We received lots of new stock in this week. You can see some of it on our website but as we ran out of time to put it all on there here is a quick list of some of the new products:

Maya Road Mists
New Cricut Cartridges including the gorgeous Serenade, Destinations, Heritage, Sentimentals and Song Bird Cartridges
NEW Tim Holtz Sizzix Dies (these have been very popular)
Jenni Bowlin Coredinations Embossed 12x12 Cardstock Assorted Pack
Lots of Inkadinkado Mini Clear Stamps
Imaginisce Snag Em Stamps
Maya Road Chipboard
NEW K & Company Embellishments
Pink Cuttlebug Machines are back in stock
Top up of Cuttlebug Embossing Folders
Restock of X-Cut Nesting Punches – Scallop Circles & Ovals
Top up of Coredinations 12x12 Cardstock
Making Memories Sanding Blocks and Edge Scraper are now back in stock

Maya Road have some beautiful products and are quite popular at our shop. I checked out their Design Team blog this morning and it has some amazing projects for you to look at! This week we received stock of their Maya Road Mists and I can't wait to try them out.

This week we also restocked our Cuttlebug embossing folder range. Kathleen created this layout using white cardstock, the Cuttlebug and stamp pads. We often get asked for different ideas on how to use the Cuttlebug embossing folders on layouts and I thought this was a great way to use them!

Don't forget that our VIP Technique Boutique is on next Friday 26th March. We are very excited that so many of you are coming - it is going to be a fun day!

Ngaire Bartlam Classes At Inkredible

Ngaire Bartlam will be teaching at Inkredible this Saturday 20th March. She is teaching two classes - one at 10.30am and another at 1.30pm. More details are available on our website. Please phone us on 3366 0366 if you would like to come to either or both of her classes.

10.30am Class

1.30pm Class

Ngaire has been teaching with us for a couple of years now and her classes are very popular. I thought I would share some photos of layouts and mini books that she has taught in the past. Her work is beautiful!

Prima Pre-Order

We LOVE Prima! Kathleen has just posted a Prima Pre-Order on our website. She will be ordering the new Prima products next Monday so if you would like to order any please visit our website to see what is available. Payment is required with your order. If you are not comfortable with giving your credit card details over the internet please phone the shop on (07) 3366 0366 with your credit card details. Here are a few pictures of some of the new products!

Stamp Sets - love, love, love these!! More on our website.

I had my final operation on my broken ankle yesterday. The doctors removed a screw from my ankle and I am now allowed to walk. I took my first steps yesterday afternoon, if you could call them that! However, today I have managed to walk with my crutches and have not had to hop anywhere. Thankyou for all your well wishes! As Kathleen said in her weekly email this week - I will be back figure skating in no time ;)

New Layout + March Madness Card Class News

Have you had a fabulous weekend? We had Jilly GG come and teach two classes at the shop on Saturday and it was such a fun day! Jilly will be back with us on Saturday the 10th April and you can book now.

Jilly GG and Ngaire Bartlam also create pieces of art and jewellery and sell it through their Etsy shop The Gradum Gypsies. I checked out Jilly's necklace yesterday and think I might have to get one for myself!

I created this layout last week with Rouge de Garance papers we have instore and I also made the flower embellishment with tissue paper and paint.

Have you heard about our March Madness card class that is on at the end of March? It is on Saturday 27th March at 10am and we will be making 30 cards in one class (yes that is not a typo - 30 cards!). The class is FREE! You will need to purchase the kit pictured below to come to the class. The kit includes papers, stamps and embellishments from the new Kaiser La Di Da range and it is just gorgeous! I am currently designing the cards for the class and have made 15 so far and am loving working with this kit. The cards are on display in the shop - make sure you have a look when you are in next. The class is starting to fill up so if you are thinking of coming please book in soon! For more information on this class check out our class schedule or phone us on 33660366.

Jilly Geraghty-Groves Classes This Saturday

Jilly Geraghty-Groves will be teaching at Inkredible this Saturday March 6th. Here are the layouts that she will be teaching.

Her first class will be at 10.30am:


Her second class starts at 1.30pm:

Please see our website for more information or phone the store on 3366 0366.

