Half sheet wonder cards

Hi Everyone,

More browsing on Claire Daly's site has shown me the Half sheet wonder. Such a simple and yet effective way to get those creative juices flowing!! And to keep it even easier, I used the same colours for each card - Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Summer Sun and Whisper White - I think this could well become a fav colour combo. However, I did challenge myself by only using the butterfly from the Hello Again stamp set and adding only words/phrases.




So here's my take on a half sheet wonder with my 3 cards:

Card #1

This first card is based on a Mojo Monday sketch sheet that I printed out back in August - its amazing what you can find whilst cleaning up a desk! lol!! However, if I'm honest, I think something is missing or maybe I should have used bigger circles... mmmm

Card #2

I've added some chic' and classy b&w gingham here and really like how its smartened up my card.

Card #3

Well, 2 out of 3 cards I stuck to only the butterfly... This one I added some detail to the kiwi kiss card frames with the cute little asterisk from the Hello Again set. And instead of ribbon, I used some Stampin' Up Black brads.

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Cupcake Holder

Ooo! Look what I found last night whilst out in blogland.... A free template, thanks to Claire Daly (a Stampin' Up Demonstrator in Victoria), to make a very cute and VERY EASY cupcake or muffin box. Of course, after finding it, I had to print it out and give it a try (even at 10.30pm).


Here's my 1st attempt at the cupcake holder and I'm going to try and do some more later today.

Thanks Claire for such a fab template and it was sooo easy to follow!!!

And yes, I realise that there's rainbow choc chip biccies inside and not a cupcake but that's what I'd been baking so that's what you get a teaser of... just excuse the edge of the tiles in the photo - it was late when I took it! lol   


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Inventory Clearance Sale

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick lil' note to let you know that the Jumbo Outline Alphabet stamp set and Just Riding stamp set have sold out at the reduced price. They are still available at the prices as quoted in the 2009-2010 Idea book and will now be die-cut (Yay no more fiddly cutting out, just peel and stick onto your wooden blocks!!) lol
  

If you would like to find out what other stamp sets have been reduced click here but don't forget its only whilst stocks last and only until 24th January.

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Stars in my eyes

Hi Everyone,


Ok, now I do have 2 cards to show you as I promised yesterday but first I thought I'd try to explain my lateness for this post (seeing as I was going to post these pics yesterday!).... I have been working on a newsletter template so those that have signed up to receive my newsletter will get one soon and I'm going to find out how to put a button on my blog to sign up for my newsletter - you can already sign up for the blog updates.. And I've also added a decent header onto my blog.... Look up and you'll see "Stampin' with Richelle' is a proper little picture now and not just plain old writing.

Anyway, the other reason for not making many cards lately is the state of my desk.... Ummmm a picture speaks a 1000 words so here goes:

And I hate to admit it, but its over the floor too...

Right so, amongst a million other things, my New Year's Resolution is to keep my stamping area a little bit cleaner! But to be honest, if it was spotless, I'd be thinking I was ill! My desk even when I was at school was always a mess. I'm a huge culprit of racing in when my girls are asleep, making something and leaving the mess for another time and that other time just never happens! lol   How many other ppl are like that!??!


Anyway, enuf chat, here's the 2 cards I've made, I've actually used the star from the Christmas Classics stamp set and the "happy birthday" is from retired set.

Then I liked the layout so much, I did one with a different base colour - Garden Green instead of Pacific Point.

And seeing as its kinda cheating to show 2 cards of the same design, here's a 3rd card for you...

See the little frame around the bird - that's 1 from a free stamp set you could earn during Sale-a-bration! Come back on 25th January to view a copy of the Sale-a-bration catalogue online! Its very nice!!  

Wow - 3 posts in 2 days, I hope you didn't fall off your chair in shock!

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Reaching your Sale-a-bration Goal(s)

After my post yesterday, I just thought give you a few tips on how to reach your goals during the Sale-a-bration promotion and calm your worries about reaching your target for your free stamp set via your order or workshop.


So here's my tips:

To reach a $600 workshop, it can be as easy as $50 from 12 ppl - this can even be from outside orders if someone can't make it to your workshop. And finding 12 ppl can be easy - there's work colleagues, family and friends. Or team up with a friend and invite 6 ppl each - see its not soo hard!

