The first of this month's Technique classes happened Thursday of last week and this is one of the cards we made.
Waving hi to all the ladies, and to all the ladies in this coming class on Thursday 7 June - this time next week. There are still 3 seats left so if you want to grab one, call me to book your spot. Grab a friend too - its great fun.
Check out all the details here.
0428 254 952
Nikki
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Thanks to Margie I am taking part in another One on 1 blog hop.
This month we were tasked to set some goals - to bring our word into the forefront of our minds. My word has been eluding me of late. So I was looking foward to this month.
I've decided to be 'kind' to myself and only set 5 tasks this year. And I'm happy with these tasks - they look remarkably like last year's tasks lol.
And the flower? Well I am away at a Stampin' Up! Convention this week and this little flower symbolises one of the groups I belong to - the Extra Special Aussie Demonstrators - or ESAD for short.
As I thought the page looked kinda bland, and I was busy taking photos of swaps and other samples I have made I thought I'd jazz this photo up a little and pop the flower in for good measure.
Isn't it cute. If you want to know how to make it leave me a comment and I'll post you the link to the instructions.
Time to hope along now to visit the lovely Amanda and catch up with her progress through this One Little Word process.
Until next time.
Nikki
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One of the biggest events at any Stampin' Up! event is swapping.
The idea is that you make up a number of cards that are all the same (or maybe like me you get tired of the mass production and make up a couple of different cards) and then you swap them with other demonstrators. Here's the pile already for packing up - 80 in total.
Its such great fun and something that my customers love - you see all the swaps I receive are then popped into my samples boxed and everyone drools over them until the next swapping event.
So here's my swap up close:
Thankfully I made all the flowers on our Easter break - when I say 'we' I mean my girlfriend Tracy, her daughter Tess and I .... it was a lot of flowers!
And here they are packaged up and ready to be put into my hand luggage.
Will be happy to swap these with all the lovely ladies at Convention, can't wait to show you all that I receive.
Nikki
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ps - if you have requested details of how to make these flowers, I'll have the instructions ready for you next week - if you haven't sent me an email and you want the instructions - leave me a comment xx
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It was June 2009 and I was stalking Claire Daly's blog for Convention news - I read this post and decided that when the time was right, (read when there was a specal offer on cos I am a girl who likes specials lol), .... I would join Stampin' Up! so that I too could have this much fun.
Here I am three years later packing my bags and heading off for my 3rd Convention. I can't begin to tell you the excitement. All of those lovely smiling faces in the photos in Claire's post are now really good friends of mine - the friendships I have made with both fellow demonstrators and customers are priceless.
So as I finish my packing and head off, I thought I just remind you that if you have been thinking about joining up (cos you like bargains just like me) .... then consider signing up before the 31st of May becomes the 1st of June.
So how much does it cost? $169 .... choose $235 of products and pay just $169.
Do this in May and receive a free pack of Designer Series Paper from June through to December - that's $132 worth of free papers too.
If you never buy another thing - that's okay, if you start a small empire that's cool too - Stampin' Up! really are embracing the Do It My Way approach to stamping and scrapbooking.
I have a Stampin' Up! website that makes it super easy to join up ..... click here to join now.
(There's a great video there to explain how Stampin' Up! started presented by the lovely Shelli Gardener).
Any questions call or email me NOW - 0428 254 952 - don't wait for the next special Do It Now and join in in the fun.
Nikki
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Oh yes, hands up who wants some free Designer Series Papers?
A group of lovely Stampin' buddies are hopping today to inspire you with some DSP creations. You have just 5 sleeps left to either Buy 3 get 1 free DSP, or join as a demonstrator for just $169 (and choose goodies of your choice to the value of $235) and receive a free pack of DSP every month from June to December - that's an extra $132 worth of value!
So here's my creation to inspire you. A few strips of punched Twitterpated paper, a Top Note Die and an embossing folder and hey presto you have yourself a base for a lovely card. This flower has been sat on my desk for months waiting for just the right card front!
If you'd like the instructions for the flower leave me a comment with your email address and I'll send the information to you.
Time to hop along to the lovely Christine Blain - my fellow roomie at the forthcoming Stampin' Up! Convention in Canberra (along with Judy May - another talented demonstrator) which kicks off Thursday. Excitement has definitely set in - I'm like a little kid at Christmas.
