SAB 2012 is finally here! Get your free stuff now!

Here we go again... finally Sale-A-Bration (SAB)is here again. Now's the time to get your beautiful SAB products for FREE... and they are only available from now until the end of March.

If you haven't heard of SAB before I will quickly summarize it for you... but for those that have, you know how it works!

For Customers: Every $100 you spend on any SU products during the SAB period will automatically give you the opportunity to pick from our lovely SAB catalogue. That's a free item for every $100 spent! To see this year's brochure and the selections, click HERE.

For Hostesses: In addition to all the great hostess benefits that you already get for hosting a Stampin'Up workshop, you can also earn extra rewards for workshops with sales of $600 or more. Click HERE to see the sets and/or products you can earn

For Joining Stampin'Up!: It's a widely known fact that this is one of the best times of the year to join Stampin'Up as a new demonstrator. Normally, the Demonstrator kit (worth over $600) is $289 to buy, but during SAB, it's only $249! Not only that, but when you join Stampin'Up before the end of March, you also get to choose any stamp set from any of our catalogues and it's your gift from SU... completely free. The stamp set can be of any value, and you can choose a wood-mount or clear set. If you would like a free information pack to explain the benefits more fully, please contact me.

If you would like to know more about these great deals please contact me at lindastamps@bigpond.com or of course you can email your orders to me too. I do still have a few spots left in February and March for workshop dates, so please contact me to book your spot.

I know you are going to love this year's SAB offerings. Let me know what you think!

Elementary Elegance

Another SAB stamped card to show you today... I dont have this set yet, but kindly made use of one belonging to Jenny Hayward. Thanks Jenny! It's so great to be able to borrow stamps and products from other demonstrators!

The frame around the Curly Label punch is from a SAB set called "Elementary Elegance" and its one the sets you can choose for free with any order of $100 from January 24th until the end of March 2012. I thought it came up beautifully with these colours... "Blushing Bride","Soft Suede" and "Very Vanilla". I also used the sentiment from the set "You're a Gem". And of course the punch is the curly label punch.

To place an order simply email me at lindastamps@bigpond.com.. I can have your order delivered to anywhere in Australia for a low postage charge. And dont forget that every $100 qualifies you for another free product. Gotta love that!

Here's the full card:

Still a couple of spots left in next week's Art Journal class...

Hello everyone out there!

Just a quick post to remind everyone about the lovely Art Journal class I am running next week... I do still have spots left in both the evening and the day session at this point. Up above is a picture of what it looks like... although I am sure that everyone's will turn out slightly differently depending on the patterned paper that they are using. But what's great about this is that you will get to sample some of our lovely selections from our SAB catalogue... WHICH STARTS NEXT WEEK on the 24th January 2012. Yep, that's right... Sale-A-Bration(SAB)is back again next week, and this year we have more freebies to choose from than we have had previously in Australia. :-)

And they are beautiful! On the Art Journal here you can see several of the choices... the patterned paper is one, The stamp on the butterfly is from a new set called "Fresh Vintage", and the brad in the middle of the butterfly is new pack of brad available with matching ribbons as another selection. Only 3 of the choices are shown here, but there are six altogether. This means, that for every $100 you spend on any Stampin'Up products, you will automatically receive one of these great SAB choices FOR FREE! For a catalogue please contact me and I can get one out to you.

In the meantime come along and join a class! A list of upcoming classes is on the sidebar to the right of this blog (or if you have received this information in a Feedblitz email, click on the title at the top of this email to visit my website). To book in to the Art Journal class or any other class, please email me at lindastamps@bigpond.com

The Art Journal class details are as follows:
When: Tuesday 24th January @ 7.30pm
or Wednesday 25th January @11am
Cost: $30
All materials (including blank art journal) and light refreshments provided.

Enjoy the pics.. and I have some new projects to show you shortly.


Linda xx

My Favourite card at the moment

As we get closer to the 24th January and SAB I have been happily creating some great cards and projects to show you. I am loving this year's Sale-A-Bration (SAB) selection... they are just beautiful, and for the first time in Australia, we aren't just offering free Stamp Sets... this year we have gorgeous patterned papers, brads and ribbons. They are all limited edition, meaning that they wont be available after the end of March, when SAB ends.

But how do you get them? Easy! Every $100 you spend on Stampin'Up products from any of our catalogues will get you another free selection from the SAB brochure that starts on the 24th January 2012. As soon as it is available I will post a link to the SAB catalogue on this blog so that you can view it online. Or if you prefer a hard copy.. please email me and I will pop it in the post for you.

Today's card is going to show up at a few of my workshops in January and February, so if you want me to come and show you how, please contact me. I was really happy with this one! The layout design was inspired by a card I received a few years back from the talented Claire Daly, and I have revisited this design several times over because it works so well with different colours and sets. But it shows off our new SAB patterned papers really well.. don't those colours look great together? I used the SAB set "Fresh Vintage" to stamp the butterfly.. of course it matches with the DSP design. The brad in the middle of the butterfly is also a special SAB brad... I love that I can so easily put colours and designs together because everything matches!!! But after all, that is the whole attraction of SU right???

