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I'm sure by now you've looked through our amazing new Occasions Catalogue.

So many beautiful products! I bet you have a favorite or maybe many favorites as I know I sure do.

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Happy Stampin'

June

Getting Organised

I have been challenging myself to be more organised, especially in my craft room.

One of my biggest bug bares is my paper scraps.  I hate being wasteful and tend to hoard jars, boxes, bags, you name it I have a cupboard filled with items I want either recycle or the new trendy term Up-cycle.

My very un-organised scrap bin before the make over.

When I craft I try not to waste anything and was throwing any bits of left over paper into a a large transparent plastic tub with a lid.  I can be very impatient and opening and closing boxes is just another step that slows the process down and it was soon overflowing and spilling out on to the floor under my desk where I hide it.

My now new organised scrap bin after it wonderful make over.

But this only slowed down another process...finding the colour I desperately needed at the time so I would reach to my perfectly set up trolley the held all my Stampin' Up! card stock, Designer Series Paper and all other kinds of paper I use. I would cut or punch a brand new sheet of card stock and toss the remains into (you guessed it!) my scrap tub! Thus growing my problem even more.

I stumbles upon this great idea on Youtube to use a portable suspension filing system to sort and hold all your card stock and I marched down to my local Newsagency and purchased this great tub which came with the files but if you are looking for a cheaper alternative of using a tub as in my first picture and just used manilla folders. The best tip was also to sort and use colours as labels not writing as this takes time to search and read for the one you are looking for.

Using Stampin' Up! word Window Punch to label each file.

As shown in the 2nd and 3rd picture I use the Stampin' Up! Word Window Punch to add a label to the label holders with the Snail Adhesive. For the time being I am happy to just place variance of each colour in a single file but I am sure as I progress (and my OCDness kicks in) I will eventually have files for each of the 40+ colours in the Stampin' Up! Colour Collections.

I also used a manilla folder in the front to hold bits of chip aboard as there is a bit of weight in these and didn't sit well on the suspension file.  I found some retired Designer Series Paper lurking in the murky depths of the old scrap bin so put them in a large clip seal bag I use to hold my 12x12 papers in and slipped into the back of the box.

I no longer have a box of scraps I am ashamed of and proudly can display it in my craft room and can now be sure to reach for my scrap bin before a new full sheet of card stock.

Beyond the page

Hi,

This week I have been inspired to go beyond the page and make some beautiful keep sakes and to make my craft supplies go further than card making and scrapbooking. I think you will agree these gift boxed candles are so charming and elegant that they are sure to put a smile on the face who ever recieves them as a gift.

I used the Real Red paper from the Brights Collection of Designer Series Pattern Stack to make this box and the lid is Chocolate Chip card stock from the Neutrals Collection. The bird is Daffodil Delight card stock punched out using the Two Step Bird and the 1-3/4" Circle punch for the hole and tag on top of the box with a Heart small to embellish. The greeting is from the Afterthoughts stamp set which is a level 1 Hostess gift. It is all tied up using 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon in Poppy Parade.



I stamped on tissue paper from my local newsagency, the inks I used were Poppy Parade for the Eastern Blossoms stamp and the greeting in Chocolate Chip using the Well Scripted stamp set. I then cut it out and adhered by just appling heat with my Stampin' Up! Heat Tool. The Poppy Parade 1/2" Stitched-Poly  Ribbon was attached by pierecing it using a brad to the back of the candle.  

Front View

 This was my second attempt which I also love. This is a very special stamp set called Strength & Hope. This one was released in Stampin' Up! Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue. stampin'Up! is donating $2 from the purchase to The Brest Cancer Research Foundation. BCRF is dedicated to preventing breast cancer and dinding a cure in our lifetime by funding clinical and translational research worldwide. Fore more information about BCRF, visit www.bcrfcure.org



Front view of candle

Rear view of candle

To view a online copy of the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue click here. To down load a PDF version to your computer click here. To recieve a copy via post email me on junewright71@yahoo.com

 







Another successful Crafters Anon Online Class

Hello fellow crafters,

Well last night was a hoot again with Tia Routledge taking this weeks Crafters Anon Online Class. We made this beautiful set of draws that would be a wonderful gift for a little girl filled with costume jewellery or even for dad filled with sweets of all kinds. The draws are just big enough to put in as set of playing cards.



I have used Tangerine Tango card stock, and the Old Olive from the Brights Designer Series Paper Pattern Stack. I made draw pulls from Old Olive 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon. The shiny metalic label holders and brads are from the Hodgepodge Hardware kit. The lovely layers are the Top Note die for the bigshot, I also ran the Old Olive piece on the top back through the Big Shot with the Manhatten Flower Textured Impressions embossing folder. I inked the edges with Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad. The flower is cut from Old Olive card stock using the Fancy flower extra Large punch, centred with one of the flowers from Boho Blossoms punch using Tangerine Tango card stock and then I fastened them all together with a brad from the brights collection. Stampin' Dimentials hold it in place on the top of the lid. 



I used only Stampin' Up! products with this project as I do with all my work.  A big thankyou to Tia and Crafters Anon coming up with another wonderful creation this week and to all of you who enjoy my blog I hope this inspires you as much as these projects inspired me.

I have been quite busy getting ready for this years Stampin' Up! Convention in May. I am also looking forward to getting over to the big smoke to do a bit of shopping and catch up with my Mum. This will be my first convention so have come up with a unique swap but I am only making 50 although they advise making 100 or more so I hope I am not selling myself short! I don't want to let the cat out of the bag just yet but I will post pictures as the time gets closer.

Friday will be exciting this week with the launch of the new Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue, so if you wanted to purchase something from the Summer Mini Catalogue time is short so hurry up. Give me a call, you don't want to miss out do you? Last orders on Thursday midday.

Enjoy your day,