NEW Colours, NEW punches, NEW embellishments.....

What more could a girl want right? It was the best day EVER yesterday!!! All my new goodies arrived. Let me confess.....I am in love with Cherry Cobbler! It is the most beautiful red I have ever worked with. Here are some of the projects for my New Catalogue Launch this weekend. I have used everything NEW on the card, the only thing not new is the Very Vanilla Cardstock. Colours used are; Cherry Cobbler (of course), Early Espresso, and Very Vanilla. I have used the new Scallop trim border punch, the new Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, the new stamp set Contempo Christmas, the new 1/8" Early Espresso Ribbon, some new Jolly Holiday DSP and lastly but most importantly some NEW BLING!!! The little birdhouse is made using the new Mini Milk Carton die and the Woodgrain background stamp. How cute is the Two-step Owl Punch? Stay tuned for more cute projects....

New Post-it-note Holder

With the new catalogue comes the task of making all new samples with all the fabulous new products. So here is a taste of what I have been up to....this is a newer version of a post-it-note holder I made about a year ago here. This one uses the Greenhouse Gala DSP and the Friends Never Fade Stamp set. You may also notice a new punch - it's called the Modern Label punch. I have assembled some build-a-brads using some of the DSP and adhered them to some big shot flowers from the Birds & Blooms Sizzlit. Check back tomorrow for some more samples using this stamp set....

Baby Bundle

Just when you thought I was all baby'd out after the baby shower a couple of weeks ago, I come out with this LOL. I found the idea here from the wonderfully creative Jackie Topa. Well the fact is two of my friends are very close to delivery and one has just had a little girl, so I am surrounded by babies and preggy tummies :) So of course I have to be prepared and make the cards to give them with their presents. I have used a new stamp set from the new catty called Baby Bundle. This is the cutest little set, well it's not really little as it comes with 16 stamps and is only $49.95 in wood mount or $39.95 in clear mount. I will make a boy one of these too to cover my bases for the babies still to come. Hopefully it will be my turn one day..... Thanks for looking.....

The WAIT is over!!!!!!

The New Stampin' Up! 2010-2011 Catalogue is here and it is super exciting with so many gorgeous new stamp sets, embellishments, beautiful papers and of course dont forget the all new colour families. If you want to get your hands on the new products all you have to do is contact me for your own copy of the catalogue sent straight to your door for a small fee. Alternatively, you can get one for FREE with every $100 order or if you host your own workshop. Want more info? Call me today on 0414 400 841 or email me at felic77@hotmail.com Even better would be to reserve your place at my New Catalogue Launch on the 12th September where you can experience the new products first hand and make some projects with some of the new papers, stamp sets and embellishments. Watch this space for some ideas and samples using some of the new products.

Ornament Punch Flower Boxes

Here is a sneak peek at what I will be demonstrating tomorrow at the Paperific Show. They are roses made out of the ornament punch attached to little boxes that would hold several cards and envelopes or a gift for someone special. (learn how to make the roses here) The ornament punch is one of the new punches available in the new catalogue which goes live on Wednesday. Call me for your own copy sent to your door. I also have a poster on display with many cards using this punch, it really is sooooooo versatile. If you want to learn how easy these roses are to make, get on down to the show tomorrow and say 'Hi' and visit me and the other girls at the Stampin' Up! stand. Hope to see you there:)

Paperific is starting tomorrow!!!

Come visit our stand at the show over the weekend. We have an awesome display for you to see including some of the gorgeous new products that will be available from Wednesday next week. Come and be inspired by our gorgeous creations and have a go at our 'make and take station' or be blown away by our demonstrations. Pick up a showbag with the new catalogue plus some specials only available to attendees at the show all for only $10. See you at the show! Click on the picture above for more information.

Last minute further discounts - GET IN QUICK!!!

As the end of the month is fast approaching, Stampin' Up! have reduced even more the prices of some items that are discontinuing. Click here to see the list. Some punches and cardstock as well as Designer Series Papers are now 50% off. Don't forget once 1st September comes, this stock will no longer be available to purchase. Call me TODAY to place your order on 0414 400 841.

All baby showered out....plus a WINNER!!!

