Join Up in May

And receive your starter kit for $299! Valued at $585 dollars that's a saving of $286.

And by signing up in May it means that your next full quarter begins in July so you have until September to reach your min quota. Some of the benefits for joining a fantastic company are...

* Low min quotas.

* No annual membership fee.

* Fantastic Demo support.

* No penalty for resigning.

* You don't need to do workshops.

* You can happily just buy for yourself and friends.

Also as a bonus if you sign up with me in May I'll include a free stamp set up to the value of $30 as a thank you.

So if you think that Stampin' Up!® is the company for you. If you love stamping, scrapbooking and cardmaking. And would like to earn a little extra cash, then contact me and I'll be happy to answer your questions.

Stampin' Up! Convention 2007

Ok, after a very eventful fortnight, which included a week long holiday at Crescent Head. Visiting family and helping to celebrate my Dad's 60th Birthday. Then being home for less then 24 hours and off again for the fantastic weekend of the first annual Stampin' Up! Convention. And what a fabulous time. Met people from the "teams" for the first time. And met new people as well. It was marvelous and I can't wait until Brisbane next year.

Along with great classes to help us grow our businesses, and fantastic demos by some very talented ladies, including the Co-Founder Shelli Gardner herself. We had a chance to do 2 make and takes on the Saturday. I've uploaded these for you to have a look at. We made these with the 2 free sets we received at check in. Be Happy and Dream Come True. I'm looking forward to using both these sets a lot.


I think these were both designed by Jill Kocherhans. And the materials used are

Love Card
Stamp Set - Dream Come True
Ink - Old Olive, Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise
Cardstock - Cool Caribbean, Old Olive, Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise.
Accessories - Twill Tape, Stampin' Dimensionals ®

Be Happy Page
Stamp Set - Be Happy
Ink - Rose Red, True Thyme
Cardstock - Chocolate Chip, Marigold Morning, Rose Red, True Thyme
Accessories - Sweet Shop Ribbon Originals, Linen Thread, Earth Elements Brads, StampinDimensionals, 1/16" Circle Punch, 1/8" Circle Punch

Now of course, I'm continuing to play with these sets constantly, always happens when you have new toys. So taking the basic design of the flower from the Be Happy Page, I've come up with this as a fairly simple Make and Take for workshops.



All materials used are available through me.

Stamp Sets - Be Happy, Everyday Flexible Phrases.
Inks - Perfect Plum, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip.
Cardstock - Very Vanilla, True Thyme, Vintage Violet
Accessories - Stampin Dimensionals, Twine.

I've Been Tagged!

Egads! I have no idea what to do here, and I'll probably re tag people, I seriously don't have that many blog friends that haven't already been tagged lol. And thanks Marelle :-D

Ok I have to share 7 things about myself.

1. I was born in Kempsey, NSW. But please don't hold that against me.

2. I use to drive a Monorail.

3. Tomorrow is my 8th wedding anniversary and I married my High School sweetheart Gavin. We have 2 beautiful children.

4. My son is named after 2 horror characters.

5. I spend way too much time reading Harry Potter and Dr Who fanfiction.

6. I am way too obsessed with Dr Who.

7. And I'm so darn boring I can't think of a 7th.


Now who to tag, and if you've already been tagged then don't worry lol.

Dawn Lewis

Carol Dunstan



Ok how boring am I , I can only find and 1 had already been tagged. Can you double tag?lol

The Elite Challenge

A challenge has been set and accepted by some of the most talented Stampin' Up!® Demonstrators in Australia. The Elite Challenges website is up and running for the Demos in Angela Sargeants Elite Stampers Group. Click on the link to the right and go take a look at some beautiful looking cards, hopefully you'll get lot's of inspiration.

Here's the card I made, which I think turned out quite nice (but I may be biased).

Happy Birthday

Having a play with the new stamp sets I received has been so much fun! For my Stampin' Start Rewards I could pick 3 stamp sets from the catalogue. It was such a hard decision to choose from so many great new sets. I ended up going with Looks Like Spring, which I was currently borrowing from a friend and totally love. Big Deal Alphabet, which was also in the last mini we had, and Everyday Flexible Phrases.

So I decided to create a couple of birthday cards using these sets. And I love them! A Stamp-A-Ma Jig is a must to create the background on the "Best Wishes" card, you need to line up the triangles perfectly to look seamless, but with the Stamp-A-Ma Jig it took next to no time at all.

And I think the Big Deal Alphabet looks great. I'm going to have to create a couple of scrapbook pages using this as well.

All materials used were Stampin' Up!® and are available through me.

Best Wishes Card
Stamp Sets - Looks Like Spring, Big Deal Alphabet, Simple Wishes (retired)
Inks - Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip.
Card Stock - True Thyme, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Happy Birthday Card
Stamp Sets - Looks Like Spring, Big Deal Alphabet, Simple Wishes (retired)
Inks - Pretty In Pink, Lavender Lace, Perfect Plum
Cardstock - Lovely Lilac, Pretty In Pink, Very Vanilla

Colour Challenge

Today I set myself a colour challenge. I pulled 2 pieces of cardstock at random out of my stash and told myself I must create 2 cards with said pieces. This is what I came up with. I don't know if I'm overly happy with them, and I really stepped outside my comfort zone with the first one.

The 2 colours I had to use were Handsome Hunter and Pumpkin Pie. Luckily on this nice cold Autumn day I was inspired.

For the first card, I dragged out my Eucalyptus Walnut Ink, which I bought ages ago and haven't used very much. I sprayed that on some Kraft cardstock and mixed it with Gold Encore ink from my reinker to give a mottled background that acutally looks velvety. I stamped on that with Chocolate Chip and Encore Gold.

The second card needs no explaining, just basic stamping, tearing and inking. But I like the look of it.

Materials used are
Stamp Sets - Heartfelt Thanks, Greetings Galore
Inks - Encore Gold, Chocolate Chip.
Cardstock - Pumpkin Pie, Handsome Hunter, Night of Navy, Kraft
Other - Black and Caramel Gingham.

Tri Fold Card

Being a lovely Saturday afternoon, and having a clean desk, really puts me in a creative mood. So I thought I'd try making a tri fold card. I also wanted to use a set that was in the Oct-Jan mini but has made it into the new 07/08 catalogue along with the matching punch. I'm really pleased with how it turned out and I think I'm going to be making a few more of these :-)

















So I now have a messy desk again and my creative urge has been satisfied.

Materials used are all Stampin' Up!® and available through me.

Stamp Set - Looks Like Spring
Inks - Bravo Burgundy and Mellow Moss
Cardstock - Kraft, Bravo Burgundy, Very Vanilla
Other - Spring Bouquet Punch, Burgundy Grosgrain.