Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

Lotus Blossom

19 December, 20145 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Yay my pre-order for Sale-a-bration has arrived and I am so excited to share one of the products you can earn for FREE with any $90 order!!!!

Did you see my post last weekend showing you the cover of the Occasions Catalogue? Here it is again!

Saleabration Catalogue

And this floral bouquet has also arrived in my pre-order, so I will be making it up over the Christmas holidays. I bet you can’t wait for me to share this with you?!

Here is the Lotus Blossom stamp set. Now don’t be afraid when you see that it is two-step stamping, because this set is photopolymer and it is so easy to line up the stamps when they are completely clear, without using your stampamajig!!!

Lotus Blossom

I have used Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry & Strawberry Slush inks with the coordinating card stock.

I stamped the flowers onto scrap whisper white card and then cut each one out. You don’t have to do this if you don’t like to fussy cut, but I wanted some added dimension. I also sponged the edges of each layer of card stock to soften the edges.

Lotus Blossom

Don’t forget to stamp an extra flower on the inside of the card ~ it really does finish the project off nicely.

Would you like a copy of the Occasions & Sale-a-bration brochures? I have some now, so can mail out asap for you to browse through and make your wish lists prior to the sale date, 6 January 2015.

Please only request a copy of the Sale-a-bration & Occasions Catalogue if you are within Australia and are happy to purchase Stampin’ Up! products from me. If you currently have a demonstrator you already order from, please request a copy from them to be fair to me and the other demonstrator. Delivery will be towards the end of December.

Clearance rack saving you up to 80% off!

Weekly Deals for this week.

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Shop Online 24/7 for products

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,

Kids Cards, Masculine

Appy farewell & thank you

17 December, 201413 December, 2014 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I want to share with you some cards I have made for two of our most helpful men in the computer department where I work. They will be leaving us this week and I am very sad to be saying farewell to both of them.

I couldn’t think of what type of farewell card was appropriate for them, but then thought about an iPhone, as it is the latest fad that everyone seems to have!

So this is what I came up with.

Farewell card iphone

Is my caption corny enough??!!!! “Appy farewell”, lol

I just copied the measurements of my own iPhone to get the size as close as possible.

I hope they like it!

Clearance rack saving you up to 80% off!

Weekly Deals for this week.

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Shop Online 24/7 for products

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,

Christmas

Bright & Beautiful

15 December, 201413 December, 2014 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

This Wednesday will be my last day of work for a month, yes you heard it right, I am taking 4 weeks off work. It is unheard of, but this year I want to spend as much time with my precious girls before my youngest heads off to school in 2015. She will be a big Prep girl and I will no longer have them home with me during the day 😦

Anyway, not only that, but also more stampin’ time!!!! Ye-ha!!!!

Here are some of the cards I have made for work colleagues.

These are so quick and easy to make but look amazing. You could make 10 of these in 1/2 hour easily!

The base card is Blackberry Bliss and embossed with the Stars TIEF. I stamped the larger star from the Bright & Beautiful stamp set in Crumb Cake ink onto Whisper White card.

The sentiment is stamped over the top of the star in Blackberry Bliss ink.

This is adhered to the base card and a ribbon bow attached to the top of the star.

The inside of the card is also stamped in the same colours in the bottom corner!

These colours are amazing together and work well for a non-traditional Christmas card. What do you think?

Weekly Deals for this week. Clearance rack saving you up to 80% off!

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Shop Online 24/7 for products

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,

Free Product, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB)

Saleabration Catalogue

13 December, 20145 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

‘Squeal’ Look what arrived in the mail yesterday!!!!

Yes I am only sharing it today, because I was so busy drooling over it yesterday lol!

There is so much yumminess in this catalogue, I don’t know what to order first… I think I want one of everything and it is the best catalogue since I joined SU!

Do you want to see the cover as a sneak peek? Yes?!

Saleabration Catalogue

How gorgeous is this floral bouquet? I have ordered this and can’t wait for it to arrive so I can make it and share with you.

You would like a copy?

Clearance rack saving you up to 80% off!

Weekly Deals for this week.

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Shop Online 24/7 for products

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,

Memory Keeping/Project Life/Scrapbooking

Project Life

10 December, 20146 December, 2014 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I want to share with you some of the Project Life (memory keeping) that I have been working on. I haven’t completed the journalling, as I will do that once I have shared the pictures with you. I don’t think you need to know every little bit of our personal lives!

Project Life is a method for preserving personal and family history in the form of a scrapbook, but with the simplicity of the card system and divided pages, makes it so much easier and quicker to put your pages together. It is so meaningful to be able to have these precious memories of special moments in our life!

I am sharing ‘some’ pages from this year (as I don’t want to bore you with my life) so here we are starting with January and a day at Brighton Beach and first day of school and kinder!

Project Life

Then we skip to Easter and the Easter Bunny found us!

Project Life

Then a mini-break to Adelaide in May (this one has a journalling card I made!)

Project Life

My nephew was born 3 weeks early but was a very exciting time in September

Project Life

followed by school holidays later in September, when we took the girls fishing for the first time! This one has some jouralling, but not sure if you can read it?

Project Life

October we went to my all time favourite musical, Les Mis (a birthday gift from my hubby!)

