Archive for October, 2008

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Birthday Wishes

I caught up with my friend for coffee today as it was her birthday. I made a batch of cupcakes to take for her and sticking with the theme I made this card:

She really liked the card and the cupcakes too.
 
Recipe: Stamp Set-Big Bold Birthday,Hostess Set-For a Friend. Cardstock-Chocolate Chip,Regal Rose,Whisper White and Pretty in Pink. […]

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Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Mini Album

I saw a Mini Album, which is put together using 2 x 12×12 sheets of cardstock to make a fold out album. So I decided to have a go at making one. I have themed this album on Christmas using the Season of Joy stamp set and Designer Series Paper - Dashing.
Front Cover : I have Embossed Resist the stamped tree in Old Olive […]

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Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Unusual Fold Challenge

This weeks Southern Belles challenge was to make a card with an unusual fold, which got me thinking back to a card class I taught about 4 years ago which was a card called Fold Out Z Cards. So here is two cards I have made with this unusual fold.

Here are the Instructions:
Cut a piece of cardstock 7¼” x […]

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Saturday, October 11th, 2008

Pocket Card Tutorial

I had a request for instructions for the Pocket Card that I made for our Paper Pattern Challenge for The Southern Belles group. So here is a photo tutorial. For this Pocket Card I have chosen A Christmas theme using the Season of Joy Stamp set and the Holiday Harmony Designer Series Paper, Cardstock-Always Artichoke, Purely Pomegranate and River […]

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Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Be Your-Self

I was fortunate to have a day to myself yesterday as my boys spent a day with there cousins, so I went off to a local scrapbooking store for a browse. There is so much nice stuff out there and very hard to resist not buying the whole shop. I did come away with two […]

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Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Pocket Card

I really liked this weeks challenge, so I made another Pocket card using the Apple Cider Designer Series Paper from the Spring Mini Catalogue, which is still available until the 30th of November. I have created the same card as the one in the post below.

Card Recipe: Cardstock-Close to Cocoa,Wild Wasabi,Really Rust,River Rock. Stampin’ Pad-Close […]

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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Challenge Card

Southern Belles group challenge this week is to make a card using Pattern Paper, now this is a challenge because there are so many nice papers in the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series collection. I have chosen to make a Pocket card for this challenge using “Spring Fling” pattern paper.

Here is the pocket card and insert

Card Recipe: Cardstock-Certainly Celery, […]

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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Stampin’ Up!® October Promotion

 It’s Stampin’ Up!®’s 20th Birthday
 

Spend $20 on regular catalogue merchandise and get 20% off select birthday stamp sets
 

Item
Page #
Description 
Regular Price
20% Off Price

112594 
37
Big Bold Birthday 
$53.95
$43.16 

108894 
38
Pretty Princess 
$45.95
$36.76 

108753 
51
Birthday Best 
$25.95
$20.76

110246 
55
Crab & Company 
$52.95
$42.36 

112318 
118
Short & Sweet 
$29.95
$23.96 

 
Offer runs from 1-31 October 2008
 
Please contact me today to celebrate with Stampin’ Up! and get 20% off select stamp sets!
 

 

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