Flowers plus my door entrance
Woohoo!! I got flowers from the tooth fairy!!!
Last week I had the pleasure of getting one of my root canaled teeth removed (yes.. sometimes they don’t last forever!!). My darling tooth fairy sent me flowers to commiserate.
The guy delivering my flowers commented on my front door poster. Thought I’d share it with you. It was the brain child of one of the girls from my work.. and then I modified it. Certainly helps keeping all the door knockers at bay.. *grin*
Little thank yous..
I recently wanted to make a number of small ‘thank you’ cards for my customers. Here’s a couple of the designs I came up with. I’ve used the scallop punch to make the flowers (2-4 layers of coordinating colours, with top layer cut into the middle), and a rhinestone brad for the flower centre. Thank you stamp is from one of the current sale-a-bration sets. Paper again is from the Bella Rose designer paper.
Card and envelopes are from our ‘love notes’ set. The set consists of 10 cards and 10 envelopes, of fabulous SU quality!
40th birthday
One of my dear friends has recently turned 40. She loves every handmade card I’ve made her. This one is fairly plain, utilising incolours kiwi kiss, red riding hood, bella rose designer paper, and of course matching satin ribbon, and the numbers were cut using a die cut system. I’ve covered the numbers with glue pen and dazzlin’ diamonds. The sides of the card layers have been ‘distressed’ using the SU cutting tool (distressing edge).
Sympathy & Wedding
Here’s a lovely set I like to use for sympathy cards. It has the gorgeous tree, and sentiments as well.
I’ve used markers to ‘ink’ the tree – old olive, close to cocoa and choc chip. Cardstock colours are very vanilla, close to cocoa, choc chip.
The wedding card uses ‘life definitions’ for the ‘together’ sentiment, and fast and fun notes for the wedding cake. Both have been gold embossed, with black and gold cardstock layered, and black 1/4″ grosgrain tied at the front.
Missing in action.. my apologies
I’ve been a little distracted with putting together the fundraising raffle for the Cummings family (see previous post for more info, and a link to donate.
This is a card using ‘Just Jawing’ stamp set from SU! It was made for an 9 yo boy.
pony party
A very special cause..
As you may be aware from a recent post, my good friend Claire’s husband died suddenly on 30th December 2009, at the age of 41. He has left behind Claire and their four georgeous children; Aimee, Stephanie, Thomas and Laura (aged 16, 13, 9 and 4 respectively).
I am currently organising a ‘fundraiser’ for the family which will include raffle tickets, with prizes being offered by Stampin’ Up, myself, and a host of local businesses. Tickets will be $2 each, or 3 for $5 (email me andrea.eppingstall@gmail.com and I will send some to you). Alternatively, you can donated directly, by clicking on the ‘donate’ button below. The raffle will be drawn March 16, with winners notified that day, and announced in “The Courier” on Saturday 20 March.
For those ordering Stampin’ Up! goodies from me during the month of February, ALL my commissions will be directly going to the fundraiser. So contact me if you’d like to place an order, and know you are helping out a lovely family at the same time.
I know any sum of money won’t bring David back, but hopefully we may be able to ease the burden slightly.
Sneak peek..
Apparently we will be getting the Big Shot in the next mini catalogue (due 1 April). Here’s a card made with the ‘build a bear’ dies. How cute! You make a bear, and then there are ‘boy’ or ‘girl’ accessories that you can dress them up with! Don’t ask me where I got it.. it’s a secret! Hope you like the sneak peek!! Can’t wait to get my hands all of it!!!! Watch this space!
ESAD-SU Blog Hop!
Welcome to the ESAD-SU blog hop featuring items from the new Sale-a-bration Mini Catalogue which is available from Monday 25th January. As you may or may not know, Sale-a-bration with Stampin’ Up! means MORE FREE stamp sets! For every $100 in product (not including shipping) you spend, you get to choose a free stamp set from the Sale-a-bration Mini Catalogue. There are also extra benefits for hostesses and those who would like to join the Stampin’ Up! family. I think this year there are some gorgeous sets to choose from. If you follow the whole blog hop (a mere 40 odd blogs!!!), and comment on EACH one, you will go into the draw for some great SU blog candy (yeah, FREE stuff). Just email Leonie (head honcho!) leonie@stamp-a-latte.com to let her know you have commented on each blog and to pop you into the draw!
ESAD-SU is a very special group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators based in Australia/New Zealand, who support each other through a yahoo based group/forum, as well as a live ‘ning’ chat and special challenges. If you’re an Australian (or NZ) demo, simply click on this link and you can be part of the fun! If you’re interested in becoming a demonstrator for Stampin’ Up!, email me andrea.eppingstall@gmail.com or click on my Stampin’ Up! Website here.
