TuTu Tuesday, 30/4/2019

Have you fluffed out your Tutu today yet? LOL, figuratively speaking?  It's like 'putting ya big girl pants on' hey, getting on with it, 'adulting' as some say but  yeah, who doesn't love a tutu to lift spirits, admire beauty, colour, glitter and maybe have a laugh?  Here's my Tutu for today!

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I've a different subject to talk about today and it's going back to matching colours, how colours are made, how they are 'created' for the human eye to see.  It's no secret I frequent  Pantone®'s website and get their newsletters. A recent newsletter that came had me totally hooked and fascinated in it's information and explanation.  Have you seen around different sites/places/publications RGB/sRGB and CMY/CMYK ever mentioned? Well I thought those of you who might be secretly as nerdy nerd nerd as I can be when it comes to reading about these things might like to read this article. The link will be at the bottom of all this.

Learning what makes technology so fascinating, how printers work, how publications are created, how colours are mixed and not mixed, what makes the human eye see colours differently from one person to the next.  It's all fascinating to me.  In another life I so would have been a designer of some kind. I'd loved to have been given the opportunity to be a graphic designer or even interior designer or someone who helps choose colours for coordination in wow just any field you could think of but particularly in the area of art and creativity. (Which yeah I know is limitless!)

NOTE: I did not create this graphic above, it was created by a lady named #KellyKent and shared on my upline's page by a fellow demonstrator, #JessieHolton

Why am I talking about this?  It's because new colours and shades come out all the time and like any company when creating a new range, Stampin'Up!® can't keep every single colour and range in stock for ever. Life would be pretty dull and boring if things didn't constantly change, upgrade or be improved upon or varied somewhat.  So with that in mind, the above colour chart for the new 2019-2021 In Colours, take a look at this recent article from:

Pantone©® 

( https://www.pantone.com/color-intelligence/articles/technical/what-are-your-color-spaces?utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb20190423 )

I hope you found that as fascinating as I did or it may have prompted you to realize that when new catalogues come out, every single product has to be reviewed, and carefully thought about going into the future.  Fashion changes, colour trends change, but they do have that six degrees of separation in that what was once old, is now new again and what was new is now old.  Oh my, that was 'deep' LOL

So till next time, remember

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

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( Did you see what I did there?  I've used the hex colour coding in my sign off lines to use Pretty Peacock then Roccoco Rose! )

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Monday Musings, 29/4/2019

At the risk of repeating myself,

blimey is it really Monday again?

Where have the last 3 or 4 weeks gone?  Life has been a roller coaster, just got a ride it!  (there's a song in there LOL).   Days have been blurring for me lately, so forgive me if I repeat myself.   This is my blog for creative sharing but it's also kind of a diary too.  Any long time friends, my family, long time acquaintances even. Just anyone who's known me for a long time probably realize this.

I can ramble a lot but I find, just like "The Bloggess", Jenny Lawson can do and does, it helps to write things down, either by typing or leaving myself notes here, there and everywhere (there's another song!).  My phone is also a record of dates I need to remember or want to remember LOL.  Just as well it is or my Daddy would be in the pooh, he chucked out last year's calendar with all the dates he needed to remember, but yeah, Wirgie had them recorded on her phone. Handy that, when technology works how you want and need it to.

So today I am share some quotes.  I have to thank my lovely friend Michelle Lark for a gorgeous, tiny women's quote calendar she gave me for Christmas last year.  I've been forgetting to tear of the pages. But when I do, there is always some amazing quote that sees me nodding my head.  So here's a few to muse on.

