Craftroom

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Thanks to those of you who told me the video doesn't work, I have now fixed the problem.

 When I moved into the room that was going was going to be my craftroom.

We made do with an old dinning room table and a cut down corner computer desk which lean on a book case and a small school desk, until we could effort a better solution.

It wasn't a good thing as a lot of my stuff was still in boxes, and I didn't craft much only out of necessary.

In the middle of last year I drew up the plans for what I wanted/needed.

We went to Bunnings and got the materials needed, but then the job that dear hubby Paul was working every other week over in Hokitika on the West Coast shifted the finishing date of the project and he was required over there every week so my craftroom went on hold.

Over the Christmas holidays Paul had 4 weeks off work, so he worked on my shelving.

He has made a AB Fab job of them.

 This is the 2 bookcases I used all of last year.

 This is my sewing cabinet, on top I have completed cards and a photo thigy that I put swaps or cards for displsy.

 This is my card stock cabinet for both A4 and 12 x 12 card ands and DSP.

On top I have my Big Shot and cutting station.

 My latest purchase was this cloud shelf that I got from K-Mart yesterday which I have my re-inkers in, I love K- Mart.

I have a easel and canvas on the bench, this year I'm going to teach myself to paint.

 In this area I can sit and create, underneath I have my wool and yarns and a box of scraps that will go the local kindy.

In the shelves under the bench I have made wire baskets to store tools, marker and sponges etc.

Here is where my computer is and I can create here as well especially if I have someone over to craft with me.

Here is a we video showing you all my room.

I'm so grateful to have such a clever husband like Paul, he is going to make me ink pad and punch holders.

Paul I love to the Moon and back and beyond.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my craft room, I'm looking forward to getting some creating going.

On the white board by my computer I have written different craft challenges that I would like to partake in.

It's so good to have mojo back yay.

To think last year I was thinking of giving up being a demo, it was Paul who encouraged me to stay active.

He's a good great man.

Happy Birthday Darian

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Yesterday our eldest Darian celebrated his 20th birthday.

Here's the card I made him.

I have used Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla Card Stock.

 I have used 'Sky is the Limit' Stamp Set, which is a Sale-A-Bration stamp set you can earn it free when you place an order of $110.

It's a very versatile Set with 8 stamps available in wood or clear.

 I stamped with Gorgeous Grunge on the background.

 The numbers are cut using the Large Numbers Framelits, you can buy this in a bundle with the matching stamp set called Number of years.

 I have tore and sponged Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper with Cajun Craze and Always Artichoke.

Then tied some Linen Thread around the card and stapled it in place.

 The inside is also stamped with The Sky is the Limit stamp Set.

I was after a grungy look, I was happy with how it turned out.

Homemade Pressies

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Early this month The Glams (Team meeting) met for Dinner for our end of year gathering.

Alison Hydes who is my upline gave this as a Christmas present.

 It is a notepad inside a standard (clear mount) stamp case, she has used English Garden DSP from the main Catty.

She also made an envelope using the Envelope Punch Board, which is handy for notes ore receipts and included a Stampin' Up pen

I have made some as pressies.

 I have used Farmers Market DSP, the butterfly is cut using the Bold Butterfly and Butterflies Thinlits, they were cut from Gold Glimmer Paper and Rich Razzleberry Card Stock.

 This one is for Mother in law, so have put an H on it for Helen, yes she is a Helen too.

 The DSP is English Garden.

 This is for Rebecca.

 This DSP will be available on the 5th January 2016.

It's a 12 x 12 stack of 48 sheets 4each of 12 double sided designs called It's My Party DSP Stack.

I added a calendar to my version which I printed and cut to size.

Timeless Elegance Milk Carton

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Here is a another project using the Gift Bag Punch Board.

I'm so in love with this board it is so versatile.

Libby Dyson an Aussie demo has the video tutorial for this on her Blog found HERE.

I have used the Timeless Elegance DSP, I love this DSP.

The colours in the DSP are Basic Black, Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla.

I sponged the roses with Watermelon Wonder Ink.

I decorated the milk carton with tag of Watermelon Wonder, Basic Gray and Very Vanilla using the Triple Banner Punch.

The stamp set is Words of truth.

The rose is made using Spiral Flower Die which I dipped into Dazzling Diamonds.

