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BOUQUETS FOR MOTHERS’ DAY SNEAK PEEK

April is the time to start preparing for Mothers’ Day … so Stampin’ Time classes this month will be doing just that.

This month’s class theme is BOUQUETS FOR MOTHERS’ DAY … although other sentiments will be on the table for you to choose from … sadly, not everyone still has their mother with them.

We will create beautiful, feminine cards to give at Mothers’ Day or to save for upcoming birthdays … all very feminine and soft … using the gorgeous Birthday Bouquets DSP from the Occasions Catalogue.

The choice of sentiments is yours … to create three beautiful cards for the wonderful women in your life.

Here is a peek at part of one of the cards … featuring a little water colouring.

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… and if you haven’t already seen the full range of this very pretty DSP, have a look below.

The first BOUQUETS FOR MOTHERS’ DAY Stampin’ Time class is Sunday 10th April from 1pm … contact me to book your place and I will give you my address details.

If you are unable to make this class, there will be an ‘encore class’ on Sunday 24th April.

The class has three different opportunities for you:

  • class only cost of $15
  • class and the Birthday Blooms stamp set for $45 [clear mount] or $60 [wood mount].
  • class, Birthday Bouquet DSP and the Birthday Blooms stamp set for $65 [clear mount] or $80 [wood mount].

Just let me know on the day if you want to order the stamp set.

Hope to see you at Stampin’ Time.
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OCCASIONS CATALOGUE SNEAK PEEK

The Occasions Catalogue ‘goes live’ to Stampin’ Up! customers on the 5th January 2016 ….

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and, one thing I love about being a Demonstrator is that I am able to pre-order the amazing new products so that I can start creating during December!

My pre-order arrived during the last week of school so I only had time to unpack and start thinking of the projects I could create in the lead up to my Catalogue Launch event on 31st January (time enough to get have recovered from all the business of Christmas and New Year’s celebrations and for many of you, getting children fitted out and back to school.

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I did order lots of goodies (not everything!!) … when you see the catalogue you’ll understand why!

So – now that I have started my school holidays, I have started creating! (I have also been attending to household pleasures like cleaning the oven … marathon ironing … might pass on cleaning the windows for a few days).

These first projects feature the BOTANICAL BLOOMS STAMP SET, BOTANICAL GARDENS DSP and the BOTANICAL BUILDER FRAMELITS DIES. I cannot wait for you to see the great bundle offer for these products!

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The framelits are amazing – the cut away flowers give an added dimension to any project … minimal stamping on this card and a bit of sponging. The combination of colours inspired by the BOTANICAL GARDENS DSP gives a lush tropical feel … Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey, Old Olive.

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I had to wonder if the Birds of Paradise in Hawaii inspired this DSP … the full 12×12 sheet looks stunning, but for this card I chose to use just a strip, layered on top of some of the other DSP … take a closer look. After using the framelits for the first card, I thought I might do a little fussy cutting and created the feature flower. Cajun Craze adds to the lush colour palette and I love the pop of Mint Macaron.

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Last card for this post …. again, I think Hawaii has influenced this set of DSP … hibiscus, crystal clear water and volcanic earth …

I cannot wait to keep making more projects using the BOTANICAL GARDENS products … and the other goodies waiting to be played with!

If you would like a copy of the Occasions Catalogue, leave a message or email me.

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CHRISTMAS GOODIES

I’ve just finished making Christmas square pillow boxes to pop goodies into for the lovely people I work with … all 65!

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I have used the Square Pillow Box Thinlits Dies so many … for so many different occasions … since they appeared in the current Holiday Catalogue … and it’s on the retiring list! I will be keeping mine because it is so versatile and so quick and easy to use.

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Make sure you check out the retiring products list so that you don’t miss out on any of the products you have on your wishlist.

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Contact me and I will email you the list of retiring products … or go straight to the Stampin’ Up1 site to view the retiring products …

http://www3.stampinup.com/ECWeb/CategoryPage.aspx?categoryid=120400 Please remember to choose me as your demonstrator.

Dates: 16 November 2015-4 January 2016 (or while supplies last)

 

So what can you do with left over DSP … throw it our or trim off the 1 inch strip to use to make more Christmas cards?

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What do you do with your leftover DSP? How do you store it?