Tom Cruise and a Doctor's Bag!!

Hi there stampers!

I just spent an interesting morning at my local cinema where I saw "Rock of Ages" starring Tom Cruise - that man blew me away in this role!! He has come across a bit odd in recent years, but anyone who can make a fool out of themselves in such a great way, certainly has a fantastic sense of humour in my book! Don't go thinking this is a 'serious' musical, it is as much a spoof as it could be - and I loved every minute of it! Thank goodness there were only a few people in the cinema with me, because I sang along with all the songs!! (mind you, so did they lol!).

I got home to find hubby had hung out the washing on what has turned out to be a gorgeous day weather-wise, and a parcel for me from Stampin' Up! which turned out to be the Doctor's Bag for my bigshot!! It is much bigger than I imagined and inside it is the most gorgeous shade of pink!! (and if you know me, you know how much I like pink!!) - I can't wait to take this to my next workshop and show it off!!
Here are a couple of pics for you to drool look over - you never know, you may just have to have one of your own!!

Here it is before I got it out of the box.

Here it is opened up and ready to be filled.

How gorgeous is that pink lining??
As you can see, the Doctor's Bag holds the Big Shot perfectly flat with plenty of room for dies or folders or anything you would like to put in there! It also comes with a long handle if you would like to carry it over your shoulder. I could even see this as an overnight bag.....and the best news of all - I got it for half price!! Yep, half price. Want to know how? If you have sales of $600 or more, you get to choose 1 item from the catalogue for half price - any item!! You could choose this bag, or the big shot or one of the dies, or a punch or........anything! That's a huge saving! And it's on top of the $100 in free spending dollars you get as the hostess!
But wait, there's more!! Stampin' Up! are currently running a promotion that gives you an EXTRA $90 to spend on top of the already fabulous hostess spending dollars that are always on offer! If your sales get to $650, you get to spend a massive $190 for FREE from either of our current catalogues - the annual and mini! And it only gets better! The more sales you have, the more you get to spend for free - up to a massive $290!! Click here to see the graph of sales and rewards!

As a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I get to take advantage of all of these specials as well, which means that I get an additional (minimum) 20% off that special as well, making the bag 70% off!! Can't get better than that! If either of these specials sound good to you and you want to know more, contact me and we can chat! What do you have to lose? NOTHING LOL!! Just fantastic products at a fantastic price and if you choose to become a demonstrator (it's the best thing I have EVER done!!) you still have nothing to lose - it is always your business your way! Run it how and when you like. And if you choose to just join for the fantastic discounts, you can leave at any time without owing anything, and although you will be missed, you won't be hassled to rejoin! Totally your choice!

Don't forget that fantastic joining offer - you can choose up to $235 of Stampin' Up! product for only $169 - that could be the bigshot and some dies, or the doctor's bag, stamps and cardstock, or our gorgeous dsp, or how about some punches?? Any combination you choose! And you get a business pack worth $80 absolutely free - and it ships straight to your door absolutely free!! You can join online in minutes, get your ID number immediately and be on your way! You don't even have to wait until your kit arrives!! I have so much to share with you - give me a call today and organise a time to get together or chat over the phone. To join online, head to my website and click on 'join now' up in the corner on the right - and you will be on your way!!I am also happy to do it with you or guide you over the phone if you prefer!

Anyway, until next time....

Kylie xxx

Paying the Love Forward!!

Hey there, peeps!

Just thought I would pop in today to say that I have just been awarded the Leibster Award! I received an email from Angela over at Scrappin' For Sanity to say that she was giving me the Award - and it has made my day! For those that don't know about this, it's to promote up and coming blogs, ones that generally have less than 200 followers.

The rules are simple -
1. Thank your Leibster Blog Award Presenter on your blog (Thanks for making my day, Angela!).
2. Link back to the presenter.
3. Pick 5 of your favourite blogs with less than 200 followers.
4. Notify them by leaving a comment on their blog.
5. Put the blog award on your blog.

Here are my 5 picks -
1. Julia Leece at Julia's Cards
2. Delys Cram at Little Scraps of Paper
3. Yvonne Walker at Yvonne's Creative Corner
4. Vicki Were at Vicki's Stampin' Room
5. Anna Mangnall at The Stampin Corner

I chose some wonderful demonstrators from New Zealand to share the Award with, so I hope you can stop by and say hi - I am sure they would love to hear from you!

