Christmas Treats!

Stampin' Up! have really gone to town this month, with 2 great offers:

If you order or host a party/workshop with me between 1st November and 31st December not only will you get the usual free hostess set and free products if the total order is over £150, but you will also get an extra stamp set free (worth up to £24.95) in addition to those usual hostess gifts. Your free set can be any one of the following: Wondrous Gift (page 17), Snow Flurries (page 20), Friendly (page 56), Seasonal Wishes (page 60), Dotted Autumn (Page 91), Cold Play (Page 91) (the last 2 are retired stamp sets and are only available while stocks last.)

You can host a workshop in your own home, or simply just email me your order for £150 or more. (I only have a few dates left between now and the beginning of December.)

The 2nd offer is for Rub-ons and Textured Card - for any orders placed up to 30 November 2008 there is a special price on the rub-ons and textured card packs when you spend £20 or more on other items from the catalogue! Please contact me for more information on this.

Su

Organic Grace Thank You Card

Hi - I'm back!

I'm having so much fun with the new Stampin Up! Idea Book and Catalogue - I love all the new card and papercrafting ideas - and of course lots of fab new stamp sets and punches too.

I spent last night making a dozen of this particular card - for recent customers who have ordered from the new catalogue. I wanted to show them a card using one of the free Level 1 sets and chose Organic Grace. It's my absolute favourite free set at the moment, so I know I shall be making loads more.

I loved the way the pale inks (soft subtles) worked with the plants being in the background, whilst the dragonfly stands out (inked with a richer earth elements colour, night of navy.) I inked the flower in night of navy and stamped onto bashful blue and then roughly cut it out and mounted using 3D foam. Also inked the edges of the white stamped card with night of navy. Of course, I just had to use the new Scalloped Edge punch - not once but twice to give a great finsih to the card.

I used SU Supplies: Organic Grace Stamp Set, Pocket Sillouettes, white cardstock, Not Quite Navy Cardstock and Ink, Certainly Celery Cardstock and Ink, Bashful Blue Cardstock and Ink, Bashful Blue Gingham Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch.

Thanks for looking.

Su

Cardmaking Mania!

Well I've almost been eating , sleeping and dreaming cardmaking parties, workshops and classes these last couple of months. I also have a few special Cardmaking Events lined up for this month - after that, I think I need a little breather!

Tuesday 10th June, 9.45-11.45am - Hucclecote Community Centre (at my monthly club.)
Tuesday 17th June, 9.45-11.45am - Quedgeley Community Centre (at my monthly club.)

Wednesday 25th June, 12.30-2.30pm, Trefoil Centre (Guide Hall next to Dinglewell Schools) Hucclecote, Gloucester

and

Stamping & Cardmaking Day - Saturday 28th June:
10am-3pm - Trefoil Centre, (Guide Hall next door to Dinglewell Schools) Hucclecote.

Join us and raise funds for the Guides - pop in for an hour and make a card or two, (adults £1 a card, children 50p a card) or book a morning/afternoon/whole day Stamping & Cardmaking Workshop (£6/£12).

Proceeds are going towards a much needed extension to the Guide Hall.

Due to limited places, advanced booking is required for all the Workshops. Please ring me on 07906 111796 for more information or to book a workshop; or for details about Stampin’ Up! Home Workshops, Craft Parties, Clubs, Group Demonstrations and Demonstrator opportunities.

June Special Offers

Hi,

Sorry for the looooong silence. I have a stash of cards to post, but no time to do it!

I'll post a few more cards later on, but for now here are details of Stampin' Up!s fantastic (yes the big offers have finally arrived in the UK!) Offers for June, along with some of the cards I've made with these stamp sets:

Circle of Friendship Set Cards:

Three for You Punch Box Cards:

ESCAPE Bundle of Goods Promotion Details:

Description Page Number Price
Love Notes assortment p. 78 £5.95
Circle of Friendship stamp set p. 62 £17.95
1-1/4" Circle punch p. 80 £13.95
Total (non-bundled) £37.85
eScape Bundle price Ref.113702 £28.39

eScape with Stampin' Up! Why not eScape from technology and spend some time communicating "the old-fashioned way" - with a handwritten note. To help you eScape and make fabulous projects to make someone's day, during June I have some special eScape Events – look at my SU website for more info http://www.stampinstudio.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page14.html or ring me for details/to book a place.

