Matchbox Present Box

I made this cute little box, as a present for a friend. The box actually slides in and out like a box of matches. I filled it with Partylite tealights (you should smell this when it it's opened,mmm, strawberry rhubarb-it smells devine).

Stamps: Seeing Spots

Paper: Whisper White, Taken with Teal,Old Olive, DS Paper Bali Breeze

Ink: Taken with Teal

Accessories: Turquoise Grosgrain Ribbon, Hodgepodge Hardware- Silver, Silver Cord

Happy 1st Birthday Zali

This is a birthday card I made for Anthony's niece Zali who turned 1 earlier this month.
The set I used is a non Stampin' Up! set from Verve Stamps, this set is called Cupcake Affair. I love the designs of these stamps and they also have a great blog that you can get fantastic ideas from heaps of talented ladies http://www.vervestamps.blogspot.com/

Note Books

I got the idea and instructions for these note books from Kirsten Werner's blog (http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/)
They were quick and easy to make!!

New Blog Name

Hi all just letting you know that I have changed my Blog name from My Scrapbook Library to Creations in Paper. I thought Creations in Paper was a more appropriate name for the type of work that is displayed on my Blog.
My blog address of http://myscrapbooklibrary.blogspot.com will remain the same at this point in time, (as I have just got new business cards with this printed on it, so I will have to wait for them to run out) but in the future I will change this also.
Have a great day..

Paper Angel...

For Christmas from my Upline Liz, I received this beautiful handmade gift.
The name of our Stampin' Up! group is called Paper Angels. (re the shape of the journal-Angel Wings)
I believe she made about 25 of these, all the same shape but different colours.
Liz is so talented, I wonder were she finds the time to fit everything in (she also has 4 kids).
So Thank you Liz for making this a wonderful group to be apart of!

Presents...

For Christmas Presents for my downlines, I decorated a 2009 Diary for each of them.
They were fairly simple, I decorated the front covers, using Stampin' Up! Rub-ons and then punched a Scallop Circle Punch (P142 $30.95) to hide the original logo (sorry, the photo's have too much shine on them) .
Then on the inside page, I covered the existing front page with Cardstock, punching the left hand side using the Spiral Punch (P142 $20.95).
Using the initial of their first name, I covered On Board Simon Chipboard Lower Letters (P140 $20.95) with Crystal Effects (P148 $11.95) and then I sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds (P148 $8.50) over the top and set these aside overnight to dry.
With the letter "H", once the glitter had dried, I then stamped the swirl from the "Priceless" stamp set (P105 $48.95) in Purely Pomegranate, you can sort of see this on the "H" if you look closely!!

Sale-A-Bration Samples

Card 1:
I used Tempting Turquoise for the base of the card, using Whisper White I ran this through my Cuttlebug, with my Spellbinders Nestabilites (which I have had for a while now but never seem to find the time to get it all out and use them).
I stamped the small flower image from the Eastern Blooms Stamp set (from current Summer Mini Page 8 $39.95) twice in Old Olive and once in Tempting Turquoise, then I added a little bling in the centre of each flower. I then stamped the Congratulations (Congrats set from the Sale-A-Bration) in basic black.
Card 2:
You will see with this card I CASED the basic design and style from the sample that is on the front on the Sale-A-Bration catalogue.
I used Apricot Appeal as the base, matted the Whisper White cardstock onto a piece of Lovely Lilac. Using "Polka Dot Punched" stamp set (P4) from Sale-A-Bration, I stamped all the images randomly onto the Whisper White card using Apricot Appeal, Lovely Lilac, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Cameo Coral. Using my Colour Coach, I looked up Apricot Appeal, and then I just used all the Coordinating and Complementary Colours.
I have also used the "Say It With Scallops" stamp set(Page 16 $31.95) and Scallop Punch (Page 17 $30.95) from the Summer Mini Catalogue, and I stamped this in Purely Pomegranate.
I punch 2 of the images from the "Polka Dot Punches" set with the Scallop Circle Punch (Page 142 $30.95)
I used Light Orchid Ribbon (which was from last years Catalogue)
Card 3:
This is one of my favourite cards! Simple and plain!
The base of the card is Whisper White, I punched 3 squares out of Elegant Eggplant cardstock using the 1 3/8" Square Punch (P142)
I stamped the flower images from the "Botanical Bloom" stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration (Page 2) onto Whisper White using Elegant Eggplant ink, (this is a 2 Step Stampin' Set) then I punched out all 3 flower images using the 1 1/4" Square Punch (P142).
When I attached the white squares, I slightly turned them so that there was quite a bit of Elegant Eggplant showing.
I stamped Congratulations from "Congrats"stamp set from Sale-A-Bration (P6) in Elegant Eggplant ink.

As mentioned in earlier posts, Sale-A-Bration has started here in Australia! To find out more or to see the Free Sale-A-Bration stamp sets available this year, please click on the Sale-A-Bration Flyer (which is on the left of the screen).

SALE-A-BRATION IS HERE!!

For those customers who can remember from January last year…. Sale-A-Bration .... starts January 2009

What is Sale-A-Bration?

Sale-A-Bration is Stampin’ Up!’s way of showing our appreciation to hostesses, customers and new recruits. Each year, Stampin’ Up! Designs exclusive Sale-A-Bration products that will never be available again. Customers cannot buy them, they earn them for free!

Customers for every $100 you spend, you will receive a FREE Sale-A-Bration stamp set of your choice (4 to choose). Spend $100 get 1, Spend $200 get 2, spend $300 and get 3 or Spend $400 and get all 4! You can place as many orders as you wish! Collect all 4.

Hostesses in addition to earning traditional hostess benefits, if you have a workshop in January or February 2009 and your workshop totals over $600, you get to choose a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set as well and if you place your own order of over $100. If your workshop total is over $1200, you get to choose 2 free Sale-A-Bration stamp sets.

Recruits thinking of joining Stampin’ Up! As a Demonstrator?? Sale-A-Bration may be the most fun time to join Stampin’ Up! all year.

Recruits get to choose a free Stamp Set from the Catalogue & Idea Book (up to $79.95) as well as all the other great products in the Starter Kit!!

Sale-A-Bration is available until the 28th February 2009. If you want to know more... then please contact me.

I also have attached a link to a copy of the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue, you can view the 4 FREE Stamp Sets which will be available to you when you spend $100 in January and February 2009. http://www3.stampinup.com/au/documents/SAB09_AUS_NZ.pdf

Happy New Year!!

Wishing you and your families all the very best in 2009!