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Wonderful Tulips

2 September, 2011 4 Comments

Last month I was very blessed by a dear friend in  USA who sent me a ‘care’ package – it contained a pack of Wisteria Wonder Cardstock and a Wisteria Wonder Ink Pad – how blessed am I??

I also had a customer ask for a workshop focusing on different ways to use the Owl Punch and after some research found some gorgeous ideas and one in particular was this beautiful tulip flower …

How sweet is this card??

It is rather easy to do – just a little fiddly with the punched petals but once they are done its super easy!  Since I was making a tulip how could I not complete the card without using the Tulip Frame embossing folder?

The leaves are done using the wide oval punch – too easy!

Notice the flower and it looks a little shimmery?? well thats cos we painted some gorgeous White Shimmer paint over the top using the aqua painter and it just glistens!

This is a sweet simple card and one the ladies loved when they finished making it. I will also be holding some punchart classes over the next few weeks so keep an eye out for those!

Now I have a nice little display with all my creations using the Owl Punch which I’ll share with you over the next couple of days.

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Busy Busy Busy …..

25 February, 2011 5 Comments

Well what a busy week its been!

Last weekend I had two demonstrations – one on Saturday and one on Sunday and boy was I beat by the time Sunday night hit!

I was very proud of myself though because as I was thinking of what to do for the demonstration and make n takes I worked out that the two groups dont know each other and no one was going to both (this has happened before) so I figured I’d do the same demonstration and same make n takes at both Demonstrations. This worked out to be a very good plan! Yes I had to cut alot of the same cardstock, paper & ribbons but when I got home Saturday night all I had to do was replenish the kits for the Demonstration the next day – everything else was already packed! I even made me two Demonstration kits – one for each Demo. I need to do this more often!!

I placed the orders on Monday and they arrived yesterday so I packed them up last night and this morning needed to make some thank you cards for those lovely ladies who placed an order – now the Hostess was coming between 9 and 10am to collect so they had to be very queasy cards.

Thanks in Mambo

Using the Stampin Up! Notecards made these very queasy and I even had an envelope the perfect size to pop the cards into!  This is a very easy card to do and the flowers come from the Silhouette Sentiments stamp set which is a level 1 Hostess set so you can earn this just by hosting a Stampin Up! Demonstration!

Thanks in Razzelberry

The sentiment comes from the So Happy for You Sale•A•Bration set which you can get for free just by spending $100 but this and the other Sale•A•Bration sets are only available until 31st March so contact me today to place your order and get your free Sale•A•Bration stamps!


Thanks Set

I just love how these cards turned out and now need to make some more for the ladies who ordered from Sunday’s Demonstration.

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Filed Under: Birthday Club, Blogging, cardmaking, Classes, Creativity, Demonstrations, Friends n Family, Occasions, promotions, Saleabration, Silhouette Sentiments, specials, Stamp Club, Stamp Sets, stamp-a-stack, Stampin' Up!®, stamping, Techniques Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Join the Sale-a-Bration!

24 January, 2011 1 Comment

I love Sale-a-bration cos I get to give away free Stampin’ Up! exclusive Stamp Sets!


From 25th January to 31st March

you can earn free Sale-a-Bration Stamp Sets

  • for every $100 you spend you can earn a free Sale-a-Bration Stamp Set.

So if you spend $200 you get 2 sets however if you spend $300 you will not only receive 3 free Sale-a-Bration Stamp Sets but also earn a Level 1 Hostess set and $30 to spend in either of our Catalogues

  • Host a workshop and for every $600 in party sales (before shipping & handling) you will receive a free Sale-a-Bration Stamp Set
  • If you join my Stampin Up! team during Sale-a-Bration you can choose a bonus free stamp set to the value of $79.95

Here are the Sale-a-Bration sets ….

So Happy for You
wood-mount item
123284
clear-mount item
123220


Punch Bunch
wood-mount item
123288
clear-mount item
123211

Sweet Summer
wood-mount item
123286
clear-mount item
123214

Bliss
wood-mount item
123282
clear-mount item
123217

Please note these sets are exclusive to Sale-a-Bration and will not be in any future Catalogues.

Contact me today to

  • place your order
  • book your workshop or demonstration
  • join my team – dont forget to ask for my special bonus!
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Happiness Shared

3 January, 2011 7 Comments

Its been great being on holidays  in Victoria creating and sharing some happy new memories with family and friends.

Before Christmas I shared with you the Christmas Swing card I made and because I loved this card so much I decided to create a non Christmas card and I’d been really wanting to use the new Happiness Shared stamp set and thought this was the perfect combination.

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How sweet is this card?

It makes the perfect card for any special lady you may happen to know and this card is just so easy!

Here is the card opened ….

Recipe ….

Stamps: Happiness Shared
Paper: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla
Inks: Jet Black Stazon, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Versamark
Accessories: White Organza Ribbon, Aqua Painter, Paper Trimmer, Bone Scorer

This card is just so easy to do and I’d love to show you just how easy it is. It is simple enough to be done at a workshop or once I get back home I’ll be scheduling a Valentine’s Class so stay tuned for that.

I fly home on Wednesday so still have a couple of ‘Happy Memories’ to create with my Sister and parents and tomorrow I meet up with the lovely Kerri Hunter for lunch – cant wait!

