Contempo Christmas Card

Happy Monday everyone!

Hope you've had a good weekend and ready for another week :)

Just wanted to upload a new card that I have made recently, it was showcased at my Open House Afternoon on Saturday, and I think this stamp set was a winner with the ladies. What's great, this stamp set can be bought in both wood mount and clear mount - so you have the option to buy in clear mount which is cheaper, more space saving as it comes in a DVD style case BUT still has the high quality rubber that Stampin' Up! are well known for :D

Contempo Christmas


Stamps: Contempo Christmas (set of 4 stamps, P25).
Cardstock: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Olive Olive and Cherry Cobbler.
Accessories: 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Old Olive, Stampin' Write Markers - Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Here's the stamp set as seen in the Idea Book & Catalogue:


Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day.

Alex

Stampin' Up! Open House Afternoon

Hi all,

I'm still on a high from my lovely day yesterday, so much so that I think I've been surviving on adrenaline rather than sleep! lol.

After my Stampin' Up! Class in the morning and my Open House Afternoon from 2pm I finally got in my PJs as soon as my last lady left and I retired to bed and didn't wake up till around 6pm!!! Oops, I guess those late nights are finally catching up with me.

Anyway, yesterday's Class went well and you can see the cards the ladies made in my previous post here.

Yesterday afternoon I had my Open House Afternoon, an event to invite my Stampin' Up! customers/friends over to have a look at the new Idea Book & Catalogue, look at samples I've recently made with new goodies, see a demo from myself and play with new products/colours to create a Make & Take.

It was lovely to see so many women so excited about Stampin' Up! and I think they all had a great time :)

Here's the card I demoed to the ladies below using another new favourite colour of mine: Cherry Cobbler! I have teamed up Dasher along with a Level 3 Hostess stamp set called Occasional Quotes that I was able to purchase earlier last month as a perk of being a Demonstrator. YOU can earn for free for a qualifying workshop.

Dasher With Occasional Quotes Demo


Stamps: Dasher, P.113 and Occasional Quotes (Level 3 Hostess stamp set, P.14).
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Whisper White, Embossing Buddy, Stampin' Emboss Powder - White, Heat Tool, Bone Folder, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Here's the Dasher a la carte stamp on the last page of the Idea Book & Catalogue:


The Occasional Quotes Level 3 Hostess stamp set:


Hope you've enjoyed seeing what my ladies got to see yesterday and if you'd like to be invited next time for my next Stampin' Up! Open House Event, get in touch with me.

Have a good day.

Alex

Stampin' Up! Class - Bundle of Love

Hi everyone,

Well today has been a lovely day, a double whammy actually because I had my first Stampin' Up! Class of the new year, and also an Open House Afternoon for my customers to showcase the NEW Idea Book & Catalogue that was released yesterday and a chance to play with new goodies :)

I preordered Bundle of Love from the new Catalogue and wanted to use this for my Stampin' Up! Class. No sneak peeks were allowed on my blog till the 1st October and so I managed to keep the projects a surprise from my ladies until this morning and glad to say, it was a hit! We used the new stamp set and new colours. I must say Baja Breeze is a new favourite colour of mine!

Here are the cards the ladies made earlier today:

Side Side Card - Baby Boy


Stamps: Bundle of Love (set of 16 stamps, P.38), Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel (P.39).
Cardstock: Whisper White and Baja Breeze.
Inkpad: Baja Breeze.
Accessories: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Round Tab Punch, Sponge Dauber, Stampin' Around Jumbo Handle, Crystal Effects, Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen - White, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: W: 5-7/8" x H: 4".
Card Size when flat: 5-7/8" x 8".


Bundle of Love - Baby Girl Card


Stamps: Bundle of Love (set of 16 stamps, P.38).
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Crumb Cake. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Whisper White, Embossing Buddy, Stampin' Emboss Powder - White, Heat Tool, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Brads - Subtles (Pretty In Pink), Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen - White, Bone Folder, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Here's the Bundle of Love stamp set as seen on P.38 in the new Idea Book & Catalogue:



Here's the Baby Tees Jumbo wheel on P.39


Hope you've enjoyed looking at the cards the ladies made at my morning's Class :) Pop back tomorrow for a peek of what I demoed at my Open House Afternoon today.

If you would like to place an order with me this weekend,
please get in touch and drop me an email.

Enjoy your evening.

Bye for now.
Alex

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