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Stamping Fun!

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Yesterday afternoon I held my first stamping get together since moving to Cooma, which was really exciting.  Not only did we have a lovely afternoon of stamping and chatting, but I met some lovely ladies who share my passion for crafting.

The ladies got to make two projects, and since we had some complete novices, I kept the projects fairly simple.
We started off making a tag (or bookmark), using the Scallop Tag Topper punch.

Then we made a card.  Both feature the fabulous new stamp set Work of Art and some of the gorgeous new In Colours and Stitched Satin Ribbons.

Special thanks to the ladies who shared the afternoon with me, I certainly had a lovely time!

Check back soon for more, as I have heaps of crafting to share with you! 🙂
Happy stamping!
Chris

Project Life

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We are so so so excited to let you know we’ve partnered with the amazing Becky Higgins to bring you the real deal—authentic Project Life products, now in exclusive Stampin’ Up! colours and designs. If you’ve somehow missed the Project Life craze and are wondering what it’s all about, we’ll fill you in: it’s a super simple, totally affordable way to get your photos into albums: you just slip your photos into Photo Pocket Pages and add designed cards. It’s a back-to-basics approach to documenting your life. In a nutshell, it’s all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them.

You’ll be able to order a selection of Project Life products in Australia starting 1st July 2014!

Here is a sample of just some of the products that will be available in this exclusive line of Project Life products.

Click here to order your products and start your Project Life® journey.

I am now offering weekly Project Life Crop Nights every Wednesday at 7.30pm at my home in Cooma, NSW, where you can come along each week to work on new photos, or start organising the photos that you have in boxes around your house.  See here for more details, and contact me to let me know you would like to come along.

Happy Stamping!

Chris

Join My Team

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For the next four days (until the end of June 2014), you can join Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator for just $85.
That is an amazing bargain!

“To love what we do and share what we love…” is part of Stampin’ Up!’s motto and is what being a demonstrator is all about. A demonstrator runs their own home-based business selling creative products, working with customers and hostesses to give Classes and parties that introduce new people to Stampin’ Up!

If you love crafting with excellent quality, co-ordinated product ranges including a new and exclusive range of Project Life® products, and want to share that with others, then joining Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator is the perfect opportunity for you. With Stampin’ Up! you can run your business your way, whether that is part-time, full-time or even seasonal:

  • Set your own hours;
  • Work around your family or other committments;
  • Forge new friendships with fantastic, creative people;
  • Get a 20% discount on your creative purchases;
  • Earn extra money;
  • Get fantastic support from Stampin’ Up!, from me, and demonstrators from all around the world.

To remain an active demonstrator you need to achieve a quarterly sales minimum of $400.

What do you need to do?

If you live in the Australia you can become part of my team. You simply need to click on the link below and follow the steps:

  • Click here
  • Follow the instructions,
  • Pay the joining fee and choose the products you would like to get in your starter kit.  And that’s it!

It’s your choice what is in your starter kit – it’s completely customisable.  Stampin’ Up! will also provide you with a business starter pack, to help get you going.  The pack will include customer order forms, catalogues, hostess invites, Getting Started information and other essentials.

Don’t fancy running your own business BUT still want all the perks of being a demonstrator such as the 20% discount, forging new friendships and the benefits of a wide and varied network of demonstrators? That’s ok too. Join Stampin’ Up! as a hobby demonstrator and get all that. All you need to do is maintain the quarterly minimum of $400.  Take orders from friends, family, work colleagues, sell your cards and gift packaging at markets….. there are many ways to easily keep to your quarterly minimum, and many hobby demonstrators often find that they enjoy it so much, they start running classes or helping others using their stamping business.
The way you run your Stampin’ Up! business is up to you!
Contact me if I can answer any questions.

Chris

Mojo Monday 350

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Another card challenge for you this morning, this time a sketch from the ladies at Mojo Monday.

My card features a gorgeous flower which I have coloured using the Blendabilities. I have done two of them, then cut them and layered them, and I have also given them two coats of Crystal Effects to give them a lovely sheen.

 

Here is a closer look at the layers of the flower.

 

Happy stamping!
Chris

Freshly Made Sketch Challenge

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Another very quick post, I just wanted to share this card I made late this afternoon using the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

It was late and the light was fading so I apologise for the quality of the photo, hopefully it is sunny tomorrow and I will try to get a better photo, but in the meantime……

 

A little bit of sneak peek on this card, the cute stamped hearts come from another new stamp set called Groovy Love.  I have used the Hearts a Flutter framelits to cut around the stamped hears, along with a paper Doily and some of the lovely Silver Ribbon.
Happy Stamping!
Chris

Just Add Ink Challenge

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A quick post today to show the card I have made for this week’s Just Add Ink challenge.
My card again uses lots of new goodies from the soon-t0-be released new catalogue, but I am having so much fun playing with new stuff that I just can’t help myself! 🙂

