Reader Discount

Hi 

Hope there are still some of you out there that are getting updates from me.

It has been such a long time since I have been online properly. We have had some major changes here at home but we are all settled again now and I hope to be a regular back here in blog land.

I am popping in quickly today to let my Australian readers know that they can get a fabulous discount from

www.alacraft.com.au

just by using this code 

MPPP20

They have a huge selection craft products

So if you are keen to grab a bargain head on over to www.alacraft.com.au and check out there wonderful selection of craft supplies.

See you again soon!

Michelle :o)

Grab a Barbain!!

Stampin' Up! released the annual Retiring Products List overnight with the imminent release of our new cattie and there are heaps of products being farewelled.

To avoid disappointment I would suggest that you Shop On Line at my Stampin' Up! website www.stampingshanni.stampinup.net.  The link above will take you directly to the Retiring Products List. Be quick because stock is only available until sold out and there are a lot of things moving fast!

Some of the stamp sets have been reduced in price by 25%-40% so that you can check your wish list and shop today I will include the list here:

120462  Aviary [C]  $25.46
122682  Beautiful Season [C]  $22.46
123549  Button, Button [W]  $33.71
123809  Christmas Blessings [C]  $23.96
121502  Delightful decorations [W]  $28.46
121166  French Foliage [C]  $20.96
120060  Itty Bitty Bits [C]  $12.71
122902  Kindness Matters [C]  $12.71
122752  Language of Friendship [C]  $16.46
122552  Merry & Type [C]  $26.96
121997  Nature Walk [C]  $26.96
123097  Pretty Postage [C]  $10.71
126790  Quint Essential Flower [W]  $11.96
122562  Snow Much Fun [C]  $23.31
126784  Star Tree [W]  $10.17
121169  Tags til Christmas [C}  $25.77
125822  Topsy Turvy Celebrations [C]  $14.97
123779  You are Loved [C]  $26.97

As well as the above there are some of my favourites on the retiring list including French Foliage, Artistic Etchings, Daring Adventure, Elements of Style, Established Elegance and Word Play just to name a few but there are many more that I am already mourning. . .

As regards Accessories there are heaps of bargains to be had with the retirement of the 2011-2013 In Colours (although some of these are being welcomed back as part of the core colour families), and other established colours such as Baja Breeze, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Not Quite Navy, Riding Hood Red and River Rock.

There are big discounts to be had on Big Shot Accessories including XL dies, Original dies, Sizzlets and Embosslits.  A few of my favourite Textured Impressions Embossing Folders are also bidding us good-bye.  The Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder has been an all time favourite of mine!

Don't forget as well as Classic Stamp Pads you should also think about getting your hands on the Marvelous Markers in their colour family groups. . .

The best place to get a bargain and avoid disappointment is by Shopping On Line at my website but do not delay, products are selling like hotcakes and there will be no second bite of the cherry ~ once things have sold out they are gone forever.

Happy shopping!
Shanni xx

Reader Discount with Alacraft

Hi

Just popping in quickly today to remind you all of the fabulous 

discount available to my readers

over at 

ALACRAFT

you can use this code

MPPP20

to get 20% off store wide.

They have a huge selection of craft supplies for card makers and Scrapbookers 

with some fabulous new items in store now.

Head on over to Alacraft Online Craft Store and grab yourself a bargain!

Make It Monday #137 with Pink Paper Paradise

Hi

This week my store

PINK PAPER PARADISE

is sponsoring the

MAKE IT MONDAY

linky party.

For my card I used 

a La-La Land Crafts stamp called Outlaw Luka

 This is such an awesome image for boy's cards.

Image has been coloured with the following Copic Markers

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E21

Hair - E30, E31, E33, E35, E37

Clothes - B91, B93, B95, YG91, YG93, YG95, C00, C1, C3

Bike - C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, R22, R24, R27, R29

I am thrilled to be able to sponsor

Make It Monday this week.

my store

Pink Paper Paradise 

is an Australianpm online store stocking  Copic Markers, Accessories and more.

With a large range of Sketch and Ciao markers and refills available, Pink Paper Paradise has your colouring needs covered. They stock a wide selection of stamps from La La Land Crafts, Flourishes, The Greeting Farm and Saturated Canary. Free postage is available on orders over $75.00
Although Pink Paper Paradise is only available to Australian Customers The fabulous prize of a rubber stamp
(Fairy Wishes  - Saturated Canary)
offerered to the winning random commenter is available world wide.

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

I hope you can join us this week and share your creations with us.

Before you head on over and take a peek at what my fabulous teamies have created this week I want to share my favourite pick from last week with you.

