Ho ho ho!

Here's a little picture of something very cute that was left on our pillows when we were at the Stamp-a-roos stamp camp back in October. Isn't he cute?? The very clever Pat Carr (aka Punch art queen) made them and the very talented Ngaire Anderson (number one demo in Australia two years running)made the awesome almond rocka which was inside Yummo! I've since made heaps of these with lots of stampin' friends for Christmas treats, using the ever so versatile stampin'Up! punches.

Top fifty card making blogs...

Hi there paper crafters, I've just found this really neat blog where you can browse the top fifty card making blogs, so I wrote a letter to the owner to see if I could join and I have now been invited. Just click on this picture to take you there, I will have this link on the right hand side of my blog from now on. Take care and thanks fro popping by, lots of inky hugs from...

Christmas has come early!!!!!

How would you like to grab a bargain BEFORE the January sales?? Well I have some good news, StampinUp! have released an inventory sale and you can see all the wonderful sale items including some half price alphabets and various other half price stamp sets, accessories and more all here Have fun shopping and don't forget you can order via phone or e-mail from me and pay by credit card, you can also have your bargains delivered right to your door. So what are you waiting for, go check out those goodies before they all disappear!
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mini handbag...

Hello there, I hope your week has been kind to you all. I am having a very busy week and finding it hard to just sit down to play with all my new stamps from the new mini. This project I'm showing today was inspired by my very clever downline Lynne Purdy, she has done some wonderful work and you can see some of her projects by visiting her blog, you can click on 'My Cherished Creations' on the right hand side of my blog. Kirsty Brown also did a large version of this bag with photos in it. I used my favourite technique of water colouring from the ink pad palette to give this image some colour. Thanks for visiting, lots of inky hugs from...

Homage to a fellow demonstrator.

Hello there, I first saw this beautiful card displayed on it's designers blog, the very talented demonstrator who designed this card is called Kirsty Brown, she is one of Keesh's design team members too. I knew as soon as I saw it that I would have to have a go at a CASE (copy and share everything) I made this to give to a special friend for her birthday this year and she really loved it. I'm not sure if it's quite up to the originals standard but it was my best effort, so this is me paying homage to a very clever lady, thanks for sharing your amazing work with us Kirsty.

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Some things are too good to say goodbye to....

Well, here's a bit of good news for you, Stampin'Up! have decided to let us keep ordering these items from the last mini because they will be carried over to our new Idea book and catalogue in Sept 2010. So if you didn't manage to get any of these items before the Spring mini finished, you now have a second chance Yay!

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

A Bit of Smoosh....

Hello Sunday visitors, well it's really hot here again today, but not quite as bad as yesterday. Theses cards are samples which I made to show all the fabulous demos that were on the Stamparoos camp last month. I and two other demos were chosen to show a technique or project for the others to have a go at and this was the technique I decided to show. It's called Smoosh, but I've heard other names given to it as well. It's a good way of making your own background paper to mount images on and that's exactly what I did here. I used the set called Fresh Cuts and stamped over my Smooshed background colours. If you would like to know how to do this technique or would like to book into one of my technique classes please feel free to contact me here. Take care and keep cool, lots of inky hugs from ....