Kelly Slattery - Kids, Motherhood and other stuff

Just One Week Left

There's just one week left in May - which means you only have 7 more days to take advantage of the great specials that are available from Stampin' Up!

With all the talk about recession, money being tight & people losing their jobs, it seems to me like there's no better time to join the Stampin' Up! family.

Not only can you purchase all your supplies at a 20% discount, but you also have the opportunity to build your own business..and for the next 7 days it only costs $175 to enjoy these great benefits.

I joined in January of this year & have enjoyed a fabulous 5 months...the funny thing is when I first joined I was just going for the discount - but then it hit me what a great opportunity it is to earn some money without having to leave the kids & work 9-5...and so I decided to make it my business and I'm LOVING it!

If you'd like to join me, I'd love to have you on my team any time - but if you want a great deal, you've only got 7 days left to take advantage of the Scrapbooking Starter Kit. The normal starter kit is $379 - but also AWESOME value.

As part of my team you'll have great support from me, you'll have access to a heap of cool ideas from the Stampin' Up! exclusive demonstrator only website, you'll receive the Stampin' Up! monthly newsletter, jam packed with inspiration, you can join our team forum. You'll be able to pick the brains of some of NZ's top demonstrators.

Like they say at Telstra Clear - Now's good!

To join all you need to do is contact me & I'll get all the info to you.

The other great special ending soon is on the Designer Series Paper - buy 3 packs & get your 4th FREE.

That gives you a 25% saving!!

There are 14 Designer Series Papers to choose from:

Item	Page	Description
112042	132	Urban Garden Designer Series paper
112470	132	Haiku Designer Series paper
113976	132	Pink Flamingo Designer Series paper
112468	132	Sweet Always Designer Series paper
113992	133	Tea Party Designer Series paper
113975	133	Raspberry Tart Designer Series paper
113966	134	Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series paper
112469	134	Holiday Treasures Designer Series paper
112041	134	Bella Rose Designer Series paper
113974	134	Bella Bleu Designer Series paper
113978	135	Urban Oasis Designer Series paper
112461	135	Washington Apple Designer Series paper
112039	135	Windsor Knot Designer Series paper
113980	135	Candy Lane Designer Series paper

And as always the catalogue is available for you to view online.

Well, I'm of to do a little creating.

have a great day!

Fabulous Workshop

Well, I had a fabulous workshop on Thursday night with a lovely bunch of ladies.

We had a great time creating together.

Because Stampin' Up! is celebrating National Scrapbooking Month I decided we should create a 6x6 page so we pulled out the gorgeous Playful Petals stamp set & transformed a piece of Whisper White cardstock into designer paper :o)

We added the "Life" & "live like you mean it" from the Live Like You Mean It - Level 1 Hostess set
 

We also made a cute card using the Three Little Words stamp set along with some of the delicious Raspberry Tart Designer Series Paper (DSP)

 
The card opens to say three little words, either:

I love you
I miss you
so very sorry
you, you, you
thanks so much
thinking of you

Such a great set for just $28.95

We created the simple version in the workshop - but you can always add a little bit of this & a little bit of that to make your creations dazzle - like this version:

With just a touch of ribbon, some flower fusion & a rhinestone brad the card above has gone from sweet to stunning!

So, that's a little taste of what you can expect at a workshop.

If you'd like to get some friends together to have a play just let me know - I'd love to show them just how much fun stamping is!!

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend :o)

Inspired By Lorraine

Lorraine was one of my fabulous room mates while at Convention.

For her convention swap she embellished giant paper clips & I fell in love with them.

The other day I went to grab some from the shops, then & Taigy & I had a great time playing.

Today I made some little display boxes to put them in as they will be one of the projects we make at the Children's Corner Fundraiser on May 30th - so they'll be on display at pre-school from tomorrow on.

We've used images from Wild About You, Circle Circus and Trendy Trees.

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I've used the In Color range, with a little chocolate chip added in & I'm am LOVING the double striped grosgrain.

I'll be organising a share of the In Color Ribbons shortly - so keep your eye's peeled :o)

Well, we're off to Eve's Pantry for a little Mother's Day treat.

I hope the mothers out there are having a fabulous day!!

A Trendy Trees Class

I really love how this layout turned out, so I'm turning it into a Scrapbooking Class.

Class will be on Wednesday  13th of May at 7pm & repeated on Friday 15th of May at 10.30am  Email me to book your spot.

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We'll be using the fabulous new In Color range, de-mystifying the stamp-a-ma-jig, playing with markers & using an ever-faithful Alphabet set - Schoolbook Serif, which incidentally is the stamp set featured in the Picture The Possibilities Scrapbooking Starter Kit, so come along & join the fun - My Mum saw the layout & couldn't believe the trees were stamped & not designer paper!!

To recreate this layout at home you will need:

Kiwi Kiss 12 x12 textured Card Stock
Baja Breeze A4 Card Stock
Chocolate Chip Cardstock
Washington Apple Designer Series Paper
Schoolbook Serif Alphabet
Trendy Trees Stamp Set
Tangerine Tango Streiped Grosgrain Ribbon
Button Bouquet
Linen Thread
Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker
Kiwi Kiss re-inker & Blender Pen
Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
Flower Fusion Too
Rhinestone Brads
Inks:
Ridinghood Red
Baja Breeze
Kiwi Kiss
Tangerine Tango
Chocolate Chip
Stamp-a-ma-jig

But they're all available to you in class :o)

Book now to reserve your spot:

email: kelly@kellystamps.co.nz
ph: 09 265 0555
text: 027 252 9794

Trendy Trees

One of the stamp sets we received in our registration kit at Convention was Trendy Trees.

