Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Merry Christmas


Here is a photo of the Christmas card that I made to give to my team, I wanted to do something a little different. It has taken me ages to make them all (still working on a few) by the time I did all the cutting etc but worth the effect. It looks like a penguin march when all the cards are lined up lol. I wanted to make a few more for some of the wider team but sadly have run out of time, that will teach me for leaving things to the last minute but like most people there are so many things that need doing and not enough hours in the day.
Anyway I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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Monday, December 21, 2009

Crimped Envelope & Card


It is funny because when you tell your friends that you are going to make a crimped envelope pocket and card they usually think "is that it, boring!!" lol but when they see it they love it. I love Stampin' Up! envelopes because the quality of them is fantastic so you can use them for more than just placing a card in. Making this crimped envelope pouch is quick, easy but very effective and is ideal for putting a card in, money, vouchers etc. There are a few different things you can make using the envelopes so if you want to know more give me a call.
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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Our little Angel


I know this has nothing to do with Stampin' Up! but I just had to share this photo of our little girl Natasha in her first school production. They sang a song twinkle, twinkle little star but changed alot of the words in it. Both my husband Gary and I were so proud of our daughter she did so well singing away and doing all the actions. Natasha is in the middle with the pigtails. It was soooo cute watching them all up on stage.
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Heart Treat Pouch


These little treat pouches are soooo cute and make a wonderful small gift for somebody special. They are very quick and easy to make but very effective. Natasha (my little girl) gave these and some of the other small gifts (prev posts) to her teachers at the end of the school term to say thanks, they loved them.
We also recently had an extravaganza in Hamilton and this is one of the projects that we got everybody to make. Thanks for sharing this fantastic idea with me Rayleen, it really is a fab little project.
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I made these cute little decorations for hanging on the tree, I love the colours because they are nice and bright. I usually am an earth colours girl so this is a bit of a change for me lol. The reindeer one has chocolate raisens in it and the snowman has yoghurt raisens. I got the idea from Pauline and Michelle from Napier and I loved the little saying they had made up to put in the inside of the little treat pouch, they are both lovely and very talented ladies. Here is the saying that is inside.
I hear you've been naughty. So listen... here's the scoop! Instead of getting sweets this year. You get reindeer (or snowman) poop.
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Small Christmas Crackers


I decided it would be neat to make these little Christmas Crackers for our family get together on Christmas Day. They all contain a toblerone which I am sure will go down a treat in our household lol. These are not going to go bang on the day but the great thing about them is you can reuse them if you want to and they do not cost alot of money to make. We can always rely on my Mum for buying the ones that do make a noise so the kids will be entertained with them lol. I got the idea from my wonderful upline Rachael, thanks for sharing how to make them with me.
Delys and I recently did a show in Rotorua and I made up a few of these and some other goodies to sell on the day and they were very popular.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Christmas Goodies


Christmas is my favourite time of the year and I love creating home made gifts because it is nice to give your family or friends something that has been made with a whole lot of love. I will post some of my other gifts later on. In this photo I have made a gift basket containing chocolates, card, bag in a box, Christmas cracker and a lollipop decoration for the tree. These are all alot of fun to make and very easy to do once you know how.
In case you are wondering yes these are the same ones that are in our add in the latest Up 2 Scrap magazine.
I run classes each month teaching you how to make cards and 3D items so if you are interested in attending just send me and I will get in contact with you.


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Christmas Tree decorations

I thought these little Christmas Tree decorations were very effective but ever so simple to make. Shona D brought them along to the training day and gave us all a quick run down on how to make them. Thanks for sharing the idea with us Shona, I look forward to having a go at making them.
I wanted to share so many other photos with you but my camera batteries died so I did not get photos of everything I wanted so will tell you about our day instead.
Stephanie started the day off with a quiz, neat way of finding out who knows about what is in the catalogue. Natasha (my little girl) then played Santa and handed everybody a present, everybody opened them only to find out when their name got pulled out of the container they got to swap with anybody else in the room. It was funny watching everybody trying to swap the hard boiled egg and the milk bottle top that was a decoration (at the end they got their real present). Everybody also played a memory game and the winners received prizes.
Shona Edmonds, Shona Davy and Vicky-Lee then all shared things they had made like the little decorations.
Delys was the first to do a make n takes and taught us how to make a cute little box. Bev, Rhonda and Shona E taught us all to make a slice of cake with a neat paper flower on the top (my batteries had died by then so missed out on taking a photo of the cake put together but it did look very impressive). Juliette then made a cute little hanging Santa decoration and Rayleen show us how to make a fantastic Christmas tree decoration.
Then right at the very end we played a couple more quick but fun games like drawing a particular punch blind folded and doing a word search I had made up Stampin' Up products hehe, yes there were some more prizes given out.
It was alot of fun and I really appreciate all my team joining in and helping me out to make the day even more enjoyable.
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Team Challange


I decided since it was a Christmas Party we should be playing games and having alot of fun so one of the many things we did on the day was a team challange. The challange was everybody could choose between 4 cardstock colour, 2 stamp sets, 4 inkpad colours and a variety of products like punches, daubers, circle scissor plus, mat pack etc. The results were fantastic as you can see in the photo, so many totally different cards using exactly the same products. The first card is the one my little girl Natasha (5 years old) made, she wanted to join in as well and totally designed hers up on her own. She even cut out a butterfuy and put it on top of a flower, how cute is that lol, yes I am a very proud mother.
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WOW very clever


Trust Delys to come up with something totally different lol, I was not expecting to get a little bag of goodies that included a party blower that really works, lollies etc. I love it and have no intentions of giving it to my little girl, yep she keeps eyeing this one up and wants to use that party blower lol. Well done Delys for a job well done.
We also got some other really fantastic swaps as well so want to thank everybody on my team for putting in so much effort.
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Cute Card


This lovely card was made by Kristine McNickle and she used the Butterfly Prints and co-ordinating butterfly punch. I really love this set and I was impressed with the way Kristine has stamped the flowers so that they are 2 toned and even created her own personal colour while making it. Kristine kindly show us on the day how she created her card and I am sure there would have been a few racing home to try it out. Well done Kristine your card is lovely.
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This is soooo cute


Shona Davy made this fantastic little Watering Can which is adorable, I have not seen anything like it before so was thrilled when I received it as a swap. At this stage the chocolate is still inside it because my little girl has not spotted it lol but not sure how much longer it will last for. Anyway back to telling you a little more about this cute as swap, Shona has used the Hello Again stamp set which is a bargain at only $25.95. Well done Shona your swap is a real little cutie.
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Neat little Box


This little box was made by Bev Poultney and she has used the Tall Tales designer paper from the new mini catalogue and she even put chocolates in as well yum. I really love the shape and design of this little box and it would make a lovely little gift for somebody (no I am not parting with my one lol I like it far to much to part with it). Bev loves making 3D items and comes up with some fantastic projects, well done Bev.
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Another Fantastic Swap


This card was created by Rhonda Fawcett from Matamata and I love it. Rhonda has embossed the turtle shell and cut it out to give it a 3D effect and then coloured it in. I like the snake skin effect that she has made on the strip of paper that also on the card that we learnt at the regional training day. Well done Rhonda your card is fantastic.
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Awesome Card


This is the swap I received from Stephanie Fitzpatrick and I wanted to share it with you because it truely is amazing. When I first saw it I thought Stephanie had used a paper that we do not have but was very impressed to learn that it had started off as a white piece of cardstock and she used her inkpads to created the background effect. All I can say is WOW, well done Stephanie.
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