Mystery Box up for grabs!!

I also thought I would share how much I would like you to join my team here at Stampin' Up! If you love to craft as much as I do, and you want to be able to experience the wonderful world of Stampin' Up!, I have a fantastic offer! I have 2 mystery boxes, chock full of SU product - some of it is retired and some of it is current, but ALL of it is brand new - and I want to share it with you! If you think that you would like to be a part of my team, and you are commited to making your minimums until at least the end of the year,  I would love to present you with this box! BUT only the first 2 new demonstrators to join my team will be able to take advantage of this fantastic offer! (Your box of goodies will be delivered to you once you have placed your first order).

But this is not the only offer to join Stampin' Up! Our joining special has changed, and now you can join this amazing company for only $169, and you will get to choose $235 worth of fabulous product from our current Annual and Mini catalogues! And it ships straight to you for free! You can join online through my Stampin' Up! website here in just minutes (make sure you have your order written down and it must be $235 or less) and you could be on your way! It really is that simple - contact me today to ask any questions, I am always available to help. If you are local to me, I am happy to get together, if you aren't local, happy to coach you over the phone. You get so many benefits from joining this exciting company - free catalogues when they come out, sneak peeks and the offer to purchase product early so that you can make samples to show your customers if you choose, you can earn free product, win free product at our conventions, go to training days, both nationally and with your team if you choose. No pressure to go above your minimums, ever! No pressure to do more than you are comfortable with - if you choose to run it as a business, you work when and where you like, around your job or your family or your lifestyle! If you join just as a hobby demo, that's great too! Why not get your favourite products at a fantastic discount?? I have been a demonstrator for just over 3 years, and I run it around my family commitments. I work when it suits me, and it has both brought in some extra money to spend on anything I choose, and helped me grow my business by earning free product to increase my stash! Last month SU ran a promotion - if a new demonstrator joined my team, not only did she get a free paperpack of her choice each month for the rest of the year, so did I! These offers come around every so often (at least yearly) and they all contribute to running your business in an affordable way - and who doesn't like getting something for FREE??
Feel free to give me a call/text/email to find out more about Stampin' Up! or how to join, or just to have a chat about our products - I really would be happy to help you. If you would like to have a look at the website, click here and it will take you to the home page. Have a look around and check out all the wonderful things SU has to offer!

Have a great night all - here in the West, we are expecting a big storm in a few hours, so I hope wherever you are that you are safe and warm.
Kylie xxx

We (Heart) Our Hostesses and A Reason To Smile!!

Hey there stampers!

Can you believe it is June?? And, if you are in Perth, can you believe it is Winter hehe??

Stampin' Up! has a couple of wonderful promotions this month and one of them also runs next month! Our first promotion is for a lovely FREE stamp set called A Reason to Smile. You can get your hands on this stamp set for only $35.95 for woodmount, and even cheaper for clear-mount, BUT you can earn it for FREE with an order of $125 or more!! So take a look at the pic below, or click  here to go to the promotion page and check it out for yourself! This set is a 2-step stamping set - you can create gorgeous backgrounds or focal points for your cards or scrapbook layouts or even your 3D projects! It really is very versatile - but it is only available until the 30th of June, and then will be gone forever, so get in while you can :)

Our next promotion runs for both June and July and if you have a wishlist as long as your arm, and you have a few friends who love to papercraft, then this is the promotion for you! Invite me to spend a couple of hours with you - and booking times are very flexible!! - and your friends, family or just you, and let me share with you some wonderful techniques, some gorgeous new products and the very latest in trends! This promotion can get you an extra $90 to spend in the current catlogues!! Click this link or check out the table below:

This is a fantastic offer - you could earn anywhere up to $290 in spending dollars PLUS 15% of your sales as well!! And your choice of item(s) in the catalogue for half price!! Ask me how!! But remember, this promotion finishes at the end of July, so contact me asap to book your stamping party! And if you don't want to host an actual party - too busy, can't be bothered tidying up the house, or not a party person, no worries, you can have a catlogue party! Just gather some orders from yourself or your friends or family and we will go from there! This really is a fabulous way to get your must-have items for free! And I will even show you how to use them or give you ideas on what to make with them - I pride myself on my aftersales service! I don't just sell Stampin' Up! products, I am obsessed with papercraft and how  Stampin' Up! makes my papercraft look amazing! It's easy with Stampin' Up! - give me a call today!