Thank you to 

Sharon

Such a sweet card. Love the pretty layout.

Thanks for sharing with us Sharon.

Michelle :o)

Make It Monday #136 with Bugaboo Stamps

Wow the last two weeks went by so fast.

My boys are back at school today. 

The school holidays were wonderful with lots of fun family time, playing tennis up against the wall at the side of the house, swimming and the beginning of the Little Athletics season.

House seems too quiet today so I am going to have to get busy and keep myself occupied till it's time to pick up the boys, lol. You would think that after two years of my youngest going to school I would be used to it by now wouldn't you!

Before I get in to the jobs around the house I want to share my make for this week's 

MAKE IT MONDAY #136

No card this week just a simple little tag

 

Tag was created using a great little digi from our sponsor called  Tags - Rose Tag

I printed the tag out three times

I used the copic air brush system to colour the outside edge of the first layer with Copic R89

With the second layer I cut it down to the inner section of the tag with the script background and used the airbrush system again to distress the edge using YR93 and YR91 and E50 and then adhered it to the first layer.

I cut the rose out from the third layer I coloured the rose with Copics R81, R83 and R85 and popped in on to the tag with dimentionals.

Added a coloured rhinestone flourish.

This week's 

MAKE IT MONDAY

linky party is now open.

We are very excited to have again our fun sponsors Bugaboo Stamps!  Everyone loves these fun and sweet digis!

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week! 

 If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   atTotally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

Bugaboo Stamps are offering a very generous prize of winner's choice of 7 single digis!

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

I'd love for you to come on over and share your creations this week!!

Before you go though, I'd like to share my favourite pick from last week's link up.

I just couldn't go past this beautiful card from 

Tracy

So adorable!! 

Thanks for sharing with us Tracy.

Well that's it for me today, hope to see you all over at Make It Monday this week.

Michelle :o)

Make It Monday #135 with Milk Coffee

It is the middle of school holidays here for us and it has been quite relaxing.

We still have our house up for sale which is a bit of a pain but we have settled in to the routine of it now. 

I have been getting outside with the boys and playing games and practicing for Little Athletics that starts next week.

In the afternoon when they are all worn out (so am I for that matter, lol) they have been playing on their new Ipad and I have had a little time to myself in my craftroom.

I made my card for this week's

MAKE IT MONDAY

linky party 

using an image supplied to me by our wonderful sponsor.

Image is called Boy Plays Baseball

and I have coloured it with the following Copics

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E21

Hair - Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Shirt/Shoes - C3, C1, C00

Shorts/Hat - B91, B93, B95

The Make It Monday Linky Party is Now OPEN!!

It is a great way to showcase your most recent creation or even to share your favourite make from ages ago! You don't need to create a whole new post, linking back to the original post is just fine with us. So come on and join in the fun and share with us your beautiful paper creations!! There is inspiration to be found and blogging buddies to be met!

We are very excited to welcome Milk Coffee as our sponsor this week.

 

They are generously offering our winner

3 Digis

of their winners choice

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

I would love for you to come on over and join in the fun!!

Before you go though I want to share with you my Pick Of The Week from last week's link up.

from

Paulette

Isn't it just absolutely stunning?!!

The background has been created using something called a Gelli Plate.

Oh no! another thing to add to my ever increasing "must have" list, lol!

Thanks so much for sharing with us Paulette.

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Michelle :o)

No Joke, I made a card!!

My house has been full of April Fools Day pranks this morning which is to be expected (and if you ask my husband, encouraged) when you have three young boys.

I still fall for the fake spider on the wall even after all these years!

But I'm not joking today when I say I have a card to share with you.

I know!

It's been a while..............

With my boys starting two weeks school holidays a couple of days ago I have had the opportunity to     actually do a little crafting. 

I created a card for this week's

Make It Monday #134

Sorry for my terrible photos. If you click on them you will get a clearer picture.

I used an image from our sponsor this week called  Up, Up and Away Rocket Ship

You will find the most adorable selection of images available at 

http://www.shop.2cuteink.com/

I used some Crystal Effects to create the glass window.

I created the sentiment on my computer. The stars were made in MS Word using auto shapes and then fussy cut.

I drew the moon on to some Very Vanilla Stampin' Up! cardstock with a black marker and coloured Copics then cut it out and stuck it on top of the background paper.

Make It Monday #134 is now open.

Come check out all the fantastic entries and share yours with us too.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Michelle :o)

A Word From My Sponsor

I am very happy to be able to offer my readers a wonderful special offer from 

www.alacraft.com.au

I know that my blog is all about Copics and Card making but I know that so many of you are in to more than just paper craft.