Now to reach a $100 order and earn 1 free stamp set, think about a stamp set on your wishlist... Right have you been able to pick one? If you don't already have a wishlist, click here to view the catalogue online (both the full 2010 Idea book and Catalogue and the NEW Summer Mini Catalogue can be found on this link!)

Then add a pack of card (either a full pack of 1 colour $10.50 or an assorted pack $14.50)....

Then add the right ink colours $11.95 each.....

Some ribbon and/or embellishments....

Make sure you have plenty of adhesive... There's lots of different adhesives to choose from but I like the SNAIL or to add a bit extra to your project, the Dimensionals are fantastic!

And TA-DA!!! You're there! Now all you have to do is phone or email me with your order and you can have it within about a week! WOOOHOOO!!

ps: You can earn a free stamp set for every $100 you spend, so you just might be able to earn them all! lol :)



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January News

Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone that I haven't seen and all my blogging friends! I hope you had a great time over the festive season cos we sure did. Mind you, I'm really enjoying the quiet at the moment with our January calendar a lot emptier!

Anyway, this is just an update on some things that are currently happening with Stampin' Up...

Firstly, there is the Inventory Clearance Sale which is running until 24 January, 2010 you’ll get amazing discounts on select, high-quality Stampin’ Up! products with no minimum purchase, and no limits to how many you buy! NOTE: These prices are only available whilst stocks last.

Secondly, on 25th January, SALE-A-BRATION starts! This is a great time to stock up on all your Stampin' Up supplies as you can earn free stamp sets! And if you host a workshop with $600 in sales, you can earn even more free stamp sets! YAY!!!! If you live in the Perth metro area, contact me today to book your workshop! However, don't panic, if you don't live in the metro area, but are still somewhere in Australia.... You can still have a workshop, its all just via the catalogue and shipping is just $5.95 (for orders under $120) or 5% of each order over $121.

And thirdly, some of you keen stampers and scrapbookers may have heard about a product called the Big Shot. This is a Sizziz Big Shot Die-Cut Machine that can create die cuts with any our exclusive Stampin’ Up! dies—or any Sizzix® die. This is be available through Stampin' Up with the release of our Autumn Mini Catalogue (1st April and not its not an early April Fool's day joke). Unfortunately, I don't have the pricing yet, but fingers crossed, I'll be able to provide some sneak peeks closer to the release date.

Ok, that's it from me for now... I'll try and be back later on with some photos of some cards I'm making and I'm going to hopefully do some more stamping today with my new stamps from the summer mini catty! Can you cross your fingers for me? lol



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Stamp 'n' Stack Results

Hi Everyone! Merry Christmas!!! But pheww, as much as I love Christmas, I sure was glad to sit back and relax today! Time has been flying past in the lead up to Christmas so I was very grateful to hardly do a thing all day today.... lol - I even managed to have a sleep-in as the girls were up late last nite at my family xmas dinner and that was after a big lunch at our house for my hubby's family,so they were extremely tired girls today but thankfully only slightly grumpy.



In my quiet day, I realised today that I haven't posted either of the projects from the Stamp 'n' Stack in November or the recent December SAS.... Ooops! :P So here's 2 quick pics of the 2 projects:

Stamp 'n' Stack November
We used the 'Spotlight on Christmas' Stamp Set, scallop cirle punch, scallop square punch (it was my brand new toy!), 2 circle punches, 1 square punch, crimper, dimensionals. And I must say a big thank you to my sideline demonstrator Andrea as I cased her Christmas card layouts and borrowed her stamp set! So a BIG BIG Thank you!

Stamp 'n' December

We used the 'I wish' scrapbooking kit and not a single stamp was used! The album was designed by Andrea Walford, an extremely talented Canadian Stampin' Up Demonstrator. This was my first time teaching something other than a card or a box, so I thank my ladies for being so patient with me on the day. The album on the left was my original and the one on the right is what I made on the day.

If you like this album, I'm going to do another class but with a Mother's Day theme around March-April next year, so don't forget to check back to see when the class is scheduled. I received a new diary from my MIL so will work out my Class Calender soon and post all the details!!

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Inventory Clearance Sale!

Hi Everyone,

Grab yourself an extra Christmas present here.... With Stampin' Up's Inventory Clearance Sale - Just gotta luv a BARGAIN!!! Starts 15th December, whilst stocks last!

