Stampin Up Convention 1-2 May 2009 Canberra

Make a note of this date and start thinking of attending Convention 2009. A few people have asked me about accommodation in Canberra and I decided to put the links up on my blog

Convention will be held at the National Convention Centre

31 Constitution Avenue, Canberra

Here's a link to the National Convention Centre

http://www.nccc.com.au/

Firstly here's a google link to accommodation in Canberra

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=Canberra+accommodation&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryAU

Here's a map of Canberra city

http://www.blackstump.com.au/map-canberra.htm

Here's a link showing you Canberra attractions, restaurants and night life

http://www.nccc.com.au/locationMap/index.html

My friend swears by this website for cheap accommodation so here is the link:

http://www.wotif.com/

Goodluck with everything and see you all at convention 2009

Onesies

Aren't these cards called Onesies so cute!!!As you can see I changed the template around for this one

I have found two links to instructions and a template for you to use to make these gorgeous cards. Here is the actual link to the template I used Onesies Template kindly made by Laura Lynn which I found on Splitcoast Stampers

Here are written instructions as well by Lauren Meader

Added post April 1st 2009

I found the real origin to onesies, that came about a long long time ago by Kimberley Morris

Here's the link direct to her pattern with full instructions as well, she has some gorgeous samples on her blog, check them out.

Thanks so much Kimberley, I've had a lovely time doing these and shared with many of my crafting friends are local craft groups.

Hints and tips

I thought I would start this post probably just so I remember all these tips I have tried and find that it is helpful.

Punches - I put abit of orange oil on a tissue and rub it around the inside of the punch on the underside and it seems to get another lease of life. I have never tried to punch the foil or sandpaper through it so never knew it if worked but have read that eventually it will blunt your punch.

Rotary cutters - I rub the same orange oil over the rotary blade of my cutter being very careful as those suckers are very sharp even though they cut paper bluntly after much use and that seems to revive them as well, also if you have a cutter mat you can turn it around 4 times and get more use out of them.

Cuttlebug embossing dies - I found that if you apply the double sided tape to your cardstock before you put it in for embossing you will find the ds tape adheres better than when it is embossed. (This hint won me some cool papers in the Australian Stamping and Papercraft magazine).

I have also found some cool websites with tutorials and one of my favourite is Kristine Werner, here is a link to a tutorial page she has up my favourite is on how to tie a ribbon which is the best I have seen so far  http://kwernerdesign.com/blog/tutorials/