One for the Men, Sale-a-Bration Style

 

Well I don’t know about you but I often find it hard to make a men's card.  Not because Stampin’ Up! hasn’t got anything for the men, but just because there are so many pretty colours, ribbons, bling…Did I say ribbon?

So I set myself a goal to produce a men's card that incorporated ribbon and a little bit of bling! 

And here it is…..

 

I used Marina Mist ink for the Scallop Square from the Punch Bunch SAB set, and punched it out with the Scallop Square Punch – I just love our punches!

The cardstock is Marina Mist, Whisper White and Certainly Celery.  I added Certainly Celery 5/8” Grosgrain Ribbon across the centre of the Marina Mist piece of card and wrapped the ends around the back to neaten off the edges.  I think flat strips of ribbon or a knot of ribbon does work well on a  card for a man rather than ruffles or bows.

Using the Corner Rounder punch (No 41 Page 106 IB&C 2010-2011) i rounded off 3 out of the 4 corners on all of my cardstock.  And in the bottom right hand corner just a small touch of Bling from the Rhinestone Jewels (Page 99 IB&C 2010-2011).

So there you have it, a mans card with ribbon & bling!

Don’t forget you can get hold of any of the products that I have used here through me.  Contact me at anytime to place your order.

Back Soon

Elaine x

Say Hello, Say Goodbye - It's a Renovation!

Some very exciting and fabulous news has just been announced by Stampin Up. Stampin Up is having a renovation...a colour renovation to be exact.

With the arrival of our new catalogue later this year we will see a major change to the colour families. This is great news for the UK as it means that we get 15 new colours AND we get the In-Colours that the US currently get - that will be 20 new colours to play with. They will then be known as Colour Collections

This means that there will be some exciting new colours for you and we will be saying a fond farewell to some other colours.

There will be 15 new colours to choose from:

Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso

Marina Mist, Cajun Craze

Cherry Cobbler, Melon Mambo

Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango

River Rock, Soft Suede

Riding Hood Red, Rich Razzleberry

Wild Wasabi, Pink Pirouette

Baja Breeze, and Crumb Cake = (Currently known as Kraft)

From now until the new catalogue is released at the end of the year,  you can stock up on all of the retiring inks, reinkers, papers, ribbons, and other accessories that you love. Remember once they are gone, they will no longer be available. Please don't wait until the last minute.

If you are building up your colour collections, you may want to take a look at the New Colour Collections list above and only buy colours that are staying.

OR

If there is a colour that you love which will be retiring at the end of September, you’ll have six months to fill up on your inkpads, refills, cardstock colours before you won't be able to get them again.

Here is a better look at the colours that we will be saying farewell to in September:

This is all that we know at the moment but I will be able to share more information with you over the coming months once we know more.

However, in the meantime, we've got six months left of the current catalogue with all it's wonderful offerings.  and a BRAND NEW Mini Catalogue to get excited about.