For Today - Scrapbooking Inspiration

For Today: 28th February

(Inspired by a blog post of Ali Edwards that I just came across)

Outside my window... overcast sky, trees and butterflies

I am thinking... that I can not wait to walk again so that i can clean my house. I am also thinking that I can not believe that housework is near the top of my list of things to do once i can walk again... :)

I am thankful for... so many things that i can not possibly list them all here. However, at the moment i am most thankful for good friends and family who have spent the last three months selflessly looking after me. They have given up so much to do this and it will take me a long time to repay them for their kindness.

From the kitchen... not much! i can't really cook at the moment - it took me about forty minutes to boil eggs and make myself a curried egg sandwich due to the distance between my fridge, sink and benches (throwing eggs the length of my kitchen wouldn't be a good idea and i can't exactly carry them and use crutches at the same time so you can see my dilemma especially when you consider carrying other ingredients and utensils...) so, we are living on convenience foods at the moment. i am really looking forward to a proper homecooked meal and so is Eliahn!

I am wearing... my pj's.

I am creating... a layout for Wed night class and also card samples for a class we are having in March (30 cards in one class all made with the new Kaiser La Di Da range - nice!)

I am going... to rest all day and probably watch tv shows.

I am reading... blogs. I have run out of books to read :( Really need a new vampire book!

I am hoping... that my operation goes well.

I am hearing... the birds outside and the fan inside.

Around the house... it is quiet as i am the only one here - i like that!

One of my favourite things... rainy Sunday's at home with Eliahn (was hoping for that kind of weather today but it appears that the sun is trying to come out, oh well...)

A few plans for next week... creating, catching up with Nolene, hanging out with Kate and Eliahn, counting down to my operation - it's an exciting time around here lol!! Don't let me forget though - i am looking forward to Jilly GG's first classes at Inkredible next Saturday!

A picture to share... well, two actually. these are some ATC's i made for a swap last year and i just found the photos on my computer. these are the only ATC's i have ever made and i quite liked them. i used oil pastels and stamping after Nolene taught me some techniques in class.

I decided to share this blog post from Ali with you because i thought that it could be quite a useful tool for scrapbookers. Often we struggle with journaling and documenting our life stories. This shows you how easy it can be. Just answer some simple questions about what is happening in your life at the moment and scrapbook it. It's a glimpse into your everyday life - often we neglect to include these in our scrapbooks but i am so sure that our children would love to read these kinds of snippets of their lives and their parents lives.

Have a fabulous Sunday!

NEW Technique Boutique at Inkredible

One of my favourite products to use at the moment are the Papermania Brush Markers. I use them to colour stamps with and also to colour white cardstock. You can see an example of this in the card below. I have coloured the Stamp It stamp with a pen and I have also coloured some white card in the same colour pen. I love how they match. The sparkles around the edge of the pink card are Kindy glitz dots.

Thankyou to our customers who came to our VIP event yesterday. We hope you all had a lovely time and enjoyed making an Easter basket and card! Next month we are re-launching our VIP event with our all NEW Technique Boutique. Many of you have already booked in so it is shaping up to be a fantastic day! At this new VIP event you have the choice of participating in the cardmaking session or the scrapbooking session. The cost is only $5 and you will receive a product kit with at least $10 worth of new product! Places are limited so if you would like to join in for some fun and new ideas book now. Phone us on 3366 0366 to reserve your seat.

Giovanna has a new blog post about the Running With Scissors Fundraising Crop at Inkredible last Sunday. The day raised $500! Thank you so much to the ladies who helped make the day a success.

Cupcake Card

I have two cards to share with you today. The first one has a cupcake sticker from the new Papermania Elements Cupcake Delights sticker pack. I have designed a new card kit with these stickers which should be available for purchase from tomorrow. These stickers are so cute - my favourite is the Love Birds set with the birdcages! Oh, and the butterflies!! I also used a new Cuttlebug embossing folder, Dawny and I quite like how it turned out. You probably can't see it too well in this photo but I have used a piece of patterned vellum on this card. It has white and creamy leaves on it and it is behind the green and white card. Kathleen gave me the idea to start using our beautiful vellums on my cards - I am looking forward to using more of them as we have so many gorgeous designs in-store now.


The next card is one I designed awhile ago but it has always been a favourite of mine due to it's simplicity. I think we all need a quick and easy card design to fall back on when we don't have a lot of time to make a card. The sentiment has been cut on the Cuttlebug as has the flower. I have cut the flower out of felt and glued a button on top. Then you add a small strip of ribbon for the stem. I used a white gel pen to doodle around the border. Also, make sure you attach the brads to the green card before you stick this piece to the base card otherwise the brads will show through on the inside of your card.

