Mojo Monday & KWerner Colour Inspiration Challenge

  

Hello!   After a week that left me to busy to do any challenges, I have had time to play today, and decided to do my first Mojo Monday challenge (which was so much fun!) and combine it with a KWerner Colour Inspiration.

Pretty in Pink/Chocolate Chip/Close to Cocoa cardstock.  Vellum, Markers, Fire & Ice Brads, Chocolate Satin Ribbon, Pink Taffeta Ribbon, White Gel Pen.  Embrace Life Stamp Set.

Enjoy your afternoon - the sun's out finally (after standing in the pouring rain for cricket this morning), and we're off for a game of squash, to wear off a few of the crunchie bars I have had to test to make sure they meet the standard before I use them in my classes....   Yeah Rite!

Michelle

Mostly Flowers. Mostly.

These are the photos of two of my cards that we will be making this month at my $2 cards/Retirement Party.  I have sorted out 45 sets - yes 45 - that are going to be retiring that need to GO.  My Stamp Club ladies will have the first option on them next week, then they'll be out for you to have a look at on the 17th March.  Come along and check out what you can pick up for a bargain!

Mostly Flowers is one of the retiring sets that I have borrowed from Helen at the moment, and am really wishing that I had bought it earlier now.  It's SO cool!  Have you ever seen Tea Bag Folding?  I kid you not - that's what it's called (who knows why), but it is just amazing, and I'm going to be showing how to do it at my WITT class on Tuesday, then at Inglewood High on Thursday, and maybe, (if Helen lets me keep her set for another week!) at $2 cards on the 17th March as well!  This card is one that Helen made and brought along to our beach retreat last weekend.  It's so easy to make, and I love the effect.   I'm going to have a little play and see what else I could do with this cute layout.

And this card, which was originally made by Leah Sinatra, is using our lovely Level 2 Hostess Set Spring Solitude bundle.  I used watercolour pencils to colour the flowers, then the 5 petal flower punch and Polka Dot Punches SAB set. 

Enjoy your wet Friday - looks like cricket might once again be cancelled tomorrow.  Shame.  NOT!

Michelle

PRICELESS!

Good afternoon - the camera is all up & charged, so I'm back with some photos - finally!   I have only recently got Priceless, and I am really loving it!   I'm not exactly sure what kind of fold this is - it's not a joy fold, but is kind of similar, so today, it's a "Michelle Special Fold"... maybe you can tell me what it's really called?!  This is one of the cards we are making at Inglewood High School class tonight.   If you would love to make a set of cards using this (or any other) stamp set, then give me a call - I offer classes at my home or yours for just $10 for 4 cards using the same set for a group of 6 or more.

RECIPE : Cardstock/Ink : Groovy Guava, Chocolate Chip, River Rock, Whisper White.  Accessories : Double Stitched Ribbon, Eyelet, Crop-O-Dile, Versamark, Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds.    I rock 'n rolled the butterfly to get the multiple colours on the wings, then applied heat & stick powder over top of versamark, heated it, then applied dazzling diamonds on top.

Enjoy your night, and thanks for stopping by!

Michelle

Updated retiring list - more sold out!

List of sold out items updated 4th March:

SOLD OUT  LOW QUANTITY REMAINING 

River Rock A4 card stock
Ahoy, Matey
Rich Regal Eyelets 
Black Hemp Twine 
Daisey Field Wheel
In Colour 12"x 12" card stock 
Theater Ribbon Originals
Soft Subtle buttons
Wild Wasabi A4 card stock
Basics Outline Jumbo Wheel
Earth Elements & Neutrals buttons
Gift sacks
By Land
Fishy wheel
Dad's Day
It's Your Birthday
Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware
Everything Baby
Fabulous Flowers
Rough Texture Jumbo Wheel
Speckled Jumbo Wheel
Birthday Jumbo Wheel
Stipple Rose
Classic Backgrounds
Symbols of Solicitude
Forever in My Heart
Rich Regal Buttons

$2 cards Retirement Party - found the camera!

Yes, I can hear you asking - "$2 cards, WHAT $2 cards?"   After lots of people asking why I'm not having $2 cards this month, I decided to combine a retirement party & $2 cards on one night.  Here are the details:

When: Tuesday 17th March, Open Home from 6.30pm-10.00pm
Cost: $15 - make 8 cards of your choice from 5 different designs.  You can make additional cards for $2 per card.

BYO adhesive - Nibbles will be provided.

