Stampin’ Up! has been doing a little year-end cleaning, and we’ve got some great deals to offer you! Our Year-End Closeouts will include holiday catalogue retiring products, clearance rack items and current high-inventory catalogue products.
These products won’t last….so don’t miss out!
Here is a link..
Yesterday, my son Robert was having a chat to his Dad about one of his subjects, Modern History. I reminded them that we have an old suitcase in the shed with lots of bits and pieces from Europe, brought over by my Father in-law.
My husbands family came from Croatia and moved to Australia after the War.
So we went in search for this suitcase…..
We found an old suitcase (thinking it was the one we were after), we cleaned it up and brought it inside.
It was so funny because here was my 17 yr old son looking at this case and wondering how to open it.
“Are there keys?”
He had never seen a suitcase before with locks like this.
So I showed him how it opened and had a good laugh…how times have changed.
Unfortunately it wasn’t my father in-laws case but it was my mother in-laws.
We found her sewing box, old costume jewellery, photos and some Bibles (written in German and Croatian). We also found my husbands school records which he had thought were thrown out years ago.
But the treasure we did find was my mother in-laws cook book, with all her hand written recipes.
What a find….but they are all written in Croatian. Now I just have to get translated.
Last year my husband wanted to have a Croatian Christmas with traditional food and we didn’t know where this cook book was. So I down loaded recipes from the internet and we gave them a go.
It was a fun Christmas Lunch and it was great trying different food to what we would normally have. I made sure that we took photo’s of me making these recipes and of them on our table for Christmas lunch. And put these photos into my 2016 Christmas Project Life Album…they are a great reminder.
So this year if I can get these recipes translated in time…I maybe able to make some of these goodies for Christmas lunch this year too…
So whats the reason behind all this..
Memories are great, get them out of those old suitcases and share them. take photos and remember the stories.
A great way to do this is through Memory Keeping and Project Life.
Project Life gives you a simple way to get photos into albums so you can tell the stories and share with family and friends.
Go to my shop and check out the Seasonal catalogue for this years Hallo December Project Life Card Collection, Accessory pack, 6 x 8 Emerald Envy ASlbum and Pocket pages.
This is only available until 3rd January 2017
To find out more about project life contact me and attend one of my classes where I can help you to get started.
What came before cards?
or
What other crafts do you do besides making cards?
I love CRAFT….it was more a case of what didn’t I do.
Sew, Knit,Tapestry, Cross stitch, Silk ribbon Emb., Pulled thread…oh’ the list goes on!
I did anything I could get my hands on, tried everything…
Here is a quick run down of what lead me to now…
Why card making and Stampin’ Up! ?
Creating cards and Stampin’ Up! came about because I had a need to craft. Joe, our boys and I had to renovate the house we lived in. So everything was packed into boxes.
After 6mths living in a caravan and another 6mths living in a dusty house I was itching to do some sort of craft. I had attended a couple of Stampin’ Up! card workshops and liked what I saw.
It was something (at the time) I could store in a box and do anywhere. Anywhere was my kitchen. which was in those days a fold up table in the door way of the shed with a BBQ at one end and a potable cook top at the other.
Here I am cooking a cake in my kitchen on top of the BBQ
So it became my hobby to start with…it was another 4 years before I joined Stampin’ Up!
Why Stampin’ Up! ?
I looked at a couple of business that sold stamps and Stampin’ Up! offered something unique.
So as they say the rest is HISTORY…
I joined!
5 years down the track nothing has changed (except I don’t cook in the shed any more),
I still enjoy card making.
I have gone back to Scrapbooking/Memory Keeping also.
And its with Stampin’ Up!…..its just called Project Life.
I’m no longer wanting to do this as a hobby (which you can) but I’m wanting to make this a business.
MY BUSINESS!
So that I can share it with everyone, why keep it to myself when there are others out there that will enjoy it as much as I am.
Join my team and come with me on a Journey, an adventure of a lifetime.
This is a song we sing at Christmas when we celebrate the birth of Christ Jesus…..
It is a song that brings JOY to my heart at the thought
of the coming of our King.
Christmas is not only about gifts and food
its about the JOY in knowing Jesus Christ was Born.
The challenge by Global Design Project this week is a Sketch Challenge.
My card today I have kept very simple.
