Posts Tagged ‘Sale-A-Bration’

I hope you’ve had a wonderful Tuesday and that things arent too wet where you are. We’ve had a couple days of light soaking rain which is great for the gardens and the catchment areas but no so good for the washing!

Today I am sharing with you a very simple and sweet card which could be adapted for any occasion.

Its just a Pink Pirouette base which I’ve used the Eyelet Border punch down the front edge. I’ve slipped in a Whisper White piece inside the card so you can see the pretty eyelet border.

I’ve then just grabbed some of my Designer Series Paper scraps/off cuts and used the Heart 2 Heart punch and punched a heap of the three sized hearts out. I’ve then attached these randomly to a Whisper White piece which has been distressed using the Cutter kit.  Some of the heart are stuck flat and then I’ve raised 4 or so hearts using my lovely Stampin Dimensionals.

Card Recipe

Now dont forget my special bonus offers which finish tomorrow night at 8pm …

1. The first five orders of  $70 or more will receive either a bonus Designer Brad set or pack of Designer Series Paper of your choice
2. The first four orders of $150 or more will receive a level one hostess set
3. Purchase my ‘must have adhesives set‘ for $60 and receive a bonus adhesive remover! This set consists of Snail Adhesive, Snail Refill, Stampin Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, 2-way glue pen and Sticky Strip. This set is valued at $65.85 and is just $60 plus you get the Adhesive Remover valued at $3.75!

As there is only one day left you will need to make payment by cash or credit card and must be receive by 8pm Wednesday 31st March, 2010.

All orders received from now until 8pm Wednesday will go into the draw for a pack of Fine Supernova Stampin Glitter – this consists of 5 jars of superfine glitter and is valued at $26.95

All orders received for $150 or more from now until 8pm Wednesday will go into the draw for a free ‘Wanted’ stamp set.

Good Morning!!

Its been a rather hectic week this week and hoping I do catch up to Friday very soon! I’d hate for Saturday to start and me still being stuck on Wednesday – that just wouldnt be fair!!

Its my turn again to host the Technique Challenge over at the Soul Scrappers forum that was started up by the lovely Erika Martin. We have over 500 members there now in just two months so thats an awesome achievement on its own! There are lots of Challenges, Sketches, ideas and wonderful people to share their talents and help so if you are a scrapper 0r even if you’d like to be a scrapper then pop over to the Soul Scrappers forum and check it all out!

My Technique Challenge this week is to create your own Designer Series Papers using your stamps. Being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator I love the papers they have and how they all coordinate with the colour families and stamp sets but sometimes you want a paper just a bit different or maybe in different colours.  So today I’m going to share with you how to make your own papers using your stamps and inks.

Supplies needed:

• Cardstock,
• Inks (I used Versamark, Mellow Moss, Pretty in Pink, Almost Amethyst and Apricot Appeal)
• stamps (I used Vintage Vogue and En Francais)
• Stamp a majig
• chalks ( i used versamark and chalk for the script in the centre)

I love using my stamps to create designs and the perfect patterned paper for my layout.  This way I can have colours that match my photo’s and I can make my own embellishments and accents and not only that – you know that no one else will have this designer paper you create yourself!

Technique Instructions:

• Start off with a piece of plain cardstock.  You could use any colour however I found those of the Soft Subtle family and lighter shades would be  better as you need to see the design youre creating!  I tend to use Whisper White or Very Vanilla  as my base and then build these up with colour.
• I first used the swirl from Baroque Motifs to create my border. You can use the stamp a majig to do this too so that you get the right swirl in the right place if you wish but you really cant go wrong with this stamp!
• Then I inked up the larger flower from Vintage Vogue (Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue) and stamped randomly in Pretty in Pink. I then did the same using Apricot Appeal. I then used the smaller flower to ‘fill in the gaps’ using Barely Banana and Almost Amethyst.
• I then tore up scrap paper to cover where I’d stamped and filled the centre in using the En Francais background with Versamark. I then grabbed my pastels and my handy sponge and ‘popped’ the script. Doing the centre this way gives it a softer hue rather than stamping it in the Creamy Caramel ink.
• Now look at your page and see if you are happy with the result. You may feel the need to fill in any ‘white space’ either by sponging or adding some more small flowers or maybe some leaves.

