Summer Mini Catalogue Projects #2

I've made a double 12" x 12" scrapbook page with photos of Heidi & Aaron at their wedding. I love these photos. I made these pages a couple of weeks ago & only got around to photographing them now.
The Presto Patterns pages are white to start with, with little raised patterns on them. You can sponge or brayer them with ink, or you can spritz them. I've sponged these pages with Baja Breeze ink. Don't you just love the light & dark effect of the sponging. If you blow up the pages you can just see I have spritzed the pages with Gold Glow Smooch Spritz.















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I've used the Presto Patterns Speacialty DSP & the Smooch Spritz Gold Glow both on page 10 of the Summer Mini Catalogue.Idea Book & Catalogue
Ive used the Baja Breeze Ink pad page 119, Stampin Sponges page 143, Tempting Turquoise Cardstock page 118, Whisper White Cardstock page 121, Embosslits Beautiful Wings page 151 of the Idea Book & Catalogue.

Summer Mini Catalogue starts today

Summer Mini Catalogue sale starts today. There are gorgeous products in this catalogue. I love them all.

Click on the photo to see the catalogue.

Click HERE and HERE to see projects made with these products.

Stampin Up! December Frenzy

Stampin Up! December Frenzy starts 1st December. Click HERE for more details.

Click HERE to order.

Summer Mini Catalogue Projects

These cards were made from products from the Summer Mini Catalogue. There are so many gorgeous products in this catalogue. I love them all.

If you would like to get a copy of this catalogue you can book a workshop with me HERE or get the catalogue posted.

Summer Mini Catalogue

Itty Bitty Bits stamp set, Well Scripted stamp set, Aviary stamp set, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Punch Pack,

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Scallop Oval Punch, Extra-large Oval Punch

Summer Mini Catalogue

Itty Bitty Bits stamp set, Punch Pack,

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Boho Blossoms Punch, Scallop Edge Border

Summer Mini Catalogue

Itty Bitty Bits stamp set, Love Defined stamp set, Punch Pack, Embossing Folder Square Lattice

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1/2" Circle Punch

Summer Mini Catalogue - products available from 1 December 2010 until 31 March 2011.

Itty Bitty Bits stamp set #122072 (W) #120060 (C)

Love Defined stamp set #121777 (W) #122066 (C)

Well Scripted stamp set #122082 (W) #118601 (C)

Aviary stamp set #122051 (W) #120462 (C)

Pinking Hearts Border Punch #117649

Punch Pack #118309

Embossing Folder Square Lattice #119976

Wooden stamp sets (W), Clear stamp sets (C)

Be back soon with more projects!!

Sydney Regional Seminar 20 November 2010

I went to the Stampin' Up! Regional Seminar in Sydney yesterday. I learnt so many great techniques. I'll show you these techniques in coming posts. We all had a great time.

I made swap cards to trade with people at the Seminar. I've received so many swap cards. I'll show some of them to you in later posts. Here is the card I made for the swaps.




















Greeting is from Occasional Quotes Hostess (level 3) stamp set #121472 (wood mount) #120142 (clear mount). I made the ghosts with the Two-step owl punch #118074.
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Concord Crush, Basic Black & Whisper White.
Accessories: Modern Label Punch #119849, Word Window Punch #119857, Frost White Shimmer Paint #116854.
Bubble Background: I borrowed this technique from Dawn Griffith, a Stampin up! demonstrator in the US. Click HERE to go to the video on Dawn's blog


Here is another card made by Tracy Kennedy. It uses the Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper in the Dress up Christmas promotion available until 30 November. I really love this gorgeous Christmas Tree.
























Available in the Welcome Christmas Bundle, with Welcome Christmas Stamp set, #124045 (wood mount) #124046 (clear mount) with a free ribbon if you buy this bundle. Click HERE for more details of this promotion. For more projects you can make with these products click HERE and HERE.

Dress Up Christmas projects

I have made these cute bags for Christmas & a 12" x 12" scrapbook page.


















Patterned papers are from the Christmas Cocoa, stamps from Gifted & Welcome Christmas sets, & ribbons Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain & Sleigh Bells, all from the Dress up Christmas promotion. Inks Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red & Old Olive markers.

























The large snowflakes & red & white flourishes are both flocked. All the patterned papers are from the Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series paper from the Dress up Christmas promotion. See Dress up Christmas posted 12 November. Sale ends 30 November.
Stamped snowflakes are from the Snow Swirled stamp set #115868. Ink Soft Suede #115657.
You can just see the Dazzling Diamond glitter #102023. I glued that on with a 2-way Glue Pen #100425. Make sure you wipe the paper with the Embossing Buddy #103083 first to take the static away.

Click HERE to go to the promotions site for more details. I hope you like them.

Birthday Card

This is a card I made for our daughter's birthday. She used to have a song & dance to Happy Feet (the song, not the movie), so that's why I put the penguins on the card. Aren't they cute.


















