Well it’s the final week of Deals of the Week and it’s a beauty!  If you love to add a little bling to your creations then this week’s deal is for you!

You have until next Wed 30th June to order at this fantastic discounted price.

Have a great week.  I’ll be back soon to upload another challenge card.

Cheers

 Well aren’t you just loving this Deal of the Week promotion running throughout June?  What a fantastic way to pick up some new goodies at a fraction of the normal price!

This week’s special is an absolute cracker!  You’ll get up to 50% off the price of these selected stamp sets.  

You can click on the link on my sidebar to view the catalogue online.

Call me on 0407 192 735 or email me today at louise@stamp2it.com with your order.  You have until Midday on Tuesday of next week to take advantage of this great offer.

Have a great week!

The second deals of the week are from today, 9 June to Tuesday, 15 June.

Fantastic savings on some of our gorgeous papers!  Be sure to call me on 0407 192 735 or email me this week with your order so you don’t miss out on this amazing saving.

Have a great week.

Cheers

Stampin’ Up! are running a fantastic Deal of the Week promotion for June.  Every Wednesday in June they will announce a new deal which will be 30% or more off selected products.  The first week is a doozy…

30% discount on the following punches.

So instead of paying the regular $30.95 you will only pay $20.12.  Wow!  A fantastic saving and a great way to build on your punch collection.

Call or email me today with your order as this deal will run out on Tuesday.  Be sure to check back in on Wednesday for the next amazing Deal of the Week!

Have a great weekend.

and also to my darling friend Keesh, Steph and Robyn for the following Beautiful Blogger Award.

Thanks so much guys.  It means a lot to me that you would consider me worthy of your awards and I just love that you pop in here to see what I’m up to.

Part of receiving the Awards means I have to share 10 things about myself with you.  I have to say they aren’t particularly exciting but here they are:

I missed my first ever SU event by not going to Convention last week :-(

I have three tattoos
(ok they are all for medical purposes but I love saying that – I’m such a rebel!)

I have weird double jointed thumbs!

I really want to learn the guitar

I love to sneak kisses from my boys when they are sleeping

I am the youngest of four girls.

I’m a lousy cook.

I can’t seem to say “NO” to helping out at school (I think that was passed down from Mum & Dad)

I lived and worked in Sydney and Melbourne but Perth is and always has been home!

I am 12.5 kilos lighter than at this time last year!

So there you have it.  Not too many skeletons in my closet.  Now the other thing I have to do is pass on these Awards to bloggers I love to visit.  I have a very long list of blogs I visit regularly, including the ladies who have awarded me so we could around in circles for a long time here so I won’t pop in their names even though they are all cherished by me!

Gardenia Pepworth

Chantelle

Tanya Kitto

Teneale Williams

Caroline Colgan

Leonie Schroder

Sue Joyce

Kirsty

Jodene

I hope you pop into these blogs and check out some amazing creations.

I’ll be back soon with some projects I have created lately. 

Cheers

Like what you see here?  Well this is a sneak peak at my final entry as Guest Designer with Keesh’s Inkspirations Challenges.  I have absolutely loved being involved with these challenges from the other side of the fence (so to speak) and it certainly has challenged me to look at my tools, stamp sets and colours with a new approach. 

This week’s challenge is an inpsiration pic:

 and here is my entry:

What do you think?  I have to say I am really happy with it.  When I first looked at the pic my thoughts jumped straight to Fifth Avennue Floral, Regal Rose and Pink Pirouette.  

I have recently begun making flowers out of all sorts of punches and DSP and so I knew I wanted to incorporate them on the front.  These are made by punching cardstock with the scallop circle punch and running them through the crimper (A LOT!) to break down the fibres and peel the cardstock into two layers. Then layer them together and pin with a brad and scrunch them up to your liking.  I ended up making several different colours and then used my smaller circle punches to make the smaller buds.  I loved making these so much I have a desk full of different colours – they are sooo purty!  You can also use tissue paper but it has be folded over and layered on cardstock to allow the punch to cut through.

Here is a view from the side and you can see a little peak of the Fifth Avenue Floral rose in there too.

Stamp set:  Occasional Greetings, Fifth Avenue Floral
Cardstock:  Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Always Artichoke
Inks:  Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Big Shot Scallop Circle Die, Circle Scissors Plus, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Sweet Always DSP, Clear Rhinestone brads, 5 Petal Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ circle punch, 1″ circle punch, glue dots.

Well as I said I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of the Challenge Team and I have so say what an amazingly talented bunch of girls Keesh and her Team are.  Thanks for the warm welcome and blog love girls!  I have soaked up their brilliance and hope to play more often!

Don’t forget to go and check out the other Design Team members creations.  Keesh is having technical dramas this week and hasn’t been able to load her item so Kirsty is hosting the challenge.  I’d love to see you have a go and upload your entry with Mr Linky on Kirsty’s blog.

I hope you get the chance to join in.

