Stampers 6 Club

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Stampers 6 Club
My Stampers 6 Club will be running from 15th October 2010 with the last month being 15 March 2011. The benefits of this Club are:-
1. Free new catalogue on October 1st.
2. It will also be combined with my Techniques Club. This is a 6 month club in which you will receive a new technique of stamping each month for 6 months, fully illustrated so that you can try it at home.
3. A jam packed goody bag on your 3rd month which will also be December, so a Christmas Present from me for you.
4. A chance of getting new stash from the new catalogue by spreading out the cost over 6 months.
5. January is normally Saleabration month, so you will also be able to get your free stamp sets with the appropriate spend.
6. During your hostess month, you will receive a free Hostess Benefit of your choice from Level 1 and £15 of free stash from the catalogue.
And all you need to do is commit yourself to spending £25 per month over 6 months. If you were to host a workshop you would normally have to pay 5% postage for Stampin Up to deliver on top of your stash order. I pay this when you are a member of my club. All you pay is the cost of the postage to you each month, from months 2-6 and £3.00 postage for the first month, plus any PayPal fees incurred. You can also pay via cheque or bank transfer.
I am only running the one club, I have 2 places already taken so if you would like a place, please contact me. LindaLLoyd@gmx.net

Tackle it Tuesday - Colour Challenge #4

Hi everyone, well today is the day that I make the draw for Colour Challenge #3. Thank you for the entries that I have had, it is great to see everyone's interpretations of the colours... I have used Random.Org to select a number and the winner is.....

Vanessa

Thank you very much everyone for taking part. I little something will be winging its way to you as soon as you let me know your address.

Now onto the next Colour Challenge which is #4. These are the colours I have chosen this fortnight.....

Now I know they look quite random, but I have made a card using these colours and I think it looks very good....

I have used the Kaleidescope Patterned Paper which has the Apricot Appeal Colour in it, I then covered a Chipboard Flower in more patterned paper from this set. The card blank is made using Certainly Celery Cardstock and the paper is backed with Pixie Pink and Tempting Turquoise.... the Thanks So Much sentiment is from the Trendy Trees stamp set and fits perfectly in the Word Window Punchout... I stamped the card blank with the little flower from the Level 1 Hostess Set Darling Dots with Versamark Ink so that it didn't give it too much colour.... all these items are from Stampin' Up! You didn't think I could manage not making a card from Stampin' Up! stash 2 days in a row did you.... lol

And here is the inside, again I used all the same stash as I did for the front, except I used a Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch......

Have a good day folk and I will be back tomorrow with another little freebie for the first comment left here.... have a great evening all xx

Dont Waste Your Thursdays - Card Challenge

Well I just happened across this sketch challenge by accident, but as I needed some inspiration I thought I would make a card using it.... started with the sentiment and worked my way from there and it just came together..... here is the sketch...

And here is my interpretation of it......

I used Rose Red, Old Olive and Whisper White Cardstock and the Chocolate Chip Patterned Papers. The little flowers stamp is from the Level 1 Hostess Set Darling Dots...., and the blooms are from my stash. The sentiment is from Verve Stamps...

And the inside is above...... am definately into decorating the inside at the moment... lol

Have a great day all, may be back later with another sketch challenge entry....

Take care xx

URGENT

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Hi Peeps, I have 3 people interested in starting a Stamper's 6 Club starting ASAP and need another 3 to sign up.


What Is This?
This is a monthly club run for 6 people for 6 months.

How Does It Work?
Each month each of the 6 people spend £25 or more in the Stampin' Up! Catalogue. If 6 people spend £25 each this adds up to £160, which equates to a virtual party, and this means that you are entitled to a Hostess Level 1 Stamp Set plus £15 of free goods of your choice out of the catalogue. Each of the 6 people take it in turns to be the virtual hostess.

What Do I Need To Do?
Just let me know you are interested and I will add your name to my list as we need 6 people to start a club. Once we have 6 people I will send out a catalogue to you and you can decide on what you are going to buy for £25 or more in your first month.

