May Specials Continue

Wow May is certainly turning into an amazing month, I've had some wonderful Stampin' Up! workshops hosted by some amazing ladies and met lots of new people crafters and non- crafters alike, we've made lots of projects and have had lots of fun and laughter along the way.

The very best thing about Stampin' Up! is the way it brings people together, home workshops are all about having fun and expressing creativity, it most definitely is the best job in the world!

However, I know that some people aren't able to host a home workshop, (although do email me I am very happy to travel!) so there are a couple of different things you can do to get your hands on Stampin' Up! goodies.

Place an order with me via email and I will get the goodies sent directly to your home via DHL.  Normally the cost of this is £3.95 per order or 5% of the goods total which ever is the greater.  However for the rest of May 2008 if you place an order with me for £20 or more I will pay the cost of your postage.

The second option is to host a catalogue party, I can send you a copy of our current catalogue and order forms, you share this with your friends and family collect orders and again I will pay the postage for this and get the entire order sent to your home.  Please email me for more details.

Just in case you missed the announcement earlier on.......everyone who places an order with me this month will be entered into a prize draw, the prize is a stamp set of their choice from the current catalogue.

One last thing the Stampin' Up! May special is also still continuing see earlier post for details.

Frog with Bling.......

Well today's card is very green and very sparkly.........sometimes when you are making a card you are really not sure how it's going to turn out, well I love this one!

It's for a lovely friend called Shelley who lives in the USA, she is certainly Unfrogettable!!

I'm on the front cover !

I'm so proud, I've just got my copy of Cardmaking & Papercraft issue No53 June 2008 and I'm on the front cover with the caption "I turned my Hobby into a career".

The article is on page 36 and 37 and shows some wonderful pictures of a workshop I attended at Runways End with a bunch of very talented scrapbookers earlier this year, one of the picture was taken by Helen who is one of my downline team, so thank you so much for doing that for me.

The article is all about Stampin' Up! and how much I enjoy being a demonstrator, it is absolutely the best job in the world!

Do email me if you want to find out more about Stampin' Up! as a home business opportunity.

Do go and get a copy, I'll be posting copies of the cards shown later on this month.

In the meantime, my May specials for my birthday continue anyone who places an order with me during my birthday month will go into a prize draw for a free stamp set of their choice from the Catalogue.  Yes that is ANY stamp set.  It does include all orders already placed with me at workshops already this month.

A little Birdie

A quick card with instructions to follow later...........

This is a lovely Stamp set called A touch of nature, as well as this beautiful bird there is a butterfly, flower, fern leaf, Olive branch, an acorn and a lovely sentiment quote by William Shakespeare.

The way Stampin Up! has stamps is sets is just fantastic everything co-ordinates and it is so easy to make beautiful cards.

And the winner is..........

JOY

Congratulations Joy, and a big thank you to everyone who has visited my blog, please do pop back, I have lots more things to show you and more goodies to give away.

Joy please email me with your name address and postcode and I'll send your goodies to you, including a Bashful Blue ink pad.

A summery card for a rainy day.....

This is a make and take I will be demo'ing on Saturday at a workshop for one of my Downline Lydia, the way Stampin' Up! works is demonstrators sign up under another demonstrator, who we call an Upline.  It's the Uplines job to support their Downline, offer training and support in building a business, so I'm off to run a workshop with Lydia, we are going to have a great evening. 

I'm planning on building a big team of crafters!  So if you'd like to find out more about this opportunity and become part of my team please email me  ajpapercraft@btinternet.com

So this card is using a wonderful set Summer by the Sea, and a level 2 hostess set Garden Silhouettes.  I made a z card using half a sheet of A4 Bashful Blue card stock cut lengthways.  I then folded it in half and the front section in half again.  I then stamped all over using the Cow Parsley stamp again in Bashful BLue and I used a technique where I inked the stamp and then got 3 images from it just by repeat stamping, that gives a lovely shadow effect.  I stamped the gir;l image on Confetti White card sock, it has lovely flecks of colour running through it and is wonderful to watercolour on.  I matted the image onto Pretty in Pink Card and then stuck the left hand side onto the folded back front section.  I stamped the greeting punched it out using the 1 1/4" circle punch, layered onto a 1 3/8" circle of Bashful blue onto a Scallop punch of Pretty in Pink, I finished off with some little white dots with my gel pen.

Don't forget on the post below I'm giving away a lovely stamp set, please post a comment and I'll enter you into the draw to be held on Thursday.

1000+

Wow you did it!!!!!!

We hit 1,000 late last night, so as promised I have some blog candy to give away!

Oh So Lovely Stamp set, this is a level 1 hostess set and is cut and mounted ready for you to use, and because our card stock and ink is so fantastic and you definately need to use it with your new stamp set I will also give you an ink pad, colour of your choice and a mixed pack of cardstock.

