Kindy Teacher Gifts

I suddenly realised yesterday that I hadn't made anything for my little girl to give to her Kindy teachers when term ends next week. So using this great tutorial by Marelle, I whipped up one of these boxes for each teacher.

Be sure to keep an eye out next week, as I have been having fun playing with the Sweet Treat Cups from the Summer Mini and have a few cards to share with you all!

Materials

Stamps: Winter Post, Cute & Curly

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Real Red, Whisper White, Acetate

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Real Red, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Stazon White

Other: Curly Label Punch, Kiwi Kiss Striped Grosgrain, Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread

Elephant Parade

A few months ago Stampin' Up! held a demonstrator training in Wellington. We were lucky enough to be given one of the stamp sets from the Summer Mini to use for our Make n Takes on the evening. Here is one of the projects we completed, using the cute Animal Stories Stamp Set.

What you can't see in the picture is that the middle elephant has been heat embossed to give him a lovely shine!

Materials

Stamps: Animal Stories

Cardstock: Riding hood Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White,

Ink: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Versamark

Other: Pacific Point Grosgrain Ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Chit Chat Rub-ons

Last of the Team Swaps

Here are the last few cards from my teams shoebox swap.

Designed by Julie. I love the fold of this card!

Designed by Keryn

Designed by Broni

BREAKING NEWS!!

Stampin' Up! have advised that several items from the Spring Mini Catalogue are still available for purchase!

The following items are available to order:

112534	Jumbo brads 5/16" Neutrals Assortment	$18.50
112533	Jumbo brads 5/8" Neutrals Assortment	$16.25
114889	Scallop Oval punch	$35.95
106960	StazOn ink pad (White pad and refill)	$26.95
109196	StazOn Cleaner	$11.75

So if you missed out while the Spring Mini was current, you can play catch up now! Email me to place your order.

Team Shoebox Swap

My Stampin' Up! team had our last stamping day of the year last weekend, and once again we participated in a shoebox swap - we have all agreed these are the best fun! The only 'rule' for the swap was that we had to use product from the new Summer Mini. Here are a few of the cards we made - I will share the rest next week!

Card designed by Liz

Card Designed by Lynette. Can you believe that the stitching on this is done using cardstock strips NOT thread!!

Card Designed by Dianna

Card Designed by Judith. Doesn't the white on white embossing look really effective!

December Project of the Month

As promised, here is a fresh, summery card using the great Butterfly Prints Stamp Set and it's coordinating Butterfly Punch from the NEW Summer Mini Catalogue. I designed this card for the shoe box swap my team participated in at our latest stamping day.

The butterfly was achieved by simply stamping and punching out the butterfly multiple times and then layering them up. The punch makes this job so quick and easy! Here is a closer look

Materials

Stamps: Butterfly Prints, Polka Dot, Best yet

Cardstock: Regal Rose, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Regal Rose, Old Olive, Basic Grey

Other: Butterfly Punch, Eyelet Edge Punch, Corner Rounder Punch

The promised Bump pic!

We finally remembered to take a pic of my bump at the weekend, so for all of those that have requested one - here it is

This is at just under 32 weeks - not too huge yet, but that will change over the next few weeks!

Summer Mini is Here!!

The NEW Summer Mini catalogue is finally here!

Packed full of gorgeous new products, including new stamp sets, ribbons, buttons, punches, Designer Series Papers and new tools! A few of my favourites are:

* Circle Scissors Plus - a fabulous tool that lets you cut circles any size from 1" up to 6"

* Butterfly Prints Stamp Set - and matching Punch

* Fleurettes - Gorgeous crocheted flowers that can be dyed any colour to match your project

* Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon - Double-sided so you can have the polka dots or not

* For Everything Stamp Set - Cute, bright and fun for summer!

Sweet Treat Cups and Something Sweet Stamp Set - my absolute favourite! A fun and cute way to add lollies or other treats to your cards!

You can view the Summer Mini on-line HERE, then Email me with your order! I will be back with a project using the gorgeous Butterfly Prints Stamp Set tomorrow!