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…

Sale-A-Bration!

To anyone who might be interested in becoming a demonstrator… As our ‘Paper Angels’ Team grows we are able to offer great incentives to new demonstrators… keep and ear and eye out for the EXTRA incentives that our team will be offering you from time to time… If you find you are spending more than $300 in 3 months on stamping up.. it may pay to sign up… and you can sell a few stamps to your friends to meet the quarterly sales quota… Just an Idea…. To keep in mind…

Get Ready for Sale-A-Bration!
1 January to 29 February, 2008
Our Sale-A-Bration promotion gives reason for everyone to celebrate.
Promotion Details:
Customers - For every $100 purchase they make, customers will receive a free Sale-A Bration stamp set.
Hostesses - In addition to our regular hostess benefits, hostesses will receive a free Sale-A-Bration stamp set for workshops that reach $600 or more. And if they spend $100 as well they will receive another free stamp set!!!! So that could be a total of 3 stamp sets and your $70 cash to spend as you like!!!! WAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Recruits - Anyone who joins as a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration can choose any stamp set, a value of up to $79.95, from the current catalogue. I will send a copy of the brochure to you it is all so exciting!!!! Everyone loves the FREEBIES!!!

New Demonstrators who join in January and February will receive the following
1. $585 Starter Kit for $324
2. A free stamp set of any value (provided by Stampin’ Up)
3. Cardstock and Ribbon Promotion (extended offer, provided by Elizabeth Collett)
4. Membership to our lovely Paper Angels Group.
Highlight & copy this address below... to view the catalogue and promotion details.... http://www3.stampinup.com/au/ena/5478.asp

3D Butterfly Card

I always find it is so much better when you have a purpose to make some cards…. It seems that is when you come up with the best creations! I really like this one.. It’s bright… It’s Light… and it’s fun… And OH SO Girly!!!
I used the “Kissing” Technique here… This is done by inking up your background stamp and putting the butterfly filler stamp onto it… When you take it off you have the back ground stamp pattern and then you stamp with it. Try it you can get some great effects! It just changes it up a little!

Materials used:-
Ink Pads:- Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink, Lovely Lilac
Card Stock:- Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Lovely Lilac
Stamp Sets:- Paisley background stamp, Bold Butterfly

One Page Wonder…..

This is a great little challenge… And it is quite easy…
The trick is DON’T think to HARD!!!!!
You get 1 x A4 page of white card stock and stamp it randomly. Then cut it into quarters. Each quarter will make 2 cards. Rip and cut as you like… I chose to make 4 cards from Brocade Blue, 2 from So Saffron, 1 white and 1 from Bravo Burgundy.
Materials needed
Inks :- Brocade Blue, So Saffron and Bravo Burgundy.
Card Stock:- 2 x A4 sheets of Brocade Blue, 1 & ½ x A4 sheets of So Saffron, 2 x A4 sheets of Whisper White and ½ an A4 sheet of Bravo Burgundy.
Stamp Sets Used:- Petal Prints, Warmest Regards (hostess Rewards level 1 stamp set),Wonderful Words & All Year Cheer II

The reason for not Posting for more than a month

I just wanted to apologize for not posting for a month or more.. As I have been very busy getting ready for a craft stall that is held annually at an Anglican Church. I have been working my fingers to the bone to get enough stock for an impressive stall... I think I may have succeeded... if anyone is interested I still have heaps of stock left over.. So please come shopping at my place... I have nativity sets, jewellery, Swarovski crystal angel ornaments and sun catchers, Pasta Angels, hair accessories, hand painted glass jars and so much more!!!
The weekend was great! I even had a Stampin' Up display... And I made up at least 100 cards for Christmas and other occasions. As well as some DIY Christmas Card Kits... Heaps for all tastes…..

Wishing you Peace - Dove

Stamp the ‘wishing you’ and the ‘peace dove’ from the mini catalog on cream card stock then cut out. Back them in Certainly Celery card stock. Stamp the Christmas wish message on cream card stock In Certainly Celery ink pad and cut it out in a rectangle. Tie chiffon ribbon In a bow around the round paper clip embellishment(from Hodgepodge Hardware collection), slide onto the corner of the card with the message. Glue onto the Certainly Celery card stock, glue on card. Another lovely yet simple card design.

