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!

12x12 Photo Frame

For my Mum's 60th back in July, I arranged for a Family Portrait, as it was rare that us 4 kids were in the same place at the same time!

I had brought a few of these 12x12 Photo Frames from Lincraft for only $9.95, they come in either black or white.

The base of the layout is a 12x12 piece of Taken with Teal, I have double matted the 8x10 photo on Rose Red and then onto Regal Rose. Using the Eastern Blooms Stamp Set from the Summer Mini (Page 8, $39.95), I stamped the cherry blossom image in Whisper White Ink. The pink flowers are cut out from a sheet from the Bali Breeze Designer Series Paper, some are glued directly down and others a raised using Stampin' Dimensionals. I then finished the layout with a few rub-ons from the Cherished Memories set (Page 141, $19.95).
Anthony thought the layout looked a little too girly as he pointed out there is a male in the photo!

More Samples...

Base of this card is Whisper White, I have used the Bali Breeze Designer Series Paper and matted this onto Pumpkin Pie and Taken with Teal Cardstock. I have used the new Scallop Edge punch along the bottom of the Taken with Teal card, so that the Pumpkin Pie cardstock shows along the base. Again I have stamped the flower image in Stazon Ink and coloured this in with the Aqua painter and Pumpkin Pie Ink.
Stamp Set:Embrace Life
This card was cased from Andrea Walford, again base of this card is Whisper White Cardstock, I have used Bali Breeze Designer Series Paper, matted this onto Certainly Celery and Taken with Teal Cardstock, I have covered the join with Purely Pomegranate Double Stitched Ribbon. I then matted the smaller Whisper White cardstock onto Old Olive Cardstock.
Stamp Sets: Embrace Life and Easrern Blooms.
Base of this card is River Rock, I have used Groovy Guava, and Basic Black Cardstock and Ginger Blossoms Designer Series Paper. I have finished this with Groovy Guava Double Stitched Ribbon.
Stamp Set: Embrace Life
And finally, base of this card is river Rock, again I have used Ginger Blossom Designer Series Paper matted on Basic Black cardstock and teamed with Groovy Guava cardstock. I finished with Basic Black 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.
Stamp Set: Embrace Life

Samples

Here are a few cards I have made using the Eastern Blooms and Embrace Life Stamp Sets and Bali Breeze and Ginger Blossom Designer Series Papers.

Base of this card is River Rock, I have matted the Designer Series Paper- Ginger Blossom onto Basic Black. I have then stamped the flower image in Stazon Ink onto Watercolour paper and coloured in using Groovy Guava ink and an Aqua painter.
Stamp Set: Embrace Life
Base of this card is Whisper White, using paper from the Bali Breeze Designer Series Papers, I again stamped in Stazon Ink onto Watercolour paper and coloured in the flower. I matted this onto Taken with Teal.
Stamp Set: Embrace Life
Base of this card is River Rock, as metioned above, I matted the Designer Seriers Paper-Ginger Blossom with Basic Black, I love the effect this creates. I have also used Groovy Guava cardstock. I have added 3 Square Rhinestone brads - Ice - in the bottom rectangle.
Stamp Set: Eastern Blooms

Embrace Life.... Ginger Blossom

A few more favourites from the new Summer Mini Catalogue are
Embrace Life Stamp Set (Page 19, $45.95) and
Designer Series Paper- Ginger Blossom(Page 18, $11.95)
I just love how these two products go hand in hand!
Coordinating Stampin' Up! Colours: Groovy Guave, Cameo Coral, Ruby Red, River Rock( I have also teamed this with Basic Black)

Eastern Blooms meets Bali Breeze...

This are two of my favourite items from the new Summer Mini Catalogue -
Eastern Blooms (Page 8, $39.95) and
Designer Series Paper - Bali Breeze (Page 9, $11.95).
The colours in these papers are fresh and crisp.
The coordinating Stampin' Up! Colours that go with these papers are: Taken with Teal, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Regal Rose.

Summer Mini Catalogue

The new Summer Mini Catalogue is now available and runs until the 31st March 2009.
There are some beautiful Stamp Sets which match perfectly with some of the new Designer Series Papers that will make you go ohh and ahh!!
If you wish to receive your copy please email me at julie.anthony@bigpond.com

Christmas Market Day

Recently I was asked to be involved in a Christmas Market Day. This was run by Tina from the Natural Beauty Retreat (who organised the Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser a few months ago) http://www.thenaturalbeautyretreat.aquawebsites.com/page/32774/default.asp

I had my display table set up with my Stampin' Up! products and then I ran 2 set classes for both Adults and Kids (2 classes for each with max of 6 in each). The day was a huge success and all who attended the classes loved the end product.

