Stamping with Sharon

CASE from the Salebration catalogue……

davisdag — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:12:54 +0000

Look familiar? scroll down……..this will be a card for a lovely customer……OMG I am loving these products – I will cry tears of blood when I finally run out of the paper……don’t forget you too can get access to these great products by simply ordering $100 or more and you’ll get to pick what you’d like FREE……pop me an e-mail if you’d like to see the brochure or place an order or even sign up……sharon@lvh.com.au

All images © Stampin’ Up! 1990 – 2012

Sign up now!!

davisdag — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:30:29 +0000

Yep – even more reason to become a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator….you get a FREE stamp set when you sign up during salebration.The starter kit is amazing value and you get to customise the stuff that makes up your kit. Unlike many companies, there is no penalty if you decide to drop your demonstratorship anywhere down the track. Becoming a demonstrator has amazing benefits. I have been a demonstrator for over 5 years, still hold my full time job and run a busy family. It is possible….I am a ‘small’ operator compared to some but I have managed to pay for my extensive Stampin’ Up! collection using the money I have made as a demonstrator. I’d be more than happy to talk to you about how that can be true for you or if you want to ‘just do it’, you can actually join up online here today, at my demonstrator website.There is also plenty of information there on the ‘join the fun’ tab. If you’d like to chat about joining up – e-mail me at sharon@lvh.com.au and I’ll guide you through the questions you have….

Salebration begins today!!

davisdag — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:12:01 +0000

If you place an order that is greater than $100, you get to select one of these great products for FREE. They are exclusive to this promotion and are available only for the salebration period. I love them all……so go check them out – you have until the end of march to qualify for these products. If you start now – you could earn a few of the products – why not order each month and top up those supplies from all the holiday projects you have been making and get some FREE stuff as well. If you’d like to place an order, you simply e-mail me with your list, along with the FREE product you want (PS – if you order$200 worth, you get 2 items…etc) and I’ll have them on your doorstep in the next few days…..go on….you deserve it!! sharon@lvh.com.au

Same, same but different

davisdag — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:41:04 +0000

Last night whilst we were crafting (I was joined by my sister – fun, she is usually doing other things and Donna, a lovely stampin’ friend), Nicole made her version of my card. My cards are often dreamt up in my head and sometimes they don’t quite come out as planned. It was cool to see her twist on the card (which i love just as much…). I thought I’d share it (she was making the card for a friend’s birthday she will celebrate on Monday night).

She has placed the butterfly in the corner so you can see the lovely stamped image (which by the way is stamped on textured cardstock which gives an even greater distressed feel….) much more clearly.

I love her inside…..where she has actually rolled the edge of the floral paper to give an interesting texture…..and her envelope is just gorgeous……..hmm, might need to make a few more of these to send out…….

I have another ‘salebration’ card in my head that I will try and ‘release’ in the next few days…..along with some more calendars……don’t forget to drop me a line if you’d like a salebration catalogue

All images © Stampin’ Up! 1990 – 2012

Just a little fiddle

davisdag — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:51:51 +0000

Tonight I had a liitle play with the new products that will be available as FREE giveaways during Salebration. If you order $100 worth of product during the period of 24th January until 31st of march, you can pick a product that is exclusively available for qualifying customers. You can also earn free products if you hold a qualifying workshop during this period as well. If you sign up as a new demonstrator during this time, then you can earn additional product on top of your starter kit. If you would like a copy of the brochure that details the free sets and papers and even embellishment packs, then drop me a line at sharon@lvh.com.au and I will organise getting one to you. The card shown below is one that you can make during this period if you so desire…..contact me to find out how……

This makes use of two of the stamp sets on offer, the DSP pack as well as the embellishment pack. I have one group of ladies in mind for this one already but can make this with you if you are local……

I decorated the inside………naturally!!

I made effective use of the distressing kit with this card, making use of the tea stain ink and distressing files…..

All images © Stampin’ Up! 1990 – 2012

Finished up another calendar today…..

davisdag — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:49:02 +0000

……..for the surgery. Remember these? These are a flip calendar that was inspired by a picture that one of my trusty stampin’ friends, Liz, sent me through ages ago. My Dad whipped up some frames and I designed a calendar to go with it. I have shown you the calendar before but I finally photographed the pages of the original one, right before it was given away as a Christmas present. So, I thought I would share the pages with those who might want to whip one up……

These were put together within a couple of hours, given that I precut everything. Now the supplies I put together were simply a pack of my favourite DSP (which can effectively make 8 calendars if you have done what I did here), coordinating stamp set and I used a few sheets of the Newsprint DSP (which is really a must have in every stash). You only need 6 pages (one side for each month, so is only 1.5 12in sheets). I do have a couple of ‘frames’ still left here (as well as the calendar tabs), but would be very bulky to mail, so if you are local (I am at Camden NSW) and would like a frame, drop me an e-mail and maybe I can help you out……..Each of my pages is 6 in square (to use the frames I have left, you may need to cut down to 5.5″ square as they a tad narrower).

All images © Stampin’ Up! 1990 – 2012

Simply adorable and adorned!

davisdag — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:18:14 +0000

The gorgeous jewellery items that Stampin’ Up! have available in their mini catalogue truly are adorable. I splashed out and got my eldest daughter a pile of baubles and a bracelet and small circular charm to create herself a personal bracelet. She loves them and we look forward to having some fun creating the cute little stamped images that will fill the magnetic frame.

I was most impressed with how they are shipped. Each and every item is placed in a gorgeous little box and shipped to look like it is worth a million $$, but instead make a lovely, affordable gift.

Each attachable item comes with a crab claw clasp, which means it can added and removed easily from anything. The gorgeous crowns and keys (available in the main catalogue) would also make cute attachments (something I will get Cait near her birthday to ‘bulk’ out her charm bracelet).

These are only available (at this stage) in the current mini catalogue , I personally can’t wait to get hold of the necklace with the larger framed pieces . If you would like to collect some of these pieces, then check out the catalogue here and pop me an e-mail at sharon@lvh.com.au and grab yourself a piece of jewelley you can personalise.

For my new scrapbook

davisdag — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:51:15 +0000

I thought I would share with you a photo that will be included in a new scrapbook I am putting together throughout 2012. My girls and I have undertaken the task of starting a project life scrapbook, chronicling the everyday events of our life for the year – completing a double page layout for each week. We have been taking photos and I have already done the first layout, now to just keep up with it……will see how it goes. We did some cleaning out here at home today and Cait baked these this afternoon and we remembered to take a picture before they were gobbled up…..I will take a picture of the layout when I get a chance….

Magnetic calendars

davisdag — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:49:22 +0000

I have just made a batch of these magnetic calendars for my husband to hand out to his clients at work. They contain his details on the back and two magnets that secure the calendar to fridge or a filing cabinet. These are so easy to make up using the two tags die – one of the best dies in my collection – magnificent tags for Christmas, amazing personalised bookmarks and the list goes on…….. I run a piece of scrap cardstock (very vanilla) through along with a piece of patterned paper (I used up some of my extensive collection of retired DSP). Passes through some coordinating ribbon and tied a button onto the ribbon tag using some bakers twine 9available in the current mini – lovely fine, cotton thread).

Handmade Christmas cards – 2011

davisdag — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:39:25 +0000

The image you see featured here is the card my kids whipped up for me this Christmas, Caitlin managed that one whilst I was otherwise occupied. The other great hand stamped cards I received are shown in the pictures below;

I am very lucky to receive so many great cards from my stamping friends…..now to just have a few minutes to make some cards to return to them LOL……..we’ll see what I can do this week….