Craven Time 2 Stamp

• 08Mar

  Coffee/Tea Bag Holder card

  Cards, Family, Friends, General, Gifts, Off the Page, Stampin Up, Stamping, Uncategorized 1 Comment

  

  I recently found this great little Tea bag Holder while surfing the net for some inspiration. I found this one here on Nichole Heady’s blog, however as you can see I have changed it slightly to suit my needs.

  This cute little card could hold, tea, coffee, hot chocolate or anything you like.

  I have put 2 coffee bags in this one as the person I am giving it to loves a good cup of coffee just like me. Sadly we don’t get to have one together very often due to family commitments so I thought it would be nice to give her a couple of coffee bags for her to enjoy and think of me when she has the time.

   

  

   When you open the holder up there is space where you can write  your message. I have added the same Circle Circus Embellishment as on the front.

  

  Here are a couple more examples I have made:

     

  Happy Stamping

  

  Tags: Gift idea, Gifts, Stampin Up, Stamping

• 04Mar

  Family Update!

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  I have had a few people ask me for an update on my beautiful children.

  Miss Sophia is now 6 months old and is just delightful. She has started to crawl and has the most beautiful smile and cheeky laugh.

  

  Archie is growing up way TOO fast. He keeps telling people that he is a big boy now and that he goes to Kindy. He is very good with his little sister and constantly showers her with cuddle and kisses.

  

  I am a very lucky Mum!!!!

  

  

• 03Mar

  Add a Greeting Card Box

  Cards, Family, Friends, Gifts, Off the Page, Stampin Up, Stamping, Uncategorized 3 Comments

  

   As soon as  I saw this project on Madonna Dunn’ssite during ESAD_SU’s recent Sale-a-Bration Blog Hop, I just knew that I had to make one.

  Of course I had to “pink” mine and surprise, surprise I have once again used some Candy lane DSP.

  I think this is such a great gift idea. It it file folder that holds 6 cards and their envelopes on 1 side, while on the other side there is a little pocket that contains 6 stamped greetings all ready to add to the front of the card.

  This way the person you give this to can pick and choose which greeting they would like to put on the front of their card.

  

   This way the person you give this to can pick and choose which greeting they would like to put on the front of their card.

  

  I have used some of my Flower Fusion Too stash as well as a variety of Stampin’ Up! brads to create the flowers on the front of each card.

  

  You could easily change the colour scheme as I have done to make a beautiful gift set to give to someone special in your life.

  Thanks Madonna for a lovely idea!!!

  Happy Stamping

  

  Tags: Gift idea, Stampin Up, Stamping

• 22Feb

  Baby Cards

  Cards, Family, General, Stampin Up, Stamping, Summer Mini Catalogue 3 Comments

  I recently entered some cards in a ESAD-SU (Stampin’Up! Demonstartor Group) Challenge. You had to make a baby card suitable for a BOY and then copy it and make 1 for a GIRL.

  Here is my first attempt:

        

  I used the Hippo from the Pun Fun Stamp Set. I think it is sooo cute.

  Next I used the Nursery Necessities Stamp Set

  Now I must confess I purchased this stamp when I found out I was pregnant with Sophia and it has sat unmounted in my draw until now. (Must have really needed it!!! Ha ha)

  Here is my boy version:

  

  My girl version:

  

  and my gender neutral version:

  

  Finally  I made another one using the Duck from the Wagon Full of Fun Set out of the new Summer Mini:

  My Boy Card:

  

  and my Girl Card:

  

  Now all I need is some of my family and friends to have a baby or two so I can give them one of my newly made Baby Cards!

  Happy Stamping

  

  Tags: Baby Cards, Stampin Up, Stamping

• 22Feb

  Every Girl needs a Cute Little Dress!

  Birthday, Cards, Family, Stampin Up, Stamping 3 Comments

  I just wanted to share with you the Birthday card I made for my sister last week.

  

  She is such a fashion guru and I knew that she would get a kick out of this cute little dress.

  The design of the dress was based on one from Petronela Hardy that was demonstrated to us at the Stampin’ Up! Brisbane Regionals.

  Happy Stamping

  

  Tags: Brisbane Regionals, Stampin Up, Stamping

• 19Feb

  My Stamping Apprentice

  Birthday, Cards, Family, Gifts, Off the Page, Spring Mini Catalogue, Stampin Up, Stamping 3 Comments

  My gorgeous boy just loves to stamp! I guess this is an occupational hazard from being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and him seeing me stamp all the time.

  Anyway it is his best friend’s birthday tomorrow and Archie wanted to make Joel some paper and a card. Both Archie and Joel are the hugest Thomas the Tank fans so of course we had to use the Choo coo set from the Spring Mini. I think Archie has used this set more than me (LOL).