And before I go, don't forget about our fantastic joining offer! For only $169, you get to choose $235 worth of Stampin' Up! product of your choice, you get to be a part of a warm and friendly, professional company that is dedicated to you, you get all the sneak peeks before everyone else, you get free catalogues, inspirational magazines every month, and the opportunity to earn free product and incentive trips to places like Fiji, all expenses fully covered (I would love to qualify for the Incentive Trip just once! You are treated like royalty!). We have yearly training days in each state as well as an amazing convention each year - this year is Canberra! I am holding out for Perth or Brisbane next!! Click here to check out our amazing joining offer, I would love to have you join my team!! Click here to see the joining kit and joining information.

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, stampers, and I will catch up with you again soon!!

Kylie xxx





Last Days to Join the Paper Party!!

Hi there, peeps!

I hope you are enjoying May, wherever you are!
I am feeling a little sad today. Stampin' Up! puts on a fabulous Convention every year and unfortunately I am unable to go. And what a place it is being held! Canberra! I would love to see Canberra, and I am sure I will one day - hopefully another Convention will be held there, and I can take the family, as my hubby is Military obsessed and he would love to see the Museums and Memorials and things.
Every year Convention is held in a different location. In the three years I have been a demonstrator, it has been held in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. I am hoping one day it will be held in Perth so I can easily go, but if not, I am holding out for Brisbane, as I love going to Queensland for family holidays!! Just imagine 3 whole days of stamping, learning all about new techniques, new products, FREE products to win in prize patrol, FREE products in your goodie bags, fantastic Stampin' Up! merchandise to purchase in a special place called Momento Mall that I am hanging out to see!! Meeting up with all of the wonderful Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over Australia and from the Home Office in the U.S. (as strange as that sounds, wanting to meet strangers, this is the type of 'family' we are at Stampin' Up!) and getting to know those friends you have only known online. Fantastic dinners and lunches and awards for the wonderful work demonstrators do throughout the year, and of course meeting Shelli, the owner and co-founder of this fantastic company. I have met the nicest people through being involved with Stampin' Up! - whether it is by meeting fellow demonstrators at our state regionals, or team get-togethers, or as customers from workshops where we share our love of papercraft. I would never have had my immediate group of friends if it were not for a common interest in SU. I would not have the lovely ladies in my team who have become my friends, if it were not for our common interest in SU. I am really blessed to have found a love of papercraft, and with it, a love of Stampin' Up! - which is why I am here in the last day or two of the month to again share the opportunity to be a part of this fantastic company and my exciting little team!!

Clock on this link to find out more - or call/text/email me for more information. I would be happy to answer any and all questions without obligation!! I have joined three lovely ladies to my team since March, and it is all down to fantastic promotions like this! Why not get some of your wishlist with this fantastic offer? $235 worth of gorgeous Stampin' Up! product for only $169!! That's right! PLUS you get a FREE pack of Designer Series Paper (dsp) every month until the end of the year absolutely FREE!! Why don't you join with a friend? Then you could both benefit together! Ask me how! BUT time is running out on this fantastic offer! You must contact me by no later than 6pm on Thursday 31st May to make sure we get your paperwork in on time!! Then you are well on your way to earning free product, learning all about the wonderful world of SU, getting all of your catalogues and information way before your friends, having the option to attend yearly training days (they are so inspiring!!) and of course being part of my wonderful team! And as always, there is never any pressure to do more than you can or want to do. No pressure to attend group meetings (always welcome tho!), no pressure to sell above your minimums or to even do workshops or anything. Your business your way!! You can join even if you ONLY want the fabulous discount and free products that are on offer during the year!! Absolutely no pressure! AND you can leave at any time - but I can't see that being an option! It really is a no risk offer - check it out today, you won't be disappointed!

If you love the sound of joining our family, but just can't do it this month, NO WORRIES! This joining offer is permanent! You will miss out on the fantastic paper offer, but you can still join and only pay $169 for your fully customisable kit! I want to share the world of Stampin' Up! with you, in the way that suits you the best! Have a chat with me to find out what works for you :)

Well, I am off to start making up the kits for my stamping group tomorrow night - I will be sharing the new DSP from the current Autumn/Winter mini, as well as the Simply Scored Board to make little boxes and bags for gift wrapping. Don't know what the Simply Scored Board is? I would be happy to show you! Contact me today!