Back next week with class card samples, swap samples and new of Convention highlights.
Enjoy the hop
Nikki
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Just a quick reminder .... May is Paper Party Month.
During May, you can get FREE Designer Series Paper*—an $18.95 AUD value—in two different ways!
Get a FREE package of Stampin’ Up!’s® exclusive Designer Series Paper when you buy three!
Join Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator and get a FREE package of Designer Series Paper every month for the rest of 2012!
Find a Designer Series Paper for every crafting occasion, project and mood in the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue and 2012 Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.
*Excludes Specialty Designer Series Paper **From the 2012 Autumn-Winter Mini
Don't miss out - this month is a great time to think about becoming a demonstrator - extra rewards availalbe every month - how does a free pack of DSP every month from June to December grab you? That's $132 worth of free products just for signing up in May.
Call me 0428 254 952
Nikki
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Inspired by a card Ros Davidson created here is one of the samples from the classes just finished. I love the Just Surfing set and this makes a great teenage boy card I think.
The next round of classes are all about Bleaching - check out the dates here or call me for more details.
Nikki
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Last week was a very good friend's daughter's Christening. It was such a lovely day.
Pool Party is such a lovely colour and I have used a piece of the In Colour DSP pack to create the butterflies to dress up the gift bag.
And here's the cute card - there are a heaps of these cards out on the net so I had a play with a piece of copy paper and then got stuck in. The bow was a joint effort - well when I say 'joint' what I really mean is that I tried and tried and then Olivia took over and hey presto!
We have a lovely day - thank you to the Watkins family for inviting us - and we hope you had a lovely day Belle.
Nikki
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It was whilst blog hopping through the One on 1 last month that I came across Jill Conyer's Project Life monthly blog hopping event - perfect for me as I love a deadline.
Now I am not sure if I am doing this whole Project Life thing the way I imagined I would do. But for now I am enjoying noting the every day, taking more photos of just normal stuff and knowing that our family life is being documented. This has taken the stress out of scrapbooking too.
For those that don't know me, I work full time, I'm a mum with two teenage kids and a Navy wife to Paul lives and works interstate just now - he comes home about every three weeks for a couple of days. I am a scrapbooker, card maker and Stampin" Up! demonstrator in my spare time! So we start with the last week in February (if you want to see my previous updates click here).
I use a couple of apps on the iPhone to help me to remember the important stuff each day. Not that I use them every day! I use Momento and Project 365. This is great because it means I can make notes anywhere and at anytime.
I nag the kids for photos too - and this page has two photos from Paul too. I've left some blank parts on the written cards as I need to find some facts and figures - you'll see a couple of blank spots throughout these pages.
I am finding it a challenge to switch around the plastics as I seem to take a lot of photos in landscape - but I have found that for some bits of the album it is easier to work out where I will put a photo and then add it to the 'to be printed file' on the computer so I can just slot it in at a later date.
As I was struggling to make some photos work in the plastics I left a whole page out! I panicked for just a little bit before I decided that I will ask Olivia to fill up the page with photos of her time away with her friends - phew problem solved.
I love the date cards - I am trying to complete a page per week - although for some events like holidays I am using as many pages as I need.
I also love clipping photos from my phone. The text message from Olivia is a great example of this - we have so many SMS conversations - it is good to be able to print these too.
This is the beginning of the Easter holiday pages - I have used a few pages and more photos than hand written cards.
Isn't my friend's daughter amazing - doing the splits on a paddle board. Olivia took the photo of the jetty in the dark - love it!
Yes that really is my husband doing yoga on a paddle board!
Its amazing how two grown men entertain themselves isn't it .... such show offs.
Again a couple of blanks on the written card - I can't remember how many fish they caught lol.
Well that's as far as I have got. The next few weeks after this have become a little sketchy - hence I joined the blog hop .... to refocus my thoughts and reignite my passion for Project Life.
So I will definitely be back next month. Time to hop along to see Laew.
Thanks again to Jill for prompting me to make a start on my catch up.
Til next time.
Nikki
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During May, you will get a FREE package of Designer Series Paper for every three you buy!
Choose from a wide variety of designs and colours available in the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue and 2012 Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue - excludes Speciality Papers.
Call 042 254 952 to place your order.
Nikki
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