Stampin' Up! Onstage - Sydney 2017

 Warning - this is a picture heavy post!!!

On April 8th we attended the demonstrator only event -  Onstage -  in Sydney at Luna Park - where we meet up with our team and another few hundred very excited demonstrators!  We received the new catalogue which begins 1st June,  and got to make some projects using items from it.  We also have people presenting - how to use some of the new items from the catalogue, tips and other information.   We saw display boards featuring some of the new products also. It is a full day - this year check in was from 7.30 and it finished around 4.30! Here are some photos of the day -

Our group - not called the Crazy Crafters for nothing - we are LOUD!

              Jeanette and I ready for an exciting day...

A bit of fun at lunchtime with Jeanette and Sue, our upline. They were trying to get me on scary rides - but they had absolutely NO hope!!!

                         

   

 

Jeanette and I receiving our free stamp set on Prize Patrol. We received many giveaways on the day - all from the new catalogue!!!

Myself, Sue and Jeanette

The beautiful view from Luna Park. We were so lucky with the weather when we were  up in Sydney..

One of my favourite parts of these events is the swaps. Jeanette and I both made team gifts for our group - 38 of us! - and received some lovely gifts as well.  We also made 30 other items to swap with other demonstrators. It is - as one of the demonstrators said - joyful chaos! - as we swap and get some amazing ideas in return.

For our team gifts I made these Kit Kat holders - always good to have chocolate wherever you are!

These were very easy to do  - I got the very clever idea from a blog I follow - a UK demonstrator, Samantha Clayton - Mixed Up Craft.  Thanks Samantha for the idea!  I changed the measurements to make a smaller one as I had so many to make (I used the share bag sized Kit Kats)  and decorated mine completely differently.  Contact me if you would like my measurements .  I used various cardstock, the stitched framelit dies (love these!), the "For You" and the heart comes from the MIni Treat Bag thinlets, and the ribbon is our beautiful 1/8" silver ribbon.

For the other swaps, I made post it note holders, watercolouring one of the SO cute images from the Bella and Friends stamp set. The Designer Series Paper is from the Brights DSP Paper stacks - all these stacks are sadly retiring and I think all but 2 colour families have sold out. Will be very sorry to see these go. 

Jeanette made these very useful post it tab holders - those post its came in very handy when we were marking our new catalogue pages with our "must have" wish list items! The butterfly (she used the Elegant Butterfly and Itty Bitty Butterfly punches)  slides and opens the holder - very clever Jeanette!

For Jeanette's swaps she made these beautiful tags, using the Dragonfly from the Dragonfly Dreams bundle. Have seen some lovely things done with this stamp set and matching dies. She also used the stitched framelit dies and paper from the Designer Series Paper Stacks.  The punch for the sentiment is the Classic Label punch.  I think these tags look so pretty!

 Hope you have enjoyed looking at the pics from our trip to Sydney. If you would like to come to the next one - in November - and in Melbourne, I would love you to join  my team. Please contact me if you would like more information.

Thanks for visiting!!

At Our March Class...

Hi everyone! Things have been a little bit quiet on the blog as you may have noticed, but hopefully that will change from now on.  We are a little bit late in posting what we did in class last month, but thought you might like to see.

One of our ladies wanted an Easter frame and Jeanette came up with this beauty - the lady loved making it for her family! She used the Stitched Framelit dies, various cardstock from the Subtles Collection, embellishments, embossing folder  - all from Stampin Up! and some non SU! stamps and dies she had in her stash.

Jeanette also showed all the ladies how to use the Gift Bag punch board and they made 2 bags, for Easter or another occasion.

The class attendees who didnt make the frame also made 3 cards - 2 of which used my favourite set at the moment.

The first is using the Beautiful You stamp set - so many lovely images in this set - and sentiments too.   We tore the bottom of the Shimmery white cardstock before stamping and watercolouring the dancer. The Shimmery cardstock is fantastic for watercolouring - it doesnt "pill" and has a beautiful shimmer effect. Click on the picture and you can see how pretty it looks. This card was inspired by the very talented Michelle Last - LOVED her card, so I didnt change much at all!

The 2nd one uses a different image from the same set and her dress and hat are paper pieced - stamp the image onto a piece of patterned paper and then cut parts out such as her dress and hat which I have done here and place it on another stamped image. Looks amazing - love this Floral Boutique paper - it's on the retirement list so if you want it don't delay!!

The final card was one of those cards we all need but sometimes struggle making - masculine cards!  I found this one on Pinterest and changed it up using different stamp sets and washi tape. I think this is a very versatile design for both male and female cards and can see it with a flower instead of the ship and soft pastel cardstock.  I dont know who created the original card,  but if it was you let me know and I will be happy to acknowledge you  - and thank you for the idea!

It was another fun night with a lovely group of ladies - we hold classes once a month and if you are local would love you to join us.  Contact myself or Jeanette for more details.

Thanks for stopping by - will be back soon with some pics from our recent trip to Sydney to attend SU! Onstage.  Another fun filled day!