Have a great day!!

Kylie xxx

It's a Paper Party!!

Well, hello and welcome to May!!
Sorry it has taken so long to come back and chat with you, but time sure is flying by! We have had a lot going on in our house, not least that my 11 year old son, who is basketball obsessed, has been accepted to play with a Western Australian Basketball League team!! Woo hoo, Go Fletcher!! I am so proud of him! (even if I did have to get up at the crack of dawn on a Sunday and drive all the way to Joondalup lol).
But enough of me, lets get on with the important info, hey? Stampin' Up! has once again put their thinking caps on and have come up with a joining offer not to be missed! From today, the old joining kit is no more! You can now join our wonderful SU family for a low, low, low price of $169 with a FULLY customizable kit of your choice of products!! Want a bigshot and some dies? or a heap of our gorgeous stamps? or ribbons, buttons and brads oh my!? or WHATEVER you have been adding to your wish list??? Well you can! You can choose up to $235 worth of fantastic Stampin' Up! goodies for only $169!! That's right, you read that correctly - $235 of product for only $169, PLUS you get a business pack worth $80 absolutely free! AND it ships to you for FREE!! PLUS if you join in May, you get to choose a FREE pack of Designer Series Paper every month for the rest of the year!! Really, what is stopping you from joining my team?? You don't have to host workshops or hold classes or anything if you don't want to, you can join JUST to get the minimum 20% discount.....but I bet once you start playing with your goodies, you are just going to want to share your enjoyment (which is what it is all about after all!) and why not get a little extra pocket money by doing something that you love?? You CAN make money from your hobby - ask me how! I would love to have a chat with you about joining the Stampin' Up! family - I promise you won't be disappointed!
Click HERE  for  the starter kit information -

Click  HERE for more information on the free DSP pack you can choose each month when you join in May.

The other great special for the month of May is our Paper Party offer. When you buy any 3 packs of our Designer Series Paper (DSP) you can choose a 4th DSP pack absolutely free! That's right! 4 for the price of 3! Who can resist a bargain? This is a fantastic offer, particularly if you are a scrapbooker. I make my own gift bags out of dsp, and I use our ribbon as the handles and add a cute little rosette as decoration, made with the help of our new Simply Scored Tool - if you haven't made your own rosettes yet you have to give them a try! They are soooo cute! I have made a bunch in assorted sizes to show my stamp club ladies on Friday - I can't wait until they see them and then make their own - they are going to love them! And by the way - our dsp is colour-coordinated and double-sided, making our rosettes gorgeous from all angles!!

Check out the pics below, or click HERE to go to the website for more information on our Buy 3 get one FREE offer -

So, a lot to share with you today. I hope you are able to take advantage of our fabulous offers this month - email, text or call me for a no-obligation chat - if you are local, we could always make it a coffee ( I never need an excuse for that lol) and I can show you why Stampin' Up! is for you!
Have a great week, and I hope to catch up with you soon!
Kylie xxx

Welcome to the Autumn/Winter Mini !!!

Well good morning!

I know it is April Fool's Day, but I can tell you that I am NOT playing a prank! Today is the first day we can share this gorgeous catalogue with you all!! I am so excited to show you this catalogue - I think it is fantastic, and I hope I can show you just why I am so excited!! Check out the art work on the front cover!!

Don't you just want to look inside?? Click HERE to do just that!!

My very favourite item from the new mini is a wonderful tool called The Simply Scored Tool - it is amazing! You can score with fantastic results in less time than you can with the other score boards on the market - and I have tried them all!! Stampin' Up! is currently running a competition for all of us excited Demonstrators - who can promote and sell the most Simply Scored Tools will be crowned Miss Simply Scored!! Haha, just a bit of fun (smiley face). Seriously though, you have to see this tool in action, it really is amazing - can you tell that I am in love with it???

Grab a cuppa, girls, and sit down and go through this latest addition to our wonderful products, and if you would like to have your very own copy in your hands, let me know, I would be very happy to get one out to you!!

I will be back tomorrow with some samples made with some of the new products, so stay tuned until then!!

Have a great day!!

Kylie xxx

Sneak Peek at the new Autumn/Winter Mini!!

Hi there stampers!!!

