Just Add Ink - Photo Inspiration

 

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Just Because

 

The challenge this week over at Just Add Ink is a photo challenge and I will admit that I struggled.

I'm not a huge fan of triangles or the colour yellow, but some how I managed to impress myself!

 

Photo Inspiration:



 

My card:

 

I really love the 'just because' stamp out of the 'A Dozen Thoughts' stamp set. It's set that I am sure gets flicked past until you realise how many great sayings it has in it and how versatile it is...well that's what I did!

 

 

Also another great item is the triangle punch.

You can purchase any current Stampin' Up! products from my online shop.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Lou xo



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Stampin' Up! Convention 2014

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The Stampin' Up Convention this year was held in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago, as always, I'm a little bit behind with my blogging, please forgive me!

 

I shared the experience with my Stampin' Up! besties and team members Marlene, Lisa and Narelle. We had an absolute ball together and so many laughs!

 

L-R: Narelle, Lisa, Marlene and Me!

 

At the Leadership Dinner with my upline Teneale Williams

 

Laughs with my good friend Kylie Bertucci from Melbourne

 

 

(Insert crazy eyes because I have my hands on the new Stampin' Up! Catalogue!)

 

Some crafty inspiration!

 

Photo oppotunity with Shannon West and Holly Langford from Stampin Up Head Office, Utah.

Taken on Awards Night.

 

AWARDS NIGHT!!

I was so excited to have earned 3rd Place in Recruiting!

 

 

I am extremely grateful to everyone for their support and I am blessed to have such an amazing team of people who love Stampin Up like I do! Thank you to my beautiful family and my biggest supporter, my amazing husband. I love you all. xx

 

Next year the convention is at the Gold Coast. The event is open not only to demonstrators, but guests as well, so if you would like to go an experience the time of your life, please let me know and I can get you a ticket next year!

 

Lots of Love,

Lou xo

 



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Just Add Cupcakes!

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Pink with sprinkles on top!

I love pink, I love sprinkles and I love cupcakes. Anyone would think I made this for myself!

I actually made this for a very special girl who loves cardmaking and is one of my biggest supporters. Happy (belated) Birthday Milly, hope your day was filled with cupcakes!

 

This card was also made for the Just Add Ink challenge, Just Add Cupcakes/Cake/Dessert. Go check out the other design team members amazing creations, but be warned, it might make you hungry for something yummy!

 



 

 

Last month was the Strampin' Up! Convention, I will be back to post some more pictures, it's been a crazy fortnight of catching up after jet setting most of May! But I'm not complaining! :)

 I just wanted to share the group photo of some of  the Just Add Ink Design Team girls. Such an awesome, beautiful bunch of people.

 

 

I used the stamp set Another Great Year. It is retiring at the end of the month and I love it.

 

$41.95 Wood or $33.95 Clear

 

Be sure to visit my online shop to see all the retiring product and specials.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Lou xo

 



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Stampin' Up! Grand Vacation - Allure of the Seas

Stampin' Up! Grand Vacation

As promised I am finally back to share some of our amazing trip to the Caribbean on the most amazing ship in the world - Allure of the Seas.

We left on the 1st May headed to Ft. Lauderdale in Florida. Stampin' Up! were so generous that we had an option of an extra buy-in cabin on the ship. I asked two of my best-friends, Mehgan and Kabrina. My poor husband had to put up with three giggling, laughing, excited girls, but he still had an amazing time! 

Mehgan, Kabrina and I enjoy a cocktail in Miami

Amazing husband and I.

 The day we leave to board the ship - you can see it in the background on the right.

Getting my travel wallet and name tag

Our cabin door - all decorated 'Stampin' Uppie!'

Our first stop - Haiti. Standing in front of this mammoth ship.

The port of Jamaica 

At the Myan Ruins in Cozumel, Mexico

The gorgeous beach at Cozumel

 

The Solarium Sundeck

Yes - it had it's very own Central Park!

And the cutest little cupcake shop - 'Cupcake Cupboard'

 Feeling star struck - a photo with Brian King from Atlanta USA. Brian is very tall and he graciously bent right down to get a 'selfie' with me!

Girls just wanna have fun!

The first formal night on the ship - we couldn't stop smiling!

And the boys get serious! 

 The last formal night with our friends. 

From left: Kabrina, Mehgan, Bruno Bertucci and wife Kylie from Melbourne, Daniel - aka amazing husband, Me, Shannean Moncrieff and her husband Woody from Cairns. We spent a lot of the trip together and it's our friends that really made the trip so much more enjoyable.

There's thousands of photos to share and so many memories from such an amazing trip. I am so grateful to Stampin' Up!, my customers, my family and friends, my team and everyone who has supported us to achieve this goal and earn the incentive trip that I cannot put it into words. Just thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support and for believing in me. 

A huge thank you to my Mum, my Brothers and Sister-in-Laws for having our cherubs while we were away and for making it special for them too. We love you.

Thanks again,

Lou xo

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Just Add Ink - Colour Challenge!

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"Any hour spent with you is Happy Hour!"

We just arrived home from the Stampin' Up! Grand Vacation on the Allure of the Seas. If it's possible to have too much fun, then we had it!

The Just Add Ink challenge this week is a colour challenge. 

I made this card for my amazing husband, who continues to make me laugh everyday. We sipped cocktails and enjoyed the beautiful Caribbean weather together.

Here's a photo of us in Haiti standing in front of the ship. 

I will be back shortly to post more photos of our fabulous trip.

Thanks for stopping by,

Lou  xo

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