January class

 

 

My next card making class is Thursday 29 January 2015 7-9pm, in Heald Green.
We're making this card, which is my take on a lovely card I saw on Pinterest, by Margaret Raburn. 

 

As well as this Valentines card,  we're making a dinky wee gift box to go with it, plus one other general greetings card to build up your stock. Techniques used will include stamping, embossing and die cutting. All materials and tuition supplied.

 

Cost: £10 (£5 deposit payable on booking, via Paypal). Email me to book a place.

 

The class will use stamps from the new Simply Wonderful stamp set and you can get a set for FREE with every purchase of £45 from Stampin' Up! until 31 March 2015.

 

So Happy card

A bright pop of colour to chase away the January blues. I used the 2013-2015 colour palette. I'll be so sad to see this go in June, I love these colours.

The "Yay" is from the free Sale-a-bration You Brighten My Day stamp set (the one featured here) and the banner punch pops it out. "So happy for you" is from yesterday's featured set, Simply Wonderful & the sunburst is from Kinda Eclectic, which, as you probably know, is THE BEST STAMP SET EVAH!

If you've ever wrestled with the gold sequin trim, I find the best way to attach it to a card is to cut a new piece of card that is the width of your card & glue a length of the trim to that. Then trim the edges once it's dried. You can then stick the panel to you card without stray sequins pinging off.

Sale-a-bration stamps can be earned free with every purchase of £45 or more, until the end of March. Click on any of the items below to start shopping.

Kinda Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.95

Gold Sequin Trim

£4.50

Coastal Cabana Thick Baker's Twine

£3.25

All Abloom Designer Series Paper Stack

£6.25

2013-2015 In Color A4 Cardstock

£6.25

Venetian Crochet Trim

£6.25

1-1/4" Scallop Circle Punch

£14.25

Banner Punch

£11.50

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Simply Wonderful (Sale-a-bration)

This is a thank you card for a Christmas present (I know, shockingly late!).

I used the free Simply Wonderful stamp set from the Sale-a-bration brochure (page 16, 139125). It's free with a spend of £45 or more & contains six really useful sentiment stamps.

 

 

All too often when buying crafting stuff we buy bits here & there. And, having got it home & sniffed & stroked & mooned over it, we find we don't quite know what to use it with. And so we never use it (trust me, I have a PhD in this). So a great way to shop during Sale-a-Bration is with a particular project in mind. Include coordinating papers, inks, cardstock etc in your main order and get your stamps from the Sale-a-Bration brochure. That way you can be sure of making a whole project.

 

For example, for this card you could buy the paper stack, one of the cardstock packs, the lace stamp, one of the ink pads and the decorative label punch for just under £46, and choose the Simply Wonderful stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration brochure.  A co-ordinated approach really will make your stash go much further!

 

 

 

Something Lacy Clear Stamp

£12.95

Banners Framelits Dies

£22.95

All Abloom Designer Series Paper Stack

£6.25

Card Stock A4 Pistachio Pudding

£6.25

Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock

£6.25

Lost Lagoon 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon

£7.95

Linen Thread

£3.95

Decorative Label Punch

£15.50

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Pistachio Pudding Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Sale-A-Bration 2015

It’s Sale-A-Bration Time! With so many ways to participate in Sale-A-Bration and get FREE products, you can’t miss out!

 

Shop: Earn a FREE Sale-A-Bration product for every £45 you spend between 6 January and 31 March. (I used the You Brighten My Day & Simply Wonderful stamp sets for the pop up card, above.)

 

Host: Hostess Benefits are great during Sale-A-Bration. You can host Sale-A-Bration parties for a chance to earn discounts and extra product credit!

 

Join: It’s a great time to join Stampin’ Up! as a new demonstrator! New demonstrators can choose one of the following limited-time Sale-A-Bration offers when joining between 6 January and 31 March.

• Option #1: Receive a FREE Simply Created Project Kit from the spring/summer catalogue with your Starter Kit.

• Option #2: Receive 2 FREE Sale-A-Bration items of your choice with your Starter Kit.

 

Go shopping & get free stuff now, at http://sambracegirdle.stampinup.net