So what do you need to do?

Simply leave a comment on this post with your choice of colour of ink pad.  Like our card stock our ink comes in 48+ different colours with the most amazing names.  Have a look at the website catalogue page 70 and 71 to see them.

And for those of you who have left comments on previous posts you will get 2 chances to win as a special thank you for visiting regularly.

I will use random generator to pick the winner at 12 noon UK time on Thursday 1st May 2008.

A Wheely great deal!!!!!!

We've got a great offer starting on the 1st May.

Purchase a qualifying stamp set and receive the coordinating wheel at 50 percent off!

Options, prices, and bundled item numbers are listed below:

113422 Carte Postale bundle
Includes Carte Postale stamp set and the Leaves á la Carte jumbo wheel £29.93

113423 Seeing Spots bundle
Includes Seeing Spots stamp set and the Spot On jumbo wheel £19.93

113425 Polka Dots & Paisley bundle
Includes the Polka Dots & Paisley stamp set and the Petals jumbo wheel £22.93

113427 Close as a Memory/Vine bundle
Includes the Close As a Memory stamp set and the Watercolor Vine jumbo wheel £22.93

113430 Close as a Memory/Joy bundle
Includes the Close As a Memory stamp set and the Watercolor Joy regular wheel £21.93

You can order this from 1st May....it Wheely is a great deal!!!!!!!

Ribbons Ribbons Ribbons

Stampin' Up! has some wonderful ribbons and I have been searching for a nice way to store and display them that wouldn't take up lots of space.  I've been thinking about using a paint pail, one of the clear ones but they all seemed quite big.

So whilst having lunch today soup from a well known supermarket..........it came to me, I could recycle the container the soup came in.  Definately cheaper than a paint can and better for the environment!

Now the picture above is of my first attempt, there are 9 holes for ribbons, I do have more ribbons well they are such lovely colours and great value........ but the ones I've stored in here are the ones I use the most.  I am going to tweak the design a little so a revised version will be blogged later.

Never froget your place.......

Okay funny title but this set is called unfrogettable and I've made a couple of bookmarks!  So please excuse the play on words.

I've made the bookmark 1 1/2" wide so that I can feed it into the reverse of the scallop punch to make a shaped top.  Each bookmark has a scallop punch of Certainly Celery Designer paper attached using a jumbo eyelet and my trusty cropodile.  For the bling I've used dazzling diamonds on the 2 way glue pen that came in the Simply Sent kit which is on special offer this month and for the bulging froggy eyes I've used a little PVA glue.  

There is "faux" stitching around the edge, just my piercing tool and mat and a white gel pen on the dragonflies and a Certainly Celery Pen on the frogs.

Heartfelt Thanks

I love this set and when I was asked by a friend to make a thank you card for a gentleman I had the colours all set and ready to go.

The base card is Basic Black with a panel of Rose Red, I stamped Rose Red, Old Olive and basic black for the flower and sentiment and finished it off with a Gingham ribbon knot. Stampin' Up! gingham ribbon is very soft and satiny, not cotton based like many others.

I'm rapidly approaching 1,000 hits so watch out for some giveaways soon.

Exciting news

Some of my cards have been accepted for publication in a fantastic magazine, I'm really pleased and will post more details as I find out issue dates etc.

April Special Offer

For April Stampin' Up! are running a 10% offer on Simply Sent Sets.

These are wonderful kits for both new and experienced stampers.

Each kit contains a set of step-by-step instructions, diecut rubber stamps, all the ink, chalks, cards, envelopes, ribbon and glue to make lovely cards.

You will find the kits on page 74 and 75

109907 Simply Sent Happy Day Now £44.96

109911 Simply Sent Sending Happy Thoughts Now £44.96

And as a special Blog offer from me anyone email ordering one of these kits from me will get a free catalogue or free postage, just let me know what you would prefer.

March Make and Takes

March has been another busy month with lots of Stampin' Up! home workshops and a few more to go!

This card has been decorated with the Petal Stampin' Around jumbo wheel in Ballet Blue on Ballet Blue card sock. The pop up part is Pink Passion and Whisper White cardstock. The centre image is from a hostess set Garden Silhouettes and I coloured the stamp with markers and then stamped the image. 

This one uses the Stampin' Around Spot on jumbo wheel and Big Bold Birthday for the main image. Again the colours are Ballet Blue, Pink Passion and Whisper White.

This picture shows the mechanics, I will post a tutorial at the beginning of April.  Of course you could always book a workshop or email me        ajpapercraft@btinternet.com

March special offer

Promotion Details:

Host a £350 workshop between 1 -31 March 2008 and earn an EXTRA £25 in hostess awards!

That is in addition to your free hostess stamps and free products so you would earn

1 level 1 or level 2 Hostess set

AND

£40 of free products

AND

£25 of extra free products