May Scrapbooking Promotion

As some of you may know, May is National Scrapbooking Month and in honour of this fabulous occasion, Stampin' Up! is running two fantatsic Scrapbook promotions.

The first:

Buy any 3packets of select designer paper and receive a 4th package absolutely FREE!!

The designer papers included in the promotion are listed below:

These designer papers are absolutley gorgeous and are only $16.95 per pack! You get 12 papers per pack. To see what these papers look like, check out the Stampin' Up! Catalogue here or contact me for a copy of the catalogue.

The other fanastic promotion for this month is for anyone who wants to join Stampin' Up! as a demonstrator, you can now join for only $150 with the limited time Scrapbooking Starter Kit.

The special Scrapbooking Starter Kit includes:

How fabulous is that! You save over $35 on the merchandise in the Scrapbooking Starter Kit and as a Stampin' Up demonstrator you get all sorts of fabulous perks such as 20% discount on products, sneak peeks at upcoming specials and promotions, income on the products you sell to your clients, access to and endless supply of creative ideas and much more! If you would like to know more about becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me at l_prothero@yahoo.com

April Stamping Class Details

You are invited to my very first monthly Stamp Class!

We will be making 3 cards, using new stamps, designer paper and other great products from the brand new Stampin’ Up! Catalogue!

The class will be limited to 6 people to ensure we have enough room for everyone to work comfortably. Feel free to invite your friends along, just remind them to RSVP by the date specified below.

The class price is $10 and includes all supplies needed to make 3 cards. However, if you are able to, please bring along your own pair of scissors.

Class Details:

Time: 7pm-9pm

Date: Friday, 24th April 2009

Address: Brisbane (contact me for address)

Cost: $10 (includes all supplies)

RSVP: Wednesday, 22 April 2009 at l_prothero@yahoo.com

These are the 3 cards we will be making on the day:

If you are unable to attend but want to have fun stamping with your friends then consider hosting your own Stampin’ Up! Party!

The new 2009/2010 Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalogue is now available which makes it the ideal time to host your own party. As hostess you would be eligible to earn free stamps and product and you would also be given a free copy of the new Catalogue!!

There are many fantastic new stamps, designer papers, In Colours and accessories in the catalogue. You can view the catalogue on-line here or you can purchase a copy from me! Contact me today to book!

New Stamps = New Cards!

I finally got my hands on my new catalogue stamps yesterday!

This one is made using the apple from Tart & Tangy. I stamped the red apple in Riding Hood Red and coloured in the stem and leaf with an Old Olive marker. Which I bought individually, as you can now do :)

Stamps: Tart & Tangy, Short & Sweet

Ink: Riding Hood Red & Old Olive marker

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip & Old Olive

Accessories: Riding Hood Red Ribbon, Large Oval Punch, SNAIL, Circle Punches & Scallop Circle Punch


Hoot Hoot Hooray!

This one is made using the cute set Owl Together Now. You really need to use the Stamp-a-majig with this one as it's very tricky trying to line everything up right. The background paper is new, it's from the Haiku designer paper pack. I coloured everything in with the old ink pad and blender pen trick! :)



Stamps": Owl Together Now

Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Brilliant Blue & Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Haiku Designer Paper

Accessories: Real Red Ribbon, SNAIL, Circle Punches & Scallop Circle Punch, Dimensionals


Birthday Tart!

This is another Criss Cross Card. Directions here. I used the gorgeous Raspberry Tart designer paper for this one.

Inside Card:

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, Circle Circus

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red

Paper: Whisper White, Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss (plain and textured), Raspberry Tart Designer Paper

Accessories: Pretty in Pink Ribbon, SNAIL, Circle Punches & Scallop Circle Punch, Dimensionals, Round Tab Punch.

Colour Inspiration #49

This is my card for Kristina Werner's Colour Inspiration #49. Lots of lovely colours to play with this week.

I used some of my brand new stamps from the fabulous new Stampin' Up! Australian 2009/2010 catalogue. The main stamps used are Circle Circus. I used the two larger circle punches and some dimensionals to add a bit of 3-Dness to two of the 'flowers'. The flower stems were made with the stem from the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set.

Stamps: Circle Circus & Fifth Avenue Floral

Ink: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Rose Red, Versamark

Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss

Accessories: Scallop circle punch,1 3/8 inch circle punch, 1 1/4 inch circle punch, dimensionals, cropodile, Kiwi Kiss Ribbon, SNAIL

New Cards :)

I bought my new camera yesterday, it's a Fuji Finepix J100. It's so tiny and lightweight! And it takes reasonably decent photos, which is the main thing!

Here's a few examples of the things I've been working on lately.

This is a Criss Cross card, the instructions can be found here. I really like this type of card and its actually quite easy to make and I'm definitely planning on making a few more when my new catalogue designer paper arrives, which will hopefully be before Easter!





View of inside card:



Stamps: Priceless , Short & Sweet
Ink: Choc Chip, Certainly Celery
Paper: Choc Chip, Very Vanilla, Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Accessories: Circle punch, scallop circle punch, round tab punch, SNAIL, Sticky Strip



This is a cute little treat bag that I made last weekend. Instructions can be found here on Julie Buhler's blog. Normally the front flap falls down so that you can decorate the inside front part but I didn't want to do that. It took me a little while to figure out how to put it together, but I am instructionally challenged!




Stamps: Lovely Labels
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White & Pacific Point
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Circle Punch, Circle Scallop Punch, SNAIL, Sticky Strip


This card I CASE'd from Irene Dunn. You can see the original here on her blog.



Stamps: Eastenr Blooms, Short & Sweet
Ink: Rose Red
Paper: Baja Breeze, Choc Chip, Whisper White & Rose Red
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Taken with Teal ribbon, SNAIL, Cropodile

It's new Stampin' Up! Catalogue Time!!!

The new Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalogue starts today!!!




There’s lots of beautiful new stamp sets, new In Colours which includes cardstock, matching ribbons and inks, as well as new accessories such as Build A Brads, new glitter colours and chipboard designs, loads of new Designer Papers, several new punches including hearts in different sizes and much more! You can now also purchase markers individually!!

The new In Colours are as follows:

Pacific Point
Kiwi Kiss
Pink Pirouette
Riding Hood Red
Baja Breeze
Tangerine Tango


I don’t have a favourite new In Colour, they all totally rock!! I have used almost all the new In Colours in the past few posts, so scroll down to see some examples.

If you’re interested in having your very own copy of the Stampin’ Up! 2009/2010 Idea Book & Catalogue for free all you need to do is contact me to book a workshop, that way you’ll have the chance to earn some free stamps and products from the new catalogue!! How brilliant is that! Or alternatively I can sell you a copy of the catalogue for $10.

Classes

Just to let you also know I will be starting a monthly class in late April. I don’t have the exact details for you yet, but I will be posting details on my blog in the very near future and if you are on my mailing list, I’ll be sending all the info straight to your inbox! If you would like to be on my mailing list, please send me an email at l_prothero@yahoo.com and let me know!


Here’s another card using some of the new In Colours! This is a really simple card using lots of layers! The inside has a little lady bug stamped in red on the bottom of the card.



Stamps: Garden Whimsy

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Paper: Good Morning Sunshine DSP, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point

Accessories: SNAIL