The Spring Mini Catalogue is in full swing, and our launch on the 31st July was a whole heap of fun! Lots of People, Prizes and Projects...... If you missed it, do not fret, I can still show you all the things in the Mini catalogue at a workshop at your place, or at a class at my place.... I have one space left in my Card Compendium Class (scroll down to look at a previous post with a picture of a Card Compendium) on Wednesday 22nd August (one has had to pull out), and a Santa Stack on Wednesday the 19th September (6 cards for $10 - get ahead on your Christmas cards). I am also hoping to run classes on embossing and watercolouring - email me if you are interested in these.... $10 per class, all supplies provided, one completed project and lots of time to experiment and practice....
One of my favourite projects is the On Board Art Journal - we have 2 sizes, one pictured below, and a smaller one in the Mini Catty - 5" x 5". This weekend I am going away on a Women's Retreat, where I will be running a short workshop on how to go about covering these gorgeous journals. They have heavy duty chipboard covers, spiral binding, and actual card stock for the pages inside.... pefect for scrapbooking, or any other special project. Post here, or email me with your brilliant ideas for how to use these fabulous books (eg, address, recipes, birthdays), and you will go into the draw to win one of the 5x5 inch journals for yourself.... I will also publish all the great ideas on here. Please have your entries in by 15th September 2007, 5pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, no entries from outside of Australia will be accepted (although I still would love to have your brilliant ideas!!), or entries from other Stampin' Up!® Demonstrators (I definitely still want your brilliant ideas too!)
Here is my journal.....
All products are available through me from Stampin' Up!®. Images © Stampin' Up! 1990 - 2007. I have used the On Board Art Journal from the Idea Book and Catalogue as mentioned above, as well as the On Board Accents and On Board Simon Lower chipboard (flower and letter 'C'), Aged Copper Hodgepodge, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Olive Organdy Ribbon, Old Olive Ink, Pretty in Pink Ink, Tempting Turquoise Ink, Newsprint Alphabet Stamp Set, Expressive Flexible Phrases and Everyday Flexible Phrases Stamp Sets, Large Oval Punch, 1 3/8 inch and 1 3/4 inch circle punches, and from the Spring Mini Catalogue, the Petals and Paisley Double Sided Patterned Paper, Petals Jumbo Stampin' Around Wheel (on the oval piece), the Spiral Punch (to fit the paper perfectly onto the cover) and the Tab Punch (to label sections inside the journal). The Spiral Punch is an absolute gem - it is sized to allow you to not only cover your journal with beautiful paper, but also to add more pages to your journal as needed, which is particularly handy if you need more pages for an address book, or if you left out a photo in your scrapbooking, or if you fill up your journal and want to do more in it! And the Tab Punch is extremely cute for plenty of other projects too, especially scrapbooking and card making.....
One more picture of a card for my Sister-In-Law (Hi Belinda!!) for her birthday......... it uses embossing and watercolouring if you are interested in those classes I mentioned.......
This card uses Elegant Eggplant card stock and ink, Perfect Plum ink, Pale Plum card stock and ink, Basic Black Card Stock, and Whisper White Card Stock and Ink. It also has the Scribble This Stamp Set and matching Scribble Wheel, and the Cheery Chat Stamp Set, plus some black grosgrain ribbon. (and a non SU! bit of bling in the centre of the flower - sshh!) I have embossed the Scribble wheel image in the background on the Pale Plum card stock using the Whisper White Craft ink (pigment ink) and White embossing powder. The big Scribble This flower (cut out and double mounted with a dimensional in between the layers) is watercoloured with the Aqua painter using Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant inks. It is also Stamped in Jet Black Stazon Ink, which I find is best for watercolouring - it doesn't bleed into your pretty colouring in!
My email is cherylandrews@optusnet.com.au if you want to enter the competition to win a journal for yourself to cover and enjoy, or to book a workshop or come to one of my classes......
Bye for now!
