Christmas Card Swap - where are YOUR cards??

Here is an updated list of who has sent their cards in. They were due by today - where o where are everyone else's?

GROUP ONE

1. Cass - not made yet, but I am in with the organiser, so have got a little leeway ;)
2. Robyn RECEIVED
3. Lesley RECEIVED
4. Lauri RECEIVED
5. Carole RECEIVED

GROUP TWO
1. Lesley DONE
2. Kim ORGANISED (have spoken with you)
3. Lauri RECEIVED
4. Alana RECEIVED
5. Kendall POSTED

Off to send dark and scathing emails to Alana and Kendall ;)

Cass x

A random giveaway!

Hi all,

I am doing a random giveaway :)

First person to reply here will get a sample of petals paper (can't remember it's proper name lol) from the current mini catalogue.

Australian residents only - sorry girls!

Cass

Sorry to my Sunday girls...

Hi all,

I have logged on this morning to say hi, and realised that my post from yesterday morning did not publish :O

I typed it up and then ran out to the door to a workshop. I wondered why there were no takers :?

To make up for it, I am going to do 5 random giveaways this week, it will be on a first to reply gets the goods basis.

Happy Stampin'

Cass

O Christmas Tree!

Something I knocked up tonight...

A good way to use up the scraps of last year's christmas kit :)

I have left spaces for photos as this is one of the items I have for sale.

I forgot to add - this is one of the Kaiser hanging albums that you can buy to alter yourself.

I LOVE scrapping/stamping onto anything that isn't actually a page lol

More candles!

This really is my new favourite technique at the moment, so expect to see even more of them closer to christmas!

Special Sunday - an almost forgotten giveaway!

Hi girls,



Contrary to how it seems I haven't forgotten you all!



This is the first Sunday I haven't been up and on the computer at the crack of dawn. I was up, but I was unwrapping presents with Emma (her third birthday today!) as well as taking Andrew to the bus for Indy at some awful hour. Amidst all this I have been cleaning up vomit intermittently (the birthday girl) and trying to get through the mountain of washing Em has created overnight.



Anyhow, now you have all those nice images, I will let you in on this week's giveaway...



Today's offer is a $5 gift voucher. Same rules as always, but this one has an additional - the voucher can only be redeemed on purchases of $25 or more.



Reply here if you are interested, today's offer is unlimited, and will stay on offer until Monday morning, 10am, to make up for the lateness of this post.



Cass

It's a party...yeah! At our house...*

Today dawns the day of the 5th birthday party.

I ran out of time to make the invitations, however I snuck in some stamping time last night to make the lolly bags. So easy, and I think they are cute!

*Hi-5 fans will know what I'm on about!

Cards from friends...

are the best kind!

From Kathryn -

From Madonna -

From Cheryl -

THANKS girls :)

Stamping on candles

I have seen this done before, and decided it was time to try it myself.

WARNING - it is addictive!!

Who knew something so easy (and cheap!) would look so cute?!

Here are 4 I did today, and a picture of one packaged for sale. I am planning to sell them for $8 each or 2 for $15 - what do you think? The candles are 7.5cm x 15cm. Any suggestions on what you would like to see on a candle?

Some 'new' cards

I have been busy this morning making some cards for the fair Lesley and I are doing.
These are all CASEd from various sources (including myself lol).

Not craft related, but OH SO FUNNY!!

This is for all the mums out there. I don't usually watch these sort of email circulated things, but this one is absolutely hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHJN2PGm1Yo&NR=1

Enjoy!

Cass

A photo frame

I love OTP projects, I just finished this one this morning. It will be one of the items for sale at the Mum's shopping night Lesley and I will be vendors at.

It is a little hard to see, but there is a stamp down the LHS that says 'Cherish' and there is one in the top RH corner that says 'it is the little things that make life big'

Special Sunday - a cranberry crisp and true thyme giveaway!

Good morning all,

A beautiful sunny day here on the Gold Coast. Though as we have seen recently this could change at any minute - I feel a little as though I am living in Melbourne!

Today's giveaway is 2 A5 sheets each of Cranberry Crisp and True Thyme cardstock.

How are all the christmas cards coming along? Anyone else going to admit they haven't even started lol

So today, when you reply, riddle me this...

What is your favourite SU! colour? Mine at the moment is Tempting Turquoise, though this will change I am sure. At the moment I am awash in a sea of blue!

You girls know the rules, only open to Australian residents who are not part of the SU! family...

I am working on a photo frame which will be up later, so stay tuned!