Come and have a last play with some of my much-loved but soon-to-be-gone forever stamp sets.  I will be having a silent auction where you can bid on some retiring goodies from my own collection so I can clear some room for some fabulous new stamp sets that are coming next month!   

Register by Saturday 14 March by phone or email : 06 7533736 / o2bstampin@hotmail.com 

I've just ventured into the area known by most as a son's bedroom (also know as "pigsty" and "that tip where you sleep") and found the missing camera, so I can post two of the cards I've already made for $2 cards...  I KNOW!!   I'm super organised, which is amazing for me right!?   Usually it's the early hours of the night before that I finish preparing.   I don't know what has come over me!!

 

OK - soo even though my day got better when the courier delivered my 24 FAMILY PACKS OF CRUNCHIE BARS - (all for use in classes of course) the battery on my camera is, of course, FLAT, so it will be a little while until I can post the promised photos, but I did get the 6x6 pages posted before it died!

Enjoy!

Michelle

Happy Mental Health Day.

So some days, you just need a laugh to start the day, as there isn't much else to laugh at, so here's one for all those women who heaved a sigh of relief when their darling cherubs walked out the door to go to school this morning, or who walked with 16 children on the Walking School Bus to school, all the way yelling "keep up with the person in front of you."   "Stay off the road"   "Don't lay down on the footpath where other people are trying to get past" and "If you don't stop sulking, I'll leave you here on the side of the road"  (the latter was one of my cherubs!)

 

Ralph and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool. Ralph suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.    Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled him out.  When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna's heroic act she  immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now considered her to be mentally stable. When she went to tell Edna the news she said, "Edna, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged, since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of the person you love. I have concluded that your act displays sound mindedness. The bad news is, Ralph hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he's dead."   Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry.   How soon  can I go home?" 

Happy Mental Health day!

 

Ok, so once I stopped laughing, I thought I'd better find something to post today, instead of just rambling, so here it is!   (FOUND THE CAMERA!)  This layout was inspired by a page that TONI created, then once again, someone else changed it just a little, then someone else did second page for a double page layout, then I recreated it with my own colours & DSP.  LOVE it! 

RECIPE : Purely Pomegranate, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White & River Rock ink & cardstock.  Holiday Harmony DSP, Oval Punches, Double Stitched Ribbon, Pretties Kit, Corner Rounder, Lovely labels, French Flair & Baroque Motifs stamp sets

Enjoy your day!

Michelle

Updated Retiring List - Sold Out items & a Treasure Box

Hi there - just a quick update on the retiring list.  I will update daily items that are sold out.  Once again - act quickly if you don't want to miss out on any stamp set or accessory before it's to late! 

 

The following items are either sold out, or low in stock.

107565 Flip Flops SOLD OUT
109020 Wild Wasabi Ink Refill SOLD OUT
109015 Soft Sky Ink Refill SOLD OUT
109016 River Rock Ink Refill SOLD OUT
109017 Purely Pomegranate Ink Refill SOLD OUT
100381 Earth Elements Eyelets SOLD OUT
100378 Soft Subtle Eyelets SOLD OUT
109019 Groovy Guava  Ink Refill SOLD OUT
108748 Best Friend Numbers SOLD OUT
107212 Mateys Map SOLD OUT
105320 Basic Eyelets SOLD OUT

MORE that have SOLD OUT- added 2nd March
103195 Gifts Galore SOLD OUT
107561 Garden Annuals SOLD OUT
109610 Confetti Simply Scrappin’ SOLD OUT
104279 Leaf Prints SOLD OUT

Added 3rd March
110255 Bundle of Joy SOLD OUT
112402 Short Order Numbers SOLD OUT
109018 Blue Bayou Ink Refill SOLD OUT

Added 4th March
111852 River Rock A4 card stock SOLD OUT
108720 Ahoy, Matey SOLD OUT
105316 Rich Regal Eyelets Low Quantity
101259 Black Hemp Twine Low Quantity
106662 Dasey Field Wheel Low Quantity
108638 In Color 12″x 12″ card stock Low Quantity
109186 Theater Ribbon Originals Low Quantity
105445 Soft Subtle buttons Low Quantity
111850 Wild Wasabi A4 card stock Low Quantity
106610 Basics Outline Jumbo Wheel Low Quantity
103981 Earth Elements & Neutrals buttons Low Quantity
100900 Gift sacks Low Quantity
108763 By Land Low Quantity
104065 Fishy wheel Low Quantity
112253 Dad’s Day Low Quantity
108849 It’s Your Birthday Low Quantity
105531 Antique Brass Hodgepodge Low Quantity
112391 Everything Baby Low Quantity
112310 Fabulous Flowers Low Quantity
107464 Rough Texture Jumbo Wheel Low Quantity
107465 Speckled Jumbo Wheel Low Quantity
107467 Birthday Jumbo Wheel Low Quantity
108923 Stipple Rose Low Quantity
112272 Classic Backgrounds Low Quantity
108929 Symbols of Solicitude Low Quantity
112316 Forever in My Heart Low Quantity
105446 Rich Regal Buttons Low Quantity

