Growing Green.... and a Special Offer

Oh gosh, I absolutely love this set!

This is a new set from Stampin' Up, and is available in the new catalogue in both Wood Mount and Clear Mount choices. And there are so many things that you can do with it.. but this is just one of those things.

I kept the card quite plain and simple and it came from an idea that Monica gave to me the other day when we were talking at the Motorway Services!! We met to throw a few ideas about as regards Stampin' Up and sat, had a lovely coffee, did a bit of crafting, spoke to a few people who came up to us to see what we were upto, and just generally had a great time.

The card was made with Soft Suede and Whisper White cardstock. I used Dazzling Diamonds and Heat and Stick powders to the brown panel to create a bit of glitz. I also added some Dazzling Diamonds to the flower after colouring.

I hope you like it. I sometimes think Clean and Simple is good.

I am also offering you the opportunity to recieve a Kit by Mail to make 

a selection of cards from this set

at a Special Offer Price of only £40 with free postage (worth £4.95)

You will recieve  

Growing Green Wood Mount stamp set (worth £20.95)

Soft Suede Ink pad (worth £4.95)

Versamark ink pad (worth (£5.95)

Heat and Stick powder (worth £3.75)

Dazzling Diamonds glitter (worth £3.75)

150 Basic Pearls to decorate (worth £4.50)

Cardstock and envelopes and full instructions to create a set of 10 cards, all cut
to size and ready for you to get crafting.

If you have any of the above items they can be changed to something of equivalent value. 

If you prefer the Clear Mount set, you will recieve an extra ink pad of your choice. 
You will need to provide all adhesives and sentiments. These can be purchased through me, 
just contact me for more information.

Payment is by Cheque or by Paypal (please email me -joaustin22@aol.com)

Right.. must get on.Tomorrow is coming quicker than I think, and I still have lots to do to my swap cards.

Happy Crafting everyone until next time..

Going batty....

Definately! In more ways than one!!!

I'm going daft this week with loads of bits of card chopped to all shapes and sizes, punched, stamped, and then stuck together! I'm counting down to going to Peterborough with other SU demonstrators and my friend, Sharon, to enjoy a day of crafting and chatter!

So, the second reason that I'm going batty is with this cute little fella...

This is the little 'jubbly' style box that we made at our Workshop on Tuesday. The little bat was made from a scalloped square punch and a project I found on Jo Dumbleton's blog last year or so.. The box can be resized for any gift, and I stuck to two basic colours for Hallowe'en.. Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black. The stamp set is a retired one called Seeing Spots, which I love and still use quite often. I've used a Crimper to add detail to the edges, which is a new product to Stampin' Up in this new catalogue, and it's a whopping 16.5cm wide!! Perfect for any project that needs a little texture.

So cute!

I'll be back tomorrow with the last card that we made at the Workshop. And if you live in the Doncaster area, and would love to join us on a Tuesday evening, then just let me know and I'll give you the details.

A night spent crafting and a Special Offer ...

You know yesterday I was talking about Christmas?? Well, look what arrived...

A humongous box all the way from Canada - filled absolutely choc-a-block with Christmas presents. My Sis Lesley is an absolutely wonderful person and I love her to bits!! Thank you so much Lesley, Gary and family - we love you all!!

Now here's a little hint of a card for you -

On Tuesday night, it was my Craft Class over in Edenthorpe. I was helped by my lovely friend, Sharon, and she was such a trooper all evening!

I made three samples for all the lovely ladies who came along to play, and I'll show them to you over the next few days.

The little hint above came from this card here.

The card base and top was scored to create some beautiful lines, and then layered up onto Rich Razzleberry cardstock from the current catalogue, and Barely Banana which has now discontinued. After the layers had been put together, we sprayed the card with the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paints to give it a bit of glitz and glamour.

You can see the paint shimmer here -

The flowers are made from the five petal flower punch and a little technique I showed on the evening. The card was finished with a length of taffeta ribbon (love that stuff!) and some Tiny Tags greetings.

Now, my special offer to you is a Kit by Mail 
to make a full set of these cards. 

I have put together a kit to include the supplies to make ten cards of this design. 

The kit is at the fantastic price of £30 (including free shipping). You can also choose 

your own colourway. My colours are sent if no preference is made. 

You will recieve

  

The five flower Petal Punch (worth £15.50)

Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (worth £4.95)

Taffeta Ribbon in white (a full 9.1 metres worth £6.25)

150 Basic Rhinestones for the flower centres (worth £4.50)

Cardstock and envelopes to make your selection of cards, all

cut and ready for you to put together. 

You will need to provide your own sentiments and adhesives, but these can be purchased 

through me if you would prefer.

You can make payment by cheque or Paypal 
(email joaustin22@aol.com for more information)

If you have any of the products in the kit, you can change them for something of 

equivalent value.

 

I hope you like it.. i'll be back tomorrow with our second project!

It's a dog's life!

What has happened to this week??? It is just absolutely flying by at the moment, and before we know it, it will no doubt be a couple of weeks to Christmas! I think at the last count it was 72 days to go.

The weekend was a nice quiet one, just sorting out bits and pieces and shopping - usual stuff. I didn't really get a chance to craft either, which is always a bit dissapointing I think. But I am certainly making up for that this week!

I did, however, manage to get a great couple of pictures of Holly and Scooby as they were snoozing on the sofa. Because it was evening, I had to use the flash and take the photos quickly before they moved.