Scrapbook Kit - NEW

I finished my scrapbook layout based on the Scrapbook Creations colour combo of red, silver and light blue. We have some gorgeous embossed white cardstock in-store at the moment and I chose the friendship cardstock for mine. I lightly ran a red stamp pad over the centre part of the cardstock to hightlight some of the friend words. The rest of the embellishments have either been cut from the patterned paper or punched. I love the simplicity of this layout and the fact that it didn't take me very long to do. I really wanted to dedicate this page to one special photo (we all have those types of photos right) but at the same time not spend hours on it. I know that many of you don't have a lot of time to scrapbook but lots of photos to get through. With this in mind, I will be creating layouts for classes and kits that either use a lot of photos or are quick to complete.

A couple of ladies saw this layout in the shop this morning and requested a kit for it so I decided to offer it to everyone. It is now available on our website and it is quite reasonably priced at only $5.50.

Happy Birthday Card

I love this card that Kathleen made! She has used a Papermania stamp set we have instore at the moment. The butterfly and flowers have all been stamped multiple times and layered up. It is really hard to see this in the photo though. Kindy Glitz (clear) has been added as a final touch to bling them up!


I am working on a scrapbook layout at the moment using this month's Scrapbook Creations colour combo of red, silver and light blue. It is coming together nicely and I am hoping to finish it tomorrow so I will share it then if I do. Do you ever try their colour combo's? To be honest, I never have. In fact I have not read their magazine for a very long time but have checked it out again this week and didn't mind it at all. I am also enjoying trying a colour combo that I perhaps would not have otherwise.

Hope you are having a great weekend - I am!

A New Card + New Papers

What scrapbooking magazine do you read? Do you read the ads in it? Kathleen and I are considering doing some magazine ads again and aren't sure which magazine to choose. We would love to hear from you what you think! Leave us a comment with your thoughts.

Here is a card I recently made. The black and white polka dot pattern was actually made with white card and the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. You ink the debossed side of the white card with black ink (it's a great way to make any colour polka dot paper!). I punched multiple flowers from text paper and the EK Success Daisy large punch. I scrunched them all together and then added Kaiser pearls.



I really love these new Birch papers! They are all double sided and one side is glittered. Fabulously priced at just $1.40!!!

Don't forget this weekend we are hosting the Running With Scissors Fundraising Crop at Inkredible. If you would like to come please phone us on 3366 0366 to book in. Bookings are essential to ensure you have a seat!

NEW Card Kit In Store Now

Kathleen has designed a new card kit for sale - "Pink Spring" Card Kit. It retails for $16.95 and you will be able to make these four beautiful cards from it. I especially love the Kaiser Rhinestone strips! Kathleen has used some of the gorgeous new Paper Vogue patterned vellum that we now have in the shop. These kits are selling fast so if you aren't able to make it into the store you can either order online or phone us on 3366 0366 to put one away for you. If you do order online and want to collect it from the shop just make a note in the comments that you do not want it posted. The postage will still show up on your order but we won't charge you for it.

3 New Cards

The first 2 cards I used stamps from the Some Bunny Loves You Candyfloss & Marshmallow Clear Stamp set. Both images have been coloured with watercolours.

The pink card has been embossed using the D'Vine Swirl embossing folder (one of my favourites). The yellow edging has been cut using the Ornamental Iron die. Kindy glitz has been put on the edging.

The green card has been embossed with the Victoria embossing folder. The pink edging has also been cut using the Ornamental Iron die and kindy glitz put all over.

The third card - the owl is from the Papermania Honey & Hugs Owl clear stamp set. I've paper pieced it to give it a bit of 3 dimensional look. The sentiment is from the Papermania Sentiments clear stamp set. The purple card has been embossed using the embossing folder from the Ornamental Iron set - I wiped a white ink pad over it to highlight the raised pattern. The purple edging has been cut using the Ornamental Iron die and then kindy glitz over it.

Hope you like the card

Kerry

2 New Cards & My Ankle News

I have two cards to share with you today. The first one is a baby girl card. The pram is cut from the new Mother's Day Cricut cartridge which I love. The sentiment is from a set of Kaiser rub ons and I have also used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder which I have to admit is one of my favourites. Kathleen is not fussed on it but I use it A LOT!