5th March:
108747 Best Friends Alphabet Upper SOLD OUT
111851 Soft Sky A4 card stock SOLD OUT
112229 ABC Images Low Quantity
108857 Linen Low Quantity
108998 Beautiful Life Low Quantity
110248 Polka Dots & Petals Low Quantity
108765 Cheery Chat Low Quantity

This was the cute Treasure Box we made today at WITT.   It was one of Makeesha's UStamp projects, and a VERY cute one!  I changed the size from using a 12x12 piece of cardstock for the box base to a standard A4 piece, then just amended my measurements as required. I used the Rose Red Prints DSP, Purely Pomegranate & Certainly Celery cardstock & ink, Bold Butterfly wheel & double stitched ribbon.  The stamp set I used is Think Happy Thoughts & the flower from Eastern Blooms.

 

Have a wonderful day!

Michelle

Classes for March

Whoops!!  I realised that I sent out my customer email, but haven't put up my classes on my blog, so just to remind you - here they are :

Take 10 Class - Sunday 15 March 2.00pm-4.00pm  COST : $20.00.  If you purchase the Lovely As A Tree stamp set then you will get a $10 discount off the cost of the set. (RRP $57.95)

We will be making 10 cards (5 different designs) all using the LOVELY AS A TREE stamp set.    Register by Tuesday 10th March.

Stamp Clubs Choose which time suits you - the second Tuesday  of the month at 7.30pm, OR the second Wednesday of the month at 9.30am.  Simply purchase $35.00 worth of product and attend this stamp club for free.  The club runs for 4 more months, and this month we are making a magazine card holder, plus a matching set of 3 cards to go in it, similar to this set :

 

So if you would like to come along to either class or stamp clubs, give me a call 06 7533736 and join in the fun.

Have a wonderful day!

Michelle

Some scrappin' from the weekend.

Hello!   Hope you are all managing to get hold of what you really really want from the retiring list before it is sold out!  I've just been playing - finishing off a double page spread that I cased from one of the girls in the weekend.  To be honest, I THINK this page was first cased from a page that TRUDI originally made, then someone made it using different DSP, then someone else changed it a little, and I cased that!   Make sense??  Probably everyone that was out at our Team Retreat had a part in creating this page....   Anyway - some really old photos (well before digital, so the quality of the photography is on the ho-hum side) from our honeymoon!    I took all these photos out of the old magnetic album a couple of years ago to stop them from deteriorating, and have not even scrapped one single photo.  So today - I started!   We went on a cruise for our honeymoon (ask me about THAT story one day!) and this is us just leaving the port of Sydney enroute to Vanuatu. 

I have used the lovely (soon to be gone) Bali Breeze paper, Purely Pomegranate & Tempting Turquoise cardstock, and rub-ons.   

NOW - a BIG tip for you all - the price of DSP AND INK PADS will be increasing in the next catalogue, so if you are like me, and need to get a few more to fill the gaps, make sure you put in your order before the end of the month. 

Now, on with some work!!

Have a great day
Michelle

A quick goodbye to some old favourites

WOW - soooo much has happened since my last posting, and with me spending the last two days stamping and scrappin and singing and eating.... with our team out at our beach retreat, I'm just trying to catch up on a bit.   Here's the important stuff for now - I'll post some more cool stuff from our time at the beach later on!

The retiring list is out, and Stampin' Up! have reduced some stamp sets and accessories by a whopping 25% (2 of the designer papers have been discounted by 50%)!  The list below is NOT a complete list of everything that is retiring, you will have to check the links for that, but this is just the sets that have been reduced by Stampin' Up!. 

STAMP SETS REDUCED BY 25% (price shown is the discounted price).   You've got to be super quick, as there are already lots of things that have been sold out completely, so email me to place your order before you miss out as well!