I love plaids in the Warmth & Cheer Designer Series Paper Stack
(it must be the touch of Scottish in me).
And this card needed only a simple statement
“Joy to the World”.
This stamp can be found in the Tin of Tags Stamp Set..
it is such a wonderful set which I have used a number of times.
I have kept the colour palette to the same colours as in the plaid,
using the black to add pop to the Garden Green and Crumb Cake.
The Dazzling Diamonds adds that bit of BLING!
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Not only are stitches a classic trend, they illustrate the quality, precision, and extra care taken when creating a piece. Giving a stitched gift shows just how much you value that relationship. Now you have the opportunity to purchase Stitched Shapes Framelits ahead of their official release in the 2017-2018 annual catalogue and get 25% off coordinating stamp sets. With Stitched Shapes Framelits you can make paper stitches in seconds, turning any project into one that is stitched from the heart.
Not only can you purchase this early-release set of 12 dies, you can also purchase the stamp sets that bring out the beauty of the Stitched Shapes Framelits – and they are all 25% off!
Don’t wait too long to order your now, contact me today!
Are you like me and take lots of photos over the Christmas season of events, your children, Grand-children….then what do you do with them …leave them on your phone….get them printed and then they go into that draw or box.
Well I have the solution… Project Life – by Becky Higgins and Stampin’ Up!
It is a fun and great way to get your photos into albums to share with family and friends.
How about preparing your album before December even starts and then all you need to do is slip in the photos and add our journaling…its so simple!
Book a workshop and let me show you and your friends how easy and simple it is…..gone are the days we spent hours or even days over one page (though you can still do this if you wish).
I’m loving Project Life and its simplicity and I would love to share it with you.
As part of Stampin’ Up!’s 10-year anniversary celebration, we are offering something special to all crafting lovers. This Stampin’ Up!-branded scrap bin was designed exclusively to mark this special occasion and is so cute that it will stand out on your craft table or in your office for all the right reasons. We know that when you craft you always have rubbish, so why not dispose of it in something eye-catching and fun.
Book a workshop today and receive one of these fantastic bins.
Do you remember the last time you received a card in the mail?
In a sea of junk mail and bills, a card is a simple thing that really stands out to the person who receives it. Sending a card is a small gesture that shows just how much you care about that special someone in your life. With World Card Making Day on 1 October, celebrate by making and sending a handmade card to someone who could use a little recognition, love, or just a boost (which is anyone, really!).
And in celebration of World Card Making Day, from 1-5 October, you can save up to 25% on cardmaking essentials that can be used to share your love all year long!
The New 2016 Holiday Catalogue has just been released….have you seen or even had a try of some of the wonderful new products as yet?
Through this Blog Hop you will find many wonderful ways in which you can use these products….
If you have just arrived from Kathryn Ruddick’s Blog or are starting this adventure with me ,I would like to welcome you and say…..
“Hi and I hope you enjoy this experience”
Make sure to click each link to see all of the wonderful creations.
I love Christmas and I love Santa.
My parents every Christmas Eve would gather my sisters and I together
and read to us “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
by Clement Clarke Moore
So I love the traditional Santa decided below
Hi all……
Its been a long time…I have busy over the last month or two with
a new shop that has opened here in my local town. Its called Highland Handmade
( have made reference to it in other posts), in making products to sell.
Good news I’m back!
I have also updated my blog and worked out how to use Lightbox Plugins…
so now you can enlarge the pictures I add.
(so exciting!)
Well this weeks Challenge from Global Design Project is a Colour Challenge
Love these 3 colours together, so fresh and since its almost spring I had to do something with flowers.
Now this wasn’t an easy…..I had an idea in my head and everytime time I stamped I made a mistake.
So after multi attempts, this morning it all came together.
These flowers and leaves are a 3 step stamping process.
!. Stamp the outline image of the flower
2. Stamp the flower all over colour ( stamping off to lighten colour onto scratch paper)
3. Stamp detail image.
I have also layered the flowers using a Masking Technique.
The beautiful sentiment I have used from the Floral Phrases Stamps
The inside of the card I have used some of my extra card fronts….trimming the bottom away and mounting it onto
a piece of Daffodil Delight
Now I just need to workout how I’m going to use all the extra flowers I have…LOL!
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