More Convention Projects...

Here is the Edgelit holder I made to keep my Adorning Accents Edgelits and matching Embossing folders in. There are many US demos that have made similar holders for their framelits and edgelits etc.. Here is the one I based mine on. I used the Beau Chateau DSP and the framelits on the front. I printed the text on my computer and then used the edgelits to cut them out. My final convention project was my album. I saw this one and used the idea to make mine but used Laura's Stack-the-deck idea to bind it. I actually made two, one of William and one of his cousin Ava. My Mum was heading off overseas and I thought they would make lovely Mother's Day presents as she sailed off 3 days later. So since she took them with her I had to make another one for Convention.

Convention Display Projects

Here are the some of the projects I put together for the Edgelit Display at Convention. I made a scrapbook page using the edgelit for a frame, a baby shower card, some gift card holders with matching envelopes and an easel calendar. These feature a sneak peek of some new DSP called Patio Party that is coming in the new catalogue beginning September 1st. I will be showing more sneak peeks over the coming weeks. I also made a mini scrapbook album as well as a holder for my edgelits and matching embossing folders. I will post pics of them tomorrow. The scrapbook page was my own idea and design but I sought inspiration for the gift card holders from here and here. The baby shower card was inspired by Mercedes Weber and the calendar was inspired by this one.

Convention Swaps

 At this years Convention I was asked to be involved in a new feature called Product Playground. It involved putting together some samples using the new Edgelits dies and coordinating embossing folders plus working on a demonstration table showing convention attendees how to use the new dies.There were other demos showcasing other products too such as the new Simply Scored Tool and the new Framelits. It was lots of fun and I was very honoured to be selected to do so. So in keeping with my responsibilities this year I decided to make my swaps using the Edgelits. I made two designs this year. The baby one was inspired by a demo in the USA but the other was one of my own designs. For the baby card, the owl punch is used for the girls dresses and the boys pants just with a snip in the middle, the edgelit die was used for the hills and the Bordering on Romance Stamp for the clothesline. I used the pleated satin ribbon for the trim on the dresses and the buttons are from the Twitterpated suite as is the Designer Series Paper. For the living room card, I used the same edgelit for the curtain which was cut using the Mocha Morning Specialty Designer Series Papers (love these so much, gonna miss them heaps when they are retired) and the then the scallop edge edgelit for the pelmet and sheer curtain along with the striped embossing folder. The lamp was made using the round tab punch. I finished it off with an antique brad and frayed grosgrain ribbon to hold the curtain back. More on convention coming soon.....

More Birthday Fairy cards...and an apology

Here are my birthday cards that I sent out last month. Very similar to the previous month just a different colour combo. I really love this blossom punch and matching stamp set Mixed Bunch. I hope my recipients for May enjoyed receiving their cards.
Now for my apology.....I am very sorry I have not posted for so long. I was busy last month getting ready for Convention and not long after I got back I became quite ill and am still not 100% BUT I have lots to share over the coming weeks including convention projects plus all my secret sister projects which you are not going to want to miss so stay tuned :) Thanks for your patience.

Baby cards again

Two of my friends recently had baby girls and of course I had to make them a card each. I just love this design, made a boy one for my friend Steph remember for her baby shower :)

Now this is the first time I have used my iPad to upload a post..... I'm using an app called blogsy it's kinda kewl but still learning so please be patient, I know you will :)

 

Stamp Club cards for April

 Last month in Stamp Club we did and old favourite technique of mine called Rock 'n' Roll. I thought the new Mixed Bunch stamp set with matching punch would be perfect for this plus I had seen a few inspirational cards out there so got to work. This is what we made. I really love how you can  make a butterfly from this punch.

Some VERY exciting news!!!!

Ok now if you have uummed and ahhhed for too long about whether to become a demonstrator, you really have no excuses anymore - why? Because now the starter kit is the most affordable it's ever been PLUS it's now fully customisable, AND there is an awesome bonus thrown in that will last every month until December!!! Want to know more? Click here for more information about joining my fabulous team of demonstrators. Also dont forget the special this month where if you buy 3 packs of designer series paper, GET ONE FREE!!! Told you there was some exciting news :) Sorry I have not posted much lately, I have been busy with my Secret Sister projects, don't worry I will be posting pics next week once she knows who I am :) Cant wait to show you everything I created.

More Birthday Fairy Cards

I have just sent out another batch of birthday fairy cards to my fello demos. Here is the card I made this month. I took inspiration from this card. I am really loving this new Mixed Bunch stamp set with the matching punch. Dont these colours look great together! They are Island Indigo and Pool Party. Am so glad we have these for another year, not quite ready to say goodbye to them just yet. I have used the new Pool Party seam binding on this card which is available in the new Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue. Plus I have used the new Adorning Accents Edgelits for the scallop edge.
 

Adorned Handbag

My project has been posted on Inkspirations4U today, get on over there and check out the fabulous project site, it's not too late to join for this round. I have designed a handbag using the new edgelits - totally love these :) I have also used textured baja breeze cardstock and the Attic Boutique Designer Series Paper along with some Twitterpated buttons. I decorated it with some chantilly trim, an antique brad and the Tiny Tags stamp set.

