Happy Wedding Day!

Hi there,

Today is a special day for some friends we know, so here's the card I made for them to go with their "Teal" colour scheme:

Wedding Card


Stamps: Heard From The Heart (P.74), (sentiment inside the card).
Cardstock: Taken With Teal (retired) and Whisper White. Speciality Paper - Bride (retired). Kanban Cardstock - Silver.
Accessories: Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Perfect Polka Dots, Cuttlebug Embosssing Folder - Wedding Marriage, Stampin' Write Marker - Taken With Teal (sentiment inside), SU Bone Folder. Sentiment on front - Computer generated.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by. Let's hope the weather brightens up for them!

Bye for now,

Alex

Simply Soft Hostess Set

Hi there,

Couldn't wait to get my hands on Simply Soft and Happiest Birthday Wishes Hostess Sets which you can purchase with your Hostess Pounds with a qualifying workshop. Check out P.7 in the new Idea Book & Catalogue for the new Hostess Programme which allows you to spend £25 worth of merchandise from anywhere in the Catalogue for a qualifying workshop of £150.

Here's a recent card I made below with my new purchases:

Simply Soft


Stamps: Simply Soft (Hostess Set, P.10), Happiest Birthday Wishes (Hostess Set, P.8) and En Francais (P.78).
Cardstock: Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Pool Party, Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Chocolate Chip, Decorative Label Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Sticky Strip, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy your day.

Alex

Happiest Birthday Wishes Hostess Set

Hi all,

This weekend was my special guy's birthday and what better way to acknowledge his day than to make him a handmade card :) I was really short of time on Friday and manage to whip up the following in between painting the ceilings! lol.

Happiest Birthday Wishes


Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes (Hostess Set, P.8).
Cardstock: Real Red, Night of Navy and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Real Red, Bashful Blue and Night of Navy.
Accessories: Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Square Lattice, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Card Size: A5.

Have a great day.

Alex

Jolly Jingles Make & Take

Hi all,

Here is the card the ladies made below as their Make & Take:

Jolly Jingles Make & Take


Stamps: Jolly Jingles (P.24) and Tags Til Christmas (P.24).
Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Old Olive.
Accessories: Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Square Lattice, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Small Oval Punch, Stampin' Write Markers - Old Olive and Real Red, Stampin' Around Handle - Jumbo, Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, Bone Folder and Paper Snips.
Card Size: A6.

The Small Oval punch is punched on the front of the card, with the matching oval stamp from Tags Til Christmas punched and placed in the aperture.

Hope you have enjoyed viewing my latest Christmas projects.

Bye for now,

Alex

Jolly Jingles Mini Milk Carton

Hi all,

Just thought I'd post some more goodies from my demo at the weekend. After using the Mini Milk Carton to create the hexagonal gift box, I thought I'd make a regular Milk Carton to showcase how mini this die is when made up. Continuing the Jolly Jingles theme, I created the following Mini Milk Carton to match the Hostess card and gift box:

Mini Milk Carton


Stamps: Jolly Jingles (P.24)
Cardstock: Garden Green and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Garden Green.
Accessories: Bigz L Die - Mini Milk Carton, Stampin' Around Handle - Jumbo, Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, Clips Assortment, Sticky Strip, Paper Snips and Bone Folder.
Box Size: 1-5/8" x 1-5/8" x 3-2/8".

Here are the three items side by side:


Thanks for stopping by. Pop back tomorrow for the ladies' Make & Take.

Until next time...

Alex

Jolly Jingles

Morning all,

At the weekend, I was invited to demo for some lovely ladies at their craft club. We had a lot of fun and they ended up with lots of free goodies by gaining a lot of Hostess pounds!

Here's the card I demoed for them, which I gave to the Hostess as a thank you, along with a matching box to pop some chocolates in :)

Jolly Jingles Card


Stamps: Jolly Jingles (P.24) and Heard From The Heart (P.74).
Cardstock: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler.
Accessories: Bigz Die - Top Note, Stampin' Around Handle - Jumbo, Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon - Cherry Cobbler, Bone Folder, Sticky Strip and Paper Snips.
Card Size: A6.

Here's the gift box that matches the above card:

Hostess Gift Box


Stamps: Jolly Jingles (P.24).
Cardstock: Garden Green and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Garden Green.
Accessories: Bigz L Die - Mini Milk Carton, Stampin' Around Handle - Jumbo, Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, Bone Folder, Sticky Strip and Paper Snips.
Box Size: 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 2-3/4".

Projects together:


Thanks for stopping by. Come back tomorrow to see more goodies from the Demo.