What Do We Get Out Of This?
You get a free Stampin' Up! catalogue worth £4.95, at least a free Level 1 Hostess Set plus £15 of free goods of your choice from the catalogue (you can get Level 2 plus more money to spend if your sales are higher). You also get to buy some of the things on your Stampin' Up! wishlist. You will occasionally receive a step by step project in your monthly order.

When Can We Start?
We can start as soon as 6 people are interested. Just contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net to either be added to my list or for more information. I look forward to hearing from you.

MoJo Monday Challenge....

I know, I miss a day then post twice in 1 day.... what is happening to me eh?? Anyway, I wanted to do the MoJo Monday Challenge, didn't have a clue what I was going to do but it all came together rather nicely... here is the Sketch....

And here is my interpretation of it.... infact it is probably almost exactly the same, no clever thinking for me this week.... am loving the colours I used, nice and vibrant and just right for this time of the year when it is grey, cloudy and rainy (or maybe snowy where you are)...

For this card I used More Mustard, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise and Whisper White. The patterned paper is from the old hostess Level 1 Set and is Real Red and More Mustard. The Ribbon is Real Red Grosgrain and the scallop edge was used by cutting out the 1/2" circles and putting them in a line along the curve.... The strange shape below the bow was cut out using a Martha Stewart Punch. The image is from the set A Flower For All Seasons (all Stampin' Up! stash except for the Martha Stewart Punch).....

And here is the inside of my card. Both sentiments are courtesy of the Stampin' Up! Saleabration Set Vintage Tags..... just the right size for what I needed....

Dont forget to check back on my blog tomorrow for my Why Not Make It Wednesday Video Tutorial... have a great day all xx

SALEABRATION

Following on from last years successful Saleabration Offer from Stampin' Up! they are having another one this year. I think these sets are even better than last years and you dont even have to buy them, they are totally free when you spend £45 in the catalogue. You get to choose 1 free stamp set with every £45 you spend, so if you spend £90 then you will get 2 free sets. Why not get together with your friends, spend £45 each to get your free sets and if your order totals £150 or more (which it should do if you spend £45 each and there are 4 of you) you will also get a free level 1 hostess stamp set and £15 of free stash from the catalogue? If you dont have that amount of friends, then if you spend £45 on Stampin' Up! stash between now and midnight Sunday, I will give you 10% off your order plus I will get it delivered to your door for nothing. So free P&P (minimum £3.95 but normally 5% of your order total) plus 10% off your total order plus your free Saleabration Stamp Set... a win or win situation! (This offer cannot be used in conjunction with Stampers 10 groups).

Here is how Saleabration works:

Promotion Dates: 30 December 2009 - 28 February 2010

Anyone who places an order with me between the above dates to the value of £45 or above will receive a free Saleabration Stamp Set. Place an order of £90 and receive 2 free Saleabration stamp sets.

Hostesses: Receive a free Sale-A-Bration product with a £300 or more workshop, in addition to the regular hostess benefits. If you would like to book a workshop with me during January or February please contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net. I cover the whole of Essex and I can provide an evening of fun, laughter and prizes...

Recruits: Choose any retail stamp set (a value up to £38.95) from the current catalogue when signing up during the promotion. And if you join my team during January or February I will also give you a free stamp set to the value of £38.95, so that makes a bargain Starter kit for £139 with a total stash value of more than £245 plus 2 free stamp sets worth up to £38.95 each. I welcome any kind of demonstrator and will help you in your business venture or just become a hobby demo and never buy your Stampin' Up! Stash at full price again. Contact me at LindaLloyd@gmx.net for more information.

To check out these brilliant new Stamp Sets that you can get for free, click on the Sale-A-Bration Brochure on the left hand side bar.

Blog Challenge Winner and a New Colour Challenge

Well I cannot believe it is 2 weeks since I set the last colour challenge, where does the time go.... I have also decided not to pick my favourite card, I didn't realise that this would be impossible as all the entries were so good, so have decided to let Random.Org pick the winner.... and here is the winner, I didn't include my entry in the picking so just entered numbers 2-5 and the winner is......... ta dah!!!!