Christmas Tree Cut Out

This card is made from the left overs of Christmas trees that had been cut out of the card stock for our big Christmas workshop. I wanted to come up with an inventive way to USE up the LEFT OVERS… so I stamped the polka dot background stamp with VersaMark and stamped a so saffron Star (stamp from Love It set in Hostess rewards level 2) on white card stock then cut it out leaving a border of about 2 mm around. Then I used the snow flake background stamp from the Festive Favorites stamp set to create the Christmas tree colour. Then stamp in StazOn the Christmas greeting words (from Holiday Spirit stamp set)… SO SIMPLE but so great in using up my scraps!!!

Tis the Season

Tis the Season in Italian colours. Stamp on white card stock the Tis the Season from the Greetings Galore set stamp with StazOn and then colour in with Stampin' Pastels and Blender Pen. Cut out and mount on black card. Stick green and white strips on card and glue Tis The Season on top. Then stamp in Real Red the Celebrate stamp from the All About U stamp set.

Wishing You Peace

This card is so simple it is silly… but it is very effective. The Moss Gingham imitation ribbon is made from 2 pieces of ribbon one small and one long enough to go round card stock and tuck under the back. Tie in single knot, use glue dots to adhere to back of card stock, by putting another glue dot on back of imitation bow. This will hold it in place… Glue down with snail adhesive to card… Stamp wishing you to one side of the red card stock strip then, stamp a tag with a star stamped once on blotting paper then 2nd time onto the card stock tag to give the more washed out appearance. Stamp peace word over top. Punch a hole for the split pin. Thread cord through the tag and tie in knot. Place split pin prongs either side of cord and put through red card stock, spread split pin prongs and then glue onto card. You can use stamping dimensionals to give the tag another level if you like.

Happy Birthday Daisy

This card is made by stamping the daisy 2 part flower in a background pattern on some card stock. By using a dauber you can colour the middles of the flowers with ink from an ink pad. Then stamp the words Happy Birthday from Happy Everything stamp set) in basic black ink. The background is stamped with VersaMark using the distressed line stamp from the Background Sampler stamp set.

Framed Love Hearts

This card is stamped by using a masking technique. Stamp the lighter colour on your card stock first then stamp them onto the top of some post-it notes, making sure that a large part of the colour is in the sticky part of the post-it note. Cut them out about 1-2mm less then the actual stamp. Place post-it note masks on top of the card stamps, stamp darker hearts on top of lighter. This gives the effect that the lighter ones are on top of the darker ones.... Stamp large center heart on some more plain card stock and then cut it out with about a 2mm border. Use glue dots to glue on to a metal frame. Wrap metal frame with wire and glue ends on the underneath side with piggybacked stamping dimensionals (2 layers of double sided sticky foam). Stamp the Happy Birthday (from Happy Everything stamp set) before you stick the heart and frame on. Inspiration is thanks to Liz...

Happy Birthday Cup Cake

This card was made with stamping the cup cake stamp with StazOn from the Birthday Best set of stamps and coloured in with the Watercolor Wonder Crayons. Then punching out with the tag punch. Then I double mounted it on complimentary card stock, and punch a hole and threaded hemp twine through and cut on an angle. The background is stamped with happy birthday all year multiple times then stamp with StazOn in the center one to give you a shadowed effect. I then ran the edges through a Choc Chip stamp pad on a slight angle to get the rough sanded looking edges.

Celebrate You

This lovely little birthday card. I think it is quite a cute one. By using the Birthday message stamp from the Birthday Best stamp set as a background. Then stamp over one of the messages in black ink to create a shadow effect. Stamp Celebrate (Wonderful Words stamp set)on some Confetti White card stock that has been cut into a strip, cut corners off to create a tag shape. Stamp some Kraft card stock with the U stamp(All about U stamp set) and cut it out with a 2 mm border around. Then double mount on coloured card and a slightly bigger piece of Kraft card stock.

