OMG!!

How long is it since I last posted???!!!

After finishing the invites (thanks for the lovely comments), my laptop then decided it was going to have a mid-life crisis & constantly crashed - despite being rebuilt 3 times!! Well the 4th time seems to have worked (fingers crossed), so I'm back on line & raring to go.

It also means I haven't been able to update my website, as I lost all the software I use for that. I've now got the software back again, so looks like I'm going to be busy Sunday & Monday getting this blog & the site updated with the latest offers from Stampin' Up!

Shirley

Finished at Last!!!!

I haven't posted for a while as I've been very busy making 157 wedding invitations for my brother. These are no ordinary invites - each one is a mini book; the front cover has a dry embossed border (done on the Big Shot), is hand-stamped & has a hand-cut rectangle window, revealing heat-embossed silver hearts & "Invitation"; inside are 4 pages of information about the wedding & the back cover was hand-notched to hold the RSVP card. All the pages were punched using the Bind-It-All machine, then threaded with ribbon & tied in a bow. Plus I stamped my details on the back.

As well as doing all that, I had to print the insides, getting all the card the right way round to print on the reverse side - and there were 3 different types of "insides"!! Here's the finished product:

Some of the lettering is blurred as I didn't think my brother would appreciate me broadcasting the details of his wedding across the internet!

I took photos of each of the stages while making these, so I will post a tutorial of how to make these - you may not want to make wedding invites, but this idea could be used for lots of other things - even a mini book for Mother's Day.

Shirley

Inspirational Get-together Swap

Here's the card I made for the Inspiration Get-together on 30/1/09. 25 demos attended & most swapped cards with each other & Paula from Stampin' Up!

The card was made using the following Stampin' Up! products:

• In the Stars stamp set & Swirling Stars jumbo Wheel
• both tag punches, the star punch & the 1/4 inch hole punch
• Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun & Whisper White card stock
• Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun & VersaMark inks
• Pumpkin pie ribbon
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Double sided tape

Time is running out for the Stampers 10 club

As mentioned in the Jan newsletter, a new Stampers 10 Club will be starting in Feb. This is a terrific way to budget your purchases over a 10 month period and receive hostess benefits.

By purchasing £15 of Stampin’ Up! products a month for 10 months (£15.75 including p&p), you build your stamping supplies, stay on budget, and receive free goodies!

If you're interested in joining the club (even if you've already told me), you now need to send me your signed agreements & 2 undated cheques. Click here to access full information on the club - there is a link to the agreement at the bottom, which you need to print, complete & return to me no later than 31st Jan if you wish to take part.

If we don't get enough members, then this club can't go ahead. Don't miss out - get your agreements to me now!

(To read the newsletter in full, click here)

Shirley

Tag You're It! workshop

The Tag You're It! workshop was on Thursday night & here's a picture of what we made - 5 cards & a card wrap to hold them in. All items have been made using the tag punches, but using various different techniques. The card in the centre with "cute" on it is actually a bookmark made using the long tag technique. The blue card next to it also has a bookmark on it - made with a long paperclip. The green card next to the cute card doesn't have a flower on the tag - it has a hole in it & the flower is on the card!

Shirley

Punched Creations workshop

We had fun on this workshop! All these items are made using punches - just to show you how versatile all those lovely Stampin' Up! punches are! Spongebob was definitely the hardest - he took nearly an hour on his own!! I think I should have shaded the lion, as I have done with the other animals - he looks a bit flat!


Shirley

Stepper Box

This is the box we made on the Stepper Box workshop. As you can see, the box opens out to show 4 small boxes to keep jewellery, desk items like paper clips, staples, etc & other small things - you could make several to keep all your small items handy! This sample has been made using the Tart & Tangy stamp set & Picnic designer paper.


Shirley

Christmas Table Decoration workshop

We made a stamped candle & candle holder, stamped napkins, napkin rings, place cards, drinks mats & favour boxes. Everything was kept in a matching box (not shown).

Christmas Bags, Tags & Wrap workshop

Here are 3 of the bags we made on the workshop. We also stamped some tags using the Tags for All stamp set plus we made some wrapping paper by stamping with the Stampin' Around wheels on plain white paper.

Stampin' Up! Christmas Cards

Here are the 4 cards we made on the Stampin' Up! Christmas Cards workshop. I love the (now retired) Flaky Friends stamp set! I also loved the contemporary look of the Season of Joy card.