RIBBON, RIBBON, EVERYWHERE!!

Okay guys, I've had so many of you asking for another ribbon share, that I've finally got the hint and I'm offering you not one, but two different ribbon shares!  So take a look and let me know how many places you want to reserve in each share asap so that you don't miss out on getting a truck load of ribbon colours for a fabulous price!!


TAFFETA RIBBON SHARE



Cost $33 (local) or $37 (out of New Plymouth - mailed to your home with track and trace)

You will receive 2 meters each of the following 9 colours (a total of 18 meters!!) of the beautiful Taffeta ribbons:

* Whisper White
* Very Vanilla
* Kraft
* Chocolate Chip
* Basic Gray
* Mellow Moss
* Bashful Blue
* Pretty in Pink
* Riding Hood Red


1/4" GROSGRAIN RIBBON SHARE

Cost $34 (local) or $38 (out of New Plymouth - mailed to your home with track and trace)

You will receive 2 meters each of the following 17 colours for a total of 34 meters of this super Stampin' Up! grosgrain ribbon!

* Basic Black
* Whisper White
* Very Vanilla
* Pumpkin Pie
* Apricot Appeal
* Pretty in Pink
* Real Red
* Bravo Burgundy
* Elegant Eggplant
* Night of Navy
* Tempting Turquoise
* Bashful Blue
* Certainly Celery
* Old Olive
* Mellow Moss
* Always Artichoke
* Chocolate Chip

Ribbon shares are always such an incredible way to get a huge variety of colours and styles of ribbon for a small cost.  To buy a roll of each of the above 17 colours would cost you $220.15 plus $11 shipping!! 

If you are out of New Plymouth and choose to participate in both swaps you can save $4 on shipping by combining both shares together for just $4 shipping!

Happy stampin'!
Sharlene

HELP ME WELCOME IN THE NEW MINI CATALOGUE

If you have been around me over the past week or so you would already have heard me rave about how I believe the Spring mini catalogue that will start on August 1st is the best we have had yet in New Zealand - I LOVE it!!! 

Well now I would like to invite you to come and join me to celebrate the start of the mini with some make & takes, door prizes, nibbles, and of course some special offers for those of you who attend and order on the day (you'll have to come to find out about those).  You will also receive your own copy of the mini catalogue as well ...  so jump on the phone or computer now and let me know that you will be coming to join me.

You have 2 time slots to choose from, but places are limited for both, so make sure you get in first for your choice of times.

SPRING MINI CATALOGUE LAUNCH CELEBRATION
Sunday, August 2nd
2 - 4pm  or  7-9pm
at 147 Seaview Road, Westown, New Plymouth

You can rsvp by phone to (06) 753-5337 or by e-mail to stampwithsharlene@hotmail.com.

I look forward to being able to show you some of the fabulous new things that Stampin' Up! have come up with to tempt our creative taste buds!!

Happy stampin'
Sharlene

ON THE RIGHT TRACK?

I thought I would share a genie bag that I did for our kid's holiday programme these holidays.  I tell you - teachers are such special people, I don't know how they do that all day every day, the need to be paid about 10 times what they are!!  I was just about ready to lose it after just 2 days of it ...

Anyway, I used the Right on Track wheel and Choo Choo set from the new mini (coming your way real soon!), and I think that the kids really loved it.  I wasn't sure which sets to use for kids projects (since we'd already used Bugs & Kisses and all the obvious ones), thank goodness that as a demo I can pre-order and that the order got here in time to save my bacon!!


... MY MOTHER IS SO MEAN SHE WON'T BUY ME A BED - SHE MAKES ME SLEEP IN A STAMPIN' UP! BOX! ...

Once again, Tiger finds something too small for his big fluffy butt and climbs into it!  This is the smallest sized box that Stampin' Up! uses, so it's not that big, but he's been sleeping there for about 3 hours now.  It doesn't look very comfortable, but I guess it can't be all that bad if he's been there that long!

A PICTURE TELLS A THOUSAND WORDS ...

Hey guys, you would be forgiven for thinking that I had disappeared into thin air, but with having to create 2 of the first 3 projects for WE Stamp and everything I have been doing has been for "the other" blog ... that and school holidays has just killed all the time that I normally have to do all these thing I want to do!

Anyway, we have this new store in town called The Outlet Store and I wandered in the other day and found these cute little frames for just $2.50 - which I didn't think was a bad deal ... 

Of course I figured it could look cuter if I distressed the edges a little, added a few embellishments, and who can resist the super cute corduroy buttons that are coming your way on August 1st??  So I stamped Baroque Motifs with the Staz-on white, added some flower fusion with rhinestone brad centres, and of course because all our embellishments match our wonderful colours, I finished off with the corduroy buttons that matched the flower fusion perfectly! 

