Occasions Catalogue Stampin’ Up

Two lots of exciting news for you today.

1) Sale-A-Bration is HERE!!

This has to be one of the most exciting times of the year because you get the Freebies!!! (All the details are below).

and

2) The Occasions Catalogue is out from TODAY!!

So many wonderful new products for many different events coming up in the next few months – Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day (OK they are great for male cards). There are also great sets for Birthdays, Thinking of you, Sympathy. You have to check it out!

One advantage of being a demonstrator, you can get hold of the products early and have a play. I have had a great time already. I will be showing you some of these projects over the coming days and weeks. I wanted to show you this one today.

I was inspired by another card I found on Pinterest using a different stamp set. They were quick cards to make to send out randomly this week to some people. 🙂 This is using the very lovely stamp set ‘Lotus Blossom’ that is a Sale-A-Bration set – which means you can get this for FREE!!! I think this is going to be a very popular choice. The colours I have used here are Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder; and Calypso Coral and Crisp Canteloupe.

HOW do you get these for free might you ask??

Spend $90 on any Stampin’ Up! Catalogue products between now and 31st March and you can choose any product in the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue as your free choice. There are so many options for so many different tastes. (Psst! It will be hard to just choose one you know!!!).

OR, why not get extra freebies???

Host a party. When your sales reach $400 you get an extra $40 to spend.

This is on top of the already great Hostess rewards. For example, normally for a $400 party you would get $60, during Sale-A-bration you can now choose $100. (What would you choose for $100 of free products???). Now a party doesn’t have to be all your friends together in one place at a time, you can have a catalogue party. Pass the catalogues around to your friends/family/neighbours and collect your orders. When you reach $400 you still get the extra rewards – but hey! You miss out on me showing you some great projects. 😦

LET’S MAKE A DATE FOR YOUR PARTY NOW!!! Contact me ASAP to secure your date.

OK, you love the products. Why not join Stampin’ Up! Pay $169 of products, get $235 of products and then you can choose between 2 Free product options.

Option 1 is your choice of free kit from the Occasions Catalogue or Option 2 – choose any TWO Sale-A-Bration items.

How do you get to see these great new Catalogues??

1) You can view them Online now HERE.

2) Ask me to have one sent straight to you (Australian residents only).

I can’t wait to share more exciting projects with you so stay tuned. 🙂

Jenny

3D projects, Stampin' Up!

NEW YEAR CREATING WITH BUTTERFLY BASICS!

January 1, 2015January 1, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Happy New Year to you all. I hope you have had a lovely Christmas and New Year celebrations. We had a really nice family time. I love these special moments. I have been in my craft room the past week though. I can’t keep away. I have a number of projects to share with you over the next week. It has been so nice to ink up some new stamps. Today I thought I would show you a little gift box I have just made. This is using the new Bundle ‘Butterfly Basics’.

I have used Coastal Cabana. I cut a butterfly from the butterfly Dies from Whisper White and one from the silver foil sheets. (Read below for some tips for cutting out these little intricate dies). I sponged around the edge of the white butterfly in Coastal Cabana. The strip under the butterfly is vellum which I have embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and then flagged the ends. The little postage stamp is heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I added a strip of Rhinestones to the centre of the butterflies for some bling.

For the box I recreated the little box I showed in a post some time back. You can find all the details HERE.

BUTTERFLY DIES CUTTING TIPS

These butterfly dies are very intricate and like similar ones you might have a few problems cutting them out. I thought I would share my tips in cutting them to have a nice clean cut.

1. Use baking paper between your die and cardstock. You may have to also add a scrap piece of copy paper to aid the cutting further. So lay your card down on the bottom Big Shot cutting plate, place a piece of baking paper over the card, top with your die face down then add the scrap piece of copy paper. Place the top cutting plate over it.

2. When running through your Big Shot you might want to run back and forth a few times. I found I needed to run it through about 6 times.

I had several attempts playing around with this die to cut well. After some frustrations (and maybe some mumblings under my breath!), I found this to be the best result. The butterfly lifted almost cleanly off the die. I just used the Paper Piercer to start popping it in the holes and lift it slightly and then it would lift off quite easily. See how you go trying this but do persevere as it is such a beautiful die and combines so lovely with the Butterfly Basics stamp set.

I look forward to sharing more projects with you so stop by again soon,

Jenny

cards, Stampin' Up!

ANOTHER GREAT YEAR BIRTHDAY!

January 29, 2014January 29, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I think this set from the new Occasions Catalogue is going to be very popular. Don’t you love this big swirly ‘Happy Birthday’?? I stamped this in Black Stazon on some of that free ‘Sweet Sorbet’ DSP that you can pick up during Sale-A-Bration. Gotta love FREE DSP!!! LOL I layered this on Raspberry Ripple card base and Summer Starfruit mat. I added some little banners from the set ‘Banner Blast’ in Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals and Summer Starfruit. Now this set also has a co-ordinating punch to cut those little banners. No hand cutting!!! These are another free choice with Sale-A-Bration. So many choices!!

I added the little cupcake from the stamp set ‘Another Great Year’. How cute is this. I punched it out with the 1 1/4″ circle and then layered it on a 1 3/8″ circle in Raspberry Ripple. I have a close-up.

Now don’t look too closely at the colouring. I coloured the cupcake with the Aquapainters and inkpads. I didn’t realise how bad it was until I saw this photo. Sorry about that. I wanted to show you the sparkle though on the icing. Does it look good enough to eat???

Have you checked out the new Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration brochure yet??? You can view it online in the link in the right hand column OR do you want your own copies to drool over?? Drop me a message and I will get one in the post ASAP.

Until next time, Happy Stamping.

Jenny

Stampin' Up!

SALE-A-BRATION 2014 HAS BEGUN!!!

January 28, 2014January 28, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Whoo Hoo! This is an exciting day! Sale-A-Bration is finally here.

YOU GET THE GIFTS WHETHER YOU BUY, HOST AND/OR JOIN!!

Now, Sale-A-Bration is fantastic BUT we love a new catalogue too, don’t we??? The Occasions Catalogue starts today too!!

If you would like to view the Sale-A-Bration brochure or Occasions Catalogue ONLINE then you can check them out here NOW! I will add these to the side bar too so you can look anytime. If you would like your very own copy to read (and re-read) then contact me and I will drop one in the mail for you. I will be sharing some of the projects I have been creating very soon.

BUT, do you want more exciting news??? Stampin’ Up! have released the ‘Texture Boutique Embossing Folder’ ONLY $49.95

This is a great little machine. Maybe you just want to emboss, perhaps you have an electronic Die-cut machine already, maybe you want something portable to take to your stamp camps??? This is for you!! Check it out!