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The penguins were made with the two-step owl punch #118074.
Cardstock - Marina Mist A4 #121682
Happy Birthday - Perfect Punches stamp set #121560 (wood mount) #120516 (clear), Wide Oval #119859, Marina Mist Classic Stampin' pad #119668
Snow flake background - Sparkling jumbo wheel #116444, Heat & Stick Powder #100625, Dazzling Diamonds glitter #102023.
Snow mountains - Whisper White A4 cardstock #106549, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder #117335.
Hearts - Two-step Owl Punch #118074, Basic Rhinestone jewels small #119246.

Dress Up Christmas Promotion ends 30 November

The Dress up Christmas promotion ends 30 November or while stocks last. So get your orders in quick before the promotion ends. You can received free ribbons with each bundle, & if you host a workshop you can receive free ribbons if your sales are over $550 (not including postage). Who doesn't like freebies!!

See Mini Milk Carton post for papers & ribbons in this brochure or click HERE to go to the promotions site. For more projects in the Dress Up Christmas promotion click HERE.

Summer Mini Catalogue

Introducing the Summer Mini Catalogue from Stampin Up! Products available from 1 December 2010 until 31 March 2011.













Click on the catalogue to see the products.

Be back soon to show you the projects you can make from products in the Summer Mini Catalogue.

Gorgeous Milk Cartons

I have made these gorgeous milk cartons for Christmas. The paper & ribbon is from the Dress up Christmas brochure on sale until 30 November.




















Materials used for this project:

From the Dress up Christmas brochure available until 30 November
Welcome Christmas Bundle #124045 (wood mount) / #124046 (clear) - Welcome Christmas Stamp set & Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper
Mistletoe Ribbon Originals #116792 - free with the above bundle

From the 2010/2011 Idea Book & Catalogue
6.4 mm Grosgrain Ribbon Real Red #109034
Gifted Stamp Set #121526 (wood mount) / #120480 (clear)
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad #103133
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad #102277
Whisper White Cardstock #106549
Big Shot Machine #113439
Merry Embosslits Die #116820
Mini Milk Carton Die #117310

Fundraiser Crop Day

Hello again. I went to a fundraiser crop day on the 21st of August. They were raising funds for the Hunter Community School. I think we all had fun. Marion Werren & Jen Hall held classes. We raised $2505.

Have a look at the blog at http://www.newcastlefundraiser.blogspot.com/

Here is the page I made on the day. The photos are of our daughter Heidi on her wedding day.

Thanks for looking. Be back soon.

Update on Colour Palette #19

Hi. Sorry, I've been out of action for a while. So busy at work & working long hours!! We had a well earned rest, flying to Western Australia to visit our daughter & son-in-law, for just over a week. When we came back to work, it only took about 5 mins to get back into the swing of things & get stressed !! LOL !!

I have made a double page for Colour Palette #19. I made it a few weeks ago, but I haven't taken a photo of it until now.













The journalling reads:
You are different in so many ways: likes & dislikes; personality & character; nature & temperament. Your strengths have taken in very different directions.
Yet you have so many similarities: you are strong & independent; determined & passionate; adventurous & courageous; loving & caring. I am so proud of the wonderful women you have become.
Thanks for looking. Be back soon.

Colour Palette #19

Here is the colour palette for this week. This is more my style.

I am loving the Color Room. I love the colour palettes & the sketches. They help me to decide which colours to use & how to layout the page. It's wonderful. I normally take a long time to decide how to do the page. With the decision made for me, I only need to choose the photo!!

Here is my page.

Double page to come!!

Father's Day shirt cards

I have made these cute Father's Day shirt cards. They were made with Stampin'Up! Windsor Knot Designer Series Paper, with Whisper White card stock on the inside, so you can stamp or write your sentiment on. Made with a single sheet of double sided patterned paper. The tie was cut separately.

You could also use them as a male birthday card.

If you would like to know how to make this card, book a workshop with me & I will show you how.

Colour Palette #18

Here is the colour palette for this week for The Color Room. These colours were a real challenge for me. I am used to doing 'girly' pages, with lots of subtle or heritage colours, flowers & flourishes. These colours were brighter than I'm used to & I couldn't find much in my stash to match these colours.

Here is my page for this week. The photo is of my two handsome nephews, Jonty & Gabe.

As you know I like to do a double page & here it is.

Color Palette #17 - The Color Room

Here is the colour palette & sketch for this week.

& here is my page for this week. The photo is of Brianna & Andy at their engagement party in April.

I used the Color Spritzer Tool & markers to spray colour onto the vanilla card first. I stamped the white heart with the Razzle Dazzle flower & heat embossed it.

I have used vine twig & flower soft for the branches & the Little Leaves & the Big Shot for the leaves. The large flowers were hand made with white card & the scallop circle punch. I inked them with Lavender Lace & Cameo Coral. The small flowers were inked with markers & a blender pen. The title was die cut from Brushed Copper Metallic card.

Below are photos of the details of the flowers.

