Colour selection is just one of the things I love about Stampin’ Up! No matter what your project is, with the feast of coordinating cardstock and accessories available in the Idea Book & Catalogue, you know it will all tie together.
Nerida left a comment on my last post asking how I choose colours and stamp sets to [...]

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Every once in a while I take a good look at the amount of photos I have filed away waiting to be scrapped and I get to thinking it’s time to Keep It Simple Sweetie! To me, scrapbooking is not about having every page looking like the cover of a magazine, it’s about the journey of [...]

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Stampin’ Up! create the most gorgeous stamp sets that not only co-ordinate within the set but with others aswell and this page was made with two of my favourties, Eastern Blooms and Baroque Motifs.
This photo was taken on Mothers Day 2008, so I have had it for a while, wondering just what to do with [...]

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For those of you who may not know, I hold a trade in decorative glass work, specialising in leadlighting and sandblasting. When I first saw the Baroque Motifs stamp set, I got to thinking of a Victorian period house I did a load of sandblasted glass work for, here is a pic of one of the side lights for the main [...]

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I have had these photographs for a while now and the other night it hit me how I wanted to scrap them, what they need is a good dose of less is more. My dad plays Trad Jazz on the banjo, he and mum did a bit of a tour around the United States going [...]

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This is a page for Billy’s Alphabet Album. If you havn’t heard of an alphpabet album before, they are a great to do for children as they discover more about the alphabet through themselves. As an adult I have so many odd pics from parties and get-toghethers over the years, with these photos I am making an album [...]

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My Billy loves his bushwalking, he especially likes looking for dinosaurs along the way. Our last home was right at the begining of the Mt Keira Ring Track in  Wollongong NSW. He will walk for a good for a good hour or so (Up hill) and then sleep for a couple, a great time for me to [...]

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This month I am saying farewell to some of my favourite stamp sets and accessories. Why farewell? Sure I can still use the stamps and accessories but that would just be teasing you. I can show you the things I create with them and then tell you that you can’t have them, that would just [...]

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I can hardly believe another Stampin’ Up! year is drawing to an end. It is always a time of mixed emotion, when some of my favourite stamp sets and accessories are sadly retired and yet I am longing daily for my brand spankin’ 2009/2010 Idea Book & Catalogue to arrive. I can’t wait to see all [...]

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Stampin’ Up! have stepped up to help support the victims of the “Black Saturday” bushfires. The bushfires and the events surrounding them have been devistating to say the least and Stampin’ Up! have created a fantastic way for you to give your support.
 How can you play the vital role in this fund raiser? By purchasing from a [...]

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