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Filed Under: birthday, cardmaking, Classes, Creativity, Demo Friends, Demonstrations, Friends n Family, Get Well, Gifts, Happiness Shared, Occasions, RAKs, Stamp Sets, Stampin' Up!®, stamping, Sympathy, Techniques, vacation Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

So Autumn

3 September, 2010 5 Comments

I’ve had a bit of a creative block lately and today it was nice to pull out some stamps and ink have the creative juices flowing.

Well it officially became Spring on Wednesday however the last two days its felt like Autumn again so I pulled out some Autumn colours as some customers have asked for ‘male’ cards.  I then decided that if I’m doing Autumn colours then I should use an ‘Autumn’ stamp set and there’s no better Autumn set than Autumn Days.

soautumn   I love this wheat stamp!

This is a very quick and easy card and you can adapt it for any occasion just by changing the sentiment.

The sentiment on this card is from the Sense of Time stamp set which I am glad to say is in the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue.

Recipe:
Stamps: Autumn Days, Sanded, Sense of Time
Paper: Soft Suede, More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Inks: More Mustard, Soft Suede, Always Artichoke
Accessories: 1 1/4″ square punch, 1 3/8″ square Punch, Sponge Daubers, Crimper, Stampin Dimensionals.

Have you got your copy of the new 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue yet?  Its 164 beautiful pages of stamps, accessories, colours, tools and ideas – its a must have!  Email or ring me today to arrange your copy – or arrange a date to hold your demonstration and get the gorgeous catalogue for free!

I do hope you like this card and I hope the ladies tomorrow night like it too!

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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.

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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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Home Again ….

16 October, 2008 3 Comments

So naturally I had to do some stamping – didnt think I’d miss my stamping so much over the holidays but I must say I have made up for lost time as I’ve had to prepare for 5 workshops with the first today and one every day till Monday. Whew! I think Tuesday I’ll fall down and not get up for a day or two lol!!

I did get home to a tower of mail and packages!

Of course I opened the packages first …. well after unpacking as hubby said I couldnt open them until the bags were unpacked. What a mean man … surely thats some form of abuse? Two of the packages were birthday presents for me … one from my dear friend Makeesha and another from a good friend in USA.

Now [much to all Aussie demo's dismay] I have to tell you I squealed when I opened the package from USA as it had their new Stampin’ Up!® Scallop Border punch!! I’m sure you all heard me squeal and I’m very happy to say that all my customers will be able to order it from the Summer Mini Catalogue which starts December 1 so start saving girls!!

The other birthday box I got was from Makeesha – this ladies just oozes talent and love! I am so blessed to know her and have her as a friend!

This project was posted on Makeesha’s blog yesterday so you’ll be able to pop over there and get the tutorial on how to make these awesome boxes.

She has used the Secret Garden Simply Scrappin’ kit to make this one and I just love the papers and colours in that pack.

The Simply Scrappin kits are full of awesome little goodies that you cant get separately in the Idea Book and Catalogue and I just love scrapping with them as it makes it so easy for you!

Now when you life the lid off you can see how the ribbon is thread through to hold the little love notes and envelopes around the side.

Mind you I did get excited when I opened mine to find not only the gorgeous love notes Makeesha made but also a little box of chocolates and several coffee bags – does this woman know me or what??

I had meant to take this box to today’s demonstration to show the ladies but I did forget to take it along – I’ll have to try and remember to take it along tomorrow!

Here are the gorgeous little love note cards that were in the box along with the lovely birthday card Makeesha made me again using the Secret Garden Simply Scrappin’ kit.

I was so blessed with alot of cards for my birthday so I want to thank everyone who sent me a card – even hubby commented on how many I got this year especially considering he forgot my birthday last year and no he hasnt lived that one down yet! Not sure he ever will ;)

Before I go I want to share with you the layout the ladies made at the demonstration today.

Again its using the Secret Garden Simply Scrappin’ kit and it was inspired by one that Andrea (who also happens to be in my team) did last week.

I do like how this one turned out and the ladies today were impressed with how easy it was but also at how elegant it turns out.

My little girl is growing up hey???

Have a great night and if you’d like to book a demonstration to see the Simply Sent kits in action then please do as I’d love to share them with you!

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Father’s Day Wallet

9 August, 2008 7 Comments

A friend of mine held a demonstration last night and what a great time it was – and to think they paid more attention to me than to the Olympic’s Opening Ceremony!

There were lots of ladies there and I do hope that they had as good a time as I did! This is the card we made as the make n take.

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I’ve been seeing this card online for a while now and seemed to be everywhere when it was Father’s Day in USA and have always loved it and thought it a great card for the man in your life.There’s a great video tutorial for it on Dani’s blog

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I’ve made this one for Father’s Day but by just changing the front stamp it could be for birthday or anything!

I also created a ‘faux’ credit card and ‘faux’ coin or token.

Recipe:
Stamps: Rough Texture wheel, Always, Occasional Greetings
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa
Paper: Close to Cocoa Cardstock, Kraft Cardstock, Basic Black Cardstock
Accessories: Daubers, Mat Pack, Tool kit, corner rounder punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, Sticky Strip, Stampin Write Journaler.
dadsdaywallet

If you would like to hold a demonstration and make this card then ring or email me today to book in a date & time.

Have a great Saturday!

LeonieSig1

Filed Under: cardmaking, Classes, scrapbooking, Stampin' Up!®, stamping Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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