Celebrate Bright Card

Celebrate Bright. This is a really simple idea. Stamp different colored card stock, then turn the punch upside down and center your stamp and then punch out. (Punch out 4 1-1/4inch squares.) Glue onto a strip of card cut at 1-1/4inch thick x 15cm (width of card)with Snail Adhesive leaving a small gap at either side of card. Stamp with Wonderful Words set Celebrate stamp.

Ball Card

With the Ball Card I used a technique with glossy white card stock. You stamp it with spot stamp pads then place a tissue over the top to dab excess color off which leaves the square patterns to them. Then stamp with StazOn Jet Black. Card background is also stamped with Versa Mark in random patterns. Again very simple yet quite masculine. I find boy type cards are always harder to design...

Heartfelt Celebrations

Celebrate Heartfelt Thanks Flowers, background stamp is Beyond the Basics. Background stamped with Perfect Plum, White Card Stock stamped with Perfect Plum , and Pale Plum, using the double stamping technique. The green leaves are painted on with a Water Color Wonder Crayon, Taken with Teal from the Rich Regals colour range and the Aqua Pens. Celebrate stamp with Jet Back StazOn. this colour combo is lovely! Very simple yet effective.

Baby Card

This Baby card is created by stamping on to velum with StazOn and then by turning over the velum you colour in on the back of the velum with your Watercolor Wonder Crayons. The round tag is done by using the Riveting hostess stamps which is then punched out using the 1-1/4 inch Hole Punch. Punch another circle out of card stock with the 1-3/8 inch punch and glue them together using your SNAIL Adhesive, then punched on either side to thread hemp twine which is stuck down with sticky glue dots on back of overlay card and then it is stuck to the card. I love this technique it is really simple, subtle and effective!!! Try it you can do so much more with the Watercolor Wonder Crayons! They are one of my favorite products!!!

Some Gloss Paper Stamping

I had a night with some friends last week and taught them some stamping on gloss paper techniques... We had a ball!!! And I had to spend the next day finishing all the cards!! These will be for sale at the November craft market that I am going to....

September / October Events & Classes

Saturday the 20th of October … Back by popular demand!!!! Cost:- $20 CHRISTMAS IN OCTOBER workshop….. Want to get a heads up this Christmas? Come make a beautiful decorated box of 20 CHRISTMAS gift cards… Class fee will include bickies, hot drinks, water and cordial…Orders on the day… for every $50 spent receive a CREDIT to your order! Or one free ideas catalogue booklet ... Hurry Bookings are essential!.. Please let me know if you would like some fliers to hand out or post up on community notice boards…I can email them or print them for you…

Friday 14th Sep 7pm and Sat 15th 10am Class….
Water colour wonder crayons. Learn how to use them in may different ways… contact me if you are interested even if dates do not suit as I am flexible!

Friday 28th Sep 7pm and Sat 29th Sep 10am Class….
Embossing… Learn new and exciting ways to use your embossing techniques… Metal tags by embossing.. Reverse embossing…. etc

Mapelton RETREAT…26th - 28th Oct…
A whole weekend of crafting projects… 3 Deluxe Classes including lots of beautiful products... full instruction sheets… 2 Crop sessions.. Door Prizes and giveaways… Come stay overnight.. be social and share with other CRAFTY people… BE inspired… Be enthusiastic… BE PREPAIRED for the time of your life!!!! Cost$190. Pay $50 deposit now to reserve your spot. Balance Due by 28th September… If you would like to pay by credit card call Liz... for Liz's details contact me...


BIG CHRISTMAS Workshop… 6th Oct 9am -4pm Carina Legues Club
When you were a kid… Do you remember
CHRISTMAS morning!... the excitement.. the
anticipation… the sheer JOY of knowing there is going to be some ‘goodies’ waiting for you under the CHRISTMAS tree… WELL this workshop is like that… Come and be YOUNG again with us… It is going to be HUGE!!
Spend the whole day with at least 100 other CRAFT enthusiasts… Participating in at least 6 project workshops. The cost for the day will be $65
LISTEN TO THIS:- for this small $65 amount you will receive…
*6 take home projects.. that can be used as gifts or inspiration and motivation…
* A fully catered lunch and morning tea.
* Bottomless Tea and Coffee
* A FREE Christmas stamping set
* A discount on all orders placed on the day over $50
* There will be lucky door prizes, Raffles, auctions etc going on throughout the day!
* AND we (Stampin Angels) propose to raise money for the Salvation Army Christmas appeal … from our commission on your purchases… and the raffles etc….