I was rather happy with the result of this page and was a little hesitant to put a photo over it!

I was strong and placed the photo on a Pink Pirouette mat  – I’ve also used some rub-ons on the photo but what I did was put the white part of the same rub on up the top left of my photo and the opposite dark part over the bottom right corner and onto the Pink Pirouette mat.

I didnt add much to this layout as I didnt want to detract from the Designer Paper I’d just created and sometimes less really is more!

I made a couple of flower accents from the Vintage Vogue (Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue). One small one down on the bottom left and then layering both flowers in colours from the layout and a button from the lovely Sherbet Designer buttons.

From this close up you can see that I’ve stamped the larger flower in Pretty in Pink and the small flower in Barely Banana. I’ve then adhered the button to the top. I’ve cut a very thin slither of Apricot Appeal cardstock and threaded it through the button holes and tied it. Now you need to be careful not to pull the knot too tight as the cardstock will break and I know this for a fact!

I do hope you like this challenge and I now challenge you to make a layout using your stamps. You can then leave me a comment and insert the link to your image online or email me a photo of your layout.

Why not pop over to the Soul Scrappers forum and upload your challenge there – there is always a winner each challenge and a small prize. You can find the messages about this challenge here. Its free to join and there really are some wonderfully talented ladies there who share, encourage and inspire!

If you would like to learn how to do this Technique then why not come along to my Scrap A Latte Summer Flower Layout class on 7th April. Class is $15 and I provide all the supplies you will need. Bookings are essential as I only have a small house and seats are limited. There is no need to bring any photo’s as you can add them later.

Dont forget that the Summer Mini Catalogue and Sale A Bration finish on 31st March and you only have till then to …

• order anything you still want from the Summer Mini Catalogue
• earn free Sale A Bration stamp sets
• receive bonus stamp set to the value of $79.95 when you join my Stampin’ Up! team

If you’re anything like me you love free stamps!!

Today I’m sharing a little boxed set of cards I made using the Happy Moments Sale A Bration set – this is one of the free stamp sets you can get just by purchasing Stampin’ Up! products.

Today’s Stamp A Stack ladies made this set in their class today and I have another doing the same set tomorrow night.

This makes a gorgeous gift for anyone and it has different sentiments so you are covered for just about any occassion!

Now you might like to keep the cards yourself so you could always put just the one card inside with a gift card, chocolates or gift voucher for the lucky recipient.

As I have many readers and subscribers to my blog where its just not possible to get to me for a class or have me come to you I am offering the Tutorial including the template for this box for sale – for just $4.00. It comes with a full instructions to make the box and recipes for the cards.

Simply click on the button above to pay and once the funds are received you’ll be directed to download the file. So there’s no waiting for me to get the PayPal email and then send the file to you. You will also receive an email with a link to download. However, should you encounter a problem with the downloading please let me know as this is the first one I’ve done like this.

Dont forget that Sale A Bration is only for 12 more days and its only during this time that you can earn the free Sale A Bration sets or receive the bonus Stamp Set (value $79.95) for joining Stampin’ Up!  If you would like more information about joining my team and all the benefits of Stampin’ Up! please do not hesitate to ring or email me. You can also phone or email your orders through to me and you can pay by Credit Card or Bank Transfer (account details will be given when you place your order).

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Hard to believe its been 2 weeks since our Sale A Bration Spectacular and there were so many gorgeous Make n Takes on the day I was sad I didnt get to sit down and do any. So while we were packing up I managed to grab a couple of the packs and when I got home I realised I only grabbed two so I’ll have to get onto the girls to grab the rest and make them up.

I pulled one out tonite to make and it was one from Lisa and its a card using Natures Nest.  Now when I pulled it I realised I didnt have a photo of the sample card so I thought I’d pop over to her blog and alas it wasnt there.

I did follow the instructions in her kits but I did make a few alterations of my own.

Here’s my card ….

I just love this card and I know Lisa wont mind me making the alterations. I love the colours in the card – very earthy and rather masculine. I even managed to christen my curly label punch!  The sentiment is from the Sale A Bration Vintage Labels set.