Makeesha
Kirsty
Chantelle
Teneale
Sarah-Jane
Renee
Cindy

Cheers

This week Keesh at Inkspirations has given us these gorgeous colours to work with:

and here is my card. 

Stamp set: Fun & Fast Notes
Cardstock:  Real Red, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Whisper White
Inks:  Black Stazon, Bashful Blue, Old Olive
Accessories:   Stampin’ Write markers, Scallop Edge punch, wide Bashful Blue stitched ribbon, wide Real Red grosgrain ribbon, Sherbet designer buttons, Big Shot Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder, Word Window punch, linen thread, clear rhinestones, Aqua painter.

With these fantastic colours and the Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder I decided to keep it sweet and simple.  I’m not too confident with my colouring skills so I sometimes forget about this great stamp set Fun & Fast Notes.  I think this little birdie is my favourite.  I have stamped him in Stazon and used my Aqua Painter and Stampin’ Write markers to colour him.

Be sure to pop in and check out the other Design Team members to see their creations and then get to it and make your own and go to Mr Linky on Keesh’s blog to upload your card.

I hope you get the chance to join in.

Makeesha
Kirsty
Chantelle
Teneale
Sarah-Jane
Renee
Cindy

Cheers

This week Keesh at Inkspirations has set a sketch challenge which I guess is probably my favourite kind because once you have a basis for your design, the rest seems to follow.

Here is Keesh’s sketch:

and here is my card:

Stamp set:  Lots of Bots (new in Autumn/Winter Mini)
Cardstock:  Pacific Point, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White
Inks:  Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Big Shot Perfect Polka Dot embossing die, Circle Scissors Plus, Aquapainter, wide Choc Chip ribbon, jumbo brads, Curly Label punch, daubers for sponging

I hope you like this.  I was quite happy with it when it was finished although I changed my base colours a few times before I settled on these.  I restamped and cut his ‘belly’ section to make him come to life a little more. 

Be sure to pop in and check out the other Design Team members to see their creations and then get to it and make your own and go to Mr Linky on Keesh’s blog to upload your card.

Makeesha
Kirsty
Chantelle
Teneale
Sarah-Jane
Renee
Cindy

Cheers

I wanted to thank you all for your warm welcome and thoughtful comments regarding my Guest Designer spot with Keesh and the Inkspirations Design Team.  Your encouragement and ‘blog love’ is much appreciated!

This week it’s an Inspiration Challenge:

I had a bit of an idea when I first saw this that I wanted to pick out the sprigs or blossom and make that my main feature so the stamp sets I reached for were Inspired by Nature and Upsy Daisy and this is what I came up with.  Upsy Daisy won!

Stamp sets:  Upsy Daisy, Inspired by Nature
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Kraft, Basic Black
Inks:  Sahara Sand, Basic Black
Accessories:  Scallop Cirle Big Shot die, Circle Scissors Plus, Vintage brads, Kraft taffeta ribbon, Urban Oasis DSP, Stamp-a-ma-jig, matt pack and paper piercer

This is my first card using the Big Shot Scallop Circle die but I’m sure it won’t be my last.  I absolutely love playing with my Big Shot and am having so much fun with little projects which I hope to show you soon. 

Now don’t forget to go and check out the other Design Team members’ blogs and see what they come up with from this pic.  Once you’ve done that, we’d love you to have a go and head over to Mr Linky on Keesh’s blog and upload your card.   

Makeesha
Kirsty
Chantelle
Teneale
Sarah-Jane
Renee
Cindy

Cheers

Most of you know that Keesh and I have been friends since our very first meeting at our upline Ngaire’s home when Stampin’ Up! first launched in Australia.  We clicked from the minute we met and she has been an enormous support and strength to me since then, not to mention we just LOVE to have a laugh together!   I am missing my dear friend since she left for Cairns but the miles are few and far between when it comes to a good friend so thank goodness for cheap phone rates and the internet hey?!

Ok, so to get the ball rolling, we have a colour challenge this week.

I have to be honest and say I haven’t used Brocade Blue for such a long time but that’s what is so great about these challenges – they stretch your way of thinking and make you step outside of your comfort zone.  I chose to showcase one of our new stamp sets from the Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue which is called Medallion.  It’s so elegant and stylish and really doesn’t need a lot of work to make it look pretty showy.

Stamp set:  Medallion, Vintage Labels (Sale-A-Bration)
Cardstock:  Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla
Inks:  Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Scallop circle punch, daubers, Chocolate Chip wide ribbon 3/4″ circle punch, Pretties Kit

Pop on over to the Design Team members and check out their take on the challenge.  These girls are amazing and are indeed an Inkspiration!

Makeesha

Kirsty

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Teneale

Cindy

Renee

You can join in too!  Just pop on over to Keesh’s blog and submit your entry with Mr Linky.  It’s super easy to do. I look forward to seeing your creations soon!

Happy Easter!  Have a safe and enjoyable long weekend. God bless.