White on white

A friend of mine was going to a wedding and the couple wanted everyone to dress in white and did not want any presents.She asked for my help and we came up with this. I think it looks pretty classy. We even managed to give her a present without giving her a present. Take a close look into the little pouch and you will see it.

Eek, I think I have an addiction...

I know I love Stampin Up products BUT I think I have found something that I can't get enough of. The Envelope Punch Board is the love of my life (except for my family of course). I am addicted, I can't stop playing with it, I even played with it at a friends Christmas break up, get together.

I have made boxes, gift tags, gift boxes, onesies, bon bons, gift bags, chockie boxes, mini bags, bows, oh and also envelopes. Should I be worried? Do I need an "Intervention"? I wonder who else is addicted, maybe we should start an EPB anonymous club.

These are some of the goodies I have made.

 

 

So am I addicted? I do hope so (smile).....

Joining the team bonus

Have you been thinking of joining the Stampin' Up! team? This would be a great time to take the plunge. There is a fantastic 1 week only promotion starting on the 25th November.
For 1 week only you can join Stampin’ Up! for just $126.75. That’s 25% off the normal price of the Starter Kit with all the same  great products included.

As well as the great bonus for joining, each new demonstrator to join during this promotion will qualify for a five percent cash back on all orders placed during the month of December, as well as the 30% you’ll get back on your first workshop order and any other discounts you’ll normally attract as a demonstrator – a nice little Christmas bonus for you as you get your new business up and running

If you would like to join a fun and friendly group of stampers who love to get together regularly and share their creativity, then I would love to chat to you about it. You may only want to fund your hobby by getting together regularly with friends and family to create some beautiful projects. Maybe you would like the freedom of working for yourself, having a full or part time income source that allows you to choose your own hours, work from home and share your love of stamping with others and get paid at the same time.

Contact me today on 0402441964 or email zenakennedy@lizzy.com.au if you have any questions!

I'd be happy to send you more information or to get together for a coffee and chat. You can also join up quickly and easily through my website . Check out the link and follow the directions.

 Remember – this promotion runs for 1 week only – Tuesday November 25th November - Tuesday 2nd December

The link to join Stampin’ Up!  and order your Starter Kit at the 25% discount is now waiting for you.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Stampin’ Up! Paper Angels team.

Last chance

There are a few vacancies for this Saturday at the Christmas Card Workshop being held at the Pelicans Nautical Treasures in Redland Bay. The cost is $70 and you will receive the Festival of Trees stamp set and All is Calm washi tape as well as a whole lot of projects to make on the day, including afternoon tea. This event is amazing value and money raised goes to our Footprints Program.

Anyone that has already been to the Pelicans Nautical Treasure will know how yummy their cakes are and as a special treat they are going to give our Christmas Card Workshop guests a choice of cakes for afternoon tea, they'll be allowed to choose anything from the cake cabinet. I'm really looking forward to that as well as all the card making on the day. Please email me if you would like to attend.

The reason why...

There are many reasons why I love being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. Actually there are so many reasons I could write a full page. However I will settle for one and that is "SHARING" Sharing ideas, sharing friendships, sharing a love of crafting.

Yesterday I shared a creative day with friends, strangers and my wonderful group of Paper Angels. It was one of our annual ‘Paper Angels’ Christmas Card Workshops. Each year since 2008 these workshops raise funds to purchase and supply Footprint Cards to the Mater Mother's Brisbane Hospital Bereavement Programe. Sadly these cards are created so that the parents of stillborn ‘angel babies’ may take home a precious record of their child's footprint.
We started the day at 10am making 4 beautiful cards, munching on chocolate Freddo's and enjoying each other's company. Next came some sweet little treat boxes, some stunning embossed cards and then lunch. Then back for more fun and creating. Raffles were drawn and we had so many that everyone managed to go home with something.

All the Paper Angels share their creative talents by producing samples for the display board. The display boards were very popular as usual with the samples being photographed to be CASED later.

I love that we share our ideas and new techniques.

New Christmas Products Supplement

Just when you think you have enough Christmas projects to work on, Stampin' Up! comes up with some more enticing projects. It has released a beautiful Christmas supplement in the lead up to Christmas and I am just loving the Merry Many Stars Kit.

It also contains some lovely new stamp sets and some great Project Life goodies to record your Christmas activities. Such an easy way to catch up on all your scrapbooking.

Check out the holiday supplement and be inspired.

November class

Someone told me today that there is only 10 more Fridays till Christmas. How can this be I need more time... So November classes are going to be dedicated to getting ready for Christmas and gift giving. We shall be creating lovely Christmas projects including gift ideas, boxes and tags.

Come join in the fun, you will make some lovely projects ready for Christmas and the cost is $15. Here are the details.

Wednesday evening 5th November 7pm
Wednesday morning 12th November 10am
Friday evening 14th November 7pm

I will need to know numbers, so that I can prepare the kits.
Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives. If you need dimensionals, glue dots or snail refills I have plenty for you to purchase.

Paper Angels Christmas Card Workshop

The first of our Christmas Card Workshops kicks off this Sunday at Pine Rivers. It is now too late to attend this event on Sunday 19th October. However there are a few days left to book into the Carina Event.
The cost is $70 and you will receive the Festival of Trees stamp set and All is Calm washi tape as well as a whole lot of projects to make on the day, including afternoon tea. This event is amazing value and money raised goes to our Footprints Program. 

