Shaz's Card Table

Wow, its been a while since I last posted something, sorry about that.

I've had an idea in my head for the last few days about a black & white card. I had a bit of a play around with a newish tool, my crimper and came up with this card.



I've used the Sale-a-bration stamp set Vintage Labels for the sentiment & used my wide oval to punch it out. I didn't have a punch to use to layer it onto so I cut around the large oval & since I'm not that good at cutting straight I used my cutter kit to roughen up the edges so it was harder to tell it wasn't perfect.
I decided to add a bit of colour and added the red polka dot ribbon. I love this red ribbon, which is only available in the summer mini till the end of this month.

Sale-a-Bration starts today!
Dates: 25 January - 31 March 2010 With rewards for customers, hostesses and new recruits, Sale-A-Bration gives everyone a reason to celebrate! Customers: Receive a free Sale-A-Bration product for every $100 purchase (no limit!). Hostesses: Receive a free Sale-A-Bration product with a $600 or more workshop, in addition to the regular hostess benefits. Recruits: Choose any retail stamp set (a value up to $79.95) from the current catalogue when signing up during the promotion. Email me today if you would like to host a workshop during Sale-a-bration.

From now until 28 February, 2010, $2 from every I {Heart} Hearts stamp set sold will be donated American Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund. 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.

I {Heart} Hearts - 117715 - $42.95

Welcome to the Stampers Anonymous SU blog tour! You may have just come from Liam Purcher's blog, but if you are starting here, don’t worry … you can make the complete circuit just by following the links at the end of each post.

There are 14 stops along the way and we hope you will visit each one to see the gorgeous creations we have to show you!
For our first tour we decided to showcase the beautiful new products in the Summer Mini, available to you from December 1st. At the end of each post there will be a link to take you to the next stop on the tour. Feel free to “share the love” and leave a comment! So sit back, relax and enjoy!


I've used the "Wagon Full of Fun" Stamp Set. There are 10 stamps in the set. I really enjoyed colouring these images in.

My first project I wanted to make a couple of baby cards so here is a boys card & a girls card. I've used the "Chit Chat Rub-Ons". These rub-ons are great if you don't have a lot of word stamps. You receive over 180 sayings, now that is a bargain. I have also used the Pink Pirouette 1 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.



My second project is a notebook that I've covered for my neice for Christmas. I've used the "Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper". I coloured in the flower but used a button from the "Playground Designer Buttons".


My third project is a card for valentine's day or for a wedding anniversary. I've used the "Dots and Designes Rub-ons" along the Ruby Red strip of card & used my markers to colour in the different parts of the heart.



Well, that’s all from me. Now you’re off to enjoy the wonderful creations of Marelle Taylor. Thanks for stopping by!



Products Used
Project 1 Wagon Full of Fun (117701 - $51.95) Chit Chat Rub-Ons (111804 - $19.95) Pink Pirouette 1 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (111363 - $14.95) Card - Whisper White, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue Inks - Black Stazon, Summer Sun, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie, Sahara Sand, Ballet Blue Blender Pen Scallop Edge Punch

Project 2 Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper (115680 - $16.95) Playground Designer Buttons (116313 - $15.50) Card - Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink Inks - Black Stazon, Summer Sun, Gable Green, Tempting Turquoise Blender Pen Linen Thread Crop-a-dile

Project 3 Wagon Full of Fun (117701 - $51.95) Chit Chat Rub-Ons (111804 - $19.95) Dots and Designes Rub-ons (115728 - $21.95) Card - Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Ruby Red Ink - Black Stazon, Chocolate Chip Markers - Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red Sponge Dauber Cutter Kit

Tonight is the night the Blog Hop Starts.

I'm going to be involved in a blog hop with the team to showcase the gorgeous products available in the brand new Summer Mini which starts on the 1st December. Our Blog Hop tour will start at 8pm on the 30th November and you will be able to "hop" from Blog to Blog until you are back where you started. There are 14 stops in all, and each one will have inspiring projects for you to admire. It's going to be awesome!

Every year the Stampers Annonymous Team have a Christmas Party and we also do a Secret Santa. We all have someone that we buy for and we don't know who our Secret Santa is. Well, this year we were all to send a card to our Secret Santa Recipients. I received mine the other day. Isn't this a great card.

Here is the card that we made at Marelle's Team meeting a week ago.



And here is the card we made at Karen's Team Meeting this week.

We also decorated a candle but I haven't taken a photo of that one yet. I'll take a photo and upload it when I get a chance.

I'm in the process of redesigning my blog so it is more visitor friendly. Please bear with me as I go through the process of upgrading. I think I missed the "nesting" phase during my pregnancy and so am making up for it now when my daughter is 10 weeks old. Thanks for your patience.

Here is the card that was made at Marelle's team meeting. Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it to the meeting cause I wasn't able to drive at the time after my c-section. Marelle posted the card out to me because I wasn't able to be there.



