Contempo Christmas Card - Blues.

Morning all,

Can't get enough of Contempo Christmas and I'm in the swing of making Christmas cards at the moment, so here's one I made recently in non-traditional Christmas colours: Marina Mist with Night of Navy. Enjoy!

Contempo Christmas


Stamps: Contempo Christmas and Season of Joy.
Cardstock: Marina Mist, Night of Navy and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Marina Mist and Night of Navy.
Accessories: 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Marina Mist, Linen Thread, Ornament Extra-Large Punch, Stampin' Write Marker - Marina Mist, Shimmer Paint - Champagne Mist, Sponge Dauber, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by and see you tomorrow with the negative of this card above.

Bye for now,

Alex

Happy 1st Birthday George

Morning all,

Today is a special little boy's 1st birthday so I knew I had to use the much neglected Choo Choo stamp set. I had a look online and saw a great card that I just had to CASE, put my own little spin on a few things and hey presto, here it is below:

Choo Choo Birthday Card


Choo Choo Birthday Card - Inside


Stamps: Choo Choo, All In The Family (Dog), Heard From The Heart (Inside sentiment), Right On Track (wheel) and Wild About You (retired).
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Real Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Pacific Point, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede and Basic Grey.
Accessories: Stampin' Around Handle, Colour Spritzer Tool, Stampin' Write Markers - Bashful Blue and Wild Wasabi, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A5.

George's Grandparents have a golden retriever dog, so I made sure he was driving the train!

Here's the sentiment stamp set, Heard From The Heart, as seen in the Idea Book & Catalogue on P.74:


Thanks for stopping by,

Bye for now.

Alex

Make A Monster - Girl Birthday Card

Hi everyone,

Here's a recent card I made using Make A Monster stamp set. I changed the colours and made a card suitable for a little girl - afterall, I'm sure not only boys are little monsters!

Make A Monster


Stamps: Make A Monster and Afterthoughts (Level 1 Hostess stamp set).
Cardstock: Pretty In Pink, Rose Red and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Pretty In Pink, Rose Red and Regal Rose.
Accessories: Scallop Trim Punch, 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon - Pretty In Pink, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day.

Bye for now,

Alex

November Promotion - Bundling Up For Christmas

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Good morning, and wow, welcome to the 1st of November and an exciting offer from Stampin' Up! to get you in the festive spirit.

From today until 29 December, you can purchase any of the following Christmas Gift-Giving Bundles and get a spool of exclusive ribbon for FREE!


Here are the details below:

Gifted Bundle
Gifted Stamp Set (P.23) and Jolly Holiday Designer Series Papers (P.90).
Wood-Mount: 124051 (£35.70) or Clear-Mount: 124052 (£30.70)

Welcome Christmas Bundle
Welcome Christmas Stamp Set (P.27) and Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper.
Wood-Mount: 124063 (£36.90) or Clear-Mount: 124064 (£31.90).

Season of Joy Bundle
Season of Joy Stamp Set (P22) and So Swirly Stampin' Around Jumbo Wheel (P.22).
Wood-Mount: 124055 (£36.45).

Delightful Decorations Bundle
Delightful Decorations Stamp Set (P.26) and Sparkle & Shine Jumbo Wheel (P.26).
Wood-Mount: 124058 (£30.45).
Please Note: This bundle has changed from the promotion at the beginning of November. The Extra-Large Ornament Punch (P.105) has been replaced by the Sparkle & Shine jumbo wheel.

Choose from these ribbons for FREE:

Mistletoe Ribbon Originals

Item: 116792. Retail Value £11.50.

Sleigh Bells Ribbon

Item: 116795. Retail Value £8.50.

Riding Hood Red: 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

Item: 113099. Retail Value £10.25.

Real Red 3/4" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

Item: 115608. Retail Value £10.25.


How's that for an offer? Aren't these ribbons just gorgeous!!! Click here if you'd like to see the original pdf file of the samples of the Christmas Cocoa Speciality Papers and spools of ribbons.

Please drop me an email if you'd like to take me up on any of these Christmas Gift-Giving Bundles or if you'd like to place an order with me. You have till 29 December for this offer, so perhaps you'll want to add this to your Wish List? Remember, this promotion is only available until supplies last - so be quick!

