Teneale Williams

This week’s deal is huge discounts on 5 of the Designer Series Papers. You can see all the papers on page 132 of the Idea Book & Catalogue. You have until 15 June at 11:50 PM (AET) to take up this offer.

112470 Haiku Designer Series paper now $10.17

113976 Pink Flamingo Designer Series paper now $11.02

113992 Tea Party Designer Series paper now $10.17

113975 Raspberry Tart Designer Series paper now $11.02

114037 Sweet Slumber Specialty Designer Series paper now $14.92

I have gone to my card archives for cards I have made using some of these papers, I don’t have samples using Tea Party and Raspberry Tart but I will….very soon

Pink Flamingo DSP now $11.02

Sweet Slumber Specialty now $14.92

Haiku now $10.17

To place an order, contact me by….

Phone: 0416 000 955
Email: mail@tenealewilliams.com.au

Finally Friday is here, I know I say it often but what a week! I am happy the weekend is here however my weekend is filled with lots of work but I still plan to catch up with some of my favourite people and have a little fun. I have been feeling a little uncreative lately as I am sure you can tell, I am happy to report I feel like my mojo is back! Last weekend I did my last classes in a scrapbook store, which was sad because I have been working in scrapbook stores for years teaching classes all over Sydney but I have stopped doing it so I can focus on my current career direction, having said that there will also be some changes here coming to my blog and with my Stampin’ Up! business soon. I hope to post a little more now I don’t have classes to design for stores.

Anyway I know you are here not to hear all about me or my week but to see a little eye candy and what I did for this weeks Inkspiration challenge. Keesh gave the DT a colour challenge this week….here are the colours:

Here is my card for this week, I am so happy with this card and just think it is super cute. I don’t think I can part with this one and normally I don’t talk myself up {well I don’t think I normally do anyway} but I am feeling pretty clever for coming up with this one The Real Red DSP I have used is retired it was from a 2007 Simply Scrappin kit, I hand most of my scrap DSP to my 4 year old niece Bailey so I had to borrow it from her stash….

Loving the inside too….

If your wondering how I made the banner… well I used these stamps from Party Hearty, the row of party hats which I used upside down and punched the “celebrate” out with a small Circle Punch. I love Party Hearty and it is my most used birthday set.

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Throughout the month of June, we are bringing you a new deal every week! With the Deals of the Week, you’ll get up to 50 percent off a selection of products from the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalogue!

This week’s deal is 30% off the following punches. Normal retail price $30.95 but until 8th June they’re just $20.12.

112081 Scallop Square Punch

109183 Trio Flower Punch

110711 Boho Blossoms Punch

114889 Scallop Oval Punch

To place an order, contact Teneale.
Phone: 0416 000 955
email: mail@tenealewilliams.com.au

Inkspiration challenge time again, after a break last week because half the team were at Stampin’ Up! Convention…. I hope you did not miss us too much.

This week is a sketch and Keesh has made some changes so pop over to her blog and read all them.

My card:

Inside:

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Convention is here and I am SO excited, I thought I would share my card with you I have made as my Convention swap. I made 40 of these little babies and I never want to cut another butterfly out again {lol}…. I started making my swaps over a month ago and just did little parts when I had time so it did not seem like such a big job, that also means I have had glitter all through my house that whole time. At first I did not like my swaps but now I really like them, I am a massive fan of Blush Blossom with Close to Cocoa so I had to give this combo a give for the last time at a Convention as they retire soon.

Inside, I did not do this on all my swaps but this one is for someone very special.

All Materials are from Stampin’ Up! and I will update the details once I get home.

Please leave me a little comment love, I so love hearing from your guys

Today I leave for Stampin’ Up! Convention and I am all set to go, as I said yesterday I would give you guys some cards and updates while I was away. Don’t forget to follow me on twitter here or read along via the feed on the sidebar of my blog if you want to know what’s happening at Convention, I hope to keep it interesting but because I am sick and voiceless….. I am not sure! lol

Anyway here is a very Blue Butterfly card…. hope you like it.

Inside…..

Everything used is from Stampin’ Up!

Just popping in to say…. hello and tell you I have added my twitter profile to my sidebar, I am getting back into updating my twitter account and I am inviting you to follow along I will be tweeting from Stampin’ Up! Convention with what I am up to and any exciting news that I have, Convention starts Friday but I am heading into the city tomorrow to the “pre” Convention events {lol}. I am going to try to have a few cards saved and going off over the weekend here on my blog while I am at Convention to keep you all going and yes I will show my swap.

