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

Kids Class - Christmas Tags

Well I am back today with another photo of my kids class item. This week I ran a Christmas Tags & Box class. Each child got to make their own box along with 10 Christmas gift tags. The children who attended were a delightful group and all got to complete the projects. They were so keen and eager to listen and learn, which made the class a pleasure to teach once again. The box and designs were created by me using Stampin' Up! products - OF COURSE!

Stampin' Up products used: Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White cardstocks, two tags die, Scentsational Season stamp set, Holiday collection framelits, Old Olive, Real Red, Soft Suede Stampin' Pads, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scallop Circle punch.

Don't you think they look cute? All ready well and truly before Christmas - Yay!

Don't forget the Spool time promotion is running this month, so what better time to place an order and get some FREE co-ordinating ribbon? You could even choose Gumball Green or Raspberry Ripple in time for Christmas crafting or gifting! See my previous entry for more details.

If you are a Far North coast local, you might like to visit me at my market stall at the Make it, Bake it, Grow it Market this weekend at Summerland House, Wardell Rd, Alstonville, this Sunday, 7th October, 2010. I have been very busy creating and have lots to display. I'd love to see you there.

Until next time,
Ink up those claws and STAMP!
Joelle

Well they have done it AGAIN!

Stampin' Up! have another special this month and it's VERY exciting, the 'It's spool time' promotion. For every $60 you spend on Stampin' Up! Products this month, you get to choose a spool of the NEW 1cm Stitched Satin ribbon in any of the NEW 2012-2014 in colours (page 172 of the current annual catalogue). That's right, a spool of ribbon FREE!

Now the hardest decision to make is which one to choose! Which one will you choose? Gumball Green? Midnight Muse? Primrose Petals? Raspberry Ripple? or Summer Starfruit? Decisions, decisions. Or you may want to earn all five!

This promotion is valid from 1st October - 31st October, so if you'd like to place an order and earn a freebie, just call or email me.

Joelle

Kids Mini Album Class

Well yes, hard to believe, but true, I am back yet again.

I have got a really cute mini album to show you. This is an album I designed for a kids class that I held this school holidays. The kids all did a great job and were really creative with their design of their pages. I love that kids are so honest and creative, they don't always just copy what you do. Every album was different and one of a kind. The children had the option to either have theirs as a mini back pack design or a handbag. The back pack is slightly different to the one I have to show you today, it has two ribbon pieces in the same design a child's back pack would be. Two of my kids made a back pack design each and then put them on their cuddly soft toys, they looked so cute!

Here is the one I designed for the class:

The "handbag" style album closed

Inside the album

Hope you enjoyed checking out my latest class.
I'll be back with some more creations to show you soon.
Until then, ink up those claws and STAMP, STAMP, STAMP!
Joelle

I'm Back Again

Well hello there again! I am back today with another stamp camp entry to show you. This time I have designed a scrapbook page which was entered in the "Green and Gold" challenge. Although I am an Aussie girl through and through, I am not a fan of placing these two colours together deliberately in my paper crafting, so for me this was a real challenge - just ask Marelle, I whinged about it for hours! I finally came up with the idea of a scrapbook page with a tree (yes I know Marelle, a flower card would have been so much easier!). Anyway, the page was not complete without one of my little owls, so I placed him in the trunk - pretty cute don't you think? Every Stampin' Up! shade of green and yellow is present in this page along with Soft Suede & Chocolate Chip. Each leaf was sponged in the same shade as the cardstock (which seemed to take forever!) The buckle is actally one I happened to have in my handbag, I bought it weeks before for 20c at one of our local op shops and it matched perfectly, lucky for me. All I need now is a great photo of one or all of my kids playing at the park.

That's all for today, I hope you like my entry, I was lucky enough to win a silver medal for my entry - Woo Hoot!

Joelle

Launch Party

Well a fun night was had by all who attended my 2012-2013 Catalogue launch last night. As each person entered they were given their "showbag" for the night, which contained a copy of the new Annual Catalogue, Holiday Mini, a wish list, a bookmark stamped using the GORGEOUS Papillon Potpurri stamp set and the all new "In Colours" for 2012-2014 Stampin' Pads. Last, but not least everyone got a little surprise - decorated, using the new "Fancy Fan" textured impressions folder, Festival of Prints DSP, scallop circle, Candy Cane die cut. When you pulled the green or red top circle, out pops an individually wrapped Tim Tam!

Above: Just one of the "Show bag" boxes

There was Champagne, fresh strawberries, quiche, chocolate bickies, tea, coffee, hot chocolate and of course a big plate of sugar cookies stamped with the new Stampin' Up! Sweet Pressed cookie stamps - yum!

I demonstrated a mini milk carton stamped using the Holiday Catalogue hostess set - which I LOVE by the way. It also had a little gingerbread man from the Scentsational Season stamp set (also in the holiday catalogue) and naturally die cut using the Big Shot machine and the new Holiday Season framelits - LOVE these too. I forgot to take a photo of the finished product and actually gave it away filled with Smarties as a Lucky door prize.

After me blabbering away about all the new wonderful Stampin' Up! goodies and the excitement of not one, but two new catalogues, the ladies got to have a play with some of the new products to complete their make & take card. The card uses Very Vanilla cardstock, Primrose Petals Stampin' Pad, Creative Elements & Papillion Potpurri stamp sets, Elegant Butterfly punch and of course Stampin' Dimensionals.

Here is the make and take:

If you too would like to get your hands on a copy of the latest catalogues, contact me. They are $5 plus postage, or if you are a local I can drop one in to you.
Yours in inky claws,
Joelle

Cute Owls for the Tree

Today I have another Stamp Camp Challenge entry. The Olympic theme was kind of entwined in my Christmas Challenge, as I used a "ring" as part of my decoration. As you may have well guessed I have a slight obsession with owls - especially cute ones! So naturally no Stamp Camp would be complete without at least one owl! I actually made two of these, a girl owl angel and a boy Santa owl. The rings have an identical owl on each side, so no matter which way you view it on the tree, you will get to see a Christmas owl. They were very fiddly to make, but I was pleased with the outcome. I can already see that my Christmas tree this year will predominantly feature Stampin' Up! products, which makes for a very happy Christmas don't you think?!

I am currently madly preparing for my Launch party tomorrow night. I am VERY excited there will be goodies created by me, a hard copy of both new catalogues, a demonstration by me, a make and take and of course drinks and nibblies! If you'd like to come along, just give me a call or email me at: jwstamps@tpg.com.au.

I better get back to work,
Yours in inky claws,
Joelle