What A Treat - At Our Retreat...

Kia ora koutou

It's been a fantastic two weeks - Linda; the owner of The Paper Peacock Scrapbooking Shop, hosted a wonderful scrapbooking/crafting/card-making retreat at Glentui Meadows last weekend. This was the first time I've been to such a thing....wow, it was two and a half days of creative bliss!!! Loved it, can't wait for the next retreat in October hosted by Maria & Brigid.

We were all challenged to do a scrapbook page layout, we were each given: white 12" x 12" card, and the same pre-cut chipboard title.  Then we were dealt three playing cards from a deck of cards - written on these cards were embellishments to use on our scrapbook page... I was dealt:  Glitter, Rhinestones and Ink.  Here is the result :)

This was quite a challenge for me as I am not a seasoned scrapbooker,  it was heaps of fun to do, and you should see the other ladies layouts OMG friggin awesome!!!

Monday Card Class

Monday 'pre-retreat', I wanted to share with my class the wonderful crepe paper butterfly technique that I learnt from an amazing lady - Liz Collett.  You can find her You Tube tutorial link on my post: Four Day - Clearance Rack Blitz, under the title 'Life is like a butterfly', and further details on how I made the butterflies.

Stamp - My Friend, Sand Speckle - wheel, Priceless, Hello Doily

Ink - Pool Party, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry, Versamark

Card - White, Light Blue, Purple - Bassil (don't know the correct names of the coloured card)

Accessories - Sissix Bigz Beautiful Butterfly Die, 5mm Corner Punch, Lacy Brocade Embossing folder, Designer Frames - Oval Shape, Lacy Border Punch, Silver Embossing Powder, Rhinestones, Silver Peelcraft, Vellum, Jac Paper, Purple Crepe Paper, White Tissue Paper.

Stamp - Oval All, Sand Speckle - wheel, Priceless, Hello Doily

Ink - Pool Party, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry, Versamark

Card - White, Blue, Purple - Bassil (don't know the correct names of the coloured card)

Accessories - Sissix Bigz Beautiful Butterfly Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, EK Border Punch, Oval Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder, Rhinestones,Vellum, Jac Paper, Purple Crepe Paper, White Tissue Paper.

Monday post-retreat....This month we are showcasing 'Ribbon' - at the retreat I created two cards with interesting folds, the colours were inspired by a beautiful two-toned organza ribbon...and the colours reminded me of my mum; colourful, beautiful, bold - hence the greeting :)

Stamp - Apothecary Art, Delightful Dozen

Ink - Regal Rose

Card - Cream Puff, Berrylicious, Sunrise - Bassil

Accessories - Labels Framelits Collection, Triple Blossom Bouquet Punch, Floral Embossing Folder, Two-toned Organza Ribbon, Burgandy Organza Ribbon, Gold Brads, Sponge.

This interesting card has a pocket on the inside and back - shopping mall gift card slots into the pockets perfectly :)

Card - Cream Puff, Berrylicious, Sunrise - Bassil

Accessories - EK Border Punch, Lacy Border Punch, Triple Blossom Bouquet Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch, Burgandy Organza Ribbon, Gold Brads.

Maria's Stampin' Up! Party...

Once a month, a group of us creative ladies get together and learn a layout/make & take, then the lovely lady who showed us how to make the layout is also the host of a Stampin' Up! Party that follows....Maria was the host and 'moi' the demonstrator.  These are the make & take cards I demonstrated - 

 My Friend

Stamp - My Friend, Beyond Plaid, Sand Speckle - wheel, Priceless, Hello Doily

Ink - Blushing Bride, Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Versamark

Card - Whisper White, Real Red

Accessories - Sissix Bigz Beautiful Butterflies, Labels Framelits Collection, Perfect Polkadot Embossing Folder, 5mm Corner Punch, Silver Embossing Powder, Rhinestones, Vellum, Jac Paper, Red Tissue Paper, White Tissue Paper, Sponge.

Praying Hands

Maria challenged me to design a card using Stampin' Up!'s Praying Hands stamp, her mother loves images with praying hands, so this card is for you - Maria's Mum :)

Stamps - Praying Hands, Apothecary Art, Just Believe

Ink - Basic Black

Card - Whisper White

Accessories - Labels Framelits Collection, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, White Satin Ribbon, Rhinestones, Sponge.

Stampin' Up! - Updates

This And That

Check it out - click here for the link to the flyer.

