Extra Hostess Benefit
Have some fun during June and July by hosting a workshop—and Stampin’ Up! will give you even more hostess awards!
When your workshop totals $600.00 (or more), you’ll receive an additional $40.00 in hostess awards.
Soooo what this means is that if you host a $600.00 workshop you will receive a choice of a level 1 hostess set or a level 2 hostess set, $70.00 worth of free product PLUS an additional $40.00 worth of free product. How amazing is that?
If you would like to take advantage of this fantastic offer during the months of June and July, please contact me at k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au to discuss a time and date.
A new Challenge
This week the yahoo group that I belong to posted a challenge to make a male card which took less than 10 minutes to complete and had to include a circle. Male cards are not my forte but I decided to have a go and ended up making two cards.
The first set uses the stampset Party Hearty. I used Kraft card for my base and stamped the Sanded background in versamark. I stamped a piece of Baja Breeze with the party hats from the set using Baja Breeze ink, distressed the edges and mounted it to a piece of Night of Navy which I also distressed. I attached this to the left hand side of the card. I stamped the celebrate you image from the set in Night of Navy ink on Baja Breeze card and punched it out with my round scallop punch. I mounted it to a square of Night of Navy (also distressed) using dimensionals and then attached the whole piece again using dimensionals. To finish off I attached three brads on the bottom right hand side of my card. (To get the spacing even I used my mat pack and paper piercer from the crafters tool kit.)
The second card uses the Thoughts and Prayers stampset. I used my Old Olive and Chocolate Chip markers to colour in the tree image and stamped it on Confetti Cream cardstock. I mounted this to a piece of Really Rust card. My base card is Old Olive and I have attached a piece of Chocolate Chip Designer Series Paper to the left hand side. After the tree image was attached, I stamped happy birthday from the Think Happy Thoughts stampset on Confetti Cream card and punched it out using the 1 1/4″ circle punch. I also punched out a 1 3/8″ circle from Chocolate Chip and glued them together. I attached this to the card using dimensionals.
I don’t think they turned out too badly and they really were very quick to make.
Scrap Challenge
Although I am not a very good scrapbooker, Mandy posted a scrapbook challenge on the Demonstrator website that I belong to and I decided that I would play along. I had these photos of my last birthday and thought that I would use them.
I used Chocolate Chip 12 x 12 for the base of my page and stamped the bamboo image from the Embrace Life stampset over the top right hand side of the page using Chocolate Chip ink. I mounted the photos onto Rose Red card and used a piece of So Saffron Patterns DSP on the left hand side which I cut and then distressed with my sissors. The words are from the On Your Birthday stampset. I used Chocolate Chip ink and stamped on whisper white cardstock. I cut the words out with my oval cutter and mounted it onto another oval of Almost Amethyst cardstock. The flowers were stamped on Whisper White – three in Almost Amethyst and one in Rose Red and cut out. One Almost Amethyst flower is attached to the two ovals and then the whole piece is mounted with dimensionals to the top left hand side of the page. The other three flowers were attached to the right hand side of the page, the Rose Red flower is mounted on dimensionals. My journalling was done with a white gel pen.
I am rather happy with how the page turned out. What do you think?
Thoughts and Prayers
It is never an easy task to make a sympathy card, however, when I do I like to keep it simple and understated. Thoughts and Prayers, a new stampset in the 2009/2010 Stampin’ Up! catalogue does help to make this type of card a little easier. It has two truly beautiful images and a couple of lovely sentiments as well.
I coloured this branch image with my Almost Amythest and Always Artichoke makers and stamped onto Whisper White cardstock. I then distressed the edges and mounted it onto a piece of Always Artichoke cardstock using dimensionals. I have used the eyelet border punch on a piece of Always Artichoke and placed it behind Almost Amethyst card. I then tied a piece of white tafetta ribbon around both pieces of card and attached this to the front of my Whisper White card. The sentiment was inked with my Always Artichoke marker and stamped in the correct position using my Stamp-a-ma-jig. The flower image was attached using dimensionals.
Feel free to contact me (k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au) for more information on the items used in this card.
Scrapbooking Promotion
I love being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator because they always offer such fantastic promotions and this month’s promotion is no exception. For the month of May we have two fantastic offers the first one involves a FREE pack of designer series paper and the second offers everyone the chance to purchase a Scrapbooking Starter Kit for the fantastic price of $150.00.
Scrapbooking Promotion
Dates: 1-31 May 2009
Buy three packs of select Designer Series paper ($16.95 each), and get one FREE! See selections below:
| Item | Page | Description |
| 112042 | 132 | Urban Garden Designer Series paper |
| 112470 | 132 | Haiku Designer Series paper |
| 113976 | 132 | Pink Flamingo Designer Series paper |
| 112468 | 132 | Sweet Always Designer Series paper |
| 113992 | 133 | Tea Party Designer Series paper |
| 113975 | 133 | Raspberry Tart Designer Series paper |
| 113966 | 134 | Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series paper |
| 112469 | 134 | Holiday Treasures Designer Series paper |
| 112041 | 134 | Bella Rose Designer Series paper |
| 113974 | 134 | Bella Bleu Designer Series paper |
| 113978 | 135 | Urban Oasis Designer Series paper |
| 112461 | 135 | Washington Apple Designer Series paper |
| 112039 | 135 | Windsor Knot Designer Series paper |
| 113980 | 135 | Candy Lane Designer Series paper |
Scrapbooking Starter Kit Promotion
Dates: 1 May – 1 June 2009
In celebration of National Scrapbooking Month, join Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator for only $150 with our limited-time Scrapbooking Starter Kit. The Scrapbooking Starter Kit contains the following:
| Item Code | Description | Retail Value |
| 112231 | Schoolbook Serif Alphabet stamp set* | $77.95 |
| 113059 | Simply Scrappin’ Petal Party | $36.95 |
| 108697 | Earth Elements Assorted textured card stock (12″ x 12″) | $21.95 |
| 105216 | Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Pad | $11.95 |
| 103179 | Craft & Rubber Scissors | $37.95 |
*Substitutable for any stamp set up to $77.95 value.