My blog hop focuses on “Whimsical Words” stamp set from the new Sale-a-bration Mini. I think it is a fabulous ‘word’ set to have to finish 
off your card or scrap page. The first card features one of our ‘heart’ punches (RRP $30.95) which is great for St Valentine’s Day. I have used real red, chocolate chip, individual real red and choc chip markers applied direct to rubber, and of course SU dimensionals, and choc chip ribbon. The ‘green tree’ card is made of old olive, chocolate chip colours. The leaves on the tree are close to cocoa. The tree is from the set ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ and the rabbit is from the set ‘Forest Friends’ which was from the spring mini catalogue. Punches include the ‘photo corners’ punch, and the designer label punch. Choc chip ribbon finishes it off. The grass was made by ‘ripping’ some old olive and then placing it under the tree.
The ‘You’re too kind’ stamp is set on close to cocoa, choc chip (yep, they’re my favourites in case you didn’t already guess!!), with a background stamp (which has french script writing) onto very vanilla cardstock.
The card with ‘the more candles, the bigger the wish’ is made with ruby red, choc chip, close to cocoa, choc chip ribbon, and ‘roughing’ up the edges with the SU distress tool. I’ve also popped some dazzlin diamonds on the flower (flower is from Razzle Dazzle stamp set), but it’s a little hard to see in the photo.
A small note card finishes up my samples. It’s sentiment ‘happiness always’, cardstock is close to cocoa, choc chip, cameo coral. I’ve also used some ‘twine’ to give a texture, and ripped the bottom choc chip cardstock. So quick… so easy!! This stamp set is truly a great one to choose, especially when it’s FREE when you order more than $100 in SU product!!
One of the many reasons to be a demonstrator and be part of our SU family, is that you get the opportunity to ‘pre-order’ some of the goodies, so we can play and share our creations before the products release date. Yep, this means you get to see what you can do with the product, instead of just looking at the samples in the mini catalogue (if you’d like one of these in your hands, or have some questions, and don’t have a demonstrator, please email me at andrea.eppingstall@gmail.com and I’ll mail you one).
The next blog in the blog hop belongs to Ann G, click here to go to her blog.
Stampin’ Up! – Haiti Disaster
From now until 28 February 2010, $22 from every I {Heart} Hearts stamp sold, will be donated to the American Red Cross’ Haiti Reflief and Development Fund, ($2 by Stampin’ Up and $20 from me when you buy the package for $110)!. This stamp set also matches our two heart punches (both $30.95 each) – one punch is a large heart, the other punch is 3 hearts on the one punch that lines up on the top left image in the flyer.
The Red Cross is already well-established in Haiti, and this money will be used to provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need. Product Name Item # Price I {Heart} Hearts 117715 $42.95.
In the past, when terrorists attacked the Twin Towers, when a tsunami struck Indonesia, when a hurricane destroyed New Orleans, and when wildfires ravaged Australia, Stampin’ Up! demonstrators have stepped forward and showed their commitment to making a difference in the lives of others. This time is no different.
Click the paypal link above to buy the coordinating package for $110, this includes postage directly to your door, the stamp set above ($42.95), the two punches that match some of the images ($30.95 x 2), and you will get a FREE sale-a-bration stamp set (you’ll need to click on the option to include the free stamp set you would like!!) Not only will SU donate $2 to the Haiti appeal, I will also donate my full commission from the package, all up around $22 each package sold!
Sneak peek…
On 25th January, Stampin’ Up!’s ’sale-a-bration’ begins. If you check back here on the 25th January, 
there will be a ‘blog hop’ which will take you from my blog to 40 odd other blogs, showcasing the four stamp sets that you can choose from, if you order during the sale period. If you manage to comment on EVERY blog, you will go into the draw for some blog candy (and there will be lots of it!!)
In my opinion, this is the best SU sale for the year! For EVERY $100 of product you order, you get a FREE stamp set from the ’sale-a-bration’ range. Host a workshop over $600 in sales and you get a free stamp set as well as the normal hostess benefits. Join my team and be part of the SU family, and you get a stamp set of your choice up to the value of $79.95!!!!
Here’s a sneak peek at one of my projects using ‘whimsical words’ sale-a-bration stamp set. If you don’t have a SU demonstrator, and would like to receive a free ‘hard copy’ of the sale-a-bration mini, email me at andrea.eppingstall@gmail.com and I’ll pop one in the mail to you today!
