Happy Boxing Day!

Hope you all had a lovely day yesterday and Santa was good to you this year!

I received lots of nice presents from friends, family and Santa and some spending money which I'm sure I'll be able to put to good use on some crafting goodies ;)

Have a good day everyone!

Bye for now,

Alex

Christmas Cards Revealed.

Hi all,

Hope you're having a good day so far and the food and drinks are merrily flowing...

Here are the sneak peeks I've been teasing you with, they were made for a friend's nephew and two nieces:

Card One


Stamps: C.C. Designs - Swiss Pixies - Santa Birgitta Digi.
Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red and Whisper White. Patterns Designers Series Paper - Old Olive.
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Old Olive, Bone Folder, Copic Markers, Corner Rounder Punch, Linen Thread from stash and Red Button from Mum's Button Tin.
Sentiment: Computer generated.
Card Size: A5.


Card Two


Stamps: C.C. Designs - Swiss Pixies - Nora Digi.
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Rose Red and Whisper White. Designer Series Paper - Cutie Pie (Retired).
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Taffeta Ribbon - Bashful Blue, Bone Folder and Copic Markers.
Sentiment: Computer generated.
Card Size: A5.


Card Three


Stamps: C.C. Designs - Sugarplums - Ornament Trevor Digi.
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Ballet Blue, Real Red and Whisper White.
Accessories: 5/8" Grograin Ribbon - Brocade Blue, Bone Folder, Nestabilities - Labels Eight, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots and Copic Markers.
Sentiment: Computer generated.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your day.

Bye for now,

Alex

Merry Christmas!!!

A Very Merry Christmas to you all :)

Hope your day is full of wonderful presents, fun and laughter with friends and family.

Have a great day, be back later to reveal my three sneak peeks...

Alex

One more sleep...

Hope you're all well and you've finally finished all your Christmas shoppping and all set for tomorrow :)

Been out today to do a few last minute things and I couldn't believe how busy it was! Have a final few cards to make tonight then I'm all ready for the big day tomorrow :)

Bye for now,

Alex

More Christmas Cards...

Hi all,

Only 15 days till Christmas, are you all spent up, wrapped and placed around the Christmas tree yet? I can't believe where time has gone to, but I'm getting there... I've been making a few more Christmas cards recently and once I know it's been received by the recipients, I hope to upload them up here in full. Until then, here are a few sneak peeks of them:

Card One


Card Two


Card Three



Bye for now,

Alex

December Workshop...

Hi all,

Hope your weekend is going well. Well, I had my last workshop for this year, and I think the ladies enjoyed making a card with a difference :) We made a stair step card which I cased by Ellen (KEA2004) from SCS, which was originally cased by Julie. Note: I changed the dimensions from the original template, so that it would fit in our UK standard sized envelope. I enjoyed creating this card using most of the stamps from Season of Joy and I look forward to making more of these in the near future.

Stair Step Card - Front View


Stair Step Card - Side View


Stamps: Season of Joy.
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Real Red and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Old Olive, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White Craft Ink.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Stampin' Write Markers - Night of Navy, Old Olive, Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and 1-1/4" Circle Punch,
Card Size: A6.


Next, the ladies made a Peek A Boo Box using the Love You Much stamp set that I received as Blog Candy in October to celebrate the release of the new Idea Book & Catalogue. We used a wheel to run over five of the six faces of the cube, and used a number of punches to create the peep hole and the topper.

Love You Much Peek A Boo Box


Stamps: Love You Much, Standard Wheel: Hearts O' Plenty.
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pixie Pink, Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink.
Ink Pad: Pixie Pink and Standard Wheel Cartridge - Pixie Pink.
Accessories: Stampin' Around Handle - Standard, Stampin' Around Wheel Guide, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Pretty in Pink.
Box Size: 2" x 2" x 2".

