Makayla's Creation

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My daughter is going to a birthday party today, and this is the card I helped her make. The stamp set is Birthday Whimsy (a SAB set) and I have it for sale. The colours are Pink Passion, Orchid Opulence and Lovely Lilac. We've stamped the images on Whisper White cardstock and then cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals on the Orchid Opulence cardstock.

Makayla is very much looking forward to going to "Paige's house" for the party (she's been asking to go all week) and I know she is going to love the jumping castle! Lets just pray the weather stays fine!

Spring Mini Catalogue

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The Spring Mini is here! I've been poring over my personal copy for weeks now, drooling over the beautiful new stamp sets and accessories! Now it's your turn. I've got my customer copies and I will be sending them out to those on my mailing list for FREE! If you would like your very own FREE copy to drool over, please contact me.

I've recently had a team meeting and this is the card we made. It's a CASE of a card in the mini. The base card is in Old Olive, the designer series paper is from the mini and is called Holiday Harmony, the ribbon is Purely Pomegranate double stitched and the brads are silver. The original card in the mini uses a chipboard star, on this card we've used the large star punch on some of the Holiday Harmony paper to create a similar effect. I've decided it's probably time to start making Christmas cards, only 5 months till Christmas from today!!! I hope this one inspires you!

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Return of the Stamping Cupboard

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Well, I have my cupboard set up again (not the rest of the room though)! And as soon as I got everything organised and back in the cupboard I made this card for my hubby's birthday! I got the inspiration from my upline Kirrily, and I'm very happy with how it turned out (even hubby was impressed). It was a very quick one too, it only took about 5-10 minutes (still made with lots of love though!), it just came together all on its own.

I've used the Polka Dots and Petals stamp set (pg. 47) and the So Many Sayings hostess set. I've stamped some of the Polka Dots and Petals images randomly on Whisper White cardstock, then mounted that on Not Quite Navy cardstock. I attached some Chocolate Chip Taffeta ribbon (pg. 146) and some Hodgepodge (pg. 144) to the Not Quite Navy piece and then mounted that onto the Close to Cocoa cardstock. Finally, I stamped the sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock and punched out with my oval punch (pg. 142) and inked around the edges with my ink pad. The ink colours are Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy and Close to Cocoa.

I hope you like it!

Slow Progress

I've learnt something about DIY,it can be very slow! So I still can't stamp unfortunately but I thought I'd show you some before shots!

I told you it desperately needed painting!!!

This is me sugar soaping, it took hours! Hopefully I'll have some after photos soon!

Starter Kit Savings

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From July 1st to August 15th you can receive super savings on the starter kit! $25 off the already low price of $324 so you pay just $299 and get over $560 worth of supplies. See more details here .

Whether you'd like to do what I do or just get a really good deal on great products now is an excellent time. Stampin' Up!® need all kinds of demonstrators;

• Discount Purchaser: Likes the idea of buying stamps for personal use at a 20% discount, and occasionally sells to friends and family.

• Short-term Demonstrator: Sells for a short period of time to earn a specified amount of money and stops when the goal is reached.

• Seasonal Demonstrator: Works hard at the business during September, October & November for seasonal money, and maintains minimum orders and sales during the balance of the year.

• Hobby Demonstrator: Loves doing demonstrations and earning extra money when it’s convenient; Works a lot some months and very little other months; Likes to do workshops that are easy to book; and doesn’t like to work too hard to book workshops.

• Career Demonstrator: Views Stampin’ Up! as a viable income with long-term career potential; Pursues management and wants to move up the career ladder; Loves attending Stampin’ Up! events, and has developed close social relationships with other demonstrators; Works at her business in a consistent and outgoing manner.

I joined the Stampin' Up!® family in October 2007 just to get the great discount in the starter kit and not intending to do workshops, but I've loved it so much that I am doing workshops and even went to convention in Brisbane in April. I've had a ball! So if you've fallen in love with stamping and would like to take the opportunity to save even more money on these products, contact me.