Cards for a cure - Ready, Set, Send

This great new kit is available to buy now, what a great way to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation. You can buy it online at my web site or contact me for more details

Charity card-making event for Phillipine orphanages

The Paper Angels team of Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrators recently held an all-day charity card making event at Carina Leagues club. We raised money for Quota International and their programme to help the orphanages in the Phillipines. It was a busy day, everyone that came made 20 cards, four each of five designs. Here are three of my favourites:

Products used: Gingham Garden Designer Washi tape; Curly Label, Extra-large oval and Pansy punches; Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight and Midnight Muse inks; Papillon Potpourri, Flower Shop, Perfect Pennants, Blooming with Kindness, Itty Bitty Banners stamp sets.
Some of the ladies from my table won raffle prizes too! Stampin' Up! generously donated a box of products for us to raffle at the event, I am so lucky to work for such a great company!
Here are the lucky winners:

Thanks to everyone for making the day so enjoyable, and thanks to my bestie for helping come and set up my table x

Christmas card club for April

We had a lot of fun this month making our two sets of cards in readiness for Christmas (you can never have enough cards!)
Sylvia and Judi show us the two designs:

The two sets we used were kindly lent by the two lovely ladies in the photo, who wished to use them in a different way; how many times have we made things and then become bored by the stamps and not been able to see beyond the first ideas we had?

Card stock: real red, Old Olive, Strawberry Slush, Pistachio Pudding, Crushed Curry, whisper white
Embossing folders:Needlepoint border, Northern Flurry (retired)
Die: Oval Accent Bigz Clear, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL
Stamp sets: Snow Much Fun (retired),
Inks: Stazon black, Real Red, Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, (Stampin' Write Markers) In Colour Stampin' Write Marker collection 2013-15,
Ribbon: Pumpkin Pie Chevron ribbon

Easter cards at Moreton Shores RSL retirement village

Last week I had the pleasure of the company of some of the residents at Moreton Shores Returned Services League (RSL) retirement village to make some Easter cards and a chocolate gift pouch. There were a few who came to watch too, and had fun seeing how they were made. They are a group with a wide range of abilities, including mobility and vision issues, and it's always challenging to create a project that they can all make themselves, but this one was a big success. They made the Easter chicks on the cards using punches and the Top Note die, in Daffodil Delight and Tangerine Tango card.

The chocolate pouch uses the scallop tag topper punch and is embossed with the recent Decorative Dots embossing folder that was available during Sale-a-bration. I used the Mosaic punch folded in half to make the beak. The kids at school also made this for easter, and they had a ball!

First Tuesday craft class at Pelicans cafe

 

I had a fun time today at Pelican's Nautical Treasures  making a card using the Perfect Pennants stamp set with these lovely ladies. Its a beautiful place to be creative because its so peaceful and overlooks the marina, not to mention the scrumptious menu! This $5 class is run on the first Tuesday of the month.

I used DSP from the Soho Subway pack, and Early Espresso, Pistachio Pudding and Crisp Cantaloupe inks. I also used the Tag Topper Punch ($39.95) as a device for fastening the card together. You can buy this and any other Stampin' Up! products at my web page

Wow, been a long time!

Why hello again!

It's been a long time since I posted on here, and to be honest I was losing myself on Facebook instead! But it's about time I set aside some hours to post my stamping news and ideas etc.
I recently had the privilege of promoting to Manager with Stampin' Up!, and I'm really looking forward to going to the Leadership day at Convention. I'd like to thank my small team of ladies for helping me get there xxx it's always fun catching up with you all and crafting.

I've just finished the last Friday of the month Christmas Card Club with two new girls, Anne and Jill, they had a good time making these two cards with me (we made four of each), so much so that they're coming back next month! Glad you had a good time ladies! The card on the left was CASEd from Angie Leach - Too Cool Stamping, thanks for the inspiration Angie. The other design was also spotted on SplitCoast - what a wonderful resource that is. I've got some more clubbers coming tonight so I'm off to do some more cutting, but I'll be back sooner than last time lol!

For you, with love

New Stampin' Up! offer for Valentines' Day. Send your loved one a beautiful hand-made card made using our Simply Sent kit, and get a free exclusive stamp set to personalise it.  Why not buy one of my pre-loved ink pads in Real Red, Melon Mambo or Rose Red to ink your stamps with? Only $4, in great condition! (while stocks last)

Paper Angels annual Christmas card workshops

We have received so many enquiries already about this year’s Christmas Card Workshops and are incredibly excited to formally announce that bookings are now officially open. I will be attending the Redland Bay and Wellington Point venues, and Coorapooroo if required, so you have a choice!
If you click on the above brochure, you will be able to read all the details clearly! Note we have kept the cost at the same price for the past 5 years, being $65 for an entire day (10am till 4pm) of fun, friends and creativity. This is great value! Some venues you will be able to purchase lunch, and because they are generously waiving the room hire fee it is requested that you do not bring your own lunch but eat at the venue.
We have provided an opportunity for you to choose a wood rather than the supplied clear mount stamp, for an extra $7; as well as the opportunity to buy the coordinating ‘Framelits Die Cutting System’ for the included stamp set for an additional $32, rather than the separate price later of $42.95. You do not need to choose either of these options, they are simply there for your convenience/choice.
We are very grateful to Stampin' Up! Australia for providing us with donations of SU products to raffle at each event, please bring some extra cash for tickets for what will be a fantastic array of products to win! There will also be the usual Christmas card competition, so get creative!
Payment is required at the time of booking so that your stamp set, papers, sanding system and kit may be ordered.
Please book with me by email or phone 0446 519 915. Places are limited and some venues will book out quickly, so please do book in promptly to avoid disappointment.

a few new things

 

Here are a few new things I've made recently; the Thanks a million card was a project for my craft group, where we made the card and the chocolate pull treat as a matching gift. I love the French Foliage stamp set, at $31.95 for the clear mount version it is really good value, and so beautiful in autumnal colours. I used Cajun Craze, Perfect Plum and Natural ivory card stock, and also used the Woodgrain background stamp to set the leaves off nicely.

The next card was for my friend Teresa's birthday, and I did a 'rock and roll' technique on the flower from the Summer Solstice stamp set. The Little Leaves die for the Big Shot added some delicate foliage, while the ribbon and button step up the card a little. Although a simple design, it is still effective and shows how pretty a monotone card can be.

Finally a card that I cased from my Paper Angels meeting recently, I love the way the 11/4" striped grosgrain ribbon can be frayed and tied around itself to create a faux feather look. The image comes from the Clearly for You stamp set, and the French Filigree background stamp was versamarked and clear embossed. The Framelits Labels collection is a must have item for the Big Shot at the moment, with 6 different sizes of labels you can create a layered effect or make frames for your photos etc., and at only $49.95 it is a real steal. Available from the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue until the end of July.

Contact me to purchase any of the Stampin' Up! supplied used, we ship all over Australia!

Dinosaur diorama card

Click this link to see a cool card I made and demonstrated at our recent Paper Angels team meeting!
We have so much fun at our meetings, they are never sales- or leadership-based but friendly gatherings where we always make a project of one kind or another. I recently offered to show this card to everyone as Liz had said how much she liked it, and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to share it with everyone. If you would like to become part of the Paper Angels team of Independent demonstrators, I would love to have you as my guest at one of our meetings. And now that the Starter Kit is only $169 for $235 of product value its even more of a reason to join me!