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Alex

Stampin' Up! Christmas Wish List Service

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Are you a bit fed up of receiving presents such as chocolates, smellies and slippers for Christmas? Would you like crafty presents instead, but afraid your family/friends will buy you the wrong craft goodies? Well how about a Stampin' Up! Wish List from me?

Fill in my Wish List form and mail it back to me which I will safely store for you. Then give your family/friends my contact details when they ask you what you'd like for Christmas. They can contact me and between us, we can select what Stampin' Up! goodies to purchase off your Wish List according to their budget and can organise to have them delivered either direct to your door or have them sent here for collection. How easy is that? What a happy bunny you'll be knowing that you'll get some craft goodies you've been wishing for!

For a copy of the Wish List form or more information, please email me on alexhau@rocketmail.com.

Please Note:
All Wish List orders must reach me by Saturday 5 December to ensure delivery in time for Christmas.

Alternatively, if a Gift Voucher is more your thing, I can arrange to have these in any denomination for your family/friends to purchase from me. These have no expiry date and can be used at any time. For your Gift Voucher to be received in time for Christmas, please let me know asap so that it catches the last First Class Christmas posting - 21 December.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Alex

December Already...

Can you believe we're in December already? Well, Christmas is not too far away now, so remember you still have time to take me up on either my Christmas Wish List Service, Gift Vouchers or even the Stampin' Up! promotion of Christmas Extravaganza to earn yourself a free Tag Punch.

It's also the weekend of my next Stampin' Up! Workshop this Saturday, and I've been busy making the samples.

Below are a couple of sneak peeks of what the ladies will be making this week.

Season of Joy Card



Love You Much Box


Be sure to come back on Saturday to see the projects in full :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Music Fan - 40th Male Birthday Card

Hi all,

Well, it's been a while since I've blogged, so thought I'd share a recent card that I made for someone that's a music fan who celebrated his 40th birthday the other day.

Had fun making this!


Stamps: Non-SU - Happy Birthday Scroll by Hero Arts (background).
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Ballet Blue, Brilliant Blue and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Allegro, CD for a template. Sentiment - computer generated.
Card Size: A5.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day.

Alex

Birthday Cards.

Hi all,

Thought I'd ink up my relatively new Level 3 Hostess Stamp Set "Queue Up" today to make a couple of birthday cards for the cupboard.

Enjoyed getting out the Stampin' Markers to colour up the candles! lol.


Birthday Card - Male


Stamps: Queue Up, Seeing Spots and Big Bold Birthday (sentiment).
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Ballet Blue and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Basic Grey and Whisper White Craft Ink. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers and Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.
Card Size: A6.

Female Birthday Card

Here's a female version below:


Stamps: Queue Up, Big Bold Birthday and Oval All.
Cardstock: Rose Red, Regal Rose and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Basic Grey and Regal Rose. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers, Scallop Oval Punch, Oval Punch and Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!

Alex

Polka Dot Punches

Hope you're all well and wrapped up nice and warm what with the awful weather we've been having at the moment!

Anyway, wanted to do a bit of blogging before another day passes by too quickly to say that I had another Evening Session on Wednesday, and the ladies had the chance to make a couple of cards using either Polka Dot Punches or Tree Trimmings.

Here are pictures of the sample cards they could choose from:


Kit One - Polka Dot Punches
Inspired and CASEd from the SAB promotion that we had at the beginning of this year.


Stamps: Polka Dot Punches.
Cardstock: So Saffron, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue and So Saffron. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: 1/2" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - So Saffron (August Promotion - Ribbon Bundle), Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.


Card using one of the stamps from Polka Dot Punches with the matching 5 Petal Punch:


Stamps: Polka Dot Punches and Season of Joy (sentiment).
Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red, Garden Green and So Saffron. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Old Olive.
Ink Pad: Real Red and So Saffron. Whisper White Craft Ink.
Accessories: 5-Petal Flower Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Real Red, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Hope you like and has given you ideas that a stamp is not just for one occasion :)

Thanks for stopping by.

Alex