Catalogue Launch and Stamp Camp

Gday Stampers,

On Saturday 12 September, myself and my awesome upline Coralee, held a Catalogue Launch and Stamp Camp. And what a fantastic day it was!!! We had 19 lovely ladies attend, they got to play with some of the new products, watch a demo by me on using the brayer and the bigshot embossing folders, do a make and take and then do four projects including making a drawer box and 2 each of 3 card designs to go inside the box. We got our inspiration from some awesome people out there in stamping land - Holly McMillen, Georgeann Manning, Beth Ann Wilson and Nicki Turner.

So here is the drawer box that we made.

 And a close up of the top of the box.

And finally the three cards...

We would like to thank all the wonderful ladies that came to our first ever stamp camp! We have had some fantastic feedback and we are looking forward to our Christmas Stamp Camp which will be held on Sunday 14 November, so watch this space!!!


Cheers
Christine

Back to work :(

So as the title says, I have gone back to work today, after almost 6 months off on Maternity Leave. Oh my how it is difficult. I am sitting at my desk unable to do any work, because all of my work is done through our email program Lotus Notes and I can't access it. So sitting here yawning and trying to stay awake at the moment. 

I have been really slack with my posting lately, but I promise now that I am back at work, that I will have more time for posting! 

There are several exciting things happening in my space at the moment... Firstly, the new Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalogue was launched yesterday. There are sooooooooo many new and awesome products and of course the new colour collections as well as the tried trusted favourites. Secondly my upline, Coralee, and myself are holding a New Catalogue Launch and Stamp Camp on 12 September. We are both so very excited about this. We have 19 people booked in and can't wait to show off our projects and the new catalogue! Looking forward to showing you guys the projects as well. 

Well I better pretend like I'm doing some work. Will be back with some pics really soon!!!

Cheers

Christine

Sorry for lack of posting lately!!!

G'day bloggers,

So I think that I told you in my last post that my gorgeous DD 4mths threw up on my laptop keyboard, causing several of the keys not to work, unfortunately ones that get used A LOT!!! So it has just been to frustrating for me to do any typing, hence no blogging and very little blurfing!!! So finally today I took it in to my dads shop (he owns a computing store) and he has ordered me a replacement and lent me a usb keyboard in the meantime! So here I am back again!


We went out to Yum Cha with family friends last weekend to celebrate my and another friends birthdays. Hers is 13 July and Mine 18 July, so we generally have it in between, but this year we had it early for both of us! We had recently decided that we would only give home made gifts for presents, but I think that this was supposed to be just for Christmas and I forgot, so I made her a card for herself and 4 cards to give away. I had recently found this gorgeous card on Leonie Hegarty's fabulous blog. I spend a lot of time perusing Leonie's blog and finding great ideas! Generally I make substantial changes to cards that I CASE, but I loved this card so much and loved the colours that I did a straight CASE except for the sentiment. Thanks Leonie, such a simple and very effective card! Sorry for the dodgy photography, but I forgot to photograph them at home before we went to Yum Cha, so had to use DM's camera.

 And this is the card that I made for her. I was sooooooooo excited recently to be able to earn the Level 2 Hostess Set Asian Artistry and came up with the following card. This was done using Perfect Plum and Old Olive Markers direct to stamp.

And finally here is a pic of my DD at our yum cha lunch!!! I think she is beautiful!!

I did actually write this post a week ago, but then lost all the pics, so had to find them again, so there will be another post tomorrow! And yes, I finally have my keyboard replaced!!! So excited!!!

Thanks for popping by!!!

Christine

Deals of the week - Week 4

G’day stampers,

Well here we are, back with the final weeks' Deal of the week. How it all works. For each week in June, Stampin' Up! have selected products to be heavily discounted, you can even save up to 50%!! This weeks deal, running from 23 – 30 June, is on 5 of our gorgeous accessories.

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Sale Price
109113	149	Square Ice Rhinestone brads	$19.95	$11.97
109111	149	Circle Ice Rhinestone brads	$19.95	$11.97
109112	149	Square Fire Rhinestone brads	$19.95	$11.97
111848	150	Bashful Blue 1" double-stitched grosgrain ribbon	$19.95	$10.97
109050	151	Certainly Celery 5/8" grosgrain ribbon	$14.95	$8.97

If you are interested in purchasing any of these products, please contact me at witchipoodesigns@gmail.com.


Please pop back and visit me again soon.

Christine

Secret Sister card received in May

G’day stampers

I belong to a fantastic group that attend a monthly class at my upline, Coralee’s house, the same great group that attended my class last week. Coralee suggested we do a Secret Sister card swap within our group. So each month we are assigned a member of the group and we have to make them a card and post it to them. So this means that every month we each receive a gorgeous card. For May, I was lucky enough to receive an absolutely fantastic card from Coralee in my current favourite colour, rich razzleberry and my fave DSP cottage wall. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!!

Cheers
Christine

Mum's big birthday!!!

Hi Everyone,


Well it was my awesome mum's 50th birthday this past Tuesday and we had a family dinner last Saturday night for her and her twin sister Sandy. My little blossom wasn't well all day, so I spent the whole day sitting on the lounge with her asleep on me. Once my DP got up (he was sleeping after nightshift), I rushed to the dining table to whip up the birthday cards. For mum's birthday last year (or it might have been the Christmas before), I bought her the Stipple Rose stamp. After checking out SCS back when I bought it, I found some great ideas and the one that I decided to try was the split negative technique. I learnt the hard way a few things about how to best do this technique, because I seem to try stuff without looking at tutorials and stuff them up, but I guess thats a good way of learning!


Ok so while I was typing this my DD just vomited all over my laptop that is younger than she is... Now having trouble typing, I did something to it whilst cleaning it, oh dear... And now it won't work at all... so on DP's laptop.

So here is a picture of the two cards together.

Both Mum and Sandy really liked the cards and had a great time at their lunch and two dinners, and the tiramisu and lemon tarts that I made went down a treat.

Thanks for dropping by.


Christine

Deals of the week - Week 3

G’day stampers,

Well here we are, back with another weeks Deal of the week. How it all works..For each week in June, Stampin' Up! have selected products to be heavily discounted, you can even save up to 50%!! This weeks deal, running from 16 – 22 June, is on 5 of our gorgeous stamp sets. My personal favourite of these is Bella's bloom, just love this set!

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Sale Price
114263	34	A Happy Heart stamp set	$41.95	$20.98
115792	57	Greetings Eight stamp set	$49.95	$24.98
116330	78	Bella's Bloom stamp set	$24.95	$14.97
113009	97	Enjoy Every Moment stamp set	$53.95	$26.98
114283	105	All Scallops stamp set	$55.95	$27.98

If you are interested in purchasing any of these products, please contact me at witchipoodesigns@gmail.com.


Please pop back and visit me again soon.

Christine