I am sad to see the Summer Mini ending at the end of the month, but I am sooooooo excited to start the new mini!! This mini is absolutely fabulous - some say the best mini in mini history hehe!!! I would love to share a picture of the stunning cover art, but no no no, you will have to wait until April 1st!! (and that aint no April Fool Joke either!!)

Being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator not only gives me access to the fantastic discount pricing on all our wonderful products, it also allows me to see the catalogues before anyone else, AND I get to place a pre-order so I can have a play with all my new stuff first!! These are just SOME of the benefits of joining the SU Family - c'mon, join my team, you know you want to!!!! (big smiley face).

I got my preorder last week and man oh man am I in love with one of our new products - it is called the 'Simply Scored' and it is soooo easy to use!! I scored 65 easter baskets for my kids classmates yesterday and did it in MINUTES instead of the half hour-to-hour it might take with a regular trimmer!! No more constantly checking you are at the right measurement as the place markers stay in place every time!! The stylus is metal with two different sized heads for your convenience - really I could go on and on about this remarkable tool - but don't take MY word for it, why not invite me over and try it out for yourself???? I have the other branded score boards that are available everywhere, and I can tell you right now, that the Stampin' Up! scoreboard outshines HANDS DOWN!!!

Here is a little peak at one of the baskets I am sending to school for Easter this year - I am making them in four different colours :

Forgive the dodgy lighting!!

Now, I've made mine very simple as I was making quite a few - and will probably make more for the teachers - and if I was to cut up dsp to mat onto the side panels, it would've taken a lot longer to make each one. The ones I make for the teachers will probably be a bit more decorated. These little baskets went together so quickly, and I made it even quicker by using our Stampin' wheels on the basket and punched out for the little circle on the sides. I used a little bit of champagne shimmer paint with my water pen as a little feature. As a final touch, I will spritz them with some shimmer smooch when they are all done.

I have seen these little baskets around for a while, but my favourite US Stampin' Up! demonstrator has a darling one on her youtube channel. Click HERE to see it!!

So that's it for today - I will be back soon to show you some of the items I made for a recent custom order - I know I know, I said I wasn't going to be doing any for a while, but I just can't say no!! So stay tuned for that post soon!!

Have a great day!!

Kylie xxx

Hurry! Last days for Sale-a-bration and the Summer Mini!!

Hi there!!

I just wanted to pop on here to remind you that Sale-a-bration will end at the end of this month - have you gotten your FREE sale-a-bration goodies yet??? Better be quick, soon they will be gone forever!! Click HERE to find out more!!



Have you seen our gorgeous Summer Mini yet? It too will finish at the end of the month! It really is a wonderful mini, it would be a shame to miss out on these fantastic items - remember, they may not come back into a later catalogue, so to be safe, if you love it, get it now!! Click HERE to see the catalogue now.











I would love to share some of the projects that I have made with these products, so contact me today to book your time to play!!

Alrighty, that's it for today, be back soon with more to share!!
Have a great day!!

Kylie xxx

30th Birthday Goodies.....

Hi there!!

I have been flat out the last couple of weeks, trying to squeeze in some crafting time while working around the family. My friendly local hairdresser asked me to make her something for goodie - giveaways for her 30th birthday, which is on Saturday! She didn't really have much of an idea of exactly what she wanted, she just knew that her theme was Hawaiian and could I do something a bit naughty? Well, I had a big think, and I happened to run into a fellow demo who gave me a bit of an idea - cheers Richelle! - so I did some playing around and voila! I came up with a few things that I thought might interest her.
Now - the naughty part threw me a bit, but I once saw a card at one of our Regional Training Days and had filed it away in my head for future projects, so I dusted off my memories (haha) and had a go. I made the idea as a card, then another one as two separate sides, then scored some cardstock for the middle to make it into a goodie bag. What do you think?

And here is the 'rear' view hehe :

Aren't they cute?? I started with a template that I found here and fiddled around with it until it worked for my idea. Each and every one of these little bums/boobs were handcut from Pink Pirouette cardstock, then the bikini was handcut from Early Esspresso (to look like a coconut), then the frill was hand punched with the scallop border punch, then snipped to allow it to curve, then the flowers were hand punched, rhinestone brads inserted and all glued together. Phew! You have no idea how long these took to make! I had NO IDEA how long they would take to make!! And she needed 20 of them!!

