Pillow Gifts And More

Stampin' Up! Onstage finished yesterday so I can now safely reveal the pillow gifts I made & had made for  my roomie friends (you know, the group you travel with) and my upline and a few others.

I ordered hand towels from a West Australian demonstrator, Sheila Pybus, and had a lovely meet-up with her in Melbourne to collect my order. I always put out a hand towel when I hold a class, and I assumed my demo friends might also like to do the same.

These self-closing boxes were fun to make, and not all that difficult. I would be happy to teach a class so if you're interested in doing this one, let me know. I'm in South Morang, out of Melbourne. Seemed a good idea to use the Best Route paper, it fits the theme, as we had all travelled to New Zealand for Onstage, which of course involved a flight for most of us. One who didn't fly was Paula Dobson, a New Zealand demo, who stayed a night in our AirBNB near Rotorua, on her way to Auckland. It is such a bonus forming all these friendships with women who love to craft, just as much as I do. We 'speak' the same language.

I found the H block a very handy tool, and not for stamping this time. By placing it inside the box, it held the base firmly to allow the Tombow liquid glue to set. It doesn't take long, but it is a good idea to apply pressure for just a little while.

The box fits a small Body Shop hand cream and a sweet treat to keep the energy levels up. What else can you think of to put into a box like this?

You can order from my online shop even when I'm away, and I am notified of your order. Orders of $50 or over during April will receive a quarter share of brand new pattern paper (DSP) in the mail from me, and if you remember to use the host code as well, there will be a share of host dollars for you too. Any item below will take you to that item in my shop.

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Product List

Part Of My Story Cling Stamp Set

[149719]

$0.00

Best Route Designer Series Paper

[146897]

$19.25

2018–2020 In Color Mini Binder Clips

[146932]

$13.00

Lovely Lipstick 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146952]

$10.50

Pineapple Punch 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146953]

$10.50

Grapefruit Grove 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146954]

$10.50

Blueberry Bushel 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

[146950]

$10.50

Blueberry Bushel Classic Stampin' Pad

[147138]

$13.00

Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock

[146991]

$14.75

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

[121695]

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$6.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$7.00

Stampin' Trimmer

[129722]

$50.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$12.00

Clear Block C

[118486]

$12.00

Clear Block H

[118490]

$14.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$159.00

Big Shot Magnetic Platform

[130658]

$70.00

Thank You

When I ordered the Best Route paper and En Route stamp set, I also added the Memories and More cards. "You're The Best" is actually a sticker from the Memories & More Cards. I promised to share the Thank you card (using more stickers) I made for the travel agent who arranged the trip to the States for my travel buddy in Adelaide and me.

The planes background is the Best Route paper, the blue stripe and square 'thank you' are stickers from the Memories and More cards, and a very simple design to show off the products.

On the inside I've stamped a couple of images from En Route stamp set, it seems a perfect way to say thank you for arranging a trip to the USA without me ever setting foot in the office!

You can shop for paper, stamps or ink at any time with me, by using the Online Shop. Add the host code, and there'll be extra gifts in the mail when I get back. Order more than $100 using the Host code and you'll go into the draw for  one of these exclusive shopping bags.

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Birthday Boys

The end of September, beginning of October has always been a crazy time in our family, but a little less crazy nowadays - I don't have to make birthday cakes for my five sons! My husband and I were married in September, number 2 son arrived 28th September, luckily #3 was July, but #4 arrived 8 years after #2, on October 6th so that made for too much cake, too close together. 

Happy birthday for your recent birthdays, boys! Mr 39 has received the somewhat subdued shirt-style card.I was actually thrilled with how it turned out, and you can place money or a gift card in the shirt pocket. I loved the pattern on the Best Route DSP (designer series paper) and using Pocketful Of Sunshine to stamp and diecut the pocket, plus to stamp stitching down the shirt front really tickled my fancy. I had just enough of the retired metal buttons for this project, but I will order the Galvanised buttons on page 13 of the Holiday catalogue as I feel they may be similar.

There is a die in Pocketful Of Sunshine dies that is a half -circle, for a sun in a pocket, and I cut the tee-shirt neck with that, before hand drawing the ribbing. This is such an appropriate card for Jake as on Father's Day (early September in Australia) we were talking about hand-me-downs and homemade clothing. I reminded Jake how he used to order specific items of clothing, including picking out the fabrics with me.That's how he had one-of-a-kind MC Hammer pants!!! I used to sew all my kids clothes including shirts and even suits when they were young. Much easier to just put together a paper shirt!

Both cards are finished off inside in the same way, except Will has the train included, because he catches trains to get around town. The pair of stamps on the inside are from Perennial Birthday, and they are go-to stamps for any birthdays. That stamp set is a Stampin' Up!® suggested stamp set to begin your collection with and I totally agree with that suggestion.

I had a bit more trouble coming up with a card for Will, turning 31. He is an active member of the Melbourne Parkour community, who headed to Sydney recently for a gathering, so I settled on the plane DSP from Best Route. That was before I found out it was a road trip!!!

When I ordered the Best Route paper and En Route stamp set, I also added the Memories and More cards. "You're The Best" is actually a sticker from the Memories & More Cards, and later this month I'll share the Thank you card (using more stickers) I made for the travel agent who arranged the trip to the States for my travel buddy in Adelaide and me.

They will come in very handy when I scrapbook our big adventure I think. So many of the cards seem very appropriate for our first trip to the USA, for both Kathryn and me. We are feeling very brave planning it and travelling independently.

Let me know if I can help you find your crafting solutions, or browse my Online Shop at your convenience.

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