This is a great quick and easy card and I’d love to show you how to make it so why not  contact me today to arrange your demonstration. I do have a couple of spots left in March so you can still benefit from Sale A Bration. 

During Sale A Bration you can earn free stamp sets! Earn a free stamp set for every $100 you purchase and if you would like to be the hostess at a demonstration then you have the opportunity to earn more free Sale A Bration sets as well as earning the free Hostess benefits you’d normally get for holding a demonstration.

Sale A Bration finishes on 31st March so ring and book in your demonstration today or place your order.

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Well what an awesome day Saturday was at our SaleABration Spectacular!

We had 46 people come for the day and we all had lots of fun and all the ladies worked hard making all those projects we’d set up for them – they made 8 projects in all and with quite a few going home with door prizes or raffle prizes!

Here is a slideshow of how things looked before everyone arrived ….

Here are the make n takes that I made for the day ….

There were 8 make n takes in all and the other six were created by my lovely fellow demonstrators – Lisa, Jossleen and Clare.  We had some make n take kits leftover so I managed to grab a couple of kits so I can make up the make n takes too.  Now I have some of my kits left over so if you’d like a kit for the above make n takes then please email me with your address and I’ll post them to you.

I do hope those who were there on the day had as good a time as I did!

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Just a quick note to apologise for not having anything to share for a couple of days – I’ve been busy, busy, busy making samples and make n take kits for the Sale A Bration Spectacular this Saturday.  Its going to be an awesome day full of make n takes, demonstrations and lots of fun – we’ll be showing you stamping, scrapbooking and boxes – we will also be demonstrating techniques and Stampin’ Up! tools and products.

How cool is that flyer??

This is what we delivered to approximately 200 letterboxes last month.

We have more people coming than I anticipated so if you still want to come you’d better contact me today or tomorrow. The first 50 to put their name down will receive a wonderful show bag (or loot bag as I call them)! They are full of all sorts of goodies.

So if you’re not doing anything this Saturday why don’t you come along?

We are raising funds for the Macarthur Dementia Care & Support group oh and I still have raffle tickets for purchase if you want to be in the running for some awesome prizes! We have 7 raffle prizes all up so a good chance to win a prize!

Just a quick note today to announce the winners of a couple of recent challenges I’ve had here.

Firstly …. for the ESAD Sale A Bration Blog Hop

Thank you to each and everyone of the girls who were in the Blog Hop – we all managed to get our posts and links working with just a couple of minor hitches. So thank you so much and your projects were just awesome (insert applause)

Now another huge thank you to all who visited each blog and left a comment! It was a huge blog hop with 41 blogs involved so I thank you for your patience and making it all the way through! I had 43 ladies email me to confirm they completed the rounds so its my pleasure to announce the following as winners of our blog candy ….

1. Donna Zammitt

2. Keegan Rigby

3. Charmaine Black

So ladies I’ve sent you an email tonite so please send me your mailing address so we can get your candy in the mail!

Also, last week I announced a colour challenge I put to the girls at my ESAD-SU Yahoogroup and shared the card I made.  The cards made were all awesome! and I thank you all for playing and am happy to announce the winner of the card challenge is the lovely Cathy Clarke from Queensland.

So congrats Cathy youre card is now on the home page for the ESAD-SU Yahoogroup and I’ll have a little something in the mail for you this week. This is Cathy’s gorgeous card

I will be back tomorrow with a card and a mini tutorial so make sure you pop back for that!

Good Morning everyone!

I hope you’re ready for the ESAD Sale A Bration Blog Hop! Better go grab yourself a cuppa as you’ll be hopping for a while!

What is ESAD you say?

ESAD stands for Extra Special Australian (and New Zealand) Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends and wonderful blog visitors but we share our love for what we do with each other as Demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know how and cyberstamp and we are always there to help and support each other when its needed.

So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to click on the button below to join our wonderful group.

