Convention in Canberra 2009

Well I was lucky enough to get a little break away earlier this year & got to go to the Stampin' Up! Convention. Even though Michelle couldn't come with me as she was unwell, she told me I had to have a wonderful time anyway. So of course I did as I was told.. *GRIN* But I really did miss her heaps. If you start saving now it is definitely worth going next year. Next year it is going to be held in Sydney.

I will put up a few photos I took at Convention but firstly I would like to put this photo up. It may not mean a lot to others but it means an awful lot to me. I will post some more photos this week for you to look at.


So you may be wondering who are these people??? Well if it was not for these two lovely & generous people I would not have been able to go to convention at all!! Their names are Brenda & Chuck. Basically they let me stay with them before & after the Convention. Chuck picked Brenda & I up from the airport & Brenda took me back to the airport to come home to Michelle. They made me fell so welcome & at home it was just a wonderful experience. Basically I have made two friends for life. (plus of course many other friends I made at Convention, but I am telling you the relevance of this picture to me. Thanks so much Brenda & Chuck!!! xo

Well I am Finally Back Hopefully Long Term This Time!!!

Hi Everyone
I am finally back in the world of stamping & scrapping. I am so sorry it has been so long since you have all heard from me. But as many of you know my wife Michelle has not been that well for a very long time. Well she finally had an operation that should improve things a little for her. Which is FANTASTIC.

This also means we will be able to update the blog at least once if not more (we are hoping for many more) per week. Like every second day. But for now we will just say once a week.

You will notice that there will be a few changes made to the blog as well during the next month as we try our hardest to make it nice & user friendly.

Please sign up for our newsletters if you wish & the updates as well.

We are really looking forward to getting back into what we love doing so much.
Hopefully tomorrow there will be either a tutorial or something put onto the site. YAYYYY FINALLY it is all going to start happening.

Well we both wish you all well & will catch up with you all much more often. FEEL VERY FREE TO LEAVE COMMENTS AS WELL.

Until tomorrow

Take Care & Happy Stamping & Scrapping
M&M's
(Martyn & Michelle Munro)
(Tasmania)

UPDATING BLOG

Hi everyone,
I know there has been no blogging going on here for a while.
We have been going through a lot of changes both good & bad.
Michelle's health & family illness being the bad side. But on the good side these things are all going to improve.

I will be doing Stampin' Up! Full time very soon. YAYYYY how exciting is that!!

So I thought I would take this opportunity to update the Blog & put on it all the things that I have been up to which will probably be finished in about a months time.

So come back then & see all the amazing entries that will be on here. Projects, Samples & tutorials.

So for now I will sign out by wishing everyone a very
HAPPY CHRISTMAS & SAFE NEW YEAR

Martyn's 50th Surprise Parties

Yes thats right I got 2 parties. I couldn't believe it. Yes Michelle had me bluffed, especially with the second one. She had me until just before we got to where we were going for Dinner...

I recieved some lovely cards from everyone & even a few from my stamping buddies from overseas.. WOW!! Thankyou so much for that...

Here is a picture of me with my mum (Dot). Isn't it a nice picture!!

Once the Devonport Festival has finished I will post some pictures. Yes & some pictures of some of the cards I recieved as well.

Take Care & Keep Safe

Martyn Munro

TASMANIA'S FIRST PAPER CRAFT FESTIVAL - OUR TIMETABLE

Stampin' Up! at the Tasmanian Paper Craft Festival

OUR TIMETABLE OF CLASSES FOR YOU

We have added a few sneak peeks of parts of what you will be making...just to keep you wondering .......

CLASS 1: Get In & Start Your Christmas Cards Now Instead Of Waiting Until The Last Minute.

When: Saturday the 27th September
Time: 10.30am
You get to make two full cards with all materials supplied. Plus make a Christmas Ornament.
Cost for your kit per person is $10.00.

All kits can be picked up from our Stand. (Stampin' Up!)
AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR BEFORE CLASS IS DUE TO BEGIN WOULD BE GREAT PLEASE.

You can either sign up via the net or phone us or if there are spaces left on the day you can book in at our stand. (Stampin' Up!)
Be quick spaces will be filled quickly...




CLASS 2: Cards With A Bit Of Bling & Ribbon

When: Saturday the 27th September
Time: 12.30pm
With this class you get to make 2 full cards using Stamps, Punches, Ribbon, Rhinestones etc.

Cost for your kit per person is $14.00

All kits can be picked up from our Stand. (Stampin' Up!)

AT LEAST AN HOUR BEFORE CLASS IS DUE TO BEGIN WOULD BE GREAT PLEASE.
You can either sign up via the net or phone us or if there are spaces left on the day you can book in at our stand. (Stampin' Up!)

This class will not be repeated on the Sunday..
So Be really quick with this one as the spaces will be filled very quickly....

CLASS 3: Heritage Card With a Difference

When: Saturday the 27th September
Time: 2.30pm
With this class you will get to make an aged looking, front flip up tied card.. Wow does that sound harder than what it really is??

