Free Ribbon!!!

Hi Ladies (and gents if there are some reading),

I know this is 10 days late, please excuse my tardiness, but I have a fabulous offer to share with you if you havent heard already.

During October, get a FREE spool of 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon with every $60 purchase. Choose from any of our 2012-2014 In Colours. If you have an order of $300 not only do you get all 5 colours (or whichever colours you decide to choose) for free but dont forget you get the hostess benefits as well!!! There is no limit on how many you get free - for example  $600 = 10 free rolls, $100 free product and a half price product of your choice.

Item	Description	Retail Value	Price with $60 Purchase
126848	Gumball Green 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon	$15.95	FREE
126847	Midnight Muse 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon	$15.95	FREE
126844	Primrose Petals 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon	$15.95	FREE
126845	Raspberry Ripple 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon	$15.95	FREE
126846	Summer Starfruit 3/8" (1 cm) Stitched Satin Ribbon	$15.95	FREE

So gather up some friends get some orders or have a party, contact me and you can reap the benefits even more this month.

Holiday Blog Hop

Hello again all

Welcome to the Holiday blog hop that I am doing with the lovely ladies of our ESAD group.

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin" Up! demonstrators.

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed.

So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group.

There are 24 ladies in our blog hop today and I am stop 19, dont worry if you havent been to everyone before me yet, if you follow the links at the end of each page you will eventually see everyone's works of art. Dont forget to leave a comment to let them know you have stopped by.

Our new seasonal catalogue is all about holiday's; Christmas, Easter, Halloween and more. Today I am using a set called Googly Ghouls. Although alot of Australia don't celebrate halloween, these can be used for much more, look how cutes these little guys are. I have also used the "googlies" which are those little googley eyes, you can get them on their own or save 15% if you buy the Ghoulish Googlies Bundle.

Our holiday catalogue now goes for 5 months so if you would like one or want to order something, doesnt matter if you live in the smallest place in the outback, as long as you are in Australia please dont hesitate to contact me, delivery is the same no matter where you live.

Anyway off you hop to your next destination which is the talented Jane Norrish. I hope you have a nice cuppa and enjoy our blog hop.

2012 - 2013 Annual Catalogue BLOG HOP!!

Hello Everyone!!

Welcome to the 2012 - 2013 ESAD annual Catalogue Blog Hop!!

You may have just hopped  over from Tanya Bell's beautiful place on the web, not to worry if you havent, if you follow the links at the end of every page you will do a complete circle and see everyone's page and end up right back where you started. Dont forget to leave a comment at the bottom of our pages, we all love to read the comments and to know you have been here.

There are 25 ladies showing off some of the new items you can get in our new catalogue, and you will see one of the exclusive hostess sets as I am showing that for you today.

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin Up demonstrators.

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed.

So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group

The set I am using today is a hostess exclusive set called "A Cherry on Top " So many things you can do with this set, today I have made a sharker card as a little fun. This is the first time I have used this and I can tell you it will not be the last!!!

This is the complete set:

These are fun to make and the look on face of the person receiving it just makes my day. I can show you how to make these at a workshop with many different types of sets.

So now is time for you to go grab a coffee (if you havent got one already) and hop over to another member or our ESAD blog hop and that is Narelle Hoggard's little home on the web.

I hope you love this blog hop as much as I know I will.

Sunny Challenges & Creations

Hi all


As some of you know I am at home right now looking after a torn tendon in my shoulder, so I need some things to do, there is only so much T.V you can watch and books you can read, so I am teaching myself to do a little left handed stamping. Some are not bad, some not so good haha, but today's one I dont mind and have decided to enter it into a challenge over at Sunny Challenges & Creations .

The layout is below and had to be black and white.

So my take on the black and white theme is below. Of course how can you do black and white without bling, well I cant it screams bling me!!!

The bottom is black embossing a new stamp set called Flowering Flourishes, a bit of black card stock, a touch of ribbon and the bling and I was done, not bad for a right hand person doing it left handed.  Maybe I could make double the amount of cards when I am back to being two handed HAHA.

The new Catalogues is here!!!

Well Hi there everyone!!!

Looks what happens while I have been away for the week end, the two new amazing Catalogues came out yesterday.

This did not stop me taking my ipad with me and an already sorted out order. If you want to get your hands on your very own copies, email me at ratherbstamping@yahoo.com.au or call me from anywhere in Australia on (03)87114401.

You can also click on the links to the side to look at all the wonderful new products. You can also order from anywhere in Australia too with my contact details above. I will pop a few new cards up over the next two days using stampsets from the new catalogues. We have even been shown how to decorate food using our products!! Who would have thought you could have Stampin Up decorated cupcakes, biscuits, cakes and more. If you would like to learn how to do this, have a few friends around and we can make a day of it, well a few hours anyway, then you can eat what you make !!

August Blog Hop - Technique

Hi all

Welcome to our monthly blog hop that I do with some lovely ladies. We are all Stampin' Up demonstrators, but more importantly we are all friends. Great thing craft does is you meet so many like minded people.

Anyway on to our blog hop. This month we are bringing you different techniques. You may have just hopped over from Di Dunks talented home of the web, if you havent and you are starting here, not to worry, keep following the links at the bottom of each page and you will do a complete circle seeing everyone wonderful work and end up back at the start. Feel free to leave a comment at the end of the page to let us know you have come for a visit.

The technique I am showing you today is bleaching, yes household bleach and cardstock. 

This is a card I have made using Growing Green(pg 66 of the 2011-2012 catalogue) by embossing the stamped image with gold embossing then using my aqua painter (pg 147) filled with everyday household bleach and painted the inside of the leaves. Once dried ou can see the colour it has become. Below is a before and after of the stamped image. I love this set, if you do too, you need to be quick as it is retiring at the end of this month, so let me know if you want this ordered or anything from the retiring list on the righthand side of the blog before they run out.

Each different colour cardstock gives you a different effect. I have quickly coloured some images from our Elements of Style(pg 94) set to show you the effects on other colours.

Well thats it from me today, dont forget if you want new catalogue or wish to order, feel free to email me or call (03) 8711 4401 (from anywhere is Australia) and I can get this straight to your door.

I cant wait to see what wonderfully talented friend Kathryn Ruddick has to show us, are you coming? Im going to grab a cuppa and enjoy the rest of the blog, I hope you enjoy it as much as I know I will.

Things to come

Hi all ,

Thought I would pop in here to say a quick hi and let you know what is coming up. I had a little time off to look after my daughter for a while but now but up and going. We had our very first Heartfelt Stampin Up day in Melbourne which was where we could bring our customers along to join in the fun and learn lots of new techniques and so many more ideas.

We have two AMAZING new catalogues coming out very soon - 1st of September actually. The first time our catalogues have been nearly identical to the American ones. Our main catalogue has some wonderful new items in it, and not all for the paper crafter, there is material, ribbons, buttons and even cookie molds!!!

If you want to get your hands on one of these catalogues feel free to email me or call me from anywhere in Australia on 03 8711 4401 and i can get one of these to you ASAP. Want to get some of the product for free??? Have a party, we can show your friends how to make a card and at end you will be able to choose product out of the catalogue or hostess only items for free (sales permitting). Its a great way to get together with your friends and show them what you love to do and get them to love it too.

Dont forget to click on the retiring stock on the right hand column if there is something you want, dont hesitate to contact me because once they are gone, they are gone forever.

We have a new blog hop starting on the 25th of this month with some lovely ladies, this month will be all about techniques. A great hop to learn so many new ideas.

Well until then keep creating and if there is anything at all I can help you with in your crafty world just email or phone and we can get it done together!!!