I am still sick from last week and shared to get my voice back but it is very ruff and the Doctor told me to just stop trying to talk and rest to try and get better….. hello NO talking its convention time….but I am STILL so excited.

Yay….it’s finally Friday! The end of week and Inkspiration challenge time, it’s a colour challenge this week of Sage Shadow, Basic Grey, Apricot Appeal and Whisper White….. great colours but I have never used them together and I must say when I got the colours I was like WHAT? but they do work well together.

I am going to be quick, I have crawled out of bed to go to the doctors and post this card, I have totally lost my voice and feel like I have been hit in the head…. I need to get better by next week for Stampin’ Up! Convention, at least I have all my swapped made, I am almost packed and pretty much ready to go however I have a bit of work to knock over before Thursday…. But I am SO excited…..

I am pretty happy with this card, I really like the flowers which I have watercoloured with an Aqua Painter, cut out and then glittered, I think they look really effective. For the background I used Tres Chic, which I inked parts of in VersaMark and clear embossed. The Friends stamps is actually from the Friendship jumbo wheel that I chopped up and it is now a great sentiment stamp set. I am learning to embraces the “rip” as Debbie Crouse from 7Gypsies told me to start doing after our class last weekend, I like the rip detail on one side of the flower panel.

Like always….a pretty inside…..

Stampin’ Up! Materials:
Stamps: Echoes of Kindness, Friendship Jumbo Wheel {cut up for the greetings} and Tres Chic
Ink: VersaMark, Basic Grey, Sage Shadow and Apricot Appeal
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Grey and Sage Shadow
Other: Basic Grey taffeta ribbon, Aqua Painter, Clear Embossing Powder, Two Way Glue and DD Glitter

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Friday is finally here…YAY, I am so excited for the weekend I am going to a 7gypsy’s class with two of their designers who are out from the USA on Saturday night at one of the Scrapbook stores I teach for {MTL in Liverpool} and well Sunday is Mothers Day so I am looking forward to treating the Mum’s in my family like Queens and helping my little Nieces to make their Mum a card.

You know Friday also means Inkspiration challenge time and it is a sketch this week, I think because I am feeling SO uncreative at the moment I struggled with this one…. I like “balance” and I keep looking at it thinking it needs something for the top left corner…. But it is good to challenge yourself every so often.

Here is what I did…. I can say it does look better in real life because not all the little details have shown up when I photographed the card, I have stamped the Flourish from Vintage Vogue in Pink Pirouette on the Whisper White Cardstock, The Verse {which I love} is from Echoes of Kindness and I have a added a Riding Hood Red Layer with a ripped edge that is just not showing very well…. I am going to stop selling this card to you {lol}

Inside…. again you can’t see the Pink Pirouette stamping on the Whisper White but I did a light stamp En Français in patches

Stampin’ Up! Materials:
Stamps: Echoes of Kindness, Vintage Vogue and En Français
Ink: Choc Chip and Pink Pirouette
Paper: Whisper White, Choc Chip and Riding Hood Red
Other: Bella Rose DSP, Sherbet {Pretty in Pink} Button

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Like my title for this entry!….. for anyone who blogs themselves I am sure you can relate, sometimes you just don’t know what to title a post…. I am feeling very uncreative at the moment, I know it is normal and everyone loses their creative mojo once in a while! Yeah? Well if anyone finds my mojo can they return it….. please

One thing I am excited about and I am pretty sure I am not alone is….Stampin’ Up! Convention is two weeks away and it is in Sydney this year, so at least I don’t need to travel far, this is my second convention and I am really looking forward to catching up with friends and fellow demos. I am sharing a room with Superstar Stamper Marelle Taylor again this year and I also double also her bodyguard….it is my job to keep her safe when all her fans are coming at her for a swaps, photos and just to telling her how amazing is she {it’s ok Marelle, I have your back lol}. Speaking of swaps I am almost finished mine, I did not want to my swaps this year but little Marelle gave me a strong talking to and now…..I am making them, so I thought I would give you a little sneak peak to what I am making….

That was mean….its only the parts and not a finished card….I just wanted to tease you. I would love to hear who is coming to convention? And hope everyone is as excited as me for it

Kirsty, Nikki, Rebecca gave me a butterfly blog award which I appreciate.

