Stamp Club has ended!!

I can't believe where the last 6 months have gone! Since April, six lovely ladies have been part of a 'Stamp Club' where each month they spend $50 on Stampin' Up! products and each take a turn in being a hostess in order to qualify for a free Hostess Set and $30 to spend from the catalogue. Thank you to you all for participating in my first Stamp Club and if anyone is interested in joining another one, let me know as it is a great way to earn free Stampin' Up products without hosting a Workshop.
Particularly if your wish list is as long as your arm!!!

A Red and Black Tree Trimmings Christmas?

The Tree Trimmings set from the Spring Mini is proving very popular and at $24.95, it is great value and such a beautiful set. Here I have used it with Real Red and Basic Black for a more modern Christmas theme but I think it is very striking! Once again, the Stampamajig has been the key with this card to ensure the baubles are hung nicely!

Back to Christmas Cards

Okay, so I know I said I would next post a 'Mellow Moss' Christmas Card and whilst I have made a few, I have been a bit slack in taking the photo's to upload on to the computer! So, back to the In Colours for this post! Once again I have used the Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip together. This was inspired to coordinate with the pattern on the Ski Slope Designer Series Paper (Pg 20, Spring Mini Catalogue). I have used a few different stamp sets, Tree Trimmings, Spotlight on Christmas and Snow Swirled and the 'Merry Christmas' greeting stamp is from the Season of Joy set.
Another very easy card!

Baby Boy Card

I thought I'd change the subject for this post to a Baby Boy Card. Here is a card I have made using what seems to be my favourite colour at the moment, Mellow Moss. I have used it in conjunction with Bashful Blue and it came up beautifully for a Baby Boy Card. The stamp I have used is from the 'Punches Three' Hostess Set with the Mellow Moss Ribbon to finish the card off. I apologise for the photo being a bit skewiff (if that is a word!).

Mellow Moss will also be featuring in some Christmas Cards I will be posting soon, I hope you like them too!

'Good Cheer' Christmas Stamp Set

As soon as I saw the 'Good Cheer' Stamp Set in the Spring Mini, I fell in love with it. I have found the best way to ink the stamp is by using a Brayer. In using the brayer, I roll it onto the stamp pad to ink it up and then roll this onto the stamp to ensure coverage all over the stamp. Previously when I was inking this stamp pad I was missing parts of it and the image would not be complete causing major frustration as you can imagine! So now, the stamp inks up without fail!

Supplies I have used are the Confetti Cream, Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgandy, Whisper White Card Stock, Bravo Burgandy ink, Bravo Burgandy Ribbon, Good Cheer Stamp Set and Soft Holly Roller Wheel.

This is a card I will be making in Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stacks so if you would like to make it, let me know.

World Card Making Day 2009

World Card Making Day is October 3rd, but Stampin' Up! are celebrating all month long! From 1-31 October, when you purchase Rock Star or Flower Power Simply Sent Elements, you'll get 20% off the coordinating stamp set!

Order one of these two kits:

Flower Power Card Elements 112028 (Pg 140) $30.95
Rock Star Card Elements 112021 (Pg 141) $30.95

And get the coordinating stamp set for 20 percent off:

Wow Flowers 116779 (Pg 140) now $19.96

Starring You 116777 (Pg 141) now $19.96

Buying these kits enables you to have the design set out for you and all you need to do is create the cards!

I know I will be ordering the Wow Flowers Kit, I just love the Rose Red, Old Olive and Perfect Plum colours together. I will upload the pics once I have made them!

First Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack

Last night was the first Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack of the season! Thanks to the lovely 8 ladies who attended and made their first Christmas Cards of the season. Here they are in action...



...and this is a sample of one of the cards they made using the Tree Trimmings' set from the Spring Mini Catalogue. The cardstock is Kraft, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze and Whisper White. Inks we used we Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red and Kraft for the greeting and the bows. I have also used Kraft Taffeta ribbon, I am finding this to be a nice alternative to using gold. We used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to give us perfect placement everytime!

My next Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack will be held on Monday 26th October, let me know if you would to join us!

'Sense of Time' Christmas Card

Here is a sample of another way to use the beautiful 'Sense of Time' stamp set in conjunction with the 'Good Cheer' set from the current Spring Mini Catalogue. The colours I have used in this card are Bravo Burgandy, Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla. The ribbon is Bravo Burgandy 5/8 inch Grosgrain Ribbon and I have used the Eyelet Border Punch to 'trim' the bottom edge of the card.

Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack

I have set the date for the first Christmas Card Stamp-a-Stack of the season...Monday 28th September, 7.30pm. You will make 8 Christmas Cards (3 designs) for $20 including envelopes.
Please contact me if you would like to join us as places are limited and feel free to bring a friend!

Christmas Card Designs

Here is sneak peak of some Christmas Cards I have started on.and another one..