NZSU Pics of the Week 27 Dec 2015

I hope you all had a great Christmas day with family and friends, our house was mayhem with 29 for Christmas dinner. Fortunately for me, my husband and daughter in-law love to cook, so there was no room for me in the kitchen until clean up time.

For the next week I am holidaying at Waihi beach with some of our family, which we are all looking forward to, lets hope the weather stays fine.

The 2016 Stampin' Up year is off to a great start with the new occasions catalogue and Sale-a-bration.

My very best wishes for a Happy New Year to you and Yours.

Top Row: Angela Palmer  Jacque Williams  Marilyn Meadows
2nd Row:  Michelle Pepper  Paula Dobson  Paula Reid

NZSU Pics of the Week 20 December 2015

Merry Christmas to Everyone

Only 5 sleeps to go! I hope you all have a wonderful day with family and friends. Don't work too hard in the kitchen and if you're travelling be safe. Only one more post in 2015 and lots to look forward to in 2016, have a fabulous week.

Top Row: Debbie Lamb  Heather Stewart

Paula Dobson

2nd Row: Paula Reid  Rhonda Fawcett

Susan Wong

NZSU Pics of the Week 13 Dec 2015

Hi De Ho Stampers, many of you will have been busy this week with end of year school and work functions, with still more to come no doubt. I've been busy creating teachers gifts for my grandsons whom seem to have more than one teacher each these days, however the teachers are always appreciative knowing that time and thought have gone into the gifts they receive.
This week I was thinking it was time I checked out how to make the NZSU Blog mobile friendly, I found it was very easy as "Blogger" had an option within their program to sort it out. I hope that you find it a little easier to access on your phones now.
Have a great week and be careful out there in the busy pre Christmas whirl.

Top Row:  Alison Hyde  Debbie Lamb

Delys Cram

2nd Row:  Jacque Williams  Paula Reid 

Paula Reid 2

NZSU Pics of the Week 6 Dec 2015

Oh my goodness 19 days to go!! Every year seems to go faster than the last or is that just me getting older? It's obvious that everyone is getting busy, as this past week saw a lot fewer posts than usual. 

One of our delightful grandsons assembled our Christmas tree and dressed it, insisting he could do it by himself this year, he's eight. It was a big effort for both of us, for him because it's quite a big tree and for me to keep my hands and advice to myself. However we both did remarkably well!

Enjoy your week and stay sane.

Top Row: Alison Hyde  Jacque Williams

 Kathryn Tyrrell

2nd Row: Marilyn Meadows  Paula Dobson 

Rhonda Fawcett

NZSU Pics of the week 29 Nov 2015

Finally back! Apologies for the drawn out delay, technology is wonderful until it falls over. I hope you are all enjoying the lead up to Christmas and not overtaxing yourselves, take a little time out to relax and smell the "Pine Needles"

Have a wonderful week.

Top Row:   Delys Cram   Heather Stewart   Kathryn Tyrrell

2nd Row:   Marilyn Meadows   Sally Robertson   Susan Wong

NZSU Pics of the Week 15 November 2015

What a great day we had at the inaugural Stampin' Up "On Stage" New Zealand event, our day was filled with excitement,(special announcements) fun, prizes, learning, meeting up with old friends and making new ones. A massive thank you must go to Emma and her team for all the hard work that went into making "On Stage" such a successful event. If you couldn't manage to join us this time, make sure you come along to the next "On Stage" to be held in April 2016.
Have a fabulous week.

Top Row: Alison Hyde   Angela Palmer   Jacque Williams

2nd Row:  Paula Dobson   Paula Reid   Sally Robertson

NZSU Pics of the Week 8 Nov 2015

Only 6 days to go to the inaugural NZ Stampin' Up "On Stage" event!! I'm so excited to be attending, as I know it will be really inspiring and fun. I look forward to meeting many of you there.
Have a fabulous week.

Top Row:   Alison Hyde   Angela Palmer   Jacque Williams

2nd Row    Paula Dobson   Paula Reid   Paula Reid 2nd Card   

NZSU Pics of The Week 1 November 2015

Good Evening fellow stampers, have you had a good week? I received a Stampin' Up order earlier this week with lots of Holiday catalogue products so I was able to create some more lovely Christmas cards and sets of 4 x 4 cards for friends, which I so enjoy. 

