3D Flowers and Box Cards

Yes...more box cards...I've been busy making a lot of 3D flowers and have adapted the Poinsettia christmas box card.

I have 2 very close friends who are celebrating their birthdays quite close to one another, so it's so much easier to make 2 cards than 1, but I got carried away when cutting the flowers and I'm hoping to use the left over flowers in a window box display or maybe a floral wreath, we'll see if I get around to it.

Birthday Box Cards

I'm on a roll...more box cards.

Here's a strawberry basket box card which I made for my Aunty Cath's 72nd Birthday.

Here's a up up and away balloon box card which I made for one of my Stampin' Up! ladies birthday.

Here's a piano box card I made for a very close friend's birthday - she plays the piano.

Here's a camera box card, I made for a friend's son who turned 5.

Christmas Box Cards

I am so loving my Silhouette Cameo and the files I get from SVGcuts.

After coming back from Sue's Christmas workshop, I finished off my Christmas wreath and started working on the Christmas box cards from SVGcuts.

So loving them.

I've found out a way to use my surplus cardstock and Stampin' Up! designer paper.

Looking forward to making more cards.

Better late than never..New Catalogue

Yes, the new Stampin' Up! annual catalogue is now available with lots of new exciting stamp sets, accessories and several new products too.

 

So What's New????

Project LIFE scrapbooking materials. Stampin' Up! have teamed up with Becky Higgins, the creator of Project Life to release a complete line of easy to use scrapbooking products. Becky explains, "It's called Project LIFE because it's about YOUR LIFE. Whatever your life is. Whatever your stage of life. Whatever your family circumstances. Whatever your lifestyle. Project Life is designed to help anyone and everyone get their pictures into a book." In a nutshell, it's all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them.

Stampin' Up! is excited to announce that one of their most exciting new products, Stampin' Blendabilities Markers, are now available. These exclusive alcohol-based marker sets, come in a 3-pack of light, medium and dark shades (of the same colour), and provide your projects a more saturated look with blended colours. We recommend using Stampin' Up! Whisper White Cardstock with your Stampin' Up! Blendabilities, but any one of the cardstocks would work just as well.

Photopolymer Stamps. Stampin' Up!s top-quality photopolymer stamps have just enough give to create a perfectly stamped image every time. They're entirely transparent for perfect image placement, and they adhere well to our clear acrylic blocks (blocks sold separately).

Also some other news:

 

We have extended the sales period for the 2013 holiday catalogue carryover items. They will be available (while supplies last) until 27 August! So, you can do some early shopping for the upcoming festive season.

Weekly Deals are being extended indefinitely! Each Wednesday, we'll be bringing you a new set of deals on a selection of fantastic products. Encourage your customers check the Online Store each week to see what's on sale and remind them to take advantage of these great deals before they're gone! See attached picture for this weeks deals if you can't get to the Stampin' Up! website.

Retiring Lists for 2013-14

While waiting for the new catalogue to come out, here are the lists of retiring products from the 2013-14 catalogue.

Retiring Accessories 2013-14

Retiring Stamps 2013-14

SVGcuts Teapot, Cup and Saucer

For our latest workshop, I decided we'd make the teapot from the Tea for Two set from SVGcuts, using Stampin' Up! Gingham Garden DSP and coloured cardstock.



 Before we made the teapot though, we made a box card using the same DSP.   I thought the teapot would be an easy project for them to complete, but it turned out to be more of a challenge.  Some of the ladies followed instructions and took meticulous care, while others, thought they were doing it right, but somehow ended up with teapots that had a lot of character.  It took longer than I expected and we didn't finish our workshop until after 10.30pm...the latest I've ever done.  There was a cup and saucer to do as well but I will have the ladies do that at the next workshop.

Weekly Deals extended through May!!

This weeks (21-27 May) deals are out.

Stampin' Up! is extending their weekly deals through May.  A selection of fantastic products will be on special, so be sure not to miss out and check back every Wednesday.

Check out my Specials page for more details about the weekly specials on offer during May.