Tree Trimmings

Hello all,

Well it's been another busy week as usual and my Workshop on Saturday went well making two Christmas cards using the new stamp set "Tree Trimmings". My ladies got to use new goodies from the newly published Idea Book & Catalogue and they created the two cards below:

Tree Trimmings


Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Basic Phrases.
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Old Olive and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Wersamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Embossing Buddy, White and Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Real Red, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch.
Card Size: A6.

Spinner Card

The below card is a spinner card with the use of two pennies. These fit in between the Word Window slot and enables the ornament to slide left and right across the card as you tilt it slightly to reveal the sentiment behind.


Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Basic Phrases.
Cardstock: Garden Green, Real Red and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Garden Green and Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Heat & Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Heat Gun, Word Window Punch.
Card Size: A6.

Hope you like and they inspire you to start making your Christmas cards!

Thanks for stopping by,

Alex

Sneak Peeks of Workshop Cards...

Hi all,

Been a busy bee this weekend and have Workshop Sneak Peeks to show you.

All I can say is that we're going to have a lot of fun with lots of Stampin' Up! goodies - which includes items from the new Idea Book & Catalogue such as "Tree Trimmings" stamp set, Word Window Punch, Embossing Buddy and the lovely Real Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon along with a few favourites such as embossing powders and a bit of sparkle thrown in!

Here they are:




Hope you like the sneak peeks and be back with full cards at the weekend :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Evening Sessions Starting This Month.

Hello all,

What an exciting time it is with the start of the new Stampin' Up! year! A new Idea Book & Catalogue to oogle over, new goodies to stroke and lots of crafting time and interest in all things Stampin' Up!

With this in mind, I am delighted to offer Evening Sessions to be held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month starting THIS MONTH This is in addition to my monthly Workshops which are held on the first Saturday of each month.

For any local crafters out there interested, want to know more information or want to come and join in on a couple of hours of socialising, chatting and crafting please let me know by emailing me on: alexhau@rocketmail.com

Bring along your own projects to work on during these two hours and craft in the company of other keen crafters. Bounce ideas off each other, find inspiration and generally have fun. Please bring your own basic tools, i.e. Crop-A-Dile, scissors, craft cutting mat, ruler, craft knife or paper trimmer and your favourite adhesives and craft away. Whilst crafting you are welcome to use my Stampin’ Up! Stamp sets, ink pads, punches to complete any projects you are working on.

As these sessions are held at home, spaces are limited to a maximum of 5 people per session so this will be on a first come first serve basis so booking is necessary to secure your place. Please let me know asap by email if you would like to craft with me and hope to see you on Wednesday 21 October.

Bye for now,

Alex

October Workshop

Next Stampin' Up! Workshop is scheduled for Saturday 10 October.

This will be a Christmas workshop using goodies from the new Idea Book & Catalogue
that is soon to be released on 1st October.

Only one space left, so please book quick to avoid disappointment.

More details and pictures to follow soon.

OMG: I Won SU Blog Candy!

Hi all,

What a great day I've had today... After the Blog Hopping that went on late Wednesday night for the release of the new Idea Book & Catalogue, today I received an email from Suzanne Torr that I have been picked in the "night owl" category for the Stampin' Up! Blog Candy that she was giving away :) How cool is that!

I heard about this Blog Hopping event and blog candy and really wanted to enter, but this meant staying up till past my bedtime, lol. So at midnight I was raring to go to do the blog hopping on the three websites that I had listed earlier to leave my comments. Can you believe that at midnight I was trying to look at all their blogs and when I tried to press "Post Comment" it wouldn't allow me for some strange reason. Well as you can imagine, I was in a flap that I had stayed up late to do the blog hopping and candy especially and with all my computer glitches etc I was still frantically trying at 12.50am with no luck! Anyway, as they say the rest is history really, because at 12.54am I managed, eventually to leave a message.

Now I can say it was all worth it staying up till around 1am after all that! I can't wait to see what I find in the mail in due course... all I know is that it's a stamp set, ink pad and a punch... how exciting is that!

Have a good weekend everyone :)

Alex

Stampers Club

I am looking to host a new Stampers Club which will commence in time for the start of the new catalogue. Depending on how many people taking part, this could be a:

Stampers 3 (minimum spend of £50 for three months)
Stampers 4 (minimum spend of £37.50 for four months)
Stampers 5 (minimum spend of £30 for five months)
Stampers 6 (minimum spend of £25 for six months)

If you are interested in spreading your spending and purchasing your Stampin' Up! goodies over time and gaining Hostess benefits of a Level 1 Stamp Set or Patterns Designer Series Paper and £15 of free merchandise then please get in touch.