So if you are wanting to attend Carina please let me know as soon as you can because I need to order the Festival of Trees stamp set and the Washi Tape this week. 

I will also be attending the Wellington Point event and even though it is in November the time goes so fast. So please let me know if you would like to attend this one as well.

 

Triple Layer stamping class

Once again my Friday class was my naughty girls evening. It must be the time when everyone finishes work for the week and lets their hair down. We always seems to giggle our way through the night and end up making gorgeous cards in the process. Thanks ladies I love you all.

Here are the cards we made for the Triple Layer stamping technique classes.

 

This is a lovely technique and quite easy to achieve. Basically you need 2 different size pieces of Whisper White or Very Vanilla card. These get layered onto your card base. (use just a small amount of adhesive, as the layers get pulled apart.) Choose your stamp or stamps and stamp over the 3 layers. All you need to do then is pull the layers apart and back them with a slightly larger coloured card and adhere back in place. Such a lovely technique don't you think?

Here are a few more samples of Triple Layer Stamping.

Triple layer technique class

 Prelude....
Sorry this post is so late. It has been a sad few weeks in my household. Our black furry member of the family has been sick and finally had to be put to sleep. He was 15 years old and one of the most interesting cats we have ever owned, or should I say "owned by him" . As we were saying our last sad goodbyes he grabbed on to my hand and bit down, absolutely terrified and in pain poor boy. This landed me in hospital on an IV drip of antibiotics. Hence the delay in posting these class details. So here we go.


Triple layer technique is another technique that has been around for a while and I love the different ways it can be done. The cards we will be making are all so different and hopefully will inspire you to  make many more of them.

Here is a sneak peek at some of the designs.

 

Come join in the fun, you will make 3 cards and the cost is $10.
Here are the details...

Thursday evening  2nd October 7pm (please note night is moved to Thursday just this one time)

Wednesday morning 8th October 10am

Wednesday evening  10th October 7pm

I will need to know numbers, so that I can prepare the kits.  Please BYO basic tool kits and adhesives.

***If you need dimensionals, glue dots or snail refills I have plenty for you to purchase.

Spotlight technique classes

This was a quiet month for classes. However it gave me the time to get my new studio organised. The ladies that came thoroughly enjoyed the technique of Spotlighting and Reverse Spotlighting.

As usual I loved all the samples I made for the classes and couldn't decide which one the ladies should do so, I let them choose.  Here was their first choice, this is reverse spotlighting. Reverse spotlighting is achieved by highlighting part of your image by punching a window and layering a stamped image underneath. In this first card we created several punched out windows using the Hexagon die. We stamped some bees and then stamped the bees again on to Crushed Curry card and cut them out. We then layered several of the bees underneath.

For the next Reverse spotlight card, we used our flowers. So different from the first but very pretty. Each of the ladies that chose to do this card used different colours and it was very interesting to see the dramatic differences in soft and bright colours.



The next card, and yes, yet again another choice. Soft spotlighting and framed spotlighting. The soft one is achieved by punching or ripping out a shape and colouring it in. This is then glued directly over the stamped image. Such a lovely soft and delicate image is achieved.

So pretty, but then so is this one. I love the framed spotlight, which is your favourite?

Our final card was clean and simple. Stamp an image in Basic Gray and then punch a circle and stamp on the circle in a colour. This got popped up with a dimensional. Very simple and quick to do. I love this technique, how about you?

Zena's Craft Studio

I think I have the best husband in the world. A few years ago I came home from work and found a lovely little studio taking up half our garage. My wonderful man had decided to make me a room of my own. I have been creating and having classes in this room for the last 2 years and in that time I have realised that I needed more room and shelving space. So once again my wonderful husband has stepped up and made me the most perfect studio.

Yesterday I combined a Holiday Catalogue launch with my Studio opening. We sat and chatted outside with a glass of wine until everyone arrived and then I did a tour of the studio and explained how the day would run.

I had set up the table into stations. There were 5 stations. The ladies could choose which station they started with first and then move around the table. Each of the stations had a sample of the card and the instructions on how to complete it.

 

 

Every lady was given a treat bag holding the Annual catalogue and the Holiday catalogue. A special little chockie gift made with the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlit Die and throughout the day they could choose from the treat basket after playing the Scavenger hunt. 

 

The room was set up with display boards and of course my favourite tool the Envelope Punch Board had to have a special display. Gee I love this tool especially since I have now found another fellow Stampin Up demonstrator that is sharing her Box Buster tool with everyone. 

 

Station 1 was giving the ladies a chance to play with the new Blendabilities and Envelope Punch board.

Station 2 gave them a chance to use our new Chalk Lines Photopolymer Stamp Set and the new inks.

Station 3 was a cute little tag made with the new Note Tag Punch and Merry Everything stamp set.

Station 4 was another tag, this time concentrating on the Hearts & Stars Decorative Masks and another photopolymer stamp.

Finally Station 5 was the Everyday Occasions card kit. I have never really taken a good look at them in the past but have been extremely impressed with them lately. Each lady chose a card from the box and then assembled it. What a great kit, I think this would make a lovely present for someone ready to go on a trip and doesn't want to take their entire craft room with them. Great on my camping trips I recon.

 

Phew what a full day, wonderful people enjoying crafting with strangers that have now become new friends.