I have been so busy the last few weeks with school finishing, shopping and even celebrating my Birthday I have’nt had any time to play and create. As I’m now going to spend sometime and take a break with my family this will be the last time I post this year, but I would like to show you these cute Shortbread Boys and Girls I made for my youngest Boy to give to his class as a end of year gift.

Here is the tray of them after they had been baked:

This is how I wrapped them for him to give out:

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my loyal customers, family and friends who have supported me this year. I look forward to sharing with you all some new creations in the New Year.

Till next time

Cindy

With the last Mini Catalogue I made Punch Candy to post out with the catty’s I sent out to my customers, so I had to think of something different to do this time. Which I thought these teabag holders would be a good idea so that when they recieved the catty they could sit down with a nice cup of tea to browse it.

So here are the finished Teabag Holders:

Cover:

Inside Cover:

I didn’t use a specific template to make them I just basically measured the cardstock using the teabag size to make it fit. I have used Old Olive and Rose Red Cardstock with the New Designer Series Paper - Bail Breeze and have stamped the flower image from the New Stamp Set - Eastern Blooms in Rose Red ink. Then tied the folder together with Mellow Moss - Taffeta Ribbon to finish it off.

All the Stamp sets, Designer Series Paper’s and Accessories in this Summer Mini Catalogue are just divine so if you are interested in viewing or purchasing some of these lovely products. Please contact me.

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Today is the start of 2 great promotions with Stampin’ Up!®.

 Tying Up Christmas which runs from the 1-31 December 2008. 

Go to the Specials & Promotions Page for full details.

Summer Mini Catalogue 2008-2009

 The Summer Mini starts today through until the 31 March 2009.

If you would like to recieve a Summer Mini Catalogue, Please contact me and I would be happy to post you a copy.

Note: This is for Australian Residents Only

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I got these photo’s of my son printed the other day and they have been staring at me all week to scrap. So here are two layouts I completed today. This first layout, I have used a New Stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue from Stampin’ Up! called “Friendly Flowers” I love this stamp set as it is so versitle to use on any layout or card. 

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This second layout, I had this great robot pattern paper and thought these photo’s would look great with it.

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I was really excited this week to receive some new stamp sets from the new Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalogue, soon to be released on December 1st. This stamp I have used on this layout is from a set called “For Father” which is a great set to make male cards. Also new is the patterned paper I have used and is from the Designer Series called Ginger Blossom.

I took this photo about a year ago when our apple tree was blooming and often thought about how I would scrap it, so when I got this stamp I thought staight away of scrapping this photo.

Recipe: Cardstock: Ruby Red, Whisper White, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip. Stamp Sets: Back ground - Canvas and For Father. Inks: Stazon Black, Versa Mark, Sahara Sand, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa and Mellow Moss ( I have used the blender pen with these inks to colour the image) Designer Series Paper - Ginger Blossom. Signo White Gel Pen - Faux Stitching. Note: I have printed the wording from a font on my computer onto Old Olive cardstock.

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As I can imagine most people’s weeks are hetic and thats what mine has been this week, so I have only just managed to get some time to fit in this weeks challenge which was to create a card with glitter. Hope you like this card.

Recipe: Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery and Regal Rose. Stamp Sets: Office Accoutrement, Polka Dot and A Beautiful Thing. Ink: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip and Regal Rose. Signo Gel white Pen and Glitter.

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As per usual I am behind with the weekly challenges set for our group the Southern Belles, so I have tried to catch up with these three cards. The first card is Unusal Background Challenge:

For this unusal backgound I have taken Whisper White cardstock and dobbed three different purple shades of colour and stippled them with a brush to blend the colours together. Then once dry I have stamped the background stamp “Floral” in Perfect Plum ink on top of the painted backgound.

Gloss Card Challenge:

This gloss card challenge I have used the crayon resist technique. Stamp your image in Stazon Black ink, then with a white crayon, colour in parts of the stamped image you want to leave white, then with the colour of your choice ( I have used Regal Rose) sponge over the stamped images to create the crayon resist effect.

Quick Card Challenge:

I find making christmas cards I don’t want to have to spend a lot of time in making, especially when you have to make alot so I thought this card is perfect for the quick card challenge as it is very quick and easy to make.

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Here are a couple of cards I have made using the Season of Joy Stamp Set, and Designer Series Paper Holiday Harmony which is available until Nov 31st from the Spring Mini Catalogue.

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I caught up with my friend for coffee today as it was her birthday. I made a batch of cupcakes to take for her and sticking with the theme I made this card:

She really liked the card and the cupcakes too.

Recipe: Stamp Set-Big Bold Birthday,Hostess Set-For a Friend. Cardstock-Chocolate Chip,Regal Rose,Whisper White and Pretty in Pink. Ink-Chocolate Chip,Regal Rose. Markers-Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink. Ribbon-Regal Rose 1.6cm Gros-grain. Pattern Paper-Spring Fling. Punch-Corner Rounder.

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I saw a Mini Album, which is put together using 2 x 12×12 sheets of cardstock to make a fold out album. So I decided to have a go at making one. I have themed this album on Christmas using the Season of Joy stamp set and Designer Series Paper - Dashing.

Front Cover : I have Embossed Resist the stamped tree in Old Olive ink.

Inside Cover

View of the first page turned over

View of the third page flipped up

Folded completely out

This would make a great gift for any occasion.

Recipe: Stamp Sets-Season of Joy, Polka Dot,Big Deal Alphabet. Cardstock-Real Red, Old Olive, River Rock. Pattern Paper-Dashing. Ink-Real Red, Old Olive, Versa Mark. 1 3/8 Circle Punch. Ribbon-1.6cm Gros-grain Old Olive. Clear Embossing Powder and Heat tool.

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