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2 Baby Cards

Hi,

Here's 2 quick baby cards I've made for friends... One was a 1st b'day card and the other for a friend whose bub is on the way :)

Isn't it easy to make? I just changed the colour of the teddy and the sentiments as we don't know whether my friend is having a boy or a girl and the blue teddy is perfect for a little boys 1st b'day! Both teddies have been coloured with my Stampin' Write Markers.

The Teddy bear is from a retired set, My Favorite Teddy, but everything else is current including the fresh stripey paper from the Washington Apple DSP. The little red bird & present have been stamped seperately and added to the card on a dimensional. Oh and the words are also adhered with dimensionals.

Colours: Riding hood red, Bashful Blue & Glossy White card. Stazon Black Ink

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Don't throw that Spring Mini away just yet....

Hi Everyone,

Hopefully you will be reading this post before you've thrown away that Spring Mini Catty as Stampin' Up have extended the life on some of the products

The lucky products here to stay are:

Item #       Item                                                        Price



112534    Jumbo brads 5/16" Neutrals Assortment  $15.50


112533    Jumbo brads 5/8" Neutrals Assortment    $13.50


114889    Scallop Oval punch                                 $30.95


106960    StazOn ink pad (White pad and refill)      $22.95


109196    StazOn Cleaner                                       $9.95



And they will also be making it to the 2010-11 Idea book and catty :) YAY!! :)

And those projects I promised last week are on their way... As per usual I've run out of time for my stampin' over the past week! lol :)

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Summer Mini Catalogue

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the 1st day of Summer!! And the serious countdown to Christmas is now on with only 24 sleeps until the jolly fat man in the red suit arrives lol :)

Here's the link for the new Summer Mini Catalogue and I will hopefully be back soon (like later today) with details of my last Christmas Stamp 'n' Stack and also some photos of some recent cards.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Thanks for looking,

Summer Mini Catalogue Starts Soon

Ooooo! It's coming! The Summer Mini Catalogue will be here soon.... Starting on Dec 1st, it is crammed with new goodies just in time for your Christmas wishlist.

But with the Summer Mini starting soon, it does mean that time is running out for the Spring Mini Catty. Ending 30th Nov, contact me today if you are interested in purchasing any of the stamp sets or embellishments as they may never be seen again. If you wish to have a stick-beak at the catties, please click here

Also, I thought I'd take this moment to mention that the current 2009-10 Idea book is running until 31st 2010, and not finishing in March like previous years.

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Hello! Can you believe its already the end of Nov!??

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick hello and to let you know that I am working on some projects at the moment.... I've been extra busy this week playing mum and dad to the girls as my hubby has been away plus my lil' bub burnt her feet in hot sand on Tues so we went for our first ever trip to the Emergency room at the hospital. Luckily, the blisters looked worse than what they seem to be as it has not slowed her down at all. It's amazing how resilient kids can be!!

So amongst all that I have made some more Christmas cards, as well as prepping for my Stamp 'n' Stack tomorrow night. I will post the pics over the wkend! Plus some sneak peaks of some new stamp sets soon to be released!


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Hitting the right spot with men's cards

Hi Everyone,

I don't know about you, but I'm nearly always stumped when it comes to men's cards... I just find them challenging as you can't do flowers and make it pretty lol :)

Well in an attempt to overcome this problem I pulled out my Seeing Spots stamp set from the cupboard and made this men's card some time ago... I actually demonstrated it at a recent workshop as part of a focus on layering your card to add extra 'ooomph' and on this card its simply by adding the 3 big spots punched out with the 1.25" punch, raising the centre one on a dimensional and then stamping the background spots on vellum. Easy ways to add extra but without making it girly and just using a simple layout with no fuss.

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Rubbing you the right way...

Hi all,

These are 3 quick note cards that I made using the rub-ons from the Bright Delights pack. The words have been stamped on the 2 cards with owls... And the weird thing is I was photographing the 'perfect pear' card when sesame street was on the telly and bert was playing the 'perfect pair' game! Bit freaky!!

These cards all use Tangerine Tango as the base card and the layers are chocolate chip, whisper white and kiwi kiss.

The little owl in the middle card is from the Forest Friends stamp set in the Spring Mini Catty and he's actually sitting up on a dimensional but unfortunately my photo doesn't show the height.

The 'Look who's turning (  )' stamp is from On your birthday stamp set.

For any more info, please leave me a comment or email me :)


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