Pg   Stamp Set

26    Hung Up on the Holidays  $26.96
28    Holiday Wishes  $40.46
29    Merry, Merry  $40.46
29    Snow Flurries  $18.71
30    Solemn Stillness  $51.71
31    Keep Christmas  $33.71
33    Dad's Day  $38.21
34    All-Year Fun  $50.96
40    All Through the Year  $29.96
42    Eat Cake  $43.46
48    Artfully Asian  $40.46
53    Like It a Latte  $41.96
56    Greetings Galore  $51.71
65    Bronc Buster  $32.21
68    Go Team  $29.96
68    Just Golf  $21.71
68    Just Tennis  $21.71
78    Bud Basics  $29.96
79    Blossoms Abound  $40.46
83    Sassy Stems  $32.21
90    Office Accoutrement  $53.96
91    Stamp of Authenticity  $53.96
92    Happiness  $29.96
93    Sweet Shapes $43.46
95    Finest Flourishes  $32.21
96    Labelicious  $32.21
100  Sweet Sampler  $26.96
102  Background Sampler  $26.96
107  On the Spot  $29.96
107  Floral  $29.96
107  Linen  $29.96
108  Well-Worn Words  $29.96
108  Paisley  $29.96
108  Friendly  $29.96
108  Canvas  $29.96
108  Fine lace  $29.96
111  Alphabits  $26.96
113  Lexicon of Love  $26.96
117  Expressive Flexible Phrase  $70.46
122  Kia Ora  $27.71
126  Rough Edges Mini Alphabets  $35.21

IN-COLOUR ITEMS REDUCED BY 25%

129  Blue Bayou classic ink pad  $8.81
129  Groovy Guava classic ink pad  $8.81
129  Purely Pomegranate classic ink pad  $8.81
129  Groovy Guava classic ink pad  $8.81
129  River Rock classic ink pad  $8.81
129  Soft Sky classic ink pad  $8.81
129  Wild Wasabi classic ink pad  $8.81
129  In Colour A4 cardstock  $12.94
129  In Colour 12x12" textured cardstock  $19.46
146  Blue Bayou double-stitched grosgrain  $14.96
146  Groovy Guava double-stitched grosgrain  $14.96
146  Purely Pomegranate double-stitched grosgrain  $14.96
146  Soft Sky double-stitched grosgrain  $14.96
146  Groovy Guava double-stitched grosgrain  $14.96
146  Wild Wasabi double-stitched grosgrain  $14.96
146  Wild Wasabi striped grosgrain  $13.46

MISCELLANEOUS ACCESSORIES REDUCED BY 25%

12   Lifelong Notes Simply Sent   $70.46
13   Friendly Notes Simply Sent $89.96
13   Sending Happy Thoughts Simply Sent $89.96
14   Simple Delights Simply Sent   $70.46
14   Three Thoughts Simply Sent   $70.46
133  Days to Remember 12x12 Calendar   $18.71
133  Pockets & Pieces Office Accents  $14.96
137  Crew Kids Boys Simply Scrapping Kit  $32.96
138  Winter Bright Simply Scrapping Kit  $32.96
140  On Board Accents  $18.71
141  On Board Blossoms & Basics  $24.71
141  On Board Ginormous Pieces  $24.71
141  On Board Simon Lower  $18.71
141  Anchored Rub-Ons  $17.63
141  Cherished Memories Rub-Ons  $17.63
141  Urban West Rub-Ons  $17.63
142  1/4" Square Punch  $10.13
142  Spring Flower Bouquet Punch  $26.96
144  Pewter Hodgepodge  $46.46
146  Caramel Gingham Ribbon  $11.96
146  Light Blue Gingham Ribbon  $11.96
146  Light Pink Gingham Ribbon  $11.96
146  Moss Gingham Ribbon  $11.96
147  Bold Brights Buttons  $12.19
147  Earth Elements & Neutrals Buttons  $12.19
147  Beachfront Ribbon Originals   $21.38
147  District Ribbon Originals   $21.38
147  Fairy Tale Ribbon Originals   $21.38

DESIGNER PAPERS REDUCED BY 25%

134-136  Designer Papers $10.46
       Berry Bliss   
       Brocade Background 
       Brilliant Blue Prints
       Certainly Celery Prints
       Close to Cocoa Prints
       Dashing
       East Coast
       Fall Flowers
       Le Jardin
       Notebook
       Old Olive Prints
       Outlaw
       Petals & Paisley
       Pumpkin Pie Prints
       Spring Break
       Spring Fling  
       Spring Silhouettes
Even more savings on these 2 papers:
       Spring Showers  $6.98!
       Spring Flowers   $6.98!

If you want to see the complete retiring list, then click HERE.   I am offering free shipping on any order over $50.00. 

Have a fabulous night!

Michelle