Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

MMM#17

Back again with yet another Making Merry Monday... Hard to believe that I have been doing this for 17 weeks already! Must mean Christmas is coming up sooner than I thought!

Today's "card" is actually a decoration, perfect for giving to the neighbours, but can still be turned into a card if one prefered. The angel card/decoration is actually what is being made in my punch art classes this month. See here for more details.

On the side of the angel is a large tag punch shape (in ruby red) that I stamped the "To:, From:" greeting from Winter Post stamp set.

Back again soon with a new creation.

Ros

Dino-mite birthday card

I had a high school friend come over for a card making session yesterday... It was great, out of our 6 kids, we only had 1! Anyway, one of her son's is turning 4 next month and is right into dinosaurs. She asked me if Stampin' Up! had any dinosaur stamps. Knowing that we didn't have any, I offered to make her a dinosaur out of punches and punch out the rest of the shapes for her to make the invites for his party. Instead of making just a "sample" I turned my dinosaur into a card that she can give her son for his birthday.

It got me thinking, (as I punched out 10 extra shapes) that I could offer a finished sample (no actual card front, just a finished punched sample) and the punched shapes to create any number of cards in that design for sale. If anyone is interested in any of my punched creations and want to make their own, let me know and I will give you a cost regarding the creation you are after.

Materials used (All supplies available from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise mentioned)

Ink: Sahara sand, really rust, kiwi kiss, close to cocoa, versamark

Cardstock: Really rust, kraft, kiwi kiss, close to cocoa, baja breeze, basic black, whisper white

Punches: Boho blossoms, scalloped oval (spring mini catalogue), 1/2" circle, wide oval, large oval, photo corners, 1/4" circle (retired)

Other: Nestabilities oval die, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Perfect Pearls

Back again tomorrow with MMM!

Ros

Finally done...

Today I have finally finished my sister's engagement invites. Honestly, I am glad they are done. I spent many hours on them but she loves them so I guess that is the main thing.

Her invites are an "explosion card", see this post for a picture with the wording on the back.

Materials list: All products available from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Starring you, short and sweet, In the stars (retired)

Ink: Encore silver ink, tempting tuquoise

Cardstock: Night of navy, going grey, glass diamond (Bazzill Bling)

Other: Star paper (source unknown)

Back soon with some creating just for me!!!

Ros

MMM#16

Making Merry Monday time again... comes around fast.

Today's card is heavily inspired by a card Heather Summers has created with my own spin on it (of course!)

Ros

RIP

Two people have both passed away today, may Ray and Oliver Jack both rest in peace. One has lived a life full of activity and the other was taken less than 24 hours old.

My thoughts are with both of your families, you know who you are.

Ros

Father's day...

Great start to father's day when your youngest daughter stands on a chair and turns the grill on... Slight problem, she forgot to open the grill door! Opps!

The kids gave Nat the handmade goodness from school, kinder and childcare. Have to make mention of two of my favourites though...

From Drew:

My dad is 200 years old

His favourite colours are blue and green

He does work at his work and then we do work inside the house together.

We played for 3 hours yesterday

When he sleeps, he snores!

From Nikki (at Kinder):

What is your dad's name? Nat

How old is your dad? He turned old!

What does he look like? He looks like Superman! Umm... Batman! Black hair

What is your dad's favourite food? Pizza

What is your dad's favourite drink? Sip! Pepsi Max, but he drinks too much.

Who is dad's best friend? Les

What us dad's favourite TV program? A daddy show! It's something scary what I don't like.

What is dad's favourite footy team? I don't no, he has to go watch the football.

What do you like to do with your dad? I like going to kinder with him!

Off to have lunch with my dad. Nat is working tonight (and he did last night) so he will see the kids little but they spoiled him with plenty of love and attention in the small amount they have seen him so far.

Ros

Lady Gaga

Josh, Nikki and Drew were playing dress ups in the longue room. Josh had an Easter hat and Fairies eye mask on and Nikki handed him a fairy dress and said “put this on!”

Josh replied with “I’m going to be Lady Gaga!”

Seriously, where do they come up with this stuff? The only time he has seen Lady Gaga that I am aware of was when she was on Australian Idol last month..... Hmmm

I just asked him where did he see Lady Gaga and he replied "that singing show (Australian Idol) and she had spike on her hair. Almost like a party hat but it was her hair!"

I am currently working on some secret squiral stuff hence the lack of posting etc. Will be able to blab about the secret stuff soon but for now, it is back to the craft table.

Ros

September promotion!!!

Stampin' Up! are having an awesome promotion this month, an exclusive ribbon bundle. If you spend $100 on any Stampin' Up! products or host a $600 workshop you recieve 18.2m of ribbon free!!! That is 2 x 9.1m lots in certainly celery poly-twill ribbon and so saffron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon.

Both are such lovely colours and co-ordinate well with lots of thing including:

My September make @ home kit (details in my newsletter which will be released shortly)
Walk in the Park designer series paper
Windsor Knot designer series paper
Washington Apple designer series paper
So Saffron prints designer series paper
Sweet Slumber designer series paper
Haiku designer series paper
Tea Party designer series paper
Love Sparkles simply scrapping kit
Petal Party simply scrapping kit

Orders can be placed by calling me on 9786 1149 or e-mailing me on [email protected]

Remember, you don't need to have a workshop to place orders with Stampin' Up! They can be placed anytime by contacting me.

Ros