Two Step Promotion - August 2010.

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Hi all,

Can you believe it's now August! Stampin' Up! have a fantastic offer this month and it's all about Two-Step Stamping :)

Click on the picture below for more information:


If you're not familar with this technique, click here for a little information about it. Basically using two colours and the help of the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, you create a stamped image in two steps layering one colour on top of the other! There's a number of different stamp sets that offer this technique and a selection of stamps are listed in August's Promotion for 20% off the catalogue price for the month of August only.

The stamp sets on offer for 20% off are:

• Loads of Love, P.31
  
• Big Bold Birthday, P.35
• Trendy Trees, P.39
• Greenhouse Garden, P.43
• Something Sweet, P.8 (Mini Catalogue)
• Tiny Tags, P.15 (Mini Catalogue)
• Bird On A Branch, P.18 (Mini Catalogue)

Click on Loads of Love, Big Bold Birthday, Trendy Trees and Greenhouse Garden above for examples of cards/boxes/projects made using these stamp sets.

Please contact me via email on alexhau@rocketmail.com if you'd like to purchase any of the above stamp sets for 20% off, or if you'd like anything else from the Idea Book & Catalogue.

Have a good day.

Bye for now,

Alex

Birthday Cards.

Hi all,

Thought I'd ink up my relatively new Level 3 Hostess Stamp Set "Queue Up" today to make a couple of birthday cards for the cupboard.

Enjoyed getting out the Stampin' Markers to colour up the candles! lol.


Birthday Card - Male


Stamps: Queue Up, Seeing Spots and Big Bold Birthday (sentiment).
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Ballet Blue and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Basic Grey and Whisper White Craft Ink. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers and Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.
Card Size: A6.

Female Birthday Card

Here's a female version below:


Stamps: Queue Up, Big Bold Birthday and Oval All.
Cardstock: Rose Red, Regal Rose and Whisper White.
Ink Pad: Basic Grey and Regal Rose. Versamark Stamp Pad.
Accessories: Stampin' Write Markers, Scallop Oval Punch, Oval Punch and Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.
Card Size: A6.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!

Alex

Stampin' Up! Demo.

Hi all,

Just a quick post to say "hi" and that I had a fab evening on Monday night demonstrating Stampin' Up! goodies at a local craft club. Thank you ladies and gentleman for being so warm and welcoming, I had a great evening and I can't wait to do it again soon.

I demonstrated a few different techniques to show the possibilities of what Stampin' Up! can do and here's the results:

Using "Snow Flurries", "Loads of Love" stamp set for the sentiment, some lovely Striped Grosgrain ribbon from the Mini Catalogue, and white embossing powder I created the below card in my favourite colour :)


Next, I demonstrated one of my favourite stamp sets and one of the first that I bought called "Big Bold Birthday". I love how cute this stamp set is and the possibilities you can create with the many different colour combinations. Using this stamp set, here's the card I created:


All cards are A6 in size.

Thanks for stopping by, more cards will be added later.

Alex

Male birthday

WOW: What an amazing Men's Final at Wimbledon yesterday! I had planned to do and make so much, but what with the tennis being on, it was hard to pull my eyes away from the tv screen!

Anyway, I've been looking through my stash of cards that I have for when I need one and it occurred to me that I don't have that many cards for men. So I've decided, I'm going to try and make a few more seeing as the cards I predominately make are more female orientated. So, with this in mind, here's a card I made earlier using various Stampin' Up! products:


Stamps: Big Bold Birthday.
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and Whisper White Cardstock. Patterns Designer Series Paper - Bashful Blue.
Ink Pad: Chocolate Chip and Bashful Blue.
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.

Hope to make a few more soon.

Bye for now,

Alex

Another Birthday

Hi all,

Made another birthday card recently for a friend whose birthday is today, so I think it's safe to upload the card in full now :) I christened my new Cuttlebug Cut & Emboss goodies to make this card along with using Stampin' Up! cardstock and ribbon.

Happy Birthday Cam

All Stampin' Up! products were used to make this card, apart from the main Cuttlebug feature and sentiment.

Stamps: Big Bold Birthday
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Ballet Blue
Accessories: Inkpad - Bashful Blue and Striped Grosgrain Ribbon - Bashful Blue

Have a good day,

Alex

Granddaughter Commission

Hi all,

Hope you're well and looking forward to Friday :) Thought after my earlier sneak peek of the Confirmation Cards, you'd like to see another commission that I can now reveal. A number of invitations and purse boxes along with a large A5 card was commissioned by a lady who's celebrating her special Granddaughter's birthday this month.

Hope it was worth the wait!


Bye for now,

Alex

Commissions

Hi all,

Have been a busy bee lately and have been making various commissions for people. I won't upload pictures of the full cards and boxes in their full glory till I know it's "safe" to do so, so until then, I'll upload some sneak peeks.

Granddaughter Commission
Two ladies - Mother and Daughter commissioned me to make me six invitations, six boxes and one granddaughter card recently on a cupcake theme because their little one just loves to bake in the kitchen.

Here are some sneak peeks of the finished commission, hope you like.





Mazel Tov Commissions
A lady commissioned me to make a number of gift card wallets for lots of upcoming Weddings and Bar Mitzvahs that her and her husband will be attending over the upcoming months. These gift card wallets can be used by slipping off the decorative band, lifting up the flap and inserting a cheque, gift card or anything else that fits in the pocket inside.

Here are some sneak peeks:





That's it for now, hope you've enjoyed the sneak peeks.

Bye for now,

Alex

New Workshop - Saturday 25 April 09

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For any of you that live nearby, I have my next workshop scheduled for
Saturday 25th April at 10.30am.

Do you have a few hours to spare and would like to make three cards using different techniques, stamp sets, designer series paper, punches and ribbon?

Email me for more details if you'd like to join some lovely crafters for a few hours of
fun, chat and refreshments a week on Saturday.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Bye for now,

Alex

PLEASE NOTE:
This workshop is nearly full. Please contact me to guarantee your space.
*COMING SOON: A new post detailing next months workshop*

Busy Bee...

Hi all,

Well, hope you're all well and looking forward to the weekend. As you know, I've been rather busy making an assortment of greeting cards so here are just a few to show you.

Baby Girl Card



Thank You Card - Outside

Thank You Card - Inside (Normally only insert one layer of whisper white cardstock to the inside of a card, but there's lots of people that will be signing this one, hence the double layer).


Happy Birthday Card

Another Baby Card

Another Birthday Card


Hope you like!

Bye for now,

Alex

A Few Birthday Cards...

Hi all,

Hope you're all well. Been busy this end doing a little crafting as I never have a supply of cards handy for people's birthdays. Have made a fair few, but they take forever to photo them and upload, so over the next few days I'll post more, but for now here are two I've recently made, one for my Aunty who's the big 5-0 tomorrow, and one spare for the cupboard :)

Hope you like, please feel free to comment as I'd love to hear feedback from you all.

Penny Black Birthday Card


Big Bold Birthday - I love chocolate and blue, if you hadn't guessed already!

Recipes to follow at a later time.

Bye for now,

Alex