The other team meeting that I go to is with my Upline, Karen, and here is the card that we made.



After the meeting I had a play with some other Designer paper and I came up with this card.

I wanted to show you quite a few cards that I've received from lovely friends & family congratulating us on the arrival of our precious little girl.

This is a card from my lovely upline Karen. There is so much work in this card. Karen has covered the chipboard "h" with designer paper and she's also used the hat pin from the pretties kit.



This is a card from on of the girls in the Stampers Annonymous team, Liam.



This is a card from my Up-Upline, Marelle.



And finally here is a card from my Aunty & Uncle.

World Card Making Day is 3 October, but Stampin' Up! is celebrating all month long! From 1-31 October, when you purchase Rock Star or Flower Power Simply Sent Card Elements, you'll get 20% off the coordinating stamp set!

The kits are on pages 140-141 of the catalogue.

Contact me if you would like to purchase either of these two kits.

I've been a bit busy lately. We have a new addition to the family & she arrived on Thursday 10th September.

Our new addition is our second daughter Hannah. She is absolutely gorgeous and our eldest daughter is infatuated with her already. She is constantly saying "where's Hannah?"

Here's Hannah's photo.

Hopefully I'll get back to making some things very soon. Just need to get myself organised and free up some time.

Do you love making cards or scrapbooking? Well why not make it your business too.

If you buy the Starter kit you will get over $560 of Stampin' Up!'s high quality, one-of-a-kind stamping products and business supplies for just $324!

Email me for a free information pack.

Once you have purchased the Starter Kit you can become a Demonstrator whether you are a :

* Discount Purchaser: Likes the idea of buying stamps for personal use at a discount, and occasionally sells to Friends and Family.

* Short-Term: Sells for a short period of time to earn a specified amount of money and stops when the goal is reached.

* Seasonal: Works hard at the business during September, October and November for seasonal money and maintains minimum orders and sales during the balance of the year.

* Hobby: Loves doing demonstrations and earning extra money when it's convenient; Works a lot some months and very little other months; Likes to do workshops that are easy to book; and doesn't like to work too hard to book workshops.

* Career: Views Stampin' Up!as a viable income with long term career potential; Pursues management and wants to move up the career ladder; Loves attending Stampin' Up! events, and has developed a close social relationships with other demontrators; Works at the business in a consisten and outgoing manner.

The Spring Mini has arrived.

Email me if you would like me to post one out to you.

Marelle has her monthly challenge up.

I made this card back in July and you can see the original post here. I thought, however, that I could submit the card on the left for my challenge this month.

This card was inspired by two cards in the Spring Mini on page 21.

At our last team meeting there weren't many of us that had things to show so Marelle set us all a challenge. She gave each of us a bag with card stock in it that we had to use in a card before next meeting.

I received an A5 Mellow Moss card for the base and then a smaller piece of chocolate chip & very vanilla card stock and a 1 1/4" circle in Mellow Moss.

Here is my card that I came up with.

Products used
Mellow Moss, chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla Card Stock
Polka Dots, Upsy Daisy & Boho Blossoms Stamp sets
Boho Blossoms & 1 3/8" punches
Ice Rhinestone Brads

I absolutely love this stamp set. I wanted to get it because it can be very hard to find good male cards.

I had a good play with this stamp set a while ago when I Cased a card from Heather Summers.

My daughter & I went to stay with my brother & his family while Dave was away for a few days. My sister in Law, Luella, is a keen scrapbooker and asked if I could bring a few things with me. I took a lot of products with me including the Totally Tools stamp set to play with.

I came up with these 4 cards.

If you would like to purchase any of the products used in these cards or would like to make these at a stamp a stack, please email me.

Products used
Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Real Red, Not Quite Navy Card Stock
Paper Piercer & Mat Pack
Totally Tools, Upsy Daisy & Polka Dots Stamp Sets

Yes, Christmas Cards already.

I made these while away for a few days at my sister in law's place. I was playing with a Christmas stamp set that is from the New Spring Mini which starts on 1st August.

If you like any of these products and/or would like to have a spring mini sent to you, then email me.

I have been making some cards lately. Some of the creative mojo has been flowing though not as often as I would like.

I've been playing with Pocket Silhouettes which is a lovely little set.

These 4 cards were fun to make and if you would like any of the products used on these cards, please email me to order them.

Products used
Kraft, Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Baja Breeze Card Stock
Pocket Silhouettes, Upsy Daisy Stamp Sets
Urban Garden Designer Series Paper

I made these cards a while ago and have only just been able to take photos of them and get them up on the blog.

These are extremely easy cards as you can see. All I've used is designer paper some ribbon & a sentiment. Very quick cards to make too.

I made these bags to go along with them which was also easy to make.

If you would like to make these cards or purchase any of the products used, please email me.