Clearly for You – Post It Note Matchbook
One of the many cool things about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is the resource that is available to help, both for creativity and business. Stampin’ Up! prints a monthly publication for demonstrators, called Impressions, combining both those things, and I love it. This month, one of the projects in it was a Post-It note matchbook, and it even included the tutorial! I loved it, so this was one of the projects we made at Stamp Club prior to Mothers Day:
And here it is open:
We are about to start another round of Stamp Club on the North Shore of Auckland, and have a space available, if you want to come along and play!
I hope you’re having a great weekend, and staying warm and dry. Happy stamping! xoxo
Get Well Soon
My Mum has a cousin in Hastings who is undergoing chemo right now, and is getting knocked around a bit by it. Having seen my MIL suffer through it earlier in the year, and also a couple of friends who have dealt with it, I can only imagine how awful she must feel.
Once again, there is little I can do… except race downstairs to my beautiful craft room, and make her a card. After all, a card is simply a hug with a fold in the middle!
I’ve seen this style of card on various blogs, and was looking forward to trying it out myself. I’ve used the Mixed Bunch stamp set, and the sentiment is from Word Play (both, of course, from Stampin’ Up!) And that lovely rich blue is Pacific Point – a colour I don’t use enough!
Man’s Best Friend
It seems like all I post up lately are sympathy cards! That will change soon, I promise. Today I want to share the card I sent to my sister and her family, after their beloved black labrador died two weeks ago. She was very old, and had had a very full, active life – but it’s still sad to say goodbye, isn’t it?
The ‘D is for Dog’ stampset is a very versatile set for anyone with a dog in their life – and as a labrador-lover, I think the dog stamp is fabulous! I think the way he’s wagging his tail is very typically lab, as well.
Happy Mothers Day!
This is the card I made for my Mum and MIL, and it was also the card we made at Stamp Club on Thursday night. It is made using a combination of ideas, one from a gorgeous card by Aussie demo Judy May, and the layout idea from another one that I can’t remember!
So if you haven’t already got your Mothers Day card sorted, there’s another idea for you!
And to ALL the Mum’s – I hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow. xoxox
With Much Sympathy
Today was a day of farewell to our old neighbour Irene (Basil’s wife), who sadly passed away on Monday. Nige and I went to Irene’s funeral this morning, which was a wonderful send-off for an 88-year-old lady.
Here’s the card I gave Basil and the girls earlier in the week:
I’ll be back tomorrow to share the Mothers Day card we made last night at Stamp Club. Until then, happy stamping!
A Christening, and Some Sad News
Back in February, I shared this story with you, about my Navy colleague Ben Revell, and his family. Yesterday was baby Luisa’s christening, on the flight deck of the frigate HMNZS TE MANA – a wonderful day that brought Ben and Malia’s families together, along with the Navy, to celebrate their beautiful daughter.
Of course, I made them a card, something very clean and simple:
Then sadly, Ben passed away early this morning.
RIP, gorgeous man. You don’t have to suffer any more.
If you’ve been visiting here at ‘Stamp with Me!’ for a while, you’ll know of my fabulous friend (and former neighbour) Basil, who fought in WWII. Well, after we paraded on ANZAC Day together last Wednesday, he celebrated his 90th birthday on Friday. This man is something of a legend in our family, having been shot down in his bomber over the North Sea, and taken as a POW by the Germans. He was then marched across Poland, into Germany, before the Allies declared victory and the war ended.
SO… what do you give a man like that? I’m lucky that he likes my cards, so that was a start!
I combined the stamp sets Extreme Elements with Need for Speed, in Crumb Cake and Early Espresso.
And here’s a collage of the gift and wrapping – I made a simple notepad cover, and embossed the DSP on the front with ‘Note’ from the Notes and Details stamp set. I then popped it into a paper bag with the card, folded the top of the bag over and finished it with a strip of the same DSP as the notepad. I added a wee tag, tied with hemp twine, and it looked very blokey. Basil loved it, and even saved the paper bag!
Hope you’re having a great week. I’ll be back soon with a quick, ‘girly’ card – see you then!
Welcome, Baby Girl!
One of my friends from James’s kindergarten days had her third baby last week, a gorgeous baby girl. I’d seen this fabulous idea of making a card look like a set of drawers (by Kelly Acheson), and wanted to give it a go – here it is:
And here’s the inside:
I’ve managed to craft some more this weekend – I’ll show you those projects later. Happy Sunday!
Lest We Forget
Today is ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day here in New Zealand and Australia, a day when we remember the servicemen and women who have given their lives and liberty so that we may have ours. This is a very big day in our family, and this morning our sons paraded with us at the Northcote Civic Service. We were joined by several of our friends and family, and also the boys’ school, which made this year more special than usual. Here’s a picture of my upline and wonderful friend Jacque, before the parade (thank you for marching with us this morning):
I also got to hang out with my special mate and former neighbour, Basil, who will be 90 on Friday. He adds extra-special meaning to our ANZAC Day, as a WWII veteran. His daughters took some pictures of us after the parade, so I hope to post one of those soon, too.
To those who made the ultimate sacrifice – we will remember you.
Baby Boy Card
One of my colleagues and his wife welcomed their first baby into the world on Thursday, so I made them this on Friday:
I used one of the fabulous new ‘Packed For…’ stampsets (in this case, ‘Packed for Baby’), and paper-pieced the all-in-one with Bashful Blue DSP.
I used the stripes embossing folder as well – love that textured look!
Come back tomorrow for a pink baby card (in a cool novelty style!).