See, I told you that I used Swiss Dots a lot!! I also love to make white cards. Here is a very simple wedding card made with white card and silver foil card. The sentiment has been stamped with a stamp from the Papermania sentiment set we have in store. I have punched the daisy flowers with the EK Success medium Daisy punch. The EK Success border punch jazzes up the sentiment strip a little and finish off with ribbon and Kaiser pearls. The Kaiser pearls and rhinestones are self adhesive which makes them really easy to use (lots of customers still don't realise this so thought I would mention it).

My ankle is healing well but I did have a little trip on it yesterday and scared poor Kathleen. It is OK today but I have to tell you, I am looking forward to when this is all over. A broken ankle is a lesson in patience (something I don't have much of). I have a new appreciation for people with a physical disability and the effort it must take just to get through the daily activities that most of us take for granted.

I would like to thank all of our wonderful customers who emailed or phoned Kathleen when I broke my ankle to wish me a speedy recovery or who offered to help in any way they could. Some of you have even sent me books and cards, visited me and helped out in the shop. To you - THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. I doubt that you realise how even such a small act has impacted my life. And to Eliahn, Mum, Dad, John, Kathleen & Stephen - no words can convey my gratitude.

To keep you all up to date - my next operation is on the 10th March. The doctors will be removing a screw that extends the width of my ankle and is presently holding it all together. They will leave the metal plate and six other screws in my ankle (helps with stability I think). I can have these removed in 18 months or so if they are annoying me. After my operation I will be allowed to put full weight on my foot again and slowly start to walk again. Some customers have expressed their worry that I am not walking yet. Thank you for your concern but I can only go by what my doctors are telling me to do and at this point they are not allowing me to put pressure on my ankle due to the large screw holding it together. If that screw snaps it will halt the recovery process and make it much harder to remove the screw. I can not afford for the recovery process to take any longer than it already is and I don't want to snap the screw so I am following the doctors orders! Every injury is different and has a different recovery plan/process and while your past injury may have indicated that you should start walking at six weeks mine doesn't. I met patients at the hospital who didn't get their cast off until much later than mine was able to come off so you see we are all different.

On a final note, many customers ask me how I broke my ankle. One lady asked me if I did it pole dancing lol!!! I am seriously thinking of telling people that this is how I did it but the real story is that I broke it while ice skating. Sadly, I will never ice skate again... but if you go ice skating, my one bit of advice is WATCH OUT FOR THE LITTLE KIDS WHO MAY RUN INTO YOU. And if they do run into you just let yourself fall down, don't fight it and try to stay standing :)

With Love Card

I spent the day with Nolene at the shop today - thank you so much Nolene for everything, I really appreciated your help. Can't say we did too much work though ;)

I have just one card to share with you today. It has one of my favourite stamps on it, the butterfly and swirl stamp from a Kaiser set that we have instore. The card is made from all white card - I inked some of it to make it purple. I have used the EK Success border punch I love to create the scallop border. To finish it off, I used Kindy Glitz to create the sparkly border.

Two New Cards

Are you having a great weekend? We had the lovely and lots of fun Ngaire Bartlam teaching at the shop today. I wasn't there but Kathleen said she had a great day with Ngaire and all the ladies who came to class - thanks Ngaire! Also, many thanks to Princess Tina for bringing more rocky road! I don't know what we would do if you arrived for class without it one day - Stephen would definately be very upset!!

I spent the morning at home scrapbooking but I can't share it just yet as it is for class next Wednesday night. I will be emailing it out on Monday. If you would like to join our email list for class details and specials please send us an email.

Here are two cards I made a little while ago. The baby card was so quick and easy to make. I cut the stork on the Cricut (Lyrical Letters from memory). The sentiment is a Kaiser rub on.

The next card was all made from white card. I love creating with white card and stamp pads or brush markers. This way I can match colours perfectly. You can colour your stamps with brush markers instead of stamp pads which is what I have done here. Then I simply colour the edges of the white card in the same colour to create my own coloured cardstock. Purchasing a set of brush markers is a great investment as it means you have a whole new set of "stamp pads". I use Kindy Glitz around the edges to create glitz borders. I have used Stamp It stamps on this card. Everything I have used is available in store now.