New Catalogue for 2016 – 2017 is HERE!

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Click on the picture and this will take you directly to the catalogue

This is the Australian Priced Catalogue.

Today I had my Catalogue Launch Party and

it was a lot of fun.

Here is pictures of some of my displays.

Some of my cards have been CASed from the Catalogue and Pinterest.

I will post individual cards up later, I just wanted to get these up to

show you all the fun I had setting it up.

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Hope you enjoy see my photo’s.

There’s a new business opening soon near me…..

I’m so excited….

There is a new business open up here in Moss Vale.

Moss Vale is a quite little farming community (this how I look at it),

its part of 3 major towns Mittagong, Bowral and Moss Vale and then lots of little outlying villages.

And we make up part of an area called Southern Highlands.

Its a tourist area will Berrima being one of its major draw cards.

We’re not far outside Sydney so is always great for a drive in the country.

Well to get back to Moss Vale and new business…..the business is called

“Highlands Handmade”

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And the EXCITING bit is…… I will have my cards and other crafts items there to sell.

So if ever you are down this way call into Moss Vale and call in to see Angus

and have a look at what the locals here can make.

Now!…..it’s NOT open yet, so I will let you know when the doors are open.

SO STAY TUNED!

Global Design Project #034 | Sketch Challenge

Over the past couple of weeks I have been so absorbed in my Project Life Album that I ran out of time to do a

card for Global Design Project.

So I have really enjoyed jumping back in and coming up with this card.

The Sketch Challenge depicted a card with a wash of colour and a sentiment over the top.

It can be adapted in any way we choose…literally or loosely.

I have a tendency to complicate things

for myself but this time I have tried to stay true to the design.

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I have used three colours to achieve the wash on my card.

Those colours being Mellon Mambo, Pacific Point and Bermuda Bay.

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I have kept this very simple as I wanted the colour wash to be the “Hero” of the card.

The sentiment taken from the First Sight Stamp Set gives a wisp of whimsical to the card.

HINT: In doing the wash allow each colour to dry before adding the next colour.

Something I tend not to do as I have an idea in my head and I want it on paper.

 

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Exciting News…..On Stage 2016 and Retiring products

This has been such an exciting week……..On Saturday I attended the Stampin’ Up! On Stage Event…

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this where as Demonstrators we here about the new and upcoming catalogues and I now have one in my hands…….

Here is a quick look at the new products taken from display boards at On Stage

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But watch out for the invite to come to my Launch Party which will be happening a little later this year.
Here I am just before the start (sorry about the selfie…haven’t perfected this as yet)

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In the South Pacific, we’re celebrating 10 years at our On Stage Local events! ‪#‎onstage2016‬

It was a fantastic experience……and I would love you all to be able to join me for the next one…

but there is one small catch..you need to be a Demonstrator. So if you are thinking about it contact me and let me share the benefits with you.

NOW FOR THE OTHER EXCITING NEWS……..

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The list is available of all the products that will be leaving the catalogue and some of the products are reduced up to 50%……

but get in quick as its only until 31st may or while stocks last.

Here’s the link to my STORE – The Retiring Products.

There are so many great products on there..Stamps, Designer Series Paper, Embossing Folders…there is so much, so make sure you have a look

So over the coming weeks I will be posting about next months classes and some extra classes I will be running on Saturdays.

Have a great day……Keep Stampin’ Up!

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Remember you can contact me at anytime and book “Workshops” for you and your friends or about joining me for Classes.

 

Global Design Project #031 | Theme Challenge

This week the GDP Team have given us a Theme Challenge and it’s NATURE.

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Wow…that’s giving us a broad scope….God’s Creation.

Many years ago…. before children even before my wonderful Husband.

I got the chance to travel to the Northern Territory with a group of friends (5 of us – five girls, one boy). It was great, my first real holiday.

We flew to Darwin, hired a car (thank goodness they up graded it for us, as 5 people in a small car plus luggage was going to be a bit squishy –

but that’s what you do when your young to keep costs down) and traveled down to Ayers Rock over a 2 week period.

So many stories I could tell…but today I only want to share one.

One of the places we stopped at was Katherine Gorge on Katherine River. A naturally beautiful place on the river.

Its made up of 13 gorges but my friends and I only saw the first three,well to be truthful they saw 3, I saw 2 and the beginning of the third.

We hired 2 x 2 man canoe’s and 1  x 1 man Canoe/ Kayak  ..which I used (I was much younger and fitter back them …much fitter)

In between each gorge was “Rock Bars/Banks”, which you had to get the canoe’s over and every time we had to get out of the canoe’s

I just fell out or rolled out. I ended up very wet…….but so much fun!

Anyway we got to the end of the second gorge and the rock bank had a lovely tree growing on it and a nice little spot to sit. So I let the others go

on as I didn’t want to go further to climb a cliff face and jump into the water…I’d fallen in enough..LOL!

