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

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