Helping Hudson

It’s true when they say that a little goes a long way, and I’m here to tell you about how a simple purchase of some fun -filled paper craft tutorials can give freedom to a little boy!

Hudson is 2 ½ but unlike most children his age, he has had a tough little life!  Doctors realised he had an incomplete brain before he was born and as a newborn he was discovered to be legally blind.  Hudson has recently been diagnosed with both Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy!  His mobility has been hindered severely by his disabilities, however his family and friends wish nothing more than to give him the chance to get moving on his own. Hudson needs a special Wheelchair/Walker, called a Kid Walker. This device will help get him mobile, allow him to play with his brother and sister, interact with other children his own age and give him independence in his day to day life!

This is where the stamping world really comes into play! When a group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are asked for help they come to the rescue, ink and paper in hand, to work miracles. This is what has happened around Hudson over the last few months. First with his mum’s direct team, and then spreading out across Australia and New Zealand and over in to the US, the UK and Canada! His story has touched so many people so its time to share it with you all! 

There is a HUGE online stamping event taking place, called Helping Hudson -A Wheely Great Cause!  The organisers have been working really hard, securing support, tutorials and donations to get this event underway. There are going to be three weeks of stamping fun for you to join in – come back as often as you can, there will always be lots more to see, do and learn. It kicks off on the 1^st August and will run right through until the 22^nd. You’ll find it at http://helpinghudson.blogspot.com

When you come on over to the blog you’ll find out all about Hudson, his family and his cause! But, more importantly, you can DO SOMETHING TO HELP HUDSON, at the same time as helping yourself learn how to make some great new paper craft projects. How? By purchasing bundles of tutorials kindly donated by Stampin’ Up! demonstrators the world over.  Each bundle has 10 fun-filled tutorials for just AU$10! And there are six themes to choose from: Bags & Boxes, Christmas, Kids’ Birthdays, Projects for Men & Boys, Punch Art & Scrapbooking. There’s even a FREE bonus bundle if you buy four or more. WOW how exciting! All proceeds go directly to help Hudson.

 And we would love you to help spread the word too. Check out the ‘Spreading The Word’ page at the site for all you need to know to get the word out to as many people as you can.

C’MON LETS GET HUDSON MOVING!!!!!

  Happy Stamping :)

Another get well card....

A card was asked to be made with reds and whites and here is what I came up with:

the inside:

Deets:

Cardstock: Real red, whisper white, watercolour paper, ski slope DSP(spring mini last year)
Ink pads: Riding hood red, basic black, Glorious green marker
Stamp set: Fifth avenue floral, sincere salutations
Punch: scallop ribbon punch (coming soon hopefully)
Other: Big shot machine, lots of tags die, aqua painter

If you would like to learn how to make this then email me here for a class or workshop or alternatively you can purchase the items to recreate this project from me wherever you are in Australia - I will have Stampin' up! deliver straight to your door.

Happy Stamping :)

ONLY 1 LEFT.....

Imagine having a business you can run from home IN YOUR OWN TIME - work around your family.
Imagine earning an income to help with your family, you determine how much to earn!!!
Imagine being able to pay for your love of papercrafting!
Imagine 20% off ALL PRODUCTS!!!
Imagine what it would be like to be your own boss - set your own times, your own projects!
Imagine what life will be like with all the new friends you will make!
Imagine getting your starter kit for 20% less until end of July

ONLY $259.00 and thats all you need to start your own business - low risk isnt it - who can start their own business for only $259 - you can-

AND.......

I have a fabulous bonus for two lucky people, ONE LUCKY PERSON if you sign up SUCCESSFULLY as a demonstrator with me before the end of July you will receive the following items:
Approx price of this goody bag is OVER $105.00

• A stampin' Up! "circle circus" recycling bag(only available at convention)
• a stampin up water bottle (only available at convention)
• 1 full roll of kiwi kiss grosgrain ribbon
• 1 saleabration set of stamps
• 1 jumbo so swirly stampin around
• 1 new container of baja breeze buttons
• 1 stampin up pen (only available at convention)
• 1 pack of new soho hardware
• 1 pack of hooray designer hardware
• not pictured but one pack of raspberry tart DSP

so all you will have to do is sign up under me, it can be done on the internet just go to my demonstrator website on the right hand side of my blog(its purple), a fabulous time to start with the 20% off the starter kit as well, woo hoo what a fabulous package.
email me today, it is limited to the first 2 people ONLY!  only 1 left so get in before Saturday.

Thanks for looking:)

And the winner is..........

 Well what an exciting night.... I dont know how many of you have been watching Master Chef, but tonight saw Adam and Callum two South Aussies - yay (and two crows supporters - yay again) in the grand final.  Well we wont go into the crows losing the showdown :( today, but i was secretly hoping Callum was going to win tonight, only because he is sooooo young and has done so well and is at a slight disadvantage to Adam thru age only.

