Welcome Baby! March 7, 2009

Well, I don’t actually have a baby to welcome, but i have got a card ready to go should any of my friends have a baby girl any time in the near future! (hint hint, nudge nudge). I made this “Onesie” card (as they call it in America) using the instructions on Lauren Meader’s blog. I know lots of people have done their version of this card, but it’s so darn cute I had to do it too!  And it’s surprisingly easy to make. Check out Lauren’s instructions at http://laurenm.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/02/05/create-your-own-onesie-card-tutorial-and-important-note-please-read/

and why not have a go yourself. If you do make one, please send me a piccy so I can have a look.

For my card I used whisper white and rose red CS, rose red and pretty in pink ink, the scallop and circle punches, and the stamps were “short and sweet” and “in the spotlight” hostess set.

Thanks for looking

A Fond Farewell March 7, 2009

Well it’s that time of year again, and the retired list is out. Time to say goodbye to lots of our favourite stamp sets and accessories. But it’s a happy goodbye… because lots of items are being offered at 25% off, and a couple are a massive 50% off!! This discount is available on selected retiring stamp sets, most of the Designer series papers, some hodgepodge hardware, buttons and eyelets, in-colour inkpads and cardstock, on-board chipboard, most of the ribbons, rub-ons, simply scrappin kits and the simply sent card kits!! NOW IS THE TIME TO GRAB YOURSELF A BARGAIN, as these will disappear quickly and once they are gone, there are no more!

I’ll be sending everyone on my mailing list a copy of the retiring list. If you’d like a copy too, leave me a comment with your email address and I’ll send it off to you.

I should also note that as of April 1st, all inkpads will be going up in price to $11.95, so if you are in need of some, grab them now while they are still $9.95!

The following retiring items have already sold out, or are available in limited quantities only, so do hurry!

Item Number	Product Description	Availability
10756	Flip Flops	Unavailable
109020	Wild Wasabi Classic Ink Refill	Unavailable
109015	Soft Sky Classic Stamin’ Ink Refill	Unavailable
109016	River Rock Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill	Unavailable
109017	Purely Pomegranite Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill	Unavailable
100381	Earth Elements Eyelets	Unavailable
100378	Soft Subtle Eyelets	Unavailable
109019	Groovy Guava Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill	Unavailable
108748	Best Friend Numbers	Unavailable
107212	Mateys Map	Unavailable
105320	Basic Eyelets	Unavailable
103195	Gifts Galore	Unavailable
107561	Garden Annuals	Unavailable
109610	Confetti Simply Scrappin’	Unavailable
104279	Leaf Prints	Unavailable
110255	Bundle of Joy	Unavailable
112402	Short Order Numbers	Unavailable
109018	Blue Bayou Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill	Unavailable
111852	River Rock A4 card stock	Unavailable
108720	Ahoy, Matey	Unavailable
108747	Best Friends Alphabet Upper	Unavailable
111851	Soft Sky A4 card stock	Unavailable
105316	Rich Regal Eyelets	Low Quantity
101259	Black Hemp Twine	Low Quantity
108740	Bareback	Low Quantity
106662	Dasey Field	Low Quantity
108638	In Color 12″x 12″ card stock	Low Quantity
109186	Theater Ribbn Originals	Low Quantity
105445	Soft Subtle buttons	Low Quantity
111850	Wild Wasabi A4 card stock	Low Quantity
106610	Basics Outline	Low Quantity
103981	Earth Elements	Low Quantity
103981	*Earth Elements & Neutrals buttons	Low Quantity
100900	Gift sacks	Low Quantity
108763	By Land	Low Quantity
104065	Fishy	Low Quantity
112253	*Dad’s Day	Low Quantity
108849	It’s Your Birthday	Low Quantity
105531	Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware	Low Quantity
112391	Everything Baby	Low Quantity
112310	Fabulous Flowers	Low Quantity
107464	Rough Texture	Low Quantity
107465	Speckled	Low Quantity
107467	Birthday	Low Quantity
108923	Stipple Rose	Low Quantity
112272	Classic Backgrounds	Low Quantity
108929	Symbols of Solicitude	Low Quantity
112316	Forever in My Heart	Low Quantity
105446	Rich Regal Buttons	Low Quantity
108746	Best Friends Alphabet Lower	Low Quantity
112229	ABC Images	Low Quantity
108857	Linen	Low Quantity
108998	Beautiful Life	Low Quantity
110248	Polka Dots & Petals	Low Quantity
108765	Cheery Chat	Low Quantity

Please Support the Victorian Bushfire Appeal February 17, 2009

Join with Stampin’ Up! and Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around Australia and New Zealand in 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 percent of the sales of these sets to the Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfires 2009 Appeal.

