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Upcycling Brown Paper Packaging Idea #3

Posted on February 17, 2016 by admin

So to continue on with the series of blog posts regarding what to do with all of the brown paper packaging  that comes with my Stampin’ Up! orders here’s another simple idea. I make paper bags from it. These bags … Continue reading →

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Upcycling Brown Paper Packaging Idea #2

Posted on February 11, 2016 by admin

Okay so I thought I would share with you another popular use I have for the brown paper packaging that comes with all of our Stampin’ Up! orders – I use it in my bee smoker! Bet you didn’t see … Continue reading →

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Upcycling Brown Paper Packaging Idea #1

Posted on February 5, 2016 by admin

So every order that we get with Stampin’ Up! the boxes come packed with brown paper to keep the items inside the box from shifting around too much. It is lovely perforated brown paper that no doubt has a lot … Continue reading →

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Bloomin’ Heart Birthday

Posted on February 4, 2016 by admin

I made a card this week for my Nanna’s 91st birthday, an amazing lady who still lives on her own and goes to painting classes weekly, sadly due to arthritis she doesn’t patchwork anymore as the quilts got too heavy … Continue reading →

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Handmade Card Challenge 2016

Posted on January 25, 2016 by admin

So the very lovely Shannon West started a challenge recently to reduce the FaceBook or SMS message for birthdays and reinstate the awesome handmade greeting card that arrives in your mail box. The old fashioned way the lets someone know that … Continue reading →

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Going Global

Posted on January 16, 2016 by admin

The third make and take we had the opportunity to complete at the OnStage event for SU! demonstrators, well in my case I did it as a take and make later…..was using the Going Places suite. The textured impressions embossing … Continue reading →

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Yarloop & Waroona District Fires Appeal Auction

Posted on January 15, 2016 by admin

So it hasn’t been a good start to the year for a lot of people, we have had a devastating Bush Fire here in Western Australia that was started by lightening strikes, it is still not entirely under control. Over … Continue reading →

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Flowering Fields notecard

Posted on January 14, 2016 by admin

I sent out some of the new Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues to existing customers recently and added a little notecard to say hello with them. It was made using some stamps that I got for FREE as a prize at the … Continue reading →

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Never Ending Minion Card

Posted on January 12, 2016 by admin

Recently at Crafternoon we made 3 never ending cards, the basic template for making one is here and the card base template is really easy to make, it’s the embellishing that takes the time! I did modify the base to suit … Continue reading →

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Party Wishes two ways

Posted on January 11, 2016 by admin

I still have a couple more samples to share with you that we made at OnStage (well we got the kits and I took them home and made them up slightly differently to what was suggested after being inspired by … Continue reading →

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