Last Chance List

With the 2010 - 2011 Idea Book & Catalogue just around the corner, its time to bid a fond farewell to several of our favourite stamp sets & accessories in order to make room for exciting new products. Items on the retired list, now called the Last Chance List, are only available while stocks last. Once they're gone, they're gone.

Plus selected retiring products are up to 50% off. View the Last Chance List here.

Please note:

• the list of retiring products are as good as Stampin'Up! can make it at this time, but items may be added or dropped from this list.
• all page numbers refer to the 2009 - 2010 Idea Book & Catalogue.
• hostess sets can only be earned if you host a workshop
• some 12 x 12 inch smooth cardstock are on the list but the colours may not be retired. The reason is that in the 2010 - 2011 Idea Book & Catalogue, Stampin'Up is offering 6 smooth & 6 textured 12 x 12 cardstock in the same pack.

Click on the list to see which products you can't do without, then contact me to place your order.

Stampin'Up! Color Renovation

Stampin'Up! is having a Color Renovation on 1 September 2010. We will be saying a Fond Farewell to some colours & some colours will be added. There will be new colour families & Kraft has been renamed to Crumb Cake. There will be 5 In Colors & each In Color range will run for two years. There will be 5 new In Colors added on 1 September 2011.

Get your favourite cardstock, ribbons, Stamp pads & ink refills now from the retired list now before 1 September or before stocks run out, or you will miss out!! See the Fond Farewell list here. Contact me to order.

See the new colour range here.

The Color Room

I have just joined the Color Room last week. My first submission was for the Color Palette for this week. It was due today. Here is my layout.




The Color Room has lots of talented people from all over the world & lots of gorgeous layouts. Click the link at right to go to the Color Room. Have a look at the sketches & colour palettes. They may give you some ideas for layouts.

This is the colour palette & sketch for last week. I love these sketches & colour palettes. I normally do a lot of thinking & planning (& procrastinating). It normally takes me a couple of days to do one page. With the sketches & colour palette in place I just needed to choose the photo. It all came together in a few hours.


I normally do a double page layout. I like my pages to match or at least not to clash. This is the double layout below.

These are some photos of the detail of the leaves. I used the Big Shot with the Leaves #2 die. I then curled them & inked them. Lastly I added some crystal effects to look something like rain droplets.

Fundraiser Crop Day

I went to a fundraiser crop day last Sunday. Cassie was raising money to bring a couple of girls out from Timor to Newcastle to have life saving surgery on their facial tumors. See the link below to Cassie's blog for all the details. We had a slide show of the situation in Timor. It was so sad to see the conditions they have to endure.

Here is the Scrapbook page I made on the day. The photos are of Heidi & Aaron's wedding in March. The photo on the left is of our two beautiful daughers Heidi & Brianna.

I only made one double page. I was chatting to so many people & I ate so much. I think we all enjoyed ourselves, it was such a fun day.

I taught a few classes in the afternoon. We made a gift card holder below (copyright to others). It takes a credit card size plastic gift card, or some notes, or business cards.

The animal stamps are from the Fox & Friends. The sentiments are from Picture This hostess set. The branch is from the Two Step Bird Punch. All of these items are available from the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue available until 31 August.

More Books

I have finished the bookbinding course. It was very interesting & creative.

Here is an A5 photo album that I made in the course. This is an A5 landscape photo album with black card pages & glassine dividers covering the photos. It has bookcloth covering the spine with oriental stitching to bind the album together. I have used the Stampin'Up! Big Shot & Sizzix Little Leaves, the Stampin'Up! 5 Petal Flower Punch & the Boho Blossoms Punch to decorate the cover.

Here is a single section A5 notebook. It has pamphlet stitching to stitch the section together & a hardcover with bookcloth on the spine to make the hinge stronger. I have used the Stampin'Up! Big Shot & Sizzix Little Leaves to put under the paper covering the hardcover. You can just see the shape of the leaves coming through the paper.

This is is the book I restored. It was a picture book of Taronga Park Zoo circa 1960. It has a hardcover covered with bookcloth. It has a hard spine with headbands on the top & bottom of the spine. I have used the Stampin'Up! Big Shot & Leaves #2 & stuck them on under the bookcloth.

Close up of headbands. The headbands protect the ends of the books spine. Most hardcover books have headbands.

Workshop on Friday night

I will be having a workshop on Friday night in Newcastle. If you would like to come along, phone or email me for the details.

These are the projects that we will be making.

Bookbinding Course

I've been doing a bookbinding course in Sydney for the past few weeks. It has been fascinating to see how a book goes together & how someone repairs an old book with torn pages.

Here is my first book. It's a soft cover journal, with oriental stitching.

I've been really enjoying the course. Not the travelling though!!

Have a look my bookbinding page.

Heidi & Aaron's Wedding

Heidi & Aaron were married in March on Zenith Beach Port Stephens. It was a beautiful, sunny, relaxing day on the beach. Just what they wanted. Here are some of the photos.
The only problem is that I have to choose which photos to scrap. They are all gorgeous. I'll be scrapping for years.

And then Brianna & Andy are getting married next year, & then I'll have more photos to scrap!!!!