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A birdie told me …

15 January, 2011 6 Comments

Wow the Saturday’s do come around quick dont they – especially when you are on School holidays!

Here is this week’s sketch from the lovely Carol …

Here is my card ….

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I’ve had the Aviary set since before Christmas but hadnt had the chance to put it to ink before then.  I will warn you though that when you are using this set you may find that those sneaky little birds, as cute as they are, have a tendancy to fly!  I lost one of them for at least 45 minutes and found her perched on a roll of ribbon!  Sneaky little chick!

Its been a very heart-wrenching week here in Australia with Queensland declared at Natural Disaster with huge floods in many areas and with that loss of life, property and businesses. It saddens my heart everytime I think of what has happened there but then I’m also grateful for my family and friends there who are safe.  Then we had fires in Western Australia and now more floods in Victoria – it makes one wonder where it will end.

Stampin’ Up! have announced they will donate $2 from every stamp set (valued at $30 and over) sold between 15th January and 15th February with the funds going to Queensland State Emergency Services. These guys work so hard and most of them are volunteers so if you have some stamps you’ve been meaning to get well now is the time and it will help all those people in Queensland who desperately need the help.

In addition to Stampin’ Up!’s donation I will be donating my commission on the sales of these sets as well and I’ll also pop in an extra $10 donation for anyone holding a demonstration between 15th January and 15th February.

Also, anyone placing an mail, email or phone order (not part of a demonstration or workshop) between 15th January and 15th February will go into a draw for a bonus free stamp set – Every Moment (p72)

So grab your phone and diary and give me a call to book in your demonstration or place your order.

Now its time to skip to the next Diva in the Diva Sketch Team being the lovely Ruthie Burkey

Here is the complete list of Sketchy Diva’s in case you get lost or someone hasnt got their post up yet …

Adriana
Alisa
Barbara
Becky
elizabeth
Leonie (you are here!)
Ruthie
Tammy
Carol.

Enjoy this week’s sketch and I’d love it if you’d play along – just pop a link to your card in a comment to this post.

Thanks for stoppin by

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One for the boys ….

22 February, 2010 3 Comments

 

Hard to believe its been 2 weeks since our Sale A Bration Spectacular and there were so many gorgeous Make n Takes on the day I was sad I didnt get to sit down and do any. So while we were packing up I managed to grab a couple of the packs and when I got home I realised I only grabbed two so I’ll have to get onto the girls to grab the rest and make them up.

I pulled one out tonite to make and it was one from Lisa and its a card using Natures Nest.  Now when I pulled it I realised I didnt have a photo of the sample card so I thought I’d pop over to her blog and alas it wasnt there.

I did follow the instructions in her kits but I did make a few alterations of my own.

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I just love this card and I know Lisa wont mind me making the alterations. I love the colours in the card – very earthy and rather masculine. I even managed to christen my curly label punch!  The sentiment is from the Sale A Bration Vintage Labels set.

This is a great quick and easy card and I’d love to show you how to make it so why not  contact me today to arrange your demonstration. I do have a couple of spots left in March so you can still benefit from Sale A Bration. 

During Sale A Bration you can earn free stamp sets! Earn a free stamp set for every $100 you purchase and if you would like to be the hostess at a demonstration then you have the opportunity to earn more free Sale A Bration sets as well as earning the free Hostess benefits you’d normally get for holding a demonstration.

Sale A Bration finishes on 31st March so ring and book in your demonstration today or place your order.

Thanks for stopping by ….

LeonieSig1

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Party Sketch

13 February, 2010 6 Comments

Well here we are at another Saturday – at least today I’m relaxing after last weekend’s Saleabration Spectacular! Now being Saturday its time for another Divas Sketch Challenge! dsc70

Here is this week’s sketch ….

Carol was very nice to let me have last weekend off now wasnt she?? but I’m back into the sketches again and not to let the side down I’ve changed it a little – but what more could you expect from me??

I really struggled with the “least favourite colours” though … I just couldn’t work out what to do as I just love Stampin’ Up!’s colours so I went with some that I don’t use as often and hopefully that will be ok (at least I noticed the ‘extra’ in this week’s challenge this time!)

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Here’s my card ….

Now not only did I use colours I don’t use often I also used a stamp set that hasn’t seen much ink!

Recipe:

Stamps: Party Hearty
Paper: Pacific Point, Gable Green, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White
Inks: Tangerine Tango, Pacific Point, Gable Green, Versamark
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Pacific Point Striped grosgrain ribbon.

I do hope you like my card and please be sure to check out the other creations by the Utah Divas International Sketch Challenge Team.

Thanks for stopping by

LeonieSig1

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Sale A Bration Spectacular Update

9 February, 2010 4 Comments

Well 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!

Thanks for stoppin by

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Busy Busy Busy

4 February, 2010 2 Comments

 

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.

 

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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!

LeonieSig1

 

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Sale A Bration Blog Hop is here!

25 January, 2010 80 Comments

Good Morning everyone!

I hope you’re ready for the ESAD Sale A Bration Blog Hop! Better go grab yourself a cuppa as you’ll be hopping for a while!

What is ESAD you say?

ESAD stands for Extra Special Australian (and New Zealand) 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 cyberstamp 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 on the button below to join our wonderful group.


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Now before I share my project with you I also want you to know that if you do make it around to all 41 Blogs involved in today’s Blog Hop and if you make a comment on each one you are then in the running for some Extra Special Blog Candy.  The demonstrators from all over have donated blog candy for this blog hop and if you are the lucky winner you’ll be getting all sorts of parcels and you will truly think that Christmas has come early this year and that you’ve been a very good girl (or guy)!  Now if you do get to all and comment on all the blogs shoot me an email with your name and email address and then everyone who has also visited and commented on all the blogs will go in the drawer for the ‘extra special’ blog candy. Last time Lynda Shrimpton was the lucky winner and just loved all her little surprises however this time we will have 3 blog candy winners so please enjoy the trip and dont forget to leave comments cos we really do love having people comment on our blogs.

Now onto my project …..

I love all the stamp sets that are available in the Sale A Bration Catalogue and chose to pre-order the Vintage Labels to use and make samples to share with you.  Last November we had Regional Training with Stampin Up! in Sydney and it was there that one of the demonstrators recommended making classes using our Notecards so thats exactly what I’ve done.

Here is the set I created.

I created a box which holds 5 Notecards and envelopes.

The box is a new creation of mine which was inspired by an item in my bathroom – its amazing what we get our inspiration from sometimes hey?

The base is done using Old Olive cardstock and I’ve used Bella Rose Designer Series Papers to complete this whole set. I’ve also used a build a brad to embellish the closure and the closure is secured by a velcro dot.

All the cards are completed using the Notecards available in the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalogue, Rose is a Rose stamp set, Vintage Labels Sale A Bration Stamp Set and the Bella Rose Designer Series Papers with coordinating cardstock.

Here are the cards

I do hope you like this little set as much as I loved making them. Now remember to leave me a comment and your next stop on the blog hop is the blog of the lovely & talented Linda Craven.

Dont forget to send me an email at leonie@stamp-a-latte.com to advise when you have completed the blog hop … winners will be announced 31st January.

Thanks for stoppin by

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