A birthday card!

Today Madi is going to her best friend Keely's birthday party, and well with 43 degree heat who can find the mojo to make a card! But guess what? I did yay me! And i think it looks adorable. Its for a 7yro I used all SU papers, the stamp which my sister brought for me is snag em stamps, how cute is that frog? I stamped the frog on one of the spring fling dsp and cut it out. Then I used my cuttlebug machin on the pink passion paper. Anyway hope your all surviving this VERY hot heat wave we are having!
Have a great weekend
Kristy

Stuck?! Sketch #72

Well i Lost and found my camera again, yippee! If you seen my craft area you would understand why I lose my camera often heheheh. Anyway back again with another Stuck?! sketch, I am LOVING these scrapbook sketch challenges! Anyway I hope you liked my page. I used all Stampin'Up! Products, except for the butteryl that is a chipboard butterfly from my fav local craft store. The glitter on the butterfly is Stampin'Up! chunky glitter, I am having soo much fun with our new chunky glitters. Hmm its almost saturday again and i still have not made a scrapbook page with my take a pic saturday photo....hmm better get my but into gear, it may be a bit delayed as i have a bday party today, tom and a SAS on sunday, so be patient and maybe I will return with two take a pic saturday pages :)

Kristy

Keesh Inspiration challenge #3

I just love Keesh's weekly challenges! Boy was this one a challenge! I went with the inspiration from the colours, and I have taken over 20 photos of my card, and these colours just keep looking washed out grrrr. Anyway, the photo I have gone with is the best of the lot. The colours I was inspired to use was Ruby red, Taken with teal, Brocade Blue, and sage shadow (as I see a bit of a green flower in the back). I used the greeting from LIve your dreams, and the flower stamp is from scribble this! I also used my cuttlebug machine on the main base of the card. Anyway hope you like my card, I will try and take a better pic later....I even sat in the sunlight trying to get a better pic, so frustrating when your picture doesn capture the real colour!
Kristy

Take a pic Saturday #1

Well once again the marvelous Keesh has inspired me, she has started Take a pic Tuesday! Basically she takes a pic every tuesday and then on Saturdays the pic she has taken she will scrapbook! SO by the end of the year Keesh will have hopefully a couple of full scrapbook albums. I loved this idea so much I had to do it too, I am calling mine take a pic Saturday lol. And at somestage before next Saturday I will have a scrapbook page done with this pic. Now I didnt actually take this pic today, it was taken on Monday at Eastern Beach in Geelong, I loved this pic sooo sooo much had to use it as my first one. It is my husband Paul, with our youngest son Jaxson, in the background is our 5yr son Macauly. Isnt it just the most adorable pic? I think so anyway. So in the next couple of days I will scrapbook it and show it t you again.
Hope your all having a great long weekend. Check out my blog again tomorrow as I will be loading my card for Keesh's latest Inspiration Challenge.
Kristy

Stuck sketch?! #71

Hi, I just recently found this blog yesterday and think its fantastic, especially if your like me and get a little STUCK on layouts for scrapbook pages! SO anyway I loved this latest sketch so much that when I was sitting in bed lastnight I decided to grab a couple of papers and adhesive etc and have a play! Im really happy with how it turned out, and I never say that about my scrapbooking pages lol. SO make sure you check out the blog here and have a play along too!

I will be back later today with "Take a pic saturday" inspired by the lovely Keesh who is doing take a pic tuesday! Such a great idea I just had to join the bandwagon too and such great motivation to do scrapbooking pages once a week for a whole year! Anyway hope you like my scrapbook page. This is my daughter Madi BTW, this was taken in Dec 08 at her school xmas concert which was themed 6o's and she was singing with her class SHOUT!

Kristy

Paper: Urban Rhapsody K&COMPANY

Accessories: Urban Rhapsody rubons, chipboard butterflies and Stampin' Up! chunky glitter.

Blogger Award!

Wow thanks to my sister Paula, I have been nominated for another blogger award, its called the Kreativ blogger, I am now to pass it onto 5 bloggers in no particular order!

1. Nikki Bond
2. Dani Fender
3. Alisa Tilsner
4. Madonna Dunn
5. Leonie Schroder
All these ladies are amazing talents, make sure you check out there blogs!

keesh challenge (the card)

Hey all just a quick one, here is the card I had made for keesh's colour challenge, below this post is the scrap book page. Hope you like.

keesh colour challenge #3

Im back with another keesh challenge, Im actually at my sisters house at the moment as my computer is not working, so i had to drive around to my sisters on a 35 degree day heheh just so i can load my pic intime for keesh's challenge. Anyway I have done a card and a scrapbook page for the colour challenge but sadly left my card at home :( anyway hopfully my comp will be back in action by thursdsay so i will load the pic of the card too. ENough babble from me, hope you like my scrapbook page. Oh and I actually did my own journaling!!!! Yvonne you will be proud, as Yvonne told me you HAVE to do journaling and with your own handwritting! And well since Yvonne is an amazing talent, I ofcourse listened!