My Digital Studio 

Checkout it out through this link:  My Digital Studio  - .  You can download the software for a 30 day FREE TRIAL.

Colour Refresh

In 2010 when we did our big colour renovation
we shared our plans for smaller colour refreshes
every three to five years to keep our colours
on trend. Well it has been three years and we
are excited to announce that the upcoming
2013–2014 annual catalogue will include 10 new
colours (most of which are returning In Colors™
from previous years)!

Colour Products No Longer Available:

Item Description Availability 

101962 Classic Refill More Mustard X

102295 Classic Refill Pretty In Pink X

105221 Classic Refill Bashful Blue X

105230 Classic Refill Certainly Celery X

109016 Classic Refill River Rock X

111844 Classic Refill Baja Breeze X

119696 Classic Stampin Ink Refills Sutbles Collection X

119697 Classic Stampin Ink Refills Regals Collection X

119699 Classic Stampin Ink Refills Neutrals Collection X

119703 Stampin Markers Neutrals Collection X

119803 Watercolor Wonder Crayons Regals Collection X

119804 Watercolor Wonder Crayons Brights Collection X

New Wood-Mount Stamp Set Packaging

Cool, uniform packaging!  Looks just like the clear-mount stamp set packaging - click here to see the You Tube Video.

In my last post I mentioned I was looking for a part-time job - I found one, it's whanau time friendly and...I can still teach my Monday card class, yay!!!  Life is good!

School holidays are upon us, I am having two weeks off  Monday card class to look after my kids over the holidays.  I have decided, the school holidays are a good time to start treating my body better; eat healthy, watch my portion sizes, cut out sugar (going to be very hard), exercise. I will be using a very good, free website Sparkpeople to help me track my diet and exercise.  If you are thinking of losing weight or healthy lifestyle change like me, I recommend Sparkpeople, here is the link if you would like to check them out.

Thanks for looking, good looking  :)  Hope you checkout my next post, till then.... 

Ka kite ano

BCH Stampin :)

Blue, Blue, Electric Blue - that's the colour of my room...

"Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can.  And just when you think it can't get any better, it can".  Nicholas Sparks, At First Sight.


Kia ora koutou

.... It was one of those weeks, where everything was blue - a reflection of my mood.  My 'kidults' (James 20 and Louise 19) taught me a hard lesson - letting go and acceptance....it hurt like a mofo, even now just blogging about it :(  Thanks to my family and friends for caring, your love and support got me through it.

Even though it was a bit of a traumatic week for me - I managed to complete a few projects...Joined The Paper Peacock crew - I will be teaching card-making classes weekly on Mondays.  Attended an interview for part-time work with Statistics New Zealand for the position of Census Collector.  Presented my second-ever demonstration at Zoe's Stampin' Up! Workshop - it was fun....wonderful creative friends having a good time - makes me love my job so much more, it's not even like a job?....so much fun, just sharing what you love to do :)

...Sale-A-Bration

Yay, it's here!  Sale-A-Bration is an annual party with heaps of free products.  This years party is better than ever - Stampin' Up! is celebrating their 25th anniversary.

Sale-A-Bration + Stampin' Up!'s 25th anniversary = the best time to host a Stampin' Up! party!

• Get FREE Silver Glimmer Paper when you host a $350 workshop!*
• Get a FREE hostess bundle when you host a $700 workshop!*

Hostess Bundle Details:

The Hostess Bundle includes

• Madison Avenue stamp set (wood- or clear-mount)
• Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper
• Sycamore Street Ribbon and Button Pack

*Offers are not incremental (i.e., a hostess does not receive two packages of Glimmer paper for a $700 workshop or two bundles for a $1,400 workshop).

View Sale-A-Bration Brochure here  See what you can get for free!
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Love to shop?  How about shopping and getting rewarded?  Welcome to Sale-A-Bration!  Customers may choose any one product from the Sale-A-Bration brocure for every $120 they spend.  This year's offering includes exclusive stamp sets and accessories, as well as a selection of catalogue stamp sets, digital content CDs, ribbon, buttons, and even an embossing folder!  Now, more than ever, there's something for everyone!  *Excluding shipping.
View Sale-A-Bration Brochure here  See what you can get for free!

Sale-A-Bration + Stampin’ Up!’s 25th anniversary = 25% more Starter Kit products for FREE!