Here they are - totally chilled out in snoozy position.This one is Holly .... most probably thinking 'instead of taking a photo, come and rub me tummy!'

and Mr Scoobs...  just look at his little flobby-chops... so cute!

Don't you just love the Dog's life?

Right.. must get going - I've got lots of samples and swaps to get on with for the weekend. I'm down in Peterborough with my fellow Stampin' Uppers.. lol.

Happy Crafting!

Woofy birthdays

To go along with the birthday card yesterday, I made one from the furballs in the house. Scooby in particular, absolutely loves Carley to bits, so I really needed to ink up this lovely 'woofy' stamp and get crafting.

I used the wonderful border punch again for this card (as I said, practice with the corners makes perfect.. not quite, but getting there!). It is such a lovely border because you can add glitter dots, gemstones or pearls.. anything you like, and it makes the border look so different.

Anyway.. here's a close up of the border.

This is the card as a whole. I used Creamy Caramel cardstock - I bought loads of this before it retired as I love the colour. The papers are from Bella Bleu pack which is now unfortunately retired. Don't you sometimes save papers that you fall in love with, and then decide you HAVE to use it?  There are soooo many lovely papers in the SU catalogue this time, I'm making a concerted effort to use up my old stash before buying new. We'll see how long that lasts! The ribbon is the fantastic Taffeta Very Vanilla - such a lovely finish to a card.

I decided to stamp the image a few times and layer up the woofers to add some dimension.

So that's all for today. I'll be back soon with some more projects for you, so I hope you check back soon!

Join my team..

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Would you like to craft with your friends, or find like-minded crafters where you live?

Would you like to take a trip of a lifetime? 

Well here's how.... 

The Incentive trip last year was held in Monaco and a five star hotel and luxury lifestyle was had by all who were there. The location for 2012 will be announced at Convention this year, and I can't wait.

Would you like to be there with me? Well, let's get working on it then.. 

And there's no better time than now, to prepare for it. 

I am so impressed with the catalogue this year, so much so, that if you sign up as a Stampin' Up demonstrator with me, I will give you 15% back on the value of your starter kit to spend  in the catalogue. This is an exclusive offer from myself, not Stampin' Up. I just know you are going to love the catalogue as much as I do, and would love for you to experience the Convention and Incentive trip with me! Just email me at joaustin22@aol.com to learn more.

There is definately no better time to join my team and get working towards those achievable goals. The Starter Kit has been reduced to £119, but contains over £230 of product. There is also an option for an Add-on Scrapbooking kit for £50 (containing over £90 of product!).  How can you say no to those bargains?

You can be a Hobby Demonstrator who just wants to save some pennies on crafting supplies, or you can turn it into a succesful business. Contact me on the email address above.

So there you have it - one fantastic kit at one fantastic price! Go on.. join my team - you won't regret it!

20 years already?

Hi everyone!

I've got a few minutes whilst hubby is out searching the DIY store, so I thought I'd nip on and say hello..

This week has been a bit manic so far - as you probably know, we've had family over from Canada and what a fantastic time it's been. Lesley and Gary arrived on Sunday evening and rang me as soon as they booked in the hotel, so of course I had to go and see them! It's been soooooo long!!! It was fantastic to meet up and spend some quality time together.

Anyway, on the Monday, it was Carley's birthday. And here is the card that I made for her.

I chose some lovely bright colours for her card, as it represents her personality. There's not many things that get her down in the dumps, or irate, infact, I can only think of a few (one inparticular!) Haha. She is a wonderful person and such a loving character to boot. Happy Birthday Carley. We love you oodles! And it was lovely that Lesley and Gary were still here to share the birthday celebrations too.

So, for this card, I've gone for some retired papers from Stampin' Up (sob - I really love this pack!) and teamed it up with a stamped Caravanette. Her ultimate dream is to buy one and travel round the World in it. So, thought this image would be perfect.

The border punch is from the new Stampin' Up catalogue, and it has a corner punch to match. They are brill.. but practice makes perfect!

Right.. I'm going to make a move as hubby has just returned with his sanding pads.. lol.. so it looks like that means a busy afternoon!

Happy Crafting everyone!

A couple of little videos

I thought I would just share another couple of videos with you all this morning - I am eagerly awaiting my Sis coming today. She flew over from Canada a couple of weeks ago, and has been travelling around England. Lesley is coming to see us for a few days from today, and I can't wait - so I've really had no time to make any cards.

These are a few I was asked for at my demo's on previous weeks.

This first one just shows how to use the Embossing folders without a machine.



How to use the Bonding Powder and Hot Foils.

Less is more...

I must admit,I am totally in love with the new packaging from Stampin' Up!

Some of the stamp sets that are in the new catalogue have the Clear Mount option instead of the Wood Mount.

So, I thought I would just show you the difference in a little video.. I hope you don't drop to sleep watching it.. lol. Enjoy!

And also, whilst getting my coding from Youtube, I found this little tutorial on the side.. hope you like it too.

NEW CATALOGUE - IT'S HERE!!!!!!

Hi .. it's the big day today.

At midnight, we saw the release of the new Stampin' Up catalogue 2010 - 2011..

This is a little project made from the catalogue.

These are the cards that I made for Regional Training swaps the other day, and they were really popular. I hope you like it too.

Now ..

Here is the new catalogue. Just click HERE to be taken to the link, or click on the Catalogue image below,  where you can click through the pages and  even here the 'whooshing' sound of the pages turning.

Don't forget a sheet of paper for your Wish List.. you'll need it!!!