Unconvention Secret Sister Gifts

Hi Everyone,


I thought I'd pop in to show you the gifts I received and sent for the ESAD Unconvention.




These were the gifts I received from Mae Collins

A clever little bag with a lovely scented soap inside

A keyring

A clear embossed pillow box containing a hanky

My birthday card

Aren't they all just beautiful!! Thank you very much Mae!! :)

 And this is what I sent to my secret sister Lorelle in QLD, who I don't think has a blog.

A Card Holder with 2 cards and I even squeezed in some choccie - yumm!

And the card I wrote in to reveal my name

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Thanks for looking,

What do you think?

Hi Everyone,


I've been undecided about whether I like these cards or not this week... Actually I've been undecided about a lot of things this week and as a result not much has been done! Anyway, I'll just put it down to having a little less sleep than usual and not much stamping time.


So here's my 2 cards:

This one uses the Boho blossoms punch which is available until Tuesday for $20.12 as part of the deals of the week promotion running throughout June.

And I've watercoloured 2 roses from Fifth Ave Floral for this card with Pink Passion ink.


Well that's it from me today.... Off to play with my girls and then hopefully my brand spanking new Bigshot that arrived during the week - its very good fun so far and I'll have something finished to show you in the next few days!!


Thanks for looking,

UnConvention Swaps I received...

Hi Everyone,

Don't worry, I'm running out of UnConvention stories for you.... However, I do want to show the lovely bundle of cards that arrived in my letterbox since UnConvention.

I took part in a card swap where I needed to send 6 identical cards off to be divvied up and then I would receive 6 cards made by 6 other demonstrators in return. I have no idea who received my swap cards, so if it was you, please feel free to leave a comment...

This was my swap card (as previously posted here)

Ok so my cards I received are:

By Julie Fettes

By Christine Healey (I don't think she has a blog, but if I find it I will add the link)

By Gardenia Pepworth

Closed Card

Open Card

This clever card is from Liam Pucher - I will try and case this at some stage!

By Paula Fuller

By Melissa Antolovic

Aren't they all fabulous! Thanks heaps for the inspiration you have given me ladies!!

Thanks for looking,

Baby Gift Set

Hi Everyone,


Here's a quick photo of a matching card and box that I recently made for a friend who's just had her second baby...

Inside the box is a cute little pj outfit that I hope will fit next summer. I know I bought way in advance, but as a mum, I've found that sometimes you are given a heaps of clothes for right now and not much for the future or especially those days/nights where the little tike has suddenly grown out of all their clothes! Seriously readers without kids, it truly happens -the little anklebiters grow overnight!! Besides the pj's were just soo cute!!




Thanks for looking,

Deals of the Week - Week 1!!

Hi Everyone,


Stampin' Up! have released their first "Deals of the Week"


Throughout the month of June, we are bringing you a new deal every week! With the Deals of the Week, you'll get up to 50 percent off a selection of products from the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalogue!


This week's deals:


Scallop Square Punch (Item #112081) found on page 152 of the 2009-10 Idea book


Trio Flower Punch (Item #109183) page 153


Boho Blossoms (Item #110711) page 153


Scallop Oval Punch (Item #114889) (on carry over flyer)


Normally these punches are $30.95


Now just $20.12
That's 30% off!!


*This offer is only for a limited time, it ends 8 June 2010 at 9pm (Western Australia time)


*No limits or minimum purchase required
*Available Australia-wide




If you would like to place an order, please email me or leave a comment with your contact details.







Thanks for looking,

New Class Timetable Released

Hi Everyone,

Here's my NEW class timetable:

And for future reference, details can also be found in the right hand column about half way down my homepage.

To receive your personal invite each month, please join my facebook group

Hope to see you at a class soon...


Thanks for looking,

Yay I won!

Hi Everyone,

You're probably sick of me talking about Unconvention by now but I do have a couple more projects to show you and also to share my happy news that I won a couple of the challenges...

So, without further ado, here's my winning entries:

Michelle's Colour Challenge - I did post a pic of this card the other day but didn't know I'd won... See this previous post for more info.

I received a special mention for this Gift bag challenge set by Caroline Colgan. Caroline provided us with the tutorial to make this gorgeous giftbag with a pocket for the co-ordinating card.

And I won the 3D Project Challenge set by Christine Healey with this entry:

The idea is to then slip 2 cards and envelopes inside the holder to make a gorgeous little gift.... I've made another one of these with the matching cards, but in totally different colours... The only catch is I just can't show you yet as its on its way to someone special.... So check back in a couple of days to see what it looks like.

There were more challenges than I had time to complete over the weekend, but I am determined to try them all so I will post any new creations here for you to see.

