Anna Wheaton - Independent Stampin' Up! ®
Demonstrator, Burleigh Waters, Q, AUSTRALIA
Phone 07 55 765 469 Email: wheatonanna@hotmail.com Blog: http://www.nudgeink.blogspot.com/





January 29, 2020

Pigment Sprinkles Class Part 1



Using Stampin Up ® Pigment Sprinkles, can produce so many different effects.   I am running a two part class where we are getting (very) inky playing with this beautiful product.





The green themed card above, is the most common effect achieved with Pigment Sprinkles, where we have used White Embossing Powder and the Painted Poppies stamp set from the 2020 Mini Catalogue to create the flower outlines. These were stamped and embossed on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper by sprinkling the powder over the heat embossed images then spritzing with water to create the wash effect. The die cut leaves are from the Poppy Moments Dies.  Each person's finished product was unique and it was lovely to see the variety achieved.


 

The second card, used the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set (a freebee from the 2020 Sale-a-Bration catalogue.)  We spritzed the paper first and then sprinkled the pigment on the wet surface. To achieve the better coverage on the Lily, we used an Aqua Painter with the sprinkles to smooth out the colour more.  We painted each petal individually with water, sprinkled on the crystals, and either left them to spread or filled them in with the Aqua painter.



The last card we made in class, used the butterfly from the Beautiful Day stamp set and White Embossing Powder to create the outline of the butterfly. For this card we sprinkled the pigment onto a clear block, and again used the aqua painter to pick up  the colour to paint the butterfly and wash effect for the background.  This allows a more subtle colour result as the Pigment Sprinkles are a very vibrant type of ink.


This is an exciting time in the Stampin Up year because we have our biggest promotion of the year:  Sale-a-Bration. 

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During SAB for every $90 you spend you you will earn a FREE Sale-a-Bration product.  And there are some more valuable product offerings if you spend $180.

It's always a great time to join Stampin' Up! but during Sale-a-Bration it gets even better.


If you join during Sale-a-Bration you pay $169

  • choose $235 worth of products (that's $66 extra for free)
  • free shipping and handling on your kit

PLUS during Sale-a-Bration

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  • get the exclusive mini trimmer (it's a cute desk top guillotine!)
  • a 6 x 6" sampler of new DSPs
  • AND a stamp set of your choice
After that you will receive at least 20% off future purchases at least till the end of July!
The sooner you join, the sooner you  can take advantage of FREE Sale-a-Bration items with future orders.

ANNNND ........

You will be part of my team The Lorikeet Stampers (monthly gatherings, twice yearly team days, an active and supportive Facebook group, swaps, training, creative challenges etc etc)

If you are ready to take the plunge you can follow this link to join.

You can call me, if you would like me to walk you through joining, over the phone. 
Contact me for more information. I'd love to have you as part of my team!






January 3, 2020

Sale-a-Bration starts TODAY!

Have you got a new year's resolution to try something new?  To carve out some time for yourself?  To keep in touch more?  To switch off from the busy-ness of life?

Why not kick off the year with the starter kit?


Today is a big day in SU! circles.  It's the start of the 'Handmade for You' mini and the start of Sale-a-Bration - our biggest promotion of the year.

The catalogue will be available to view online (click on the catalogue pics to the left!)  but I am also happy to send you a copy.   Just let me know.

During SAB for every $90 you spend you you will earn a FREE Sale-a-Bration product.

It's always a great time to join Stampin' Up! but during Sale-a-Bration it gets even better.


Join during Sale-a-Bration for $169
  • choose $235 worth of products (that's $66 extra for free)
  • free shipping and handling on your kit
PLUS during Sale-a-Bration
  • get the exclusive mini trimmer (it's a cute desk top guillotine!)
  • a 6 x 6" sampler of new DSPs
  • AND a stamp set of your choice

After that you will receive at least 20% off future purchases at least till the end of July!
The sooner you join, the sooner you  can take advantage of FREE Sale-a-Bration items with future orders.