Bye for now,

Alex

Next Stampin' Up! Class - 6 November 2010 - Sneak Peeks

Hi everyone,

Hope you're all well and enjoying the weekend so far. We've had an extra weekend this month and I can't believe it's now November tomorrow! Next weekend is my next Stampin' Up! Class and I can't wait as it's centred around Christmas :) Of course, I won't spoil the surprise, so below are a couple of sneak peeks of what my ladies will be making next Saturday. I have one space available, so if you're local and free next Saturday morning, please let me know and it would be lovely to have you join us.

Sneak Peek 1



Sneak Peek 2


Look out for my post on Saturday afternoon to reveal what the ladies made.

Bye for now,

Alex

Bundle of Love - Baby Boy

Morning all,

I hope you've been enjoying the Make A Monster cards I've been uploading recently :) I wanted to upload a girl version today, but unfortunately I haven't taken a photo of it yet and as it's quite dark outside, I'll have to take a picture of it later today in natural daylight to upload tomorrow ;)

In the meantime, here's a card that I made at Wednesday's Evening Session that I copied from my original Stampin' Up! Class at the beginninng of October (which seems like forever ago). Just changed the colour from the original baby girl card to Bashful Blue so that it would be suitable for a baby boy and stamped and heat embossed white rattles in the background instead of the hearts. Hope you like:

Bundle of Love


Stamps: Bundle of Love (set of 16 stamps, P.38).
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue 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 (Bashful Blue - retired), Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen - White, Bone Folder, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your Friday/weekend.

Bye for now,

Alex

Make A Monster Birthday Card

Morning all :)

Another monster card from me, perfect for a boy to celebrate his special day :) There's so many different layouts and colour combinations, you can really have a lot of fun with this stamp set! I can't get enough of this one, lol.

Make A Monster


Stamps: Make A Monster and Occasional Quotes (Level 3 Hostess stamp set).
Cardstock: Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi and Pumpkin Pie.
Accessories: Modern Label Extra-Large Punch, Oval Extra-Large Punch, 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Marina Mist, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Sponge Dauber, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Bye for now.

Alex

Make A Monster Birthday Card

Hello everyone :)

A new stamp set to my collection called Make A Monster is a fun mix and match stamp set to create endless monster combinations which I had endless hours with recently :) I used new colours and ribbons to create the card below:

Make A Monster


Stamps: Make A Monster and Afterthoughts (Level 1 Hostess stamp set).
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Marina Mist and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Night of Navy, Marina Mist and Wild Wasabi.
Accessories: Extra-Large Tag Punch, 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Marina Mist, Linen Thread, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Here's the stamp set, Make A Monster as seen on P.36 which is available in both clear-mount and wood mount:


Have a monster day!

Bye for now.

Alex

Playful Pieces Birthday Cards

Hi all,

Hope you're having a good week so far :) Recently inked up my new Level 1 and 3 Hostess stamp sets called Afterthoughts and Playful Pieces and decided to CASE a great card that I saw online recently. The original card was in Concord Crush, one of the new In Colors, but unfortunately, I don't have this colour yet, so I have made the same card in different colourways from the other choice of 40 or so colours! Talking of In Colors - want to be the last person to join in the share so that it can begin asap?!?

Playful Pieces - Birthday Card


Stamps: Playful Pieces (Level 3 Hostess Set) and Afterthoughts (Level 1 Hostess Set).
Cardstock: Certainly Celery and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Certainly Celery and Daffodil Delight.
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Certainly Celery, Bone Folder, Paper Snips, 3D Dimensionals and Cross Stitch Thread - White.
Card Size: A6.

Playful Pieces - Birthday Card


Stamps: Playful Pieces (Level 3 Hostess Set) and Afterthoughts (Level 1 Hostess Set).
Cardstock: Melon Mambo and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Melon Mambo and Daffodil Delight.
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 1/2" Polka Dot Ribbon - Melon Mambo (retired), Bone Folder, Paper Snips, 3D Dimensionals and Cross Stitch Thread - White.
Card Size: A6.

Playful Pieces - Birthday Card


Stamps: Playful Pieces (Level 3 Hostess Set) and Afterthoughts (Level 1 Hostess Set).
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight.
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 1/2" Polka Dot Ribbon - Rich Razzleberry (retired), Bone Folder, Paper Snips, 3D Dimensionals and Cross Stitch Thread - White.
Card Size: A6.