Ok I know I said I was exhausted last night but I really mean it tonight. I have just got home from the baby shower and all was a HUGE success. Mum-to-be Penny was thrilled and totally blown away by the whole day. I am back to show you some pics of the prizes and the baby shower favours. I made 8 Mini Milk Carton boxes (idea found here) and decorated them for prizes and I made 26 Baby Shower favours (made some of these before, click here) for everyone to take home plus one BIG one for Penny to keep. Each Mini Milk Carton had a couple of Lindt Balls in them and the Baby Carriages each had a Freddo frog inside a baby sock in them. I have used a lot of new things which will be available from the 1st September in the NEW CATALOGUE. If you have not yet registered for my Launch Party, do so today to secure your spot and see all the fabulous new products. I am also annoucing the winner of the diaper cake guess. There is in fact 74 nappies. So congratulations to Dee who was the closest guess. Please email me at felic77@hotmail.com with your address details and I will send out your prize shortly.

Baby Shower Card

I am totally exhausted!!! Have spent all day finalising preparations for the Baby Shower tomorrow but I thought I would finish off with the baby shower card. Totally cased this card but feel terrible because I cant find the original - when I find it again I will link it here. I havent made a square card for like ages and had to dig up my square envelopes :) This card uses some retired DSP as well as some current (not for too much longer though) plus I have used the new stamp set Baby Bundle and the new Butterfly Embosslit (sooooooooo gorgeous) and the new Vintage Embossing Folder. The ribbon is from the ribbon promo earlier in the year plus a button that has also retired :( Am gonna miss some of these colours but am totally in love with the new colour reno - you are all gonna love it too. Cant wait to get my colour bundle and make some new projects with all the new colours. I have also used the Scallop Envelope Die.

I will post the winner from the Baby Shower Cake guess tomorrow (it's not too late to guess, click here to have a go and you may win some Blog Candy from the new Catalogue) as well as many other pics of various things I made for the shower - stay tuned......

Baby Shower Cake

This is something I have been working on for a while, couldnt face it all in one sitting. I have just finished it, there is nothing like 'creating' on a Saturday night (ok I have no life alright, well I have a footy obsessed husband actually). This is for my SIL for her baby shower next weekend. I have also made a heap of baby shower favours but I will post them next week. Clearly we don't know what she is having hence all the yellow and green (oops I mean Certainly Celery and So Saffron hehehe) but it was a great opportunity to use all that ribbon I accumulated from the ribbon promotion earlier in the year. I have used the Fox & Friends stamp set plus the new Baby Tees Wheel. I decided to make it a rubber ducky theme cos it worked well with the colour scheme. I have stuffed it with bibs, socks etc.. I took inspiration from this one. Plus the bonus was with all the pics I took I decided to have a play with the Picasa Collage feature - so much fun :) It is super easy, might see what else I can do.....

I am going to offer some 'Blog Candy' as a little treat for a change. If you can guess how many nappies are in this cake, you will win a prize. It will be a pack of sample embellishments from the New Catalogue. The first person to guess correctly will win. I will leave this going for the week, if no-one has guessed correctly, I will award the prize to the closest guess.

Retiring Colours

Thought I would challenge myself tonight and use colours I don't normally use (I had not even opened the pack of cardstock for some of these colours LOL!) Since many colours are retiring I thought I would try a project using some of them. Colours used include Brilliant Blue, Taken with Teal (both retiring colours) and Tempting Turquoise. The DSP is from the Pink Flamingo Pack (50% off down to $8.48) and the verse is from Curvy Verses. This card also incorporates the Baby Wipe technique - my Stamp Club will be doing this technique on Sunday. You may also notice something NEW! The decorative border is one of the new GORGEOUS punches coming out next month, only two weeks to go - YAY!!! Don't forget my New Catalogue Launch Event on the 12th September. If you haven't registered yet, make sure you get in contact with me to reserve your place. There are still a few places left. Email me at felic77@hotmail.com or call me on 0414 400 841.

Another 40th card

This was so much fun to make. I must thank Crafty Cow for her awesome tutorial which made it so easy. Can you believe it is all made from punches! I guess you are wondering why Elvis? Well this guy I made the card for is an absolute Elvis mad crazy fan and he is a great guitarist. He plays his stuff often and I swear you would think it's the King himself! So I couldnt resist having a go at this - as we all know man cards are difficult to come up with at the best of times. Sorry I havent posted much for a while, I have had a lot going on recently, all will be revealed shortly. Mostly I have been preparing for my SIL's baby shower. Will show you all these cute projects in a couple of weeks. Plus I have been preparing for the upcoming Paperific Show. We will be revealing the all new and totally FABULOUS Stampin' Up! 2010-2011 catalogue. So get along to the show and see all the new things and pick up a showbag. Thanks for looking.

Going, going GONE!