The ribbon is 1/8" Silver Ribbon.

Happy Birthday Joy

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Yesterday was my friend Joy's birthday.

I used one of the bags I had made for the WOW at The GLAMS team meeting.

 I filled it with some ribbon and other embellishments and of course some chocolate.

 The flower is another variation using the Decorative Label Punch.

Supply List

Stamp Set: Fabulous Four

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla and Pretty Petals DSP Stack.

Ink: Watermelon Wonder.

Extras: Gift Bag Punch Board, Tea Lace Paper Doilies Gold Sequin Trim and Basic Pearls.

I also used Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz which is retired.

I made this card to match.

On Wednesday at our meeting Gail Ruddle gave us Card Maps and Challenged us to used them in a card/page/project.

When I looked at them, the second from the bottom on the right jumped out at me.

I swapped the sentiment and embellishment.

 I love these 2015-2017 In Colour Blossom Accents, which I added Gold Metallic Thread both above and below the centre panel on the card.

 The Stamp Set is Fabulous Four, stamped with Watermelon Wonder and I added Basic Pearls to the dots between the words.

Then I wrapped Gold Metallic Bakers Twine around the card.

This the inside using happy birthday from Butterfly Basics.

 Supply List

Stamp Sets: Butterfly Basics and Fabulous Four.

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Watermelon Wonder, Very Vanilla and Pretty Petals DSP Stack.

Ink: Watermelon Wonder.

Extras: Gold Metallic Thread, Gold Metallic Bakers Twine and 2015- 2017 In Colour Blossom Accents.

Mojo has been found

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 I have been missing my Mojo for paper crafting, I think a lot of it is that I still need to sort my craft room.

I was on the brink of not continuing with Stampin' Up.

At 11th hour I decided that it was okay to be a hubby demo and enjoy the benefits of a discount on my product.

I have struggled with myself mostly about not getting my business up and running since moving here to Christchurch nearly 2 years ago.

Just after I had placed my order to stay current as a demo and my BBB (big brown box) had arrived, I was asked by 2 demonstrators if I would do the WOW for our Team Meeting last night.

So I agreed and had to first find my craftroom, then my mojo.

I decided to show case the Gift Bag Punch Board, which I really hummed and hared about buying which I'm so glad I did, it is so versatile you can bags as it suggests to boxes etc.

Here's a large box that I made to our our standard size cards (14.8cm x 10.5cm).

 I have used Mint Macaron, Pacific Point Card Stock and Pretty Petals DSP Stack.

 The flower is made using the Decorative Label Punch.

Bibi Cameron has a video on them here.

 I made 6 cards to go into the gift box.

I cased them from Dawn Griffith.

 I have used the Hello You Thinlits.

I made 2 birthday cards.

 2 Hello Cards.

2 thanks cards.

Recipes for the cards

Stamp Set: Crazy About You and Gorgeous Grunge.

Cardstock: Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Pacific Point, Very Vanilla,

 Gold Glimmer Paper and Pretty Petals DSP Stack.

Ink: Mint Macaron and Pacific Point.

Extras: Big Shot, Magnetic Plate, Hello You Thinlits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Gold Sequins, basic Pearls, Handheld Stapler. and Staples.

I will be back tomorrow with some more of the boxes and bags I made.

Party Day was a Success

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Yesterday was party day.

Samuel celebrated his birthday with 4 of his friends.

 I found the banner online as a free printables, there was lots to chose from I did a google search, the banner that printable did say birthday party we chose to print out the letters one at a time to get the word happy instead.

 When I got home from work yesterday morning after doing a sleep over I blow up these balloons and drew on creeper faces.

 Here is the creeper pinata that I made using the heaver card that is at the back of our DSP packs and covered it in crepe paper, it looked good hanging in the wind from the tree.

 When the boy arrived they made made minecraft faces using lots of squares of card, which I cut into 1 inch squares, the left over squares will be going to the local kindy this week.

 Present time.

 Here's the ice cream cake that Savannah made and iced for him.

 The boys loved the potion of healing, again they were printables.

The cups were just plain green cup, I made a stencil and coloured it with a vivid.

 There will be no girlfriends this year as he blow all the candles in one blow.

 The labels are printables and are power ups in the game.

 Pinata time, they love having turns with the diamond sword to break the pinata.

They all have a great time.