Garden in Bloom cards

Grow a flower patch with stamps, ink, and paper. Add encouraging sentiments. Then share with the people in your life.
Use just the outline stamp or the solid stamp, or use them both together for more creative combinations.

Take a look at page 119 of the Catalogue.

If this is something that you would like to replicate, contact me or place an order online for the stamp set and any of the other products you will need to complete these cards. Below is a list of some of the products you will need.

Stampin' Up's retirement list and hostess code for the month

As each catalogue sales period comes to a close, Stampin' Up! provides a list of retiring stamps and accessories that will be discontinued from our product offering. Items on this Retired List will be available only while supplies last.  Don’t miss this last chance to get them! Check the Retired List tomorrow ( or maybe you are reading this and it is already tomorrow) see which sets and accessories you can’t do without.

You don't even need to wait for me to lodge your order. Stampin' Up have now come up with Online Ordering. All you need from me is a hostess code.

How does it all work?
Here are a few questions answered for you.

Q: How do you enter a hostess code?
A: You will enter the code in a new field under the special offers section of the online order shopping bag. http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/zenakennedy/   Select - Shop now -> Create account -> Add items to basket -> Checkout -> Apply hostess code -> Checkout -> Fill out card details etc
Q: Is the hostess code case sensitive?
A: No
Q: How long is a hostess code valid?
A: The hostess code is attached to the workshop order, so it is valid until the workshop order has closed. Orders left open for 30 days are automatically deleted by the system.
Q: What if you try to place an order with a code after the workshop has closed?
A: A message will alert you that the code is no longer valid you will need to contact me to placce your order or create a new hostess code.

Get in quick if you want any of the retiring products, everything goes so quickly.
Here is the Hostess code for this month, GKFMHD4W
I'm glad I bought this cutter. It is so good for large amounts of card/paper. I love it.

Convention background

While at Convention one of the Workshop WOW's presented by Liz Hicks was a special background. Now that we are back home Ursula, one of our Paper Angels tried it out and created some georgous scrapbook pages. So I have decided to give it a go myself and make some unique cards. I chose Vanilla card stock. Then I randomly sponged on Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Soft Suede all over the card. Next I rolled over the card randomly with the Jumbo Stampin Around. Then I stamped again randomly with  bleach and a background stamp and then filled in a few spots with a smaller stamp.

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Tools: Big Shot, Designer Frames, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Jumbo Stampin Around
Ink: Old Olive, Soft Suede, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry
Ribbon: Crumb Cake Seam Binding

A taste of things to come

I love punch art and for a craft fair recently I created these little gift cards to teach in our workshops.
The bat and ball was made from the word window punch and a circle punch.
The VW I must give my lovely husband credit for this. It was made from 2 oval punches and parts of the Owl punch. Yep the Owl punch.
The hat was made from the oval and a circle punch.
Last but not least was the little ballet dress. It was made from an oval and circle punch and a flower.

I love them all and everyone had so much fun doing them. Stay posted for the instructions.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all. What does this year hold for all of us? I know mine is going to be filled with spending more time with family and friends. I am also going to be more organised with my scrapbooking and my cards.
How many of us want to make a lovely home made birthday or mothers day card and we leave it so late that we end up racing out and buying a card? Count me guilty as charged. So this year I am going to be prepared. I have written up my diary of special dates and have started making my birthday cards. I have even managed some cute little easter cards.
Even Christmas is getting an early start, watch this space for some of my stack. I am also going to start running Stamp-A-Stack card workshops for those interested in getting a head start.