Getting Organised

Well in little over a week, I will have to go back to work teaching music at a local primary school. It also means that my DD will also being going back to school. This year she is in Grade One. I spent Friday covering all her school books. I decided that I would cover her books in butcher's paper, stamp on them and then cover them in clear contact. Here is my efforts!

Her scrap books!

Her writing books.
We picked 4 colours... Pixie Pink, Lovely Lilac, Tempting Turquoise and Glorious Green. I printed out her name and her class on the computer and then punched them out using the 1 1/4" circle punch. I then layered them with the 1 3/8" circle and the scallop circle punch using these colours. She then picked out the stamp sets that she liked and we stamped away.
I know that no-one else will have their books covered the same way so she will be able to find her books easily.
She is happy with them and we had fundoing it together.
Cheers
Chrissie

Catching Up

I know... wow my second post for today!


While I have been away I have been awarded a Kreativ Blogger Award by Rebecca and Nerine. I am trully humbled by this award and thank both of these beautiful ladies for honouring me with this award.


Now I need to award it to 5 other bloggers, but everyone I was going to award it to has already been awarded it... so I will give it to 3 people's blog who I love going to for inspiration!

Louise
Amy
Zarna

Cheers
Chrissie

Some Away Time

Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and that 2009 is not causing too many troubles just yet. I had a very relaxing Christmas with my family... my 2 beautiful children were very excited with the surprises that Santa left for them under the tree. There is something very special about Christmas and little children isn't there?
I have been a very bad blogger lately... actually I have been quite disorganied. I only sent out my Christmas cards on New Years Eve!
I have some cards to show you today that we made at a class I had in early December. It was an Emergency Birthday Card Kit. We made 8 cards, with envelopes in a Bag-a-lope.








All the cards used the same stamp set-Eastern Blooms which is in the Summer Mini Catalogue. For these cards, I decided to use something that I have never used before- Kraft cardstock. I combined it with Blue Bayou and Cameo Coral- again a colour combo I have not used before. I added some Kraft Taffeta ribbon, Blue Bayou Double Stitched ribbon, White Grosgrain ribbon dyed Cameo Coral and some hemp Twine. I also made an amazing discovery- Sahara Sand ink matches very well with Kraft card. Sorry I don't have a photo of the Bag-a-lope sorry because I gave mine away as a Christmas gift before taking a photo of it!
I hope you like these cards.
More soon I prosmise!
Cheers
Chrissie

Where have I been?

I've been on holidays!!!!
We have just returned from a fabulous week away down at Hastings Point in Northern NSW. For the second year, my two sisters and their families holidayed with us at the caravan park. It was very relaxing... lots of swimming, eating, sandcastle making, sleeping, eating, "world series" cricket, eating.... you get the idea! I didn't take any stamping toys with me so I have nothing to show you... but I promise I will in the next few days!
Cheers
Chrissie

Ocean Commotion

Well the new Summer Mini catty is here and it is just fabulous!!! So when I had a class to plan for my friends at school... I knew I had to choose one! But which one??? I decided on Ocean Commotion as it is just sooooo pretty.

For the first card, I used Close to Cocoa, Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White. We stamped the seahorse in cocoa, then cut him out and mounted him on a bashful circle, a navy scallop and then a white circle. We used the seaweed stamp to create a background. We used the navy marker to edge white ribbon and joined the medallion with some hemp twine.

This second card I cased from my upline Kim. I changed the colours to Groovy Guava and Wild Wasabi. We stamped the fish and cut it out and then stuck it to the seaweed using dimentionals.

The last card I designed using a favourite layout of mine. We used Lovely Lilac and Basic Black. We stamped the picture images in lilac and then punched them out using the 1 1/4" square punch. We then used the spiral punch to create the filmstrip look.
The ladies had a great time making these cards. I hope you like them too!
Cheers
Chrissie

Tying Up Christmas

Stampin' Up! is having a fabulous special this month. Spend $20 in catalogue merchandise and qualify to purchase select items at 20 percent off regular price.

Item #..Page #...Description...........Regular Price..Discount Price
108790..27...Festive Favorites stamp set....$45.95....$36.76
108772..28...Crazy for Christmas stamp set...$39.95...$31.96
110244..29...Snow Flurries stamp set...$20.95.........$16.76
108930..43...Tag Time stamp set....$53.95...$43.16
108869..111..Many Merry Messages stamp set....$64.95...$51.96
103604..133..12" x 12" Days-to-Remember Calendar...$20.95....$16.76
104144..133..6" x 6" Days-to-Remember Calendar...$18.95....$15.16
109663..138..Winter Bright Simply Scrappin'Kit...$36.95....$29.56
112670..143..Three for You Punch Box....$85.95.....$68.76
109055..146..Very Vanilla 5/8" grosgrain ribbon....$14.95.....$11.96
109050..146..Certainly Celery 5/8" grosgrain ribbon..$14.95....$11.96
103372..147..White Square Aluminum Metal Edge tags...$7.50....$6.00

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you would like to take advantage of these great specials.

Cheers
Chrissie

Missing

Hi everyone.... never fear... I haven't fallen off the face of the earth! LOL I have had computer problems. My trusty computer decided that to have a "nana nap". It wouldn't turn on!!! It was like losing an arm!!! I can't believe how much of my daily routine revolves around the computer.
Anyway... I have some cards to share with you all and I hope to do so in the next few days!! I just have to make 22 Christmas cards for my DD's school friends, prepare for a card class on Sunday and write my speech for the Year 7 Graduation tomorrow night!!! Aaaahhhhhh! Who needs sleep anyway!! LOL
Cheers
Chrissie