Click to join ESAD-SU

Now before I share my project with you I also want you to know that if you do make it around to all 41 Blogs involved in today’s Blog Hop and if you make a comment on each one you are then in the running for some Extra Special Blog Candy.  The demonstrators from all over have donated blog candy for this blog hop and if you are the lucky winner you’ll be getting all sorts of parcels and you will truly think that Christmas has come early this year and that you’ve been a very good girl (or guy)!  Now if you do get to all and comment on all the blogs shoot me an email with your name and email address and then everyone who has also visited and commented on all the blogs will go in the drawer for the ‘extra special’ blog candy. Last time Lynda Shrimpton was the lucky winner and just loved all her little surprises however this time we will have 3 blog candy winners so please enjoy the trip and dont forget to leave comments cos we really do love having people comment on our blogs.

Now onto my project …..

I love all the stamp sets that are available in the Sale A Bration Catalogue and chose to pre-order the Vintage Labels to use and make samples to share with you.  Last November we had Regional Training with Stampin Up! in Sydney and it was there that one of the demonstrators recommended making classes using our Notecards so thats exactly what I’ve done.

Here is the set I created.

I created a box which holds 5 Notecards and envelopes.

The box is a new creation of mine which was inspired by an item in my bathroom – its amazing what we get our inspiration from sometimes hey?

The base is done using Old Olive cardstock and I’ve used Bella Rose Designer Series Papers to complete this whole set. I’ve also used a build a brad to embellish the closure and the closure is secured by a velcro dot.

All the cards are completed using the Notecards available in the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalogue, Rose is a Rose stamp set, Vintage Labels Sale A Bration Stamp Set and the Bella Rose Designer Series Papers with coordinating cardstock.

Here are the cards

I do hope you like this little set as much as I loved making them. Now remember to leave me a comment and your next stop on the blog hop is the blog of the lovely & talented Linda Craven.

Dont forget to send me an email at leonie@stamp-a-latte.com to advise when you have completed the blog hop … winners will be announced 31st January.

If you are a Stampin’ Up! customer you will know that each year after Christmas Stampin’ Up! has a Sale-A-Bration and this year it begins on January 25th and goes until 31st March, 2010.

A couple of local Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators and myself have got together to arrange an event as our “Sale A Bration Spectacular” – this is the first of these types of events I’ve done and I’m a little excited and anxious to say the least!

If you are local to the Campbelltown/Macarthur area or dont mind a drive you are hereby invited to come along and enjoy the day with us.

When: Saturday – 6th February 2010

Time:  11am to 4pm

Cost: $25 or $20 if you book & pay before 21st January

Where: Ambarvale Re-Creation Centre

65 Woodhouse Drive, Ambarvale Map

We will have ….

• door prizes
• free showbags
• card challenges
• demonstrations
• make n takes
• raffles (so start saving those gold coins!)
• displays

Funds being raised are for Macarthur Dementia Care and Support group.

We will be having samples on display for cardmaking, stamping, scrapbooking and gift making.

There will be special bonuses for those ordering, booking a demonstration or bringing a friend along on the day.

So go mark your calendar now and contact me to reserve your spot!

I want to aplogise for not posting for a few days. The heat here has been horrid and I’m not  coping too well with that and my health has been a bit iffy too so now I’m back on all my supplements for the Fibromyalgia and hoping this will help matters. Being so hot and unwell it meant everytime I sat at my work desk I just couldnt think straight – this is what they call “brain fog” and yes its a medical term and those suffering from depression or fibromyalgia will know what I mean.

I arranged to have lunch with my upline Tracey today as we’d missed catching up on her birthday this past week. I had a little bag of goodies for her and made her a card using the gorgeous Sale A Bration set Botanical Blooms.

I fell in love with this set since I first saw it in the Sale A Bration catalogue and have been eager to use it but the ‘fog’ was killing me so I am glad that I finally got a card done with this. This card was inspired by a page I’ve made for a calendar which I’ll show you over the next few days.

I liked the page so much I converted it to a card and I just love this friend sentiment from the Occassional Greetings stamp set. It just says it all and love the mixed fonts they used to create it.

This set is also a 2 step stamp set which I’m highlighting in my technique classes starting on the last friday of each month with the first being 27th February. I hope you can join me as I love to share different ways of doing things with stamping and card making. So ring or email me now to book your spot!

We had a lovely lunch being entertained by the lovely Eliza who I’m sure doesnt stop from the time she wakes up to the time she falls asleep!

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