Project Life

Capturing memories has never been easier with the launch of Project Life by Stampin’ Up! so time to get scrapbooking!

I have used the Everyday Adventure Project Life Card Collection and Accessory Pack. The Card Collections come in a sturdy cardboard box which also has space to store your journaling pens. Each card collection has 100 double-sided, color-coordinated cards per collection in 3 sizes: 4″ x 6″, 4″ x 4″, and 3″ x 4″. It is also in Stampin’ Up! coordinating colours, eg. Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Strawberry Slush, Whisper White.

Be sure to check out other Project Life products Stampin’ Up! has available by clicking here.

Clearance rack saving you up to 80% off!

Weekly Deals for this week.

This die can be used for so many things, from party favours to gift wrapping!!!

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Shop Online 24/7 for products

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,

Gift Ideas

Petite Purse

8 December, 20146 December, 2014 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

The weekly deals this week ends tomorrow night, so be sure to check them out! There are papers, dies, stamps, embossing folders and MDS downloads!

One of the items on there is the irresistible petite purse die. I have made a few of these this Christmas to put gifts in. This is the perfect gift wrapping for Pandora beads, but Sshhhh, don’t tell my niece!

Petite Purse

Isn’t it cute?!!!

I have used the All is Calm Designer Series Paper which can be found in the Clearance rack at up to 80% off, along with loads of other super specials recently added!

Petite Purse

Click here to see more of the Weekly Deals for this week!

This die can be used for so many things, from party favours to gift wrapping!!!

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Shop Online 24/7 for products

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,

Christmas, Gift Ideas

Christmas Earrings

7 December, 2014 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Be sure to check out the Clearance Rack as many new items have been added in the past day or so!

One of the items on there are the irresistible All is Calm Snowflake Embellishments. I have made a few sets of earrings out of these for Christmas gifts.

All Is Calm Snowflake Embelllishment

Can you see them (not a great picture of me, I know)?!!!

I have added a rhinestone to the centre of each snowflake for an extra bit of sparkle!

Al is Calm Snowflake Embellishment

Check out other items in the Clearance rack at up to 80% off and order now to have your package delivered directly to your door!

Be quick, because once they are sold out they won’t be back.

Click here to see the Weekly Deals for this week!

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Shop Online 24/7 for products

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,

Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB)

Catalogue Kick Off

5 December, 20145 December, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Yesterday was a huge day for those of us who are Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators because it was party time!!!!

What’s party time without party poppers!

Many of us in the Art with Heart Team got together at Claire’s house for the worldwide live streaming from Ohio, USA; a sneak peek of the upcoming Sale-a-bration & Occasions catalogues.

Loads of new stamps and papers and embellishments (but unfortunately I can’t show you those just at the minute) but see the cheers to know they are gorgeous and we can’t wait to get our hand on them, especially the Mother’s Day stamp sets that say Mum and not MOM!!!!

Even prize patrol was a huge hit with 3 of our ladies winning prizes!

SU2

Some ladies provided everyone with a little Christmas treat.

SU3

Ang and I with some of them!

We enjoyed some amazing food and a gorgeous looking snow cake!

We all had so much fun!

Although this sale doesn’t start until 6th January, if you would like a catalogue before then to get your lists organised, please email me and I can pop it in the mail for you!!!

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Shop Online 24/7 for products

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,

Christmas

Endless Wishes

3 December, 20141 December, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Now we are well on our way to Christmas and Santa will be here soon kids, I have a few more Christmas cards to share with you.

Today we are using the Endless Wishes stamp set which is photopolymer, meaning the stamps are totally clear and stick easily to the clear blocks. I love how when you stamp with these, you can see exactly where the image will be on the card.

Endless Wishes
This card is one that you could make as a stamp a stack, making multiple of the same style in no time at all.

Just pre-cut all your cardstock pieces and then stamp away, it’s that easy!

I have used Pool Party and Night of Navy with White.

Endless Wishes

With this heat in Melbourne these past few days, I just felt the need for something a little cooler with the snowflakes!!!!

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Shop Online 24/7 for products

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,

Christmas

White on white

1 December, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Heavens is it Monday again already??? Yikes where did that weekend just go?

We had such a busy and exciting weekend with the kids school fete on Saturday and we managed to win first prize in the major raffle (XBox One). Hubby was super excited when he arrived home from work to find it under the Christmas tree!

Then we went to collect our new addition to the family – meet Maggie!

Isn’t she just the cutest?!!! She is only 6 weeks old and a bundle of joy already. She is such an affectionate little kitten.

Sunday we had a birthday party and then the kinder Christmas party and we are all totally exhausted, hence I don’t have a lot of craft to share with you today, but I will show you a card I case’d from splitcoaststampers.com.

Christmas Star

This is the first white on white card I have made and I totally love it. I will make some more of these for Christmas this year!

The 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue is available online here.

The Holiday Catalogue is available online here.

The Extra Special Christmas Supplement is available here.

These catalogue’s are full of amazing new products and wonderful coloured pictures full of ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

Shop Online 24/7 for products

Don’t forget to Follow My Blog to receive blog updates and join my Newsletter Subscription for all the latest news and specials!

Happy Stamping,