My little man is growing up fast

Ok, I know I said I didnt scrap much cos nothing really to scrap but since I have had William I have a million photos of course and its taken me this long to scrap just one page :) I am very time poor now you can probably imagine....Anyway here is my first scrap page for like ages. I have used the Eat Cake DSP and the pennant builder punch. He just loves having his photo taken. Stay tuned for more random layouts with my little man :)

Mini Catalogue Launch

I recently held my annual Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue Launch and it was a great day full of fun projects, prizes, yummy food and creative time together. Here are the projects we made. I also made a gift for all my attendees but I forgot to take a photo of them - silly me :(
The first card was made using the cute new Tea Shoppe stamp set. Cant wait to play with this some more.The second card was CASED from here. The scented embossing powders are so yummo, I loved smelling them all arvo as my guests worked on their cards :)
The final project was a framelit treat holder inspired by this one I found. There is a tutorial there so you can make one too.All enjoyed a great day, am looking forward to Convention now, only 57 days to go, gees better get cracking on my swaps and projects for product playground...thanks for visiting today.

Team training night swaps

Ok I know I said I would post these the other day but time ran away from me and I got busy with preparing for my Mini Catty Launch (more on that in a later post). Anyway, here are my swaps that I made for my recent team training night. I really wanted to have a go at making these rosettes using the new Simply Scored, it really does make them sooooo easy. Plus they are in my favourite colour - PINK! I used the new Twitterpated designer series papers and matching buttons for the centre. The flower in the middle is from the triple layer bouquet punch and the rosette is mounted onto the extra large scallop circle punch. The sentiment is from the new Apothecary Art stamp set, one of my favourite from the New Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue. Thanks for visiting today :)

Team Training Night

Last Friday night I had my team meeting for the launch of the New Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue. Here are the projects we made. I demonstrated how to use the new Simply Scored and the beautiful new Framelits Labels Collection. We also used the gorgeous new stamp set Apothecary Art. I found ideas for these cards here, here and here. All have tutorials.
For the first time we decided it would be fun to make some swaps and start getting in the spirit for Convention coming up in May. I was really impressed with all the swaps that the girls put together.
Here is Denise's Swap - another card using the framelits and the Simply Scored.
Here is Judy's Swap - using the cute Tea Shoppe Stamp set.
Here is Jenny's Swap - an awesome punch art card, great for masculine cards.
Here is Liz's Swap - another one using the framelits and Apothecary Art stamp set.
And here is Jeniece's Swap - cute little 3D folded dresses, great for parties.
I will come back tomorrow and post pictures of my swaps :)
If you are interested in joining my fabulous team, simply email me for a free information pack to be sent to you. It's not too late to make the most of all the bonuses of joining during Sale-a-bration, call me today.

I'm Gorgeous!!! (Apparently LOL)

The lovely Tanya Bell nominated me, yes ME and my blog for a gorgeous blogger award. WOW, what an honour. Thank you soooooooo much. I dont know that I am quite in her league but I am blushing all the same.

As with most blog awards there are a couple of things I need to do …

* Thank the person who gave you this award (Thank you, thank you, thank you Tanya)

* Paste the award to your blog (tick)

* Link the person who nominated you for this award (tick)

* Nominate as many other bloggers for this wonderful award as you like (tick)

* Post links to their blogs (tick)

So here is what I came up with....
Jo Eades
Chris McLucas
Andrea Buckland
Andrea Lowcock

I hope they like their new awards :)

Birthday Fairy Card

Earlier in the year I signed up for a birthday fairy round for the year where every month you send birthday cards to the people celebrating their birthdays. When its your birthday everyone sends one to you. It is organised through the ESAD group I belong to for demos. Here is the card I made approx. dozen of for my recipients for Jan & Feb.
Here is the collection of cards I received for my birthday early last month. What a great collection. I will continue to post my cards that I make throughout the year for the birthday gals.

Baby Wishes Book

Here is the Baby Wishes Book I mentioned in my earlier post. I designed it for the recent Inkspirations4U but I made it for my friend Stephanie's baby shower. I got the idea for the things to include as wishes from here. I have used the petite pocket die and the two tags die - you all know how much I love my Big Shot :) I made a spine for the book using the new scoring tool (yes the Simply Scored is coming next month!!!) Once again I used the Nursery Nest DSP, it worked so well for her owl theme. I have a FREE pass available for the next round of Inkspirations4U, simply comment on this post and you will go into the draw to win. (Winner will be drawn using random.org) Winner will be announced on Saturday.

Baby Shower Time AGAIN!!!

My lovely friend Stephanie just had her beautiful baby boy Quinn and it occurred to me that I didnt post the collection of goodies I made for her. I made another one of my fabulous diaper cakes. It was so good this time knowing it was a boy plus I had a theme of owls so I went to town creating all this. This cake was a whole tier larger than the ones I have made before with a whopping 136 nappies! I used the Nursery Nest DSP to decorate it. I filled it with lots of essentials including onsies, dummy, wraps, wash cloths, brush/comb, baby oill, soft toy, teether, singlets and lots more.... She totally loved it :) The invites were a modified version of an invite I made a while ago for my SIL. Check out her cake, isnt it awesome! (No I didnt make this, I'm a crafter not a baker LOL)We also made the favors using the petal cone die (very similar to my baby shower ones) and I decorated some jars of baby food for one of the games like I did for my SIL too.Here is the card I made for her - isnt it cute!I made the prizes similar to my baby shower once again and simply modified the banner I made for mine and stuck some owls on it. It was a really great day. I also made her a baby wishes book but I will talk about that in my next post.

SAB projects

I made these ages ago for my team meeting back in January but forgot to post them. These are all made using the fabulous collection of products available for this year's SAB promo. Click here to see the brochure. You can choose from stamps, gorgeous papers or ribbon/brads this year and I am loving the LOT! Don't get upset, there is still time to order so you can get some of these for FREE. Just place your qualifying order before the end of March and you can have some too. Call me or email me today to place your order and I can have it delivered straight to your door :)