It Pays More to Have Fun in July too.

Don't forget that this fantastic hostess offer from Stampin' Up!® continues into July as well.

Due to Hostesses changing workshop dates I still have two spaces left for workshops in July. Do any of these dates suit you?

- Tuesday 14th July evening
- Sunday 19th July afternoon
- Tuesday 21st July evening

Be a Stampin' Up!® workshop hostess with a qualifying order of $700 or over and receive another $50 to spend over the already generous hostess benefits.

Contact me to book your workshop date.

JULY 2009 - MID YEAR CHRISTMAS BUNDLE

It's hard to believe it but we're half way through the year and it's time to start thinking about making those Christmas cards, tags and gifts if we're going to get them all done in time.

I've chosen Stamp Set - Spotlight on Chirstmas as the centrepiece for this bundle at a price of $46.95, towards the cheaper end of the offerings in the Current Idea Book and Catalogue. If you'd like another set let me know and I can adjust the pricing for you.

MID YEAR CHRISTMAS BUNDLE

Spotlight on Christmas Stamp Set $46.95
Real Red A4 Cardstock - $12.50
Old Olive A4 Cardstock - $12.50
Whisper White A4 Cardstock - $16.25
Real Red Classic Ink Pad - $13.95
Old Olive Classic Ink Pad - $13.95
Whisper White 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon - $15.95
Choice of Old Olive or Real Red Stampin' Write Marker - FREE
Shipping - FREE
Total - $132.05

ADDITIONAL EXTRAS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO INCLUDE

1 1/4" Circle Punch - $35.95
5 Petal Flower Punch - $35.95
Large Star Punch - $35.95
1 1/4" Square Punch - $35.95
Large Star Punch - $35.95

Contact me to place your order or click on the Buy Now button below. If you already have any of the products included in the bundle feel free to swap it out for another colour or item of the same price.

NZ Residents Only Please

We Stamp - Clean and Simple Challenge

We Stamp have a challenge running at the moment to create a clean and simple card. Not much of a challenge for me as I've always been more of a stamper than an embellisher, but I thought a fantastic challenge for Lachy (9) and Cameron (6) who have always followed the more is more mantra in their cardmaking.

The boys have used anything they could find from my scrap box, gel pens and Lachy's retired 'Crew Kids Boy' Simply Scrappin' Kit plus the Occassional Greetins stamp set that was used in the We Stamp sample.

Here's the cards: -

Cameron

Lachy

All supplies used for mine are Stampin' Up!®: -
Stamp Sets: - Polka Dot, Time To Party
Cardstock - Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Basic Grey
Ink - Basic Grey, Regal Rose
Punches - Scallop Edge, 1/4" Circle (retired), Scallop Circle, 1 3/8" Circle
Accessories - Paper Cutter, Stampin' Sponges, Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals

For a Clean and Simple card I still seem to have used an awful lot of punches.

WeStamp Guylian Box

I've just discovered WeStamp and this Guylian box tutorial of Michelle's was just the thing to relax with after a game of squash this evening.

All supplies Stampin' Up!®: -

Stamp Set - A Beautiful Life

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Lovely Lilac, Bashful Blue

Ink - Lovely Lilac

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Sticky Strip, Paper Snips, 1/16" Circle Punch, Silver Mini Brads, SAMJ, Bashful Blue Double Stitched Ribbon

July's Product Shares - Ribbon

TAFFETA AND WIDE GROSGRAIN RIBBON SHARE

TAFFETA

Receive approximately 1metre of the following 1.59cm wide Taffeta Ribbon colours for $16.70.

- Whisper White
- Very Vanilla
- Kraft
- Chocolate Chip
- Basic Grey
- Mellow Moss
- Bashful Blue
- Pretty in Pink
- Riding Hood Red

There are nine places in this share.

WIDE GROSGRAIN

Receive approximately 1.3 metres of the following 1.6cm wide Grosgrain ribbon colours for $18.80.

- Very Vanilla
- Chocolate Chip
- Bravo Burgundy
- Real Red
- Regal Rose
- Brocade Blue
- Certainly Celery
- Old Olive

There are eight places in this share.

Payment will be required once the share(s) are full.

Click on the Buy Now button or Email me for other payment options to reserve your place in either of the shares.

The order for the share will be placed once the share is full. Multiple orders will be placed during the month if there is enough interest.

Ribbon Type

Taffeta $16.70Wide Grosgrain $18.80

DCM: - Blue and Green....

....should never be seen the old saying goes. But don't they work beautifully on cards.


Thanks so much to Gillian and Cathryn for their advice on this card at Craft at Keryn's this morning.


This card started by me finding a tutorial on Splitcoast stampers using 'Stampin' Spots' on gloss card. But would you believe it I have no stampin' Spots. I've used instead some Versacolour cubes from my pre 'SU' days. Versacolour cubes are pigment ink rather than dye ink so I got a far more smudgy background than I intended. But I like it.

Most Supplies Stampin' Up!® -

Stamp Sets - Organic Grace & Best Yet

Paper - White Gloss Card and Brocade Blue Cardstock

Ink - Black Stazon and Versacolour Green and Imperial Blue, Artnic Evergreen

Accessories - Paper Cutter, Designer Label Punch, Paper Snips, Snail Adhesive, 2 Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds.

Click here to visit the Daring Cardmakers blog to see the cards made by the design team and find out how to join in yourself.

This card will also be Donna's birthday card. We are going out for dinner tonight to celebrate Donna's birthday.

Corner Bookmarks

These corner bookmarks were just the perfect thing to make in front of the heater on Tuesday. I'd received the July Impressions magazine that Stampin' Up!® sends out to it's demonstrators on Monday but had to wait for a quiet moment away from the boys. Lucky I wasn't planning that for today as I've got them both home sick.

To the other SU demos who are reading this you can see I wasn't very inventive with my stamp set or punches. But any excuse to use Tart and Tangy. The DSP is Raspberry Tart and marker and Card colours are Real Red and Old Olive.