Problem uploading photos

Hello there!
You may have noticed that I haven't been on for a little while. At first it was because I have been so busy helping our daughter and family with their move. Now its because for some reason I am unable to upload my photos.  I am not sure what is going on so I have decided to use my Stampin' Up! blog as I am able to upload photos on there but not to the actual blog (for some reason). You will need to go to Featured Product and under that you click on  See More. This will take you to My Cards.  First of all you will need to click on this link. I don't have many on there at this stage but hopefully it will build in time. By stopping by at my SU! website you can check out all the specials that are happening and you can find out from the horses mouth as soon as they are available. My SU! website is always updated with the current news from SU! so you will never miss out.  When trying to upload to this blog my computer says Internet Explorer has stopped working. If anyone out there has an idea I am open for advice.
Until I get back on here I will see you on my SU! blog.
Thanks for popping by :)

You Make Me Happy

Here is another sneak peek from the new catalogue. 

This one comes from a new stamp set called Hello, Lovely. It is actually quite a versatile set and comes with 10 stamps.
For this card I have used the following:-
Cardstock - Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip
Ink - Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red
Stamp Set - Hello, Lovely
Accessories - Chocolate Chip Marker, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Twine (coloured with Choc Chip ink)
I was inspired by Darlene Devries who made a gorgeous card using a non Stampin' Up! card. I love the colour combination that Darlene used. Pop over here to check out her card. My card looks totally different to Darlene's but would probably make a good masculine card.  Hope you like it.
Thanks for popping by :)

Convention Swaps

I promised that I would come back with some pics of my swap from Convention. This card was inspired by a card that Carolyn King. I recently went to a Stamp Camp run by Pat Carr.  Susan Joyce actually did the demo on how to make the card that Carolyn had made. You will need the following:-

 

Cardstock - Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory

Ink - Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake

Stamp Sets - Papillion Potpourri, Wordplay

Accessories - Dauber, Shimmer Paint (Champagne Mist), Isocol Rubbing Alcohol,

Window Frames Collection 129021, Elegant Butterfly Punch

 

First of all you need to use your dauber to sponge the Midnight Muse and Crumb Cake inks onto the Naturals Ivory cardstock.  Once you have done this you will need to spray the cardstock with water quite liberally.  Let the water run over the cardstock so that the colours run a bit. I then used a paper towel to dab to get the excess water off and leave to dry.  You can use your Heat Tool to dry off if you haven't used any embossing powder with an image first.

Once it is dry you can then stamp your image onto the cardstock and then I sprayed with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint mixed with Isocol Rubbing Alcohol.  Its amazing how the colour is lifted once you spray this on.  The rest is self explanatory.

All the sentiments ready to adhere to cardstock

And they are all ready for Convention

When I arrived home from Convention I put all of my photos onto USB's for the girls in my team and I made these little tags to write a little note to each of the girls. This is a Sneak Peek in case you haven't already guessed.  Its from the new catalogue and the set is called Around The World. I love the colours in the DSP. They are the new In Colours.  I won a Prize Patrol which consisted of the Around The World Stamp Set, DSP and a ribbon.

I was kept busy also as I had an order for some Baby Shower Invitations.  I only had a week to have them ready by the time I arrived home from convention. I hadn't got much notice before I left for Brisbane.  I spent three days and nights making them and I think they turned out pretty good.

I have used the following:-

 

Cardstock - Pretty In Pink, Whisper White

Ink - Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, Versamark

Stamp Set - Bordering On Romance, Button Buddies

Accessories - White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Corner Rounder, Pearls, Delicate Designs Embossing Folder, Framelit Labels collection 125598, Pink Ribbon (unfortunately not SU!)

 

I will be back with more soon. 

