Christmas - Clearly for You

April brings along another Christmas Card Stamp a Stack and one of the cards we made this time was using the "CLEARLY FOR YOU" stamp set from Stampin' Up!®.

The sentiment is from another of my preferred Christmas sets: "BEAUTIFUL SEASON" It is stamped in Cherry Cobbler onto WHISPER WHITE card, then punched out with the DECORATIVE LABEL PUNCH

It never ceases to amaze me how many of the Stampin' Up! images can be used for so many different purposes. I try to design a wide variety of Christmas cards so the attendees of my classes go home with multiple ideas.   

...So here is the card - using a fairly traditional colour scheme of :

CHERRY COBBLER

MELON MAMBO

OLD OLIVE

ALWAYS ARTICHOKE

WHISPER WHITE

I've used a couple of my favourite Stampin' Up! Embossing Folders to add texture and interest to the background of the card: 

PERFECT POLKA DOTS

MANHATTAN FLOWER 

and the circular shapes come from the Bigz L Die: PERFECT PENNANTS 

and

6cm SCALLOP CIRCLE PUNCH

The ribbon is 

CHERRY COBBLER SCALLOPED DOTS RIBBON

CROCHET TRIM - VICTORIA

I used my Stampin' Write Markers direct to rubber technique to achieve variation on the colour of the berries and leaves. This is very quick and only requires you to start with the lighter colours first then highlight with the darker tones of each colour. 

 

Don't forget to use the brush end of the marker, and always store your markers horizontally for added life and usability. 

The markers are a great investment and will last you a long time (mine are now 6 years old and they get used a lot - not only by me but by my class attendees as well) 

They come in this handy carry case if you purchase the whole set at the one time, and save you buying all those ink pads that you may not use very often, as you can use the marker to ink up any stamp. 

If you'd like the opportunity to WIN A SET OF MARKERS please see this blog post or select the picture of the Markers on the side bar, for further details.

I'll be back later with the other cards we made this month,

Until Next Time

Stay Crafty!

A New Stampin' Up! Year.

It is so exciting to be starting out on a new Stampin' Up!® year today, and to celebrate we have the launch of our new Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue. 

So many gorgeous goodies in here you must take a look!

 

You can see from the cover that we have some wonderful new products:-

Framelits
Edgelits
The Simply Scored Tool (Imperial and Metric measurements)

to name just a few, so click on the Mini cover to see for yourself.

Next great bit of news is that we have some carry overs from the Summer Mini Catalogue. If you missed out on the postage stamp punch or the glimmer paper to name just a few of the products. Contact me via email or my Demonstrator Business Website to find out all the details.

 


Now although this is April 1st and here in Australia we are known for pranks on April Fools Day, my next exciting news IS NOT A PRANK!


I am running a promotion where you can win

THE MANY MARVELOUS MARKERS SET

valued at $208.95.

How good would that be? A set of 38 double ended markers in a handy carry case. They coordinate with all the card, ribbons buttons etc from the Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalogue.

I've had my set for 5 years now and they are still going great. I use them for most of my water-colouring, direct to rubber multi-coloured stamping, all my workshops and I even allow my 4 year old grandson to use them when he is creating something special. I love these things and am sorely tempted to keep the box for myself, but .........

I also love my hostesses and wish to give each of them the chance to win this BIG VALUE ITEM.

What do you have to do to be in the draw?

Easy!

Just book and hold a  workshop with minimum of 6 people and $300 sales,
 in either APRIL,  JUNE or JULY 2012 (not MAY)
This will get you 1 entry into the draw

Catalogue Workshops also apply so if you don't live locally you are not out of luck.
Gather orders from your friends and email me.

To enhance your chance of winning: 


*Sales of $600 + = 2 entries
*Additional Workshop bookings from your party = 1 entry for you per booking
*Any person joining my Stampin Up Demonstrator Team = 5 entries

So chat to your friends and tell them about this wonderful opportunity. Your group may like to organize a rotating techniques group where each of you will take it in turns to Host and each will have a chance to earn Hostess Benefits and win  the MANY MARVELOUS MARKERS set.

You can choose to have the workshop at your home or in my Studio in Monash, ACT.

Book Now so you wont be disappointed,
and until next time

Stay Crafty