Once I have enough interest, the club will start.

Thanks for reading :)

Alex

It's Official, it's 1 October!!!

Check out the following blogs for sneaks of goodies from the new Idea Book & Catalogue which is available to order from me today at the special price of £3.95.

• Lousette Ashton - http://andthenicraft.blogspot.com/
• Jenny Cocks - http://jennyscreations.blogspot.com/
• Suzanne Torr - http://fruitysuet.blogspot.com/

If you need a Catalogue, give me a shout. I can place orders for you from 11am today :)

Bye for now,

Alex

The wait is nearly over...

Hello all,

I have been counting down the days till 1 October for so long I can't even remember when it all began :)

Anyway, only a little while to go and it will officially be Thursday 1 October when the release of the new Idea Book & Catalogue will be available to you all :) I can't wait to start showing off new projects with the goodies and certainly can't wait till my workshop on the 10th!

With the excitment of a new catalogue, Stampin Up! Press Office have selected three online crafting bloggers for a blog hop today!

Three crafting bloggers will preview a selection of never seen before products from the new Idea Book & Catalogue. These bloggers will have received their new products at 6pm this evening and will have six hours to create as many projects as they would like to showcase on their blogs!

I can't wait to see what they create... Please join in the excitement of the newly awaited Idea Book & Catalogue and follow their blogs from midnight tonight where they will be showing off their new creations from goodies from the new Catalogue :) Lots of blog candy up for grabs too!

I shall be back soon with their blog details.

Until then,

Alex

Last Chance...

This will stay at the top till Wednesday 30 September, when the
Last Chance List will end.

Please scroll below for new posts.

***Edited to say that the following stamp sets are no longer available:
"All Wrapped Up"
"Happy Hearts"
"Be Happy"
"Mixed Bouquet"
"Flaky Friends"
"Unfrogettable"
Hostess Set - "Best Yet"
all sold out.

Be quick to order any stamp sets and accessories from me before
they're gone for good! ***

Hi all,

It's so exciting right now as the long awaited "Last Chance List" has now been officially published which means certain stamp sets and accessories from the current Idea Book & Catalogue and Mini Catalogue will only be available till the end of this month or while supplies last, whichever comes first :(

If there are any products on the list that you'd like to purchase, please get in touch and email me at alexhau@rocketmail.com and I will place an order for you. Be quick, with so many bargains at 25% and 50% off, they're sure to be snapped up, so here's your last chance!

Don't delay, check out the pdf file here, which lists all that we will be saying goodbye to in preparation for the new Idea Book & Catalogue.

Bye for now,

Alex

Stampin' Up! News...

Guess what came today?

Yes, you guessed it, brand new Idea Book & Catalogues ready for Thursday 1 October! :)

These offers nearly 100 pages of Stampin' Up! stamp sets, accessories and product ideas - all at your fingertips. With dozens of full colour samples, the Idea Book & Catalogue is packed with inspiration you can use again and again!

If you are interested in one of these, please let me know, these retail at £4.95, but for a limited time only, you can purchase a copy for the special price of £3.95 delivered straight to your door.


With only a few days left till the 1st October, please remember if there's anything you like the look of on the Last Chance List which has various stamp sets and accessories up to 50% off, now is the time to buy before it's too late. After 30 September, with the release of the new Idea Book & Catalogue, you will no longer be able to buy the SU goodies so grab yourself a bargain or two.

Thanks for reading and enjoy the below posts.

Alex

New Baby Card

Recently made a new baby boy card to welcome Leon into the world.


SU cardstock and stamps have been used to create this card along with a variety of non-SU products:

Stamps: Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.
Cardstock: Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Night of Navy and Bashful Blue.
Accessories: SU Write Markers - Blush Blossom and Night of Navy. Aqua Painter to watercolour the image. Sponge Dauber to edge the Nestabilities. Nestabilities - Labels One and Long Classic Scallop Rectangles, Woodware Baby stamp set and Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots.
Card Size: 5" x 5".

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Masculine Cards.

Recently been inspired by Aimes and decided to CASE a card that she made with her PTI goodies. I used Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper, their large star punch and "Basic Phrases" stamp set to create the card along with the ever so popular Kraft cardstock as the base. Here's two colour combos below which I think would make great cards for a male:



Stamps: Basic Phrases.
Cardstock: Kraft, Night of Navy, Real Red and Whisper White. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Bashful Blue.
Ink Pad: Night of Navy and Real Red.
Accessories: 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon - Night of Navy and Real Red, Large Star Punch. Non-SU: Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots Embossing Folder.
Card Size: A6.


Bye for now,

Alex