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Beautiful Smiles

I've been having a bit of fun scrapbooking today ... I love to document the things that happen in our lives and I can never seem to catch up with all the photos that I want to scrapbook.  This is one of my favourites from a few weeks ago. It is the daughter of one of my friends who I have missed very much since moving to Melbourne ... I hadn't realised quite how much until she bought her lovely family to see us a few weeks ago (we missed you JP).  Well the good news is that this lovely family are making the move across from Perth back to Melbourne in the not to distant future and the Sadlers are very very excited for them.

Olivia did make me laugh though ... it was just weeks after the nagging for a kitten and this time is was for a  little sister ... humm perhaps the kitten seems an easier option after all! Izzy is just the most beautiful little girl ... she loved playing with our dog Max, climbing in and out of his bed and taking a bath in his water bowl .... gosh I had forgotten just how much mischief one little cherub could get herself into.

Hurry back Palmer family - we are looking forward to seeing you all again very soon.

Nikki

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Celebrate Spring with some FREE ribbons!

This is such exciting news ... Stampin' Up! have a new September promotion .... FREE RIBBONS!

 

Ribbon bundle includes 9.1 metres each Certainly Celery 5/8″ poly-twill ribbon and So Saffron 5/8″ grosgrain ribbon - that's over 18 metres of ribbon in total.

What a great colour combo to celebrate the start of spring .... to qualify all you need to do is to place an order between the 1st and 30th of September for $100 or more, or hold a workshop with sales totaling more than $600.

I love the fresh colours and have spent a great couple of hours putting together some lovely designs - I've even created a Christmas card but you will have to wait until Making Merry Monday to see it ... sorry to tease you!

I've put together a pack of goodies with instructions to make the above card and three others together with an off the page item.

The pack contains the following items:

Great Friend stamp set $31.95 (from the Spring Mini)
So Saffron Stamp pad $11.95
Chocolate Chip Stamp pad $11.95
Chocolate Chip marker $5.75
So Saffron Marker $5.75
Certainly Celery Marker $5.75
24 sheets of card stock (So Saffron, Certainly Celery and Chocolate Chip) $10.50
Patterns Designer Series Papers - 6 sheets of Chocolate Chip and 6 sheets of So Saffron  $16.95
40 sheets of Whisper White card stock - $13.50

Total of $114 plus FREE shipping to your door (if you wish to change the stamp set, ink pads or marker pens for an alternative product to the same value just let me know).

Plus the step by step instructions to get you started.

This ribbon isn't available from the catalogue - this is a special one off promotion.

Call or email your order today ....

Happy stampin!

Nikki

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Scrapbooking Workshop

On Saturday I held a workshop for a lovely bunch of ladies (hi girls) who wanted to complete a scrapbooking page. Whilst I worried that this would be hard to please everyone with colours and design, I managed to put something together that I think suited everyone.

Sorry about the terrible photo - the Melbourne weather wasn't conducive to photography today (or soccer but that's another story!).  

You may recognise the Great Friend pastel strip from a card of last week - Versamark and pastels are a wonderful thing!  I managed to forget the stamp set for this workshop which almost set me in a spin until the lovely hostess Tammy produced Priceless from her stash and hey presto ... I now NEED to buy Priceless too!  So the ladies used some of the many stamps from that set (I can't believe that I have never noticed that set - 11 stamps for $48.95 - now that is a bargain - and Tammy lent me the set so I can have a play) ....

 

The flowers are from the One of a Kind set ... the flowers fit perfectly with the Boho Blossoms punch - which the ladies loved.  Colours are Baji Breeze, Basic Grey, Not Quite Navy and Whisper White.

The photo is of Olivia and I in Paris earlier this year; the grimace on my face is because I was frozen ... it was -4 degrees!  After the photo was taken Olivia and I wrapped our scarves over our heads and faces ... such a good look in the fashion capital of the world!

Back soon with more cards and scrapbooking pages.  

Happy Stampin!

Nikki

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Special Friends

I bought myself some pastels and I am really loving them ... should have bought them ages ago.  If you ever feel that you want something of every colour to stamp with, then these are the answer.  I've only tried this technique of using a Versamark ink pad and a dauber so far, but I am impressed.  I am going to learn some new techniques so watch this space! 

I was making a scrapbooking page for a workshop next weekend and am using this technique instead of patterned paper.  Once I've glued all the bits into place I'll show you the end result in a few days and try and find the project that I used for inspiration too.

I made this card for a very special friend of mine, Tracy.  We hit it off from the very first day that our daughters met at school and have remained best mates ever since (although I do have to confess that I did spend the first few months of our relationship calling her by another name - I am hopeless with names - and she is so lovely she didn't know how to tell me!).

Every so often we send each other cards and it has been a long time since I last sent her one ... our families are intertwined and it is often easily forgotten that our relationship started just six years ago.

So my lovely friend, thank you for all of your support and encouragement; and remember you really can put off some things until tomorrow ... except coming to see me!

Back soon with some scrapbooking.

Happy stampin.

Nikki

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Great Friend

Just a quick card for today from the set Great Friend.

This set is in the new Spring Mini - which launches today!  There are so many great products including the scallop oval punch and a matching stamp set called Oval All - a lovely train stamp called Choo Choo and some beautiful new papers.

Chocolate chip, Baja Breeze and the new Parisian Breeze paper this card was very quick to put together.  Set is called Good Friend and includes a beautiful butterfly.

Hope you like it.  If you'd like a copy of the new Spring Mini just let me know and I'll pop one in the post - they are FREE!

Happy Stampin

Nikki

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