Throughout the month of August is the last chance for you to get retiring products and many of those at discounted prices, some even up to 50% off. Click here or on the picture above to see the list. So dont wait until it's too late, place your order today before it's all GONE. Products are running out of stock quickly so dont delay. With every order over $100 I will send you a FREE copy of the new catalogue when it arrives or alternatively you could book a workshop so you can see all of the new fabulous products for yourself and your friends and have a fun afternoon creating together. September is booked out already. I have a New Catalogue Launch Party coming up on the 12th September. This is where you can get a taste of the new stamps, accessories, dies, papers and embellishments and take home a project made with some new products. Places are limited. Email me at felic77@hotmail.com or call on 0414 400 841 to secure a place.

Another Baby Shower....

This time for my other SIL Penny. Been working on these (nearly 30 of them) for a couple of days with some little helpers in my SIL Nicole and her husband Shane can you believe it - he loved it. I got this idea from one of the swaps I received at Convention, sorry cant remember who it was but the one I got was pretty pink, cant do pink ones for this shower as we dont know what sex the baby is yet so thought yellow and green would be the way to go or should I say So Saffron and Old Olive/Certainly Celery. These are made using the Scallop Circle Bigz Die. Folding the cardstock first you line it up just inside the edge of the scallops (i left four scallops outside the fold line) and run it through the BIG SHOT. I have then cut several of the same die with DSP and cut them in half and stuck to the bottom half of the carousel. I have used my circle punches for the wheels with some silver brads and then the Eyelet border punch for the trim. I have used the two oval punches for the handles and then tied some 1/4" Grosgrain for the bow. As there is not much room inside the invitation I created a simple little little fold so the invite opens up as you open the card - nift hey! Thanks for looking. Stay tuned for more baby shower projects as I am in the process of making a diaper cake and some baby shower favours.

UStamp Project

My 'to-do list' has sort of been getting shorter but I was distracted by all the awesome projects over at UStamp and I couldnt resist having a go at one of the projects posted today. It's a really cute little double pocket bag with a topper and matching card. This creation came from Tracey Old from New Zealand. I love this little gift set. I have used the Tea Party Designer Series Paper and some So Saffron Cardstock. The stamp set is Dreams Du Jour and the ribbon is some left over from the ribbon promotion. I have used some of the filligree brads and some embroidery thread to keep it together. The card fits inside plus I put some mini kit kats in too. This would make a lovely little gift. To see this project plus nearly 40 other great ideas all with instructions, click here to join UStamp. It's lots of fun and the opportunity to meet stampers from all over the world. Now back to my 'to-do list' and I am fast running out of time - school goes back in only 3 days :( At the top of my list is nearly 30 Baby Shower invites for my SIL - stay tuned for pics....

Wall/Door Hanging

I have been meaning to do this for a while now (one more thing I can tick off my 'to do list') and finally finished it. This is a door hanging for the daughter of some friends of ours. I made some last year for my two nieces in America. Click here to see the first two I did. When they had their second child, many friends and family gave name things etc. for the new baby but the older child didnt have anything like it for her so I promised I would make one - finally have. I have used the scallop circle bigz die through the BIG SHOT and cut scallops in Sage Shadow - will really miss this gorgeous colour. This is the colour of her room. I have then used my Circle Scissor Plus to cut two layers of circles with some of the Windsor Knot DSP and some Whisper White. I sponged the edges of the scallop circle and the patterned paper although it is hard to see in these pics. Lastly I have used some dazzling diamonds on the letters and images. Please note that with the new catalogue comes a 'Colour Renovation' and with this we will see some of our colours retire for good. Some stock is already starting to run out so please dont delay in ordering your favourite colours before they sell out.

To see a list of retiring colours please click here. Now I must get back to my 'to do list'..........

Some weekend creations...

Here are two projects I made over the weekend. We went to a 40th Birthday on Sunday and I always find male cards a real challenge but this time I took some inspiration from here and created the 40th card. I also saw these cute little note pad and pen holders over on Becky's blog. She has a link to the instructions so you can create one too. They are super easy. They would make a nice little gift for someone. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

One step, two step.....

July is 2-step stamping month at Stampin' Up! There is a great selection of 2-step stamps available this month at 20% off. Click here to see the list of stamps on special until the 31st July or click on the picture to see the flyer. I have used Cheep Talk on this card and used my Marvelous Markers on the branch and the bird to get the different colours on the one stamp. Colours used include Not Quite Navy, Old Olive and Whisper White. 2-step stamping is super easy but you cant do it without a stamp-a-ma-jig (no this is not what I called it, it is actually what it is called). This tool was one of the very first things I bought many years ago and I simply cannot live without it. 2-step stamping involves the layering of stamps to create combined images and multicoloured images. Check back here over the coming days and I will feature some more of these fabulous sets exclusive to Stampin' Up!

