Workshop Creations

I am heading for a record 3 posts in 1 day its only because I can't work

out my Blog to do one continuous post

These are the 2 projects we made on Sunday at my workshop

6 Gift Cards & Box using Raspberry Tart DS Paper

Tote Bag & 6 Cards using Upsy Daisy Stamp Set & Urban Garden DSP

The cards we made to match the Tote Bag were

based on a set designed by Rochelle Wick from Splitcoast Stampers

I just made a few layout & colour changes

I will post the cards to my Blog when I take another photo the

one I have is very blury more blury then the ones above.

Cheers & Happy Stamping

Fiona

Upsy Daisy Workshop

Well hopefully I am back on track to some regular posts I have been busy preparing for my all day Upsy Daisy workshop I held on the weekend, we had a great day with lots of laughing & creating. As you can see from the pictures the workshop was held in my house with 2 tables in
family meals area & another 2 in our lounge dining it was a pity 2 have the tables in different rooms but it worked out OK, at least when my new room is built I will be able to comfortably seat 24-30.

Annamaree, Christine, Coralee, & Emily (my daughter)
Jen, Helen, Erica & Christine

Tracy, Di & Alex

Ellen, Roz, Bridget & Celina

the prize to the noisiest table of all there was certainly a lot of laughing going on

Goodie Bags

Clearing the way for my new Craft Room

I just wanted to share a couple of photos of my husband Robert & son James (arn't they just a pigeon pair each with their own toy) clearing away excess dirt in preparation for the footings to be dug on my new craft room its... so exciting I can't wait & neither can my husband I know he is a little over all of my stamping stuff taking over the house. I am hoping to be in there mid July all going well (reminds me I must put some more pressure on our builder friend) .
I will keep you up to date with the progress.

A Beautiful RAK I Received

After having such a busy week I arrived home on Friday to this Beautiful RAK (Random Act of Kindeness) I received from the very talented Mandy Schiller check out all her great cards at www.mandyschiller.blogspot.com Thanks Mandy you made my day.

Demonstrator Workshop

Today was our monthly Demonstrator Workshop held by our Upline Roz Vest. When we get together Roz always has something new to show us & we also participate in a Swap.

Today I wanted to post the Swap I made it was inspired by the decorated book Alison Charlton had on display at convention.

The Swaps I received were all great & will talk with all the other girls to see if they would like me to post their sawps online.

Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Inspired by Nature & Always

Ink: Baja Breeze, Basic Grey & Versamark

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Basic Grey & Whisper White

Silver Embossing powder & Basic Grey Ribbon & Punches

The last 2 Swaps I made

Finally my last 2 swaps I made

If anyone would like any further info about my swaps please just flick me an Email rfplatzer@bigpond.com

Also I would love to hear your comments on my swaps.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

More of my Convention Swaps

Below are some more of my swaps I made for Convention please feel free to leave some comments
Happy Stamping
Fiona

Convention Photos of our Group Stellar Stampers

Jenny & Roz (our fantastic upline)

Alyssa & Kylie

Coralee & Jenny

Jenny, Kirsten, Alyssa, Kylie, Roz, Ellen & Coralee

Back Row: Kirsten, Kylie, Bridget, Roz, Ellen, Alyssa

Front Row: Jenny, Fiona (me) & Coralee

Sorry the quality of some of the shots are not the best, I will have to get some from my fellow stampers & post them at a later date

Happy Staming

Fiona

Some of My Convention Sawps

Now you will all know why I have been so quiet with my Blog updates I have been busy making my Swaps for Stampin' Up's Convention which just happens to be on in Canberra this year.

Today was the first day & I am truly amazed by the very Talented & Inspirational people that I was lucky enough to see & hear today & am so lucky to be part of the Stampin Up family.

I will be back on Sunday with the last of my Sawps & to post details of my all day workshop scheduled for Sunday 31 May we will be making two projects using Urban Garden & Raspberry Tart Designer Paper & the Upsy Daisy Stamp Set

No Stamping Post Today

Loads of Love

Todays post is a birthday card I made for a young cousin using the Loads of Love set.
I didn't realise till I finished the card that the orange in the DSP is actually Pumpkin Pie not Only Orange that I have used for the base card, I guess a 6 year old is not going to worry to much.
The striped DSP i have used is retired although you could replace it with any other stripe or pattern & use coordinating cardstock.

Bloom Away

I am back after a short getaway in Sydney with my daughter Emily, my Husband & son James spent the Easter weekend in Tassie riding motorbikes they arrived back to Canberra this morning on 9am flight came home swapped cars & went straight to work.

