What I love about craft

Anyone who is involved in any type of craft will understand.

Last night I did a workshop for a friend. She sent out invitations and then almost cancelled as she hadn't had much response. Then at the last minute a couple more people decided to come along. It was a lovely group of 6 ladies. Out of the 6, 2 had been to previous workshops, 1 was a regular card maker and 3 were new to it all.

Well the thing I love about craft: the joy, excitement and sense of pride you see on peoples faces when they create something themselves.

Below are the 3 cards we made at the workshop.

Stamp set: Simply Said

Cardstock: Basic Gray, Old Olive, Urban Garden DSP

Ink: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Scallop punch, 13/8 circle punch, Baja Breeze ribbon

Stamp Sets: Circle Circus, Short and Sweet

Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Kraft, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise

Ink: Versamark, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories: Circle punches, Certainly Celery ribbon, Rhinestone brads and jumbo brads

Stamp Sets: Cheep talk, Best yet

Cardstock: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Good Morning Sunshine DSP

Ink: Chocolate Chip and Old Olive markers, Pacific Point

Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardware.

World Card Making Day

World Card Making Day is officially on 3rd October. Throughout the month of October there are special events to celebrate.

My WCM Day event is a Christmas Stamp-A-Stack

Date: Monday 5th October

Time: 7:30pm

Cost: $15 for 10 cards.

Place: Lara

Below is a sneak peak at the special offer available from Stampin' Up! during October.

When you purchase a simply sent card elements set you can get 20% off the matching stamp set. (page 140-141 2009/2010 Catalogue).

If you are interested in attending my WCM day event please contact me

Excuses Excuses!!!!

Wow what has happened to the last couple of months.
August just flew by and I always knew September was going to be busy, but I can't believe it has been so long since my last post on here.

I did try to do a quick post about 3 or 4 weeks ago, but my excuse is my husband changed web browsers (because the old one kept dropping out or freezing or something) and I just could not navigate the new browser in the limited time I had so I gave up hence no post.

Then September started and between my in laws 4oth Wedding Anniversary, a trip to Sydney for work and then my mother in laws 6oth Birthday there really hasn't been a lot of spare time.

But excuses aside I have had some breathing space this week, so it is time to catch up.

There are 2 cards here we made at the August workshop for Masculine Cards

Stamp Set: Uncharted Territory (Spring Mini) and Occasional Greetings
Cardstock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla and Vellum Cardstock.
Ink: Going Grey, Baja Breeze and Night of Navy
Accessories: Brayer, Twill tape, white gel pen and markers
Stamp Sets: Sense of Time (Spring Mini) and Occasional Greetings
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Very vanilla and Sahara Sand
Ink: Chocolate Chip and Saraha Sand
Accessories: Circle punch, brad, Double Stitched Chocolate Chip ribbon


The next two were for an in house workshop I did in August.

Stamp Sets: Cheep Talk and Short and Sweet
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery and Pink Flamingo DSP
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip and Cameo Coral Stampin write markers
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Chocolate Chip 5/8 ribbon

Stamp Set: Just Beachy (Spring Mini)
Cardstock: So Saffron, Pacific Point
Ink: Basic Grey, So Saffron, Tangerine Tango and Pacific Point.
Accessories: Metal Edge Tag and So Saffron Striped ribbon.

We also had our first Calendar workshop at the end of August. It was great fun and I am really looking forward to seeing the finished products in a couple of months.

There is lots more to come really soon so I will do my best to keep on top of things. My next post will be details of the up coming World Card Making Day.

Spring Mini

The wonderful Spring Mini Catalogue starts today!!!
It is full of great new stamp sets and accessories that are only available for a limited time.
You can view the catalogue on line or if you would like a free copy contact me and I will send one to you.

August workshop - Spring Mini Catalogue Launch.

Date: Monday 10th August 2009

Time: 7:30pm

Cost: $5

We will be making three cards using new products. Two of the cards will be masculine cards, which would be great for Father's Day (which is coming up soon).

I thought I would share a couple of Christmas Cards with you. A hostess chose to do a Christmas stamp - a - stack workshop last month and these are the 2 designs they made (5 of each).

