Stamps for sale

I am having a stamp clearance of all the stamp sets I own that are being retried from the 2008/2009 Idea Book & Catalogue. First in best dressed re orders, postage extra via express post bags. Pick ups are available from Skye. Payment via cash, direct debit or cheque.

2009/2010 Idea Book & Catalogue are available to earn for free (by booking a workshop or spending over $100). They are also for sale. $12 pick up from Skye or $15 posted.

Just remember I am getting married on Saturday and then have my honeymoon for a week so replies maybe a little slower than usual.

Ros

Stamp Sets
Alphabits - $20 pg. 110
Artfully Asian - $30 pg. 48

Background Sampler - $20 pg. 102
Backyard BBQ - $30 pg. 53
Birthday Best - $20 pg. 51
Brocade Basics - $30 pg. 101
Bud Basics - $30 (including co-ordinating stampin’ around wheel) pg. 78

Canvas - $25 pg. 108
Carte Postale - $45 (including co-ordinating stampin’ around wheel) pg. 94
Crazy For Christmas - $25 pg. 28

Fabulous Flowers - $30 pg. 79
Floral - $25 pg. 107

Genuine Articles - $20 pg. 110

Hung Up on the Holidays - $20 pg. 26

Looks Like Spring - $45 (including matching punch) pg’s. 76 & 143

Merry, Merry - $35 (including co-ordinating stampin’ around wheel) pg. 29

Polka Dots & Petals - $20 pg. 47

Rough Edges Alphabet - $25 pg. 126

Simple Somethings (NEW) - $20 pg. 43
Stem Silhouettes - $35 (2007/2008 Summer Mini Catalogue)
Summer By the Sea - $40 pg. 84

Unfrogettable - $35 (including co-ordating stampin’ around wheel) pg. 54

Wishing you the best - $20 pg. 49
Wild Hearts - $20 (2007/2008 Idea Book & Catalogue)
Wild Rose - $50 pg. 72

Simply Sent Card Kits
Lifelong notes (used 1 of each style cards from pack) - $60 pg. 12

Stampin’ Around Wheels
My ABC’s - $5 pg.125
Petals - $10 pg. 47

Hostess Sets
Level 1
From the Garden (NEW) x 2- $20 pg. 18
Party Punch – (NEW) - $20 pg. 17

Level 2
In the Spotlight (NEW) - $20 pg. 22
Spring Solitude - $30 (including co-ordinating stampin’ around wheel) pg. 20

2009 Sale-A-Bration Sets
Congrats (NEW) - $20
Congrats - $20
Yummy (NEW) - $20
Yummy - $20
Polka Dot Punches (NEW) - $20
Polka Dot Punches - $20
Botanical Blooms - $20

Retirment list update

See http://rosdavidson.typepad.com/ros_davidson_live_life_an/2009/03/retirement-list-update.html

Typepad makes it easier to allow lists to updated list on my new webpage!

Ros

A weekly roundup!

Slack blogger. Yup that is me. There has been a fair bit going on but I just haven’t had time to blog about any of it. That and I have had a couple of migraines this past week. Ewww yucky!

Saturday last weekend was my brother’s 30th birthday. We went to one of the local pubs in town with many family members and had a great meal. Afterwards, the kids had a ball in the local park.

Picture of my brother, his wife, my niece, my kids and my SIL’s niece. Warren told the kids to pull funny faces, and of course, look at the ones that listened!

I tried going on the swing at the park, and it wasn’t made for adults is all I can say. I think this picture of me says it all... LOL and now I have a huge yucky bruise on the side of my thigh... I was going to take a picture of it, but then again, I don’t think the whole world needs to see my naked thigh!

Josh had a major meltdown at school on Wednesday morning, he wanted to be Mr Independent and walk into school by himself. It ended up with me carrying him in like a baby and sore arm muscles to this day still.

Wedding plans are moving along. Still need to make place cards but here are some pics of the hen’s party invite and wedding invite. Just over 2 weeks to go now. Still need to organise my jewellery (know what I want though) and just had my hair dyed today.