2009 Calender (Afternoon Tea DSP)

I had so much fun making this calender today, I first seen this on my good friend Ashley's Blog, and then followed the link to This blog for the tutorial from Nancy Morgan. It is super easy and lots of fun. I used the Afternoon tea DSP from the summer mini! the stamp i used is from Baroque motifs. This is how it looks when you stand it on your desk or wherever.

These two are the inside which you take the ribbon out, and well i changed the colour ribbone and then flipped it over for the next 6 months. How cool is this!

You can't tell from the pic, but each rhinestone in the middle of the baroque flower matches its colour! And since we dont have brown rhinestones, i used one clear one from the pretties kit. Hope you like, you should all give it a go, its one of the easiest things i have made!
Kristy

8 Great reasons to join Stampin' Up!

1. The starter kit (And if you dont like the stamp sets that come in it, you can choose the 5 you want to the same value or less) you can also choose the colour ink pads and papers you receive.

2. Having the opportunity to earn yourself a total of 15!!! free stamp sets of your choice.

3. Acess to the ideas on the demonstrator website as well as demonstrator forums, and of course the montly magazine Impressions that SU send you full of ideas.

4. The 20% discount on products!

5. The opportunity t0 attend demonstrator only events, learning new tecniques.

6. And if you join in JAN/FEB during sale-a-bration Stampin' Up! are letting you pick an extra stamp set to the value of $79.95 for free!

7. You dont have to make a business out of it, you can join just as a hobbyist to get your discount.

8. You get to meet so many awesome demonstrators from all over the world, as well as some great craft friend customers.

joined Stampin'Up! in April 2008, in my first 6 months I earnt myself 9 free stamp sets and a $200 product bonus, plus montly commissions. I have made so many other demonstrator friends from all around Australia and the USA *waving* In May this year I will be attending my very first Convention which is for all Australian Demonstrators, cant wait to do card swaps, learn new tecniques and meet a lot of the demos i have been talking to online. SO anyway if you think Stampin'Up! interests you and you want more info just send me and email and i can send you a booklet with more info or answer any questions you may have. theyoungs14@optusnet.com.au
Kristy

RAK from Keesh!

Well I got a lovely suprise in the mail this week. My very talented good friend Keesh sent me the Greys Anatomy DVD!! And I have spend most of today so far watching it *sigh* Thanks so much Keesh! With the Dvd was this gorgeous card the she made pictured below. If you have not already you should go check out her blog, she is amazing at everything she does. If you havent seen her blog where have you been??? You dont know what your missing lol. SO anyway click here to go check out her creations.

Keesh Sketch Challenge

Hey, Keesh is back with her weekly challenges yay I love them! ANyway this week is a sketch challenge, hope you like it. I have used The summer mini DSP afternoon tea and the stamp set called live your dream which is also from the summer mini and the stamp in the middle is from Natural beauty in the IBC. I just love this DSP set and the colours so yummy!

Kids Craft Class

Hey Im backkkk! Tomorrow Im doing my first ever kids class with 6 8 year old girls. The first project we are making is the card folder that we learnt at Melbourne Stampin' up! regionals in November last year. I have changed the colours and stamps to suit younger girls.

This is the card folder

This is what it looks like open, the girls will be making 3 mini cards, and decorating the mini enveloped to keep in the folder.

This card was made by the very talented Yvonne Campbell and I have decided to case it, but change the colours to suit young girls.

And here it is in the colours I made it with for tomorrows class.

Anyway, glad to be back in blogging land and look forward to making lots this year. I will be doing a card class with the summer mini catalogue the end of january so let me know if your interested. I will also in february be holding a calender making class. So just email me if your interested in either of those classes.

theyoungs14@optusnet.com.au

Kristy xoxo

Yay I found my camera cord yippee!

SO anyway I know its not christmas but just had to quickly show you the mini cards I made for my daughter Madi to hand out to her friends at school. Hope you like them!

SALE - A - BRATION!!!! YIPEE
It’s Sale-A-Bration time and im super excited!! This is my first sale a bration with stampin' up!...aparently it's a regular yearly event with Stampin' Up! How cool is that!

Customers: When you spend $100 on Stampin’ Up! merchandise, you’ll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward. There’s no limit–for every $100 you spend, you can select another free Sale-A-Bration reward!

Hostesses: When you host a workshop of at least $600, you’ll receive a free Sale-A-Bration reward–in addition to all of the regular hostess benefits!

Recruits: During Sale-A-Bration, anyone who joins as a demonstrator can choose any stamp set–a value of up to $79.95–from our current Idea Book and Catalogue!
The Sale-A-Bration promotion starts on 1 January and runs through 28 February, so don’t miss your chance to earn free products!

So what are you waiting for, send me an email and book in your workshop!!! Or just place an order whatever you like. Its also a great time to join.....dont forget you get to pick out your stamps and colours......and for sale a bration we are giving you an estra free stamp set of your choice worth $79.95 from the BIG IBC....Contact me for a copy of the sale a bration catalogue.

theyoungs14@optusnet.com.au