm
Cost: $25 or $20 if you book & pay before 21st January
Where: Ambarvale Re-Creation Centre
65 Woodhouse Drive, Ambarvale Map
We will have ….
- door prizes
- free showbags
- card challenges
- demonstrations
- make n takes
- raffles (so start saving those gold coins!)
- displays
Funds being raised are for Macarthur Dementia Care and Support group.
We will be having samples on display for cardmaking, stamping, scrapbooking and gift making.
There will be special bonuses for those ordering, booking a demonstration or bringing a friend along on the day.
So go mark your calendar now and contact me to reserve your spot!
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Christmas Stamp Gift Box
Posted by: | CommentsI love Stampin’ Up! and I love to give stamps to friends for presents and recently I had a small stamp set I wanted to give and thought it would be nice in its own little gift box so I converted the Pizza box style of box to fit one of the small sets in.
Here is my gift box I made ….
The completed box measures 14cm X 12cm X 4cm and fits the smaller stamp sets like the Sprinkles or Sweet Stems set.
I wasnt sure what to do for the embellishments on the box and then I remembered the poinsettia flowers made with the Five Petal Flower punch and thought they’d be perfect. You could use this box for any occassion just by changing the Designer Series Paper and using the colours to create the box and the flowers.
As my Christmas gift to you – and an early one at that – I am offering the tutorial for this box for free!
To download the tutorial click on Small Stamp Gift Box Tutorial
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Teacher Gifts
Posted by: | CommentsWell we are officially on school holidays here for the Summer break for around six weeks or so.
The girls took these gifts for their teachers … they both managed to have two teachers this year so that meant 4 gifts. I consulted a lovely teacher and asked what would make a good teacher’s gift. I wanted to make something useful and not just send something in to be put in a cupboard somewhere.
All the items for each teacher were done using the same patterned paper from the new Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper from the Summer Mini Catalogue. I just love the colours and designs in these papers!
Two of the teachers had a handmade acetate gift box with toffees inside and the other two had a Votive candle in a holder that was decorated with rubons and also presented in an acetate box.
I do believe all the Teacher’s loved their gifts and one is already talking to people for a class next year.
At least I know now what to make for the teacher gifts next year – hoping that Miss E doesnt get the same teacher next year or I’ll have to think of something else …. or my sister will!
Thanks Jo for the guidance
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