So…. Come be Mary.. Jane or June.. or your CRAFTY self!!! For the day… Help a good cause… be inspired… be up lifted… And get some awesome stuff for yourself!!!

Bookings are essential.. please pay money by mid September to reserve your place… filling up fast!!!... If you would like to pay by credit card call Liz... contact me for Liz's #...

So as you can see it is getting close to Christmas and things are gonna be busy!!! get in FAST for the classes as the mad rush will start soon... I will post some pictures of projects as soon as i have a play with some more stampin stuff!!!! Love you all... take care and Chat soon...

Christmas in July Report

The Christmas in July workshop was a great success.. Thanks to those wonderful women who came.. As you know I will be repeating it in August on the 4th.. The ladies were so thrilled with the box of cards they made... We had a lovely day... And I learned a lot about over techniquising people. I will KISS now…. A lot more… (Keep It Simple Silly!!!..) I just had so much that I wanted to share.... And yet there is still so much more I have learned... I've put up some photos of what the "art studio" was set up like and a photo of the girls working hard on their creations... Again thanks to Liz for loaning heaps of stuff to me...


Tools table and mini Display


Embossing Station and Rejuvenation station.... We also had decadent choc coated biscuits, Chocolate slice and some lovely sultana cup cakes that one of the ladies brought along! Thanks Dawn!!! My Hubbie and kids really appreciated these!!!

Christmas in July Repeat Class

Hi there everyone.. I have had a few ladies who really wanted to come to my Christmas in July class not able to come on this sat.. SOOOOOOO I am repeating the class on Saturday the 4th of August.. At 1pm... If you missed out because the 14th of July did not suit you.. Please let me know if you can make it to the 4th August!!! It is going to be great.. and you will learn so many new and inspiring techniques.. that you will have them coming out of your ears!!! Look forward to hearing from you!!! Again booking is essential as I need to prepare the class materials… Bring Tape runner… and scissors…. Just in case…

Birthday Parcel

A girlfriend asked me to do some invites for her daughter's 16th birthday.. I came up with this... I like inventing something new... I think it is new anyway... I've not seen anything like it...



Card:- Black & Lavender old stock (Stampin’ Up similar Basic Black & Lavender Lace), Glossy White
Stamp Sets:- Wonderful Words, Beyond the Basics, Simply Said
Ink:- Staz On, VersaMark, Pale Plum, and an old Kalidascope ink pad (not Stampin’ Up)
Coloured:- with blender pens in Kalidascope pad,
Other Materials:- Orange bargain shop ribbon, Gold Brad
Measurements… 21cm long x 11cm wide… score at 4cm & 13cm

Baby Bundle Card

Back of Card (open)

Inside Card (open)

A girlfriend has just recently had a baby... So I made this card for her.. I used some of the new techniques that I learned in Regional’s.... I stamped the vellum (pg 130) with Staz On (pg 144 ) and then coloured in the picture on the back with the watercolour wonder crayons.(pg 144).... Don’t forget they are ON Special this month(July 2007)!!! I also used the tag punch (pg 140) to punch out a double ended tag so I could tie the package together... Quite cute really...

Front of Card (closed)

Back of Card (closed)

Card:- Pixy Pink, Close to Cocoa, My Old Cream Card Stock (Stampin’ Up similar..Very Vanilla), My old cream recycled paper (Stampin’ Up similar.. Naturals Ivory or Confetti Cream), my old dark Brown (Stampin’ Up similar… Chocolate Chip)
Stamp Sets:- Greetings Galore, Beyond the Basics, Simply Said
Ink:- Staz On, Pink Passion, Chocolate Chip
Coloured:-Watercolor Wonder Crayons selection from Earth Elements and Rich Regals
Other Materials:- Natural Hemp Twine, old Star Split Pins
Measurements… 14.8cm square… score at 7.4cm on diagonal….