EXTRA! EXTRA!

Extra! Extra! Stampin' Up! has announced that from 1st June to 15th July hostess can earn an extra $50.00 in free merchandise when they host a workshop totaling $700.00 or more.

Hostess benefits include :
a free Idea Book & Catalogue worth $12.95

a free Stamp Set exclusive to Hostess (see pages 17-24) Hostess's choice

and free Stampin' Up! products, Workshops totaling :
$700-$799.99 : $80 + extra $50 = $130.00
$800-$899.99 : $90 + extra $50 = $140.00
$900-$999.99 : $100 + extra $50 = $150.00

To take advantage of this special offer contact me to book your workshop.
stampin.with.leah@live.com.au

Stamp A Stack

To celebrate "eScape with Stampin' Up!" I am holding my first Stamp A Stack on Saturday the 21st June 08, at 1.00pm. We will make 8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs - Best Friends, Sending you my Love, Always on my Mind and Time Spent with Friends. For just $15.00 everything is provided. Including tea, coffee, and something yummy. But please bring sharp scissors and adhesive.

This is one of the cards we will be making. I got this from the Demonstrator website, but changed the colours. I'm liking the colour River Rock more and more. The words at the bottom of the card say "best friends listen to what you don't say"


Best Friends

I will also have retired stamp sets (pre loved, good condition) for sale on the day.
Leave a comment / email me to reserve your seat. stampin.with.leah@live.com.au

Join me to eScape in cardmaking and a great afternoon.

Leah

eScape with Stampin' Up!

Put down the phone, turn off the computer and break free from the 'e'! Stampin' Up! has designated the 25th of June 08 as eScape day. Make and send a card during June and rediscover the joy of making a personal connection that can't be found in a text message or e-mail.

Host an eScape workshop or attend an eScape event.

Save 25% when you purchase the eScape bundle.

More information here

Recipe Scrap Page

My sister had a great idea to make a recipe album for our niece's 16th birthday. My niece loves scrapbooking and cooking, so why not combine the two. All the cousins, Aunts, Great Aunts, Nana, her Mother and even her Uncles made a page or two. And the family favourite recipe album was born. We had so much fun putting it all together. With so many people involved I'm still amazed it stayed a surprise.

This is one of the pages I made. No stamping in this one. I've used the Simply Scrappin' kit Secret Garden. Love it! Just added a couple of vintage brads and a bit of Groovy Guava ribbon and used the slit punch.

She really loved the Album and wished she could have helped us make it. But then it wouldn't have been a surprise!

Thank you.

A very BIG thank you to everyone who attended the BIGGEST morning tea today. And thank you to the lovely girls who organised it all. It was a great success, $600.00 was raised for The Cancer Council. Well done! It was great to meet some new people and catch up with others. It was a lot of fun.
These are a couple of the thank you cards that I made to give to everyone when they arrived. I though the Priceless Stamp Set was very fitting for this event. Inside the card was stamped the words "heartfelt thanks" from the Heartfelt Thanks stamp set.





Recipe

Stamp Set : Priceless
Ink : Pretty in Pink, Rose Red
Card : Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Whisper White
Punches : scallop circle, 3.5cm circle, slit
Accessories : DSP Rose Red, silver brads, grosgrain ribbon Pretty in Pink, Stamp-a-ma-jig, dimensionals, snail adhesive

Again, Thank You

Leah

Plug!

It's time for a plug! I hope plug is the right term, they use it on TV. The local school is hosting a BIGGEST Morning Tea on Thursday 29th May from 9.00am to 11.30am to help raise money for The Cancer Council. So if your in the area why not drop in for morning tea, raffles and socialising. There will be all sorts of stalls advertising different products, including me at the Stampin' Up! stall. Come and say hi.

The address is : Sunnybank Hills State School
Symons Rd
Sunnybank Hills Qld
Held in the new extension of the hall.

Looking forward to seeing you there, it's going to be lots of fun.

Leah

Watercolouring

We did a bit of watercolouring on the weekend using the Fun and Fast Notes set and the 6x6 pad of Designer Series Paper. This set is great, it has a stamp for every occasion. I'm not the best at water colouring but I'm getting better every time I have a go. And I do love to colour. So if your not happy with your first attempt, don't give up, keep trying you will get better.

On this card I used the Watercolour Wonder Crayons, inked around all edges and just tore the edges of the Rose Red DSP. I've pierced along the strip of card and added two vintage brads and a bit of ribbon.





This one I've used the watercolour pencils, and just used strips of So Saffron DSP. This guy is so cute.


With the Christmas Tree I used the Stampin' Pastels, Certainly Celery DSP and added Crystal Effects to the star and red baubles.



For the Birthday Cake I've used the Stamp & Write Markers, the Almost Amethyst DSP, inked around the edges, used the split punch , add two silver brads, a bit of ribbon and don't forget the glitter.

Basic Recipe

Stamps : Fun & Fast Notes
Card : Confetti Cream, Confetti White, Watercolour paper
Ink : StazOn Jet Black
Accessories : aqua painter, daubers, 2 way glue pen


Tip: If you don't have the right colour ribbon just colour plain white ribbon with a dauber and ink straight from the ink pad of your choice.


Thanks to the girls at Sundays workshop, we had lots of fun and a really yummy afternoon tea. I got to cuddle a gorgeous 7 week old baby boy. To think my baby was once that little.


Happy Stampin'
Leah

Palette o'prints!

Time is running out, fast! If you haven't ordered your 6 x 6 pad of Prints Designer Series paper yet you may miss out. This promotion has been so popular that stocks are running very low. Stampin' Up! estimate they will run out completely by Wednesday. This promotion is a one time only offer so once they run out, that's it, no more. If you don't want to miss out place your order now!

I made these cards using the So Saffron Prints Designer Series Paper and the Oh, so lovely Level 1 Hostess set. There is no tricky technique, I just inked around the edgers with daubers. I've been doing this a lot lately, I love the softness it gives the card.

Recipe

Stamps : Oh, so Lovely , Warm Words, Everyday Flexible Phrases

Ink : Basic Brown, So Saffron, Regal Rose, Always Artichoke

Paper : Confetti Cream, Close to Cocoa

Punches : Small and Large oval punch, horizontal slot, corner rounder

Accessories : DSP 6 x 6 pad, blender pen, 5/8" grosgrain ribbon choc chip, cutter kit

Have a great weekend!

Leah