Retirment Flyer (double click to view)

Letter for Retirement Party

Hello All,

I wanted to let you know about the Retirement party… Every year Stampin’ Up have several stamp set that will go into ‘Retirement’ …. Our Fabulous group the ‘Paper Angels’ are holding a wonderful event called a Retirement Party… It will be a great day full of creativity and fun…

It will be held on Saturday 15^th March [Council Election Day] at 10am – 4pm at the Carina Leagues Club costing ONLY $35….. for 20 GORGEOUS cards….

*I have the above blog with the flier and all the details that you can print out and place on the fridge!!!!… If you would like a list of the retired stamp set just let me know.. I can email them to you... This will be the last time you will be able to purchase any of these stamp sets… They will be discounted from catalogue price.. Wahoo…for the discount... boo hoo for retirement :(

*Also on the Day if you place a $100 order you will receive a

1. A free 2008-2009 ideas Catalogue… no need to hold a workshop to get it.. be one of the first in Australia to view and own your own copy!!! Wahooie!!! Yip Yip Yeah!!!

2. And 20% off of the purchase of off the Forget Me Not Keeper…. Pg 147… Which will be great to put the 20 GORGEOUS cards that we will be making on the day!!!!

The only condition to this is you come to my house to pick up the order as I am expecting that there will be loads of ladies taking advantage of the savings… And getting caught up in the excitement of the NEW Idea Catalogue… I know I will be excited to get mine… then highlight the ones I like… make my wish list and start working towards it!!!!!!!!!

If you have any friends who you think might like to come also they are more than welcome..

*I need to know numbers by SAT 1st of MARCH….. So please act soon.. as numbers are limited…

*You can pay for the registration ($35) by credit card or direct deposit into my bank account.. please call me or email me for details… Also on the day if you would like to pay for your order in these ways that would be fine too. If you would like to pay by money order or cheque that would be fine too…

We had a meeting yesterday and we made all the cards that we will be making on the day…. And let me tell you … YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!!! They are so beautiful!!!! I have attached a photo of them.. now you can't see them all cause' I couldn’t fit them into the one photo… Well I could... but there needs something to oooh and arrhh over on the day... As you can see there is REALLY VALUE for MONEY…

Please RSVP….. ASAP….

Looking forward to ‘Getting Crafty with you!!! ;)

Love Ursula

Pocket card and Pop up Chockie box

This pocket card is a lovely design to be making out of our Designer Series Double-Sided Paper... because they are double sided they look fantastic already.. I didn’t have any designer paper so I decided to use a piece of A4 card stock and stamp it with a Wheel stamp... Then I went back and added some Pixie Pink ink which was applied by using a dauber.. then I used some selected stamps out of the hostess rewards, (Springtime Stems) to introduce more colour and dimensions.. I like the design, we learned at our Paper Angels meeting you could use the pocket for gift cards, vouchers, Movie or Show tickets or a letter....



This is also a design we made at our Meeting... I love it cause it is SOOOOOO easy.. just a peice of cardboard that is folded over a little wider an longer than the chocolate bar itsslef... an wahla.. you have a chockie pouch!!! the ribbon is holding the chockie in adn when you untie it you putll on the ends and the bar comes out with it... You could also put show tickets gift cards etc in this lovely creation....



I loved the chockie pop out pouch that I decided to use it for a work shop and because it was close to valentines day I thought it would be nice to give my ladies in my workshop a chockie for valentines day... It was a hit!!!

If you are wanting to use some metalic paper like the one on the back of the tag on this design... but you have none.. try using your Vrsa Mark and Embossing powder... then punch out the rquired shape... It's a lovely little something new....

Scrapbook Page & Matching Card

Just to show the versatility of stamping... I wanted to put these couple of scrapbook pages up with their matching cards.... You can change any design to suit a card or to suit a scrapbook page!!!!


This one I have used Heartfelt Thanks & Beyond the Basics stamp sets.. It is very simple yet effective.. I have coloured in the hearts with Stampin' Pastels (pg 126, 07-08 idea cat) and blender pens (pg 144)... I also used the Tag Punch (pg 140)

This one here was one that we completed in a training session in 2007. Using Simply Said & Petal Pushers stamp sets...

The Stampin’ Round Wheels create beautiful page borders!

If you have a larger border to crate you will need a Stampin’ Round ink cartridge(pg 127-129& 141 for blanks of 07-08 idea Catalogue). This will allow to go for a much further distance then just inking your wheel with the ink pads. You will get almost eight inches from the ink pad but with the cartridge you could do borders on all your walls in your home and still keep going!!! What a wonderful invention… I always say that a women using the products invented these tools…. I don't know how true this statement is.. but I like it!!!

I had a to make a large card for 20 odd people to sign… So the Stampin’ Round Wheels(all designs fund on pg 151 of 07-08 idea Catalogue) are perfect for this… Obviously I did not use Stampin’ Up card stock for my A1 size card…. But all the materials used in the making of the card were Stampin’ Up!!!

1. You need to place some ‘post it’ notes on the corners of your card on a 45° angle. This will allow you to have a corner much like the corner of a picture frame. To make sure your border is straight you can use the ultra handy Stampin’ Around Wheel Guide (pg 141 of 07-08 idea Catalogue).

2. Remove post notes and place over the border you have just stamped.

Move Wheel Guide and stamp edge again.


3. Repeat step 2, twice more to finish of border.

You now have a lovely border around your card. And it looks great!


Colouring in
1. To add more detail you can colour in with your Water Color Crayons and Aqua Painter (pg 144 of 07-08 idea Catalogue). I love this medium as you do not have to be accurate at all!!! It is so relaxing and fast!!!

2. I random scribbled to make the colour on the background…from side to side in a diagonal direction… You have to load the Aqua Painter many times to get a good coverage especially when the card is so big!!!


3. You can also use your crayons to outline things or colour in with like a normal crayon.. although I wouldn’t recommend that you do that too often as it does use much more…. And then there will be less to pain with!! I used the Wheel guide to line the inside of the border just to give it a little more definition.

4. To do the letter “U” I dunked the Water Colour Crayons in a little container of water and coloured directly onto the rubber stamp surface… In a patchwork sort of random design… before stamping with this you need to check that all the crayon is a little wet.. If it is not then a light sprits of water or re-dunking the crayon and going over will help to get a great colour print… then cut the letter out with a 3mm border…. This gives a great unique design every time!


5. Just to finish off the person I was making it for is beautiful… and very girly.. she (like me) loves all things with BLING!!!! So to give it that extra Bling effect I used some Kindy Glitz… Not a stampin’ up product….. but I am sure if you wanted to use some Heat & Stick Powder or the 2- Way Glue Pen (pg 142 of 07-08 idea Catalogue)and some Dazzling Diamonds (pg. 145) you could achieve a similar result.


Just for interest… If you know there is a large amount of people to sign a card you could think of picking a colour theme and have them pre write their messages.. so then you can decorate the inside of the card… as I have here… It is also a great way to use up some of the scraps of design paper you have left over…