Here are your random numbers:4
Timestamp: 2010-02-02 11:14:54 UTC

and that is Carol....

Woohoo, well done Carol.

There will be a little something winging its way to you as soon as you send me your address.... to LindaLloyd@gmx.net.

And on to this fortnight's Challenge....

Whilst blog hopping one day I came across a card using these colours but in typical Linda fashion I jotted down the colours but not the blog address so cannot show you the card... but I have made one on time this week to show you and here it is....


All stash is Stampin' Up!, the Stamp Set is Autumn Days and I must admit this is the first time I have inked it up despite having it since before Christmas. The Patterned Paper is the More Mustard from the Hostess Level 1 Set of Patterned Paper, and the Perfect Plum Patterned Paper Pack. The flowers were made using the Scallop Circle Punch and Boho Blossoms Punch and oooops must admit sneaking in a Martha Stewart leaves punch too.... the Ribbon is Very Vanilla Grosgrain but I inked that with Really Rust as well as the edges of all the cardstock I used.

And do you think the pheasant is inked wonderfully.... well I am going to do a video tutorial to show you how this was done which will be up on my blog either Wednesday or Thursday, so keep checking back to see how this works....

And the above photo is the inside of my card, have taken to decorating the insides again this week..... lol

I look forward to seeing your entries during the next fortnight and again there will be a little something on its way to the winner.... unfortunately I can only ship the prize to UK and Europe but would still love to see International entries...

Have a great day all xx

A Couple of Challenges

I am still busy making my card order and needed a bit of inspiration, so decided to look up some challenges. This card was made using a couple of challenge, a colour one and a sketch one. I used all Stampin' Up! Stash for this card, am trying to do this more often now... it is so lush!!

The colours I used were Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, Bashful Blue, More Mustard, So Saffron and Whisper White as we dont have Deep Red and Baja Blue in the UK.

And the sketch I copied almost exactly except I added a bit of bling in the bottom right hand corner.

I used the new SAB set Happy Moments for the sentiment "Thank You", Circle Circus to edge the inner circle and flight of the Butterfly for the main image, and the Butterfly Punch to punch out the butterfly. I used the Level 1 Hostess Set Darling Dots for the flower on the Bashful Blue Cardstock. It is very unusual for me to use no Patterned Paper, but I did manage it....

The snow is nearly gone around here, but I am having big trouble with my car since the snow. The battery totally died, so had a new one fitted yesterday at a cost of more than £100 and this morning something has drained the battery and the new one is flat.... grrr thats all I need electrical problems with electrical diagnoses costing more than £50 an hour....

Dont forget my card workshop on Thursday, should be good as I am loving the Stamp Set Flight of the Butterfly at the moment, such pretty cards, hope my ladies like them.

Take care all, have a safe day...

Stampers 6 Club

How would you like to join my Stampers 6 Club starting in January 2010? I need 6 people to run this club. Each person spends £25 a month for 6 months on Stampin' Up! Stash. You will get to be a virtual hostess for one of these months and receive a Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set of your choice, plus £15 of free stash of your choice from the catalogue. You will also get a free 6 x 6 patterned paper pack with your first months goodies and you only pay the cost price of the postage. First month you pay £3.95 then after that you pay for your postage from the month before, this way you dont pay extra when you only order little things. Also if you spend over £45 during January and over £45 in February you will also get a free Saleabration Stamp Set of your choice (a choice of 4), so you could end up with 3 free stamp sets and £15 of stash during your 6 month stay. Cant be bad! Email me for more details on LindaLloyd@gmx.net.

Take care all xx

How Would You Like 3 Free Stampin' Up! Stamp Sets?

Guess what, if any of you have been following Stampin' Up! for a while you will remember last January and February they introduced something called Saleabration. If you spent £45 in the current catalogue you could choose one of 4 stamp sets free.... and.. they will never be available to purchase from Stampin' Up! so you will not be able to buy them.

