Card Sketches

Before joining Stampin' Up! I had never used a card sketch, but now I love them. So what is a card sketch? It is a layout/design you use to create a card from. Why do I love them? I find with card making there are so many things you can do & ways you can do them that often I am stuck for somewhere to start. By using a sketch, part of the card is already decided for me! Last night the Inkling Team held a cyberstamp & one of the challenges was to create a card using this sketch:

So here is the card I made. Part of the challenge also included the use of patterned paper, so once I had decided what paper to use the colours for the card were easy - just use the colours that co-ordinate with the paper! I am rather pleased with how it turned out.

HAPPY NEW YEARS

Hope everyone had a great night last night & may 2008 bring much happiness & good fortune to you all. We stayed at home - very boring I know :-(

You may already know this, but just in case you don't - I LOVE STAMPIN' UP! It is such a great company to be involved with. Just before Christmas every demonstrator received a gorgeous stamp set - for free, how good is that! It is called Time Well Spent & will be a level 3 hostess set in the new IB&C (Idea Book & Catalogue) to be released in April '08. It is a cute, 12 piece, flowery set that includes a heart, butterfly & 2 verses - I plan to use it for some valentines cards soon too.

The winner is ...................

Thanks to all who entered. Robyn A is the lucky winner - please email me (alana@aussiebroadband.com.au ) with your snail mail address & this cute triange box, along with the pictured goodies, will be on its way to you.

Sale-a-bration...

January & February are 2 very exciting months if like me, you love Stampin' Up! Why? because we are giving away FREE stamp sets! There are afew very easy ways to get your own SAB stamp set:

Customers: Simply spend $100 & you can choose a free stamp set out of the Sale-A-Bration catalogue. There is no limit on how many free sets you can earn, ie spend $300 & choose 3 sets.

Hostesses: By hosting a demo that has sales over $600 you can also pick free SAB stamp set. You will still also get your normal hostess benefits too & during Jan-Mar I have an added bonus - you will go into a draw to win the beautiful Remembering You Simply Set Kit.

Recruits: If you are interested in joining the wonderful Stampin' Up! family, there has never been a better time. Join during SAB (Jan & Feb) & you can choose any stamp set from the Idea Book & Catalogue up to the value of $79.95! As an added bonus if you join before 12th Jan you can also get an extra 10% discount on your starter kit - contact me to find out how

Don't miss out on your FREE SAB stamp set - they will never be available again, so if you are interested in placing on order, hosting a demo or becoming a demonstrator call me - 0428 964360, or send me an email - alana@aussiebroadband.com.au

I have made this criss cross card using the new Enchante papers from the Summer Mini & my favourite SAB set - Friendship Blooms.

On a side note - DOESN"T ANYONE WANT FREE RIBBON???????????????? You have until tomorrow, simply post a comment or send me an email & tell me what you would like to get for FREE. It really is that easy - & a free sample bag could be sent to you!

Free Friday Giveaway

What to give, what to give?? No-one left any suggestions for what they want! Today's giveaway will be a sample bag of ribbons/brads/hodgepodge etc. To be in the draw just leave me a comment or email me, before Monday, letting me know what you want for free!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. Thought I'd share one final Christmas card with you for this year. It was CASEd from the lovely Linda. Now when I CASE something I usually change around the colours, stampsets or something, but this time I didn't - it is practically identical - woops, though I'm sure she won't mind.

I also drew thr lucky FF (Freebie Friday) winner today - thanks to all who entered & congrats to 'kylie'. Send me an email with the small Stampin' Up! punch of your choice along with your address & I will post your goodies too you. If you don't have a catalogue you can view the punch range here.

FREEBIE FRIDAY.........

Not Freakie Friday it's FREEBIE FRIDAY! If you would like to be in with a chance of winning a small Stampin' Up! punch (your choice) all you need to do is leave me a comment or email me alana@aussiebroadband.com.au - preferably with something nice to say - haha. If you have any suggestions of what you think I should have up for grabs next Friday let me know. Sam will draw out a name on Christmas Eve & I will contact the winner to find out which punch you would like.

Sleigh Full of Toys

At every Stampin' Up! demonstration I have a free make-and-take project that everyone completes - this is a card we made at a demonstration my SIL hosted a while ago. It is a CASE from SCS - I really love that place! We had so much fun making it - the little circle spins around to show a different pic on the other side - very cute IRL.
If you & your friends would like to make a free project to take home, give me a call or email me to book a demonstration - during Jan/Feb can also earn some great extra free stamp sets with Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration.

Check back tomorrow to find out another way you can get something for nothing - well not technically nothing, but it won't cost you anything!

Some Christmas Cards

There is still over a week till Christmas & already things are starting to get hectic here!! Two 6hr trips to the cardiologist this week, but finally the doctors have decided Bernie (my husband) has a heart (he he) & it is fine!
I made these cards awhile ago, but thought I'd share them with you until I get a chance to make some new things. I have used the beautiful City of David stamp set on all of them, along with some of my favourite Stampin' Up! products - the Stampin' Write Markers & blender pens. I splurged & bought the whole set of markers & am so glad I did, I use them all the time & by colouring direct to the stamp, it means I have all 48 ink colours without having to buy all the stamp pads (although I am starting to get quite a good collection of those too!)

The cards below were made for an Inklings Team Cyberstamp last week. One of our challenges was to make a 'one layer card'. One sheet of card only, no patterned paper allowed, though we could add brads or ribbon. I am quite happy with how these turned out & it was so easy, so I will be trying out some more One Layer Cards again soon!

Stampin' on candles

I have seen these around alot so thought I'd have a go - & they were sooooooo easy. I only bought a couple of candles at first to see if I could make them (I was prepared to fail!!) but have gone back today to get some more :).

I am going to run a class on these in the new year - so keep a look out for more info or send me an email to find out more - alana@aussiebroadband.com.au