Next I made 20 of these 12 x 12 cardstock baskets which you have probably seen all around the internet - a few score lines and there you have it! Except, haha, all of the designer series paper you have to add, the ribbon, the handles and of course I stamped sentiment panels for the front, which I haven't adhered yet as I am not sure the birthday girl wants them or not, but they are stamped, with ready to go adhesive - she just needs to peel and stick! :

Now I know these baskets are not in the Hawaiian theme - but when I took a box of samples down to her to show her a few ideas, she fell in love with it, colours and all!! So although there are a few different designs in the Flirtatious Specialty Pack, all of the pages I used from it are pinks and yellows - which is why the bikini bags above are in pinks and yellows - I just carried on the theme! And did you know you can also make these baskets in smaller sizes? I hope to make the kids' class easter goodies from 6 x 6 - they are soooo cute!!

Next she needed 40 thankyou cards - so we decided to go with the bikini idea in card form, and as she likes brights, I felt comfortable making a range of bright bikini cards!! Again all handcut - seriously have to charge more for the next batch I make LOL!!

And of course the 'rear' view!!

And what party is compete without chocolate?? She also wanted 40 little M&M tubes, so I stamped the toppers in matching pinks and yellows to finish off.

Ta da! Done! Now I just need to drop them off to her so that she can fill her goodie-giveaway bags with her treats. I hope she likes them, and I hope her lucky guests like them too! Now I am going to rest!! No more custom orders for a while I think....besides, I think I need to restock my stash as I have used so much lately!! Look out credit card!

If you saw anything that you would like to know more about, or exactly what materials I used, just message, call or email me - I would love to hear from you!

Have a great day, and remember to take some time to papercraft!!

Kylie x









Little Pink Purses!!

Yep, I'm baaaack!! Two posts in one day -  can you tell I have been missing blogging??

I just wanted to share something really quickly with you today. I had an order from one of my very good friends for little thank you gifts for her team. She is a team leader for a lovely group of ladies that sell Miche Bags. If you haven't yet seen a Miche Bag, then you HAVE to find a Rep near you! If you need one south of the river in Perth, let me know, I have a great one hehe!!
Anyway, back to the little thank you gifts. As it so often is, when I get a custom order, the person I am making for only knows they want something pretty. Sometimes they know the colour, but rarely do they know exactly what they want, which can be quite stressful, as what I think is great in my mind, might be completely different to what they were thinking! But as she is such a good friend, and also the one who introduced me to papercraft, I could come right out and say - you have to give me some idea what you want!!! So I showed her a few little things I had and a lightbulb went off! What about little purses made with the top note die??? Well, how perfect? Handbags filled with yummy chocolates for ladies who sell handbags! I had seen this idea on one of my favourite blogs Inking Idaho - click here to go to that post. So here they are:

And here is a closer look:

Aren't they cute??? And really easy to do. I would love to show you how! I made heaps of these for Christmas orders and they sold really well....I had lots of different types of chocolate in them and even put candy canes in some of them. I hope to show my daughters' class how to do them for Mother's Day gifts this year. You could fill them with all sorts of things, and the good news is, our cello bags fit them perfectly!

Well, that's it for today, look out for another post soon!

Have a great day!

Kylie

Finally!! Welcome to 2012!!

Hi there lovelies.....sorry it has taken sooooo long to pop back on here, but things have been manic!! I will have a couple of posts to share with you to explain my absence, so make yourself comfy and here we go!!

Last time I spoke to you, I had an awful lot on my plate - a day of craft in my (now) 8 year old's classroom, a craft stall at our schools' mini fete and movie night, and quite a few custom orders from my local hairdresser for Christmas goodies. Not to mention my daughter turning 8, with a party at our local Indoor Playcentre, handmade gifts for our favourite teachers and of course Christmas!! Phew! So glad I got through it all!!
Let's start with the craft table at our school mini fete and movie night. It was a great night! Lovely weather and lovely people - the kids were able to wander freely as the school was locked up, and everyone seemed to keep an eye out for all. The P & F did a fantastic job, and the sausage sizzle and raffles went off!
Here are a few pics of my little craft table.

I themed everything I sold around Christmas, and showcased the candy wrapper and pillowbox dies, and of course the M&M tubes sold well - kids need chocolate while watching the movie, right?? Below is a picture of my little muffin, with her face-painting done by the older kids. She had a great night!

