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I’VE BEEN BUSY – THE BEST KIND OF BUSY

So much for my goal of posting every day!

But I think you will be happy with my ‘excuse’.

Three weeks ago, I had a call from Emma Parkin-Wilson, the Demonstrator Development Manager for New Zealand and Queensland, asking if I would be interested in doing a Facebook Live presentation as part of Stampin’ Up!’s On Tour Online [English].

cover photo, Image may contain: flower and plant, possible text that says 'STAMPIN' UP! -ON TOUR ENGLISH'

Without hesitation, I said YES!

I received a beautiful brown box containing the FOREVER GREENERY SUITE and started preparing my display resources and creating projects to share with demonstrators from Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and the United Kingdom.

So, without ever having done a Facebook Live before, it was time to rip off the bandaid and make it work.

The ‘getting it to work’ part threw up many challenges but on the day – Tuesday 12th at 6pm MT [actually Wednesday 13th at 10am EST], I went live.

And, of course, only as I seem to able to do – the video disappeared from the closed Facebook Group an hour or so later. No amount of searching for it or how to retrieve it helped.

I decided to video my presentation and upload it to the group. In the end it all worked out – although it did take two and a half hours for the video to load.

I now have a long list of online training that I need to do in order to make online presentations less frustrating.

Let me show you the goodies I got to play with!

The FOREVER FERN STAMP SET and coordinating FOREVER FLOURISHING DIES make a gorgeous bundle [FOREVER FERN BUNDLE].

I love the cool and refreshing greens used in the FOREVER GREENERY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER. It also uses one of the new 2020-2022 IN COLOURS – JUST JADE!

These two GREENERY EMBOSSING FOLDERS are smaller in size and will work perfectly in the new MINI CUT AND EMBOSS MACHINE. This image only shows half the length of each folder. The other half of the bottom folder is a mirror image of the leaves shown.

The FOREVER GREENERY TRIM COMBO includes a gold metallic trim and a half inch Vanilla open weave ribbon that you use frayed, coloured or as is.

I think the star of this suite are these FOREVER GOLD LASER CUT SPECIALTY PAPER. There is a combination of botanical elements, banners and pre-cut card front panels.

And finally, the GOLD HOOP EMBELLISHMENTS.

All of these products will be available from June 3!

Let me share some of the projects I have made.

I’ll drop back by tomorrow and share some more.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

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FEELING A LITTLE LESS THAN TROPICAL

We are definitely starting to enjoy Autumn weather, as it gets cooler each day and night.

But that doesn’t mean that I can’t make tropically inspired projects.

I decided to use some products from the TROPICAL OASIS SUITE while it is still available. This suite is featured in the January to June Mini Catalogue and should be available until June 2.

The TROPICAL OASIS MEMORIES & MORE CARD PACK is perfect for memory keeping/scrap booking and card making.

There are 50 cards and 4 sticker sheets. The cards are 3″x 4″ and 4″x 6″ – perfect for quick and easy card fronts!

TROPICAL OASIS MEMORIES & MORE CARD PACK

I teamed this pack with the ASSORTED MEMORIES & MORE CARDS & ENVELOPES because they are designed just for this purpose – they make a perfectly sized card base for each of the card fronts.

ASSORTED MEMORIES & MORE CARDS & ENVELOPES

I wanted to put together a project class for a beginner stamper … a friend I am visiting soon … while exercising appropriate social distancing rules, of course.

I will provide the adhesives, inkpads, embellishments, coordinating stamp set and blocks – so that we can make these cards.

These are super easy cards that I am sure she will love to make.

#simplestamping

I think you will be able to see the elements that have been used for each card. I will list them all below.

I’m looking forward to making these cards with my friend and I am sure she will be so pleased with how they turn out.

If you are a beginner stamper, what sorts of cards would you like to make?

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make these cards. If you live in Australia, you can order any of these products through me – just click on the SHOP NOW or any individual product below.

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BACK FROM A SHORT BREAK

I have enjoyed the last few days, away from posts, working on other projects.

So, today, it’s back to sharing some Stampin’ Time projects.

I found a bag of mini Oreo biscuits – original and chocolate – and thought they would be great in a little gift bag of love.

Who doesn’t love a gift of chocolate biscuits (cookies)?

It’s lovely to know that the FROM MY HEART SUITE is still available in the January to June Mini Catalogue.

It’s not only Valentine’s Day that deserves the use of hearts and the colour of love – red!

I made this simple gift bag, that uses a belly band to close the opening, to hold two small packets of mini Oreo biscuits.

The LINED ALPHABET STAMP SET was perfect for the tag.

What would you pop into a gift bag like this?

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this project. If you live in Australia, you can order any of these through me.

Just click on SHOP NOW or on any individual product displayed below.

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Paper Snips
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$17.00