Both of these were designed from inspiration I got with the Christmas Swap I participated in recently.
Stamps: So Swirly wheel, Circle Circus and Many Merry Messages
Cardstock: Kraft, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red and Very Vanilla
Ink: Rising Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss and Old Olive
Accessories: Circle scallop punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, brads, very vanilla ribbon.

Stamps: Snow swirled
Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red
Ink: White Craft ink, Real Red
Accessories: Spritzer with Going Grey marker, 1/2" circle punch and brads.

Catching up with Friends

Last night I went out for a wonderful dinner with four friends. We all did our nursing training together and have remained good friends. We had planned to have a dinner catch up every three months, but over the years the space between dinner dates has kept getting longer and it is actually over 12 months since our last. So there was lots of catching up to be done. It is amazing how good friends never change and we seemed to just take off from last time as though it was last week.
As it had been so long between drinks (so to speak) I took a little gift for each of them. I had bought them an envirosax (designer reusable bags) each and wanted to put them in something nice. Therefore I came up with these little purses. I was really pleased with how they turned out and really simple to make.
Judging by the comments the girls really liked them too.




The tags were the same as some Christmas ones I made last year and I just love how simple they are.
My next workshop is Stamping on Candles and we will also make these tags to match. It would make a really lovely gift so if you haven't booked in yet contact me for details.

And yes I have changed the look, needed a change from the green what do you think?

Kids Cards

Last night I held a kids card workshop. We made 4 cards (2 girl and 2 boy).

The first two we used All in the family for both a girl and a boy card. For the clothes on the little people we stamped onto Designer Series Paper and cut out the dress of the girl and the top and shorts of the boy.
Stamp Sets: All in the family, Short and Sweet
Cardstock: Whisper White, Going Grey, Tempting turquoise and Pink Flamingo DSP
Ink: Basic Grey and markers for colouring.
Accessories: Tag punches, circle punches, jumbo eyelets and Real Red striped ribbon

Stamp Sets: All in the family, Family accessories and Occasions for all.
Cardstock: So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White and Washington Apple DSP
Ink: Basic Grey, markers for colouring

The second 2 cards we used Bugs and Kisses to make a boy and a girl card.
Stamp Set: Bugs and Kisses and Seeing Spots
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip and Summer Sun
Accessories: Build-A-Brad, silver brads, circle punches, sponge

Stamp Set: Bugs and Kisses
Cardstock: Pumpkin pie, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White and Sweet Always DSP
Ink: Regal Rose and Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, Flower Fusion, Rhinestone brad, Square punch and Spiral punch.

Also on the weekend was my niece's 7th Birthday so I thought while I was showing kids cards I could include this card I made for her. It was a fun card to make.
Stamp Set: Cheep Talk
Cardstock:Rose Red, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Good Morning Sunshine DSP and Bella Rose DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Rose Red and Versamark.
Accessories: On Board So Tweet and Timeless Type, Scallop Punch, Flower Designer Brads, Fine Supernova Glitter and Heat and Stick Powder

School Holidays

It is coming to the end of the school holidays here in Victoria. I always seem to have mixed feelings at this time as I am looking forward to getting back into routine, but at the same time have enjoyed spending time with the kids (without constantly nagging them to get ready for school).
This week we had a short break in Echuca. We were very lucky with the weather and enjoyed a lovely sunny day on the paddlesteamer and exploring the Echuca Port.










I also have a couple of cards to show you. These are the congratulations cards I made for Mum and Dad a couple of weeks ago. Since I was in Bendigo during the week I quickly snapped these photos (as I forgot to take photos before giving the cards). As I mentioned in an earlier post Mum and Dad received Paul Harris Fellow awards at Rotary and so I decided to make 2 cards the same only in different colours.

Stamp Sets: Trendy trees and Say it with Scallops.
The first one is using Washington Apple Designer Series Paper and co-ordinating colours.
The second one is using Urban Oasis and co-ordinating colours.



Also last week I received my pre order for the upcoming Spring Mini. So keep an eye out for some sneak peeks. The Spring Mini starts on 1st August.