Stampin' Up! Specials and Sweet Sophie

Can you believe August is almost here?? I am certainly looking forward to the weather warming up and I'm also waiting excitedly for the new Stampin' Up! 2010 - 2011 Idea Book and Catalogue to be released on 1 September. Before then Stampin' Up have some super specials:

These Two -Step Stamp Sets are 20% off until 31 July
116386 p39 Loads of Love was $39.95 now $31.96

116342 p42 Big Bold Birthday was $53.95 now $43.16
115860 p78 A Rose is a Rose was $66.95 now $53.56
116332 p86 Playful Petals was $52.95 now $42.36
115770 p98 Cheep Talk was $47.95 now $38.36
115946 p115 Wonderful Favourites was $39.95 now $31.96
119187 mini Tiny Tags was $38.95 now $31.16
119163 mini Cottage Garden was $32.95 now $26.36

SU Starter Kit is 20% off
Until the 31 July, there is a 20% discount on the Starter Kit when you join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator! Usually $324, you can join for just $259 - what a bargain!  The Stampin' Up! Starter Kit contains so many great supplies, valued at over $560 and you can choose your own stamp sets and colours! As a demonstrator you get a 20% discount on all orders which means you can make a nice commission, plus earn free stamps sets and catalogue dollars. Contact me if now if you want to get this great deal.

A few SU! reminders

•  Autumn Winter Mini - Items from this catalogue won't be available after 31 August so get your orders in before those cute products retire 
• Also the retiring colours list is on the sidebar as SU will be bringing out a new range of colour collections and discontinuing some quite nice colours so you may wish to check your supplies and stock up on some of your faves
• I will be able to let you know about Last Chance Items on 1 August, as that is when we find out which products will be retring on 31 August to make room for new SU goodies!
• My next Scrapbooking Workshop will be held on Sunday 15th August at my home in Rydalmere and I have 2 spots left - would love to stamp and scrap with you! $15 incl lots of supplies, lucky door prizes, personal tuition and cupcakes! Email me or call me on 0408 472 510 to RSVP

Before I go I want to share a picture of my adorablly sweet neice Sophie at 3 months of age (of course I can say that I don't haveto contend with colic or midnight feeds). I am counting down the days until I can meet and cuddle our 'little bundle of joy', as my sister Jo and Sophie arrive all the way from the UK for a month long visit at the end of October. Lots of quality sister and aunty time will be just perfect!

I am enjoying planning my Baby Sophie Scrapbook using one of Stampin' Up!s Simply Scrappin Kits. See you soon with some examples of using stamping in your scrapbooking.

Have a lovely week

Love Caz xx

Thank You Mini Butterfly Prints

Its been a while since I blogged here, life just gets so busy and to tell you the truth typing is one of the last things I feel like doing when I get home from work (having typed most of the day!). However what I do like about blogging is sharing ideas and creative info and sayng hello to my crafty friends out there in blogland ** HELLO**. It makes me feel so great when someone tells me they read my blog, or leaves a little comment for me! It's the little things....anyway onto a stampy creation.....

Recently at work we had our annual team planning day where we come up with all the projects we will undertake for the coming 12 months and also have a lovely lunch together, and do a bit of team bonding. I wanted to take the time to thank my workmates for their support and friendship throughout the year so I made a set of Butterfly Notecards inspired by the talented Marelle Taylor:

I used the Chocolate Chip and Baja Breeze Scallop Notecards from the Summer Mini catalogue (retired now :( ). I dressed them up with some Bella Bleau Designer Series Paper, Kraft Taffeta ribbon and popped butterfly, using the ever-popular Butterly Prints stamps and matching punch. The greeting 'Thank You' or 'Just for You' is from my recent favourite set Teeny Tiny Sentiments which has just about anything you can think of to put on a card, and I've used the Word Window punch as well. I made 14 notecards in a production-line style and was really happy with how they turned out. Here is a close up:

  

And as my friend Kim always says "Never a Naked Envelope!' completes this set - the Very Vanlla envelopes came with this set of Scallop Notes:

I'm sure my workmates appreciated their little butterfly note and some of them couldn't believe I made them myself! If you would like to know about any of the techniques or Stampin' Up! materials I used for this project just drop me an email

Have a warm and creative weekend and I'll post again soon

Caz x