(Invites in my journal as a wedding keepsake) Sorry for crappy pics!
Materials list: (Hen’s night invite)
Cardstock: Soft sky, wild wasabi
Stamps: Big on Spring
Ink: Basic Black, Soft Sky
DSP: Spring silhouettes
Other: 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, seed beads, white grosgrain ribbon, scallop edge punch

Materials list: (Wedding invite)
Cardstock: Basic grey, whisper white, basic black
Ink: Taken with teal, gold encore, basic grey
Stamps: Season of joy
Other: Black grosgrain ribbon, doodlebug embossed cardstock

Had a few SU workshops and have my final class for March tomorrow. We are making this explosion card.

Materials list:
Stamps: Outlined for fun, Baroque motifs
DSP: Bali Breeze
Cardstock: Old olive, Whisper white
Other: Embossing powder, versamark, brads, felt fusion flowers

The new catalogue is released in less than 3 weeks and I can’t wait. I haven’t got my copy yet and am anxiously waiting for it. If anyone wants to pre-order a catalogue they are $12 picked up from me in Skye or $15 delivered. Contact me on rosnat@iprimus.com.au or call me on 0407 353 325.

Having a bad day here, got slugged a fine for mail that didn’t have enough postage, more than happy to pay the additional postage but the $1.50 extra per letter I am not!!! I wish I was contacted before they sent them all and charged me an additional $51! Got sent a parking infringement in the mail today too for parking on the nature strip while taking Josh and Callum to school. Cranky, but I can cope that. Problem is, the street (well court) I was parked in, if I parked on the road, you can barely get another car past. Okay, gripe over!

Best go to bed. Need an early night since the migraines are giving me the s&%^s!

Cheers,
Ros

Sold out already!

Just a few items that have already been sold out in not even a day!!! I am shell shocked still, to be losing so many stamp sets and to find so many things already out of stock. So if you are after anything, get your orders in fast!

Product Description
Flip Flops
Wild Wasabi Classic Ink Refill
Soft Sky Classic Stamin' Ink Refill
River Rock Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Purely Pomegranite Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Earth Elements Eyelets
Soft Subtle Eyelets
Groovy Guava Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Best Friend Numbers
Mateys Map
Basic Eyelets
Gifts Galore
Garden Annuals
Confetti Simply Scrappin'
Leaf Prints
Bundle of Joy
Short Order Numbers
Blue Bayou Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

Ros

Retirement list

The long awaited retired stamps and accesories list is now here. I for one, have been anxiously waiting for it as we (as Stampin' Up! demonstrators) didn't get advance notice like we do for mini catalogues...

Just briefly, I will mention that my settings have all gone haywire as I am currently switching over to Typepad and had an operator error on my blogspot blog. For the month of March, I will be updating both my blogs, http://www.rosoakes.blogspot.com/ and http://www.rosdavidson.typepad.com/. (The difference in the two blog addresses, aside from one being blogger and the other being typepad is the typepad address will be my married name from next month).

This year, Stampin' Up! has listed all retiring items as a pdf document which can be downloaded

from here. I am a little sad to see some of the stamp sets going, (I am losing 34 stamp sets!) but then, I can only get excited about what is to come in the new catalogue.

Cheers,

Ros

P.S. If anyone else has any thoughts that might make things easier to read/understand etc. feel free to contact me so I can work with what you, my customers want.

Update

A quick update about the bushfire appeal. On Friday (27th of Feb) just two weeks after beginning the bushfire appeal, so far, $34,653.80 has been raised! OMG! I know that the total will have increased this weekend as being the last day of sale-a-bration I have recieved many orders from people ordering any number of the bushfire appeal stamp sets (particulary priceless!)

I am currently kicked out of my home, DH (Nat) is having his bucks party at our house today/tonight so me and the kids had to go. I am crashing the night at my mum's house (and she is away on holidays) so it is not all bad but the lots of packing, cleaning etc. I had to do before leaving was crazy. I had to pack for my workshop, clothes etc. and finish cleaning the stuff Natty hadn't thought of etc... Ahhh I will be glad tomorrow evening when I get my house back (in a nice neat order... I hope Nat takes notes... LOL) and am enjoying my home cooked roast that Nat is cooking for me....