Now I must pass this award on to another 10 beautiful blogs and tell you 10 things about myself.
Okay 10 beautiful blogs

Georgina Martin
Alex Hughes
Sharon Davis
Lina Harvey
Kylie Swain
Nicky Adamson
Kari Hughes
Madonna Dunn
Petronela Hardy
Jacqui Crouch

10 things about me!
1. I have a serious addiction to Pepsi Max…..
2. I have a little road rage issues sometimes….. {blush}
3. I have a massive problem typing ………. {dot, dot, dot} on my blog…….
4. I say “whatever” WAY to much…. to the point that I have had people say it before I do because they know it is coming……. and when I left my last job some of my staff gave me a stamp that said “whatever” as a parting gift.
5. New York is my favourite city in the world, and I had my first White Christmas there in 99’
6. No one ever watches TV with me because I don’t watch a lot but when I do I iQ {record} the shows and then watch them in fast forward, I stop to get the gist of what they are saying then fast forward again. I can cut a 1 hour show into 5 to 10 minutes….I have it to an art.
7. I have always been creative and my first real “job” was a Window Dresser for a Theme Park.
8. I am a night owl and don’t get as much sleep as I would like.
9. I am addicted to my iPhone and always playing with it…..or listening to it
10. Most of my family and friends call me Ten.

Its Friday again..…{YAY} the end of the week and Inkspiration challenge time again. I just wanted to say sorry to everyone that I have not uploaded many cards over the past three weeks, I have been a busy little chicken but I am happy to report I did get some stamping time in this week and have taken photos today so next week I will be back on track.

This week is a inspiration challenge….. when I first looked at the image, I straight away thought pretty, vintage and Roses, this is one of the easier inspiration challenges that Keesh has set and I can see lots of pretty cards being make this week. If you have never played along….go on… its fun, just go to Kirsty’s site for all the details and add your creation to Mr. Linky so we can check them all out.

Here is what I came up with, lots of stamping and no Pattern Papers! I have just used En Français Background stamp and the Flourish from Vintage Vogue on all three stamped layers, including a little En Français over the Rose layer. On the Brown layer I have added texture by sponging Close to Cocoa Ink over Close to Cocoa Cardstock then stamped the images in Chocolate Chip Ink. For the Pink layer I have clear embossed the images on Regal Rose Cardstock, sponged the edges in Regal Rose Ink then I did a little Emboss Resist by applying White Craft Ink over the Cardstock and wiped off the excess ink. I am really happy with the effect it has created.

I added this shot to try and show you the stamping detail over the Rose and also with the background when I stamp the En Français I have only stamped parts of the image, by having the stamp face up and placing the Cardstock on the stamp {which is the opposite way to how we normally stamp} I only rub parts of Cardstock which creates the “empty” sections were I have then stamped with the Flourish image….. get me???? Also on the Pink background when I embossed I did not worry about wiping away the excess embossing powder as I wanted that to stay because it added to the background effect.

Inside…. as you can tell mine is a Mother’s Day card because it felt like it had a Mother’s Day feel.

Stampin’ Up! Materials:
Stamps: Fifth Ave Floral, Vintage Vogue, Tiny Tags, En Français and Occasional Greetings
Ink: VersaMark, White Craft, Choc Chip, Close to Cocoa and Regal Rose
Paper: Very Vanilla, Choc Chip and Regal Rose
Other: Clear Embossing Powder, Pretties Kit Cream Pearl, Build a Brad and Blender Pen

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

April DT Guest Louise

I am a little late sorry everyone, I have had a really busy day /week and I even rang Makeesha this afternoon and said I am not going to get it posted, but due to a small miracle I am here…. and so is my card. This week we have a colour combo and it is bold…. but fun colours…..

I got to use one of my new stamp sets I got for my Birthday, LOVE new stamps. I must say Makeesha was a bit tough with this combo….I never work so bright! I guess that’s what good about a stamping challenge.

Inside…. how cute does it look with the little floating away hot air balloon….

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

April DT Guest Louise

Don’t forget to link your card to Mr Linky on Keesh’s blog, so that we can all check out what you’ve created.

Its Friday again, this is my second post of the day….{crazy I know}….and time from another Inkspiration sketch Challenge, I must say Makeesha has out done herself with this sketch, I really love it and I know I will be using it again.

