13 May 2013 – Tri-fold Shutter card – So Gorgeous!!

The yearly Stampin’ Up! convention is almost here and I’m so excited that it is in my home town of Brisbane!! I can’t wait to welcome all my team members to Brissie!! Only 9 more sleeps to go!!!

It’s been very hectic here getting all my swaps ready but I wanted to share this gorgeous card that we did at Stamp Club recently. I came across a tutorial by fellow SU! demonstrator, Tanya Bell, who does the most amazing work and creates fabulous tutorials. You can purchase Tanya’s tutorial here.

As it was so lovely, I didn’t really change very much. It was a fairly challenging card to do as a class but the girls took up the challenge and they all finished their card (although I’m not sure if they’re going to make another one!!).

Stamp Set: Bring on the Cake
Paper: Rose Red, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Natural Composition Specialty DSP
Ink: Rose Red, Early Espresso
Accessories: Big shot, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder,Labels collection framelits, paper daises, Large pearls, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

If you are interested in any of these items, please click on the Shop Now button to the right to visit my on-line Stampin’ Up! store.

2 May 2013 – I love a good Sale!!!

It’s already time for a My Digital Studio Sale!! I am loving this great program. It’s so easy to use. I’m still working out how to use it but I’m not finding it too difficult. I have become slightly addicted to downloading more templates!! So it’s great that there is a sale on at the moment.

Here is one of my first pages using one of the free templates that are available.

So as you can see, I’ve still got a bit to go but it doesn’t take much to make a nice page.

You can download MDS for free for 30 days by clicking here. Be sure to select me as your demonstrator!!

25 April 2013 – Hellooooo, Poppet!!

Helloooo, Poppets!!!! Or rather Hello, Doily!! I love this doily stamp! I have seen so many lovely cards made with it!

I did this card at a new class that I’ve started close to home to show different uses for embossing.

We used the glossy card stock and embossing a doily using the versamark ink and white embossing powder. We then used a sponge dauber and rubbed it over the whole piece of card. A quick wipe off over the white embossing and voila!, awesomeness!!

Here’s a close up of the sentiment.

Stamp Set: Hello, Doily, Petite Pairs
Ink: Rose Red, Versamark
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Rose Red, Whisper White, Glossy white
Accessories: White embossing powder, heat tool, sponge daubers, 1 3/4″ scallop circle punch, 1 3/8″ circle punch, 1 1/4″ circle punch, Wild Wasabi stitched ribbon

I also wanted to share with you this video from Stampin’ Up! showing how you can use My Digital Studio, the fabulous digital scrapbooking program ever!!

You can download a 30 day free trial by going to my online store, here .

Have a great day!

15 April 2013 – It’s Party time!!

It is party time at Stampin’ Up! this month. From now until 30 May, host a party and have $400 in sales and receive an extra $60 in hostess dollars!! That’s a total $100 in free products!! How fabulous is that!!

Gather your friends together for a fun evening or afternoon of laughter, crafting and yummy food!! Contact me now to set a date for earning all your freebies.

It’s also a great time to join the Stampin’ Up! family. If you missed out on the great joining special during Sale-a-bration, we have another special for you! Get an extra $60 worth of product, so that’s a total of $295 worth of product for $169. What a bargain!! Plus all the benefits of being a demonstrator. Contact me today to learn more, I’d love to have you join my team.

Email me at stampinwithrebecca@yahoo.com.au or call me on 0408 193 792.

12 April 2013 – Pretty flowers for all!!

I realised recently that I didn’t have any good flower stamps in my collection. I had been seeing a few cards using Stippled Blossoms which were very pretty and decided that this is the one for me!!

I was inspired by fellow Aussie demonstrator, Leonie Schroder’s card here. Isn’t this a gorgeous card!! I needed to make a card for a work colleague who is leaving today, so I turned it on it’s side and used the Go Forth stamp from the Word Play stamp set. This was a really easy card to make with only a little bit of fussy cutting around the flowers.

I shared this card on a demonstrator only facebook group that I am on, and I inspired Juliette Hendry (here) to make it as well!!

Stamp Sets: Stippled Blossoms, Word Play
Ink: Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red.
Paper: Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, labels collection framelits, Lacy brocade embossing folder

If you simply need to have all the accessories to make this lovely card, click on here to go to my online Stampin’ Up! store.

8 April 2013 – It’s time for a Colour Refresh!!

When Stampin’ Up! did a big colour renovation in 2010, they said that they would be doing smaller colour refreshes every 3 to 5 years. Well the time has come for the next colour refresh and gee, there are some great changes ahead!! There are a few colours that are on the way back and a few of my favourites which are going. They have also rearranged some of the colours within the colour collections.

Check out Stampin’ Up! video with the lovely Carrie Cudney, who explains the new changes.

It’s been an exciting couple of weeks at Stampin’ Up!

3 April 2013 – One last Hurrah!!

I know Sale-a-bration is finished but I have one last project that I would like to share with you.

I found this lovely card on Pinterest (where else!) from Becky at Inking Idaho.

I changed it a little bit and I made 6 of them for the girls in my downline to show them my appreciation of their efforts in my team. Thanks, girls!!

Stamp Set: Vintage Verses
Paper: Sycamore Street DSP, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango
Ink: Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Big Shot, Honeycomb Embossing folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits, rhinestones, 1″ circle punch