December Fenzy up to 50% off some great Stampin' Up Products

Wow its here Finally here the best part of December is when Stampin' Up have there great specials on just in time for christmas. It's never to late to book in for a workshop to get some great benefits from December Fenzy and the new mini Catalogue and create some lovely christmas cards. Some great bargins so check them out!!!!
Click on here to see the great specials Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Clean & Simple Sketch Challenge - FTL 166

Once again a lovely but simple sketch from Clean and Simple. Everyone is crazy making christmas cards but I decided to use a lovely simple stamp that I've been wanting to play with for quite a few weeks.
The stamp set I used is one of the new Hostess stamp sets for Stampin' Up called Faith of Nature.
Here is the sketch from clean and simple sketch FTL166



And this is my lovely card that I've created.

So easy to create this card. Thanks for coming and having a look
Kim

Craft Stall for i98FM Camp Quality Kids Convey

What a great day was had last Sunday at i98FM Camp Quality Kids Convey. If you have never been touched by someone with cancer than your one of very few.

Every year i98FM organise a fantastic event in the Illawarra to raise much needed funds to help Camp Quality and their families.

This year I was apart of that with a stall. That’s right my first craft stall and what an honour to be apart of such a great event.

The day is all about the children, companies bid to be apart of the truck and motorbike convey with lots of people getting dressed up this year. Check out the photos of our great day. Thanks for all those people that come and said hello and helped raise money for a fantastic cause was great to be apart of the experience. I know my whole family enjoyed themselves.

Ribbon & Brads Share

Hello all,
I reakon there are some lovely ribbon and brads in our new catty. Wouldn't it be nice to have them all. Hmmmm
Well I've decided to do a Ribbon and Brads share and that way you can have a little of all the lovely colors. The first two I'm going to run is that of the new in colors.

New In colors - 5 People
1.5 mtrs of each 3/8" ruffled Ribbon pge 138
Designer Printed Brads 16 mixed variety of colors pge 143
Colors:Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Lemonade, Pool Party, Wisteria Wounder$24.95 per person

In Colors - 5 People
1.5mtrs of each 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon pge 138
Glimmer Brads 16 mixed variety of colors pge 143
Colors: Concord Crush, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz,Poppy Parade,Blushing Bride
$20.95 per person
If you are intersted in taking part of this swap please send me an email.
Thank you
Kim 

Clean & Simple Sketch Challenge - 160

Hello everyone and thanks again for coming and have a look at what I've created for this weeks sketch for clean & simple. One thing it doesn't take long to get some inspiration to create something when using these challenges as they are so simple. Here is the sketch. If you wish to go check out other great card ideas using this go to http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com/
This week I've got a new stamp set that I've had sitting here for a few weeks and dying to use so I thought I would make more than one card showing what I've created using this sketch and the Delicate Doilies stamp set and how it can be used for different uses to make different cards for varies occasitions. My kind of stamp set.


Delicate Doilies and sketch to make a birthday card.



Delicate Doilies and sketch to make a christmas card.

Ok well I'm off to go do some more creating.
Would love to see what you have created with this stamp set and also this sketch idea. Send me the links so I can check them out.
Tell me what you think about the new Delicate Doilies stamps set? What is it that you like or dislike about it?

Enjoy your week
Kim

Stocking Stamp set and Punch Promotion

How exciting is this promotion only for this month. Christmas isn't that far away and I have some great card ideas to share if you would like to get a few friends together and have a workshops AND gain lots and lots of benefits including this bondle can't get better than that!!!!

Stamp Sets for sale

Hi all I'm getting rid of some of the old stamp sets that are now retired for Stampin' Up to make way for some new ones. Please feel free to have a look by following the link and if you wish to purchase one please put your name in the comments box below the individual stamp you want to purchase.
Postage will cost about $7.95 through out australia and that is registered post.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.238674869517504.99850.122192687832390&saved#!/pages/Cooinda-4-Kids-Crafts/122192687832390

Cheers enjoy looking
Kim

Clean & Simple Sketch Challenge - FTL 158

Hello everyone
The past month I really felt like I had lost my mojo and what better way to get it sparked for some creativity is to do a card sketch am I right?
So I decided to do this weeks Clean and Simple Sketch FTL158. I used the new cute stamp set that I recieved at Stampin' Up reginals convention Under the big top and I created a lovely card and bag for Zane's 1st birthday.
Check it out and see what you think.
There is also some great other bags and little card sets that you can use for a child's birthday and lots of other things using this stamp set so give me a call or send me an email if you would like to book a workshop and learn how. It's that easy.4
Thanks for stoping by and having a look
Have a great week
Kim

Regionals in sydney and the deal to share the friendships and the joy of creating just got sweeter!!