Anyway, I am setting up a special club which starts in January. It is the same as my Stampers 10 Clubs, but it is called Stampers 3. I only need 3 people for the group and you need to spend £50 in January, February and March. That means in January you will qualify for a free Saleabration Stamp Set, then in February you will also qualify for a free Saleabration stamp set, and during one of those months you will also be a virtual hostess so will get a Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set, plus an additional £15 worth of stash of your choice from the catalogue for free. Can't be bad! And you get to build up your collection of Stampin' Up! stash as you go. Easy.. for more information contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net and I will be pleased to help you, but be quick as there are only 3 spaces available.

Would You Like To Join My Stampers 10 Club?

This Stampers 10 Club will start in February 2010.

With this club you can choose the month you would like to be virtual hostess, so first come first served.


What Is This?
This is a monthly club run for 10 people for 10 months.

How Does It Work?
Each month each of the 10 people spend £15 or more in the Stampin' Up! Catalogue. If 10 people spend £15 each this adds up to £150, which equates to a virtual party, and this means that you are entitled to a Hostess Level 1 Stamp Set plus £15 of free goods of your choice out of the catalogue. Each of the 10 people take it in turns to be the virtual hostess.

What Do I Need To Do?
Just let me know you are interested and I will add your name to my list as we need 10 people to start a club. Once we have 10 people I will send out a catalogue to you and you can decide on what you are going to buy for £15 or more in your first month.

What Do We Get Out Of This?
You get a free Stampin' Up! catalogue worth £4.95, at least a free Level 1 Hostess Set plus £15 of free goods of your choice from the catalogue (you can get Level 2 plus more money to spend if your sales are higher). You also get to buy some of the things on your Stampin' Up! wishlist. You will also receive a free 6x6 pack of patterned paper in your first order. And as if this isn't all enough, you will occasionally receive a step by step project in your monthly order.

When Can We Start?
We can start as soon as 10 people are interested. Just contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net to either be added to my list or for more information.

The new Stampin Up! catalogue has just come out and is full of really lush new stamp sets, punches and other embellishments including ribbon and buttons. Everything colour co-ordinates making it really easy to make cards and other projects. I look forward to hearing from you.

Wow... look at the snow!!

Well despite often being threatened with snow where I live it is very rare to get any amount of snow over a few flakes. So this weather today is absolutely amazing, I remember once when I worked in London the snow being bad there, but obviously not as bad as today with no buses running and the underground shut too... The children's schools were shut so they have been home all day, totally amazing how on a school day, you cannot get them out of bed, but today, they were out early building snowmen. Even my husband didn't chance getting into work and has worked from home today.... so here is the children's handiwork.

I have no idea what we are having for dinner tonight as I haven't managed to get out shopping today, so will have to dig down in the freezer to find something.

Anyway, despite placing a Stampin' Up! order and taking photo's of children, I have managed to make a card using my card challenge, not sure I really like it, but was distinctly missing my mojo today even though I thought my card challenge would inspire me.

I have used Real Red and Brilliant Blue Cardstock, the image is from a Level 3 Hostess Set, Window Dressing and the sentiment is from the A Bit of Birthday Cheer stamp set. The buttons were from my stash and the paper I have had for ages, not sure what it is....

Be careful in the snow and have a good evening all xx

K Werner Colour Challenge....

I thought today I would make a card for the K Werner Colour Challenge just because the colours are so awesome, but when I sat down to make it I didn't have a clue what to do, so I also went for a Mojo Monday Sketch....

and this is what I came up with....

All the cardstock is the suggested colours in the challenge, the patterned paper is from Stampin' Up!, the Real Red Patterned Paper is only available if you get a Level 1 Hostess Set and is in the 6 x 6 Patterned Paper Pack. The brads are also Stampin' Up! in Black, Green Galore and Real Red. The Image was stamped using the Live Your Dream Stamp Set and the Sentiment is from the God's Blessings Stamp Set.