You will be amazed at how easy it actually is & how wonderful it looks once it is complete.

With this card you will get to use the amazing Crop-a-dile (its so easy you wont believe it) and various other tools, techniques & products.
Cost for your kit per person is $10.00.
All kits can be picked up from our Stand.

(Stampin' Up!)

AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR BEFORE CLASS IS DUE TO BEGIN WOULD BE GREAT PLEASE.
You can either sign up via the net or phone us or if there are spaces left on the day you can book in at our stand. (Stampin' Up!)
Be quick spaces will be filled quickly...

DAY 2

CLASS 4: Heritage Card With a Difference

When: Sunday the 28th September
Time: 10.30am

With this class you will get to make an aged looking, front flip up tied card.. Wow does that sound harder than what it really is??

You will be amazed at how easy it actually is & how wonderful it looks once it is complete.
With this card you will get to use the amazing Crop-a-dile (its so easy you wont believe it) and various other tools, techniques & products.
Cost for your kit per person is $10.00.
All kits can be picked up from our Stand. (Stampin' Up!)
AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR BEFORE CLASS IS DUE TO BEGIN WOULD BE GREAT PLEASE.
You can either sign up via the net or phone us or if there are spaces left on the day you can book in at our stand. (Stampin' Up!)

Be quick spaces will be filled quickly...



CLASS 5: Get In & Start Your Christmas Cards Now Instead Of Waiting Until The Last Minute.

When: Sunday the 28th September
Time: 12.30pm
You get to make two full cards with all materials supplied. Plus make a Christmas Ornament.
Cost for your kit per person is $10.00.
All kits can be picked up from our Stand. (Stampin' Up!)
AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR BEFORE CLASS IS DUE TO BEGIN WOULD BE GREAT PLEASE.

You can either sign up via the net or phone us or if there are spaces left on the day you can book in at our stand. (Stampin' Up!)
Be quick spaces will be filled quickly...



CLASS 6: Accordian Style Mini Album

When: Sunday the 28th September
Time: 2.30pm

With this class obviously you will get to make a little accordion album that can be used for either putting photos in or just as a nice little decorated stamped album to maybe give away as a lovely gift.

You will get to use some of the lovely Designer Series Papers, Ribbon, Punches, Embellishments etc.
Cost for your kit per person is $15.00.
All kits can be picked up from our Stand. (Stampin' Up!)

AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR BEFORE CLASS IS DUE TO BEGIN WOULD BE GREAT PLEASE.

You can either sign up via the net or phone us or if there are spaces left on the day you can book in at our stand. (Stampin' Up!)

Be quick spaces will be filled quickly...

Feel Free to contact us with any questions at all.
Martyn or Michelle Munro - 0417 509 976 or (6326 9699) Please leave a message if we do not answer.
Email: michelle.martyn@keypoint.com.au
Blog: stampingwithmartyn.blogspot.com

When the Festival is finished we will post the completed projects & other photos that are taken over the weekend.
Really hope to see you there.
Martyn & Michelle Munro

TASMANIA'S FIRST EVER PAPER CRAFT FAIR

Well it is nearly time for the Paper Craft Fair we have been telling everyone about !!

This Weekend YES you heard it right "THIS WEEKEND''

Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th

It is on from 9.00am till 4.00pm BOTH DAYS

Entry Fee is only $5 for the day (or $8.00 for both days)

Can't get better than that!!!

So Come Along to

DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL

91 Best Street, Devonport, Tasmania

It is going to be a great opportunity for all of us Paper Craft Enthusiast's to get together in one place and do what we do best.. There are going to be FREE make & Takes on some stalls, there will be Demonstrations running all day each day (considering there will be several different stalls there). There will be Classes that you can go to upstairs & make some stunning things to take home with you. As we are running the Stampin' Up! stall I can give you a timetable of the classes that we will be running over the weekend. There is also going to be a SU class held by Roz every hour on the hour from 10am each day. No doubt the other stall holders will be running their own classes as well.

There are quite a few stall holders that will be there for the weekend including:

Pipe Dreamink

Regal Press

Bella Kay Scraps & Beads

Handprint Art Stamps

Stampin' Up! Demonstrators

Kazsazz

Skatkatz

Karen's Scrappin' Kupboard

Create A Memory 4 U

Creative Paper Tasmania

Gail Hart Designs

Creative Memories

Hopefully your all as excited as we are!! I know Roz (the lady who has been doing all the behind the scenes organising can't wait to get here), she has spent a lot of time getting all the stall holders together for the whole weekend just so you can see what different things are out there for you to do. I am sure everyone will have a ball!! So we hope to see you in Devonport this weekend for lots of fun....

Our timetable for classes will be in the next entry which I will post very shortly.

