Refreshed And Ready To Go

Well almost ready to go..... We all had a wonderful holiday and have come home for a few days of final R&R before the mad rush of "back to school".
Classes will return on Tuesday 9th February. Class times will be:

Tuesday 10.00am - 12.00 noon
7.00pm - 9.00pm

Wednesday 7.00pm - 9.00pm

Friday 10.00am - 12.00 noon

Bookings are essential so that your packs can be prepared and spaces are limited.
I am really looking forward to hearing about everyones holidays and catching up.

Sale-A-Bration Samples

When I was home overnight in the middle of my holiday I had a few minutes to create a few samples from two of the sets I have been lucky enough to get prior to release.

As I didn't have much time it was great as I couldn't ponder and change my mind a million times so I was forced to keep them quick and simple.

I have Happy Moments and Whimsical Words and I love them both. All 4 sets are gorgeous and only available until March 31st. These sets never go into the Catalogue so don't miss out. For every $100 you spend you can choose 1 set for FREE or host a workshop with $600 sales and you earn a FREE set. Si if you order $100 of that you then get 2 FREE sets plus the usual Hostess Benefits!! There has never been a better time to book a workshop. Call me or email me to book a date and use it as a reason to catch up with all your friends you haven't seen over the holidays.

Sale-A-Bration Time

I can't believe that it is that time of year again when Stampin' Up! run this awesome special.
From January 25th to March 31st you can earn FREE stamp sets!!!! How good is that.
For each $100 you spend you get to choose a fantastic stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. Take a look at these absolutely gorgeous sets that are only available for the time of this special.
Also if you host a workshop with $600 of sales, you get to choose a set from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue in addition to your usual Hostess Benefits. That means you can also choose either a Level 1 or Level 2 Hostess set and you earn $70 FREE spend. All this just for getting a few friends together for a few hours of fun.
If you want to book a workshop and take advantage of this great offer either ring or email me and book a date before its too late!

Got to Love Holidays

Wow it has been so long since my last post. We had a fantastic Christmas and New Years and we are all enjoying our family holiday at Port Stephens! I have come back to Sydney for a day to see my Orthodontist and then going back up. Our holiday doesn't end until the 24th of January.
The first week we were away it rained all day every day which although didn't stop the kids from swimming was starting to do my head in. Once the sun came out it felt like we were actually on Summer holidays.
We have had a wonderful time swimming, playing on the beach, fishing and skiing. I don't actually like going fishing but I did have a go of water skiing, my first in many years. I surprised myself and got up on the second attempt but my poor old body isn't what it used to be and I have had to have a few visits to the physio after pulling the muscles in my shoulder. Looks like I have to spend the rest of my holiday relaxing and sipping cocktails!!! What a terrible outcome (ha, ha).
I have decided not to take any stamping products away with me this year and although I have had a few days of withdrawl it has been a nice break.
Take care and enjoy the rest of the holidays and I am looking forward to our classes returning and catching up with everyone.

Bad Blogger

I have been a bad bad blogger of late. I really don't like wishing time away but I am really looking forward to the day after Boxing Day. I will then be officially on holidays in Port Stephens for a month of R & R.
The past two weeks have been flat out with my customer Christmas Party last Tuesday night and then the Stampin' Up! team that I am lucky enough to be part of on Friday night both at my house. They were both fantastic nights and I totally enjoyed both parties. I also did a workshop on the Thursday night.
I have my son's Year 10 formal tonight which I still can't believe he isn't in Year 7 anymore, where did those years go.
As usual I am running behind schedule and still need to make my own Christmas cards which I will hopefully get done along with my tax return this weekend. Luckily I don't have any overseas ones to send or they would be more like Valentines cards. I am hoping that I have a stash of cards somewhere I have forgotten about that will get me out of trouble.
I am hoping to get a few more posts done in the next week or so but I won't promise anything.
Perhaps while I am laying around sipping cocktails over the holidays I can get some work done for next year so I can at least start the year ahead of myself.
Back soon hopefully!!!!!

Summer Mini Is Live!!

Finally the Summer Mini is active and you can now see all the fantastic goodies available. You can never have enough gift tags on hand and these gorgeous little card holders are ideal to store them in.

The blue folder is made from Tempting Turquise and matching paper. The cards use Tempting Turquise and Green Galore card stock and the co-ordinating papers. The words are from Short & Sweet and of course I have added bling with Dazzling Diamonds. The punches are the new 1 3/4" circle punch, Word Window, Full Heart and Scallop Edge. Two of the cards have some faux stitching added as a highlight.