Stamp Set	Item Number	Page Number in Catalogue	Retail Price
Priceless	112312	105	48.95 AUD/57.95 NZD
Seeing Spots	108909	89	29.95 AUD /35.95 NZD
Baroque Motifs	112380	98	39.95 AUD /46.95 NZD
Live Your Dream	114261	3**	55.95 AUD /66/95 NZD
Looks Like Spring*	108864	76	58.95 AUD /68.95 NZD
The Snowflake Spot*	108934	27	39.95 AUD /46.95 NZD
Bodacious Bouquet*	108756	80	58.95 AUD /68.95 NZD
Polka Dots & Paisley*	110247	46	35.95 AUD /42.95 NZD
G’day Mate*	111973	115	35.95 AUD /42.95 NZD
Be Happy*	108744	51	39.95 AUD /46.95 NZD

If you want to view these sets, please ask me to show you a catalogue, or check it out online at www.stampinup.com 

 * These sets will be on the retiring list and will therefore be unavailable from 31st March. If you want to order one of these sets, do hurry as they will not last long during the Bushfire Appeal.

** This stamp set is from the Summer Mini Catalogue

Don’t forget that you will receive a free Sale-a-bration set for every $100 you spend. So what better reason do you need to spend $100 on stamps, get a free stamp set, and help the Bushfire Appeal at the same time!

I will also be donating your $10 workshop fees from my Sale-A-Bration Workshop on Tuesday 24th Feb. Please get behind this great cause and come along. You can place your order or register for this event by emailing me at sallymcnamara@bigpond.com

Ocean Commotion Make-and-takes February 7, 2009

What a great day I’ve had. I managed to go to the gym, walk the dog, wash the dog, take Mason to the park AND do some blogging. OMG. And I don’t even feel like I rushed around to do it all. The only thing missing is some stamping, so hopefully I’ll get to do some of that tonight and my day will be complete! Anyway, enough of that and onto some stamping stuff….

 

These are the projects I designed for the make-and-takes for some upcoming workshops (Hi Tracy and Kym!!). The first is a 6×6 scrapbook page for Tracy’s workshop, which opens up to reveal some hidden journaling behind.

I then created a 12×12 page layout so our workshop guests can see how easily a 6×6 layout can be translated to 12×12, as most people would create pages of this larger size. The 6×6 page just gets stuck straight onto the 12×12.

 And this card is what I created for Kym’s workshop. Kym wanted me to demonstrate embossing, so I thought this was the ideal card, as I’ve used clear embossing powder to make the fishies look wet, and I’ve also used one of the new stamp sets from the Summer Mini.

For these projects I used the following materials:

Cardstock- river rock, bashful blue, pumpkin pie, whisper white, pumpkin pie DSP

Inks- river rock, pumpkin pie, versamark, bashful blue

Punches- scalloped edge punch, circle punches, round tab punch

Stamp sets- Ocean Commotion, Eat Cake (for happy birthday sentiment), circle of frienship (for the sentiment inside the bubble on the card), big deal alphabet, simple serif mini alphabet (both alphabets used on scrap page).

Additional Materials- pumpkin pie marker, white gel pen, crystal effects, clear embossing powder, heat gun, silver hodgepodge,

 

If you’d like to make either of these projects, why not host your own workshop, and I’ll show you and a group of your friends some of these great techniques.

Thanks for looking, and enjoy your weekend!

 

Come and Sale-a-Brate with me! February 7, 2009

You’re invited to an evening of stamping to “sale-a-brate” Stampin’ Up!s latest promotion aptly named “Sale-A-Bration”.

Tuesday 24^th February, 7pm

The evening will cost you just $10 to make 2 cards and a lolly pouch. If you place an order of $100 or more on the night, you will be able to select a Sale-A-Bration stamp set for FREE, and I will waive your workshop fee. So come along and take advantage of this exciting promotion, or just come and learn some great cardmaking techniques. There are only 6 spaces for this event, so please email or phone me to secure your spot. If you would like to come along, but this time does not suit you, please let me know as I may be able to hold a second workshop.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Wild about… January 20, 2009

 cute little zoo animal frames!

            

These are some little pages I made to pop in some frames for Mason’s bedroom. You might recall that Mason’s bedroom theme is zoo animals, with the images from the “Wild About You” stamp set stamped around his walls like a frieze. He also has an animal quilt cover and a lion and turtle cushion. No wonder he calls it his “Jungle Bed”.  I think these little images finish his room off beautifully. I used:

• Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise and Real Red cardstock
• Pumpkin Pie and Certainly Celery Prints Designer Series Paper
• Stampin’ Write Markers (Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie & Chocolate Chip)
• Simple Serif Mini Alphabet
• Silver Hodgepodge
• Inkpads (Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Old Olive)
• and a sponge around the edge of the stamped whisper white piece 

 

It’s time to “Sale-a-Brate” January 19, 2009

             

 

Like the look of these images??? Read on to find out how you can earn these stamp sets for FREE…

 

Customer Offer-

If you haven’t heard of Sale-a-Bration, then listen up! Sale-a-bration is stampin’ up!’s best promotion of the year, which runs from now until Feb 28^th. During this time, for every $100 that you spend on any products, you get to choose a free stamp set from the sale-a-bration catalogue. There are 4 free sets to choose from, and the free sets are unlimited. That’s right, so if you spend $200, you get 2 free sets, spend $300 and get 3 free sets etc. How often do you get something for FREE? You can see why I’m excited!

