Contempo Christmas

Good afternoon, what a miserable first day of October!

Well, seeing as it's pouring with rain outside, I don't feel so bad showing you a *cough* Christmas card that I've made recently using a new stamp set from the newly released Idea Book & Catalogue!!!

The stamp set is called Contempo Christmas which is a set of four stamps and co-ordinates lovely with a matching wheel and ornament punch which saves cutting out the bauble by hand!

Here is the card I made using the traditional Christmas colours: Old Olive, Real Red and Whisper White.

Contempo Christmas


Stamps: Contempo Christmas (set of 4 stamps, P25).
Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Olive Olive.
Accessories: Ornament Extra-Large Punch, 3/16" Corner Small Punch, 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Real Red, Linen Thread, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: 4.5" x 4.5".

Here's the Contempo Christmas stamp set as seen on P.25 in the new Idea Book & Catalogue:


Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

See you tomorrow with uploads of the new cards my ladies will be making in tomorrow's Class :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Colour Renovation: Colour Kits Promotion

Good morning :)

So much to post and don't know where to start!

Okay, so we have our new Colour Renovation starting from today. We have 16 new colours added to our four Colour Collections, so there's lots of new products to start collecting!

If you have already been accumulating our Stampin' Up! Ink Pads, Cardstock, Stampin' Write Marker Pens and all the other accessories, you will know that some colours will no longer be available to you as they were part of the Retiring Colours. In it's place are the following new colours:

Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Marina Mist, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, River Rock, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede and Melon Mambo.

So, if you'd like to retrofit your existing Stampin' Up! Products with new colour kits, see the link below, or on the left hand side of my blog for all the details. This way, you can get all of the Stampin' Up!'s new colours (and just the colours you need) without the expense of replacing products you already have! What a great idea :)

Check out the link below (Click on the picture):

Bye for now,

Alex

New Stamper's Club - Commencing.

Hi all,

Just wanted to say that I have a new Stamper's Club commencing this weekend. Would you like to be the 8th member of our club and spread the cost of your Stampin' Up! Wish List over eight months? Monthly spend of just £18.75 (+p&p) that's just £4.69 a week - would barely get change for a crafting magazine for that money these days! lol. AND all the Hostess Benefits for one of the months - Level 1 Stamp Set or Designer Series Paper - In Colors AND £15 worth of merchandise of your choice from the new Idea Book & Catalogue.

If you're interested, please let me know asap.

Bye for now,

Alex

NEW In Color Share

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Welcome to 1st October!!!

So much excitement, I don't know where to begin :)

As you may know, not only do we have the new Colour Renovation from today, featuring four Colour Collections, but for the very first time to the UK, we have In Colors!!! Every year Stampin' Up! will introduce new colours to keep the palette fresh and exciting. These new colours have a two-year lifespan! Each year, Stampin' Up! will introduce five new In Colors, and you'll be able to enjoy them for two years.

For the 2010-11 year, the five new In Colors are:

From today, I am offering you the chance to collect all five new In Colors over the course of five months. I need five people to join in this share and each month you will receive the following items in one colour per month:

Classic Stampin' Pad

A4 Cardstock (24 smooth sheets)
Approx. 13.7m 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon
8 sheets of 2 double-sided Patterns Designer Series Paper
Stampin' Write Marker
Ink Refill

One month, you will be Hostess and will benefit from Hostess goodies, from a choice of four Level 1 Hostess Stamp Sets or Pack of 60 sheets, 2 each of 6 double-sided designs of 6x6 Designer Series Papers - In Color AND £15 worth of merchandise to spend from the Idea Book & Catalogue.

This will cost just £29 a month plus £1 p&p (if local and able to collect from me) for a complete bundle of one In Color set of goodies or £33 a month if you would like the goodies to be posted to you.

Please note, you can take up this In Color Share, even if you're currently on
my Stamper's Club.

If you like the sound of taking up a share, please get in touch.
The share will begin as soon as I have five members.

New Stamper's Club Starting - October 2010.

Just a note to say that I shall be starting up a new Stamper's Club in October ready for the release of the new Idea Book & Catalogue!!!

If you'd like to join, get yourself a complimentary new Idea Book & Catalogue from me, please send me an email to let me know you're interested. Click here to find out more information and spread the word!

1st of October!!!

Yipee, I can't believe it's now officially the 1st of October, which only means ONE thing: YES, the brand new Idea Book & Catalogue is now ready to view/purchase/order from today :) See left hand side to view the Catalogue online.

It's been agony these last few days especially as I've been making so many lovely new projects from new goodies and I've not been able to showcase them here, but now it's October, I can!!!

Below is finally a picture of the front cover of my copy of the new Idea Book & Catalogue, which looks lovely and brand new still, lol. It helps that it's covered in a protective plastic sleeve, like those found on library books, so hopefully it'll keep mine looking new for sometime :)

Idea Book & Catalogue


So, if you would like to get your hands on a brand new IB&C, please let me know and I'd be happy to send one to you for £4.50 delivered. If you'd rather view the Catalogue online, please click on the link on the left hand side of my blog.

I shall be placing an order THIS coming weekend, so if you'd like to get your hands on some new goodies soon, then let me place an order for you - just email me on alexhau@rocketmail.com and I'll do the rest...

Have a great day...

Bye for now with something new to showcase soon...

Alex

Merry Moments DSP Box

Hi all,

Well it's the last day of the Stampin' Up! year and we're that little bit closer to the 1st October! It's so exciting knowing that in just over 17 hours time you may get to peek at the brand new Idea Book & Catalogue! If everything goes to plan, I shall be uploading the link to the new Catalogue on my blog from tonight midnight as it will officially be 1 October :)

Having played with making a box recently, I'm hooked, lol. So without further ado, here's another one I made earlier using the sold out Merry Moments Designer Series Paper and Punches Three Level 1 Hostess stamp set that I christened. Hope you like!

