Bordering on Romance

This is the card that I made Brett's mum (my future MIL) for her 80th birthday. Unfortunately, I'm unable to help celebrate, as am away this weekend for work. This is one of my favourite cards (yes, I've made it before and it's an identical case), and although there are a lot of elements and layers to it - I think it makes a striking combination. All the very best Iza for a wonderful birthday. I'm sure your lovely son will spoil you enough for the both of us!

Stamp set: Bordering on Romance (retired), Well Scripted (retired)
Card Stock: Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink: Black Staz On, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter
Tools: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies, Framelits Dies Labels Collection, Finial Press Embossing Folder (retired), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Designer Frames Embossing Folder, Timeless Type Alphabet Die (retired), Extra Large Oval Punch. 

I'm away to Australia tomorrow with work - which I'm looking forward to. I feel as though I haven't been anywhere for ages. Of course, that isn't at all true and it's amazing how quickly we adapt to our environment. Did you know that I have been back in the Airforce for 17 months already! Who knew how much my life would have changed in that time?  

Have a great day everyone! 

Stampin' Up! Extreme Surfer

It was my nephew Stefan's 16th birthday yesterday. This is the card that I made him. Unfortunately, Stefan has never been surfing and it wasn't the stamp that I intended on using, but I couldn't find the one I wanted - Extreme Dirtbike. This one is Extreme Surfer and has retired. I think it's perfect for a teenage boy, regardless of whether they can surf or not. I hope you had a wonderful birthday Stefan celebrating with family and friends! 

Stamp: Extreme Surfer (retire), Gorgeous Grunge
Card Stock: Basic Grey, Whisper White, Calypso Coral
Designer Paper: Howlstooth and Scaringbone (retired)
Accessories: Silver Mini Brad
Tools: Big Shot, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Star Punch (retired)

Haven't we had horrible windy weather lately?! We've had sun as well, but the wind just doesn't seem to be letting up. I know that I shouldn't be complaining because those further south have been having storms and power cuts for the last few days. No sooner do they seem to clean up and get sorted out, that another storm strikes! I hope you've been keeping safe and warm where ever you are. 

Check back tomorrow to see the card I made for my future Mother-In-Law's 80th birthday. 

Calm Christmas

This was the card I demonstrated at our WOW PaperKRafters Team Stamp-a-Stack event yesterday. The day went really well and started off with a garage sale of our retired products. Always great to sell some old products to make room for the new goodies. 

I cased this card from Diane Vander Galien but left off the little flags so it was even faster to make. It was a Stamp-a-Stack after all. I love this stamp set and the bird stamps beautifully every time. 

Stamp: Calm Christmas (only $NZ31.95) 
Card: Whisper White, Night of Navy
Ink: Night of Navy, Gumball Green Stampin' Marker, Silver Metallic Encore Pad
Accessories: Silver 1/8" Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details
Tools: Big Shot, Pretty Print Textured Impressions EF

Thanks to everyone for making our event such a success! Always so good to have you come along and partake in our Stamp-a-Stack events. 

I hope you have a wonderful week!

Best of Birthdays

As part of the 25 year celebrations, the October "Best of" Stamp set is now available! Best of Birthdays features six cute images:

These sets are $31.95 and available in clear mount only - available while supplies last or through April 2014

Envelope Liners Framelits Discount!

We’re discounting the Envelope Liners Framelits Dies by 25%! Why?

There are three dies in every pack of Envelope Liners Framelits (132218). The liners were originally designed to coordinate with our envelopes. We've discovered that the largest die, though it fits the envelope, doesn't coordinate as it should—our envelopes have a rounded edge and the die has a square edge. Since it doesn't coordinate with our envelopes, we decided to provide a discount on the entire pack.

We are planning on correcting the largest die; until then the discount will remain valid. When the die is corrected, it will have a new item number and the price will change, all of which will be communicated to you, when the product is available.

For those who have already purchased the Envelope Liners Framelits Dies prior to today, we will send you new Envelope Liners Framelits once they are available instead of issuing a refund for the discount currently being applied. Unfortunately, we will not exchange the old Framelits for the new Framelits once they are available.

Party More. Get More.

Celebrate all month long celebrating Stampin' Up's 25th Anniversary! Get an EXTRA $25 worth of hostess product with any workshop or customer order over $450! That means $95 in FREE product for you!!

Contact me to book a party or class with me! You supply the guests and I'll provide everything else! 

More Mosaic Madness

This is another lovely swap I received a while ago from Sha Bell. I love black and white together - it makes for a clean and crisp look.

Stamp set: Mosaic Madness
Card: Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Basic Pearls, Dazzling Diamonds, Silver Rhinestones, Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon
Tools: Big Shot, Modern Label Punch, Itty Bitty Punch

As many of you will know, I am back home after my amazing trip to the USA. But what some of you may not know, is that I was proposed to by Brett on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. What a romantic man I have and such a wonderful surprise! As you can imagine, I've been on cloud nine.

Unfortunately, blogging has taken a back seat as I'm also back at work and it's as hectic as ever. I will endeavour to rectify that as soon as I can, so please bear with me. 

Have a great week everyone!