• "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make" - Jane Goodall (Monday 22nd April's quote)


• "I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves" - Drew Barrymore (weekend of 27/28 April's quote)


• "If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money" - Abigail Van Buren (Thursday 7th March's quote)


• "Despite the forecast, live like it's spring!" - Lilly Pulitzer (weekend of 2/3 February quote)


• "So you're a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN IT! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!" - Mandy Hale (Thursday 11th April quote)
  
  

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But wait there's more!  I shared a mosaic of photos via my Instagram account on the weekend .  It was of my note book received in my Stampin'Up! tote back at April's OnStage Live.  Here are larger photos to show you that I've started a new 'memories/ideas/art samples/notes' journal out of it. Like that one I shared in this post at this time (click to see the video in a new page)

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So thanks for stopping by, have a good week and maybe check out tomorrow's TuTu Tuesday's post, yes, it's scheduled, 'when you are on a good thing, stick to it" Aussies may know that quote, oh I crack myself up!

til next time, remember

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

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FF@5'o'clock, 25/4/2019

Something different this FF@F...

Let's talk about 'hoarding' & holding on to too many craft supplies!

(This card was made well before 2006 and was one I'd given to my dearly parted mother, she got a real chuckle out of the humour in this card back then)

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Lately I have been reading some very interesting comments about buying Designer Series Papers (DSP) and in general any kind of printed patterned papers. For example not being able to chop it all up as it's 'too pretty', 'limited edition', or 'I can't use it fast enough'.  Also suddenly realizing you've got too much and don't know what to do with it all, feeling bad you think you've been wasting money on product just sitting there being looked at.  They are all thoughts many papercrafters/artists have without doubt.

At a recent OnStage Live event in Auckland New Zealand, #Sara Douglass, CEO of Stampin' Up! talked about making your own backgrounds, making do with what you have when you don't have spare money to have all those pretty papers at your fingertips.  Be it cost, or back years ago when there just were not the products we have today to choose from, creativity with just inks and card and/or paper stock become the tools you can make your own with.  I've talked about making my own backgrounds over the many years I've been paper crafting.  People have asked me about my blog headers, my Facebook headers.  They are all originally white sheets of cardboard I have hand coloured with what I have at my finger tips in my little house. I've then scanned them and used them to make my own unique styled digital graphics & images.


I was chopping up loads of 12 x 12 long before #loveitchopit started. I have found because I had so much DSP I still haven't used it all.  For a long time I'd stopped buying DSP because I'd been on a few design teams over the years, before my Stampin Up demo days started. I was a bit spoiled and received a lot of free or heavily discounted papers amongst other paper crafting supplies. When a couple of years ago I lost thousands of dollars worth of papers/cardstock and sadly even wood mounted rubber stamps, due to a leaking roof up in the office behind our garage (it's separate from our house) it made me stop and realize just how much money had been spent and how much I could no longer give away because it was destroyed. I didn't find it for a long long time and it was heart breaking knowing when and where I'd got a lot of it and whose money I'd used to purchase a lot of the paper (I've a very generous husband).

 

So whether you are in to love it chop it, Marie Kondo styled decluttering, sharing/giving away your creations, it makes you think about what's important and makes you think more creatively when suddenly what you thought you had has gone and you can't get it back. Am I making any sense here? The Love It Chop It Facebook group has been very 'liberating' for so many of us. I keep coming back to an old saying "if you don't use it you will loose it". So apt when I think about all the supplies I had to toss in the garbage bin. Not to mention when one stops and looks at just what you've accrued in a 12 month period through earnings, rewards, gifts, freebies. I'm having to stop buying paper for a while til I use up what I have.

Ideas for using up patterned papers or even making your own patterned papers.

• join same patterned sheets together and create gift bags when you need then


• use them to cover books/art journals and the like


• use them in collage,


• use them in card making of course (that's a given LOL)


• use them as backgrounds for scrapbooking layouts (also another given considering many were originally designed for physical scrapbooking)


• making gift boxes out of them - many good quality DSP such as Stampin' Up!'s range are quite thick and sturdy so gift boxes are great!


