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

Season of Joy Christmas Card

Hi all,

Well, this must be a first, making Christmas cards in September. Fancied getting out the Christmas stamp sets recently and making a start whilst I have the time. Have started to make cards in bulk as before you know it, Christmas will be upon us.

Below I decided to use the much hoarded Jolly Holiday DSP that I have. I love this paper and was sad to see it all sold out on the Last Chance List. Here's the card I have made:

Season Of Joy

Stamps: Season Of Joy and Occasional Quotes (inside).
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla. Designer Series Paper - Jolly Holiday.
Inkpad: Cherry Cobbler.
Accessories: 3/8" Tatfeta Ribbon - Very Vanilla, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals, Paper Snips and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your week.

Alex

Stampin' Up! Class - Today

Hi all,

The ladies enjoyed the Christmas themed class today making a Never Ending Christmas Card and matching Pillow Box Pouch.

Here are the photos of what the Never Ending Card reveals as you keep fliping the card over:

Front of Card


Flip 1 - pulling apart horizontally


Flip 2 - pulling apart vertically


Flip 3 - pulling apart horizontally


Stamps: Contempo Christmas, Delightful Decorations, Season of Joy and Occasional Greetings.
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla. Designer Series Paper - Jolly Holiday.
Inkpad: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive. Versamark Stamp Pad. Accessories: Rhinestones, Ornament Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Gold Cord, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Sticky Strip, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: 6" x 6".
Reminds me of those things you used to make and play with friends in the playground. lol.

Anyway, as this was a time consuming project, the ladies finished off the class with a simple but effective Pillow Box Pouch using the Big Shot and Pillow Box Die from Stampin' Up! :) I'm sure they'll think of something nice to put in there for Christmas.

Projects Together


Okay, hope you enjoyed this post and have a good weekend.

Bye for now,

Alex

Last Chance List - No Longer Available To Purchase

Last Chance List

The following items are no longer available to buy from the Last Chance List:

Accessories
Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets
Pewter Jumbo Eyelets
2010-2012 In Color Classic Stampin' Ink Refills (set)
Silver Elastic Cord
3/8" (1 cm) Taffeta Ribbon - Real Red
5/8" Satin Ribbon - Night of Navy
1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Old Olive
On Board Art Journal
Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin'

Stamp Sets
Afterthoughts [w] Hostess set
Cute by the Inch [w] Hostess set
Choo Choo
Sense of Time
Tart & Tangy
Sanded
Right On Track (wheel)
Forest Friends
Bella Toile
On A Pedestal

Cardstock/DSP
12 x 12 Riding Hood Red
12 x 12 Wild Wasabi
12 x 12 Tempting Turquoise
12 x 12 Whisper White
Jolly Holiday DSP

Punches
Star Punch
Spiral Punch

If you'd like to place an order with me soon, please contact me by email.

Bye for now,

Alex

Last Chance List is HERE!

Click HERE to download the pdf file...

Morning all,

Can you believe it's 1st of September, THE date when the Last Chance List comes out before the release of the new Idea Book & Catalogue next month?!?

Well, grab yourself a big cup of tea, put your feet up and start looking through this mega pdf file of all the stamp sets and accessories that we will be saying goodbye to next month. For this month only, now is your only chance to buy these goodies for the last time before they are no longer available.

NOTE: This month is your last chance to purchase the New Colour Renovation top up kits!

Enjoy looking through the Last Chance List and hope to hear from you soon with your wish list :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Nearly the 1st September...

Can you believe it's nearly 1 September... and you know what that means don't you - the Last Chance List of all the things that will not be continuing in the new Idea Book & Catalogue out on 1st October!!!

Check back on Thursday for the pdf file for you to download and save, check off and make your Wish List from as the goodies on the list are only good until stocks lasts or till the end of the month, whichever comes first.

If you'd like to get your hands on the soon to be released Idea Book & Catalogue 2011-2012, please let me know by email asap as I'm putting in an order for these at the weekend :) If you'd like to purchase one, it's just £4.50 delivered to you. Alternatively, get one FREE by joining my next Stampin' Up! Stamper's Club commencing in November, see here for how the club works or by booking a workshop with me.

Bye for now,

Alex

Next Stampin' Up! Class - 3 September 2011 - Sneak Peek

Hi all,

Hope you're well and enjoying your August so far. I've been really organised and excited about September's Stampin' Up! Class, as it's a card technique I've not tried before. Anyway, I got to work recently when the weather was 30 degrees outside and started designing for next month's class a lot more in advance than I normally do, as these next couple of weeks before the class will be busy ones for me.

Anyway, here's a sneak peek of what the ladies have in store for them in a few weeks time at the next Stampin' Up! Class on Saturday 3rd September.

Sneak Peek


Check back on Saturday 3 September for the complete projects in full.

Until then.

Bye for now,

Alex

Next Stampin' Up! Class - Saturday 3 September

Fancy coming along to my next Cardmaking Class to make something special for Christmas?

If you're free the first Saturday of September for a couple of hours from 10.15am and would like to craft with some friendly ladies, please feel free to drop me an email.

Sneak Peeks will be revealed soon.

Bye for now,

Alex

Today's Stampin' Up! Class - Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder

Hi all,

Another great class with the ladies today, making two cards based on the Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder. These two cards were inspired and CASEd by some examples seen online, colours/sentiments were changed to create the below two cards:

Manhattan Flower Card 1


Stamps: Vintage Vogue (P.62) and Occasional Quotes (P.14 - Hostess Level 3).
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette and Whisper White.
Inkpad: Pretty In Pink.Accessories: Big Shot, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Manhattan Flower, 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon - Whisper White, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6

Someone clever has managed to see beyond the Manhattan Flower pattern to the outline of a "dress". See below for the basic outline:


Manhattan Flower Card 2


Stamps: Occasional Quotes (P.14 - Hostess Level 3).
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla.
Inkpad: Early Espresso.Accessories: Big Shot, Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Manhattan Flower, Scallop Edge Border Punch, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon - Very Vanilla, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and SU Bone Folder.
Card Size: A6

This card would be appropriate for most occasions by changing the sentiment whether it be a Happy Anniversary, Thank You, Thinking of You or Birthday card. The themes are endless and so are the colour combinations to create this simple and quick card.

Here are the two cards together:


Thanks for stopping by today, I'm really excited about September's Stampin' Up! Class as I have recently designed it for next month and am chuffed at the end results. Check back at the end of August for sneak peeks.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Bye for now,

Alex