Thursday Thoughts, 25Feb2021!

 Hi folks,

edited: sorry, I'm a day out of whack, thought it was Friday.  Oh derr!

This is a 'Thursday Thoughts post!....

Bit of a different blog post for you today.  Remember a few years back I did a post about colour, Pantone© and how Stampin' Up! is sometimes 2 years ahead in their planning?

Well very soon there will be a new Stampin'Up! annual catalogue coming out.  With that catalogue there is usually 5 new in-colours added to the colour family and the last lot of in-colours, 2019 to 2021, are retired.  This should be the same this year which means the 5 in-colours of Rococo Rose, Terracotta Tile, Pretty Peacock, Seaside Spray & Purple Posey will be retired.

I love going to the Pantone© website to see what's new coming and I have done recently a post about this year's in-colours from them being a grey and a bright yellow.  Last week I received an email from Pantone© talking about the London & New York fashion week events and they had some fabulous colour swatches in the newsletter.  I have saved those photos and have written on each swatch the colours that correspond as close as possible to our Stampin'Up! colours. Take a look...

Please not this is not my photo and is copyrighted to Pantone©

How close to these Pantone© colours match with Stampin' Up!.  Love them all!  I'd love to speculate about what our new 2021 to 2023 in colours will be but it's just too hard but I will put it out there that, well given their in-colour announcement, could we be getting a new yellow and new shade of gray??  Time will tell.

I'll leave you with this information for now too.  SAL-A-BRATION is coming to a close on the 28th of the month.  You only have 3 days left to place an order in my store to earn some of the beautiful free products in this years flyer.  For each $90au you can choose one free product.  Should your order be $180au or more there are products for free that can only be earned once you reach that amount.  Don't miss out.  The Darling Donkeys stamp set and the the patterned paper packs have been flying out the doors!! Check out this youtube clip Stampin'Up! have put together to explain what's available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UNhAdXvfjY

Don't forget too, if you want to sign up under me to be a demonstrator, there are free paper packs to be added to your starter kit. That's 5 packs, 200, yes TWO HUNDRED sheets of beautiful 6x6' designer series papers! And your starter kit?  Well you choose what you want to have in it.  That's $169au for $235au worth of products of your choice!  Have a listen to George explain in this clip above.  Want to join? I am a no fuss no pressure demonstrator. Some may want to join just for the minimum 20% discount on all your purchases, some may want to make a go of Stampin' Up! as a small business of their own.

Remember you would be your own boss as an Independent demonstrator, what's not to love about being your own boss!  You can sign up at this link below:

https://ida.stampinup.com/?demoid=4018575

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Want to shop with me?  Here's my online store link!

 https://wirgie101.stampinup.net/

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til next time, remember,

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

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Fabulous Fridays @ Five'o'clock, 22nd November 2019!

Hello and welcome to another Fabulous Friday at 5'o'clock, FFAF'ish to some!

Where has the week gone let alone the year?  It's flown by and we are nearly into December.  It's only 8 days til my son marries his beautiful fiance too!

Are you in Australia? Want a copy of the catalogue?  Drop me a line with your details at this email addy:  wirgei101@gmail.com !

This week I've created the cutest card. The stamp set isn't available yet but I couldn't wait to play with it. Last week at Onstage in Sydney, attendees were able to order early a selection of products that will be available in the newly named Mini Catalogue. It will be available from 3rd January 2020!  Now I know that's a little while away but this stamp set is ONLY available to customers who make a $500AU+ purchase!  It's free in the new Sale-A-Bration flyer.  So are you getting money for Christmas?  Have you been saving waiting for the Sale-A-Bration period to hit?  Then you can get this set!

I love it to bits. It was the first thing I put on my early order. Along with that gorgeous paper you can see the card sitting on too.  It's called Best Dressed and is in a stack of 6"x6" double sided patterned papers.  And oh my, they are gorgeous!







To create this card, I stamped the flower twice, coloured the base in, then coloured in the 2nd stamping just those three petals. I used dimensionals behind it to raise it up to look 3d. I coloured all of this card with water colour pencils. I fussy cut out the lady bug and when I adhered it to the card, I used two layers of mini dimensionals on the wings so they stood out like 3D as well.  See those sequins?  The flower ones I've layered onto the clear ones, they are new in the Mini Catalogue as well.

Stay tuned, I got lots of new products in my delivery Thursday morning.  I will have more to show you over the next few weeks!

til next time, remember

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

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Tutu Tuesday is here again! 19th November 2019

This gorgeous tutu is brought to you today by my friend Corinne who send me this post card all the way from Paris recently. The artist is Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917)  Look at all those pretty tutus!  Thanks Corinne ♥

Today I bring to you a video I made yesterday to show you some of the gorgeous items I brought home from the weekend's live OnStage Local even at the Sydney International Conference Centre.  What a fabulous celebration of all things Stampin' Up!®. And how generous they are are along with all the beautiful people I met!