  He is very good and even knows to clean each stamp before choosing another colour. He just loves to use Stampin’ scrub and stampin’ mist!!!

  The master hard at work 

                  

    The Finished present all wrapped up and ready to go!

          

  Don’t you just love the card he made as well. Just a little bit of ink on his arm …

  

  All this was done while his little sister had her morning nap. What a great Mother and son time.

  Thanks for letting me share

  

  Tags: Stampin Up, Stamping

• 17Feb

  Sweet Treat Cups

  Cards, General, Gifts, Off the Page, Stampin Up, Stamping, Summer Mini Catalogue 5 Comments

  I have to admitt I was VERY excited when I saw the Sweet treat cups in the Summer Mini and I just could not wait to get my hands on them, but unfortunely LIFE got in the way and I have only just had a chance to have a play with them.

  Here some samples I made for my recent SALE-A-BRATION Open House:

  

  This first card is one that I cased from the very talented Kirsty Brown. You have to check out her site as she does some very beautiful work.

  

  Next is a card I made with a trap door at the back so you do not have to destroy the card to get to the goodies.

          

   

  I cased this card from my good friend Karen Thomas:

  

  and this one from my Downline Rebecca O’Gorman:

  

  I hope you like them

  

  Tags: Stampin Up, Stamping, Summer Mini Catalogue, Sweet Treat Cups

• 14Feb

  Happy Valentine’s Day

  Cards, General, Gifts, Occasions, Off the Page, Stampin Up, Stamping, Summer Mini Catalogue 7 Comments

  

  I recently purchased the I {heart} Hearts Stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue.

  Not only is this a beautiful stamp set but until the end of February Stampin’ Up! will donate $2 for every I {heart} Hearts Stamp set sold to Haitian Disaster Relief.

  

  This is the  1st card I made for my husband, Michael for Valentine’s Day. It is a case of Sarah-Jane Kale’s beautiful Butterfly Card. I really love the way it turned ut, but I was a bit worried that it was too girly sooo . . .

  Here is my second attempt:

  

  As you can see I added some blue to make it a bit more blokey. I have used some DSP from the Slumber Party Speciality Paper Pack. The box/folder in front is one that adapted to fit a large block of Rum and Raisin Chocolate. (His favourite)

  

  I had forgotten all about these boxes/folders. I made a heap of the at Christmas time after purchasing the instructions from Marelle Taylor. Like I said Iadapted them to fit a block of chocolate. Here is one I made to fit a 100g block of Cadbury chocolate:

          

  

  Next I made a Mini Pizza box to hold some Love Notes. I just love making this little box, it is super easy and really cute. It is just perfect to hold a set of Love Notes and envelopes

  

  Finally here are the Love Notes!

  Happy stamping and don’t forget to order your   {heart} Hearts Stamp set from your Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and help out a very worthy cause.

   

  

  Tags: Stampin Up, Stamping, Summer Mini Catalogue

• 09Feb

  Razzle Dazzle Stationary Box

  Cards, General, Gifts, Occasions, Off the Page, Stampin Up, Stamping, Summer Mini Catalogue 5 Comments

  

  I know these boxes have been around for sometime, but I just love them and I think they make an awesome gift for someone special. My Stampin Sister, Amanda, kindly shared with me her altered instructions that fit our A5 cards and envelopes.

  I used the Razzle Dazzle Stamp Set from the Suymmer Mini Catalogue and teamed it up with some paper from the Candy Lane DSP pack.

  Here is a photo of the box opened:

  

  and now some close ups of the contents inside:

                         

   Notebook                                                                          Set of A5 Cards

   

                          

                 Gift Tags                                                                   Love Notes

   

  Happy Stamping

  

  Tags: Stampin Up, Stamping, Summer Mini

• 06Feb

  Sophia’s Baptism

  Family, Friends, General, Gifts, Occasions, Off the Page, Stampin Up, Stamping 5 Comments

  We had Sophia’s Baptism on last Sunday, so I thought that I would share with you the invites and matching candle I made for part of the service.

  

   

   

   I used my favourite paper from the Candy Lane DSP pack and teamed it up with

  Riding-hood Red and Pink Pirouette Card stock.

   

   

   

   

  Here is a photo of Sophis in her Beautiful gown and bonnet that my mother made for her:

      and a family photo! 

  And lastly here is photo of the very yummy chocolate and raspberry Cake my best friend and Sophia’s Godmother made for the party afterwards

  

  and yes folks it tasted as good as it looked!

  Lastly my beautiful boy, Archie started Kindy (Pre-Prep) this week. He has grown up so fast and was very excited to be going to his big Boy Kindy. I thought I would share with you a photo

  of him in his new Kindy shirt, hat and Back pack.

  

  I hope you enjoyed my family news, Happy Stamping

  

  Tags: Candy Lane DSP, Stampin Up

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