AND THE WINNER WAS....... Adam.- Woo Hoo

Congratulations to Adam and Callum on a fabulous grand final.

Under 1 week until.....

Yes guys as a demonstrator I am soooo Excited its under 1 week until  -  

•   The fabulous Deal to sign as a demonstrator ends (31st July) - just $259 - get in quick if you are on the fence about it.


•  We as demonstrators get to do a preorder for items from the BRAND NEW Idea book and Catalogue - 2010/2011 - YAY!!


• we get a copy of our brand new catalogue with our preorder


• the retired list from the idea book and catalogue 2009/2010 comes out - last chance buys for us all

 All this exciting stuff to look forward to

Let the countdown begin......

  Happy Stamping :) 

A product challenge....

 This week over at Swap Sisters was the new challenge topic - PRODUCT CHALLENGE and Sue gave us an easy one to start with this week - the top note die.  Here is my sample:

 Deets:
Stamp sets: Friends 24-7, Occasional Greetings
Cardstock: Pink pirouette, whisper white
Ink pads: Pink pirouette, rich razzleberry and certainly celery
Other: Big shot machine, Top note die, Lots of tags die, cutter kit(for tag - the rotary part), gold brads, blender pens

A very quick and simple card to make.

If you would like to learn how to make this then email me here for a class or workshop or alternatively you can purchase the items to recreate this project from me wherever you are in Australia - I will have Stampin' up! deliver straight to your door.

Thanks for looking:)

Love Life....

i thought i would break out the stamp set we were given at regionals last year as it hasnt been used since, and what better use for it than a challenge over at JAI.
Here is the sketch:

 and here is my card...

two of the square windows are cut out with a stamp on the inside of the card in each square, and the vanilla square punchies are used as the other two squares above the punched out ones.  It was fun to make.

Deets:

Stamp set: Hello Again

Cardstock: Very vanilla, Basic Black, Rich razzleberry

Ink: Rich razzleberry, certainly celery

Punch: 3/4" square SU punch(retired)

Other: dimensionals, stamp a ma jig, rich razzleberry spotted grosgrain.

If you would like to learn how to make this then email me here for a class or workshop or alternatively you can purchase the items to recreate this project from me wherever you are in Australia - I will have Stampin' up! deliver straight to your door.

Thanks for looking:)

Some happy mail.....

We finally arrived home from a lovely trip and i came home to a barage of mail, mostly bills *rolling eyes here* lol, but amongst all the thorns was a lovely card from the lovely Alisa Tilsner  (check out Alisas blog)  and here is a piccie of it:

  thanks Alisa, made a nice break in the pile of unexciting mail I had to wade through lol.

Thanks for looking:)

Only 1 week left.........

There is only 1 week left of this fabulous special, so if you have been thinking of starting your own business, now is the time! 

Doing what I love, and sharing what I love with others are just a few of the benefits that made me decide to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I love sharing my passion for stamping with family and friends, meeting new people, and having the chance to build a great business doing so. And being able to set my own schedule is a definite plus! If you're interested in becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, follow these easy steps:

1.  Contact me to get a password.

2.  Once you have your password, click on the image in the beige  DBWS on the right side bar to join Stampin' Up!

3.  Read, print, and sign the Independent Demonstrator Agreement.

4.  Purchase your Starter Kit - the $259 Starter Kit* contains over $560 worth of stamping and  business supplies!

Once you've completed the above steps, Stampin' Up! will send you a password so you can log in to the Demonstrator Web Site where you'll find an abundance of tips, ideas, and training to help you.


*From 21 May-31 July, get a 20% discount on the Starter Kit (regular price is $324) when you join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator!

Thanks for looking:)

my ATC class for tonight

 Well what a night, we had ning change over the way they do business yesterday and there were a few hiccups with the chat room, but once sorted this is what we made:
An ATC "screen" like a japanese screen, it was so much fun to make, I love these size canvases, big enough to get a heap of detail in but not too big that it takes forever. I love them....

If you would like to learn how to make this then email me here for a class or workshop or alternatively you can purchase the items to recreate this project from me wherever you are in Australia - I will have Stampin' up! deliver straight to your door.

Thanks for looking:)

A different ATC card....

I am teaching an ATC class this week at Swap Sisters but i thought i would use the same idea and enter it into the JAI challenge.  The challenge this week is embossing! I love embossing must be one of my most fave techniques.  This ATC card i have added some width to fold over and create doors, I have cut out the windows using my 3/4" square punch then cut  slightly larger squares to cover the windows BUT.... the windows are made of vellum which has been clear embossed with a little flower.  I have then embossed in clear the enfrancais image over the whole of the ATC card. 

 Below is the ATC card open,

If you would like to learn how to make this then email me here for a class or workshop or alternatively you can purchase the  items needed to create this from me, wherever you are in Australia - I will have Stampin' up! deliver straight to your door.