Until then,

Alex

Another Wedding Anniversary Card

Hi all,

Yesterday I showcased one recent Anniversary card that I had been commissioned for. Here's the second one below:

Wedding Anniversary Card


Stamps: Heard From The Heart (P.84) Sentiment inside card.
Cardstock: Pretty In Pink, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White. Speciality DSP - Bride (retired).
Inkpad: Regal Rose (sentiment inside). Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Bigz L Die - Fun Flowers, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Square Lattice, 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Whisper White, 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Pretty In Pink (retired), Stampin' Emboss Powder - Clear, Heat Tool, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, Paper Snips and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Alex

Wedding Anniversary Card

Hi all,

Recently been commissioned to make a couple of Anniversary cards. By now, the recipients should have received the card at the weekend, so it's safe to post below:

Wedding Anniversary Card


Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts (P.27) and Occasional Quotes (Level 3 Hostess Set - retired).
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette and Whisper White. Speciality DSP - Bride (retired).
Inkpad: Pretty In Pink and Regal Rose (sentiment inside).
Accessories: 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Pretty In Pink, Heart To Heart Punch, Embossing Buddy, Stampin' Emboss Powder - Clear, Heat Tool, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, Paper Snips and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bye for now,

Alex

Dasher Christmas Card - Again

Hi there,

I'm on a roll with Christmas cards :) Might as well get ahead of myself seeing as it'll be December before we know it!

I saw a lovely card online and just had to CASE it. I changed just the sentiment and created the card below:

Dasher

Inkpad: Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake.
Accessories: 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Old Olive, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone folder and Paper Snips.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex

Dasher Christmas Card

Hi all,

Here's another Christmas card I've made recently. I CASEd a card I made last year and changed a few things around, like the colour combo and sentiment stamp. Here is it below:

Dasher

Stamps: Dasher (P.16), Season Of Joy (P.25) and Contempo Christmas (P.25).
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla.
Inkpad: Chocolate Chip. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers - Chocolate Chip and Real Red, Corner Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Paper Snips and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Hope you like.

Bye for now,

Alex

Hi all,

Thought I'd upload another Christmas card that I recently made. I love Season of Joy stamp set and depending on the stamp, can make quick and effective cards. I decided to stamp and punch the "O" in Joy and adhered with a dimensional and used the Stampin' Writer Marker pens for the different colours for the sentiment.

Season of Joy


Stamps: Season of Joy (P.25) .
Cardstock: Real Red, Garden Green and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Real Red. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: 1/2" Circle Punch, Stampin' Write Marker - Real Red and Garden Green, 3/4" Real Red Polka Dot Ribbon (reversible - promotional ribbon - no longer available), Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

See here for last years version.

Hope you like. Enjoy your weekend.

Alex

Birthday Boy

Where have the years gone to? Can you believe my nephew turned 7 years old yesterday! It feels only the other day that he was coming home from hospital!

Anyway, he's gone football mad recently and a supporter of Arsenal along with many other teams, lol, so I made this card below using many SU goodies.

Football Card


Stamps: Schoolbook Serif Numbers (retired),
Non-SU Stamps: Woodware - "Sports" and Digi Image - "Bugaboo Brat Sports - Soccer Boy".
Cardstock: Real Red, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Basic Black and Night of Navy.
Accessories: Star Punch (retired), Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A5.

Hope you like.

Bye for now,

Alex

New In Colors - Island Indigo & Pool Party

Hi all,

How exciting to have five new In Colors to add to our collection. I recently made a birthday card and decided to use two of these new In Colors :) Thought I'd ink up a much neglected Greenhouse Garden stamp set and decided to christen Island Indigo and Pool Party In Colors along with Heard From The Heart to create the below card.

Greenhouse Garden


Stamps: Greenhouse Garden, Heard From The Heart and Something To Celebrate (Sentiment inside - Level 2 Hostess Set - Mini Catalogue - Retired).
Cardstock: Island Indigo, Pool Party and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Island Indigo and Pool Party.
Accessories: Sizzix Bigz Top Note Die, 5/8" Satin Ribbon - White, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Sticky Strip, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Hope you like the colour combo using some of the new In Colors :)

If you'd like to get your hands on these five new colors, how about joining in my In Color Share?

Until next time.

Alex

NEW In Color Share 2011-12.

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Welcome to 1st October!!!

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

As you may know, we got In Colors to the UK for the very first time last October and now not only do we have the five existing In Colors for another year, but from today, you can purchase five more new In Colors which have a two year life span to keep the palette fresh and exciting.

For the 2011-12 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
Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

A4 Smooth Cardstock (24 sheets)
3/8" Ruffled Ribbon
8 sheets of 2 double-sided 12" x 12" Patterns Designer Series Paper
Stampin' Write Marker
8 Designer Printed Brads

One month, you will be Hostess and will benefit from Hostess goodies. A new Hostess Reward System allowing you to spend £25 on any of eight different Hostess Stamp Sets or Designer Series Paper of 12 sheets, 2 each of 6 double-sided designs or anything else from the Idea Book & Catalogue.

This will cost just £31 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 £34.75 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.

1st October - Release of the NEW IB&C!

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 soon so if you'd like to get your hands on some new goodies, 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