Please note: Each of the products listed above may be substituted for like items.
Please contact me (k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au) if you would like further information about either of these great specials.
Upsy Daisy on Holidays
Well Ron(DH) and I are currently away in our caravan and are presently at beautiful Port Macquarie on the NSW Mid North Coast. I haven’t been crafting in the caravan and am missing so much my supplies but never mind. I do however have a card for you today which I made before I left home.
This card uses the beautiful stampset Upsy Daisy. The base cardstock is Kiwi Kiss. The beautiful Daisy image has been stamped on Whisper White cardstock using Tangerine Tango. This piece was mounted onto Kiwi Kiss Cardstock and then a larger piece of Tangerine Tango which I have torn across the bottom. I then wrapped the Kiwi Kiss striped grosgrain ribbon around it. The greeting is from the same set and I have stamped it onto Whisper White cardstock using Tangerine Tango ink. I then used the large oval to punch it out and mounted it to the card using dimensionals. I am loving this set and also the new in-colours.
I will be back shortly to let you know the exciting things coming up in May from Stampin’ Up!.
For Sale
Just a quick post today to let you know that I have created a new page For Sale. This page lists all the retired Stampin’ Up! stamp sets which Sarah and I have for sale. If you are interested in purchasing any of these sets, please do not hesitate to email me at k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au.
Bird on a Branch
I made this card using a new set from the current catalogue Bird on a Branch. The main reason I bought this set is because it has a spatter stamp similar to the one that was in the retired set Itty Bitty Backgrounds. However, I am finding that I really like this bird sitting on the branch. I think it is very tranquil and I am sure that I will get a lot of use from this set.
I stamped the branch onto Whisper White cardstock using Night of Navy ink. Then using my stamp-a-ma-jig to position perfectly, I stamped the bird also in Night of Navy ink so that it is sitting on the branch. Then also using the stamp-a-ma-jig I stamped the “flowers” over the branch using Bashful Blue ink. I then used the spatter stamp and Bashful Blue ink to stamp around the bird and the branch. I distressed the edges of the Whisper White card using my cutter kit and mounted it to a piece of Bashful Blue cardstock which also had the edges distressed.
I folded a piece of Bashful Blue cardstock to form the base of the card and stamped the front with the splatter image using Bashful Blue ink. I then took a piece of Night of Navy cardstock and wraped a length of striped grosgrain ribbon around the lower part of the card. I punched 3 Bashful Blue circles using the 1/4″ circle punch (retired). I also used the crop-a-dile to punch out 3 Night of Navy 1/8″ circles. I glued the small circles to the larger ones using my two-way glue stick and then covered the whole thing with crystal effects. When it was dry I glued the circles to the upper right hand side of the card and then mounted the stamped Bird on a Branch to the left hand side using dimensionals.
I think the card has come together nicely and is quite restful. What do you think?
If you would like any more information on the products I have used then please do not hesitate to contact me on k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au.
Inspired by Nature
Well I promised to show you something using a different stampset. This one is called Inspired by Nature and it is part of the Stampin’ Up! decorative range. The images in this set are larger than most and they can be used as stand-alone decorative images. If you look at the catalogue on page 74 you will see that the images have been stamped and framed and they look absolutely lovely. The set contains two large images and two word stamps – “Live with Passion” and “Good works are links that form a chain of love – Mother Theresa”.
Anyway with this card I used my Regal Rose marker to colour the flowers and then I used the Rose Red marker to colour the edges of the flower. I used my old olive marker to colour the stems and leaves and then my Always Artichoke marker to add a bit of depth. Then I spritzed with a water bottle ever so lightly, just to blend the colours and stamped onto Whisper White cardstock. I mounted the piece onto Always Artichoke cardstock and then Rose Red folded cardstock.
I inked “live with passion” with my Always Artichoke marker, “huffed” and stamped onto whisper white cardstock, cut it out and mounted onto Always Artichoke cardstock. This piece was adhered to the cardfront using dimensionals. Very simple and easy card to do but the images are so effective. Do you like?
If you have any questions about any of the products that I am using or if you would like to know more about a technique then please contact me by email at k.mcintosh1@optusnet.com.au.
Happy Birthday Stephanie
Today I want to share with you a card I made for my fabulous “upline” Stephanie. I used the stampset A Rose is a Rose AGAIN. I promise to show something else soon.
I cased a card I found on Splitcoast Stampers. I love the way this card has turned out. I used Riding Hood Red as my base card and and mounted a whisper white piece on top. I pierced three rows of holes on either side of the greeting. The flowers I stamped on white card stamping off twice for the base colour using Riding Hood Red. The leaves are Kiwi Kiss with the base colour stamped off twice. I cut out all the pieces and adhered to the white card. The large rose is popped up on dimensionals. The new in-colours are so easy to work with. I thought I would never be able to forget last year’s colours but these new ones are superb. I hope Stephanie likes it.
Stamping with Kris 