Thanks for looking:)

A few more items from previous blog - PART 6

Some card swaps from a UStamp round in December 09:

Thanks for looking:)

Punch art flowers in a pot.

 I made this awhile ago but lost all my work from my previous blog(wordpress) so now am trying to find all of the work and pop it onto here, anywayyyssss, here is an item that i enjoyed making and they were all over the internet a few months ago.  I only started with Stampin Up in August last year so when i made this i only owned one stamp set with a flower in it and this is it.  I used the 5 petal flower punch to make the backgrounds of all flowers, to fill the gaps:

Thanks for looking:)

Happy Birthday to My sister....

 Just a short note to wish my sister a very happy birthday today, now i had her daughters organised for a card, which i posted a few weeks ago HERE, but hadn't gotten around to making one for myself for her so off to the shop i went - ONLY KIDDING lol... I quickly made one up and ran out of time to photograph it.  But anyway Happy Birthday Theresa, hope you had a great day!!!!

  Love

For you........

 As some of you know i have been camping since the 8th in Mildura and Berri.  Anyway i sat down while i was away (it rained on our first full day at Berri lol) so I made a card. Here it is:

Deets are:

Cardstock: Pink pirouette, whisper white, certainly celery

Ink pAds: certainly celery, pink pirouette, rich razzleberry

Punches: two step bird punch, small oval punch

 stamp set: friends 24 - 7 for the sentiment

Other: sponges, gold brads

If you would like to learn how to make this then email me here to host a workshop or alternatively you can purchase these items from me wherever you are in Australia - I will have Stampin' up! deliver straight to your door. 

 

Thanks for looking:)

A little Gift set.....

 I took pun fun away with me and wanted to make a little gift set using that set of stamps.  I didnt bring any DSP so had to make do but here is the box:

and here is the set of 8 note cards that i created to go in the gift box:

Details are:

Stamp set: Pun Fun, baroque Motifs (for the box)

Cardstock: Whisper white, Not quite Navy, Pink pirouetted, So saffron, Certainly celery, baja Breeze

Other: Blender pens, Clear rhinestone Brad,  Dimensionals, Paper snips

If you would like to learn how to make this then email me here for a class or workshop or alternatively you can purchase the items to recreate this project from me wherever you are in Australia - I will have Stampin' up! deliver straight to your door.

Thanks for looking:)

Stamp sets listed on ebay....

 Hello everyone, just a quick note to let you all know that i have listed a heap of retired stamp sets on ebay......
Here is the link  to get you started then click on see other items and all are starting at 99cents.

Thanks for looking:)

The gem shop in Mildura

While in Mildura we revisited the gem shop and the kids wandered through the "cave" which they just loved, and inside the cave was a massive cut of amethyst(my birth stone):

then I came across this fabulous set of owls all out of gems, and my son loved it - he has a fascination with owls:

anyway each of the kids came away with a pet rock for the day, googly eyes and all and the first thing i heard when i got in the car was, where will it sleep, so i had to make up 3 little boxes and quickly, well the boxes i had planned werent as fancy but miss 10 wanted them a little more fancy so here they are (oh and they each decorated the flowers on the inner lid as they saw fit lol

This is where there little rocks sleep, and it also passed about an hour of us being rained in, in our caravan, and are quite simple as i only had minimum supplies with me whilst away lol.

Thanks for looking:)

Cousins

THis layout i took the colours of the bean bag to use as my colours on my page, love love love sweet slumber DSP, my second fave one next to the retired parisian breeze.  Anyway, used my fabulous circle scissor plus for this layout, and let me say its the one item that is a must have for scrapbook layouts.  here is my piccie:

Deets:

Cardstock: Kraft 12 x 12, whisper white

DSP: sweet slumber

Ink: Riding hood red, black stampin write marker, versamark

Stamp sets: Frames with a flourish

Punches: Spiral,  1 3/4" circle, 1 1/4" circle,1 3/8" circle

Other: Big shot machine, alphabet dies, circle scissor plus and mat

If you would like to learn how to make this then email me here for a class or alternatively you can purchase these items from me wherever you are in Australia - I will have Stampin' up! deliver straight to your door. 

Thanks for looking:)

Another 12 x 12 scrapbook page.....

This layout I cased from Delys Cram, I saw it on Stampin connections and loved it so thought i would give it a try, a few different elements, and minus the ribbon etc, well here it is....

 Deets:

Cardstock: 12 x 12 kraft(soon to be crumb cake and my fave base colour), not quite navy, very vanilla

Ink: Not quite Navy

DSP: Bella Blue

Stamp sets: Priceless, 

Punches: circle punches in sizes 1 3/8" to 1 "

Other: Cricle scissor plus and glass mat

If you would like to learn how to make this then email me here for a class or alternatively you can purchase these items from me wherever you are in Australia - I will have Stampin' up! deliver straight to your door.

Thanks for looking:)