We are now in our first week of November and I am almost finished my second year as administrator of this blog, I look forward to completing this very enjoyable task each Sunday night, however there may be someone else who would like to take over this role and bring a fresh perspective to the site. Please send me an e-mail if you would be interested in taking over this role in the New Year.

Have a fantastic week.

Top Row:    Alison Hyde   Delys Cram   Patrice Halliday-Larsen
2nd Row     Paula Dobson   Paula Reid   Sally Robertson

NZSU Pics of the Week 25 October 2015

Here in Auckland we have had a beautiful sunny day, hopefully the rest of the country has enjoyed similar weather. We have my lovely sister in-law and 2 nieces visiting for the weekend, making it a great family weekend. 
How are your stack of Christmas cards coming along?  Exactly two months from today to Christmas day, every year I love the Christmas products and this year is no exception, I'm having a lovely time creating cards for myself as well as family and friends.
Enjoy the rest of this long weekend and have a fabulous week.

Top Row:   Alison Hyde   Heather Stewart   Jacque Williams

2nd Row:   Kathryn Tyrrell   Paula Dobson   Sally Williams

NZSU Pics of the Week 18 Oct 2015

Have you checked out the Stampin' Up Artisan Blog Hop Lately? Why not take a minute or two to browse this week's - Thankful Forest Friends Stampin' Up Artisan Blog Hop Check it out here

There are also many Blog Hop and Challenge sites that deserve a look, great inspiration can be found on a variety of sites, below are a few links.

Just Add Ink  Art with Heart Blog Hop  ESAD Blog Hop 

Enjoy your week.

Top Row:   Angela Palmer   Delys Cram   Paula Dobson

2nd Row:   Sally Robertson   Sharlene Meyer   Susan Wong

NZSU Pics of the Week 11 October 2015

Goodness how the year is flying by, 75 days until Christmas day and only 4 weeks until the first "On Stage, Auckland NZ" event. This is a wonderful opportunity to attend an exciting "Stampin' Up" event, holding this event in NZ makes it so much more accessible and affordable for many of us. It will be great to put faces to names and creations.
Have a fabulous week.

Top Row:   Angela Palmer   Delys Cram   Jacque Williams

2nd Row:    Paula Dobson    Sally Robertson   Sally Williams

NZSU Pics of the Week 4th October 2015

Well it's great to be home again in our wonderful country, how blessed we are to live here. Our gardens have grown so much in the last month, thanks to the spring weather. What a shame it hasn't been so fine over the weekend, hopefully it will fine up for the 2nd week of the school holidays. For those of you who held special events for World card making day yesterday, I hope they were a resounding success for you and your guests.
Have an awesome week.

Top Row:   Alison Hyde   Angela Palmer   Delys Cram

2nd Row:   Michelle Pepper   Paula Dobson   Sally Robertson

NZSU Pics of the Week 27 Sept 2015

Well this is the last post I will posting from the USA, we are now in Washington DC, which I love and will be back in NZ early on the 30th September. It means I haven't done any crafting for a month, that must be the longest time I have been away from stamping for about 4 years! I definitely struggled with New York, so many people and it was very hot while we were there which didn't help. I look forward to some peaceful creating when we get settled into our home again.

Big apologies to Kathryn Tyrrell for crediting her creation last week to Sally Robertson and many thanks to Sally for emailing me so I could correct my mistake.
Have an awesome week.

Top Row: Angela Palmer   Delys Cram   Michelle Pepper

2nd Row:  Paula Dobson   Paula Reid   Susan Wong

NZSU Pics of the week 20 September 2015

What amazing projects have been posted this week, it's really inspiring to see so many fabulous designs. 
We are still in the USA this morning we left the cruise ship and flew from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina so we could go to the drag racing here tomorrow.
Have a fantastic week everyone.