And here is the inside using Real Red, Whisper White and Basic Black Cardstock, scalloped using the Scallop Edge Punch, the Patterned Paper is So Saffron Patterned paper and the gems are from my stash. Hope you like it...

Thank you for the comments on my little boy's face, it looks much better today with only his lip and forehead noticeable. He did go to Beaver's last night and is being enrolled next week... but he was worried about going to school today as he thought everyone would laugh at his face. I asked him if someone else had hurt their face would he laugh at them... he said "yes"... not quite what I was expecting, but I followed it up with "then they are entitled to laugh at you aren't they"...which he then had to think about.

Have a great evening everyone xx

I Made 10 Cards Yesterday....

But I cannot show you them, they are all the same, but they are for a swap I am doing on In Love With Stamping, 10 people make 10 cards the same and send them off to the host. Once all 10 peoples cards have been received, they are sorted so that each person gets one of each, so ends up with 10 different cards, how cool is that, so I am hosting the swap and I have 2 groups of 10, and I need to make 10 cards for each group... so 1 lot of 10 down, 10 to go...

Tomorrow I have set myself a goal to make 20 Thank You cards, just nice simple 3 x 3 cards, similar but not identical as I am always needing Thank You cards and my card box is empty... so should have a good few to show you tomorrow or the day after. But this doesn't mean I have nothing to show you today though... here is the card for today....


This card was made using Kraft, Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red and So Saffron Stampin' Up! Cardstock, cannot remember who made the stamp, and the sentiment was computer printed... The patterned paper is Kraft Patterned Paper which you can get free if you host a Stampin' Up! workshop and achieve Level 1 Sales of £150. You get a nice thick book of 6 x 6 Papers in colours that you cannot buy, so well worth holding a workshop for. The pink flowers are also Stampin' Up! and are made from felt. And believe it or not the brads are also Stampin' Up!!!

Have a great day all, off to do my ironing whilst children sing Karaoke and play golf on the Wii and DH is tidying up the front and back gardens... xx

Stamper's 10 Club....

Hi everyone, just recently I have had several people approach me about my Stamper's 10 Club and so I am looking to start one during February, but I do not have enough people yet, so if you are interested or want to know more, contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net and I will answer all your questions. But in the meantime, this is what it is all about....

What Is This?
This is a monthly club run for 10 people for 10 months.

How Does It Work?
Each month each of the 10 people spend £15 or more in the Stampin' Up! Catalogue. If 10 people spend £15 each this adds up to £150, which equates to a virtual party, and this means that you are entitled to a Hostess Level 1 Stamp Set plus £15 of free goods of your choice out of the catalogue. Each of the 10 people take it in turns to be the virtual hostess.What Do I Need To Do?Just let me know you are interested and I will add your name to my list as we need 10 people to start a club. Once we have 10 people I will send out a catalogue to you and you can decide on what you are going to buy for £15 or more in your first month.

What Do We Get Out Of This?
You get a free Stampin' Up! catalogue worth £4.95, at least a free Level 1 Hostess Set plus £15 of free goods of your choice from the catalogue (you can get Level 2 plus more money to spend if your sales are higher). Plus you get to join my Stampers 10 Forum, only for my club members plus every other month you will find a little freebie in your box of goodies, it could be a make and take, a step by step project guide, or just a little gift from me. You also get to buy some of the things on your Stampin' Up! wishlist.

When Can We Start?
We can start as soon as 10 people are interested, at the moment I have 2 people on the list so need 8 more people. Just contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net to either be added to my list or for more information.

So get your name on the list fast....

In the meantime I have been making again, this time I have made myself a Birthday Book, I found it on here and thought it was an excellent idea, so made myself one using Stampin' Up! Stash.



