Have a Beautiful Birthday - Mojo#406

I love the inspiration I gain from challenges and this weeks Mojo Monday is no different. This week we have a sketch, and today it is a lifesaver.

For those of you that have been following me for awhile, you would know that July is a huge birthday month in our family. This year I have a couple of extras I need to do on top of my norm. Lets just hope I get them all done in time.

We have a double 60th to go to on the weekend. My brother and his sister-in-law. Hers is the one I am concentrating on today. I don't think I have even seen her in 15 years, so this was a hard one for me to make. I decided to utilise the sketch to give me the inspiration I needed. Here is my card.

I decided to stay simple and elegant, choosing to stay with black and white.

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting my blog,

Rosalie

Crazy Crafters July Blog Hop NEW 2014-2015 Stampin' Up! Catalogue

Thanks for joining The Crazy Crafters team blog hop for July. This is my first time joining the line up.

This month we are excited to show you Stampin' Up! products available now in the 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue. We hope you enjoy your travels through our hop and discover some interesting ways to use the products. 

This is the seventh stop in our Annual Catalogue blog hop line. You should have just come from Tamie Holt at Tamie Luvs Craft 2 , if this is your first stop then you can work your way to every blog from here. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all of the amazing creations. 

What makes this blog hop even more special for me, besides it being my first, is that it is my daughter's 9th Birthday. Common practice at her school, is for the birthday child to bring in a treat for each of the class members. For this project I was given a lot of direction. My daughter chose the colours, the stamps, the punches, in fact everything.

She chose a cute little circle "surprise" stamp from the Amazing Birthday stamp set (p. 48). This stamp set had three similar sized stamps for her to chose from, so as you can imagine designing took a lot of time and debating. 

She then decided that she wanted to pretty it up a bit and used a handy little stamp from the Hello There hostess stamp set (p. 237). This stamp worked so well to become an outer circle around her greeting.

We then punched out a love heart for each treat tags using the heart from the new Itty Bitty Punch Pack (p. 222) and heat embossed my daughter's name on each one using the Back to Basics Alphabet stamp set (p. 98). The size of the letters were prefect for this project. 

Then we assembled the tags and tied them on with 3.2mm silver ribbon (p. 206).

All ready for back to school tomorrow.

STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES:

Amazing Birthday stamp set (wood 134225 $49.95 AUD, clear 134228 $25.95 AUD)
Hello There Hostess stamp set (wood 133919 $21 AUD, clear 133922 $16 AUD)
Back to Basics Alphabet stamp set 133742 $27.95 AUD
2-3/8 "Scallop Circle Punch 118874 $ 29.95 AUD
1-3/4"Circle punch 119850 $29.95 AUD
Itty Bitty Punch Pack Accents 133787 $ 29.95 AUD
1/8 "Silver Ribbon 132137 $ 8.95 AUD
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad 126950 $9.95 AUD
Wisteria Wonder A4 cardstock 124389 $11.95 AUD
Versa Mark 1022283 $12.95 AUD
Silver Embossing Powder 109131 $8.95 AUD

Blog Line up-

1. Carolina Evans at Studio Evans
2. Laura Britten at Stamping with Laura Jane
3. Kylie Bertucci at Crafty Kylie
4. Sue Wdowik at Nigh Nigh Birdie 
5. Angela Lorenz at Angs Crafty Cards
6. Tamie Holt at Tamie Luvs Craft 2
7. Rose Desmond at Stampin with Rosalie
8. Nicole Spicer at Handmade By Nicole Spicer
9. Fiona Bradley at Just Spiffing
10. Teena Maher at Stamping With Teena

Stampin' Up! South Pacific Convention 2014

Its been a long hard year in my world, full of both sadness and excitement.

In May I was lucky enough to go to the Annual Stampin' Up! convention which was held in my home town, Melbourne. I wasn't too sure what to expect. The atmosphere was electric.  I meet so many amazing and creative people.

It is a strange feeling to see in person some of the talented people who's blogs I have been reading and creations I have been casing over the last 9 months. Yep, to me these are the famous people! They are the same people who I had been hoping that one day I would craft with, and there I was amongst them, crafting along. Pretty amazing. But not only that, I had the opportunity to meet the personalities behind the paper.

Convention was not only a huge social event, but was also an early opportunity to not only see the new Annual Catalogue but to have one. Throughout the three days we were also given stamp sets and new products. Blendablities, Project Life, and stamps, stamps, stamps. By the end of the convention I had quite a stash!

2014-2015 Annual Catalogue

Items received at the 2014 Stampin' Up! Convention

I learnt so much is such a short amount of time. Increasing skills, chatting and ink, what more could a girl want :) The other wonderful thing about convention was, I got to meet some of the members of the Crazy Crafters team, which I am part of! For those of you that don't know, the Crazy Crafters are the NO 1 performing team in Australia.  I must say that my decision to join Stampin' Up! has been even further enhance by this group of people. Always supportive, both personally and professionally.

A make and take from convention using Amazing Birthday

The note cards using Amazing Birthday

Make and take from convention using Kinda Eclectic

Now something special to share!

Stampin' Up! currently have a joining promotion. You can join Stampin' Up! at one of two great prices. The traditional starter kit priced at $169 ($235 product value), and until the 30th June 2014, a reduced price kit of $85 ($90 product value). No matter which kit you choose, both come with free business supplies, valued at $80. As a further incentive, every person that joins as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator through me,  between now and the end of June 2014, will receive a free gift.

Your starter kit is totally your choice. You choose the products that you wish to start out with. Who wouldn't want the opportunity to receive 20% off every order, access to demonstrator only community, receive the exclusive "Impressions" magazine and join a team of supportive and fun, like-minded people!

It doesn't matter if you are a hobbyist, wanting to receive discounted supplies, or if you are wanting to build a business. Your business, your way!

So, if you would like to join Stampin' Up! or even if you are just wishing to place an order, send me an email. rosalie.desmond@hotmail.com