Merry Moments DSP Box


Stamps: Punches Three (Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set) (Last Chance List).
Cardstock: Garden Green, Real Red and Whisper White. Merry Moments Designer Series Paper. (Last Chance List - SOLD OUT).
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Garden Green.
Accessories: Scallop Square Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Sponge Dauber, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, 3D Dimensionals.
Box Size: 3-5/8" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2".

Let me know if there's anything you'd like from either the current Idea Book & Catalogue or Mini Catalogue as today is the LAST CHANCE :) (Before the new Catalogues comes out tomorrow, of course!)

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day.

Bye for now,

Alex

Pre-Order the NEW Idea Book & Catalogue!

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What can I say, the days are ticking by and it can't get any quicker till

1st October!!!

I have had a lovely sneak peek of the new Idea Book & Catalogue, and you're in for a bigger and better one than before :)

If you would like a copy delivered to your door, then please let me know via email asap and I will put one aside for you. These will be shipped and delivered to you for £4.50, once I have delivery of them at the end of September :)

For those in my Stamper's Club, you will receive the brand new copy complimentary.

If you'd like to sign up for my new Stamper's Club starting next month, you too can get hold of a copy for free, or host a workshop with me.

Bye for now,

Alex

Cottage Wall DSP Box

Hi all,

So, after yesterday's post about some of the products in new colours retiring tomorrow, I thought I'd make a box to show off the lovely colours and papers along with a Level 1 Hostess stamp set that you can still earn for free for a £150 order (last day for orders tomorrow).

The Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set, Punches Three is a set of three stamps (P.11) and one of them is called "True Blue Friend". I don't know about you, but I find this saying a little strange, so I got my craft knife and carefully sliced off the "True" and "Blue" so that when inked up and stamped, it would just leave "Friend" stamped :) See below for a picture of what I've done:

True Blue Friend Stamp


I'm really pleased with the way it now stamps and have christened it to make the box below using one of the double-sided sheets from the Cottage Wall DSP collection:

Cottage Wall DSP Box - Top


Cottage Wall DSP Box - Front


Cottage Wall DSP Box - Side


Stamps: Punches Three (Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set) (Last Chance List).
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Whisper White. Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper. (Last Chance List).
Inkpad: Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive.
Accessories: Scallop Square Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Sponge Dauber, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, 3D Dimensionals.
Box Size: 3-5/8" x 2-1/2" x 2-1/2".

Hope you like the box which can be filled with all sorts of goodies of your choice. Thanks for stopping by, have a good day.

Bye for now,

Alex

11 New Products - Reminder

Hi all,

Just wanted to remind any of you that have been eyeing up the Last Chance List/Idea Book & Catalogue/Mini Catalogue recently for anything that you want before items discontinue in the next few days that we still have the following items to buy that you may have over looked:

• Melon Mambo 1/2" (1.3 cm) Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (item 115611)
• Rich Razzleberry 1/2" Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (item 115613)
• Soft Suede 1/2" Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (item 115612)
• Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper (item 115671)
• Flower Fantasy Printed Window Sheets (item 115705)

The Polka Dot Ribbons are gorgeous, and although the colours are new and are part of the Colour Renovation, these ribbons will not be in the new Catalogue (available to see on my blog from Friday). The same with the Cottage Wall Designer Series Papers, these are really lovely, so much so, that I've not really cut into mine! lol If you'd like to buy any of the above products listed now before it's too late, please let me know.

Here's a peek of what the Polka Dot Ribbons and DSP look like:


Have a good day.

Bye for now,

Alex

Stampin' Up! Class - New Products.

Can you believe it's nearly 1st October? AND you know what that means don't you.... :D

It's not long now till the new Idea Book & Catalogue is released for everyone to oogle over and order from and also the very next day, is my next Stampin' Up! Class featuring products from the new Catalogue of course! :)

Unfortunately as it's not 1 October yet, I am unable to reveal any sneak peeks of the Class, but it's sure to be good and you won't be disappointed! I've loved designing and playing with goodies for next weeks Class today and have finished making the projects that the ladies will make on Saturday.

If you fancy being one of the first to play with new goodies from the new Catalogue and are free Saturday morning, then drop me an email asap so that I can save you a place.

Bye for now,

Alex

Happy 40th Birthday

Morning everyone,

Okay, so it's Saturday and someone special's birthday today - so I'm back with the card :) To celebrate her big 4-0, she's having a party this evening with the theme of black and white, so I thought I'd make a card to compliment her colour scheme and just had to open up my new Speciality Papers just for her. Below is the card I made that she hopefully will receive this morning.

Speciality Paper - Groom Card


Close Up - Sparkly Numbers


These numbers have been stamped with the En Francais background stamp and heat embossed with Clear embossing powder. The edges have been edged with the 2-Way Glue Pen and covered with Dazzling Diamonds.

Close Up - Champagne Glasses


These champagne glasses have been stamped with a stamp from the Cheers To You set of 6 stamps and heat embossed with Silver embossing powder. The glasses have been filled with Dazzling Diamonds and Crystal Effects have been used to give a glistening 3D effect.

Stamps: Cheers To You, En Francais Background Stamp.
Cardstock: Real Red and Whisper White. Speciality Papers - Groom (Last Chance List).
Inkpad: Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: 5/8" Satin Ribbon - White, Embossing Buddy, Clear Embossing Powder, Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Crystal Effects, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: DL size: 8.5" x 4".

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

Bye for now,

Alex