I used Rose Red Cardstock to make the pages and Whisper White to print the months onto, I then used Stampin' Up Patterned Paper to run a line along the bottom of each page, I used the Forever Flowers Wheel with Chocolate Chip Ink to run along the edge of the page, and I lined the envelopes with Rose Red Cardstock edged with Forever Flowers also in Chocolate Chip. The envelope can then be used to put the stamps and address labels in, so you never have the excuse that you couldn't post the card as you didn't know the address or have a stamp handy... as I layer up my cards quite a lot, I have to stock up on the large stamps otherwise the recipient would end up paying postage on their own cards.... lol

So this evening I have to take the cards and presents to my son (the 18 birthday ones) and then we can relax with a bottle of wine, and I will snuggle up in bed with my hot water bottle also... not sure what we are up to tomorrow other than the housework and washing first thing, I did get some new stamps today, but they have to be stuck onto Kling-On first (I have done one as I wanted to see what it would stamp like)... so maybe in the next few days I will get to make some cards using these. I am also hoping to complete 10 cards for a swap I am running at http://www.inlovewithstamping.com/ and then that only leaves me 10 more to do.... plus it is my little boys birthday next week, so will need to get a card made for him, I also need to get him a birthday present, but every day he has a different idea of what he wants.... boys eh!! So what I really need to do is get off of here and get making...

Have a great weekend all, take care xx

Day 9 - 12 Gifts of Christmas

So we are up to Day 9 already, today is a really nice one, made from something you would normally throw in the bin. I have not included measurements today as you can use any tin you would like and they are all likely to be different, as today we are altering an

Altoid Tin

First of all I took an altoid tin and some Patterned Paper (wahey guess where it comes from??) yep it comes from the I Wish Simply Scrappin Pack... I drew around the top and bottom and cut out.

I then covered the lid of the altoid tin in glue....

And then I stuck the Top piece of Patterned Paper to the top.... like this...

I then did the same with the bottom (as the bottom had a lot of writing on I wanted to cover it up.
I found it easier to glue a strip of 1/4" grosgrain around the rim of the lid, and then cut a piece of Patterned Paper to size to go around the sides of the base of the tin. I only put the paper up as far as the lid reached down so it wouldn't get scuffed when the tin was opened and closed...

Then we come to the inside. I again traced around the top and bottom of the tin and cut slightly inside the lines so that the patterned paper would fit inside the top and bottom of the tin...

And stuck double sided tape to the wrong side of the Patterned Paper so it would sit securely inside the tin...

The Patterned Paper was then stuck to the inside of the tin.

I traced around the top of the tin again onto vellum this time, and once again cut out slightly inside the lines.. this was then cut just over halfway up and decorated with one of the strips from the I Wish set.

and using strongbox adhesive was glued slightly around the edges and glued in place on the lid of the tin.

And as you can see I had decided to make the tin into a small sewing set as this is always handy to carry around with you in your handbag...

I then needed to decorate the outside of the tin, so again I turned to the wonderful scallop circle punch and a stamp from the Level 1 Hostess Stamp Set Best Yet. For this I used Very Vanilla, Old Olive and Real Red Cardstock.

I stuck some 1/4" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon across the top of the tin and topped it off with our assembled scallop embellishment, and then further decorated it with some of the Stampin Up Buttons in Old Olive and Ruby Red.

And voila a very smart looking tin for next to nothing (the sewing set cos £1.99 from Tesco)... a wonderful give for just about everyone...

I also wanted to show you today how versatile the Rub-Ons are, and they have 20% off until 30th November, so if you would like them, please get your orders in quick to me before the 30th November. Just fill in an ORDER FORM at the top of this post (click on ORDERFORM/WISHLIST at the top of this post).

I bought this Frame from Tesco and put a beautiful photo of my DD, her DH and newly born baby (he was only about 30 minutes old when this photo was taken as I was there at his birth), and I decorated the frame with Rub-Ons to personalise it a bit...

And I also decorated a vase and filled it with baubles for a Christmas Decoration this Christmas..

For the photo frame I used the Rub-Ons Cherished Memories and for the Vase I used Hidden Garden Blossoms.

Will be back tomorrow with Day 10 of the 12 Gifts of Christmas, nearly finished now... take care, have a good evening xx