Next is a picture of the gifts I made for the kids' teachers:

This was the gift I made for my sons' year 5 teacher - a handstamped and decorated candle, hand-decorated gift bag and inside was colour-coordinated pillowboxes filled with yummy chocolates for her Christmas table. On the back of the candle I printed how much she has meant to us this year, as it was the first year we were at this school and she took such an interest in us as my daughter found it hard to settle in. This teacher really made a difference to our school year. I really hope our daughter has her when she is in year 5!

I went with a similar idea for my daughters' year 2 teacher, just in different colours and with a different message printed on the candle. I took a while to warm up to this teacher as she has a bit of a 'tough love' approach with both the kids and the parents, but I tell you, when I got to know her better, I can't speak highly enough of her! My daughter has come along in leaps and bounds since this teacher came into her life! I absolutely adore this colour - Island Indigo - so this was the first colour I considered using. I think it turned out great! Can you see the silver glimmer paper peeking out from behind the sentiment? I am loving the glimmer paper!! And you know you can colour it to suit your project, don't you? If you don't know how, ask me!!

If you want to know about anything that I have made or the materials that I used to make them, let me know, and I would be happy to show you!

Well, that's enough for today, look out for my next post for the other things that have been keeping me busy in my Stampin' Up! world!!

Until then, make sure you take some time out to papercraft!!

Kylie







December Frenzy is Here!!

Hi all - welcome to December!

Phew, didn't December come around quick this year? I remember it being last December and feeling sad that my kids were leaving all of their little school friends because we were moving them to a new school in the new year. (turned out to be the best thing we could've done for them - not leaving their friends haha, the new school!). But this December is so much more exciting - new friends, new opportunities in my work, new and exciting things to look forward to.......and along comes December Frenzy!! Stampin' Up! has outdone itself with their December Frenzy Sale for the month of December!! Follow the link to the December Frenzy page and check out the bargains - all at up to 50% off!!
December Frenzy Flyer

And of course that is not all!! December is also the start of a new mini!! The new Summer Mini Catalogue is full of gorgeous new products and some fantastic ideas. My absolute favourite products from this mini definately include the new Candy Wrapper Die and the Glimmer Paper!! So cool and such possibilities!! Why not ask me for your copy today? Here is a sneak peek of the front cover....





It is a fantatic mini and I can't wait to share it with you! Why not contact me and book your free workshop for the new year before my available dates all fill up! You don't want to miss out!!
Well, folks it was a quick visit today, I promise that I will be back with more before Christmas, but I have a heap of custom orders to fill and heaps to make for the fete at school next week, so for now I will say seeya!! Have a great weekend and I will catch you all soon!!

Kylie xxx

Tis the Season to be.....Christmas Crafting!!

Hello crafty people! I apologise that it has been 16 days since my last post.....but I have been soooo busy making custom orders that time has gotten away from me yet again! But here I am to share with you a few of the crafty things that I have been working on.
Thanks to the generosity of the Stampin' Up! community, I haven't had to look far for inspiration. Quite a few of the items I will be sharing today were inspired by something I saw or else I have purchased the tutorial from a Stampin' Up! Demo and made it my way :) I will of course give credit where it is due, and point you in the direction of the original so that you can buy your own copy of the tutorial and start your own Christmas craft!
Ok. My daughters' grade 2 teacher has asked me to do a day of craft with the class on the second-last day of school. I took in a bunch of the skinny treat bags decorated for Halloween, and she liked them so much she asked me that day! So I have been wracking my brain for something fairly simple to do.....because my stuff is usually a bit over the top, and probably wouldn't suit 30 8 year olds hehe!!
Photo one is a small selection of cute little items that my daughter insisted we make - the teacher has the final say on Friday as to what we will actually be doing.

Now....the little candywrapper is from the new candy wrapper die that will be out with the new mini next month, there is a little bag from the fancy favour die, the purses are from a tutorial I found on one of my favourite blogs Inking Idaho, the bookmark is made with the two-tags die, so is the little green basket, and the tutorial for the test-tube holders is from Dawn's Stamping Thoughts, another blog I absolutely love!!

This next picture is a gorgeous little Santa treat box that I found on youtube by Chic n Scratch- this is one talented lady, let me tell you! I loved it so much that I straight out copied it!

