Bloomin' Heart

Its my friends birthday and here is the card I made for her. I pondered over colours but because it is her 50th birthday I needed something a bit formal. I have not included the 50 numeral yet because I only have the retired ones and I do try to put only current stock on my blog. In saying that I did use Brushed Gold cardstock for the flowers because the gold glimmer paper was too much and did not show enough detail.

For this card I have used the following:-

Stamp Set - Botanicals For You

Cardstock - Basic Black, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Brushed Gold

Accessories - Bloomin' Heart Framelit, Pearls

The card really does look better in true life. I took so many photos to get a decent one to try to show it off. I will be trying different colour cardstock now to see what I can come up with. 

Thanks for popping by:)

Frames for my Niece and Nephew

Here are a couple of frames I have made for a niece and nephew of mine. 

I had much joy making these although I found the girl one a bit challenging because my niece wanted certain colours. I really enjoyed making the boy one but two of the images are not Stampin' Up! I don't usually use any other products other than Stampin' Up! products but I was on a camp and borrowed some stamp sets. I was very happy at how they turned out. I need to give them to my nieces now so that they can place them in their children's rooms. I hope they like them.

Back At Last

Well here I am back at last.  I went to a Stampin' Up! Stamparoo's meeting last night and one of the girls there said she uses Google Chrome so that she is able to put her photos on.  I have been trying with Explorer and Mozilla but not Chrome.  Well here I am and it worked and its been three years since I have been on my blog.  We have just returned from a wonderful holiday to New Zealand with Princess Cruises. This photo is of Dusky Sound in the Fiordlands.  It was so peaceful and serene in this spot.  This was just a test photo to see if I could upload pics.  Well it worked so I am leaving it here. Hope you like it. I will be back soon with some projects I have been working on. I am so pleased its working. Thanks for popping by and I shall see you again soon. :)

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:)