To get a hard copy of the SAB brochure, or to place an order please email me at lindastamps@bigpond.com

It's all very exciting... I have lots of show you. Not only do you get a free selection from the SAB brochure with every $100 spent, you also can get extra sets for hosting a workshop, and of course this time of the year is one of the very best to hold one... because you get more, and so do your customers! I am booking up quickly, but I have a couple of dates left later in February, and in March. Reserve yours before I get booked out! January spots are completely gone!

There is also an awesome kit special during SAB... so if you have been thinking of supporting your hobby or better yet... making some extra money... just contact me and I can get an information pack to you.

Have fun!

Sweet and Simple

Maybe its just me, but I really love little cards. You know, like gift cards and such. One of my favourite sizes to work with is 10cm x 10cm cards... and that's what I have made for you today. This was so quick to do!

My favourite bits are of course the little details. The red Glimmer paper is punched out with the Postage punch, the pearl is one of our Basic Pearl adhesives, and the little scallop border was made with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch. I do like this colour combination... its Real Real and Baja Breeze.

I hope everyone has been enjoying some down-time over the holidays and is feeling re-energized and ready for 2012!!

Art Journal Project Class - still spots left!

As promised I wanted to show you a photo of this very beautiful Art Journal that we will be making in this month's Project class. Isn't it divine? This lovely little album features our gorgeous new SAB Designer-series paper, and the beautiful "Fresh Vintage" stamp set. There are a lot of techniques used in the production of this Journal... including embossing, markers direct-to-rubber, Big Shot techniques, and using Adhesive sheets. I would like to be able to tell you that I designed it myself, but instead this time I was inspired to run this class based on the Art Journal shown in our brand new SAB brochure. If you would like a copy of the brochure sent to you please contact me at lindastamps@bigpond.com

The class also includes the cost of your 5" x 5" Art Journal (rrp $13.50) and all other materials. It makes a beautiful gift, or of course, something special just for yourself. The cost of this class is $30, and I am offering it as both a day or a night class.

The two dates on offer are:
Tuesday 24th January at 7.30pm or
Wednesday 25th January at 11am

If you would like to come along and make this lovely project with me please email me at lindastamps@bigpond.com My classes are held on the Central Coast NSW.

Please note that these lovely SAB items are only available during the Sale-A-Bration dates, ie between the 24th January and the 31st March. You can choose any one of these great products with every $100 order between these dates. For more information or a brochure, please call me at 0412 375 552

Happy New Year 2012!

Happy new year to all you people out there wherever you may be. I have loved bringing you another year of blog posts and ideas... I hope you've enjoyed reading as much as I have enjoyed showing you lots of fun stuff. I hope that 2012 is an AWESOME year for you all... and that you find time and space just for you... time to get creative isnt just fun nor it is just to produce some new project. I believe that being creative is a necessary part of who we are, and we were designed to exercise that part of our brains. That's why it fills your soul when you make something beautiful... no matter what the medium - it could be paper, metal, fabric or glass. Just find your creative side out there somewhere... its just waiting to be discovered. :-)

Today's card is a simple one. There is "Irridescent Ice" embossing powder on the raised parts of the flowers, but its a bit hard to see in the photo. One of my new year's goals is to work on my photography skills. :-)

Have a lovely day, and I hope that the year ahead is something really special for you.

Linda xx

Some more Last Minute Christmas Gifts

These are this year's bottle tags... I made them up with the Petite Pocket Die, and added some simple decorations. The little heart Decoration and Candy Cane I purchased elsewhere but all the rest is Stampin'Up product... oh except for the bottle of wine! Have to say I am really pleased with how they turned out... I included them in the projects at the recent Christmas Gift Class.

Sometimes it's the simple things that make the best presents...

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!!!

Handmade Gift Ideas

I've been busy of late making quite a few gifts for friends... for both Christmas and birthdays. I'll try to show you a few of them over the next week or two. Today's is actually a gift I made for a friend... so simple and yet so effective! You really cant go wrong with the Mocha Morning paper. I removed the glass so that the butterflies' wings could be popped up higher, and added half-back pearls in the centre of each butterfly.

This was actually one of our projects at my recent Christmas gift class... and as far as I know everyone enjoyed making it, and loved the result. A few of my participants told me there wont be giving it away, but prefer to keep it for themselves...:-)

I used the same idea for the other project (the one you see below)... it's just a different kind of frame. They look great though don't you think?

If you are looking for a quick and easy but effective gift, I would recommend these. You will just need the mocha morning paper, vellum, butterfly die and of course a frame. Decorate to your heart's content. xx

Those tricky Masculine cards

There is a belief out there that cards for men are tricky to do. Actually I think that if you have the right stamp set, and the right colours, then it becomes relatively easy. Add some twine for texture, or some metal for strength.... and the job becomes even easier.

With the release of our Summer Mini this month we have the awesome stamp set called "The Open Sea" which is great for guys. And to streamline it even further, there is a matching Patterned paper pack :-) How simple is that? And today's card shows them off beautifully.

In fact this is one of the projects from my Mini Launch... I have two launch events... one tonight (13th December @ 7.30pm) and one tomorrow (14th December @ 11am). I can squeeze one or two people in to each if you have a spare few hours to get creative.

To place an order to be back before Christmas (I am placing my last orders this week) or to book in for the launch, please email me at lindastamps@bigpond.com

I am also doing beautiful gift vouchers (value of your choice) if you have crafty friends in need of Christmas gifts... take the hassle out of deciding what to get, and just get them a gift voucher. :-)

Linda xx