Shaz's Card Table

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The New Idea Book & Catalogue for 2010-2011 is out & it has so many great products.  Click on the catalogue to view it online.

Email me if you would like your very own copy.

 

 

Welcome to our Stampers Anonymous SU blog tour! Tonight we are delighted to show you projects using products that were available to us in our demo sneak peek from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue.
You may have just come from Sandy Quail's blog, but if you are starting here, don’t worry … you can make the complete tour 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 wonderful creations we have to show you!

Please feel free to leave some comment love along the way …

At the end of each post there will be a link to take you to the next stop on the tour.
So grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy!

 

I'm starting off with a Christmas card. I have used the new DSP Greenhouse Gala (117167 - $16.95) & Real Red Card layered onto Crumb Cake Card. I used the new Contempo Christmas Stamp Set (121498 - $26.95) & used my markers to colour in the Christmas tree which I Stamped onto Whisper White Card. I used some Real Red grosgrain ribbon to finish it off. There are so many ways to step this card up.

 

My next project is a little box using a different page from the DSP Greenhouse Gala (117167 - $16.95). I finished the box off with some Pumpkin Pie grosgrain ribbon & the Boho Blossoms Punch with a yellow rhinestone.

 

My last project is a scrap page. I used a piece of Real Red 12x12 Card for the page & layered on some DSP Greenhouse Gala (117167 - $16.95) yet again. I am really liking this paper. I didn't want to cover up too much of the strip of DSP so let it be a bit of a feature for the page. I layered the photos on to some more DSP. Using my Big Shot & my Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Dies (115951 - $139.95) I cut out the title of my page again using the DSP Greenhouse Gala (117167 - $16.95). I cut out two flowers from the DSP as well & stuck them in the corners of the page. Here is a close up of the flower at the bottom.

 

Now you’re off to enjoy the wonderful creations of Fiona Harvey. Thanks for stopping by! If you happen to lose your way here’s a list of all participants.

1. Fiona Harvey
2. Juliette Chapman
3. Kerry Bunting
4. Kirrily Matthews
5. Lorna Casha
6. Marelle Taylor
7. Meighan Wheller
8. Melissa Gillis
9. Michelle Marchant
10. Nikki Stalker
11. Sally Williams
12. Sam Coppack
13. Sandy Quail
14. Sharon Wilson - YOU ARE HERE

GIANT CRAFT SALE

We have cleaned out our cupboards, and have lots of Craft Goodies that need to find new homes. There are retired stamps and scrapbooking supplies, ribbons, embellishments, plus handmade cards and gifts too (perfect for Christmas!), and lots lots more!

Everything will be priced to sell, so come along and grab a bargain! We'll also have Lucky Door Prizes to be won.

When: Saturday, 23rd October 9am -1pm

Where: The Church Hall (Blacktown East Presbyterian) Cnr Heffron Rd and Gallop Gve, Lalor Park

Please spread the word to anyone who may be interested, and I hope to see you there!

 

 

I just wanted to share a couple of photos of my girls with you.

These photos were taken on our drive over to Adelaide back in June.  Yes we drove over to Adelaide with two small children.  Lizzie is 3 & Hannah is 11 months old today.

This is Hannah in June so she was 9 months old.

And this is Lizzie.  She was 3 years & 1 month old in this photo.  This photo is a bit blury but she is on the move which is very true of Lizzie.  She is ALWAYS on the move unless she is asleep!

I've recently got back into doing some more scrapbooking.  I get inspired when I look at a few photos & then just have the urge to scrapbook.  It can take me a while to do a page but the effort is truly worth it.

I have created a double page layout for my eldest daughter Elizabeth (Lizzie) when she was visiting my brother & his family back in January 2009 while my husband & I went for a couple of nights break.



I saw this layout on a US company's website for their "workshops on the go" & I decided that I would use the layout & adapt it to my Stampin' Up! products.

This next layout came together quite quickly.  I used a layout from the scrapbook lounge again from the US. I had these 3 photos with my grandmother in them & I wanted to keep them together even though they are from different occasions.  The title reminds me of Sheldon from Big Bang Theory, if you watch that show you will know what I'm talking about.

 

 

As I mentioned in the previous post, I'm very late with the birthday cards for my little girl.  She is 3 now & I made her card but it was a couple of months late.