Here is her Sketch and I suggest making time to sit down and play along this week…..

This card is going to my bestie, Elise who is coming to Sydney from Brisbane this weekend for my birthday and to catch up with friends, last week we had one of our long chats on the phone…she has been single for a while {not sure why she is really beautiful but maybe a little too pickie} ….anyway….. she made a comment that she just wanted to find a “Stud”….. being the great friend that I am….. I whipped this up…not sure this is what she was hoping for but she will get a laugh.

Last week I did not do much stamping on my Inkspiration Challenge DT card, but I have made up for that this week….LOTS of stamping and so much fun to just get messy. I have stamped the Sanded background over Boarding Blue Cardstock in a mix of VersaMark and Choc Chip ink, I have then stamped Medallion {from the current Mini} in VersaMark and clear embossed the lot. I then got to the good part…. brayering Choc Chip ink over the surface. I just love the effect it has created. I have stitched the edges and roughened them up. I did cheat a little and moved the greeting down as you can tell from the sketch…. I hope that’s ok

Inside…. I say it all the time but I love doing inside my cards.

All Materials from Stampin’ Up!.
Stamps: Medallion, Wanted and Sanded
Ink: VersaMark, Choc Chip and Boarding Blue
Paper: Very Vanilla, Choc Chip and Boarding Blue
Other: Largest Circle Punch from Mini, Brayer, Vintage Brads and Clear Embossing Powder

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

April DT Guest Louise

Don’t forget to link your card to Mr Linky on Keesh’s blog, so that we can all check out what you’ve created.

I just wanted to thank everyone for the Birthday wishes I have received, I am having a lovely birthday and truly touched…Thank you…. If you want to share in my birthday giveaway and maybe win a birthday gift go to this post and leave me a little comment love….

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by

Today I celebrate my 29th birthday…. yay…. I finally got here! I think there were MANY times as I was growing up my Mum was convinced that I was never going to get here either because she could of killed me before now….. for …..well…..I can‘t remember what she knows and doesn‘t know so I will play it safe and just say….. lots of things I should not of been doing….{lol}….. I have always loved Birthdays just not my own and for the past two weeks I have been hushing people when they very kindly remind me that…. its my Birthday on Friday…..grrrrrrr or that I am turning the BIG 29! only one year off 30.….. I don’t know what my thing is about not get excited about my birthday….…I have lots planned for this birthday and it is going to be a busy few days, last night I had Family Dinner which was lovely, today I am going to the movies having lunch with my Mum and Sister, then spending the afternoon with some of my favourite little people {my Nieces} and finishing the day with my normal Friday night card class….. My Bestie, Elise is coming to Sydney from Brisbane for the weekend and she thinks we are going to party all weekend….. I am not so sure about that one…..

I know the song goes “its my party and I will cry if I want to” {well I am a bit of a cry baby at times but I will hold back the tears} ….. I want it to be….. “it’s my birthday and I can do giveaways if I want too…” I am sharing the birthday gifts with YOU…. I have not done BLOG CANDY in forever….. Here goes…..

Leave me a comment on whatever you like…. to help you here some ideas… tell me if you have a birthday survival tip? funny birthday stories? something about my blog {keep it nice kids} any good challenge sites you have found….pretty much anything you want to tell me…. I want to hear it…. I am starting with one birthday gift I will add another gift for every 29 comments… so if I have 58 comments I will give away 2 gifts…. If I have 87 comments 3 gifts…. And so on…. What are the gifts? It will be a surprise….all wrapped up, looking pretty as a birthday gift should and I can give you a hint it will be Papercraft related gifts…. Everyone can enter, all my SU demos and overseas readers welcome to play along… I want lots and lots of comments….so give them to me

The fun ends 12am on 22/4/2010. Winners advised by email…..

After ALL that I do have a card….. I bright one….

I used Taylor’s sketch challenge from last week, I love her sketch’s and work in general…. she is one clever little cupcake

Yes…. put on your sunnies for this one…. I went bright…. a little sewing crazy and over excited with glitter which is STILL all over my craft room….

Great NEWS….. I have a second post coming tonight….. 7pm Sydney time I will have a Inkspiration sketch 21 challenge and it is GOOD…. GREAT….and I don’t normally say that…. see you tonight……

….leave me a comment…..go on….you could win…….
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