If you've been pondering the idea of having a permanent 20% discount off Stampin' Up! products, your own business on your own terms, friends who share your same interests, valuable ongoing support - talk to me,  my contact details: Keri 027 936 2603, kerianneh@gmail.com. or click on JOIN HERE to become a Stampin' Up!  Demonstrator and be part of a wonderful, fabulous, creative team!

...Big Curly Hair Stampin Projects

I have finally done it!  Crossed over to the 'darkside' (lol) and created my first scrapbook page.  It was fantastic, thoroughly enjoyable, challenging - I can see why so many people are hooked on scrapbooking!

 Love Your Smile

Ryan - my best friend, love of my life, soul mate...his smile lights up my world.  It was a fantastic photo to work with, I pulled the base colour  from the chair Ryan's sitting on - Midnight Muse.  I journaled a poem by Gary LaFollette called - 'Your The Person I Always Dreamed Of Loving'. This is dedicated to my love, Ryan <3 

Stamps - I (Heart) Hearts, Petite Pairs

Ink - Midnight Muse

Card - Midnight Muse, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade DSP: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Sycamore Street DSP (sale-a-bration): Rich Razzleberry.

Accessories - Heart Framelits, Hearts Embosslits, Vine Street Embossing Folder (sale-a-bration), Hemp Twine, Silver Brads, Carlsberg bottle tops, White uni-ball Signo Gel Pen.

Mini Waterfall Album and Business Card Wallet

This fantastic mini waterfall album featuring my two beautiful son's - Xavier and Bronson, was a whole heap of fun and very easy to make.  I followed Kelly Gettlefinger's tutorial on youtube click here for the mini waterfall album tutorial.  With the cut off, I also made a business card wallet (also shown how to make in the tutorial).

I don't know why, but - when I uploaded the photos, some of them came out disoriented (like they have a mind of their own) and there is no option to fix it... the photo of the open wallet is upside down, but you get the idea.

Stamp - Apothecary Art

Ink - Basic Black

Card - Basic Black, Polka Dot Parade DSP: Rich Razzleberry, Sycamore Street DSP (sale-a-bration)

Accessories - Blossom Punch, Hearts Framelits, Labels Framelits, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Card Trimmer, Sycamore Street Ribbons and Buttons (sale-a-bration), Black Ball Point Pen, my Business Cards.

...Zoe's Workshop - Make and Takes

What a fun night, great company and good experience for me (learning heaps) - we also had a chance to enjoy the benefits of Sale-A-Bration, yuss!

Regal Rose - Blooming With Kindness

Stamps - Blooming With Kindness, A Fitting Occasion

Ink - Regal Rose, Raspberry Ripple, Basic Black

Card - Whisper White

Accessories - Stampin Trimmer, 1" Circle Punch, Stamping Sponges, Rhinestone

Shopping Bag Birthday Card

Love this fun, cute card.  My lovely friend and mentor Ursula James Tregoning (stampinwithu.blogspot.com)

taught this card in one of her many card making classes at K.E.N.G.  I have altered it slightly so that I could demonstrate the Simply Scored Scoring Tool.

Stamps - Petite Pairs

Ink - Rich Razzleberry

Card - Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake, Polka Dot Parade DSP: Rich Razzleberry, Sycamore Street DSP (sale-a-bration)

Accessories - Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Hemp Twine, Crepe Paper, Dimensionals.

...Monday Madness Card Class

I have created a beautiful Love Card for my first 'Monday Madness Card Class' starting on 4th February, 12:00 pm, at The Paper Peacock - shop 3/51 Main North Road, Woodend, North Canterbury.  If you would like to come along to have some fun, learn card-making techniques, in a friendly, creative environment and make a beautiful card of your own to take home, all for a small cost of $5 - please contact Linda at The Paper Peacock for further details and to book a place in the class :)  

Phone: 03 310 0431  

Fax: 03 310 0432

Email:  info@thepaperpeacock.co.nz

I want to post a picture of the beautiful Love Card, but, I won't - it will have to wait till after Monday 4th February...watch this space!

I have come to the end of my Blue, Blue, Electric Blue, that's the colour of my room...post, if your wondering wtf is that post title?...It's a line from one of my favourite songs - Sound and Vision by David Bowie. Click on the following link to hear the song - Sound and Vision

Thanks for having a looksie, join me again on the next blog...please leave a comment.

Ka Kite Ano

BCH Stampin