This weekend I had the chance to go to regionals convention for Stampin' Up. I love the great and fantastic presentation of all these new ideas of making new cards and other projects I've now been inspired to do do.
The other thing I loved was that I got to meet some of the great friends I've made over the past year through Stampin' Up it has truley been amazing and lovely to finally meet you all in person.

Stampin' Up is providing more great products all the time and just made the deal better again for joining as a demonstrator in September. If that be you just want to be a hobbist demonstrator and create for yourself or make it into a serious money making business it is totally up to you. Check out the Mini start up pack you can get
www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kimdownton/promotions
or get the normal start up pack at 20% off
Oh wait thats right as a special gift on top of this great deal till the 25th Sept you are going to get another FREE stamp set. So come and enjoy the excitment of stampin' up and enjoy all the great things about it

Join the big Stampin Up family just got better!!!!

I knew there would be something exciting for the new catty coming out. You can join Stampin' Up! during September for only $169 for the Mini Starter Kit. This is great if you already have a lot of Stampin' Up! goodies already. Or you can get 20% off the current Starter Kit. Join with the full kit for only $231.20. Don't you love stampin up. Check it out here!!! http://www3.stampinup.com/au/ena/default.asp 
Have you seen the new Idea Book & Catalogue oh so many lovely things from new punches, papers even MATERIALS!!! contact me today about getting a copy or you can have a sneek peek through this link http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kimdownton/catalogs

Clean & Simple Sketch Challenge - FTL 153

Hello everyone its been a very busy weekend here at my place. And at the end of it all Im not feeling the best. But what better way to have abit of a pick me up by making a card or two so I decided to have a play with this weeks challenge for Clean and Simple and here it is.
Thanks for coming and having a look take care Kim

Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch 214

Hello everyone I bet its great to see the sun out and the warmer weather upon us. This month is always a busy and exciting month for us Stampin Up Demonstrators. Its when we have products from our catalogue retire and a sneek peek of what will be coming available in the new catalogue in September and I must say its all very exciting especially for Hostesses as the benefits have gotten even better. Now they have included the advantages of getting items for HALF PRICE!!!!! so very excited about that. If you would love to know more details please don’t hesitate to give me a call or send a message and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Now onto one of my new creations for this weeks challenge for Stamping 411 - sketch-challenge-214. I love the layout for this card really simple. Have a look as well at all the other fantastic cards that everyone has made on here.

Thanks for coming and having a look and don’t forget to keep an eye out on updates for the new catalogue.

Create & Chat

Wow can't believe another week has nearly passed and next Friday we will be having exciting night of chats and creating. This happens every fortnight at present.

On Friday the 3rd June we will be creating an easel card and clam shell box.

We start at 7pm and all materials are included to make these items for JUST $10

bargain I know.

Would love for you to come along if your in the area.  Check under the classes on this website and follow the link for more details.

If you like what you see but can't come along to my workshops here you can always organise to create these things another night that suits you at your house if you like.

Easel Card

Clam Box

Clam Box Open

Challenges from Unconvention Stampin' Up Australia

For those of us that wasn't able to make Convention in Melbourne in Australia some of us Stampin Up ladies decided to have Unconvention and have abit of fun and create some cards and challenge each other. We had such a great time chatting and creating. Here are some of the cards that I created for the challenges.

Strength and Hope Side Easel Card - Unconvention Swap 

Card Sketch Challenge



Card Challenge using punches



Challenge that we could only use the same shades of one color

Inspiration Challenge - An Autumn Picture

Welcome to Cooinda 4 Kids & Crafts

Hello and welcome to my blog page Cooinda 4 Kids & Crafts. Please bare with me with this as this is something really new for me to be doing a blog.
Your most proberlly woundering a little how my business name came about perhaps. Well Cooinda is an Aboriginal word for Happy place, I look after children and I love my crafts. I like to think that when children come to visit my place that it is a very happy place and also for those who come along to my workshops to be creative that this is also a happy place were we can forget about our daily worries and express ourselves in a whole new way.
Hope to share with you lots of new things and hope perhaps you can join me in my happy place to get creative someday or pehaps at your place with your friends to get creative.