• use inks, brayers (both sponge & rubber), spritzers etc and plain white to make your own background papers


• cover/decorate pretty tins with patterned papers


• 3D gifts, paper cups, boxes/storage items, treat bags, stationery compendiums etc

I'll leave you with a little slideshow recap of some of my creations over the years on what I've used handmade patterned papers for, what I have made using DSP for other than scrapbooking or card making too.

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 Three D paper tea cups made using up DSP

so til next time, remember

happy stamping colouring & creating!

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Possible products you can use to make our own backgrounds that are available in my online store listed below. Please note, some items may be close to selling out due to the new Annual Catalogue being released on 4th June 2019.

Product List

Brights Classic Stampin' Ink Refill Assortment [147174] $58.50	Regals Classic Stampin' Ink Refill Assortment [147172] $58.50	Subtles Classic Stampin' Ink Refill Assortment [147173] $58.50
Neutrals Classic Stampin' Ink Refill Assortment [147175] $58.50	Classic Stampin' Pad Assortment In Color 2018-2020 [147153] $58.50	Brusho Crystal Colour [144101] $52.00
Stampin' Spritzer [126185] $5.00	Sponge Brayers [141714] $14.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50

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Thursday, ANZAC day, 25/4/2019

Well hello there everyone!  Yes another 'break in transmission' but you know, life and family do come first.   I've so much swirling around in my head that I don't know where to start, so let's try....

Firstly, today in Australia and New Zealand is ANZAC Day where both our nations pause to remember all who were lost, survived, work with or have anything to do with our Australian and New Zealand armed forces. Soldiers, sailors, airman, ground crew, medics, nurses, voluntary forces, humanitarian aids in wartorn countries, there are many! Yes our two countries still have serving personnel in war zones.  No matter who or where, we will always remember, never forget.  LEST WE FORGET!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McCDWYgVyps

Though the Herbster and I don't get to any dawn services these days, we have been to our share when we were younger and first married.  Look at my hubby back then ready to march with the flag.  He's always looked pretty spesh in any of his uniforms ♥



Yes that IS Herbie in the middle, holding the white ensign, also known back then as CPOMTPHampson, Brian.  Yeah, Herbie is a nicname but don't call him Brian, only his Mum calls him Brian. Or me when I'm teasing him ☺

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https://www.facebook.com/10dailyau/videos/322904535062409/

Okay so next, yes, there are loads of retiring Stampin' Up! items retiring but there are also sooo many new ones coming that yeah, it's making my head spin.  I will list in a "FOR SALE" album on my Facebook Business page (https://www.facebook.com/StampOutYourArtWithVirginia/ ) as soon as I can, what I will have for sale.



Just to let you know this is within Australia only so please do not be offended if I can't sell to you. Postage out of Australia is very very expensive these days and I'm sure where ever you are, you've got a good number of demonstrators you can call on/look up to find retired items you may have been looking for.  Amongst all that there are at least 150 stamp sets, some dating back to when SU first came to Australia and were wood mounted only.  There's also going to be ink pads, most with matching reinker too.  I may even have paper packs to sell.  It will all be AS IS.   Paper WILL be cut down #loveitchopit styled (Australian card front sizes) which will make postage easier (size can be an issue with 12 x 12 sheets) I can make 12"x12" (30cm x 30cm)  sheets to 6"x6" (15x15cm) sheets if you want. I don't always cut up all my designer series papers but for the sake of postage, yes, I must chop it!  I will allow people to visit and pick up but only at my time slot and only during business/office hours in Sydney Australia.   Don't know what #loveitchop is?  Please google it because it's amazing the empowerment this mindset can give you to stop you hoarding beautiful DSP.  Remember, you can't take it with you when you leave this world. You can't keep it for ever, it's ment to be used, it's ment to be created with. It is a consumable, so don't hoard it or you may be in for a shock at what can happen to paper stock when it's forgotten and your roof leaks.  Ask me how I know ;-)

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But in my best 'Tim Shaw' impersonation voice, wait there is more............... (Aussies may remember the quote from TV ads years ago)

