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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Tutu Tuesday, 3rd November 2020!

Welcome back, it's nice to see you here!  Do leave me some comments below so I know you enjoyed my tutorial.

Yes, I've made a new video tutorial!  About time some of you may be say LOL.

Gather all your items together and get cracking.   I have my friend Jane Clark, to thank for this inspiration.  Both Jan & I are certified Copic Marker designers.   I thought I'd give this a go using Stampin' Up!'s Blend markers seeing as they are alcohol based too!

Take a look at how I did then why don't you have a go!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx9rY2h3prk&feature=youtu.be

Here are two finished cards, nice hey!

 

                 

 Thanks for dropping by!

Til next time, remember

happy stamping, colouring & creating!

Product List

Forever Fern Cling Stamp Set (English) [152559] $42.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25
Cinnamon Cider Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153105] $15.50	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147274] $15.50	Stampin' Spritzer [126185] $5.00
Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147938] $15.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00

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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