Embrace Life

Hi there all. I am trying to get my mojo happening for stampin again. I can not seem to get my ideas working though. Oh well its been a bit of a busy time hasn't it. I guess with everything it has become a bit of a task to take a step back and breathe.
Here are my first two plays for the year, the first one would have looked great if my card had not been moved and smudged ... argh!! The second card I have done was a case (an idea) from SSS. (split coast stampers) I like it, it did take a while to cut around the flowers, but, I am sure it would not have taken as long if i was using MY stampin Up scissors and not the kids lovely not sharp ones from school. Since being backwards and forwards to sydney I have misplaced my scissors (INSERT TEARS HERE!!) I am sure that they will turn up eventually.

On another note, I still have dates free to run workshops, so, while sale-a-bration is on, why not take the opportunity to try and recieve some free stamps! If you would like any further information please let me know and I will have a chat. my email is bellross@live.com.au don't be afraid to email me, i love getting emails!

Take care and happy stampin!

a short message

As most of you are aware my Step Dad Garry was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor in January last year. Sadly he passed away last week after one hell of a fight.

As i want to raise some funds for cancer research this year I will be holding march as my month where 10% of orders from stampin up go to the cancer research centre. If you would like to donate at any time please go to www.acrf.com.au every donation over $2 is tax deductable.

I also want to get back into some sort of normality around here with our lives I would really like to hold workshops as soon as possible. If you would like to hold a workshop please get back to me and i will see what dates I have available.

From January through to February 28th is Stampin Ups Sale a bration. For every $100 you spend you get to get a free stamp set from the sale a bration catalogue. For hostesses who hostess a workshop and you reach $600 in sales you will recieve a free sale a bration stamp set in addition to the other hostess benefits!
If you would like to become a recruit now is the time to do it! If you sign up to become a demonstrator during sale a bration you can choose a free set (up to the value of $79.95) from the 2008-2009 idea book and catalogue for FREE. If you would like a copy of the idea book why not have a work shop and recieve it for free, or you can purchase it from me.
Please note my email adress is bellross@live.com.au

Wishing you all a safe, happy healthy 2009.

Guess who had another play date! Snow Flurries, So Swirly, Loads of Love and Fun and Fast notes.

Today I had the lovely Di and her sister come over to have a play with the Stampin Up! Products. Here are some of the cards that we made.

This card was made with the so swirly jumbo wheel and fun and fast notes. It is done with the bold brights colours.

Again here is the jumbo so swirly wheel. This card is for my sister in law Mimi, I am so hoping that She does not look at this blog lol!

This is the stamps from loads of love. Pretty basic card but looks ok.

This is one of the cards that we had made on the weekend classes just with a different greeting.

Christmas Card Classes Weekend

Hi, we have just finished our weekend of Christmas Card Classes. It was so nice to meet such lovely people. Thank you all for coming and bringing your own crafty ideas to the projects. It is amazing how many different looks you can get when several people do the same project. I was thoroughly impressed with everyones style. Thank you all again for making this weekend wonderful. I did not get photos from the classes, but I did just grab some with my cards and Leslee's. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves and you are all more than welcome to attend the next class that I hold. I will be holding more as I had so much fun!!

Here are our projects from todays class. the cards I made are on the left, Leslee's on the right.

The cards on top are what Les is taking home lol! We certainly had

a very productive weekend! If you are interested in holding this class before christmas please let me know and I ould love to run it for you. Thank you all once again for such a great weekend! Thanks Les for coming down to be here, you rock!!

My playdate with Les!! Who needs to go out on a Saturday night when you can play!

I had a play date, I had a play date!!

My lovely aunt, my buddy came over this weekend for my christmas card workshop She lives in Maryborough and comes to play quite frequently! Last night we had a bit of a play. Les had ordered her markers and was keen to use them (She lloooooooves the markers!) Anyhoo... We made 3 cards, basically using the same image, colours, but different layouts, brads and ribbon. We are so happy with our cards. Okay... so 2 were cased from the old stampin ideas booklet that Bec had given me the other day, but the other one was all us baby. Let me know what you think

This is Leslee's Loads of love card. She used some hodge podge on the corner stuck with a dimensional, it looks so affective.

Here is the tree from the loads of love set with a bit of vanilla ribbon and

red brads. We have versa marked the wheel down the bottom

This is my tree card. I have used the 2 silver brads instead two different looks with a set... gotta love versatility! This is my loads of love card, all (including the truck like Les) are with dimensionals. Again 2 looks.

This is our designed card. This one is my thankyou card. I have borrowed

the word sets from Bec, *waves at Bec will be buying this set in the

near future

Here is Les' one. How cute are these!!

I will be posting our Christmas workshop photos this afternoon. FUN FUN FUN!!

SO sorry!!

Hi all sorry it has been a while since my last post but loads has been happening.

Bec and I did the under 8s day at the school, we had a good day with the kids making tags and us meeting some very nive people. Unfortunately we did not take any orders on the day so we were unable to donate to the school. :(

Julian had fun as well with Granny who took him to look at he police car and animals, here he is watching the stall for us!

I will be holding some christmas classes so if you would like more information please email me bellross@live.com.au

Speak to you all soon!! :)