Hi there Wow – another amazing weekend has flown by. On Saturday The Crafty Bears got together for our first team training of the year. It was great to spend time with my wonderful team. We made two cards, had some discussion and then Phil prepared us a wonderful lunch. I think he has become… Read More »
Hi there It’s been another beautiful day here in Auckland and tomorrow promises to be another stunner. Back in November we had our national Stampin’ Up! training event called OnStage. Demonstrators from around the country (plus some overseas demos joined us from the UK and Australia) meet for a day of training, seeing new product… Read More »
Hi there For those of you still on holiday I hope you’re enjoying this beautiful summer weather. I must admit it’s a bit hard getting out of bed when the alarm goes off at 6:00am! Three more days till the weekend :). Today’s project features the Sale-A-Bration set Lots of Lavender. I think this is… Read More »
Hi there Welcome to 2018 – I hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I have had a very relaxing holiday break and I’m back to work on Monday. With the start of a new year comes the release of the Occasions Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration brochure. It’s always exciting getting a… Read More »
Hi there Well all the presents are wrapped and it’s almost time for bed but before I head off I have one last Christmas card to share with you. This is a card we made at our last team training session at Jacque’s. It uses the set Merry Patterns that was a promotional set. The… Read More »
Hi there When we have our wider team meetings not only do we have our ‘product playground’ to get creative we also have fellow demos teaching us new techniques, styles of card and alternative ways to use products. We then get to make a sample that we can share with you. This card has a… Read More »
Hi there Here’s the last of my ‘product playground’ Christmas cards – another card with a Black and White base The paper for this card is from the Merry Music Specialty DSP pack – it’s rather cool and could be used for other occasions. The sentiment is from the Ready for Christmas stamp set and… Read More »
Hi there Following on from yesterday’s post here is another card I got to create at the ‘product playground’. All the products on this card – bar the Lots of Labels Framelits – are from the Holiday Catalogue and from different product suites. The paper is from the Quilted Christmas 6″ x 6″ paper stack,… Read More »
Hi there At one of our team training days we had a ‘product playground’ where a whole range of products are out on a table for us to try and create our own projects. Over the next few days I’ll share with you the cards I made. This is a cute 4″ card that uses… Read More »
Hi there This time next week and I’m sure there will be lots of very excited children around the world waiting for Santa to arrive. Now that I’ve outgrown Santa I’m looking forward to spending the day with family and friends and celebrating the birth of Christ. What will you be celebrating this Christmas? Last… Read More »
Hi there It’s hard to believe I have just over a week left of work for 2017 and then I get to be on holiday. I’m really looking forward to two weeks off and not having to set my alarm :). Here’s a card I made at one of our team trainings. These training days… Read More »
Hi there I’ve been a bit of a ‘bookworm’ lately and have forgotten to share the cards we made at our November Card Class. I’m not sure what this style of card is called but I’ve called it a ‘Pocket Card’. I know Black is not normally a colour used for Christmas but I really… Read More »
Hi there The second window to reserve your Stamparatus opens today at 10:00am. Check out my earlier post here about the new Stamparatus positioning tool. The first Stamparatus reservation window reached its maximum number of reservations in just 15 minutes! I think this tool is going to be very popular. With this information Stampin’ Up! have… Read More »
Hi there From now until the 2nd of January we are having a Year End Sale. Click here to see what is on sale. The NZD amount is the far right hand column. Promotion Dates: 1 December 2017–2 January 2018 Retiring items from the 2017 holiday catalogue are available while supplies last. Excess items from the… Read More »
Hi there Last Saturday we held our Christmas Creative Inkers Extravaganza event. We had a great day teaching five projects to 102 attendees. The project I taught used the new Mini Pizza Boxes (pg 44 of the Holiday Catalogue) and products from the “Year of Cheer’ Suite (pg 36-37 of the Holiday Catalogue). The Designer… Read More »