by cathy on March 1, 2010
My downline, Vicki Reed is holding a fundraiser to support the WA Bushfire Appeal. I held a stamping fundraiser in February of last year in support of the Victorian Red Cross Appeal, and we raised almost $2000. It was a fabulous fun day! Please book as soon as possible, as places are limited!
Stamping Fundraiser
for the
WA BUSHFIRE APPEAL
Saturday 20th March 2010
11am to 4 pm
At the Guide Hall, Parker Street, Albany WA
(opposite BCF)
$20 per person: This includes kits for stamping and making 2 projects and 2 cards, Door Prize ticket
and Afternoon Tea.
There will be a raffle, door prize, silent auction, handmade cards & items for sale
Everyone welcome, bring a friend or several- no previous stamping experience necessary!
Please book your place by Thursday 18th March.
(For catering purposes and card kits, bookings are essential)
Profits will be donated to the SALVATION ARMY, WA BUSHFIRE APPEAL.
For bookings or more information please contact:
Vicki Reed Independent Stampin’ Up! ® Demonstrator
e-mail d_v_reed@bigpond.com
or Cathy Clark cathy@cathyclark.com.au
by cathy on February 22, 2010
I demonstrated this page a couple of weekends ago at a workshop. I wanted to experiment with one of my SES photos which always incorporates the colour orange, so I chose Sweet Always Designer Series Paper! I used Pretty in Pink as the base colour for the page, and stamped the background in VersaMark using a stamp from the Always stamp set. I mounted the DSP and photo onto Pumpkin Pie, added some Chocolate Chip Double-Stitched Grosgrain ribbon, and a flower I made using the scallop circle punch. For the journalling tag, I punched an extended tag using the small tag punch. Here’s how it’s done….
Measure across the width of the tag. It’s easier if you measure across a punch out of the tag, rather than the punch itself. It should be about 3cm for the small tag punch. Cut a strip of cardstock to the same width of 3cm. Insert one end into the shaped end of the punch, as shown. Punch the end of the tag. Trim the extended tag to the desired length.
by cathy on February 12, 2010
There are some items still available from the Spring Mini Catalogue, and the corner rounder punch was omitted from the Idea Book & Catalogue! Click here for a printable list of all catalogue corrections & write-ins.
by cathy on February 10, 2010
I thought I’d quickly share with you the projects we made in my Valentine’s Day class a few weekends ago. All the projects were colour coordinated using Riding Hood Red as the base. First up we made an acetate Treat Box. We stamped the acetate with White Stazon ink using the filigree heart from the stamp set I {Heart} Heart, and reproduced the same heart in RH Red ink on Whisper White cardstock for the accent on the front of the box. The Designer Series paper is from the Patterns series in Riding Hood Red.
We then made a Waterfall Card using more stamps from the I {Heart} Heart stamp set, and included the “always” stamp from Always stamp set!
Lastly, we made a Treat Pull and I included a bar of Lindt chocolate! Again we used the filigree heart, and also the large heart from Always.
The ribbon slips under the bar of chocolate and the ends are tied together at the top. The bar of chocolate is exposed when the ribbon is pulled. So far that particular chocolate bar might just make it to Valentine’s Day! Are you interested in attending one of my classes? Visit my Class page to see what’s coming up. Don’t forget if you purchase the I {Heart} Heart stamp set before 28 February, Stampin’ Up! will donate $2 to the Haiti Relief and Development Fund. In just fifteen days, demonstrators around the world have already sold 7524 of the stamp sets!
by cathy on February 3, 2010
I quickly stamped up several little notecards and envelopes this afternoon using the Good Neighbours Sale-a-Bration stamp set and Windsor Knot DSP! I made a mask for the clouds and sponged the white card with Baja Breeze ink, then tore a piece of DSP and adhered it to the bottom of the card, and stamped a few clouds in the sky. The house and trees are stamped on white cardstock, then punched with the Wide Oval punch and I’ve sponged the edges with Chocolate Chip ink before adhering to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Super easy and super cute!
Sale-a-Bration stamp sets will be available until 31 March 2010. There are three ways you can earn free stamp sets during Sale-a-Bration :
1) Spend $100 and earn one free Sale-a-Bration stamp set of your choice!
2) Host a workshop of at least $600 and earn one free Sale-a-Bration stamp set in addition to the generous hostess benefits!
3) Join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-a-Bration and choose a free stamp set from the Idea Book & Catalogue to the value of $79.95!
Contact me today to place your order, book a workshop, or for more information on the benefits of joining Stampin’ Up!
by cathy on January 31, 2010
I’m having a quiet day at home today, I’ve made relish and have tomato sauce on the go, and I decided I’d have a play and see what I could come up with for the ESAD-SU colour challenge. I’ve been wanting to have a play with my new Razzle Dazzle stamp set – it reminds me of the design on an embroidered cheesecloth top which my mum made me back in the 70’s. Anyway, it was the inspiration for my card!
I found the card pattern on Jan Tink’s blog, and resized it. I’ve inked up the stamp using Stampin’ Write markers, and added some detail with the paper piercer and a white gel pen. Something different – for a bit of fun!
by cathy on January 27, 2010
Just a quick one to thank everyone who has visited my blog in the last few days, and to those wonderful people who have left lovely comments! It’s encouraged me to branch out and balance my card making with more scrapbooking! I think I opt to make cards more because they are quicker to complete – but the truth is my scrapbook page didn’t take very long to put together at all! I owe it all to the products -gotta love Stampin’ Up!
by cathy on January 25, 2010
The Sale-a-Bration Blog Hop is now on! I’ve joined with about 40 other ESAD-SU members to showcase projects made with Stampin’ Up! ® ’s fabulous 2010 Sale-a-Bration stamp sets! Read my post, make sure you leave a comment, then blog hop onto the next blog – you’ll find the link at the bottom of my post! Leave a comment on all the blogs linked within the Blog Hop (do a full circle until you arrive back at my blog), email Leonie at leonie@stamp-a-latte.com and your name will be put into the draw for some super, duper blog candy! It’s that easy! Make a cuppa, sit down, and enjoy!
So who is ESAD-SU? It’s an Aussie based group just for Australian & New Zealand Stampin’ Up! demonstrators - “Extremely Special Aussie & NZ SU! Demonstrators!” Join us for support, cyber chats, learn tips & techniques and share ideas on building your Stampin’ Up! business. If you are a demonstrator and would like to join ESAD-SU, click on the link below.
Click here to join ESAD-SU
And here’s my Sale-a-Bration project! I’m not much of a scrapbooker, but I thought it was about time I challenged myself, and so I set about designing a 12′ x 12″ scrapbook page! Applegarth was a gorgeous mid to late Victorian house in which my grandparents and my mum lived towards the end of the Second World War, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
Stamp sets: Good Neighbours, Jumbo Outline Alphabet
Cardstock: Old Olive, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip
Classic Stampin’ Pads: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Windsor Knot Designer Series Paper, On Board Timeless Type, Stampin’ Write Marker Chocolate Chip
There a three ways in which you can earn free stamp sets during Sale-a-Bration! Visit my Specials & Promotions page to learn more!
Now don’t forget to leave a comment below for a chance to win that blog candy! Chantell Randall is the next blog on the Blog Hop. Thanks for visiting & enjoy your day!
Idea Book & Catalogue
Sale-a-Bration 2010
Summer Mini Catalogue
cathyclark.stampinup.net