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If you love our Designer Series Papers then this awesome deal is for you.  Huge discounts on some of our most popular designs...   Call 0438 009 920 or email me if you'd like to order - but better make it snappy, this offer closes on Tuesday 15th June.

I'm Quite Chuffed !!

Thanks to Mae Collins, who has given me a Swap Sisters Bonny Blog Award......

 It's really great to know that someone out there has visited my little blog and likes what they see ... Thanks Mae, your blog is also a pleasure to visit :)

Now, according to the rules for receiving this blog award I have to do the following:

1. Put the Swap Sisters Bonny Blog Award on my blog.
2. Share 5 things about myself.
3. Pass the award onto 5 other Bonny Blogs.
4. Add links to my 5 chosen Bonny Blog Winners.
5. Let them know they have been chosen to win the Swap Sisters Bonny Blog Award by leaving a comment on their blog.
6: PAY IT FORWARD and link to the person from whom I received the Swap Sisters Bonny Blog Award.

Five things about li'l old me... 
1. I'm in the mood for a serious de-cluttering of my home at the moment - I hoard far too much stuff just in case I might need it some day.
2. I find it very difficult to get motivated to exercise.
3. I need to start ticking things OFF my bucket list.
4. Achieving a Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip at least once is pretty high up there on my bucket list.
5. I love finding better ways of organising and storing my craft stash - it's almost as much fun as actually stamping and creating.... I find it very relaxing.  Am I weird ??

The five people I'd like to forward the Bonny Blog award to are:
Narelle Harrison - one of my dearest friends and a seriously talented crafter.
Olga Cooper - a 'Stampaholic' - my downline team
Jacqui Crouch - a lady whom I wish I could spend more time with
Delys Cram - whose blog I stumbled upon recently and really admire
Michelle Frost-Stevenson - a clever crafter and a great tour guide (Hi Frosty)

Thanks again for the award Mae...
I hope you all have a great day - Happy Stampin'

Vintage Vogue

We had to postpone our trip to the Karijini National Park - I very generously shared my cold and flu bugs with Brad and neither one of us were up to roughing it for a week.....

So we came home instead and I'm feeling much better now that I'm surrounded by my lovely craft room... LOL

 Here's a card I made with Vintage Vogue stamps and the Very Vintage matching wheel.  The colours in the photo look a bit washed out.... it's actually really pretty in real life.

The main card is Kraft - the foliage and sentiment is stamped with Basic Brown ink.   I stamped the  "F" in Bravo Burgundy and the same colour cardstock for the darker contrast behind the Naturals Ivory/Very Vintage panel.  I highlighted the images by watercolouring with my aquapainter.

The Vintage Vogue flower is stamped with Apricot Appeal ink and then I popped a clear Rhinestone brad in the center and cut the "Little Leaves" Sizzlit die in Old Olive to complete the embellishment.

Vintage Vogue is my favourite set in the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue from Stampin' Up!  If you don't have a copy of your own, email your postal address to me and I'll get one in the mail for you - free of charge.  To view the mini catalogue online, just click the link on the right....

It appears that my "new look" has a problem or two - looks like I've got to go back through and reload all my photo's - please bear with me while I get organised.

In the meantime, here's a cute little gift basket I made from 4 Scallop Envelope die cuts.

I used an A4 sheet of So Saffron cardstock for the die cuts and the handle and some scraps of Washington Apple DSP to decorate. I also recommend using Sticky Strip to adhere your pieces together - that stuff won't budge once it's on and you can be sure your project isn't going to fall apart in a hurry.

My favourite stamp set in the Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue is Vintage Vogue. Here, I've used Really Rust ink to stamp the larger flower and Ruby Red for the smaller one and layered them together with a dimensional between and a silver brad for the centre. I also cut the "Little Leaves" die from Old Olive cardstock and sponged some ink on the leaves to highlight them.

You can put absolutely anything in this little gift box. As you can see - perfect for handmade soaps - great for chocolates (easter eggs) or cupcakes. I made one for Sheree, the hostess of my last workshop and filled it with a sample package of SU goodies. She loved it so much she joined as a demonstrator ..... Well, she'd already decided to join way before the workshop .... but it's a pretty impressive little gift box non-the-less.

Shock Horror !!! - I'm Back

Yes, I know it's been a long time coming - but I'm back again, with sincere apologies for my long absence from blogworld. Life in the wild west has been busy to say the least but in a strange sort of way, I'm feeling pretty happy with how things have turned out for myself and my family - Brad is now working on the same mine site as Bianca and I which is definitely helping to bring us back together as a family again.....now if only we could talk Scott into working up here we'd be all set.... LOL

I don't get as much time to stamp as I used to - working 12 hours a day, 14 days straight out here in Pannawonica really takes it out of me....but the weather up here is perfect for camping at this time of year and we have a trip to the Karijini National Park planned for our next week off.

Even though I don't get time to stamp while I'm at work, I still love to stamp during my week at home. I'll be back soon to show you some of the things I've made with goodies from the Stampin' Up! Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue.

Thanks for sticking with me - I really do appreciate it very much

Tina

A change of pace

Hi Everyone,

2009 is coming to a close and I've been taking a bit of time to reflect on the year that flew by in the blink of an eye and look forward in anticipation on the year to come. My year ended very differently to how I imagined it would....I am writing this blog entry from my room on a remote mine site in Pannawonica in the north west of WA. I started my new job (kitchen hand) here on Christmas Day and to be honest, this is the first night I've been awake long enough to turn on my laptop and find out what's happening in the real world.

So why am I here?? That's a question I've asked myself at least 50 times in the last 3 days... but more than anything it was a financial decision.
It's hard to make a good living in the transport industry (hubby's a truck driver) and so I decided it was time I found a 'real' job that would make a big difference to our situation... so here I am, broken nails, sore feet and all... The best thing about it is that my darling girl Bianca is also working here so I get to see her every day now and I've got a desk in my room so I've brought a small amount of stampin' gear with me so I can still stamp in the evenings if I can stay awake long enough.

As for my SU business - well that's taking a back seat for a little while, just till I get myself settled into a new routine. I've given up all my classes and workshops but I hope that once I'm in routine, I can fit a workshop in during my week off work. Of course, my lovely team members will always get my support and help when they need it - I can still be contacted by email and mobile phone - and that goes for my customers too....... I can place orders for you, just email me with the details.

I'd like to thank you all for your friendship and support in 2009 - lord knows I've needed it.

I hope you've all had a fantastic Christmas and I wish you love, luck, health, wealth and happiness in 2010