Card of the Week 31/12/2007-6/1/2008

Ever since the first time I looked through the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalogue I have been in love with the 'Bold Butterfly' set, I didn't buy it earlier because I was still looking for specific projects to justify purchasing stamps (eg Christmas Cards, Gulu fundraising etc) and I could never find an excuse for this set, so when I signed up this was the first stamp set on my list to include in my starter kit.

To make this card I used Gable Green (I apologise for the quality of the scan, the Stampin' Dimensionals make it sit too far off the glass and the colours don't scan as bright as they actually are) Cardstock for the base of my A6 (10.5x14.9cm) Card;
1. I used my Butterflies & Blossoms Stampin' Around wheel with Versamark across the middle of the card (doesn't show up very well in the scan, again sorry)
2. I stamped the base of the Large Butterfly from the 'Bold Butterfly' set in Orchid Opulence on a 10x10cm piece of Whisper White Cardstock followed by the matching outline in Pink Passion. Then I cut out the butterfly using Paper Snips and layered it on a piece of Pink Passion Cardstock using SNAIL Adhesive.
TIP: to make the butterfly appear as if it's ready to fly off the page, attach the butterfly by applying only 1 line of SNAIL along the body of the butterfly then turn it over and curl the wings by rolling each section around the barrel of one of your markers towards the body and popping some Stampin' Dimensionals under the each section close to the body.
3. I attached the Pink Passion Cardstock & Butterfly to the Base Card using SNAIL adhesive then Stamped 'Happy Birthday' from the 'Favourite Teddy Bear' set (really is a favourite, I use it so often I occassionally set myself little challenges of making a card without it!) on the base card above the line of 'butterflies & blossoms'.

This Card was really simple to make it would be perfect for a beginner, the most time consuming part was cutting out the butterfly. If you would like to make this card for yourself all products are available from Stampin' Up! and you can place your order through me to have your order sent straight to your door anywhere in Australia. Contact me on 0418 650 294 or zjgould@gmail.com to place your order.

Shopping List:
Bold Butterfly Stamp Set $57.95
Favourite Teddy Bear Stamp Set $59.95
Butterflies & Blossoms Stampin' Around Wheel $11.95
Orchard Opulence & Pixie Pink Classic Ink Pads $9.95ea
or Bold Brights Stampin' Spots $41.95
Bold Brights Cardstock $14.50 for 36 sheets (3ea of 12 colours)
or Pixie Pink & Gable Green Cardstock $10.50ea for 24 sheets
Whisper White Cardstock $13.50 for 40 sheets

Because I love the Bold Butterfly Set so much, I am offering a massive 20%* discount off the set bringing it down to $46.36 when you buy 2 or more stamp sets (with 1 being Bold Butterfly) this week (31/12/07-6/1/08) so don't forget to mention this post when you place your order. Don't forget about Sale-A-Bration, which starts this week and can be used in conjunction with this offer (the full $57.95 counts towards your $100 Sale-A-Bration minimum even though you are only paying $46.36)!
*This offer is not a Stampin' Up! discount and therefore only available through myself and only applies to Orders with 3 or more stamp sets.
Artwork (c) Zarna Gould; Images (c) Stampin' Up!

Card of the Week 24-30/12/07 Heartfelt Thanks

Now that Christmas is almost here I decided to stop making Christmas Cards & get back into making cards for our Gulu Fundraising. The Cards are available for $2.50 ea or 5 for $10 and money raised goes towards building a Watoto House in Uganda. Email me (zjgould@gmail.com) for more info about our fundraising or to place an order to purchase cards.

This Card was inspired by one of the Christmas cards I made, I'd got sick of all my Christmas Stamps by the end so in the original I used Rose Red & Always Artichoke for my colours to make it look Christmassy, ended up looking slightly like a pointsettia. I wish I'd scanned it in before I gave it away, it was one of my favourite Christmas cards!