Emily & I spent our time at the Easter show (thats an eye opener I have never been before) & shopping at Parramatta & of course you can't leave Sydney without the mandatory visit to IKEA. To occupy my nights in the motel room I started on my Convention Swaps, I managed to get about 30 done & at this stage I have about 6 designs made which I hope to make about 10-15 of each maybe more.

Anyway back to the above card it was one we made at my class I got the original Idea from my Upline Roz Vest www.rozvest.blogspot.com

Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Bloom Away

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip & Real Red

Designer Paper: Good Morning Sunshine

I coloured the image using Ink pads & Blender pens

Accessories: Brads

Square Scallop Birthday Card

I just found this card in my picture files & realised I hadn't uploaded it to my blog.

I cased this card from the very talented Karen Thomas of Luv to Stamp www.luvtostamp.blogspot.com I have just chosen a different colour scheme.

Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Sincere Salutations

Card Stock: Close to Cocoa, Purely Pomegrante (retired), Pretty in Pink & Whisper White

DSP: Berry Bliss (retired)

Accessories:Square Scallop Punch 1 3/8 & 1 1/4 Circle Punches & Boho Blossoms Punch

Embrace Life

Well yesterday I spent so much time lacquering the wood blocks for all my new Stamp Sets I only had time to put some ink on them after dinner, for the above card I cased the layout & colours from Allison Frandle (splitcoaststampers).
Card Recipe
Stamp Sets: Embrace Life & Sincere Salutations
Cardstock: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss & Chocolate Chip
Ink:Kiwi Kiss & Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Brads
For those of you who enjoy browsing my blog you may have noticed I don't tend to say very much well what can I say!!!! I am not that good with the written word but in person I am sure I talk to much at times. So if you would like any further information on anything I post please just drop me an Email or Phone, details are listed in the side panel.
Happy Stamping
Fiona

Harvest Time

Totally not stamp related but thought you all may like to see these photos I took a couple of weeks ago its currently Harvest time in our Vineyard .

Sorry the photos are not the best quality but it is about 6.15 in the evening & they have just started to pick the Chardonay variety, they have to pick early evening or before dawn because the white grapes need to be at the winemakers before they start to ferment which happens faster as the temperature rises, this is also why we use the harvest machine. All the Red Varieties are hand picked during the day as they are a little more forgving.

Star Spinner Card

Yesterday my son had a 9th Birthday Party to attend & he wanted me to make a spinner card after deciding Sesame Street characters would not be appropriate we tried it with a star from the In The Stars Stamp Set & it worked perfectly. The rest of the card was kept simple as per my sons request.

Card Recipe

Stamp Set: In The Stars & Its Your Birthday

Cardstock: Brillant Blue, Real Red & Basic Black

Ink: Ballet Blue & Stazon Black

Accessories & Tools: Mounting Tape, Dimensionals, 2 x 5cents, Spiral Punch, Small Star Punch & Brads

Easter Bunny Basket

With Easter only 1 Week away I thought I would try to get into the spirit of things. So this is what I came up with let us know what you think, although I have just noticed since uploading the photo that Beatrice The Bunny's (thats another story) whiskers are crooked ah well can't have everthing perfect.

Simply Said

I really need to keep up with posting to my blog I have been very slack so I decided I would choose a card from my archives, the card I have chosen is one we have made at my class a little while ago.

Stamp Set: Simply Said

Cardstock: Regal Rose Apricot Appeal Bashful Blue& Whisper White

Stampin Write Markers: Regal Rose, Apricaot Appeal & Bashful Blue.

Ribbon: Regal Rose Grosgrain

Tools: Mat Pack for Faux Stitching White Gel Pen

Eastern Blooms Matching Card

Todays post is a card I made for my fortnightly class I held last week, this card coordinates with the Gift Bag I posted previously .
I have used the Eastern Blooms set from our current mini (the good news is it is also going to be in our new catalogue), Tempting Turquoise & Purely Pomegrante cardstock & Pumpkin Pie Striped Grossgrain ribbon, the greeting used is from the Occasional Greetings stamp set.

A Couple of Simple Sale-A-Bration Cards

I am on a roll this afternoon, so I thought I would post a card that we made at a workshop during Sale-A-Bration I made it in a few different colours for guests to see but I thought the Elegant Eggplant & Old Olive came up the best. I also used our Dazzling Diamomds on the petals it just doesn't show in the picture.

Happy Stamping I am off to get the children from the school bus.

Cheers Fiona

Retired Sets for Sale

To make way for my purchases from our new catalogue, I will be parting with the following retired stamp sets.
If you would like to purchase any of the listed sets please Email me direct rfplatzer@bigpond.com or by phone on 0409338 516.
Price does not include postage please add $6 to the price if you require postage
I am happy to deliver within the Canberra Yass area.

