Wendy Todd - Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator

A Special Occasion

Today marks 20 years since my wonderful husband moved to Australia, from England, with his parents and brother. So I had a great excuse to make a card this morning! Here it is...   Stamps: Paisley Background, Both Way Blossoms (Level 2 Hostess Set), Greetings Galore Cardstock: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Whisper White Ink: Night of Navy, StazOn Accessories: Blender Pen, Pastels, Paper Piercer, Silver Brads, Punches If you would like to order any of the supplies required to create this card, please email me.

Sale-A-Bration is coming!

Sale-A-Bration gives everyone a reason to celebrate. This is the most amazing time of year, I love it! Christmas is over and Stampin’Up!^® is still giving away fabulous stamp sets!

Sale-A-Bration is a fabulous promotion, running from 1 January - 29 February, 2008. For every $100 you spend, you will receive a free promotional stamp set of your choice from the Sale-A-Bration range. There is no limit to the number of sets you can earn. You could earn them all!

Having a workshop during this promotion has extra benefits too! In addition to our regular hostess benefits, hostesses will receive a free promotional stamp set for workshops that reach $600 or more.

The Sale-A-Bration Catalogue is full of great new stamp sets and even more ideas. These fantastic Sale-A-Bration stamp sets are exclusive to this promotion and will never be offered again.

Email me to request your copy of the catalogue, or to book your own workshop to make the most of this fabulous promotion.

Have you thought of becoming a Stampin’Up demonstrator? Because during Sale-A-Bration there is something special in it for you too, New recruits who join as a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration can choose any stamp set, with a value of up to $79.95, from the current catalogue. What a bonus!

Free Beginner's Stamping Class!

Time for Mum to enjoy some “me” time! Come to my place for a fun evening of card making. Learn some simple stamping techniques that will help you to create stunning handmade cards, while enjoying a social evening out, meeting some lovely new ladies.

Venue: My place, on the beautiful Central Coast of NSW, at Blue Haven

Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm (feel free to leave earlier if necessary)

When: Saturday, 12^th January, 2008

Cost: Free!

Other Info: No creative or prior experience necessary –I’ll give step by step instructions and extra assistance as needed. Bring a friend and receive a free gift! Catalogues will be available for anyone wishing to purchase items after the class.

Please email me or phone me on 0402 120 972 to book your place.

Give-it-away Day!

***PLEASE NOTE*** I've made this post sticky so it will stay at the top of my blog until the give-away is over....please scroll down to see my newest posts.

In honour of the festive season, I've declared today is Give-it-away Day! What does this mean? Blog Candy, of course! Today's blog candy is the gorgeous Springtimes Stems (Level 1 Hostess) Set (pictured above). This is such a cute set!

Here is a card I whipped up in literally 10 minutes this morning;

Stamps: Springtime Stems (Level 1 Hostess set)

Cardstock: Regal Rose, Lavender Lace, Very Vanilla

Ink: Regal Rose, Lavender Lace, Sage Shadow

Accessories: Celery Wide Grosgrain Ribbon (from Summer Mini), Scalloped Oval & Matching Oval Inset cut with Quickutz Silhouette

So, "how do I enter?" I hear you ask? Well, just leave a comment here on this post and sign up for my free monthly newsletter, by entering your email address in the box at the top left of my blog. If you already subscribe to my mailing list, just introduce a friend and you'll get an entry too. Have your friend leave a comment and sign up for the newsletter and email me their name so I know that you introduced them.

To those leaving comments; ask me a question (anything you like -can be stamping related, anything scrapbooking or something completely unrelated and random). Each weekend, I will answer a question from the list.

The winner will be drawn on December 31st and announced here on my blog. I will also notify the winner by email. Entry is open to Australian residents only. Sorry, Stampin' Up! Demos not eligible for entry, but you are welcome to subscribe to my newsletter also.

Good luck!

I love Shelli Gardner!!!

What a beautiful lady! Shelli has sent EVERY demo in the world a Christmas gift! I am so excited! It's a beautiful stamp set called Time Well Spent and it is going to be a level 3 Hostess Set in our new Catalogue that will begin on April 1st next year. I love it. I've been playing today and this is what I came up with; This is my first venture into the use of Cameo Coral -such a vibrant colour! But I like it. I think I might have to play some more with vibrant colours! Stamps: Time Well Spent (not yet available) Cardstock: Cameo Coral, Taken With Teal, Rose Red, Watercolour Paper Ink: StazOn Black Accessories: Watercolour Wonder Crayons (Earth Elements, Rich Regals), Aquapainter If you would like to order any of the available products required to create this project, please email me. Thank-you, Shelli, and Stampin' Up! I love my Christmas present and I wouldn't have any other job in the world!!!

Holiday Thyme Versatility

I really do love these Holiday Thyme papers (only 2 days left to get them, sob!). Today I've used them to create a cute gift bag, called a "Double Pocket Bag". It's perfect for that "little something" gift for acquaintances or school teachers, like note cards with envelopes. You can find the tutorial for the bag here. The picture below shows the two pockets, from the top of the bag.

Stamps: Many Merry Messages

Inks: Chocolate Chip

Cardstock: Holiday Thyme Designer Series Papers, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Twill Tape, Taupe Grosgrain Ribbon

If you would like to order any of the items required to complete this project, please email me

Just a few days left!

Only three more days left to order the beautiful Holiday Thyme papers! These papers are truly stunning and there is just so much you can do with them! Being double sided and cardstock weight really adds to their versatility. The picture belows shows some Gift Card Wallets I created this morning -I created all four wallets within half an hour! (By the way, if you'd like to receive one of these wallets with your very own Stampin' Up! gift card in it, have your loved ones email me with their order!)

Our exclusive Holiday Thyme double-sided Designer Series paper (item 107890) is perfect for making festive and trendy holiday cards, party invitations, gift wrap, or scrapbook memories. With so many great projects, you'll need more than one pack!

Our specially-priced Designer Series paper is available until December 15th for only $14.50 (a $16.95 value). Email me to order yours today!

Awesome News!

During November, SU! in the US made changes to their angel policy to allow retail selling of handstamped items, using their copyrighted images. Here is a link to a related blog post at the time of the US announcement: http://stampingismybusiness.typepad.com/blog/2007/10/breaking-news--.html

Ever since the announcement, I've been anxiously waiting and watching to hear if we were going to get the same changes here. I'm pleased to announce that we are!

On December 1, 2007, Stampin' Up!^® Australia announced the following change to our angel policy, effective from January 1, 2008;

"Completed, hand-stamped projects may be sold at competitive and non-competitive permanent retail locations, as well as temporary craft events, community fundraisers, and over the Internet. In selling hand-stamped projects, the seller must make it clear that the items are hand-made, and not a product of the company. The seller may indicate that the supplies used are from Stampin' Up!, but the Stampin' Up! logo may not be used in any way for the sole purpose of promoting the sale of hand-stamped projects."

This is such fantastic news! With these changes, we now all have an extra way to enjoy our awesome Stampin' Up!^® stamps -and earn a little pocket money while we're at it! If you would like some further details on retail selling of your handstamped items, email me today.