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I absolutely adore this set, we used it in one of our make n take projects & I have also created a scrapbook layout to share with you...but the batteries on the camera are flat - so we'll have to wait a few hours for them to charge :o) and THEN I can share them with you.

In the mean time I thought I'd share with you one of the swaps I received which uses the co-ordinating wheel - Funky Forest:

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This adorable card was made by an Australian demonstrator, Lin Mei Yap.
She's used the Funky Forest Wheel, along with markers to customise her colours. Lin Mei also used the mat pack to create the border around her image & the sentiment comes from a set called Occasional Greetings (which is a fabulous set with sentiments for all occasions -we used it in our club meeting last week to create Mother's Day Cards)

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Isn't that adorable??? The wheels are just $13.95 - you'll need a handle to use the wheel - the handle for this wheel is $8.95, and as always shipping is 5% of your order or $9.95 - which ever is greater.

The great thing about the wheels is you only need one handle (for each sized wheel - there are 2 sizes), each wheel just pops in & out when you want to change it...FABULOUS!!

Back from Sunny Canberra

Back from Convention.

WOW!!!!

What can I say?? Convention was SENSATIONAL!!

I had an absolute ball, the speakers were so motivational – the samples were inspiring, the demonstrations were AMAZING!!

My roommates were the COOLEST!!!

What an adventure!

I can’t wait to share all I have learned with you.

There is so much to share, but the first thing I would like to say is a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Jacque Pedersen, my up line, who was named the NZ Demonstrator of the Year!!

 

left to right: Shelli Gardner (Co-Founder of Stampin' Up!), Aaron (from AUS HQ, Jacque (1st Place), Sharlene (2nd), Patrice (3rd), Emma (from NZ HQ)

What an amazing accomplishment!!

Congratulations Jacque!!! I am absolutely thrilled & delighted for you.

But that’s not all…I was so proud of our team!!

More congratulations go out to Patrice Halliday-Larsen, for her amazing achievements.

Patrice took out quite a few awards herself & was named in the top 3 NZ demonstrators – YAY!!!

Rachael excelled in sales & recruiting & was in the NZ top 10 demos.

And Karen & Leanne were also recognized for their fantastic efforts in building their businesses.

How awesome to be on such a hugely successful team!!!

I am so proud of you girls!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Well, our days were filled with information, excitement, friendship & frivolity :o)

One of the highlights of convention was swapping creations with other demonstrators from around Australia & New Zealand – it is so cool to not only see other people’s work but to be able to take a piece of it home with you to inspire you with techniques, colour combinations, products & ideas.

For my swap I created the fabulous lollipop topper, which was inspired by Jeanette Lynton's valentine's day covers. 

 

I was thrilled with the swaps I got in return, here’s a wee sampling:

This gorgeous bookmark was created by Carol Dunstan, an Australian demonstrator.

She has used the Blooming with Beauty set, as well as Tart & Tangy.

Don't you just love the scallop punch & the taffeta ribbon.

I think her embossing, colouring & cutting looks amazing??

The next wonderful swap is from our very own top 3 NZ Demonstrator of the Year Patrice :o)

What you see before your eyes is the cover of a gorgeous wee box that contains a Whittakers chocolate - YUM!

Patrice has used the Cheers to You set, her Stampin' Up! markers which are designed to co-ordinate perfectly with the Stampin' Up! colour families.

And do you see the gloss & glitter - how GORGEOUS!!!! Patrice has used Crystal Effects and the Dazzling Diamonds glitter to give some shimmer & shine.

Finally (for today), this birthday card was created by another Australian demonstrator - Angelique Kelly.

I fell in love with this card the moment I set eyes on it.

I think it might be the colours that drew me - or the flourishy frame that looks a bit like a cloud, perhaps the squiggly balloon strings?? I don't know - maybe it's the way that Angelique has brought all these elements together - I love it!!

I don’t want to bombard you, so over the coming weeks I’ll share more with you.

While I was away a fabulous new Stampin' Up! promotion was launched, actually 2 promotions, to celebrate (US) National Scrapbooking Month:

 

1. Buy 3 packs of Designer Series Paper & get your 4^th set for FREE

2. Join Stampin’ Up! for $175 with the Scrapbooking Starter Kit

 

How cool is that!?? You can join Stampin’ Up! receive all the demonstrator benefits (i.e. discounts on all your purchases!!) for just $175 – and SHIPPING IS FREE!!

If you’d like to know more you can read the FAQs about being a demonstrator or give me a call & I’ll answer any questions you have.

I love being a “demo”, I’ve made some awesome new friends, I’ve made some money,  I get my stuff for less (I don’t like paying retail prices!!) and the kit is such great value PLUS you can customize it to what you like.

So, if you’d like a little extra cash in your hand, or just want to spend less on products you love now is a great time to join Stampin’ Up! because this promo ends MAY 31^st.

Did I mention that when you become a demonstrator your first order has a 30% discount….AND you still get the benefits of the customer promotions – so you could get a 30% discount on your 3 packs Designer Series Paper as well as get your 4^th free – pretty cool huh!! But remember these promotions are only on for the month of May.

Righteo, I can’t be sitting on the PC all day – I’m inspired to create!!!

Wishing you a fabulous day!