The long wait is over! We're happy to announce the Extra-Large Ornament punch (item 119847) is now available to order.
The end of Sale-a-bration is a crazy-busy time, so I've been MIA lately. But we're having lots of fun with the gorgeous Sale-a-bration sets… are you?
Here's a fun project featuring Bliss (I'm thinking that's been the most popular set this year):
The box is made from the 'Box No. 2' die, and of course the Scallop Envelope die for the other projects. They've been decorated with various embossing folders, the Tiny Tags stamps with matching Jewelry Tag punch and of course my favourite Sale-a-bration set: Bliss!
Happy stamping,
Just wanted to share a quick and easy craft project that my girls have been enjoying during the summer holidays (especially Miss 4, our model for today's photos!). With two weeks left to go of the holidays some of us may be looking for activities to keep the kids occupied for a bit.
We picked up a couple of packs of foam from Kmart – I can't remember how much they cost but I know it was cheap ($1 maybe?).
They are the perfect size to fit through the Big Shot and come in a great range of bright colours.
The girls chose the Blossom Party die to make their cut outs (this Sizzix die is exclusive to Stampin' Up!), and made their sandwich stack to run through the Big Shot.
Not hard at all. In fact, this is fun!
They happily spent an afternoon cutting their own foam shapes and popping them out.
Then it was all 'action stations' as they used the shapes for various craft projects that are now decorating our (entire!) home.
(Slightly off-topic here- although I suppose you could liken it to a resist technique – but you might notice the love heart on Miss 4's hand…
True story, she had a Dora the Explorer temporary tattoo on her hand when we went to the beach and the skin around it tanned beautifully even though we Slip/Slop/Slap'd all the time. This is what's left now that the tattoo has gone! Oh dear – LOL.)
If you've got any other crafty activities to share with the kids, let me know in the comments section below.
Happy stamping,
Oh where does the time go? Here we are barreling along towards Christmas… aren't the days just zipping by?
This weekend we are celebrating my parent's 40th Wedding Anniversary and my son's 10th birthday! We're having a family reunion at the beach and I'm also going to the Melbourne Regional training day for Stampin' Up! demonstrators… so before I carry on the hunt for the missing bucket and spade, I just wanted to quickly stop by and share this fun project.
The Mini Milk Carton die (p155 IB&C) was a surprise birthday present I received last week, and it's soooo cute! It creates adorable itty bitty boxes with the Big Shot. These really are small! Only a couple of inches tall BUT there is a nifty little trick where you can fold your paper a couple of times just inside the cutting lines to give the box extra height. The folds can be covered by ribbon or embellishments. A bit difficult to explain, maybe I'll have to do another 'pictorial tutorial' to share here? Let me know if you're interested.
Ooh, and you can fit quite a bit in there if you just fold the top and secure with a mini library clip, rather than sealing it with adhesive.
Stamps used are from Season of Joy, and the paper is Jolly Holiday. Colours are Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive (my fave combo at the moment). The ribbon is from the Mistletoe bundle which is FREE right now with the purchase of any our special bundles.
Happy stamping and have a wonderful weekend,