How cute is that!! I also have a few little mini fold-out albums - extremely simple I must say - and bits and pieces yet to be photographed, that I will also take in for consideration. I am not being paid to do this craft day, although she has offered to pay for supplies, but if the kids like the stuff and take it home, perhaps mum/dad/siblings/grandies might like it and decide they just have to make their own!!

I also have a custom order from my hairdresser, for 12 handmade gifties for her little old ladies that come in every week. She had no idea what she wanted, but they had to be Christmassy and less than $10. I must say that I have had a really hard time with this order. Anyone who crafts knows how long things take to make, and how many supplies you go through.....so really this order took some thinking!

But I hope she likes at least some of these little things, and I can go from there and fill her order. Whatever she doesn't like will go into the stash for the little stall at our school Christmas fete next month, so nothing will be wasted :)

This first picture are the candles I worked on today...all handstamped and I even decorated the box ...

Here are some closeups....

Here are a couple of test tube holders filled with homemade bath salts - the one in the clear box is from a free tutorial from Sarah's Ink Spot the other one is using the box #2 die and I added a backing.....

The next picture is of a few little flip albums I have been working on.....

More of the Inking Idaho purses...

And my last share for the day is a 9 nugget holder I made from a free tutorial I found at Sarah's Inkspot...

So, what did you think? Do you think my hairdresser will like at least a couple? I have a few others to show her that I have not uploaded here, but I will be sure to share what she actually chooses with you all.

Thanks for sticking around to the end, and if you would like to know anything more about what you saw here, or the supplies used, just let me know!

Hopefully I will be back soo with more Christmas Craft to share, but until then, make sure to take some time to papercraft!

Kylie x

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween to you!!
Yep, it's that time of year again! The time of year when most of you turn off your lights and hide inside your houses hoping the neighbourhood kids will think you are out LOL!! But if you are like me, you LOVE Halloween and all of the gory-looking costumes and decorations that are in the shops right now! The funniest are the lollies in the shapes of body parts and stuff - they look gross and taste even worse!!
We don't celebrate Halloween as such - the kids don't go trick or treating or anything, and although we have friends that host the occassional Halloween party, we haven't had one yet, although, it could be on the cards!! But I do love any excuse to craft little treat holders for the kids to take to school and share with their classmates! This is our first year at our current school, so the teachers haven't been exposed much to my crafting obsession, but that is about to change! The most exciting crafting time is almost upon us, and I always use Halloween as the practice run. So here is a quick pic of just some of the treats the kids took to school today....silly me forgot to take photos before we left for school, so I made up a couple to share with you now.

So what do your think? Don't you just love the Halloween papers? These are new to the 2011/2012 Idea Book and Catalogue this year, and I love the fact that we are getting a more expanded range. The little candy wrapper is a new die that will be released with our newest mini, from December 1st! I have my copy of the new mini in my hot little hands and I love it! Why don't you book a free workshop with me, and I will show you how to use the new die, plus a range of other fantastic goodies?? Go on, you know you want to!!

On another note, sorry it has taken me so long to get around to posting again, but I have been busy prepping for the recent Bizzy Mums Open Day I held on October 1st. If you came down and said hi, thanks so much! If you didn't.......um, WHY NOT?? you missed out on a great afternoon full of laughs and fabulous muffins and brownies, baked by yours truly! I even decorated them with these cute little decorated toothpicks stamped with our new stamps! All of the Mums who displayed on the day have said they would love to do it again, so keep an eye out sometime in Jan/Feb for our next one - you really have to come along and say hi!

Then the family and I, with some gorgeous friends, headed off to 'not so' sunny Queensland for two weeks of doing the tourist thing! We did every theme park going, including the Outback Spectacular(truly spectacular) and Draculas on the GoldCoast! Then we headed up to Maroochydore for what was supposed to be three blissful days of laying around the pool and doing nothing - but the weather put paid to that, so we did Australia Zoo and the Sunshine Castle and lots of other interesting stuff......now we need a holiday from our holiday!! Here's my gorgeous kids out the front of Australia Zoo on a day that the rain just didn't stop!

 

But I am back and raring to get into the Christmas Spirit, seeing as tho it is right around the corner! If you are still reading this, thanks for hanging in there, and check back soon for more of my crafting obsession!

Until next time, make sure that you make time to papercraft!! See you soon!