Nov 30, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Morning everyone!
Well today is a fabulous day – the Summer Mini catalogue is now open for business! You’re going to love the products in here. I personally think this is the best mini we’ve had so far. My bank balance didn’t think so though after I’d finished shopping with my preorder, lol!
To view the new mini, click on the picture of it in my sidebar and it’ll take you to the online version of the catalogue. To get a hard copy that you can read in bed (smile), just e-mail me to arrange that!
A quick little project to show you using the new Butterfly Prints stamp set and coordinating punch, these were an absolute must have for me and the stamp set is only $29.95! I was so thrilled! I love that there’s a tool to punch out the butterflies, as I’d rather spend time coming up with ideas and playing, than cutting out a bunch of images, wouldn’t you?
If you’re coming to my launch party on Saturday you’ll get to see this project up close, it’s actually a covered notepad – and I even have one as a door prize too along with some other things (I’m still making those!).
So, what’s your favourite from the new Mini?
Nov 29, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Hi everyone!
Wow, can you believe I haven’t blogged since Wednesday last week? Sorry about going awol again! I’ve been busy baking pies. I’m serious – I baked a pumpkin pie of sorts (not quite the authentic USA version, it was a NZ-ised one!) last week for work, as I was on duty to bake for our regular Friday morning tea. My workmates loved it so much they awarded me the baker of the week trophy, yay! OK, I was only up against some little cupcakes so it’s not as big an achievement as it might have sounded, but I had several people ask for the recipe which is usually a pretty good indication they like what they’re eating!
Anyway, I baked another pie yesterday for my class here, and served that up with a little ice cream on the side. It went down pretty well here too (hopefully the ladies weren’t just being polite and they did actually like it!). For any overseas readers, pumpkin pie is not common in NZ – here we tend to eat it as a savoury dish, for example roasted like you would do roast potatoes. So having it as a sweet dessert is a bit of a stretch for some to cope with until they’ve tried it. My 5 year old LOVES it – every time I started cutting a piece she was glued to my leg with her mouth wide open! Makes it sound like I don’t feed her enough I know, but honestly it’s really just that she loved the pie 🙂
OK now for the project you’ve come to see – this is the Reindeer box that I taught last weekend at Mandy’s class. Raquel won this box at my class here yesterday, after I’d filled it with chocolates of course (remember there’s always chocolate at my events!).
I must tell you that I wasn’t the clever one to come up with this box – I learned how to make it from Heather Summers, one of the Canadian demonstrators whose work I take much inspiration from. It’s Heather who really got me into punch art – she’s amazing! This box was taught in one of her online classes. Check out her blog
here.
Have a fabulous day and do come back tomorrow – I’ll post up a link to the new Summer Mini catalogue! And for those who have booked in to my launch party this coming Saturday, I look forward to seeing you then! (If you haven’t yet booked,
e-mail me now and I’ll see if I can squeeze you in!).
Nov 24, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Hi everyone,
The second project we made on Saturday at my class was this Tree Trimmings stamp set. Now I have to admit, when I first saw this set, I hadn’t planned to buy it. I figured I had lots of Christmas sets already, what did I need a new one for? But it didn’t take long before I changed my mind – the detail in this set is stunning and at just $28.95 plus shipping for four stamps, it’s a steal! I’ve used this set over and over already, and it’s not even December yet. This would make a fabulous set for a scrapbook layout too. But before I get sidetracked, I’d better give you the recipe for this card….
It’s pretty self explanatory I think, we used the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line up the strings for the ornaments. Adhere the strip of Ski Slope DSP after you do the stamping, and then add your ribbon, before sticking the white piece to the card base. That way you can hide the ends of the “strings” and the raw edges of your ribbon. I had ends to hide as it’s actually two pieces of ribbon, a technique I often use in classes as it makes for the easiest knot tying on cards, ever!
I love that ribbon – need to use it more often I think, so keep an eye out for that!
Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Many Merry Messages
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Old Olive
Other: Riding Hood Red striped ribbon, Ski Slope DSP, Scallop Edge Punch
Any questions, please just ask! (Click
here)
Nov 23, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Morning everyone!
On Saturday Mandy wanted me to feature the Spring Mini products as she was looking to place her last order from that and wanted her friends to see how fabulous the products are in there. Although at this time of year we’re all more focused on Christmas projects, I couldn’t resist slipping in a card made using Great Friend and the coordinating Walk in the Park Designer Series paper. It’s probably going to be the last project I make with these before they become unavailable at the end of the month. It’s sad but there are lots of very cool things coming in the next Mini catalogue, so I’ll get over it!
This card also features the scallop oval punch from the Spring Mini. I’ve added a little piercing to the Basic Grey cardstock strip and a couple of brads (Tip: add the brads before adhering the cardstock and DSP to your card front and avoid showing the prongs of the brads inside your card). Other than that I think it’s pretty self explanatory how I made this, but any questions you have, just e-mail me to ask (click here).
Have a great day!
Nov 22, 2009 | Uncategorized |
Hi everyone,
Just a quick little post this morning. I totally forgot to blog yesterday, oops! Had such a lovely afternoon at Mandy’s on Saturday and then “life” took over yesterday – went and got a WOF for the car, bought a new office chair for my craft room (it’s just an ordinary chair but WOW does it make a difference to how easy it is for me to get at things in there!), sorted out a bit of stuff we had lying around and put a box of old toys together to donate to needy children for Christmas, figured out how much to hem my daughter’s Snow White costume for this week’s fairytale day at school… See, the life of a Demonstrator isn’t all about stamping! Even though we sometimes wish it was :-).
OK, as promised I’m going to share the projects we made on Saturday. Today here’s the door prize I threw together for the day, it’s typically called a “sour cream” container (presumably in the USA this sort of container is how sour cream is packaged?). Super quick and easy to make, and when you close it like this, rather than sealing both ends with sticky strip and crimping them, you can still get the package open without ruining it. You just fold the edge back and punch holes to tie the ribbon through, easy! I learned that tip from Marelle Taylor when she demonstrated at the Stampin’ Up! convention in Canberra earlier this year.
For this container I used Ski Slope DSP and the Best Yet hostess set for the greeting. Two of my favourite products right now. And it was filled with chocolates. They’re my favourite too!
Back tomorrow to show you the first card we made. Until then,
contact me if you have any questions!
