Card Classes

I held two card classes yesterday. One was a christmas card stamp-a-stack and the other was this cute little card box and matching cards to go in it. If you are interested in coming to a card class you can email me at digitalfox1975@hotmail.com for more information. Please put card class in the subject line.

December Promotion

Stampin' Up! are Tying up Christmas with their December promotion. Spend $20 on any Stampin' Up! merchandise and you will get 20% off a selection of stamp sets and accessories. To read more about this promotion you can visit the Stampin' Up! website here. You can now also view the Summer mini catalogue online here.Festive Favourites stamp set (p.27) was $45.95 now $36.76
Crazy For Christmas stamp set(p.28) was $39.95 now $31.96
Snow Flurries stamp set(p.29) $20.95 now $16.76
Tag Time stamp set(p.43) $53.95 now $43.16
Many Merry Messages stamp set(p.111) $64.95 now $51.96
12"x12" Days-to-Remember Calendar(p.133) was $20.95 now $16.76
6"x6" Days-to-Remember Calendar(p.133) was $18.95 now $15.16
Winter Bright Simply Scrappin'(p.138) was $36.95 now $29.56
Three for You Punch Box(p.143) was $85.95 now $68.76
Certainly Celery 5/8" grosgrain ribbon(p.146) was $14.95 now $11.96
Very Vanilla 5/8" grosgrain ribbon(p.146) was $14.95 now $11.96
White Square Aluminium Metal Edge tags(p.147) was $7.50 now $6.00

I will be back later to show you the projects that we made at the classes I held yesterday.

It's Time for the Summer Mini

The Summer Mini starts today and I love it! I found this card on Linda Higgins blog and based my card on it with a couple of changes. These three cards are the same design just with a few changes. They all use designer paper from the new Bali Breeze DSP pack and the flower stamp from the new Eastern Blooms stamp set. I have used the Scallop Edge Punch on two of them and the ribbons I have used are wide grosgrain and taffeta in chocolate chip. The half pearls are from the pretties kit and the faux stitching is done with the crafters tool kit and the white gel pen. The colours are taken with teal, chocolate chip, river rock, whisper white, rose red and craft.The non SU products used are a "6" from a pack of Heidi Grace stickers I had in my stash and the "Happy Birthday" is from Darkroom Door.
If you would like me to send you a copy of the new Summer Mini please email me at digitalfox1975@hotmail.com with the subject Summer Mini.

Something Old, Something New

Here is a card I made for one of my best friends for her birthday tomorrow. I really hope she likes it because I had so much fun making it. I have used the heart from the Always Stamp Set (It is retiring tomorrow from the Spring Mini) and stamped it with chocolate chip ink on soft sky textured cardstock. I then added some highlights and faux stitching with the white gel pen and went over some of the design with the fine tip end of my chocolate chip marker. The sentiment is actually one of the new rub ons from the summer mini catalogue and it comes in chocolate chip and white, how good is that! (they are normally black and white). The designer paper and chocolate chip ribbon is also new from the Summer Mini. I have embossed the butterfly from the Touch of Nature stamp set in white EP onto vellum cardstock and cut it out with my SU Paper Snips. It has been attached with a dimensional.
Only 2 more sleeps to go!

Gotta Love New Designer Papers

The colours for these cards come straight from some of the new designer paper that you will be able to buy very soon. The colours are Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Groovy Guava, River Rock and Ruby Red. I have used "Urban West" and "A Perfect Day" Rub Ons for the sentiments on these cards. Remember you only have a couple more days to purchase from the spring mini catalogue and to take advantage of 20% off Rub Ons once you spend $20 on catalogue products. I have used SU markers to colour directly onto the flower stamp to get a two colour image. The Single Marker Promotion has been so popular that Stampin' Up! have extended the promotion till the 14th of December so you still have a little bit more time to order your favourite colours. Some of the accessories I have used are: White Gel Pen, Scallop Edge Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Earth Element brads, Fire Rhinestone Brads, lots of different circle punches, snail adhesive and dimensionals.

Christmas Decorations

I found a great tutorial on how to make these gorgeous christmas decorations here at Stampin' Academy and I just had to have a go.
I have used some of the lovely Holiday Harmony DSP that will soon be gone with the end of the Spring Mini Catalogue on the 30th of November. The pearls and beads are from the pretties kit and can you see another sneak peek from the Summer Mini Catalogue, cough, cough *scallop square punch* cough cough. The silver cord is retired from SU.

1 Week to go (Summer Mini Peek)

As you probably know there is one more week till the spring mini catalogue retires and also one more week till the start of the new summer mini catalogue. I cannot contain my excitement any longer so here is a card I made a couple of weeks ago using some summer mini items. I can't say much more than that so here it is (Love it).

Remember if you want me to send you a copy of the new summer mini when it is released just let me know via my email address digitalfox1975@hotmail.com with the subject line as Summer Mini.