Circle of Friendship $20
Carte Postale $35
Art of Life $20
For A Friend $20
A Little Love $20
Birthday Whimsey $15
Be Happy $25
Reason to Smile $20
Birthday Best $15
Fun Filled $20
Spring Solitude Bundle $30
In Any Event $30
Friendship Blooms $15
French Script $20
French Flair $20
Party Punch $20
Greetings Galore $30 (blocks stained)
Springtime Stems $20
Cause for Celebration $30
Oh So Lovely $20
All of the above are mounted & most sets have lacquered wooden blocks

Stamp Sets below are Unmounted
Spring Solitude + Wheel $30
Infinate Goodness $30
Birthday Whimsey $15
Congrats $15
Yummy $15

Lovely as a Tree

Hi Everyone,

Sorry about the lack of posts I have been exceptionally busy the last couple of weeks with work, Classes & our school fete, which again was a huge success thanks to Marissa & the Fete committee.

My post today is using one of my favourite sets Lovely as a Tree

The colours I have used are Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Kraft, & Chocolate Chip & I have stamped onto waterclour paper using Stazon.I have also used the Antique Brass Hodpodge Hardware that has been retired from our current catalogue, although the good news is we will have new Hodpodge Hardware in Styled Silver in our new Catalogue due for release April 1 if you would like to order a copy I am charging $10 or $15 including postage.

Please contact me at rfplatzer@bigpond.com

I plan to have another post tomorrow with a list of retired Stamp Sets I will be parting with as well as another card

Bye for now

Fiona

Eastern Blooms

Today's post is a gorgeous Gift Bag & Matching Card, made using the Eastern Blooms Stamp Set from our current mini catalogue. If you would love to create this set youself please contact me by Email rfplatzer@bigpond.com to organise a class.

Sorry the photo is not the best it is quite difficult to photograph the bag handles .

Bushfire Appeal Update

Thanks to our wonderful customers Stampin Up has raised $58131.68 to date so if you are interested in purchasing any of the Stamp Sets listed for our Bushfire Appeal (refer to earlier post) please contact me before 31st March , Stampin Up is donatong 50% of the sale price to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

Retired List is out & Blossoms Abound Card

Hi Everyone,

Its that time of year when Stampin Up releases it's retired Stamps & Products list before the release of our new 2009-2010 Catalogue& as predicted products are already listed as unavailable, Check it out here

http://3.stampinup.com/au

It's sad to see them go but also an exciting time will the arrival of New Stamps, Papers

& the new In Colours.

One of the sets I am going to miss is Blossoms Abound which is on the retired list & also 25% off which brings it down to $34.46. So I thought I would share with you a card I made a little while ago ( I must really get around to to creating some more recent ones although time is of the essence)

Actually while waiting for my photo to upload & thinking of more recent cards to photograph I have just realised I don't have a camera, I have been using my daughters for the last few months because my dear husband misplaced mine the last time he was motorbiking & he has taken the children including my daughters camera camping for six days ( Ah... the serenity) but the time has passed to quickly & I am off to finish our Quarterly BAS that was due Friday before the accountant arrives at 9am in the morning (nothing like leaving it to the last minute)

Live Your Dream

Today I wanted to post a card from the Live Your Dream stamp set, which is one of the sets Stampin' Up is donating 50% of the Sale Price to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

See previous post for details.

Please Support Stampin' Up Bushfire Appeal

Stampin up has just released an appeal for the Victorian Bushfire victims, Details Below.


Join with Stampin' Up & Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around Australia & New Zealand helping the victims of the Bushfire tragedy.
You can help by purchasing select stamp sets from 12 February through 31 March 2009, and Stampin' Up will donate 50% of the sales of these sets to the Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfires 2009 Appeal.

Stamp set Page Price

Looks Like Spring* 76 $58.95
The Snowflake Spot* 27 $39.95
Bodacious Bouquet* 80 $58.95
Polka Dots & Paisley* 46 $35.95
G'Day Mate* 115 $35.95
Be Happy* 51 $48.95
Priceless 105 $48.95
Seeing Spots 89 $29.95
Baroque Motifs 98 $39.95
Live your Dreams** 3 $55.95

* These sets will appear on the upcoming list of retiring products, so they will only be available while supplies last.
** From the Summer Mini
Please contact me at rfplatzer@bigpond.com
if you wish to purchase any of the above . Remember Sales of $100 or more will receive a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set (Sale-A-Bration offer expires 28 February 2009)

Say it With Scallops

Todays post is a card I made as a sample when our Summer Mini came out.
I have used greeting from Say it With Scallops Stamp set & then punched it out with our new square scallop punch.
The background stamps I have used are Polka Dot & Paisley.
Cardstock is Regal Rose, Rose Red & Whisper White,& then finished with Regal Rose Grosgrain Ribbon ( you may have noticed I love Ribbon).