Last Chance List

Stampin’ Up! are bringing out a new catalogue on 1st October and many itemw in the current catalogue will be discontinued.  Some are being offered at a discount, but all products are only available while stocks last!

Here’s the list.  Contact me soon if you want to order anything!

New Venue!

I’m rather excited as I have managed to find a new venue for the card making class.  I’ve loved being at peppers – and I’ve especially loved their hot chocolate!  But we really need more space for people to spread out.  So starting on the 9th September we’re going to be at Wilton Community Centre, in Room 2.  It’s a fab room as it has lots of natural light and lots of space.  As well as facilities for making drinks.  :)

If you’re interested in coming along, please let me know.  I’ll need a few days notice to make sure I have enough packs made up for everyone!

Free Ribbon!

The Stampin’ Up! special offer for August is a rather wonderful one.  If you spend at least £45, you get two reels of beautiful ribbon.  And what’s even better is that they are ribbons you can’t buy in the catalogue.

Post-it note holder

At the last class we had fun making cards and gifts for men and boys.  One of the items we made was a post-it note holder.

I was given one of these by a friend a few years and found it so useful.  I always used to lose my post-its, but when I had them safely in a pretty little holder I was happier to have it out on show and never had a problem finding it!

 

I used –

• Close to Cocoa cardstock
• Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon
• Spiced Cider Designer papers

Stampers 6 Club

My current Stampers 4 Club is coming to an end and I will soon be starting a Stampers 6 Club.

If you want to get free products – read on!

• Each member commits to spend £25 a month on products
• Each month, one member will recieve the free hostess set and a different member will receive free products (the amount depends on the collective total)
• The only p&p cost you pay are the actual costs of me posting the items on to you.
• You can have more than one place e.g. if you have 2 places, you commit to spend £50 a month and will recieve the hostess gifts and free products twice over the six months.
• You can still benefit from any other SU monthly offers on your order.

If you’re interested, email me!  mrsdawnwalters@aol.com

Father’s Day

My Dad really loves trains, so what better stamp set to use than Choo Choo!

I kept to neutral colours for this, so it didn’t end up looking like a child’s card.  I think it’s made it look a bit vintage.

 

I used …

• Close to Cocoa cardstock (109983)
• Spiced Cider Designer Papers (111909)
• Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Pad (110065)
• White gel pen (105021)
• Choo Choo Stamp set (113982)
• Right on track Stampin’ Wheel (113838)

School Ordering Details

If you have found this website through information sent home from your child’s school – Welcome! 

Have a quick look around.  There are lots more ideas to be found in the archives (see links on the right).  And details for ordering can be found on the schools link at the top.

Storage Jar Gift

I just love these little storage jars from Ikea, they’re so cute AND useful.

At the class last week, we decorated one so it could be used as a gift.  They can also be filled with all sorts of goodies – sweets, marshmallows, a pair of rolled up socks.

 

I used –

• storage jar from Ikea
• Fresh cuts stamp set          111634
• Tea Party papers                  115158
• Scallop circle punch            109877         
• 1 ¼” circle punch                   110104         
• Whisper White cardstock            109899      
• Almost Amethyst cardstock       110016          
• Pretty in Pink stampin’ pad         110079        
• Certainly Celery stampin’ pad      110064         
• Certainly celery ¼” grosgrain      110124          
• Stampin’ Dimensionals                109923         
• Tombow adhesive                     110755       

The Tombow adhesive was just perfect for glueing the grosgrain ribbon to the lid, as long as you use it sparingly.

Classes for 2009

I have now set the dates and themes for classes for the rest of this year.  If you want to come along to one or more, please contact me to book in advance.

All classes cost £10 and this will usually cover the cost of two cards, a tag and a gift.  A drink (tea, coffee, cappuccino, hot chocolate etc) is included in the price.  For more details click on the classes link at the top.

Future dates and themes are

17^th July                        Men and Boys

5^th August                     Children 

9^th September              Christmas cards

14^th October                 Christmas bags and boxes

11^th November             Chocolate

Fresh Cut card

I really love the Fresh Cut cards and stamps, so as soon as I started planning my first class, i knew just what I wanted to use!

Here’s the first card that we made …

I used …

• Fresh Cuts stamp set         111634          £18.95
• Fresh Cut notes                   115313            £6.95
• Tea Party papers                 115158           £7.75
• Designer buttons                 115312           £6.50
• Scallop edge punch             113654          £10.95
• 5 petal flower punch            112829          £12.50
• Pretty in Pink stampin’ pad         110079          £4.25
• Pretty in Pink taffeta ribbon        110134           £5.50