Top Row:   Alison Hyde   Delys Cram  Kathryn Tyrrell

2nd Row:   Paula Dobson   Rhonda Fawcett   Sally Williams

NZSU Pics of the Week 13 September 2015

Thankfully I am able to write this post in a very moderate temperature, after 4 extremely hot days in New York City, we are aboard the ship "Liberty of the Sea" presently cruising from Portland, Maine towards Bar Harbour, Canada. The ship is beautiful and we are having a wonderful time, we are travelling with 2 other couples enjoying lots of laughs.

I'm sure many of you thoroughly enjoyed your Team Training with Jacque Williams this weekend and came away re-energised and armed with some useful tips.

Have a Great week everyone.

Top Row: Angela Palmer   Delys Cram   Jacque Williams

2nd Row: Michelle Pepper   Paula Dobson   Paula Reid

NZSU Pics of the Week 6 September 2015

Happy Fathers Day to all NZ Dads. Here are some lovely Cards the Palmer Children made for their Dad.The Palmers

Pics of the Week

I'm writing this blog post from the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, we arrived here on Thursday afternoon, a little weary after a 12 hour flight. The weather has been magnificent , it is still Saturday here and tomorrow is Sunday and we will leave for New York in the morning. Next Sunday's post may be a problem as we will be part way through a 9 day cruise and previous experience cruising suggests that internet connection is not at all reliable, so please "bear with". 
Have a fabulous week.

Top Row: Jacque Williams   Michelle Pepper   Paula Dobson

2nd Row: Sally Robertson   Sharlene Meyer   Susan Wong

NZSU Pics of the Week 30 August 2015

Hi Dee Ho Stampers, well it's started those Christmas cards are beginning to be posted! Where has this year gone? What an exciting Stampin Up year it's been so far and now we're all looking forward to the opportunity of attending the first "On Stage" event. If you haven't registered yet you should do, if the Stampin Up conventions are anything to go by, "On Stage" is going to be amazing, so awesome to be among so many like minded people and such fun.
As per my post last week, we will be away from this Thursday for 4 weeks, I will endeavor to post on time over this period but bear with me if my timing is a little out.
Have a great week.

Top Row:   Alison Hyde   Angela Palmer   Jackie Noble

2nd Row:   Lisa Bullock   Sharlene Meyer   Susan Wong

NZSU Pics of the Week 23 August 2015

Is Spring nearly here? It's going to be a great weekend weather wise for most of New Zealand. I'm heading to Christchurch this weekend to visit our youngest Grandson and his Dad as well as my dear sister in-law. 
Brian and I are travelling overseas on the 3rd September returning to NZ on the 30th September, we are visiting the USA and Canada, so the NZSU Blog posts may be a little late sometimes. Most of the hotels we are staying at have Wifi, however we are on a 9 night cruise into Canada which may prove a little challenging, last year we experienced only limited internet connection while on a cruise. So apologies in advance, I will keep in touch as best I can over this time.
Have a fantastic week.

Top Row:   Alison Hyde   Jacque Williams   Lisa Bullock

2nd Row:   Lisa Bullock   Paula Dobson   Paula Reid

NZSU Pics of the Week 16 July 2015

What a beautiful day we've had here in Auckland, the sun has been shining all day, a great relief after a lot of rain this week.

Congratulations go to Mary Reeve and Jacque Williams,  as well I'm sure a lot of help from Robert Williams, for hosting an amazing "Extravaganza" in Napier this weekend.

Have a fantastic week everyone.

Top Row:   Alison Hyde    Delys Cram   Kathryn Tyrell

2nd Row:   Michelle Pepper   Paula Reid   Rhonda Fawcett

NZSU Pics of the Week 9th August 2015

Hi, I'm guessing many of you are waiting with baited breath for your SU "brown boxes" to arrive and some may have already received their pre-orders. The Holiday Catalogue is filled with such great products that like many others I found it difficult to choose what to order first. I really enjoy Christmas, so I'm very excited about the Christmas products that I've ordered, which should be arriving in the next couple of days.

Marilyn Meadows one of our fellow demonstrators has been travelling in the USA and has been posting some of her experiences on her Blog, this week she posted a photo of herself at the Stampin' Up Convention in Salt Lake City, how awesome is that?

Have a fantastic week everyone.

Top Row: Alison Hyde   Delys Cram   Lisa Bullock

2nd Row: Paula Dobson   Paula Reid   Sharlene Meyer