 

The card uses a Project Life card which I have stamped the image onto, then done some paper piercing around the arrow to highlight it, and the cute bicycle image is from the new hostess stamp set Life’s Adventure.
Happy stamping!
Chris

Bloom with Hope Bookmarks

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I really enjoy making Bookmarks as a quick and easy gift, most people find them useful, even if it is only to use in your Stampin’ Up! catalogue!! 🙂

Yes, of course I have used Blendabilities to colour these flowers from the Bloom with Hope stamp set, and I am finding the more I used them, the quicker I get at the blending and colouring technique.  These bookmarks also use the Scallop Tag Topper punch at the top, which is a little hard to see in the photo.
Here is a closer look at the colouring:

 

I also promised to share some photos of some of our recent adventures.  We spent a day recently at Yarrongabilly Caves, which was a fantastic experience, and we all learnt a heap about caves and how they are formed.  Well worth the trip if you end up in our area.

I took nearly 100 photos that day, so I won’t show you all of them!!

The scenery in the area is also quite spectacular!

 

Following our look through two of the caves, we decided to have a dip in the local thermal pool.  Yes, it is the middle of winter here, and was around 2 degrees at the time (that’s Celcius, of course).  However, the pool is thermal and maintains a temperature of somewhere around 27.  We didn’t stay in for all that long, but it was heaps of fun.

Time for me to do some stamping.  Hope you have a crafty weekend!
Happy stamping!
Chris

Blooom with Hope

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I have had such a busy week or so, and I promise that I will share some of what we have been doing, and not just stamping and crafting!  We are just loving our new home and having heaps of fun exploring the area. Some photos will follow soon. 🙂

I made this set of cards as a thank you to a lovely hostess for all her work in getting a group of ladies organised for a morning of stamping recently, and have used the gorgeous new hostess set (available 1st July with the new catalogue) called Bloom with Hope.  And of course I had to have another play with my Blendabilities!
The colours are not great as I was taking the photos at night. The cards are actually made with Whisper White Cardstock!

There are six cards in all, using different images from the stamp set and different colours of Blendabilities.

I have also used some pieces of a new stack of patterned papers called Moonlight DSP – gorgeous combination of colours!

 

We are having a bit of a joke at our house at the moment, my response to doing anything other than stamping involves me speaking like a petulant child and saying “but I want to colour in!”  🙂
Blendabilities are so much fun!  Can’t take life too seriously. 🙂
And last but definitely not least…. Mr Pumpkin Head!  Now, I know it is not Halloween, but it is winter here in Australia and we decided to have fun with a pumpkin and make a Jack o Lantern.  Not bad for our first try. He looks fabulous all lit up at night.

If you live in Cooma, NSW or the surrounding area and would like to find out more about my stamping classes and parties, please feel free to contact me.  Leave a comment, or send me an email and I’ll get back to you.  And yes, I am still doing parties and classes in Canberra as well.

Hope you are having a crafty day!
Happy stamping!
Chris

Hardwood Stamp-a-Stack

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Just one of the many things that I love about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, is seeing just how much chaos a group of ladies can make with cardboard, ink and punches!  Seeing them starting with pieces of cardstock that make no sense at all, and then seeing it all come together.  It always makes me smile!
So I want to thank all the ladies from the Time Out on Tuesdays group, who definitely made me smile this morning!
This set of cards was a little more difficult that I would usually design for a Stamp-a-Stack, however this particular group of ladies had all done some stamping and cardmaking before, so I thought a bit of a challenge wouldn’t hurt.  I think they all enjoyed themselves.
Anyway, here are the cards they made, all featuring the Hardwood background stamp.  This is a really versatile stamp, and I will definitely being showing you some more cute things to do with this stamp.

They made some pretty girly cards in different colours……..

As you can see, these ones also feature the Petite Petals and Papillon Potpourri stamp sets with their matching punches.

The sentiments come from the Wetlands stamp set…….
which we also used to do some cards with a more masculine flavour.

 

Thanks to all of the lovely ladies in the group, and a special thanks to Heather for organising everything.  I had heaps of fun!
Happy stamping!
Chris

Maritime Birthday

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Here is the card I made for a lovely young friend of ours who recently turned 9.  And of course, I wanted to use some of my new goodies, and show you another sneak peek.  Who can resist new Stampin’ Up! goodies….. I know I can’t 🙂

 

 

Isn’t the paper just gorgeous?  I adore this colour combination, it’s wonderful for masculine cards, so bright and cheery.  And the only stamping this one has, is for the sentiment, which is from the Label Love stamp set and matching punch.  The DSP is called Maritime.
Hope you are having a crafty weekend.  And for those of you in Australia, a crafty long weekend! 🙂
Happy stamping!
Chris