Sale-a-Bration 2011–Sweet Summer Flowers

I really do love this stamp set that Stampin up are offering in the Sale-a-Bration promotion.  It’s just so pretty and makes you think of those summer months ahead later this year.  This stamp set is timeless and will provide you with many projects.  I have so many ideas for mine even after the Sale-a-bration promotion ends.

The colours I used are Melon Mambo which is just so vibrant, with Wild Wasabi and So Saffron.

The flowers on the card really pop out.  No special technique here.  Just as you trim around the flower the pressure of you Paper Snips blades seem to lift the petals forward so when I attached the flowers to the card on a Stampin’ Dimensional they just popped out at me.

Each of the flowers have a small rhinestone in the middle just to make it that little bit more special.

Now all I need to decide is who to send it to.

Don’t forget there are many different ways to earn this and other sets during Sale-a-bration.  If you would like to know more please get in touch.

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Elaine x

Trendy Trees

I just love this cute set. 

There so much you can do with it.  Little thank you cards, notes to friends just to say hi. With autumn underway it was definitely the inspiration I needed to make this cute little card.

The set incorporates the Two-Step Stamin’ technique.  However,  you can do as I did, and stamp your tree trunks onto the base card.
The base card is Soft Suede, with Whisper White.  The tree trunks are stamped in Soft Suede ink and the tree tops in Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry.  I love this colour combo.
The funky tree tops were stamped onto Stampin’ Ups’! vellum and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder just to give it a gleam.  The picture doesn’t do it justice.  I trimmed round the tree tops using my paper snips, and attached them to the base card using Mini Glue Dots to give it a slight 3D effect.
All the items used making this card can be purchased directly from me.  Contact me to place your order.
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Elaine x

Take a Bauble and…..

Turn it upside down! And voila!  A hot air balloon!  Isn’t it just fab?



The bauble is from Contempo Christmas, and the rest of the card is made up from Big Bold Birthday.  Big Bold Birthday has all the elements to make fabulous cupcakes – and cupcakes are so in right now.  Have you see some of the fabulous wedding cakes there are that are surrounded by gorgeous cupcakes?  Awesome.
Oh yeah, back to the card…. 
The Balloon basket is from the base of the cupcake stamped in Melon Mambo, the clouds are the top of the cupcake stamped in Pink Pirouette and the balloon is in the new in-color Concord Crush.  This has fast become one of my favourite colours!

Up, Up and Away!!

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Elaine

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.