My project is featured today on UStamp!!!

Last UStamp I missed this day as I was at Convention but not this time. My project is a Tea Light Gift Box using the Tea Party Designer Series Papers. I have made a little scallop flower using a technique I learnt at Convention as a decoration for the top. The box is held together with a magnetic snap. It holds 3 tea lights plus a box of long matchsticks. But you could change it up and put whatever you like in it. If you want to learn how to make this cute little box and heaps of other awesome projects click here to join us at UStamp Early Summer Edition 2010.

Congratulations Winners!!!!

Well done to Jo and Christelle who won the UStamp FREE passes just drawn using random.org.
I will forward your email addresses to Dawn to send you an invite to join us. For those of you unlucky this time, please dont stress, you can still join us, just click here. Hope to see many of you on the site :) There are already some amazing projects up. This months theme is a bit of everything but there will be a strong focus on the new US catalogue which is released this week as well as the new colours Stampin' Up! have released. There will also be some fabulous ideas for Christmas in July. Get on board stampers, it's lots of FUN!!!

UStamp Early Summer Edition is about to start....

And I have TWO FREE PASSES to give away!!!!! All you have to do is make a comment on this post and I will draw two people randomly. You have until Midnight Sunday night Australian eastern time. So get commenting folks. For more information on UStamp and all the awesomeness that is UStamp, click here.

Last week of June Specials of the week....

From today until next Wednesday, you can get up to 50% of a selection of ribbons and embellishments. Please call me on 0414 400 841 or email me at felic77@hotmail.com with your order and I can have it delivered straight to your door. Click here to see all the latest discounts.

Discounted Stamps!!!!

There are a selection of stamp sets on special this week. Many of which are some of my favourites and are up to 50% off. Click here to see the list and how much you can save. Call me to place your order on 0414 400 841.

Designer Series Papers on special this week.....

Here are some projects made using the Haiku Designer Series Papers which are reduced from $16.95 down to only $10.17, that's 40% off and equates to less than 85c per sheet! This paper is really pretty for Autumn projects. Here I have made a card using the Wet Watercolour Crayon technique (using Rich Regals here) using the Inspired by Nature stamp set and Lovely Labels. I have used some of the Haiku DSP in the background. I am happy with how this turned as this is the first time I have made a card using this technique. The little box is made using the Scallop Envelope Die for the Big Shot (you really need this awesome machine). It is made using two of the scallop envelopes with the bottom flap cut down to 1/2" and then stuck together. I have adhered a strip of the Haiku DSP around the middle and held the flap down using a build-a-brad. These are so much fun to use. You will need the 1/2"Circle Punch for use with these cute little brads. You can punch out the circle from DSP or you can stamp an image and punch that out instead. I just love these so much because you can tailor brads to every project you make. The brad is made using the reverse of the DSP and then some Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain ribbon tied around to finish it off. This little box will fit some little Lindt square chocolates or some matching love notes and envelopes. These are the projects that my Stamp Club ladies will make this month. I hope they like them :) Dont forget that you only have until Tuesday night to order these papers plus a few more at the special prices. Click here to see the selection of DSP on special this week. Call me today to place your order on 0414 400 841.

NEW Deal of the week!!!

Beautiful Designer Series Papers are on special this week. Please click here to see the list and stock up today while they are at this great price. Here are some projects I have made using some of the papers on special.


Pink Flamingo
Raspberry Tart
Sweet Slumber
Raspberry Tart again (it's a fav of mine)


I am currently working on a project for the next UStamp (yes I am a designer again!) which is using the Tea Party Designer Series Paper but I cant show you that yet. It will appear in the July UStamp Early Summer Edition 2010. If you want to join click on the picture below.









So order your Tea Party Designer Series Paper along with your other favourites, then you will be ready to make my project when it is revealed next month. Call me today on 0414 400 841 or email felic77@hotmail.com to place your order. Don't forget you only have until next Tuesday night to order these papers at the special price before next weeks offer will be released.
Finally, dont forget the starter kit is available at the special 20% discounted price of $259 reduced down from $324 which includes nearly $600 worth of supplies. This is your chance to join my very special team of demonstrators plus receive lots of support and freebies from me! Running your own business is so rewarding and I find it so enjoyable meeting new people and making lovely friendships along the way. Stampin' Up! is so flexible and you are able to tailor your business to your own situation. Call me today for more information on 0414 400 841.