Gift Certificates

Are you stuck for Gift Idea's? Well how about a Gift Certificate for Stampin' Up! products.

All you need to do is determine the amount and pay for it I will do the rest. A custom made Gift Certificate that allows your friend or loved one to shop from the comfort of their home. A perfect gift for someone who is interested in stamping and papercraft.

The Gift Certificate is valid for 12 months and can be redeemed by either calling or emailing me.

June Challenge Theme

The Theme for the June Challenge is to create a “Bookmark”

Scrap Day

I had a lovely day on Saturday scrappin with 'Memory Makers', at the Condon Salvation Army Hall. Uninterupted scrap and social time...amazing. Being in a room full of crafty ladies there was lots of conversation, inspiration and laughter. Memory Makers meet monthly, thanks to Carolyn for organizing such a wonderful day, I am looking forward to attending this event on a regular basis. It is hard to believe $10 covers, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea as well as the use of available tools and equipment - byo paper/card, embellishments, photo's etc.
The theme for the day was”Autumn Leaves”. As I was new to the group I did not know you could deviate from the theme. So I was madly searching the night before the event for colours pertaining to Autumn and appropriate photo's. I really didn't have any Autumn related stamp sets so I have used the leaves from A little bit of Happiness..(a hostess set from 2008/2009) and trimmed around the Autumn leaf... a little time consuming, however I am happy with the end result.
I finally managed to scrap two 8 x 8 pages for Tristan's album and a 12 x 12 page ( t j ) of Tristan for my album..... my how time flies when you're having fun!

In the end I took the inspiration from the colours in the Designer Series Paper (DSP)

Autumn Leaves

SU Products
Card: More Mustard, Old Olive, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise
DSP: East Coast Prep (2008/2009 Catalogue)
Stamps: A Little Bit of Happiness (2008/2009 Catalogue)
Inks: Old Olive & Pumpkin Pie

Dirty Work
SU Products
Card: Really Rust, Cerainly Celery, Very Vanilla,
Paper: East Cost Prep (2008/2009 Catalogue)
Stamps: Big Deal Alphabet
Inks: Chocolate Chip

May Challenge

Unfortunately I did not receive any entries for the May Challenge..... “A card for her”. Not to worry, I know everyone is busy, so I have just kick started my pool for the Mater Mothers Bereavement Foundation...... it has it's first $10 in it.


Above is my contribution to the challenge.... with Mothers Day being in May I decided to make a Card for mum. Those who have met my mum know that “I am just like my mum” and I do think I am very lucky.

SU Products:
Card : Barely Banana, Very Vanilla, Old Olive
DSP: Spring Flowers (07/08 Catalogue)
Stamps: Greetings Eight (09/10 Catalogue)
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Punches: Scallop Edge
Ribbon: Chocoloate Grosgrain

The edges of the very vanilla card have been distressed using craft scissors and then mounted on the old olive card using Stampin' Dimensionals. The old olive card has been mounted on the Designer Series Paper (DSP) using Stampin' Dimensionals.

May's Challenge Theme

Now that the details are out...... we will start with something easy. Inspired by Mothers Day this comming Sunday, the the Theme for the month of May is:

A card "For Her" ...... it might be mum, it might be a sister, daughter or friend... the opportunities are endless.

Introducing Stampin with Fi's - Monthly Challenge

To give you an opportunity to get the creative juices flowing I thought I would create a Monthly Challenge. The winner of the monthly challenge will receive a $10 Stampin' Up! credit redeemable with me.

The Challenge Outline is:

• At the beginning of each month I will announce the Challenge Theme


• Your entry must have at least two (different) Stampin' Up! elements to be eligible for the monthly prize
  ie. cardstock, punches, stamps, ink, embelishments, designer series paper, ribbon etc.


• for example the use of cardstock and an SU stamped image qualifies


• the use of 2 different colours of SU cardstock and no other SU products does not qualify.


• Your entry must be received by the 25th of each month.


• To submit your entry please send two digital photo's to the above email address and details of SU items used


• The winning entry and winners name will be posted on the blogspot on the last day of each month.


• The prize of a $10 Stampin' Up credit is valid for 12 months and redeemable with me at anytime during those 12 months


• Photo's of all other entries will also be posted on the blog.


• If only 1 entry is received in a given month then that person is the monthly winner


• If no entries are received in a given month then the $10 prize money will go towards the paperANGELS chosen charity the "Mater Mothers Bereavement Fund".

When the winning entry is posted I will also post what I have made that month that fits the Challenge Theme.

1st Bithday's

I love 1st Birthday parties. The adults make a fuss and the dear little ones are not quite sure what is going on.... except that they are the center of attention and loving it! Here are another couple of 1st Birthday cards I made for Ella's little friends.

*I have had trouble loading the photo's which has forced me to reduce the image quality