Tuesday 16 April 2013

Hostess Offer - April & May 2013




Do you ever wish you had more money to spend on Stampin’ Up! products? Consider it done. Stampin' Up! have a Hostess offer running from 15 April through to 30 May, 2013. If you host a £250 party you can earn an additional £25.00 in FREE products! Get in touch with us to arrange a Stampin' Up! party during this period to take advantage of this great offer!

Colour Refresh

EXCITING CHANGES are afoot to the Stampin' Up! Colour Families - they are having a COLOUR REFRESH! Here is the lowdown:
Therefore the changes mean that there will be several colours that will be discontinuing, there will be 10 new colours (most of which are returning In Colors from previous years) and there will also be a few changes to the organisation of the colour families - as listed below. Those colours which are being discontinued are available whilst 
stocks last until the new 2013/14 catalogue starts in July.

The four new colours are called Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, and Soft Sky. The six returning In Colors as core colours are Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, and Wisteria Wonder. Check out these colours displayed in their new collections below!
I was really sad at the thought of the old In Colours (Island Indigo, Pool Party, etc) being discontinued at the end of June - so I am delighted to see that Stampin' Up! have decided to incorporate them into the new line up!!




Monday 1 April 2013

Cards from Truly Madly Stampin's First Class

Sorry for the delay in posting these cards from our first card class and apologies that this is not in date order..better late than never!! Happy Easter everyone!

Here is the card we made at our first class using the beautiful butterfly set Papillion Potpourri. This set has a co-ordinating punch, Elegant Butterfly which can be used to punch out the larger butterflies or any DSP to co-ordinate with your design.
The colours were taken from the current In-Colors 2012-2014, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals card stock and Raspberry Ripple ink along with Whisper White card stock and Whisper White 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon. The 'Happy Birthday' greeting comes from the Perfectly Penned stamp set with is one of my favourites as I like the curve and font because I think it suits all types of cards.  The small butterflies have a small rhinestone attached to add a bit of bling to the ensemble!
Below are a few other cards that I have made using the Papillion Potpourri stamp set to show just how versatile a set this is.


The second card created was to show off the lovely Madison Avenue stamp set that you could get for free during the Sale-a-bration (SAB) promotion. I used the 2011-2013 In Colors - Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade and Pool Party. The Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack was used for the centre of the flowers which were punched out of coordinating card stock. The ladies were introduced to the Stamp-a-ma-jig to enable them to perfectly align the stamped images directly onto the card. The greeting is from the Petite Pairs stamp set, a great set as it encompasses so many different greetings - you will find a sentiment for most occasions. To add the final touches a pearl was added to the centre of each flower and the gorgeous ribbon (again free during SAB) in Pool Party finished the card off beautifully.



Card Making Class Reminders for APRIL at The Old Endowed School (TOES)


Just a little reminder that our next card class is only a week away!! The details are as follows:

2 CARD CLASS
MONDAY 8TH APRIL
7.30PM- £8.00
At
THE OLD ENDOWED SCHOOL (TOES),
RODBOROUGH, STROUD. GL5 3TX

Booking is required

Create 2 projects at this class, suitable for beginners and advanced crafters, pre-cut kits are provided.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Hazel Benn
wheelerhazel@hotmail.co.uk
Tel: 01452 740258

Alli Cook
alli.cook0709@gmail.com
Tel: 07791 807748