But sitting there under the tree I relaxed and was fascinated by these beautiful “Dragonfly’s” all different colours….

 so beautiful and so much God’s Wonderful Creation.

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So my card today reflects on this time…the friends I shared this time with and the beauty of NATURE.

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ON STAGE 2016

It’s so exciting……

This Saturday I’m going to Sydney….yeh! I know Sydney’s not that exciting,

but its whats happening in Sydney that is exciting.

Stampin’ Up “On Stage”….WOW!

This is where Demonstrators around Australia get together to learn new things, meet and to see whats going to be NEW!

I have never been to one of these events before so I’m really looking forward to it.

Have been busy making SWAPS to swap with others…

Here’s a hint of mine.

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Will post some of the Swaps I get back after Saturday.

I”M SO EXCITED!!!!!

Just Add Ink # 305 – Sketch Challenge!

This week Just Add Ink have put up a sketch Challenge.

Head over to Just Add Ink’s page and have a look at the wonderful cards done by the design team.

You can click on the link below and it will direct you there……enjoy!

Click HERE

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I have kept my card very simple by using 3 papers from Everyday Chic Designer Series Paper.

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This paper is all in Black and white and can be easily coloured by sponging, braying or spritzing..

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I have decided to sponged my card with Bermuda Bay making the colour strong at the bottom and taking it back to near white at the top.

By mounting it on black makes the intensity of the colour “POP”

Along with a simple sentiment and a couple sequence this card is complete.

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Global Design Project #029 | Colour Challenge

“This week is most definitely a challenge for us all – we know that you are up it.

We can either thank or be frustrated with my husband Bruno Bertucci for coming up with this colour combo depending on how you feel about it.”

So this colour Combo was Bruno’s idea, Kylie………mmmmm!

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Interesting combination but once I started working out what I was going to do, it all came together.

With this card I wanted to keep it light and soft with a look of being Antique.

These 3 colours are such strong colours and can easily over power each other but they work so well together.

I have used Crumb Cake Card stock as my White because I didn’t want a stark bright contrast. The Crumb Cake softens and blends the colours.

The Rose image I stamped in Early Espresso and then used the Blender Pen to bring the colour out and give shading Adding a touch more Early Espresso from the stamp pad.

The edges of the Deco Labels Framelit was sponged in the Early Espresso.

On the card I stamped the texture stamp from “You’ve Got This” Stamp Set in the 2 colours overlapping them.

The ribbon used is the Seam Binding in Crumb Cake (discontinued), this was dampened by spraying with water and then

scrunching ribbon and stamping directly on top with the two colours….Tangelo Twist and Bermuda Bay.

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Hope you enjoy this card

Keep on Stampin’ Up!

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What do you do with Designer Series Paper or Scrapbooking Card stock that’s left over?

For those of us that are Demonstrators with Stampin’ Up! & DSP has retired but still have some left over

or

you have a collection of printed Cardstock & you are not sure how you are going to use it all.

or

 you now do Project Life and don’t need all that 12 x 12 card stock.

I have a few ideas…

  1. Sell it on Ebay or sale/swap sites (following the SU Manual)
  2. Give it away to schools or preschools
  3. Give as a gift to young girls (or boys) that love to do crafts
  4. Cut it into 10 x 15cm ( 4 x 6″) pieces to use as Project Life Cards

I have done all of these over the years except for No.4..Project Life Cards, until today.

Over this weekend I have started catching up on getting my photo’s sorted.

Usually I would recommend with starting with the most recent photos as these you can remember the details.

But I’m not taking my own advise here….I have started at 2008.

One of my previous post explains this a little…..

while sorting photo’s for my sons 21st I came across photos that showed a milestone event that happened in out lives.

I ways meant to put them in an album but like most of us I hadn’t got around to it.

Now I’m working on catching up these lost years…which makes for lots of pages to do.

So to get back to the excess card stock……

 I have started my Project Life album from 2008..

so I will need lots of Cards to fill a few gaps.

So I have cut up some of my Card stock (DSP) into 10 x 15cm (4 x 6 “) pieces.

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They are there ready to go when I need them…

I have also spent a little bit of time organising my Project Life trolly,

I have taken the lid and placed it behind the base and put a rubber band around them to keep them together.

This allows for extra storage for the Accessories packs you can purchase to go with your cards and keeps them together in families.

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In some of box lids where I don’t have the  accesories left I have placed the DSP I have cut.

Its all ready to go..whether I’m working at the dinning room table or in my office…

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Happy Project Life-ing!

 

Weekly Deals 30.3.16 – 5.4.16

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WOW!

What great Weekly Deals we have this week…..and again too hard to pick which one I like the best.

But its going to be ……

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This is great if you have the Big Shot..as you can cut the card with score lines and circle cut out…

and look at all the extra’scircle-card-thinlits-die-idea-from-SUThis card was done by Meg Loven and really shows what you can do with this Thinlit Die.