Just in case you think your eyes are playing tricks on you, the "before" frame is pink and the "after" one is red - it's not you!

Now I just have to find a place to put this cute frame of my "baby" who is now 11 1/2 and probably won't want it displayed where the whole world can see it ...

Happy stampin'!
Sharlene

MY LITTLE HELPER ...

Tiger (who believes he's the most important member of our family) is a very "helpful" stamper side-kick!  But sometimes he seems to think that he's still the size of a little kitten and insists on getting into or onto things that are far too small for his now rather larger and fluffier self!  In fact we were sitting in Stamp Club on Monday night and he jumped onto the table and climbed into the basket - the one that is only 26cm x 18cm!!  The girls had a good laugh at that, but he got in big trouble ...

Anyway, I have a box on my craft room floor for all the cardstock and DP scraps to go into that's supposedly going to the Kindy someday.  Well Tiger decided that there was too much cardstock in it for him to fit as well, so he knocked a bit out and then sat down to make himself at home! 

 
Who made this big mess?

 
That's more like it!

YUMMY!!

I'm so excited about the projects that we have come up with for this first round of WE Stamp - I think they are fabulous!  We thought we would tempt you with just a sneak peek of one of the projects that we have come up with for this round!  If you are a member of course you will be receiving full step-by-step instructions with photos for this project later in the round, but if you aren't already a member, you will miss out, so what are you waiting for??

Don't worry, if you aren't a member already, it's not too late to join in the fun - just click on the "WE Stamp" button on the top right-hand side of my blog and flick over to the WE Stamp blog - there you will find instructions on how to join WE Stamp so that you won't miss out on any of these awesome projects. 

WE Stamp members will be receiving an e-mail later tonight inviting them to come into the Members Only area of the blog which will be open from later tonight.   If you are a member but haven't received your e-mailed invitation to enter the Members Only Area by tomorrow morning, let me know by e-mailing me on we.stamp@hotmail.com and I'll look into it so that we can make sure you don't miss out on anything!

Have a stampin' day!
Sharlene

FEELING A LITTLE UPSY DAISY?

I was going through my cards and realised that I hadn't shared this one with you all!  This was one of the cards that we did at $2 cards last month.  I love the simplicity of the silhouette stamps - they make it really easy to make eye-catching images!!

Stamps:  Upsy Daisy
Cardstock/paper:  Rose Red, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Whisper White, Sweet Always designer paper
Accessories:  Square scallop and eyelet border punches

GREAT FRIEND!

Just in case you haven't got across to the WE Stamp blog this morning, I thought I would share the card that I made for our colour challenge last night (batteries went dead on me, so it's not getting posted until this morning!).

I'm REALLY loving the new mini catalogue that starts on August 1st - my only problem is which sets and accessories to start with first, because there are so many awesome things to choose from.  I believe this is our very best mini catalogue ever, so make sure you get to see if all for yourself by coming to my open house party where you can try out things and get yourself a free mini catalogue as well!  Details will be posted on my blog later today (after the family have all left from the big breakfast Harry's cooking right now).

Stamps:  Great Friend (new mini catalogue August 1st!!)
Cardstock/Paper:  Basic Black, Orchid Opulence, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Pink Flamingo designer paper
Accessories:  Antenna are from the pretties kit, dimensionals

Have a great day!!
Sharlene

WE STAMP COLOUR CHALLENGE # 1

I had Stamp Club last night and one of my fabulously talented customers, Debbie, bought along these amazing dolls that she had made at a local fabric store (owned by another club member!).  Anyway I really loved the dolls, but was really amazed at the colours in some of the fabrics - bold and really out there, but they worked together.   

So out of these lovely ladies I have a fun colour challenge over at the WE Stamp blog!  Certainly not my normal colours, so it will be a challenge for me as well, but what about these colours to get your creative brains working:

Brilliant Blue, Tempting Turquoise, Orchid Opulence, and Basic Black

I'm off to create my own card with this challenge, which I will upload to the WE Stamp blog later tonight so check it out here: WE Stamp Blog.

Sharlene

FAUX SCORCHING?

I have been so busy this week with lots of classes and all the WE Stamp behind the scenes stuff, that I haven't had a lot of time to stamp just for me, so I am going to share with you a card that I did last night.  I really like the distressed look of it and if you know me then you know that I love to tear ...

There are just a couple of things in this card that you won't have seen before because I got my parcel of pre-order goodies from Stampin' Up! yesterday.  That's one of the great things about being a demonstrator - we get to "try out" lots of new stuff before it's available to the public!!  So keep an eye here for more sneak peaks about what you can see coming in the new mini that starts August 1st.

I will be doing a free open house so you can try things out for yourself, so watch for details coming your way as soon as today is over ...