I've been back and forth all over the place lately that it's so good to 'hibernate' back at home and have a few pj days.  My father had his oncology check yesterday.  To say things are a little up in the air at the moment well, it's now an understatement.  He has developed some fluid on his lungs due to inflammation. Roland, his oncologist has said it could be nothing, just inflammation from the radiation treatment, especially where the scaring is.  However to be on the safe side, Dad's got to have some steroids for the next 4 weeks with a scan at the end of it and another appointment to see Roland on 29th May to see if the cancer has come back or it's just some thing starting with an 'N' that I can't recall what he called it. I keep thinking noduel, that'll do for a 'description' Any who, the oncologist doesn't wan to put through Daddy through a needle puncture to draw out some of the fluid. He's a very kind doctor. He's explained that it would achieve nothing because if it is still cancer cells there, Dad can't have any more radiation treatment anyway. Having the medication and going back in a month is much better to do in his humble opinion.  So yeah, we'll cross that bridge on 29th May won't we.

I'll finish for now, leaving you with the photo of the 'Benjamin Rose' as it's fondly referred to as.  It's a Mr Lincoln, bought when I found out I was pregnant with my only son. Daddy took it up the central coast and planted it up there and it was in full bloom the other morning!

Til, next time, remember

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

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FF@F'o'clock'ish, 19th April 2019

Hello there everyone & welcome to another Fabulous Friday at Five'o'clock'ish

Goodness me time is flying along. This time last week I was sitting in the first session of OnStage Live in Auckland, New Zealand.  And didn't I have a corker of a time away!  I've already shared a few new things too.  Today I am sharing one of the stamp sets I was given at this event, Free As A Bird! It's gorgeous and perfect for colouring in with Blends, Markers, coloured pencils etc.   Yes I said Blends!  I now have a total of 4 yes FOUR Blends which were given to me also over last weekend.  Some of you know that I am a certified Copic Marker Designer and Teacher so I have held off buying any Blends because let's face it, I've nearly 400 different colour copic sketch markers!  I honestly couldn't justify buying any Blends.

Any whooo, over last weekend I finally got to play with some for the first time and ended up with this 4 for free.   I have tried to replicate the make & take we did during our first session. It's amazing how you can blend such a limited number of colours to make others and that's exactly what I've done.  There is a list below of what I have used. But please note, most are new products that won't go on sale until 4th June when the new Annual Catalogue goes live to the public.   I have to share this because I'm positive this suite of products is going to be much loved! The background paper is called Bird Ballad!  But first, take a look at how lovely my huge desk looks. Those that know me know how little I am and I need things kept in reach or they just don't get used.  I set up my new storage system yesterday. A few sections are on back order but wow, just wow, how neat and tidy does this look? I had a huge cull at the same time so watch out on my Facebook Business page for an album of photos of everything I am selling off. I will share the link here when I have it set up.  Check out my desk, I've three times as much space to work at now, love it. And see the beautiful floral grid paper?  I laminated a few sheets of it and it's fabulous. All I have to do is spritz and wipe with an old hand towel or tissues and my area is clean!

The card on the left is the make and take created whilst at OnStage Live. The card on the right with matching envelope was made at home using only the 4 Blends I have. I over layed all 4 colours to create the branch. Rather clever I thought.

Til next time, remember

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

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Product List

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $15.50	Calypso Coral Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144042] $7.75	Pool Party Dark Stampin' Blends Marker [144594] $7.75
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $14.75
Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon [146912] $13.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $13.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00

What is a Product Medley? 16/4/2019

Yes, I know 2 posts in one day but how could I not share this great news with you all!  This is a direct quote from Stampin'Up!

Let Your Creativity Bloom

We hope you’re ready for a ray of sunshine in your life, because the Everything Is Rosy Product Medley is here! This exclusive, limited-time collection of coordinating, petal-packed products has everything you  need to let your creativity bloom.

What Is a Product Medley?