 

Hostess Offer-

And we haven’t forgotten hostesses. When you host a workshop that reaches $600 in sales, you too will get to choose a free sale-a-bration set in addition to the already fabulous hostess rewards. I still have some spaces in my diary so contact me today to book your workshop!

 

New Recruit offer-

Right now is a prime time to sign up as a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator.  Here are some great reasons why:

·         Receive your choice of a free stamp set (to any value) from the main catalogue in addition to the Starter Kit

·         Receive 20% discount off all your own orders placed, and make 20% income off any sales you make

·         Set yourself up with everything you need to do stamping as a hobby, or a business. The choice is yours. I originally signed up as a hobby demonstrator to the get the discount for my own stamps, but soon saw the fun in demonstrating so I decided to share my passion with others. As long as you are a demonstrator, you will always have the option to build your business if you choose to.

·         You can customise the starter kit to contain stamp sets of your own choosing, as long as they are at the same or lower prices.

·         To remain a Stampin’ Up demonstrator you only have to achieve $500 of sales per quarter. If you sign up in January you get an extension on the sales requirement until

·         New demonstrators have the opportunity to get an extra 10 percent instant income on their first order. That’s a whopping 30% off your first order!

·         Receive free publications such as the new catalogue which will be released in April, and the monthly “Impressions” magazine only available to demonstrators. These are full of inspirational samples and instructions so you’ll never run out of ideas.

These are just some of the benfits of joining Stampin’ Up. For more information, please contact me.

A Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year January 19, 2009

Hi all, Happy New Year to everyone! I’m sorry I haven’t had anything new for you to look at for a while, but I’ve been busy spending time with family over the Christmas break, and getting back into the rythym of the new year. But I do have lots of new projects to share with you, so please do read on…

 

I know Christmas is over, but I never got to share all of my xmas cards with you, so here they are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 And here’s a picture of the girls who attended my Christmas extravaganza. Hi guys J

                                          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The projects the girls created at the xmas extravaganza- dvd sliders and gift boxes.

 

 

And here’s some of my xmas gift wrapping using my stampin supplies. I’ve always wanted to create my own gift wrapping, so this was fun making these.

 

 

And finally a picture of my little man on Christmas Day. Just because he’s so damn cute

I hope everyone else had a wonderful break, and I look forward to catching up with some of you now that i’m back into the swing of things.

Summer Mini is here December 3, 2008

Well I can officially take orders from the Summer Mini, and if you haven’t seen it yet, you must!

If you haven’t reserved a copy just drop me an email at sallymcnamara@bigpond.com and I’ll pop one in the mail to you for free or come along to my Christmas Extravaganza event and I can give you a copy then!

There are 13 NEW Stamp sets, felt flowers, 2 new scallop punches, 2 new RubOns, 3 new gorgeous papers, ribbons… and, and, and well you’ll just have to get yourself a copy and see for yourself!

If you want to view the catalogue online, click on the lick below:

http://catalogs.shoplocal.com/stampinup/index.aspx?pagename=shopmain&fsid=4d7ab95e-0de5-4cb2-892f-65072fcf2035&storeid=1039381&circularid=14243

Sale-A-Bration is coming… December 3, 2008

and I’ve seen the free stamp sets up for grabs! You’re gonna love them!

The most exciting time in the stamping calendar is Sale-a-bration during January and February. During this promotion, Stampin’ up! offers free stamp sets to customers, hostesses and new demonstrators.

If you haven’t yet booked your Sale-A-bration workshop please contact me before Christmas so I can be sure to fit you in……January is already looking very busy so get in quick for January and February.

At your sale-a-bration workshop, you and your friends will be able to order stamp sets and accessories from the gorgeous new Mini, as well as choose free stamp sets from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue with qualifying orders/workshops.

If you’ve considered signing up as a demonstrator, Sale-a-bration is the time to do it! Get an additional free stamp set from the main catalogue or summer mini when you apply during this period!

A great gift idea for Christmas would be a copy of the main catalogue with an accompanying gift voucher to whatever value you like. The lucky recipient will then be able to order in the new year when the fabulous Sale-a-bration promotion is on, and they might even be able to grab themselves a free stamp set just for placing their order!

So don’t hesitate to contact me to book your SAB workshop or purchase a gift voucher for your loved ones to take advantage of the freebies. If you want a sneak peak at the Sale-a-bration sets leave me a comment and I’ll see what I can do!