A lovely award.....

My very good friend, and fellow stamp-a-holic, Cassie has gifted me with this lovely award for inspiring her stamping antics, thought to start with I think I helped to enable rather than inspire.  LOL.  Now we enable each other (that's not as bad as it sounds!)   ROFLOL.

So now to pass the award on to 5 people who inspire my stamping. 

Steph

Louise

Lyanna

Jan

Leonie

Thank you ladies, for sharing your wonderful creations with me, and with everyone else, too. 

Happy Stamping.......Manda

Happy Mail.....

Thought I'd share some happy mail that I got in my post box yesterday, from my friend Louise.  It's so nice to get a beautiful card, made with care, rather than one of those awful envelopes with the window in the front!!  Thanks Lou......You made my day. 

Co-incidentally, there is a technique on this card that I have planned for this Friday's technique class at my house.  Leave me a comment and see if you can tell me what it is.  

Happy Stamping.....Manda

Success.....

A short update post.  You might remember the pencil cup gift that I made for my friend's birthday a couple of posts ago?  (Photo is there to remind you)  Well, you will be pleased to know that I have managed to solve the problem of the elusive pen.

 Woo - Hoo.

Happy Stamping.....Manda

One Lovely Blog Award......

Wow......lucky me.  Given by my friend, and down line, Cassie. 

The rules of this award are to pass it on to 7 others who inspire you.  So here is my list....

(and these are in no particular order)

1. Steph Pike (my friend and SU! 'mum')

2. Louise Sutton (my friend and SU! 'niece')

3. Linda Craven (my friend and SU! 'sister')

4. Jan McAnulty (my friend and SU! 'sister' - I think (Jan you might have to clarify this one!))

5. Lyanna George (my friend and SU! 'sister')

6.  Jo (my friend and long distance Skyper!!)

7. Rebecca O'Gorman (my friend and SU! 'niece')

Did you notice that all of these people are "my friend and....."?  That is one of the serendipity's of being a SU! demo.  I have found all these new friends who otherwise I might never have met.  So thank you SU! for bringing all these inspiring people into my life.

(Sorry - it's been an emotional week in our house).

Happy Stamping........Manda

It's Here......

It's the brand spanking new 2010-2011 Ideas' Book and Catalogue from Stampin' Up.

Lots (and I do mean LOTS) of new colours, stamps, papers, ribbon, brads, flowers, accents, rub ons, and more.

Stay tuned this month for lots (at least so I have planned) of posts featuring new items.

Happy Stamping.......Manda

My First Blog Award.

Hi everyone......


My friend and fellow stamper Louise Sutton has given me a blog award. Here it is.....Ta Dah....

I am supposed to tell you 10 things about myself that you may not know........HHHMMM this is actually hard.

1. I haven't been in my craft room to do any serious crafting for about a month. I'm feeling very deprived.
2. I spent an hour today with 22 very keen girls teaching them how to made clipboards - I volunteer at school to teach the kids stamping!
3. The last book I read was called Hornet Moth by Ken Follet - a very good read.
4. The book previous to that was the Golden Compass trilogy - another very good read.
5. I am a closet Twilight and Harry Potter fan.
6. I started card making when a girlfriend gave me a collection of paper offcuts and asked me to see what I could come up with - waving at you Suzanne.......
7. The very first stamp that I ever bought was a self inking red bumble bee stamp like my grade 2 teacher had. (Seems I caught the stamping bug early!)
8. My favourite movie is Notting Hill - hubby and I saw it on our honeymoon........aaawwwww
9. I still love listening to George Micheal, even after all these years.
10. My favourite colour is green - I love Kiwi Kiss and Old Olive, but have recently been swayed to Green Galore also.

I am also supposed to link this post to 10 other blogs that I follow. I kind of feel a bit weird about giving people who don't necessarily know me an award. So I thought I'd made a list of the blogs that I check most regularly. Some of these lovely ladies have already recieved a blog award, and it is very well deserved.

1. Steph Pike
2. Linda Craven
3. Louise Sutton
4. Makeesha Byl
5. Marelle Taylor
6. Alisa Tilsner
7. Sarah Klass
8. Jan McAnultly
9. Lyanna George
10. Mary Fish

Hope you enjoy touring these wonderful places for inspiration.

Happy stamping......Manda

I'm sick.

Sorry....not really a stamping post tonight, but I felt the need to share....but not germs. I will be back soon with some cards and things that I've been making soon. I promise.

Hello.....

Hi there everyone....

I have (after much urging and encouraging) finally taken the plunge into blogging. I will be sharing with you my stamping creations, and I hope that you find inspiration and ideas in the following pages.

Happy Stamping........Manda.