Playful Pieces - Birthday Card


Stamps: Playful Pieces (Level 3 Hostess Set) and Afterthoughts (Level 1 Hostess Set).
Cardstock: So Saffron and Whisper White.
Inkpad: So Saffron and Daffodil Delight.
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - So Saffron (retired), Bone Folder, Paper Snips, 3D Dimensionals and Cross Stitch Thread - White.
Card Size: A6.

Playful Pieces - All Birthday Cards


Here are the two exclusive Hostess stamp sets below that I used for the birthday cards above that you can earn for a qualifying order.

Afterthoughts on P.11.


Playful Petals on P.15.


If you would like to host a workshop and play with new goodies from the Idea Book & Catalogue, get in touch. For a qualifying order, you might earn yourself free exclusive Hostess benefits of a Level 1 stamp set or 6x6 Designer Series Paper Pack - In Color AND £15 of free merchandise from the Catalogue. Or take me up the last place on my In Color Share to receive all the exclusive Hostess benefits.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a good day.

Alex

All In The Family - Boy Birthday Card

Morning all,

Hope your weekend was a good one! So, I've recently been inking up my All In The Family stamp set that has been previously much neglected. I teamed this up with Choo Choo stamp set for a very subtle background effect of trains and puffs of smoke which I think works well for boy cards :)

All In The Family - Birthday Boy


Stamps: All In The Family, Choo Choo and Happy Moments (sentiment) - retired.
Cardstock: Marina Mist, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Basic Grey and Marina Mist. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers - Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Daffodil Delight and Chocolate Chip, Large Oval Punch, Sponge Dauber, 5/8" Satin Ribbon - Whisper White, Bone Folder, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips and 3D dimensionals.
Card Size: A6.

Hope you can see the trains and puffs of smoke in the background.

Have a good day.

Bye for now,

Alex

Guide To Mounting Your Clear-Mount Stamp Sets

Hi all,

Okay, so with the new addition of Clear-Mount stamps to the Idea Book & Catalogue at the beginning of this month I thought I'd make a step-by-step guide on how to mount your clear-mount stamps ready to be used from the moment you receive them.

Until recently, all my purchases have been wood-mount, but I decided to bite the bullet and order some clear-mount stamps as I think there's many advantages to these.

Once these clear-mount stamps arrived, I opened the case and started to read the instructions on the left hand side so that I knew how to mount these correctly :)

Below is a step-by-step picture guide that I did from receiving your first clear-mount stamps as they come to the finished result. Hope this helps you with your first purchase of clear-mount stamps from Stampin' Up!

Step-By-Step Guide to Clear-Mount Stamps



1. Clear-Mount Stamp Set in dvd like case for easy storage.
2. Inside the clear-mount stamp set case.




3. Red rubber and stamp label sheet.
4. Pop out a rubber stamp and carefully peel off the top of the corresponding label.




5. The back of the red rubber stamp when popped out of it's set of rubber stamps.
6. Peel off the white backing sheet from the red rubber stamp to reveal the grey foam.




7. Place the red rubber stamp over the top of the sticky clear label, lining it up exactly for correct placement.
8. Carefully remove red rubber stamp from label sheet so that the clear sticky label is adhered nicely to the back of the red rubber.




9. The underside of the red rubber with the clear label adhered.
10. All rubber stamps adhered with the clear sticky labels and placed back into the original rubber slots.




11. The underside of the red rubber with all clear sticky labels adhered.
12. Back of the clear-mount rubber stamp set in it's dvd case.

Hope this has been helpful :) Thanks for stopping by and have a relaxing Sunday.

Bye for now,

Alex

Dr Who - Tardis Birthday Card

Hi all,

Had a fabulous day yesterday and managed to visit the TARDIS at the London Film Museum :) lol.

So, here are a few more pictures of the Tardis card that I uploaded yesterday from different angles and the template from Valita's blog.

Dr Who - Tardis - Inside View


Dr Who - Tardis - Close Up View


Cardstock: Not Quite Navy and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Basic Black and Not Quite Navy (sentiment inside).
Accessories: 3/4" Circle Punch, Sponge Dauber, Brads - Silver, Bone Folder, Paper Snips and 3D Dimensionals.
Card Base: 4-6/8" x 8-2/8".
Card Size: 5-2/8" x 9-6/8".

Have a good weekend.

Alex