ANNNND
You will be part of my team The Lorikeet Stampers (monthly gatherings, twice yearly team days, an active and supportive facebook group, swaps, training, creative challenges etc etc)

If you are ready to take the plunge you can follow this link starting tomorrow.

Or I can walk you through it over the phone.

Contact me for more information.

I'd love to have you as part of my team!



December 20, 2019

My Inaugural Retreat

On December 1st I geld my first ever day retreat.  15 ladies booked in for a day of crafting fun.  I had a fun time getting it all ready - I love getting these types of events organised.

I booked a room in a local hotel.

This was on each person's table when they arrived.


My brother in law had made these beautiful wooden card stands for each attendee and I made the name cards.


 Each lady had their own table although next time I'll be adding a bit more room for them to put their 'stuff' on.


I took along spare cardstock, inks, stamps and embossing folders and dies for the ladies to use.


And I had several displays to inspire them.


Plus a raffle of fun goodies.


Everyone received a box of goodies which they used to make their make and takes.


The make and takes are on the left and then I had samples of the same layout on the right as inspiration.





I had a couple of optional classes/demos throughout the day.


Otherwise we spent the day crafting and chatting together!



Here's a quick sampling of some of the projects that were underway.






The ladies went home at the end of the day with lots of projects completed and a swag of goodies and pillow gifts.


The mini pizza box was the gift at the end of the day!  I had cookies made by a local lady.


Specially made, apple shaped cookies saying "Thanks for stamping with me".



I had a fantastic day and the attendees did too!  I hope they got plenty of jobs ticked off.
I will definitely be planning another for next year.

Thanks to everyone who came!



November 15, 2019

Nifty Gifts

Here are the projects from my most recent class.  We always do a gifts class in the lead up to Christmas and it's fun seeking out things to package.

Using our Clear Tiny Treat Boxes and the Delicate Lace Dies we created these Lindt Chocolate Ball holders.  A thin strip of Silver Glimmer paper added some Christmas sparkle.


Y'all know I am a Mini Pizza Box fan and these are in the Holiday Catalogue.  We decorated them with Wrapped in Plaid DSP from the Holiday catalogue.



I showed the ladies that it's easy to create a custom sized box for a small gift by measuring it up on your grid paper.  This box is designed to hold a Baileys, a Whittakers Chocolate bar, a coffee stick and a hot chocolate sachet.



Our Copper Tea Tins come in a pack of four and work our at about $6.50 each.  We decorated these with the Brightly Gleaming DSP (because it has copper accents!!) and the Christmas Gleaming stamp set.


And this cute little project is specially measured to hold four Merci chocolates from Aldi. It's such a cute little gift and very inexpensive to put together.  There is an instruction video on YouTube by Barb Reed which you can watch by clicking HERE. 



Thanks for stopping by!  If you are interested in my classes, I run them in Burleigh Waters, Queensland, Australia.  I would love you to come along.

Anna

November 11, 2019

'Fun'raising and 'Fund'raising

Every year we run a fundraising event to raise money for our Hospital Programs.  I join with a fellow demonstrator Bec, to design a set of projects suitable for a day of crafting.  The projects are fundraising are offered by 7 different demonstrators in 7 different venues.

We were very fortunate to be joined by Mel, one of our demonstrators, who works at Toowoomba Base Hospital.  She spoke to us about what they offer for mothers and fathers who have babies 'born sleeping' and how our footprint cards will be greatly received.




 Here's my team ready to rumble! Well craft, at least.


All up we had 45 ladies crafting up a storm.





Our projects were designed using the Perfectly Plaid stamp set and Brightly Gleaming DSP.











Stampin' Up! generously donates to us, a box of retired product which we raffle off - always a popular amongst the customers.

We raised a total of $840 at our venue.  Thanks to all who bought tickets and donated money. 

Altogether there were 7 events in Brisbane and the Gold and Sunshine Coasts raising a total of $4814!

Thanks to everyone who came along and helped to make the day a success.

Anna