Gotta get your BigShot Bundle!

This is the best promo in ages!  With every purchase of a Big Shot in August, you can choose one of five free stamp set/Framelits bundles.  That's up to a $100 AUD value, which means you're getting the machine for less than $50!  The choices include several new sets with matching framelits and even a set from the yet to be released Holiday Catalogue.

This is an ideal opportunity to add a BigShot to your tool collection, or upgrade from another type of diecutting machine.  If you already own one, you can still choose any or all the bundles at 15% off the normal prices.  Contact me to find out more, or shop online here

Project Life is GO - all products are now available.

It's a match made in heaven - Stampin' Up's famous colour co-ordination, stamps and accessories and Becky Higgins' brilliant and simple memory keeping system.
All product lines are now available for purchase.
The range includes everything you need, from albums and divided pages to journaling pens, corner rounder punch, card sets and more.  There's even a set of Framelits to create your own pocket inserts.  I haven't scrapbooked in a traditional way for a few years now,  (aside from the irresistable classes at escape2create).  It takes too long, and my photos were piling up so much faster than I could manage.  I ummed and ahh'ed about Project Life, liking the simplicity of the concept, but with such an investment in Stampin' Up products, I was reluctant to start something new.  When the preorder came along for demonstrators, I thought I would give it a go.  I managed to create some 14 pages in a day, and I am well on my way to taming those photos.  It's so much nicer to have them in albums than stacked away in paper envelopes.  You can keep it as simple as sliding photos in the pockets with a journaling card per page to track the details, or you can get creative with stamping, accents and embellishments. For digi-creators, there are even MDS versions of the cards and stamps  It's flexible like that :-)

The video above gives an intro into the features and benefits, so contact me to order when you've decided which design you like best.  Or, you can view and shop the range online - too easy!
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My first attempt at the Blendabilities - a new product line coming in the 2014-15 catalogue.  I've dabbled very briefly with alcohol markers before, and have a few copics and kuretake markers, but because I didn't have 'enough' colours to blend with, it seemed more like standard colouring in!  And the colours didn't match the patterned papers, cardstock and embellishments I wanted to use them with.  So, like the forgotten scrapping photos, they have languished...
At the recent Inspire Create Share Convention in Melbourne,  a set of three Blendabilities markers and the Blended Bloom stamp were given away to every attendee.  I added Old Olive and Daffodil Delight marker trios to my Demonstrator Pre-order, and had a play.  I forgot to get the magical 'Color Lifter' though, so made do with another brand.  It gave a more 'rustic' look to the flower than I intended, or maybe it was the rusty applicator??  In any case, I simply built a rustic style card around it.  .  The colours are the new Mossy Meadow and Hello Honey, on a base of Naturals White.  The leaves and butterflies are from a new set called "Kinda Eclectic", which I think will be a new favourite.  As a finishing touch, I highlighted some leaves and stamens with Crystal Effects.

The greeting is from a set called "Gifts of Kindness"  Sorry about the tilta head requirement, I forgot to rotate the pic before uploading.