Craven Time 2 Stamp

This year a group of Stampin Up Demos decided to do a Secret Santa swap.

We were all assigned a person to spoil and had to make them a gift, a card and purchase some products from their Stampin! Up! Wish list.

I was assigned Leonie Schroder and this is what I made for her:

She is a huge Coffe Lover so I made this box and put a bag of yummy Gloria Jean’s Coffee inside.

Next I made her an altered DVD Tin fill of cards, Love Notes and Gift Tags

And finally she wanted some buttons from the new Summer Mini Catalogue. I made a belly band in matching paper and attached a bow on top. Doesn’t it look cute??

This is what I got from my Secret Santa, Tanya Kitto:

Here is some close ups of all my beautiful gifts:

Thankyou so much Tanya. You did a  fantastic job and I love all the pink!!!!

 It was so much fun. I hope all the other ladies who were in the swap enjoyed getting spoilt as much as I did.

 Hi everyone

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and spent some time with you loved ones. I have enjoyed taking it easy for a few days. I have not picked up a stamp or even felt like it. Instead I have been spending time playing with my children and some of their new toys from Santa.

Here are a few photos from Christmas Day. We had 13 adults and 5 children at our house for Christmas lunch. It was busy but very enjoyable.

 This is our Christmas tree after all the presents had been opened. (I forgot to take one with all the pressies under it)

 I took this photo of archie and myself while we were waiting for our guests to arrive.

 This is Miss Sophia all tuckered out after opening presents.

Merry Christmas

My Upline Stephanie Pike holds a get together at Christmas time for all her downlines. This year’s event was held at her house last night. One part of our Christmas get together is a present swap.

We all have to bring a handmade gift and then we draw out a number to determine the order of present picking.

When it is your turn you can choose a present from the pile or steal one that someone has already picked.

As you can imagine this can get a little crazy and there is always lots of fun and laughter.

I thought that I would share with you the gift that I made.

It is a Gingerbread Cookie Pack with a Christmas Oven mitt and tea towel. I have wrapped up a biscuit mix and included a tube of M & Ms for decorating.

I attached a Gift Tag to the front which is missing from the photo as I was running late as usual and only finished it as I was walking out the door.

It did look cute!

Well I have finished my next lot of Christmas Gifts. This time I have altered some DVD Tins and made a set of matching cards and Love Notes to go inside. I have made 4 sets that will be given to some very special ladies in my life next week. (Don’t want to spoil the fun by saying who they are for)

This first set was made using the new Razzle Dazzle Stamp Set from the Summer Mini. I have teamed it up with some DSP from the Candy Lane pack, as well as Riding Hood Red and Pink Pirouette Card stock.

This set turned out really well and I surprised myself by not using pink! I have recently re-discovered my Embrace Life Stamp Set. I have teamed it up with some DSP from the Urban Garden pack, as well as Baja Breeze and Basic Grey Card stock.

I then decided to use the same Embrace Life Stamp set but this time use pink! I have once again used the Candy Lane DSP and Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip card stock.

This set is MY FAVOURITE!!! I just love how Stampin’ Up! co-ordinate everything to make my life easier. I have used the Sweet Stems Stamp Set that matches perfectly with the Raspberry Tart DSP. I have used Pretty in Pink and Rose Red Card stock.

Anyway I hope you have enjoyed looking at them. I am more than happy with the way they have turned out and I hope the ladies who are receiving them like them as well.

Until next time

Happy Stamping

I know that I have fallen a little behind in my Christmas card Countdown, so in this post I will endevour to catch up.

Week 3

I just love this little Santa. It is from the Holly Jolly Christmas Set and it was the first set I purchased from this year’s catalogue. I teamed up Santa with some stripey paper from the Ski Slope DSP and finished it off with some wide Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon. Santa’s hat has been popped up with a Stampin’ Dimensional to give it a 3D effect.

Week 4

This card is a very simple one I made using some scraps of DSP from the Ski Slope pack and my square and circle punches.

The circle medalion stamp is from Season of Joy and I have finished it off with 3 gold brads.

Week 5

I just love the colour combo of Real red and Old Olive. This tree is from the Christmas Classics Stamp set and I added a  scalloped strip of Whisper White to break it up a bit.

Week 6

Another simple but effective card using some DSP and another stamp from the Christmas Classics set. I coloured the stamp with my markers so I could have the 3 colours.

Anyhow I hope your cards are well and truely underway and these have given you some inspiration.

Happy Stamping

I know I have been a bad blogger of late but there JUST is not enough hours in the day for me!

I thought that I would share some of the things I have been making for Christmas gifts.

First of all, I made these for my son’s Day Care Teachers (he has 3)

I found these cute little teacher folders on Madonna Dunne’s site and I thought that they were very appropriate.

I have used some of last year’s Tart and Tangy DSP and teamed it up with the matching Stamp set. I am really pleased with how they turned out and I hope they like them.

Inside there is  Post- It Note Block. A Paper clip Bookmark, a 2010 Calendar and a Notebook I made with my Bind-it All.

I personalised each of them with their name on the front cover. We are also giving them a coffee cup (very festive colours) filled with some yummy chocolates.

I put the inside a cello bag and tied it up with some of the gorgeous new Real Red polka dot ribbon that is now available in the Summer Mini and attached a gift card to the front.

 Next is a little package I made for a lovely lady from ESAD- SU ( a Yahoo group for SU Demos in Australia and New Zealand).

She sent me a lovely card and gift when Sophia was born and I wanted to return the gesture and make her a special little something.

 Finally I made myself a present: 

I made this cut little notebook for my handbag as I never seem to have a piece of paper when I am out and about. Once again I gave my Bind-It All a work out. I am loving this cute little machine. Michael bought it for me for Birthday in April and this is the first time I have really had a play with it. LOVE IT LOVE IT!

I have a few more Christmas gifts to show you but you will have to wait until after the weekend as they are suprise gifts for some friends and fellow stampers. 

Happy stamping