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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FF@F'o'clock'ish! 15th November 2019!

Welcome everyone,

This is a quick post today.  You see, OnStage is happening this weekend and hubby and I are celebrating early, not only our wedding anniversary, but his birthday as well by spending the whole weekend in the city of Sydney!

I'm sharing  my OnStage swaps.  They were so easy to make because Stampin' Up!® have such fabulous products.  I made about 60+ of these and each one has Lindt chocolate inside!  These little Mini Curvy Keepsake boxes are the bomb! I love them!  There are so many other things you can put inside them. You could even make a garland out of them, they are such a lovely size!



Firstly I cut my designer series papers down to 6"x6" squares, this is the perfect size to cut out the Mini Curvy Keepsake boxes. You could use 6"x 6" paper stacks too, remember the pretty silver foiled ones I did a few months back?  Yes, those were made using the Feels Like Frost papers!



I still have a Bigshot die cutting machine but because that ment cranking the handle for every single one, I used my electric eBoss machine. Using it I could put 2 and some times 3 sheets through at the same time. It sure made getting them cut very quick.  As soon as I have more information from Stampin' Up! about a new Die Cutting Machine you'll be the first to know!!  I even managed to fit onto a Dymo LabelWriter450 sticker all my details and what products I've used!



Using my bone folder I gently curved all the flaps inwards, making sure I had selected what side of the paper I wanted on the outside.  Folded them all together leaving one side open to insert the chocolate.  It is a good idea to do this because when put together they sit much better and you can't see inside them.  Once they were all done, I punched out the 2 different sized scalloped circle punches. I made the smaller ones white and stamped 'Hello' on it. That Hello stamp has been used so much, it's from the Beauty Abounds stamp set!  Using up the off cuts from the die cutting, I punched out butterflies using just the small one from the Butterfly Duet punch. Attached one to each of the layered circles then adhered one to each of the boxes, tadah, done!



Check out the lovely Lindt chocolates I got from the factory outlet not 15 minutes from my place!  The ladies on the check out had never seen anyone pack that many into their smallest gift box before.  It was like doing a Tetris(?) puzzle, I was very patient putting them in. My friend who was with me was gobsmaked.  I counted about 76 in that box. I did give some to a friend as a thank for something, the rest, well, they are ready to hand out on Saturday!



I hope you all have a lovely weekend.  I shall be spending all day at the Sydney International Convention Centre (the ICC most call it) taking in all the new information from Stampin' Up!® AND  receiving advanced copies of both the Occasions 2020 catalogue along with the 2020 Sale-A-Bration flyer!  Boy I shall have lots to share with you next week that's for sure.  And watch for me on Instagram, you'll find me under #wirgie101 on there.

Til next time, remember

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

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Product List

Mosaic Mood Specialty Designer Series Paper [149478] $25.00	Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper [149592] $20.00	Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies [150644] $59.00
1-1/8" (2.9 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch [146138] $28.00	1-3/8" (3.5 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch [146139] $28.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Butterfly Duet Punch [148523] $31.00	Beauty Abounds Cling Stamp Set [148726] $40.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] $17.50	Bone Folder [102300] $12.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

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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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FF@F'o'clock'ish, 1stNovember 2019!

Welcome to November! 

And what does that mean? Yes a new host code, along with a few other great things that have gone on sale today!

Firstly here is this month's Host code:

Remember, if you already have a shopping list worth over $250.00au then you don't need this code. Do you have a shopping list over $169.00au?  Well why don't you sign up with me and reap the benefits.  Early access to new products, catalogues and events. 20 to 25% discount on all retail purchases and the opportunity to go to some fabulous Stampin Up events that only us demonstrators can go to!  Want to join? There's no obligation to sell, you can quit at any time, but why would you want to with such fabulous quality products!  And all the great new friends  you can make! Sign up here....

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

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It is with great excitement I advise you that today is the day you've been waiting for all year!  Yes Stampin' Up!'s new paper trimmer is onsale in my online store!

This trimmer comes with one blade attached already and a scoring blade too.  Replacement multi packs of 4 replacement  blades will be available January 2020.  I have to say I am really enjoying using my trimmer, I think you will too!

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The next surprise is the Christmastime Is Here Suite. This gorgeous collection is available now!  You can purchase it all as a bundle at a discounted price or just purchase what items take your fancy! You could even just purchase the stamp set and matching dies as a bundle.  Look at that gorgeous rose gold bracelet too!  You could get a few for Christmas gifts for those special ladies in your life!

Don't miss out on these items as they are only available from today until 30th November 2019 or until stocks last!

That's all for this Friday, I've had to write this early as I'm heading away for a long weekend with my soon to be daughter in law and a handful of her lovely friends for a girly weekend in the Hunter Valley.  I hope to have internet access up there but just in case, message me privately if you have any questions. My pocket wifi is fully charged! I'll be back on line on Monday!

Til next time, remember

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

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Product List

Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon [152156] $12.25	Gold Glitter Enamel Dots [152155] $14.00
Christmastime Is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper [152154] $25.00	Charming Rose Bracelet [152159] $38.00	Christmas Rose Stamp Set (English) [152431] $66.00
Christmas Rose Bundle (English) [153944] $106.00	Christmastime Is Here Suite Bundle (English) [153947] $195.25

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