Alacraft have recently added a whole bunch of Panda yards and Scarf yarns from needles.

 http://www.alacraft.com.au/yarns-and-knitting-cat5

As readers of my blog you will be able to enjoy 

20% off

 store wide using this code

MPPP20

(offer only available to Australian residents)

New Stock Has Arrived

Hi!

Things have been a little quiet here on my blog lately.

No time for creating as we are in the process of selling /buying/moving........

All still a bit up in the air but I see a light at the end of the tunnel about four weeks away, lol.

Just thought I would pop in quickly today to let you knew that

I have just uploaded a whole heap of 

new stock 

over at my store

www.pinkpaperparadise.com

New stamps by

The Greeting Farm

Saturated Canary

Flourishes

A large range of 

Copic Sketch Markers, Ciao Markers and Refills are also available.

Free Postage on orders over $75

**Australia Only**

Come on over and browse around.

If there is something that you want that is not instock

contact me 

and I will see if I can get it in for you.

Have a wonderful day!!

Michelle :o)

First card published

Hi

Just popping in quickly to share a little good news I received this week.

I checked the mail box and discovered that I had been sent a free copy of the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft magazine

First I thought my Mum and sent it to me then I realised it had come straight from the publishers and I wondered why............

I had completely forgotten about this card that I had sent to them almost a year ago.

I was pretty excited to see it there in print in the readers gallery!!

Such a lovely surprise...........made my day.

Discount Lace

A Word From My Sponsor

I am very happy to be able to offer my readers a wonderful special offer from my sponsor

www.alacraft.com.au

As readers of my blog you will be able to enjoy 

20% off

 store wide using this code

MPPP20

(offer only available to Australian residents)

Alacraft  stock a wide range of craft supplies including lace, ribbon, yarn, stickers, iron on motifs, quilting fabric, craft flowers, bridal accessories and much more all at great prices. 

A browse through their Lace section and you will find a large selection of beautiful lace for every application.

        

    

This is just a sample of what is available in store.

Take a wander over there now and browse through their extensive selection.

Happy shopping!

Michelle :o)

Make It Monday #127 with Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Hi!

Here I am again, just scraping it in with my Make It Monday post for this week.

Let's just say first couple of weeks back at school for my eldest son have been pretty hard going. 

I think it is safe to say that Autism and school are not generally a good fit. 

We did have a lovely weekend though (weekends are always so much less stressful than school days). Had a birthday party to go to with my middle son and even though it was pouring with rain he had an absolutely blast. What more could a boy want than party food and muddy puddles, lol!

By late Sunday afternoon I was beginning to think I might not get my card finished for this week's 

MAKE IT MONDAY

linky party

but with a quiet hour to myself I managed to get it all finished, photographed and now posted.

I have used this absolutely adorable image called Rosealba Faerie from our sponsor this week.

We are pleased to welcome another new sponsor to Make It Monday this week. The absolutely fabulous
http://www.littlemissmuffetstamps.com


Howdy from Little Miss Muffet Stamps!  This little shoppe was inspired by a house full of Little Miss Muffets and arachnophobes alike. It isn't too difficult to image how I ended up here since I've been drawing and coloring from the moment I picked up a crayon. Now as I sit in my hobby room I get to share my passion with my own Little Miss Muffets who love to work along side of me.  Now I'm excited to share creations from two additional artists... Pollycraft by Paula and introducing Simply Sophia!!  With our three unique styles there is something you are sure to enjoy!
Little Miss Muffet will be offering our winner 3 digis of their choice!

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

I have coloured this sweet fairy using Copic Markers  in the following colours:

Hair - Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E21, R20

Dress - R81, R83, R85, R89

Wings - R81, R83, Y11, Y00 and clear spica pen

Belt/Shoes - YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97

I used the following colours for the sweet little foxes:

E30, E31, E33, E35, E37

The MAKE IT MONDAY linky party is up and running.

My fabulous teamies have created a selection of gorgeous cards to get things started.

Please stop by their blogs to say hi and to see who they picked as their favourites this week.

Chrissy

Lisa M

Lisa S

Marjorie

Meihsia

Rene

Sandy

Shirley-Anne

Tracey

Ok, I think I have kept you here long enough (at least I hope you made it this far, lol).

Come and join in the fun at MIM this week. I look forward to seeing what you have created.

Before you go though please take a look at the entry that really stood out for me last week from

Lorraine B

Isn't it awesome?!

I always struggle with masculine cards but this one is so inspirational! Love the whole layout and the gorgeous colouring. 

Thank you so much for sharing with us Lorraine.

Thanks to you too, for stopping by today. Please join us at Make It Monday this week. I look forward to seeing you there.

Michelle :o)