For this card I cased a card that Marelle made for one of our team meetings.  I chose summer sun because Lizzie loves yellow.  I also wanted it fairly bright so went to my bold brights & used real red & tempting turquoise, both of which are staying in the new colour collections.

 

 

Here is the card that I have made for my little girl when she turned 2.  She is now 3 & I'll be posting that card very shortly.  I know, I know, I'm very slack to not have made these cards before she turned the actual age, but better late than never!  The card is only 15 months late!  I did make it about a month ago now though so it was only 14 months late.

I used Wonderful Favourite for the sentiment & used the Big Shot with the alphabet dies.

I love pinks & greens together & these are also the colours of her room.

 

 

It has been some time since my last post. I have been busy lately & haven't even been near my card table in quite a while but had a play yesterday. It was almost like catching up with an old friend that I hadn't seen for months. There isn't anything to show you from yesterday but I found a couple of cards that I had made a while back that I hadn't shown you yet.

With all our conventions that we attend helping with kcc, we go away a lot & I take some things with me so that I can play in the evenings when the girls are in bed. On one such an evening I had a look through the the Autumn Mini Catalogue & came across a card that I liked very much & decided to copy it. The card was on page 25 of the mini using the Autumn Harvest rub-ons (115731), Autumn Traditions DSP (115668) & Autumn Days stamp set (119161). I love this set of products & so made this card.

 

 

Then after making this card I decided to redo the card but in a different theme. So I went for the Cottage Wall DSP (115671) this time & the Cottage Garden Stamp Set (119163), & came up with this card.

Both of these two sets I fell in love with as soon as I saw them in the mini.

If you don't have a copy of the mini yet, then just email me & I will post one out to you. I hope you like them.

Welcome to our Stampers Anonymous SU Autumn/Winter Mini blog tour! There are some fantastic new products released in this catalogue tomorrow (April 1st) and we’re going to share some of them with you in our creations.

You may have just come from Nikki Stalker'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, including one guest stamper, and we hope you will visit each one to see the wonderful creations we have to show you!

At the end of each post there will be a link to take you to the next stop on the tour.

We are offering 2 lucky visitors the opportunity to win some ‘Blog Candy’ this time around. There are a few things you must do to be eligible and they are:

1. You must leave a comment on every blog in the tour. Please also leave your full name with the comment.

2. After leaving your comments, you need to email Kerry and inform her you have done so and would like to be in the running for the blog candy.

 

Entry is open till midnight April 5th. Demonstrators are welcome to participate. **Blog candy is available to residents in Australia only. So grab a cuppa, sit back and enjoy the tour.

As it is Autumn, I have decided to run with this theme and everything is Autumn.


As soon as I saw these papers I just knew that they would be great for a photo album. I used the Autumn Traditions DSP to cover my chip board. I then used the Autumn Harvest Rub-ons which are so lovely to use & so very easy. I fell in love with the corresponding stamp set Autumn Days. The ribbon is one of the new in colour, Soft Suede which is so nice. The ribbon is two sided. On one side its plain but on the other there are white polka dots. As I went with the autumn theme, the polka dots didn't work so I was happy that I could use the other side instead.


I made a card to co-ordinate with my album using the same products.

And finally, I have another card to show you. This was a very simple card to make. I used the Soft Suede Card & used a rub on from Autumn Harvest along the bottom of the card. I stamped the pine cone image from Autumn Days onto white card & then layered onto Always Artichoke card. I also roughed up the edges of the Artichoke card with my cutter tool.

Well, that’s all from me. I hope you left your comment to be in with a chance at the ‘Blog Candy’. Now you’re off to enjoy the wonderful creations of Kirrily Matthews. Thanks for stopping by! If you happen to lose your way here’s a list of all participants.

1. Juliette Chapman
2. Sue Dean
3. Meighan Wheller
4. Chary Belfield
5. Nikki Stalker
6. Sharon Wilson - You are currently here
7. Kirrily Matthews
8. Rob Irving
9. Sally Williams
10. Kerry Bunting
11. Fiona Harvey
12. Teneale Williams
13. Liam Pucher
14. Marelle Taylor

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.

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

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.

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.

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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.