Off to deal with dinner stuff.
Ros

Last day

Today is the last day to get your orders in for sale-a-bration. I am taking orders up until 9pm tonight. Either call me on 0407 353 325 or e-mail me at rosnat@iprimus.com.au to order.

Off to a workshop now. More of an update later.
Ros

Bushfire Appeal

This is one of the reason why I am proud to be associated with Stampin' Up!
They are a company that put into action how much they really care....

Please join with Australian and New Zealand Stampin' Up! demonstrators in helping the victims of the Bushfire tragedy.

You can help by purchasing any of the 10 selected stamp sets from 12 February through 31 March 2009, and Stampin' Up! will donate 50% of the sales of these sets to the Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfires 2009 Appeal.

I am also offering 20% off these sets, in hope that I will be able to sell more stamps for the appeal.

Item # Page # Stamp set Price
108864 76 Looks Like Spring* $58.95 NOW $47.16
108934 27 The Snowflake Spot* $39.95 NOW $31.96
108756 80 Bodacious Bouquet* $58.95 NOW $47.16
110247 46 Polka Dots & Paisley* $35.95 NOW $28.76
111973 115 G'day Mate* $35.95 NOW $28.76
108744 51 Be Happy* $39.95 NOW $31.96
112312 105 Priceless $48.95 NOW $39.16
108909 89 Seeing Spots $29.95 NOW $23.96
112380 98 Baroque Motifs $39.95 NOW $31.96
114261 3** Live Your Dream $55.95 NOW $44.76

So if you've been thinking of getting any of these sets then do it now and you'll know you're helping those in great need and getting great stamps at the same time!

* These sets will appear on the upcoming list of retiring products, so they'll only be available while supplies last.

** From the Summer Mini Catalogue

Saleabration benefits are still available on these sets, so orders of $100 or more prior to Feb 28th will also get a free Saleabration set.

During the donation period, I will periodically update you with the amount of money Stampin' Up! are collecting from the sales of these sets.

Thank you so much for your anticipated support. Until today I have felt so helpless and although this will only be a drop in the ocean, each drop counts and will help these people rebuild their lives.

To order just call me on 9786 1149 or email me at rosnat@iprimus.com.au

Summer mini catalogue!

Stampin' Up! released the new summer mini catalogue today. See here for a copy or e-mail me and I will post one out to you.
Edited to add, the price of the Tombow glue is incorrectly printed, it is actually $7.95!



Stampin' Up! also have a whole bunch of specials for the 20/20 promotion for December. These are;
With the 20/20 promo Stampin' Up! are having, I have decided to do my own little promotion. When you spend $20 on catalogue merchandise, for example wild wasabi inkpad #109014 $9.95 and silver brads #104336 $12.95. Purchase the winter bright simply scrappin kit #109663 at 20% off for $29.56 and Many Merry Messages #108869 at 20% for $51.96. If you add 3 sheets of whisper white 12 x 12 cardstock #106529, 1 sheet of basic black A4 cardstock #106561 and 10 envelopes #106590 you will be able to make all these projects pictured below and I will e-mail step by step instructions for all the projects to you including a gift box and bow, 10 cards and decorated envelopes, a gift card, 15 gift tags, a 9 x 9 and 6 x 12 layouts. (Both layouts can easily be made into 12 x 12) .


Since my last post, Josh, Nikki and Drew came down with the chicken pox all on the same day! I am seriously over it and can't wait for them to get rid of it. Bella hasn't caught it yet but I am sure she will.


Off to play with some more new summer mini goodies.
Ros

Busy busy busy

I've been busy busy busy here. In between working on Nat's birthday present (still have 18 more pages to go...) and making swaps for the Stampin' Up! regionals (my swaps will be in the next post I promise) and decorating a wooden tree (to add to my Christmas tree collection). Along with tiding up the backyard for Nat's party and hard rubbish collection there hasn't been a lot of time for much else except a workshop that I squeezed in somewhere!

From the 10th - 30th of November Stampin' Up! are offering their stampin' write markers for individual purchase of each colour at $4.95 each http://www3.stampinup.com/au/ena/6186.asp
Also, they are offering 20% all rub ons when $20 worth of product is purchased http://www3.stampinup.com/au/ena/6185.asp

I am exhausted and am going out tomorrow night for a business meeting with the Stampin' Up! girls (yay a girly night even if it is business...). Best go and hit the hay as I need the sleep.

