A little Monkey business...

Here are few animals I made with Stampin' Up! punches, the monkey is a CASE from the very talented Ngaire Anderson, who just so happens to be the Demo of the year for 2007/2008. The lion and the dog were taught to the girls who attended the demos get together last Dec. by the very clever Pat Carr, I saw them posted on Makeesha's site and thought that I'd give them a go. I really love the way they turned out and even my daughter joined in the fun and made a monkey with googly eyes, but she won't let me post him! I hope you find these little critters fun, I had a blast making them. Lots of inky hugs from...

Another punch class card...

Happy Sunday to you all,
We have all had an extra hour in bed in WA today, as the clocks turned back. This card is another of the cards we made at our get together a few weeks ago here. I wanted to show my friends how you could use the wonderful Scallop edge punch to do a few different tricks and this little medallion is one of them. It makes a nice frame for any smaller stamped image or embellishment such as you see here. I used the flowers from the beautiful Flower fusion box, we are getting another colour selection of these flowers in the new catalogue. The paper used is from the Bali Breeze collection and the sentiment is from the One for you set, the little flower stamped image on the top part of the card is from Eastern Blooms and is inked in Old Olive, stamped onto Old Olive card stock. I used one of our white gel pens to add the dots all around the card. I hope you like it, thanks for visiting with me. Lots of inky hugs from...

Tag punch Flowers/stars...

Hello fellow blog surfers,

These are a couple of cards my friends came over to make the day we were playing with punches. I found the template for making these on..."you guessed it" SPS. The vellum was stamped with 'snow burst' for the top card and with the wheel called 'It's Beautiful'
for the card above. I used some paper from the Berry Bliss SU DSP. and used the sentiment from' One of a kind set'. I used the small and large tag punches, the three for you punch , the five petal punch, the boho blossoms punch, the 1/16" circle punch for the brad in the center of the flower and the crop-a-dile to set a jumbo eyelet for the ribbon. So...Do ya think I used enough punches? Oh I forgot to mention the oval punches for the top card "LOL"

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by. Lots of inky hugs from ....

Little Mermaid ....

Hi All,
Back in Dec. last year there was a fabulous team weekend retreat organised for all of Makeesha's and Ngaire's down line, (side line) etc. Well I had a previous booked engagement, so I couldn't make it. But I was shown this little mermaid by several of the girls who made it and it was designed by the very talented Pat Carr. The mermaid is made up of different punched out shapes, all from SU punches, I then put some glue where her scales should be and sprinkled over some of the very gorgeous new chunky glitter from SU. The stamp set used is Ocean commotion.
I hope you like her, take care and happy stamping, lots of inky hugs from...

Bugs and Kisses!

Happy Sunday everyone,
I thought I would post a couple of cards that my kids class made a couple of weeks ago. The lady bird one has little chocolate lady bugs stuck on it and it was a real chore to get all the kids to stick them to the card and not eat them first! They also made the little note books with the bugs on, all of the children in that class are girls so it makes it easy to choose colours etc. They all had a really good time and are looking forward to their next session in a couple of weeks time. The set used is called Bugs and Kisses, isn't it cute! Thanks for visiting, see you tomorrow, lots of inky hugs from ....

Hi There!

Hello fellow stampers,
I know you must be feeling a bit neglected, as it's been a while since my last post. Well I have plenty of excuses, not least of all a very nasty abscess on the root of my back tooth, but I won't bore you with details.
The card you see above was one of thirteen which I made for swaps, which were exchanged at my last team meeting at Makeesha's (my upline). The stamp set used is called Embrace Life, it is in the current mini catalogue, the card stock is Tempting Turquoise and the paper is from the pack called Bali Breeze, which is also in the current mini. We all had a great night stamping and chatting, we talked about the new catty and all the goodies that we would just HAVE to HAVE! we also chatted about the fantastic convention that we will be attending in May, which is in Canberra this year. It will be my first national convention and I'm sooo excited about going.
I hope you all got the retirement goodies you were after, there is still time to put an order in if you haven't all ready done so. The new catty will be released for you to have on April the 1st. I can't wait to get your reactions on all the new products and stamp sets, if you would like to order a catalogue please feel free to contact me and I can arrange a pick up or post it to your door. Oh well take care and thanks for visiting, I will post more tomorrow. Lots of inky hugs from...

RETIREMENT!!!

NOT me silly, the 2008/2009 Stampin'Up! catalogue. It's a really bittersweet time of year, we are all looking forward to new stamp sets and accessories, as well as a new set of In-Colours, but with the excitement of all that comes the sadness of having to say good bye to some all-time favourites! If you would like a chance at grabing some of your much loved sets or accessories before they're gone for ever, take a visit over to the Stampin'Up! Customer page which is located over on your right, just click on it and you will then come up with the home page with the retired list logo, just click on that to view the list. There're are bargins to be had also, because some of the sets and accessories have been discounted to 25%, 50% and you can still buy any of the sets which will have 50% of their retail value donated to the Red Cross Bush Fires Appeal. You'll have to be quick as they all go really fast, all the In-Colours re-inkers have gone already! If you would like to place an order or just find out more about the retired list ect. Please don't hesitate to call or e-mail me HERE.: charmaineblck@yahoo.com.au I will send you my number if you need it.
Have fun searching for those bargins and don't cry too much when you see all those beautiful sets that are going, just think of all the new ones that will be with us soon! Lots of inky hugs from ....