Check out the covers of the new mini catalogue and Sale-a-bration catalogue, aren't they gorgeous!  And on the right, that's the front cover of a fabulous spiral bound note pad we were all given.  I was blessed to get two of them, yay me!

Below my video are photos of the four make & takes I did whilst at the event too.  All the products are new to this gorgeous catalogue that will go live on 3 January 2020!  This is when the annual Sale-a-bration period begins too. 

Yes, I kept a couple of the beautiful grid paper sheets that were on our tables and I laminated them because they are my most favourite so far.  I am hoping if enough of us demonstrators ask, we may be able to purchase some like the beautiful floral one from last year. I live in hope!!!!

Have you got a wish list worth $169.00AU or more?  Why not join my team during that time and get $235.00Au worth of any products of your choice. Joining at this time there is also a bonus to be available only for new demonstrators.  I will have more about the 'Bonus' very soon, hopefully next week!  When you join me during the Sale-A-Bration period you also earn free items from the Sale-A-Bration flyer too.  What's not to love about that? 20% discount on all purchases too!  There's no pressure to sell either, I would never do that to any of my team.  If you don't feel like it's a good fit for you, that's fine, you'll have had the opportunity to purchase at a discount and I'm always around if you need advice/help on anything.

Here is a direct link should you want to join me...

direct link…https://ida.stampinup.com/?demoid=4018575

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7-trIaoOQI&feature=youtu.be

 

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As  you can see, there are some amazing products coming.  I am restricted in what I can show you, that is, the inside of the catalogue. I have place a Product Purchase Premier order so will have new products to play with very soon.  That's another perk you get being a demonstrator and attending OnStage events. You get to order items before everyone else, even other demonstrators who were not at the events!  Have to love that!

So til next time,

happy stampin, colouring & creating!

 

FF@5'o'clock, 8 November 2019!

Not 5am but still Fabulous Friday!

Welcome back, welcome if you are new, I hope you are having an enjoyable Friday!

This week I'm getting away from Christmas cards again. I recently bought a few new stamp sets and finally have 'christened' this lovely one called Tasteful Textures!  And as many may have already guessed, I love bright, bold colours, particularly Australian landscape shades. You know, the red dust plains, the burnt orange sundowns etc.

I've done sponging, stamping and even used a layer of vellum on this little creation.



Note: when using vellum to stamp on, it's a good idea to have your heat tool handy to help dry the ink on the vellum, you don't want it to smudge/smear.

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til next time, remember

happy stamping colouring & creating!

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Product List

Tasteful Textures Cling Stamp Set [149234] $42.00	Love What You Do Photopolymer Stamp Set [148042] $37.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Everyday Label Punch [144668] $31.00	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $13.00
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $13.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00	Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad [150086] $13.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $13.00	Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets [147801] $15.75	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50

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Tutu Tuesday, 5th November 2019!

Tutu Tuesday revisited....

This is a blog post from 27th October 2017 that I am revisiting.  I know, I've been a tad pre-occupied with pre-wedding events, helping out my Dad & sister and a few other things the Herbster and I have had going on.   I thought why not revisit this technique because it's a favourite of mine and I do like slightly 'different' Christmas cards that maybe no one's thought of doing.  I hope you like this...

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Hello everyone!

This week I am using a technique that I've always loved and it's so easy.  I'm making more Christmas cards & this is such an quick technique too.   Basic supplies for this are acrylic blocks to suit the size you want to stamp, water in a spritzer, several coordinating ink pads & a nice tree stamp (edit: I used Lovely as a Tree stamp set but as it is now retired I've added a new card made this afternoon using the Winter Woods stamp set.  Both sets are/were so versatile! 

Here we go, first gather your supplies!

Ink up your acrylic block

 
Spritz your inked block


Stamp on to water colour paper, give a good press down.



Square edged block, a bit of journaling pen lines around the edges too


A rounded corner block for something different


Tadaah!  Easy as, added some Wink of Stella to the darkest blue and a few sequins too!





PLEASE NOTE: The watermarks in the photos above are from my previous Stampin' Up! shop.  My shop is now found at: https://wirgie101.stampinup.net/   Links for products used will take you to my current store too!

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So there you have it, simple, easy & can be adapted to any occasion too!
Remember, to have something covering your work area so you don't
accidentally wet the wrong thing.

til next time,
happy stamping, colouring and creating!

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Product List

Winter Woods Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151359] $40.00	So Many Stars Photopolymer Stamp Set (En) [150496] $45.00	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] $13.00
Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] $13.00	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] $13.00	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $15.75
Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [131156] $6.50	Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins [146933] $12.75

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