Product medleys are new to Stampin’ Up!, and they’re a concept based on demonstrator feedback. In addition to being filled to the brim with cute, coordinating products, we’ve designed our product medleys to provide avid customers with endless creative possibilities.

Take a look at the YouTube clip that has been made for us...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2-mKMTEa58&feature=youtu.be

Below are some samples

       

       

      

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When can you order this gorgeous

medley I hear you ask?

Keep a look out in my shop site. The sale of this Medley will begin on 1 May and end on 31 May 2019.  The Everything Is Rosy Product Medley will be available for a limited time only AND while supplies last.  So if you love the look of it, don't hesitate because I predict it will sell out very quickly!

so til next time, remember

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

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TuTu Tuesday, 16th April 2019!

Welcome back everyone, did you miss me? LOL

I've had a very busy couple of weeks during which I attended the OnStage Live International Stampin' Up Event in Auckland, New Zealand.  And what an event it was!  I've spent today unpacking and going through all the deliveries that came whilst I was away.  YES, my Product Purchase Premiere order arrived this morning too!



I've come home with loads of freebies, new ideas, samples, tons of inspiration, great memories, and many many gorgeous swaps from like minded Independent Stampin'Up! Demonstrators from around the globe.  Our Kiwi neighbours put out the biggest welcoming mat and great weather too!  To say being there in person was awesome aye is an understatement.  The opening Moari welcome was really heart warming to see. I hope you get to see some of it via youtube because oh my goodness, you could just feel it in your heart, it was so beautiful!  I think I actually may have captured some of it, we shall see if it's any good and I promise I will share it with you.

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So many people received one of my swaps so I thought I would quickly share with you how I made it and what I used.  Believe it or not you nearly had to pick me up off the floor when I saw what was inside our welcome bags before the first session.  I couldn't believe it!  I chose to make a giant daisy paper clip book mark.  I used the stamp set Daisy Delight.  Oh wait til you see the new stamp set that compliments Daisy Delight, Daisy Lane.   Not only have they kept this stamp set and it's matching large Daisy punch, they have a medium daisy in the new Daisy Lane red rubber set along with a medium sized Daisy punch. On sale from 4th June 2019!!

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FYI: the giant paper clips were purchased from Kmart here in Australia for $1.99 for a pack of 10 clips.

I stamped  out the large daisy 3 times them & punched them all out.  To adhere them together I've found the best thing to use is a hot glue gun.  You also hot glue, onto the back, a 1 1/4" punched out circle of what ever card stock you want to use up (scraps are good for this)  Next you put a big blob, about half the size of the punched out circle and sit the giant paper clip in it.  Note: Be mindful to glue the end that isn't where you slide it onto/into a page!   Add some more hot glue over the top of the embedded paper clip and place a 2nd punched out 1 1/4" circle punch over the top and gently press together. Don't press too much or you will squish the hot glue out the sides.   That's it, easy peasy lemon squeezy!   I have been making these or versions of this type of book mark for many years and it's amazing how many people tell me they are still using them. That makes my heart so happy to know! If you look closely at my last photo you will see the new Daisy Lane stamp set that I used to make this last sample yesterday after I'd unpacked everything.

I have a lot more to share with you so do check back often and see what is coming.  Want a new catalogue sent to you when they are available?  Drop me a few lines or message me on my Facebook business page with your details.  (Note Australia only)

I will be photographing all the gorgeous swaps I received and I'm going to make the photos into a slide show to share with you. As I've over 60 to photograph, it's going to take a little bit of time, so bare with me, they'll be wonderful to see.  We have some very very talented demonstrators here at Stampin'Up!

so til next time, remember,

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

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Product List

Daisy Delight Photopolymer Stamp Set [143669] $30.00	Daisy Punch [143713] $31.00	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] $14.75
Clear Faceted Gems [144142] $8.75	1-1/4" Circle Punch [119861] $28.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $14.75

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