The first photo is of the cards in which the Adults made on the day-they made 4 Christmas Cards with matching envelopes (some designs were cased from different blogs, I apologise that I cannot remember which exact ones!)

The second photo is of the Kids Class-they all got to make a 9x9x9 Photo Cube, Mini Cards, Candy Cane tag, and Gift Tags.

And finally my display table on the day! (it looks messy underneath,but these were all the classes bagged and ready to be given to each guest)

Cards...

Here are a few cards and things I have made recently... they are a mix of items made from Hostess stamp sets, Spring Mini Catalogue items and Current Catalogue items.
I know I keep saying this but I really must try and keep my blog updated!!
I will try.. I promise!!

Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser

On Saturday the 18th October I was asked to be involved with a Breast Cancer Awareness Morning Tea Fundraiser which was held at Dulong near Maleny here on the Sunshine Coast.
The lady who organised the whole event was Tina Rossiter who runs The Natural Beauty Retreat. The event/morning tea was held on her property, and all the other stall holders were other home based/direct selling businesses from around the local area, the morning tea was $5 per person, I think Tina ended up with about 80 guests, mostly ladies!

Tina was putting together sample bags for everyone who attended on the day, so if you wanted to add anything about your business you had the chance. I made little matchbook holders in pink, when you opened it, I put a few lollies inside and put my details!

The were fantastic raffles which were also donated by local business and all proceeds were donated to Breast Cancer Awareness.
As this was the first time I had been involved with a fundraiser, I was unsure how things worked, but I thought I would see if Stampin' Up! would donate a few products for a great cause, so I was blown away when I arrived home one afternoon to find a HUGE box on my door step, when I opened it I was amazed at how much stock they had donated. I packaged them all up, I think in the end I ended up donating about 8 raffles. The first photo above is of all the raffles donated by Stampin' Up!

The second photo is of a bouquet of flowers I had made especailly for my stall to make it pretty, and this was down by iblossom. It was stunning and quite a few people commented on it also.

It was a fantastic organised event thanks to Tina and everyone had a lovely day!

My New Craft Room

Mum's 60th Birthday Invites

Next month is my Mum's 60th. These are the invitations I made for her party.
Using Wisper White Card, Almost Amethyst Card Stock, Almost Amethyst Ink, So Swirly Jumbo Wheel, Scallop Punch and Organza Ribbon (retired from last year's catalogue), the silver "Coralie's 60th" is a sticker which I got made from a company called Peppermint Products (from Melbourne).
On the inside of the invitation, my sister Angela did the photo of mum (when she was a teenager), I printed this onto vellum and then attached with small silver Heart brads.
For her birthday cake I am doing cupcakes, so at the moment I am trying out receipes and different types of frostings, this is one I made today, the pink frosting is way too bright and flavoured with raspberry! I am going to do a lilac frosting to match the invites, with lilac candied flowers on the day.

Card and Gift Box for Liz

This birthday card and matching gift box I made for my good friend Liz a few weeks ago.The card design I cased from a US demonstrator, Kira Carter, which I saw on a copy of "onstage", I changed the colours and used the Fall Flowers Designer Series Paper.

Happy Birthday Alf....

On the 12th January it was my stepdad's, Alf's birthday... Very quick and easy design...

Stamp Sets:Birthday Whimsy and Stamp of Authenticity

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip,Old Olive and Bashful Blue

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Printed Paper: Designer Series DoubleSided Paper: Holiday Thyme

Other:Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon

It's A Girl.....

On Friday the 4th January Anthony's brother Tim and his partner Janine had a baby girl,

Zali May. All are doing well!

This is the card I made for them.

Stamp Set: All in the Family and All Year Cheer 1

Cardstock: Pretty in Pink and Whisper White

Ink: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink and Basic Black

Printed Paper: Designer Series Doublesided Paper:Loves Me

Other: Light Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Watercolour Crayons: Bold Brights, Aqua Painter, Clear Embossing Powder and Marvy Giga Punch Scalloped Square.

Wild Weather in Queensland

As most of you are aware the weather here in Queensland has been pretty bad lately, we've had rain nearly everyday since Christmas Eve.

On Sunday afternoon, we went over to Coolum to check out the beach! It was blowing a gale,raining and rough.

Here are a few photos from the point at Coolum, even though the weather was crappy and the beaches are closed there were still heaps of people out walking and checking out the beach!!