TWO FOR YOU PROMOTION

Item Number Description Page Number Regular Price Sale Price
110530 Basic Phrases stamp set p. 65 £33.95 £23.50
109971 Three for You Punch Box p. 80 £41.95 £29.00

The Three for You Punch Box (p80) is a fantastic kit to help you get started in cardmaking or scrapbooking. It contains a set of nine small stamps, three mini ink pads and a co-ordinating large punch - which not only punches 3 lovely little flowers, but also curls the edges of the them too!

The Basic Phrases stamp set (p65) is a really useful set of 24 word stamps for all occasions. At the offer price of £23.50 - that's works out at just under £1 per stamp!

Promotion Dates: 1-30 June 2008 (for both the Two for You offers and eScape bundle.) Stampin’ Up! usual p&p rates apply for both promotions. There's no minimum purchase for these offers and no limit to the number of purchases you can make. If you host a workshop you can earn these products at the promotional pricing, making your hostess benefits go even further! And, remember, you don't need to attend a workshop to benefit from these offers - you can place an order with me at any time. To see these great products, click the picture of the catalogue on the right and go to the relevant page numbers. Do ring me for more info.

See you soon with more card ideas.

Where did March Go?

Hi,

I can't believe we are already in April - just where did March go? I have been working flat out with workshops and planning.

So here are a few of the cards that I have made recently:

The first 3 are cased from Ronnie, and given a watermarked background so that I could make larger cards for Mother's Day:

I really love the Stampin' Up! Doodle That set - as well as being one of the cheapest in the catalogue, it's really versatile and I love doing a watermark background using the same stamp and a versamark ink pad (you could use the same colour card stock and ink pad for the same effect.)

I also did a card class for the kids at church - with the potential of having over 40 kids, I had to come up with something quick and easy and settled for a Die Cut Monogram 'On Mother's Day' Card, giving them the option of a die cut (Sizzix Bigz Sassy Alphabet) M (mum), G (gran/grandma), N (nana) and A (aunt). The left over kits came in handy for my own DD and DS - here are their creations! (They are looking sleepy as they'd only just got up!)

I'll post more later.

BFN

Su

Cheltenham Stitch and Creative Craft show

Here are some photos from the Show held at Cheltenham Racecourse:















Yes this is me - wearing the lovely SU apron! And of course here is Ronnie too, who came up with the great idea of exhibiting at the show. Ronnie was a demo before in Australia, so had loads of great card samples and ideas.


















I made up some cards using the great Office Accoutrement Set and matching Round Tab punch (which I think I'm right in saying isn't sold by anyone else in the UK?) It's just great and I must do a separate post on these cards and punches soon. And as for the spiral punch - that really is the business. I also demonstrated the Crop-o-dile.

The last photo shows a couple of the Door Prizes that we made up. We had one for each day, which included a small stamp set along with a few finished cards to inspire the winners.



Can't wait for my next show now - as long as it's a few months away!



Su

A Couple of Cards

It's been one hectic month with the Cheltenham show and workshops. The Create & Stitch Show at Cheltenham Racecourse earlier in the month was great. I shared a stand with a fellow demo, Ronnie from Swindon and it went really well. We had lots of interest, loads of workshop bookings and several demo leads. People were really 'wow'ed by the demos! So all in all, it was lots of fun, we met loads of great ladies and it was very worthwhile! But a lot of work and effort - as evidenced by my lack of blogging lately, sorry!

So here are a couple of recent cards for you:

- after seeing Ronnie demo the Bold Butterfly set, I just had to get it and this is my first, fast and furious card made with the set. I just used the 2-step stampin' technique with pixie pink, stampin off the bold image first to give a lighter inked image and then stamped the outline in the same ink colour.

This second card was made with a Sizzix Bigz 'J' letter die - for my nephew Joel's birthday.

I cheated with a patterned card blank, stamped a happy birthday sentiment, wrapped some ribbon around the J and stuck it on with 3D foam. Most of the Bigz letters are too big to fit on an A6 card - but the J was a perfect fit.

BFN - I will be back soon, I promise!

Su