Told you I'd be back!

Well, as promised I am back with some craftiness - yay! I am very excited about what I have for "show & tell" today. I have planned this for so long and had all the frames sitting waiting for the new seasonal catalogue papers and some serious crafty "mojo" to return. 

In this case, I must say it did not fail me! I am very happy with this new creation, it is pretty and oh so practical! In our house with two frantic adults and three busy kiddies, I felt I needed little more than just a calendar on my study wall! I like knowing exactly what is on for the week ahead and we have now been using this weekly calendar really well - well I have been anyway! On the Sunday before a new school week begins I wipe away the previous week and I transfer all the daily info for the week ahead; who's going where, who's having a friend to play, when swimming, music, assemblies, appointments and other activities are on. I write it straight onto the glass of each frame with a dry-erase whiteboard marker - I love it.

All products I have used are from Stampin' Up! I have used the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack (new Seasonal catty), Rasperry Ripple, Night of Navy & Gumball Green cardstock and inks, Summer Silhouettes & Creative Elements stamp sets, Typeset Alphabet Bigz and of course snail.

 I am really pleased with the end result. What do you think?

Untill next time,

Ink up those claws & get stamping!

Joelle

Woo Hoot! My "Craft Mojo" Makes a Come Back!

Well yes, I am back. Today I've got a few pictures to show you of my latest crafty creations. I held my Seasonal Catalogue launch on the weekend and as you can see I made a little gift for every person that attended. As they entered my house they picked up a copy of the new seasonal catalogue, a copy of the Sale-a-Bration catalogue, a wishlist and one of the little treats above.
I  demonstrated a Fancy Favour die-cut box using Rick Razzleberry cardstock, Very Vanilla cardstock stamped with the "Thanks a Ton" sentiment from the Patterned Occasions Sale-a-Bration stamp set. I carefully coloured the flower using stampin' write  markers in Gumball Green & So Saffron. I also used the Bigz Trims Die to imitate grass and some Gumball Green stitched ribbon for a handle. I then filled the box with yummies and this became my lucky door prize. Here is what it looked like:

Finally everyone got to complete the make & take which was a lovely card using the new "Cloudy Day" Textured Impressions Embossing folder (LOVE IT!), "Oh Hello", "Hearts a Flutter" & "Papillion Potpurri" stamp sets, Hearts a Flutter framelits & Extra-Large Oval punch, Elegant Butterfly punch and the NEW Bitty Butterfly punch (LOVE IT too!). The colours I used were all from the subtles collection; Baja Breeze, Perfect Plum & Pretty In Pink.
What do you think?

Well that's all for this post, but there's more to come, so stay tuned!
Yours in ink,
Joelle

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Yes, yes, I know, you thought I had dropped off the face of the earth! I know I have been slack on the blogging front, but 4th term with my kids was just frantic! Yes, I was Princess Craft-a-lot over the Christmas period, and believe me, did I craft! Unfortunately nothing for myself, gifts for the preschool teachers, teachers, playgroup assistants, library ladies, bus drivers, neighbours, family, friends, the list never seemed to end. I was also teaching 60 children and their teachers to make reindeer boxes, making pizzas with 35 kids at the local preschool, writing & coordinating a local playgroup Christmas Craft program, making 83 Christmas cards, creating calendars and coordinating a ridiculous social calendar (and that was just for the kids!) Although I did take photos of many of my creations and classes I actually failed to blog about them. I promise, I will try harder this year.

What has really got me inspired to blog this month is that exciting time of year in the Stampin' Up! world, yes that's right; Sale-a-bration!!! WOO HOOT!!! 

Ooooooooh I love this time of year and in their 25th anniversary year they have released a bumper amount of FREE products (Check it out HERE) for every $100 you spend on products from the current 2012-1013 catalogue & or the NEW Seasonal catalogue (there are links to each of these in the column on the right-hand side of my blog). There are 19 different products to choose from this Sale-a-bration!
Sale-a-bration runs from 22nd January through until 22nd March 2013.

Hopefully I will be back later this week 2 with some pretty things to show you.
Until then,
Get those claws inky! GO ON!
Joelle