Unconvention has given me a major boost of self-confidence... I set one of the challenges which had a great response on ESAD (not so good here on my blog unfortunately), and then completed several other challenges... To win 2 and receive a special mention, makes me realise that my work is probably better than I give myself credit for and that makes me more confident and gave me a silly smile to wear on my face over the past week lol  

I also took part in 1 of 4 scavenger hunts held by ESAD and I won that too... This was a total surprise and considering I had miss 3 on my lap and still managed to flick through our Stampin' Up! Catties to find the answers, I was super stoked to have answered any of the questions.

I still have a couple of Unconvention projects to show you so keep popping back to see them...

And, if you live in the Perth metro area and are interested in making any of these projects or cards, please let me know as I would love to show you and a couple of your friends how!

Thanks for looking,

National Scrapbooking Month is nearly over...

Hi Everyone,


National Scrapbooking month is nearly over... But don't be sad as I have 1 last late b'day special for you.... If you place an order with me for any Simply Scrappin' Kit or Designer Series Paper Pack from the Idea Book & Catty or from the Autumn Mini, you can receive 15% off the original price!


Check out the Designer Series Paper packs and Simply Scrappin' Kits online here
Simply scroll along to pages 132-138


This offer is available Australia-wide until 31st May only through me.

Thanks for looking,

Another Unconvention Project....

Hi Everyone,

As promised, I'm back with more of my Unconvention projects from the weekend.

This scrapbooking page is based on a sketch layout provided by Kelly Slattery... And its the first one I've done for my eldest daughter (who is now 3 1/2yrs old)... So that means I've got a lot of catching up to do and then there's also a whole other album for my youngest daughter as well... Better get scrappin'!


This is the layout:

And this is my page:

With a close up pic of the glittery letters

Thanks for looking,

Scrapping my friends.....

Haha, bet that made you look twice.... I have 'scrapped' my friends into a scrapbooking page as another Unconvention challenge.

This challenge was by SheryleeTutt, a demo in Karratha. We needed to use punch art on our page... somehow and somewhere... Now like scrapbooking, I don't really do much punch art either so I had to google some ideas...

I found this flower on Julia Betten's site along with a couple of other ideas for future pages.

And this is what I did:

My "flowers" were made with the rounded tab, 1 3/8" circle, 1 1/4" circle and scallop circle punches. The oval leaves were freehand as I'm yet to add the oval punches to my collection.

I'm slowly building up my scrapbook.. And there's more pages to come later in the week....

Thanks for looking,

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Unconvention projects

Hi All,


Here's a couple of quick pics from UnConvention this weekend....

This is my card I sent in for the swaps... I'll be receiving 6 cards from other demonstrators later this week... Hurray for happy mail!! I can't wait!!

This card was for Tanya Kitto's Surprise Challenge on Thursday night... We needed to incorporate:

• Paper Piercing
• Dimensionals
• Vanilla Cardstock
• Designer Series Paper

So I made this mini notecard... Perfect addition to a bunch of flowers for someone in need of some 'get well' wishes...

This card is for Michelle Frost-Stevenson's Colour Challenge

The colours we were required to use were:

• Rich Razzleberry
• Old Olive
• More Mustard
• Chocolate Chip

If you would like any more info on products or colours used, please leave me a comment or email me.

I'll be back through the week to show you my other creations.
 Thanks for looking,

My UnConvention Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone,

This weekend is the National Stampin' Up Convention and seeing as I couldn't attend, I'm taking part in the ESAD Unconvention.

For the first time ever I am running a sketch challenge and thought I would run it both on the ESAD site and also here on my blog...

Any ESAD members wishing to join in must enter via ESAD on Ning!!

Anyone else who is interested can enter via Mr Linky below... 

So the sketch challenge is from the Stampin' Up website:

You can create a card or scrapbook page and I will be picking a winner here and on ESAD... Entries close midnight Saturday 22nd May for the ESAD entries and Sunday 30th May for entering via my blog...

These are my 2 cards:

Have fun!!!

Thanks for looking,

To enter Richelle's ESAD Sketch Challenge, please leave your direct blog post link below... Don't forget, ESAD Members must enter via the UnConvention Challenge on Ning!!

Woohoo!! Come and join Stampin' Up! today!!!

Hi Everyone,

Just popped in to let you all know about a great special that's just started today for any new recruits!

Join my Stampin' Up! Team between now and 31st July, to

receive 20% off your starter kit.

This makes the Starter kit $259 instead of $324!

It's great value even if you are just a hobby stamper!

Please contact me if you have any queries.


Thanks for looking,

ps: I also had a nice surprise when I logged into my blog as I have been sent a beautiful blogger award from Lee Pelosi, Thanks Lee!!! And as I wrote on her blog "it made me go all gooey inside" lol!! Now off to work out my 10 people to send this award onto.