To make this card I used Pixie Pink for the base of my A6 (10.5x14.9cm) Card;
1. I stamped the row of butterflies in Versamark using the 'Beyond Basics' Set.
TIP: use your stamp-a-majig handle sideways to get the row of stamps parallel to the base of the card
2. I stamped the large flower from 'Heartfelt Thanks' on a 8.5x5.5cm piece of whisper white cardstock using my Green Galore & Pixie Pink Stampin' Spots, normally you would use a blenderpen & ink or markers to get multicoloured images from a single stamp but this stamp has enough of a gap between the stem and petals that you can just carefully use your Stampin' Spots to get the same effect.
3. I stamped the matching flower outline free hand in Orchard Opulence, if you want to line it up more accurately you can use a Stamp-a-Majig but I think this flower looks better if it's not perfect.
4. I used a technique I call Scissor Edging (don't know what it's actually called) where you run your paper snips around the edge of the cardstock to rough it up and create a little texture. Then I ran the Pixie Pink inkpad around the roughed up edge, the great thing about this technique is that the roughed up edges soak up the ink and it takes a few minutes before the final look is achieved so you never know exactly how it will end up!
5. I then layered the flower on a 9.5x6.5cm rectangle of Orchard Opulence and attached it to the base card using SNAIL Adhesive.
6. Finally I stamped 'Heartfelt' in Green Galore & 'Thanks' in Orchard Opulence, both stamps are from, yep, you guessed it, the 'Heartfelt Thanks' Stampset. :)

This Card was so simple to make, I made 4 of them production line style in only 30 minutes. If you would like to make this card for yourself all products are available from Stampin' Up! and you can place your order through me to have your order sent straight to your door anywhere in Australia. Contact me on 0418 650 294 or zjgould@gmail.com to place your order.

Shopping List:
Heartfelt Thanks Stamp Set $57.95
Beyond the Basics Stamp Set $23.95
Bold Brights Stampin' Spots $41.95
or Orchard Opulence, Green Galore & Pixie Pink Classic Ink Pads $9.95ea
Bold Brights Cardstock $14.50 for 36 sheets (3ea of 12 colours)
or Pixie Pink & Orchard Opulence Cardstock $10.50ea for 24 sheets
Whisper White Cardstock $13.50 for 40 sheets

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
As my present to you I am offering a 10% discount* on any of the Shopping List items purchased this week (24-30/12) so don't forget to mention this post when you place your order!

*This discount is not a Stampin' Up! discount and therefore only available through myself.
Artwork (c) Zarna Gould; Images (c) Stampin' Up!

Sale-a-Bration!!!

Sale-a-Bration is Coming!!!

Every year Stampin' Up Celebrate the new year and thank their customers by holding Sale-a-Bration during January & February.

During Sale-A-Bration for every $100 you spend you can earn a free exclusive sale-a-bration stampset... that's right, a FREE stampset!!! On top of that, if you host a Sale-a-Bration party & your guests spend a total of $600 or more you also get a free sale-a-bration set!

I will be posting out Sale-A-Bration brochures to my mailing list soon, if you want one but don't know if you're on my mailing list please email me and I will make sure you get one.

Why not take advantage of this great offer to buy the beautiful limited edition sets from the Summer Mini Catalogue?

To book your party or to make a purchase please email me: zjgould@gmail.com or call: 0418 650 294.

Remember: You can have your order shipped straight from the warehouse to your door no matter where you live in Australia!

My first workshop

Last night I held my first workshop, Amy G, Fiona, Nomes, Deborah, Karin & Olivia came along to be my guinea pigs ('squeak squeak'). We had heaps of fun and made 2 Christmas cards, ate chocolate (although there are leftovers, what's the go guys???).
Here's a pic of the cards I designed especially for the workshop as well as the cute little candy canes that I gave out to everyone to thank them for coming (I CASE'd the candy cane design from here), The little origami boxes I made out of 'In Thyme' Double Sided Designer Paper and put the lucky door & party game prizes inside them, Congrats to Nomes & Olivia who won those! anyway here's the pic:

I was going to take more photos but i got so distracted with having fun that I forgot to take more than this one!
If anyone else wants to order just check out the online idea book & catalogue or mini catalogue and send me an email zjgould@gmail.com or call me on 0418 650 294 and I can have the order delivered straight to your door from the warehouse! Alternatively if you hold a workshop of your own I can come to your house and you can earn freebies!

Cardstock Used: Glorious Green, Real Red & Very Vanilla Ink Used: Glorious Green & Real Red Stamp Sets used: Terrific Tags (level 1 hostess gift) set of 6, Merry Minis $59.95 set of 28, Loads of Love $39.95 set of 7, Small Sayings (no longer available). Artwork (c) Stampin' Up! Images (c) Zarna Gould
And, just because I can't resist here's Charlotte cuddled up with her (2nd?) cousin Amy at the street parade (can't see it well here but she's wearing her Santa suit):