Ros

World Cardmaking Day!

It's world card making day, only not at my place, LOL, I am scrapbooking! It seems I can't get my head in the right space sometimes.

Stampin' Up! are offering 20% Simply Sent card kits from October 4th - 11th. To see the kits see page 12-14 of the Idea Book and Catalogue or here

This is one of the scrapbook pages I mentioned in the last post. I was lucky to sneak away for a touch more than 24 hours and scrap with some friends and unwind heaps. There was kids there (not my own) so I was a surragote mummy. Nice way to spend a break I think! I didn't finish a single layout while I was there (half started 7 or so) but forgot lots of stuff when I packed my supplies so it was easier to move onto something else...

Bye for now, I have more scrapping to do! LOL

Ros

Stampin' Up! is turning 20...

...but not in Australia. Hmmmm... we get to celebrate all the same. Stampin' Up! is celebrating its 20th birthday and its party favour is a 20% discount off selected stamp sets with any $20 product purchase. Once you qualify, you can choose to buy one or any number of the following stamp sets for inclusion in the same order for the listed promotion price:

See the flyer for more details.

Be back with a layout and update tomorrow.

Ros

Free wheels!!!!

During the whole of September, Stampin' Up! is giving a free co-ordinating jumbo wheel with each purchase of a qualifying stamp set. Did I say free?! I sure did! Some of the stamp sets and matching wheels are my favourite ones.

Book a September workshop with me or e-mail me with your order before the end of the month to make a wheely great deal of freewheeling!

See here for the details from Stampin' Up!

Ros

New mini catty!

So it is August 1st and time for a new mini catalogue. I have a few new projects to share but I will spread them out over a couple of days, just so it all lasts a little longer before I make time to make more projects.

Todays card is howl old?

Materials used

Stamp set: Celebate everyday, rough edges mini alphabets

Cardstock: Brilliant blue, chocolate chip, close to cocoa, creamy caramel, only orange, whisper white

Ink: Basic Black, basic brown, close to cocoa

Other: Styled silver hodgepodge hardward, google eyes

Mini catalogue can be viewed online at http://catalogs.shoplocal.com/stampinup/index.aspx?pagename=storefinder&storeid=1039381 or I am more than happy to send you out a copy.

Cheers,

Ros

P.S. It is some absurb hour (nearly 3am) and I really should be in be, but I can't sleep. Figures!

Colour challenge card

Here's a quick post with a card I made for a colour challenge we had over at our Stampin' Up team. Orginal idea is by Jen Glendineng but I loved it so much I had to CASE some of it.

I am so tired probably because I have been pulling late nights again. Finished my swap cards for the spring mini catalogue swap. Will take photos and post soon. If anyone is not on my mailing list and wishes to be sent a spring mini, e-mail me today!

Materials list

Stamps: Sanded background

Inks: Taken with teal, Pink Passion

Cardstock: Taken with teal, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pink Passion

Other: Tag punch, word window punch, brads, tafetta ribbon

I dyed the ribbon (orginally white) with my pink passion ink pad... So good when you don't have the right coloured ribbon. Dried it with my heat gun and let sit for a few days.

Ros

Lolly bags!

I've been busy making lolly bags for son to take to kinder for his 5th birthday. I "had" to get them done today between my birthday, family gatherings and Josh's birthday there is no other time between now and Monday. I love how they turned out.

I CASED most of the idea from the catty (pg. 5) and altered where needed. The tag (hidden mostly) by the boho scalloped circle has my details printed on it saying “handcrafted by, Ros Oakes, independent Stampin’ Up! demo, phone number & blog. Also behind that the skinny sage shadow strip says “no artificial colours or flavours in the lollies” as they are all natural confectionary stuff and plain milk chocolate (and things my son can eat. He is on an additive and preservative free diet.)

Materials list:

Stamps: Boho backgrounds

Cardstock: Close to cocoa, very vanilla, creamy caramel, sage shadow

Ink: Chocolate chip

Other: Tag punch - large and small, small star punch, 1 1/4" 1" & 7/8" inch circle punches, brads.

Cheers,

Ros.