Thanks for popping by :)

 

Stampin' Up! Brisbane Convention

Gosh its been a busy few weeks for me.  I have been on holidays for the past two weeks and I can honestly say it feels like two weeks.  We had our annual Stampin' Up! convention in Brisbane only this year Stampin' Up! are celebrating 25 years.  We had a wonderful time and it was all so inspiring. There are lots of new products in the coming catalogue and we had a sneak peek to some of those and were lucky enough to bring home some of the products. Unfortunately I am unable to show them to you but I can give you a sneak peek.
We arrived in Brisbane on the Tuesday afternoon and settled into our apartment which was only two blocks from the Convention Centre.  On the Wednesday myself and three other ladies hired a car and went for a drive to the Tamborine Mountains for the whole day. We had a wonderful time and the rain forest was absolutely gorgeous. We visited the Cheese Factory and strolled through the street to check out all the little shops including the yummy Fudge shop.  Mmm! Mmm! 
It rained off and on that day and it was 9', the coldest May in 8 years.
We then went to watch the Australian Outback Spectacular which was a very entertaining evening and I found it quite emotional.  I felt so proud to be an Australian.  The meal was great too. We left there and arrived back at our apartment around 11pm. 
The following day was the beginning of the Convention. We saw many WOW demonstrations and I took lots of photos to remember them all.  Its hard coming home after this event as we are not allowed to show anyone the products we received and we are so pumped up to show our friends and customers.  One of the things that touched my heart was how Stampin' Up! help so many people less fortunate than ourselves.  They donate to many charities including Ronald McDonald house. They asked us if we would like to help the Ronald McDonald House in any way and if we did they had someone taking names.  I put my name down as a volunteer and am waiting for the call to be able to give back to society.  One of the incentive trips that SU! did with their American demonstrators was to visit a poor country town and offer to help by painting and doing odd jobs including entertaining the little children by letting them make cards.  This touched my heart so much that I had tears all afternoon and into the evening. I think that was my Pearl for the whole convention. I do hope they put that video onto You Tube or something as I would love to show it to you and lets see if you don't shed a tear.
I came home and spent the next day putting photos onto USB's that various demonstrators had given me. I am chief photographer for the Stamp-a-Roos (Ngaire Andersons group). I love taking photos and it actually lessens the crowd at the show and tell sections.  This year there were 700 demonstrators at Convention and it is growing every year. One would think that we would have been crowded with that many demonstrators but it all seemed to flow very well. The Brisbane Convention Centre is very well layed out and there is plenty of room for everyone without rushing in to find a seat. I find sitting anywhere is great as you get to meet new people.  We actually met a lovely lady by the name of Cheryl who was attending Convention for the very first time. We all hit it off well and it turns out that this lady is from Brisbane and is moving to Perth later this year.  She did not know anyone in Perth but now she has a group of friends so the move wont be so daunting for her.


All Roomies together (what a great bunch!)
Sue Slater, Pat Carr, Jenny Chilton, Tracey Parsons, Josephine Joss & Vikki Poyner

 

Here I am in the beautiful Tamborine Mountains
Rainforest

 I will come back later to show you some of the swaps I received and also my swap for Convention. I have a new computer so I have not got some of the programs on this one that I need to adjust my photos etc.
See you soon.
Thanks for popping by:)

 

STAMP CAMP AT AVALON

It has been a whole week since our Stamp Camp at Avalon with Pat Carr.  We had a wonderful time but the weekend went by so quickly.  We arrived on Friday afternoon and stayed two nights and packed up around 2pm to head back home. There were 17 ladies and one of them my mum who enjoyed herself with it being her first ever stamp camp. It was a very busy weekend and lots of interesting projects. Avalon Homestead is situated just out of Toodyay in Western Australia. It is so peaceful and the views are just gorgeous. There was mist in the valley on Sunday morning and the birds were chirping and it was just magic sitting outside having a nice cup of tea with Mum.

Delveen and Peter are the owners of Avalon Homestead and they made us truly welcome. There is nothing that they wouldn't do for us. They are always happy to help. Delveen came in with her camera to take a few shots of us busy making our projects. I managed to talk her into making a card with us when it was my turn to demo.  I am not sure if Delveen has made any cards before but she did a great job.  She seemed pleased with her efforts.  Here you see her with the card she made.

I have almost finished my projects from the camp. I brought home 5 packs that I was unable to complete on the camp.  I have one more card to make.  Here is a pic of the projects we made.  There were 21 projects to be completed. We had guest demos who showed us some techniques that most of us had not seen before. They were Andrea Buckland, Susan Joyce, Angela Ebert and myself. At the time of taking this photo I could not find my card that I did the demo on so I have substituted one I made earlier. The one I did at camp was a slider card like the one Delveen is holding in her hand. I really liked the projects we made over the weekend.  There were no real simple ones.  Each one took quite some time to finish and as I said before a lot of us took home incompleted projects to finish at home.

