Stencilling with Punches

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Final Deal of the Week

Its all about the bling this week.

Item	Description	Regular Price	Sale Price
109113	Square Ice Rhinestone brads	$19.95	$11.97
109111	Circle Ice Rhinestone brads	$19.95	$11.97
109112	Square Fire Rhinestone brads	$19.95	$11.97
111848	Bashful Blue 1" double-stitched grosgrain ribbon	$19.95	$10.97
109050	Certainly Celery 5/8" grosgrain ribbon	$14.95	$8.97

All these items are on pages 149 to 151 - the sparkles are really beautiful and can be 'dismantled' if you just want to use the stone.

Here are some examples:

 
 

If you want to place an order for any of these sets you have until Tuesday at 6pm to place your order with me.  Call on 0428 254 952 or just send an email.  

If you live locally to Aspendale Gardens we can all share the postage but if you live further away you will need to add on $5.95 or 5% of the order total (which ever is the greater) and I will arrange to have it delivered right to your door.

 

Happy Birthday Kieran

It's my boy's twelfth birthday today!  Well it was on Friday but there have been some gremlins living in my blog and this post has just refused to appear!

So lets pretend it is really the 18th of June .... just for five minutes ..... please!

Of course, being that it is the soccer world cup and I have a soccer addict for a son when I saw this card at Convention I just knew that somehow I had to make it for KP.

I emailed Shannon West - at the home office of Stampin' Up! in Utah and she very kindly wrote out the following instructions for me .... how lovely is that.

So here we go:

• Make the background:  Cut out a black circle for the card (mine is a little over 12 cm) with the Circle Pius. You could do a double layer or single layer and then put an invitation panel on the back instead of inside.
  


• Punch out several 1-3/4" circles in Whisper White (I used 8 on the card and you need at least one more for the pattern). 
  


• Make a pattern:  Select one circle and fold it so that you have 6 even sides (trickiest part...fold straight across first, then an X across the first fold. I think I even used a ruler to check and make sure the sides were pretty even).
  


• Use the pattern to make at least 8 white hexagons. Use some dotto or a tiny bit of snail to keep them from moving. Just layer the pattern on top and trim the sides w/snips.
  


• Layer the pieces on the black circle. I just looked up an image of a soccer ball so I could follow that. The tricky thing is on real soccer balls, the black spaces only have 5 sides and the white have six--I think that is because the ball is round so they have to be different to match up properly. For our purposes, all pieces (black and white) will have 6 sides.
  


• Since you are layering on black card stock, you just let the black show through.
  


• Trim.  Once all the white pieces are layered on the black, just trim the excess off.

So there you have it ... it really is quite easy and very effective - KP loves it - its hard to see it is actually a card from the photo but it is quite cute.

Now I have to also show you KP and his birthday cake.  About two years ago Olivia took up the official role of birthday cake maker .... and this is this year's creation for KP ... she's quite adventurous and if you viewed it from above it was a soccer ball.  

Check out that cheeky grin!

Isn't she a clever little chicken - a mini me!

So Happy Birthday to our lovely lad ... may you have heaps of fun with your new XBox 360 - enjoy your day.

Love Mum, Dad, Olivia, Max and Spencer

xxxxxx

okay you can all go back to Tuesday the 22nd now .... LOL

Stampamemory Challenge

Its Stampamemory Challenge time again - hosted by Di Gill, the theme for this challenge is to create a layout about your family pet or your favourite animal. If you don't have a pet, you may have a photo of an animal you liked at the zoo, or perhaps you've even been on safari! This challenge is all about enjoying animals!'pets' - it can be a favourite photo of your own pet.

So here's my layout.  I struggled with the simplicity of the page for a while - I'd prefer a few more embellishments - but it has grown on me the more I have sat looking at it.

The colours used are Yoyo Yellow and Real Red, and I've created the matching button using the clear buttons and a piece of Yoyo Yellow paper - attached together with a small piece of Linen Thread.  The letters have been stamped using Jumbo Outline Alphabet and then punched out using the square punches. 

So if you'd like to be in with a chance to win a choice of one of 'C is for Cat' or 'D is for Dog' stamp sets then hop on over to the SAM website and make sure you get your entries in - all the 'fine print' is there but if you want me to load your project here for you just let me know.

Making Merry Monday will be back later this week .... it's been AWOL for a week or so .... but it will return!

 

Deal of the Week 3

 

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Sale Price
114263	34	A Happy Heart stamp set	$41.95	$20.98
115792	57	Greetings Eight stamp set	$49.95	$24.98
116330	78	Bella's  Bloom stamp set	$24.95	$14.97
113009	97	Enjoy Every Moment stamp set	$53.95	$26.98
114283	105	All Scallops stamp set	$55.95	$27.98

It's all about the stamp sets this week - how do you fancy 50% off five favourite sets?  If you live locally call me before close of business on Tuesday to place your order to save on postage.  I can take orders from anywhere in Australia - postage is 5% or $5.95 whichever is the greater - order shipped straight to your door.

Call me on 0428 254 952 or email to place your order.

 

Introducing our newest family member - Spencer

It's been three weeks now since our lives were turned upside down by the arrival of Spencer - a now thirteen week old black and silver Schnoodle puppy.

I had forgotten just how much work they can be ... Max our resident grown up Schnoodle was okay the first day but when the puppy was still in residence the following morning I think he suddenly realised this was a little more permanent than he had first thought.

Here he is after his first bath.  Three weeks on, Max and Spencer are getting on very well - Max is top dog and Spencer gets the odd growl from time to time to let him know to pipe down and stop being annoying.  

 

I can feel the odd scrapbooking page coming on .... and I am going to dig out the photos of Max too - I am sure that Spencer is much bigger - gee I do hope we didn't just buy a standard Schnoodle rather than a mini one :)

Coming later in the month is a Stampamemory Challenge just for our pets - although I don't think Spencer will be the star of the show for that one - Max and his passion for the odd hat or two will be providing us with the entertainment that day!

 
 

Happy Birthday Chloe

It's birthday time again - Happy Birthday to my beautiful niece Chloe - we hope that you have a brilliant day.

I am really enjoying using the Pick A Petal set - it is a new addition to my collection and I can see the possibilities for all those beautiful petals will be endless.

The sentiment is from the Curly Labels set - I've used a Real Red marker pen to create just an image of the words so that they fit neatly inside a 1 1/4" circle punch.

There is a bit of sparkly on this card (not sure if I caught it with the camera) and of course a bit of bling - every girl has got to have some bling on her card right?

So happy birthday Chloe - we love and miss you.

Auntie Nikki, Uncle Paul, Olivia, Kieran, Max and Spencer xxxxx