The yellow folder is made from Barely Banana card and matching paper. The cards use Pixie Pink and Barely Banana card stock with co-ordinating papers. The words are from Short & Sweet and Best Yet Hostess Set. The punches used are 1 3/4" circle, 1 3/8" circle, 1 1/4" circle and the Full Heart. Once again I couldn't resist adding a little Dazzling Diamonds.

If you missed the Blog Hop yesterday, you can still take a look at the fantastic creations. Just follow the links in my post from yesterday.

I would love to hear what you think so please take time to leave a comment.

Bring On Summer!!!

Welcome to the Stampers Anonymous SU Blog Tour! You many have just come from Jennifer's blog, but if you are starting here, don't worry....you can make the complete circuit just by following the links at the end of each post. There are 14 stops along the way and we hope you will visit each one to see the gorgeous creations we have to show you!

For our first tour we decided to showcase the beautiful new products in the Summer Mini, available from December 1st. At the end of each post there will be a link to take you to the next stop on the tour. Feel free to "share the love" and leave a comment! So sit back, relax and enjoy!

I was drawn to the freshness of the Kaleidoscope Designer Series Papers. After winter it was nice to see such vibrant colours. I also loved the quirkiness of the Sweet Treat Cups.

The photo's don't do the colours justice, not sure if it is the camera or the photographer - but hope you enjoy these!!

CARD:

Kaleidoscope Papers (Mini)
Tempting Turquise & Gable Green card
Tempting Turquise ink
Large Oval Punch
1 - 3/4" Circle Punch (Mini)
Sweet Treat Cups (Mini)
Sponge Daubers
Trendy Trees (words)
Jelly Beans - one for the card - two for me!

GIFT BAG:
Kaliedoscope Papers (Mini)
Tempting Turquise & Gable Green cardstock
Butterfly Punch (Mini)
Scallop Edge Punch
1 -3/4" Circle Punch (Mini)
Crop-A-Dile
Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon

I hope you enjoy these creations and you will visit again over the next few days to see more projects.

Well that's it from me. Now your off to enjoy the wonderful creations of Robyn. Thanks for stopping by.

Blog Hop Countdown

I have some exciting news! On November 30th I will taking part in my first Blog Hop along with some other very talented ladies from the Stampin' Up! team I am part of. 14 of us will be show casing the wonderful new products in the Summer Mini that goes live on 1st December.

What is a Blog Hop? Just check into my site on November 30th from 8pm. You will be able to "hop" from one blog to another until you are back to where you started. You are sure to see some fabulous creations so don't miss it.

Tree Trimmings

It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! Can you believe how quickly Christmas is coming around. I would like to have at least another month up my sleeve but haven't been able to find that magic time reversal switch anywhere.

Sticking to my plan of using sets I haven't used much I started this card with one of the flourishes from Frames With a Flourish - page 100. I can't believe that I haven't used this set much and will definately be using it more in the future. Thats what happens when you are addicted like me and have to have everything you like straight away - it takes too long to get around to using everything. One day I might learn, but who am I kidding!

The Baubles are from Tree Trimmings on page 21 of the Spring Mini and the phrase is from Best Yet which is one of the gorgeous Level 1 Hostess sets. I have used the Large Oval and Scallop Oval punch to mount the words. The Scallop Oval is also in the Spring Mini and you don't have much time left to make sure you get one of these. The catalogue runs out on the 30th November so get in quick.

The paper is from the Ski Slope Designer Series paper also in the Spring Mini. This is aimed at Christmas but there are several sheets that could be used all year round so if you like these papers grab a few packs before the end of November - once there gone, there gone!

The colours in this card are Real Red, Old Olive and Whisper White.

Crayon Resist

This weeks class was created due to a request from one of the lovely ladies that comes along every week. We did a card using the Crayon Resist technique. This is another technique I had seen many times but not done so I really enjoyed trying out different things.

I am also on a mission to use some of the many stamp sets I had to have but haven't used much or at all. I experiemented with a few sets but I settled on Seaside from page 89 of the catalogue. This is another set I purchased with male cards in mind, although it can be flexible.

Keeping with an ocean theme, I used Not Quite Navy, Sage Shadow and Whisper White. The words are from Fifth Avenue Floral.

The extra shell was tied on with some Hemp Twine which adds to the manly feel.