Princess Tess

Totally Tess as a Princess

Yesterday was Laura's birthday and I needed to make a card for her.  We had been practising making roses but never actually made anything so I thought her card had to have roses on it.  She told her brother that he had to make her a card with a princess on so I thought I would too but there was no way I could use the same stamp he did (her favourite stamp set is Pretty Princess which has unfortunately retired). So I went through my current stamps to find something suitable - I thought Tess would look quite good as a Princess so here is my attempt at Princess Tess.  Oh and I just had to play with my new new shimmer paint too (30ml Isopropyl alcohol and 10 drops shimmer paint to make shimmer mist)  :-).

Materials

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Pretty in pink, Whisper White

Stamps: Totally Tess, Party This Way

Inks: Stazon Black, Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Bigshot: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Lots of Tags

Punches: Scallop Circle, 1 3/8 Circle, Word Window.

Other:  Blush Blossom Stampin' Write marker, Tombow Multi, Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestone Jewels.











Very fast invitations

I was very short of time to make invites for Laura's birthday so here is a very quick invitation......
 

Materials

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Stamps: Sincere Salutations

Inks: Melon Mambo

Bigshot: Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die

Other:  Tombow Multi, Dimensionals, Shimmer Paint Frost White.

Christchurch Women's Expo

Just a reminder about the Women's Expo that is on this weekend.  Catherine and I had a very busy day today and I would say that tomorrow it will be busy too (usually we do a small make and take but after the first half an hour there was no way that was going to happen there were so many people coming in (if you missed on doing a make and take book a workshop and you can make one or come to one here).  This year the Expo is FREE ENTRY (normally $10) Peacock Promotions who run the Women's Lifestyle Expo made entry free with the help of the Canterbury Star and The Breeze to show their support to the people of Canterbury.

Here is a picture of our stand before I left last night - I didn't have time to take more photos today.  Yes for all you Bright sparks out there, there is something missing but that was rectified this morning ........... (can you spot what's wrong???  Post your answer as a comment :-).  The stand shall we say was a tad fuller with things this morning.

So if you are in Christchurch come along and see us tomorrow Sunday 26th September at CBS Canterbury Arena (formerly Westpac Trust Arena) we will be there from 10am - 5pm pop passed and say hello.

ESAD Big Shot Blog Hop! ......... and Earthquake update.......

Earthquake update:

Just a little note before you get started hopping around.  I've had lots of emails from all over the world with regards to the Earthquake (a 7.1 quake starting on Saturday 4th September 2010 at 4.35am) we have had here in Christchurch.......... we had a few breakages around the house and lots of stuff thrown everywhere (ok just as I'm typing this we are shaking......... not enough to leave the computer desk though you get used to knowing when you need to head to the door) we have quite a few hairline cracks around the house nothing major but I'm so over the aftershocks and actually getting a good nights sleep would be nice.  For those of you that aren't aware of how often we are having the aftershocks have a look here http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/ it's a great visual of the quakes (wow we are only up to 688).  Thankfully the aftershocks are slowing down and getting smaller but we are still getting them at night and I wake for most of them (but I think last night I crashed and slept through them).  Another site to look at is http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html

So please make sure you have your emergency kit up to date with everything you need I was surprised at how many people were not prepared - a good place to start is here http://www.getthru.govt.nz...............................

 

 

I hope you’re ready for the ESAD Big Shot Blog Hop! Better go grab yourself a cuppa as you’ll be hopping for a while!

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for Stampin’
Up!

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors but we share our love
for what we do with each other as Demonstrators. We run swaps,
challenges, tutorials, product know how and cyberstamps and we are
always there to help and support each other when its needed.

So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group.

You may have come here from Bev Watt or maybe this is your first stop. Anyway I hope you enjoy seeing all the creations we have for you today.

Milk Die Cracker (or should it be called Quaker)



What we have here is a creation I made up I was finding the milk carton quite small so played around and made it bigger - I kept looking at the milk carton die and thought if you put it on it's side it would look like a cracker............. so in a bout of tired daze this is what was created.

 

Materials

Stamps:  Perfect Punches

Cardstock:Cherry Cobbler , Old Olive, Very Vanilla

DSP: Jolly Holiday

Bigshot: Mini Milk carton Die

Ink: Old Olive

Punches: Scallop Circle

Other:  Crimper, Crop-a-dile, Tombow Multi, Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon

Sorry I was too tired to do a tutorial this time.

Jolly Holiday Milk Carton Tote

Materials

Stamps:  Delightful Decorations

Cardstock:Cherry Cobbler , Old Olive, Very Vanilla

DSP: Jolly Holiday

Bigshot: Mini Milk carton Die

Ink: Old Olive

Punches: Scallop Circle, Oval Extra large

Other:  Crop-a-dile, Tombow Multi, Linen Thread

Lap of Luxury Milk Carton Tote

This is a variation on the same thing.

Materials

Cardstock: Concord Crush, Pretty in pink, Very Vanilla

DSP: Lap of Luxury

Bigshot: Mini Milk carton Die

Punches: Oval Extra large

Other:  Crop-a-dile, Tombow Multi, Pretty in Pink Taffeta ribbon

Thanks for stopping by.................. (hopefully I will get back into the habit of posting on my blog more).

Win Blog Candy

* this is only open to customers (ie. demonstrators do not qualify)
* to qualify you must visit every blog on the hop and leave a comment on each one
* once you have commented on each blog (there are 23) email Leonie (leonie@stamp-a-latte.com) and advise her you have been round and commented on all the blogs.

So now you can hop off and see what Jo Weedon has been creating.

It doesn't matter where you joined the hop click on the link above to Jo's blog and then carry on through the blog hop until you get back to where you started.

If you get lost along the way here are all the hoppers in this hop. 

1.  Nikki Sadler - http://www.inkyart.com.au
2.  Angela Purdie - www.kintakards.webs.com
3.  Richelle Fletcher - http://stampinwithrichelle.blogspot.com
4.  Shirley McAvoy - http://stampingelephants.wordpress.com/
5.  Carole Stedman - www.carolestamping.com
6.  Carol-Ann Torrie - http://queen-of-scraps.blogspot.com
7.   Sherylee Tutt - www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/sherylee/blog
8.   clare mcilhatton - www.crafty-cow.com
9.  Andrea Buckland - http://creatingcardswithandrea.blogspot.com/
10.  Susan Joyce - http://www.catsinkcorporated.blogspot.com/
11.  Ann Gerlach - www.discover-ink.blogspot.com
12.  Dani Fender - http://danifender.blogspot.com
13.  Bron Heslop - www.bronheslop.wordpress.com
14.  Charmaine Black - http://www.l-ink-edtopaper.blogspot.com/
15.  Pauline Bennetts - http://paulinebennetts.com/stampede/
16.  Bev Watt - http://stampinovation.blogspot.com/
17.  Vicki Were - http://www.stampinvickistyle.blogspot.com/
18.  Jo Weedon - http://www.scrapandstampin.blogspot.com
19.  Kim Conway - http://kimconwaycards.blogspot.com
20.  Jane Norrish - Http://www.janenorrish.com
21.  Jacinta Argent - http://jacintascreations.blogspot.com
22.  Monique Fielder - http://stamping-with-moni-q.blogspot.com/
23.  Jan McAnulty - http://cardcaperswithjan.wordpress.com