Some new creations!

I have been lucky enough this week to have a bit more time in the evenings to get creative. Makes such a difference when India goes to bed at a reasonable hour these days! Sometimes after a bit of playing around, the final inspiration doesn't hit until 10.30pm but here are a few of the designs I have come up with this week which will be used at the next month's upcoming Stampastacks. Hope you like them...

Cupcakes and Craft!

Today I held a 'Cupcakes and Craft' afternoon where 13 lovely ladies came to see the new Idea Book and Catalogue and make 2 projects - a 'cupcake' card and a 5cm Box (photo's will be coming soon!). They enjoyed an pleasant afternoon of creating, sticking, stamping plus a cuppa and a cupcake!! I am planning on holding another one of these events on Monday 11th May at 7.30 so if you would like to attend, please let me know as soon as possible because places are limited!

New 2009-2010 Idea Book and Catalogue

The new 2009-2010 Idea Book and Catalogue was released this week!! I have enjoyed sitting down with a coffee, pen and wishlist as I have gone from front cover to back cover trying to decide what to order first! I must say that my favourite items are the Designer Series Paper prints and there are so many beautiful ones to choose from that it was very hard to hold back!
There is also gorgeous 'Cupcake' roller wheel with a coordinating stamp set which I also can't wait to start playing around with! So many embellishments and some new punches to add to your collections too!
I have attached a link for you to be able to peruse the catalogue on line but if you would like have a closer look and order a catalogue please contact me.

Stampin' Up!® - Online Catalog - circfacing

Stampin' Up!® - Online Catalog - circfacing

Welcome to new viewers!

Can I just say how much I am enjoying sharing ‘Stampin’ Up!’ and my cards with you all! I am meeting so many beautiful people and getting such pleasure out of seeing you all have fun at the ‘StampaStacks’ held over the last few months. I love the creativity that flows when people have a bit of a play around with the designs and go ‘outside the square’. I am definitely a much more structured, simple card maker but I love to see people ‘cut loose’ so to speak!
As I have mentioned in my 'About Me' box, I only joined Stampin’ Up! For the discount, I now can’t believe I have my own client base and a blog page!!
I decided to include ‘scrapbooking’ in the title because I joined Stampin’ Up! mainly for scrapbooking and I do hope to continue in this line more one day! When I get the time!
I have posted some of the cards we make at the StampaStacks and as I make more cards, I will add them on so hopefully it will be an evolving page!!

Thank you for taking the time to visit my site!

Out with the Old and in with the New

The end of March signifies many things, the end of Daylight Saving, possibly the end of warm weather and the end of the 2008/2009 Idea Book and Catalogue. If you have seen the list of retiring products, you will see that many of our favourites are disappearing ready to make way for new and exciting products. I have already had a sneak peak and I can’t wait to get my hands on some of them. The new editions of the Designer Series Paper are just beautiful and many of you will be pleased to see some of the stamp sets from last years’ Mini Catalogues included in this new one. I know some of you were disappointed last year when you missed out on ordering some of the Christmas stamps but you are now in luck!
Don’t forget you have until Tuesday 31st March to order products from the current catalogue that appear on the retiring list (that’s if they are still available). Also be aware that the stamp pads will be increasing in price from $9.95 to $11.95 as will the ink refills, $4.95 to $5.95. If you would like to order any of these products, please let me know by Tuesday morning 31st March as I only have until 5.00pm to place the orders! I have perused the new catalogue and all other prices seem to remain the same.

Weekend Away

I have just had the most beautiful weekend away with my girlfriends. We hired a house on The Esplanade at Henley Beach and we were fortunate enough to have the perfect Autumn weather. The windy rainy weather was conjusive to staying indoors and do nothing but watch DVD's, read magazines and sit around chatting having lovely cups of tea and coffee. The perfect weekend! None of us took any craft but we should have because it was the perfect time without children to focus on the task at hand. Next time I will definately pack all my craft gear to make the most of the opportunity! What I did get to do though was read some lovely magazines which inspired me with some patterns and colour combo's so I might play around with that in the next week or so.
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Cards Uploaded

I have finally uploaded photo's of some of my cards. The photo quality didn't come up as well as I had hoped but maybe I need to have a bit more of a play around!
My design style is more of a classic, structured style. I prefer to think of it as 'Less is more'.
What I do love however, that in some of my workshops, the girls will have a play around and create their own designs. That is what this is all about, finding your style and coming up with something you are happy with.

I've done all I can for the night!

Well, it didn't take long to add a few more things to it. What I do need to do is add more photo's, these will come tomorrow as they are currently on my camera, ready to be downloaded to the computer. I can see how this could be addictive.

Welcome

How easy was that to create my blog! Well, all I have done is sign up and I am now entering information so we'll see how many hours it takes me to 'pretty' it up now!