 

The card below is what I think Pat called Floating Flower Card. What a great idea.  You could use your imagination to do anything to this card. For a boy you could do aeroplanes, cars etc. You could do tools for the men or even beer. LOL! Anything is possible.

 

 

This is what the card looks like when you open it up. What a lovely surprise the recipient will get when they open up this card.

Well last but not least here is the group of 17 ladies sitting out the front of Avalon Homestead. This area was where we would take our cuppa out and sit and relax and clear our minds.  Its easy sitting and making cards all weekend but your head does need a little break even if you dont think it does.
Thanks to Delveen and Peter who made our stay feel like home.

Well its off to bed for me. I have been sitting up trying to decide what swap to do for SU! Convention which is only two weeks away.  I cant believe how quick this year has flown by and how quick Convention has come up. I still have no idea of what I am going to do. Perhaps something will come to me in my sleep.
Bye for now and thanks for popping by:)

Autumn is in the Air

Hello everyone! Well summer has left us and we have had some lovely weather in these past few weeks. A little bit of rain, sunshine, cloud etc.  Keeping everyone happy at some stage. Not so hot, thats what I like.
I wanted to share a card that I have made for my Godchild.  Katie is turning 21 on Sunday and I wanted to make something extra special for her as she is such a sweet and loving young lady.  I have had my eye on this one for quite some time and was originally made by Odette Kermode, a very talented lady. 
I had the pleasure of having Carolyn King visit and show me how the card is made and here is my version.  My daughter visited and saw the one I had made and said that it would look nice with Sunflowers so here it is.

 I love the colours as they are so vibrant. Unfortunately I wont be seeing Katie for her birthday as I will be on a Stamp Camp with Pat Carr.  I am sure Katie will be delighted when she opens the envelope and this little beauty pops out.

 Just a little closer to show you the detail.

 This card is one of the projects done at our last workshop.  I found the idea on Pinterest.  You can find some amazing things on Pinterest.  This one is a combination of two cards I had seen.  I love the Chalkboard effect. It is so quick and easy to do. I never knew how easy it was until I actually did it myself. All you need to do is using Versamark and White embossing Powder to your image on Basic Black Cardstock. Once you have heated and set the image then get either a tissue or cotton wool and dab it into the Whisper White inkpad and sponge it around over your image or wherever you want the chalk mark effect. I would practice on the backside first just to see how it works.

I received the Pinwheel Die sometime ago and thought I had better put it to use.  It is so quick and easy to just run the pattern off using your die and Big Shot. Unfortunately most of the ladies found putting them together a bit difficult. The trick is to bend your little wings prior to joining them all together.  This makes it easier in the long run.

Last but not least is a favourite as I love using Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Basic Black together. This one I have actually made into a Double Slider Card for Pat Carr's camp with the card going long ways instead of across.  I love the Floral Fusion Die. The flowers are so cute. For this card I have used the Silver Glitter Paper for the centre of the flowers using an office punch instead of using Rhinestones. I found it quite effective and it really glistens in the light. I have also used the HoneyComb Folder, Window Frames Die and the Finishing Touches Edgelits.

 

Well I am off to Pat's Camp this afternoon (Friday) and wont be home until Sunday. I am so looking forward to it. My mum is also coming along with me and I am looking forward to her spending some time away and doing something she really loves. Mum has never been on a Stamp Camp before and I just know she is going to really enjoy it. We are going to be spoilt as we are staying at Avalon Homestead near Toodyay.  Its a lovely setting and our hosts are just lovely.

I had better go and get ready so I will be back with some projects that we will be making.

Bye for now and thanks for popping by :)

More Products?

Between  15 April and 30th May you can earn more products for sales of $400 when you host a party. You will receive an extra $60 in fact. How great is that? You may already have something in mind but with that extra $60 it sure is going to help you get more.
Also if you join Stampin' Up! between these dates you will also get an extra $60 to choose in your kit. You may have been tossing up which last product to choose while choosing your kit. Well now you can have that extra product/products.
Contact me for more information.
Happy Stampin'