Start your own business with no risk!

$299 to start your own business with no risk! Now that's something.

Stampin' Up! have just announced a special offer on the already great value starter kit! Between 1st July and 15th August, it will only cost $299 to become a demonstrator and you still receive over $560 value in your starter kit - that's a huge 46% saving!

I will also be including a new demonstrator special myself, which is your choice of a set of watercolor wonder crayons or a background stamp for free.

On top of all that, these are the must have reasons to join Stampin’ Up! in July...
$25 off Starter Kit, which includes stamps and ink pads of YOUR choice
The start of a new quarter ($500 minimum needs to be met by December 31st)
Mini Catalogue just around the corner (begins August 1st)
Christmas is also just around the corner
The next quarter is SAB and Retirement List
8 free mini catalogues in your kit
The next mini will be mailed to you free (and first!), so will sale-a-bration brochures.

So act now and e-mail me on rosnat@iprimus.com.au to discuss this further.

Guarantee Policy

I had a customer contact me in regards to some stamp pads she had ordered during sale-a-bration which were defective and didn't work correctly. I'd like to just point this out to all those readers out there that if you purchase any Stampin' Up! products test them out before the 90 day period is up. If the product is faultly they can then be replaced. See the below listed "guarantee" paragraph which has been taken directly from the back of the customer order form.

We guarantee products to be free from manufacturing defecrs for a period of ninety (90) days after the shipping date. Missing items, incorrect shipments, and edfective or damaged merchandise must be reported to your demonstrator and received by Stampin' Up! within ninety (90) days of the shipping date to obtain a replacement. This guarantee does not cover merchandise damaged through accident or misuse. If you should require assistance please contact your demonstator.

After the housekeeping :) here is my latest card... Using circle of friendship stamp set (yet again)...

Materials list:

Stamps: Circle of Friendship, Pick a Petal

Inks: Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Taken with Teal

Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White

Other: Petals and Paisleys double sided paper, White grosgain ribbon, horizontal slot punch, 1 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, Nestabilities scallop circle dies

Cheers,

Ros

New creation!

Finally a new creation. I made time today to sit down and get stuck into things. It helped that the oldest 2 kids had a sleepover at Nanna's house and that I wasn't in the emergency room at Frankston hospital with Drew. (He bleed from his tonsils surgery so Wednesday evening/Thursday morning was very long!) It's healing well but if it happens again (hopefully it doesn't, he will have to be admitted to Monash Medical Centre for a few days

Today's card uses another stamp from the circle of friendship stamp set (from the eScape bundle). I also used it on another card but that has to wait until tomorrow as the photo was blurry since Bella was trying to get in the picture and take the card.

Without further ado, here it is!
Materials list: (All Stampin' Up! products used)
Stamps: Circle of friendship, Baroque motifs
Ink: Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Old Olive
Other: 1 3/8" square punch, 1" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, sponge daubers

Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
Ros

Newsletter week...

So it's newsletter time again. I posted all the snail mail ones out already and am doing the e-mail list today. If anyone wants to be on my mailing list, contact me so I can add you.

Haven't had time for creating as I was struck down with a 24hr bug... So bad when the mummy of the house gets sick. I spent most of yesterday in bed or on the couch. All better today except I am tired.

Just a quick creation to share, a get well tin, modelled off a Campbell's soup tin... Maybe I shouldn't have made this and then I wouldn't have gotten sick? Uses some of the things from the eScape bundle (see this post for details)

I opened the ring pull tin upside down with a can opener and now it is perfect to fill with get well soon remedies to give to someone this winter.

Materials used

Item # Description Price
106549 Whisper White cardstock $13.50
111852 River Rock cardstock $10.50
106561 Basic Black cardstock $14.50
Circle of Friendship stamp set see eScape bundle
101179 Basic Black ink pad $9.95
1-1/4” circle punch see eScape bundle
104401 1-3/8” circle punch $30.95
109046 1” circle punch $20.95
109061 Purely Pomegrante double stitched ribbon $16.95
109167 Rose Red Prints Designer Series Papers $11.95
105826 Mat pack $18.95

I best get off here, I have spent far too much time on here today already. That is what I get for looking into facebook.... Opps!

Ros