See everyone that can make it this weekend

Travel Safely & Take Care

Martyn & Michelle

Contact us if you have any questions at all

michelle.martyn@keypoint.com.au

Phone: 0417 509 976

A GREAT DAY STAMPING

Well this is the time of year we usually attend an annual Stamp Camp at Port Sorell in Tassie. But due to some changes this year it ended up being at Moriarty Hall for just the day. But it was still a good day.. It went from 9am till around 7.30pm. So everyone (I hope anyway) still had a great time.

(Me trying to look that I know what I am talking about... (GRIN)

This is the first major event that I have actually done.... Yes I was asked to actually be the demonstrator for this camp, which was a great honor. But I was quite nervous as well, due to the fact that I wasn't as organised as I would have liked to have been. (Due to what has been happening with Shell), But sometimes you cannot control everything & these things are sent to test us.. Well test me it did!!! But I think everyting went quite well. And the one sheet wonders were a hit. Everyone there got them made which is a first for some people that go to this camp every year, I won't mention names...... but usually they get 1 or 2 cards made if they are lucky..... (definately not 10 or more)!! Big wave to those who know exactly who I am talking about..... *VBGRIN* So that was an added bonus.

The only downside was Shell in a wheelchair & Melissa on crutches (yes they looked like twins especially when Michelle was on her crutches, which wasn't for very long at all), you would never have imagined that two great firends would be incapacitated in a similar way at the same time. But they still manages to have a good time. But Melissa was a bit iffy about Michelle's driving skills as everytime she went passed Melissa she would hit her in some way or form.... So if it was me I would be like don't come near me cause you keep hitting me!!! hehehehehe can you picture it!! *GRIN* But as they only could they joked about it all day..

Then Michelle discovered that the hall was on a bit of a slant, mainly one end... each time she went up to the back of the hall her wheelchair would take off & end up rolling into the wall.. This was quite amusing.... so of course she had to show everyone that the floor was uneven.... Yes you would never have guessed that she was actually there to be my helper.. *VBGRIN* She had not thought about putting the brake of the wheelchair on until I suggested it... Well that was an even bigger crack up!!!! hahahahaha.

But seriously I think it went really well & everyone seemed to have a good time. Which in the end is the thing that counts the most. I had fun sharing with everyone what I love to do so what else can I ask for..

I have added a few photos of the people that were there but you always get the ones who manage to sneak off as soon as they see a camera!! mmm Michelle is usually one of them *GRIN* Hope everyone went enjoyed the One Sheet Wonders that I taught them to do. I know I enjoyed creating them..

Mart xo

FINALLY HOME FROM HOSPITAL

Hi everyone

You probably thought we just dissapeared into thin air.... But Michelle was taken to hospital the day after our last post & has just returned home. It was quite a scary time!! All that happened was she woke up with a small ache in her leg then a couple of day later she couldn't even walk!! Very unusual.... So of course we went to the Doctors & he sent her off for some tests, then that afternoon she was told to go straight back to the Doctor & he sent her straight to hospital. Then more tests, then of course she was admitted to hospital in Launceston. Everything seemed to go in slow motion for her but very quick for me. Next minute after more tests she was whisked away by the Royal Flying Doctors to Melbourne (St Vincents Public hospital). We arrived there at midnight. So it was all rather quick & I know scary for her, considering her health with all her previous blood clots etc... But this time they just could not figure out what was wrong with her leg.. I think the unknown is the worst.. So she was admitted to St Vincents at midnight & was still not allowed to get out of bed!! (she was NOT HAPPY about that one)!! But they did not want her moving or putting any weight on her leg at all, until they could actually work out what was going on.

So we were over in Melbourne for over a week, not really knowing what was happening with her leg. They ended up doing a Biopsy & that was not a nice experience for her either. Pardon the expression but it hurt like hell.... They said they were going to sedate her well they obviously didn't give her enough.. I heard her scream from out side the theatre room. But at least it got done. They took 5 samples altogether a couple of the tissue, muscle & bone (which was the worst). But at least this did show something positive. There was no cancer there. So that was a huge relief lifted.

The only conclusion they have come to so far is that maybe the muscle & tissue have tore away from the bone. Don't know how or why yadda yadda, but at least it is something to go off I suppose. So she was then allowed to get out of bed in a wheelchair or with crutches. Yes quite a funny sight you ask her!!! Definately no co-ordination... but at least she could get around. That was so much better.

So that meant we were allowed to come home to Launceston!! YAY We caught the spirit of Tasmania back as soon as we could... (they told us we could leave at about 11.30am we were on the boat that night & home the next day) Yeap that quick!! What a relief to be back home again.

So now all we have to do is wait for results on some of the tests etc & see what is going to happen from here. Its good that Shell can stay at home instead of being in hospital waiting as it is much more comfortable when your at home. They said inlongs she does all the right things then that would be okay... YAYYY!!

So that is the sagga for now.

Once again sorry for all the gaps in posts but I am sure you will all understand now.

We will let you know the prognosis once we know... Until then Happy Stamping & Scrapping & we will endevour to put some cards on the Blog plus that tutorial that we were going to do before all of this happened..

BFN

Take Care

Martyn & Michelle Munro xo