A HELLOOOOO post :)

Hello dear readers (I know you are out there lol)

Felt like chatting, so thought I would start with a captive audience ;)

I have been busily baking cupcakes today. Zoe will be turning 5 tomorrow (I will cry). I swear she was only born yesterday!! My dear girl was born on 10/10 at 10:10pm. Pretty amazing! I have baked 60 cakes, and every one of them turned out beautifully. This has not happened in some time, so I am hoping it bodes well for the big day itself. Zo will be getting a barbie car for her birthday ($50 with 2 barbies, $20 with no barbies - wasn't a hard choice as she already has a couple here at home!) as well as some depserately needed new clothes. I took her dad shopping for them last week whilst he was on hols which was a good idea, he said yes to things I thought I would never have gotten away with buying (he would have said they were too expensive!) and no to things that I would have bought that she would have hated and I would have loved. If I were shopping alone she would have also ended up with fourteen tops and two skirts, because I would have paid no attention to what I was getting shop to shop, I would have just been thinking how cute she was going to look. See, Dad's do come in handy sometimes! I can just see her in 10 years time dragging him out shopping (so she can use his cash of course lol).

Getting caught up in the excitement that is Zoe's birthday, I almost forgot it is also nearly Emma's!! She is turning three on the 21st. It just doesn't seem right, she is my baby!! My baby has been coming along in leaps and strides lately, her vocabulary has gone through the roof, and she has also night trained herself. She declared no more nappies, and we were hesitant, but she has not had a single wet night. I am so proud of her :) She is getting a Dora with twins toy thingy for her birthday, she is still very much obsessed with the spanish speaking 7yo, though Hi-5 are starting to sneak in there too. I'm sure Em won't bother dragging Dad out for shopping, she will just give him the bill at the end!

Jack is going so well in swimming lessons. He has gone from being a timid child, scared of the water and ADAMANT that he would not put his face in the water, to a child who I now cannot keep out of the pool. THANKS Mr David (Zoe says you are funny too!). Miss Gaby has been working hard with them both as well, and whilst I am sure neither of them will ever read this, it is much appreciated.

Well, I am off to ice these cupcakes, and hang up the washing, and pick my son up from school, and take them to swimming lessons, and feed the kids tea, and and and and and....you can relate, I know it ;)

Hope you are all fitting in far more stamping than I am lately!

Cass

Simply Sent Kits - 20% off until tomorrow only!!

A reminder that our Simply Sent kits are on sale until tomorrow only. Purchase any one of our four kits, and receive a HUGE 20% off!!!!!

Each kit contains a set of die cut stamps, step by step instructions and all the materials you need to create beautiful handmade cards.

I am placing an order tonight, so if you would like to order anything, please email me admin@cassandragrambau.com.au by 6pm.

Happy Stampin'!

Cass

Special Sunday - a ribbon giveaway!

Hi everyone,

Today's offering is a sample of ribbon, colour not yet determined as I have a box of offcuts I am going to be rummaging through.

First five Australian residents who are not yet part of the Stampin' Up! family...

Please leave me a comment here...riddle me this...if you could have any item from the SU! catalogue, what would it be?

The great christmas card swap - bumping this up!

Well, the idea seems to be getting wings, so let's go ahead and do it!

I am hosting our first annual Christmas card swap.

The rules:
- Can use any brand products - doesn't have to be all SU!
- Can join more than one swap group, but must make different designs for each group, and must be able to meet swap commitment
- Cards to be A5 size
- Must use at least one embellishment as well as stamped images (eg brads, eyelets, ribbon, hodgepodge etc)
- This is an even swap, and we will be making two designs per person, so there will be 5 per group, and you will make 10 cards (2 designs), send eight to me, and keep two yourself. You will then get eight different ones back.
- All cards must be to me before Nov 1. They will be posted out to all and sundry that same week. Remember to include a SSAE with enough postage to get cards back.
- All cards must contain inserts, and be blank for future use.

I think that is all, simple really! No limit on colours, layouts etc, but card must be Christmas themed.

If you wish to participate, leave a comment here.

Open to Australian residents only.

I'll go first!

GROUP ONE
1. Cass
2. Robyn
3. Lesley
4. Lauri RECEIVED
5. Carole POSTED

GROUP TWO
1. Lesley
2. Kim
3. Lauri RECEIVED
4. Alana
5. Kendall

Zoe's first ever Scrapbook Page!

We went to the papercraft show in Brisbane over the weekend, and Zoe took part in the kids craft corner they had. She produced her first ever scrapbook page - I think it shows real promise! She is only 4 (though it is her birthday next week - my baby girl will be five :o). Imagine what she'll be doing in a few years time!!

Some new cards...

I made my mum a Year of Cards book for her birthday (which is today - happy birthday mum!). Of course I had to make the cards to go with it, some of them you have seen before, but here are a few new ones...

(this one is CASEd from Alisa)

(This one is CASEd from Marelle I think? I know I have seen it somewhere, but can't remember where!!)