Thanks Sew Much

Howdy! It’s Saturday at last – I’m looking forward to a fairly chilled weekend, finishing off the odds and ends on the decorating, and hopefully playing with some of my new stash in preparation for my new catalogue launch event – more details on that one coming soon! In the meantime I’ve got a couple more cards featuring retiring products to share. the first one uses the Sew Lovely and the coordinating Sweet Stitches DSP.

I’ve created a stair fold card base using tempting turquoise DSP and stamped the cotton reel image over in the same coloured ink. The measuring tape is made from daffodil delight satin ribbon stamped with stazon. the end of the tape is made from some chocolate chip cardstock and an eyelet. The large button comes from the coordinating designer button pack. None of these items will be available in the NEW idea book and catalogue, so if you’d like to get your hands on them let me know ASAP! The card also features the tiny tags stamp set and jewellery tag punch, which are staying in the new catalogue .

Moving on to my second card today, it features more products from the mini catalogue – Baby Blossoms and Springtime Vintage DSP. The sentiment is from Occasional Greetings.

I’ve cut a freehand curved edge on the DSP and used it as a guideline for the flowers which are stamped in baja breeze, not quite navy, night of navy, pretty in pink, rose red, cherry cobbler, always artichoke and pear pizzazz. The sentiment was inked using baja breeze and pear pizzazz markers. I've added a length of ruffled baja breeze seam binding ribbon along the join between the cardstock and DSP.

That’s all for today, I have two more to show you on Monday, along with sneak peeks for the Christmas Club which starts next Saturday, 1st October. There are still a couple of spaces left, so if you’d like to join us then email me to book your place.

Because I Care…

Morning All! I’m back with yet more cards featuring retiring projects – I know, it’s a famine and then a feast . This card is based on some designs that my fantastic downline Rebecca came up with for one of our team training sessions. The papers are from the Springtime Vintage collection and I’ve used the colours which are in them – pear pizzazz and baja breeze. The focal hydrangea image is from the beautiful level 1 hostess set Because I Care, which I believe is now no longer available in the wood mount option.

I’ve stamped the image on naturals ivory cardstock and used the Stampin’ Pastels to add colour. I’ve then stamped over the image using the French Foliage stamp set in river rock. the card base has been stamped using the hydrangea in versamark ink and then a ruffle of baja breeze seam binding and some pearls finish it off. I’ve just noticed there are only 2 pearls in the picture – one must have fallen off somewhere along the way as there were 3 previously! The sentiment is stamped in early espresso ink, and I’ve used the scallop trim border punch to add a decorative edge under the DSP.
My pre-order goodies have arrived, so I’m hoping I’ll get some time this weekend to make a few samples to whet your appetites next week in anticipation of the NEW catalogue launch. Don’t forget to get in touch if you’d like your personal copy posting out to you!

A Tree-mendous Birthday

Hey folks! I’m back with another project featuring retiring products. Don’t worry – it’s not Lovely as a Tree that’s leaving us (thank goodness – I think this was the first SU set I ever bought, and I hope it never goes!). Instead I’m focussing again on the accessories which are retiring.

We have the Woodland Walk DSP, early espresso satin ribbon and a brad from the Hodgepodge Hardware set. The colours are garden green, early espresso and the cream cardstock is actually the naturals ivory cardstock, which is a fantastic weight for card bases. The tree was stamped in early espresso and then watercoloured using early espresso and garden green inks.

The sentiment is from Plane & Simple which will also be retiring on 30th September. I’ve stamped it onto naturals ivory using early espresso and punched using the word window, then layered onto a modern label punch in early espresso. I’ve again used the distressing kit and French Foliage on this card.

I can’t claim this one as an original idea though, my mojo left the building last week when I was in the thick of everything else, so I CASED this one from the fantastic Teneale Williams.
Well, that’s one thing off my to-do list this week anyway, as it’s Darren’s Dad’s birthday next week and he requested a card, voila – one masculine card at the ready! I’ll see you on Friday with another card featuring retiring products, until then I hope you find some inky time!

the wait is nearly over!!

morning folks
sorry for the lack of new projects over the last couple of days, but i'm busy making entries for this month's design team challenges, which I can share with you on Friday! I've also been creating projects for my 'Christmas Craft Extravaganza' in October, so I'll be sharing sneak peeks of what we have in store later this month.

Speaking of Friday - the yummy new catalogue goes live and you'll be able to view it online and even better buy stuff from it! My wishlist is ready and waiting for the order system to go live! If you'd like a 'real' copy of the new catalogue and don't have one yet, you can use the paypal button below to buy one for £3.95 and i'll send it to you right away. Just a quick reminder - this means that anything on the retiring list will no longer be available after tomorrow, so if you have a wishlist then you need to place your order now! (A link to the wishlist is on the sidebar of my blog).

that's all for right now - I've got one DT sample left to finish, then it's on to projects with new catalogue stocks!

Have a great day
Linz

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It's the Weekend!!

Morning folks
apologies, i meant to post a couple of days back, but unfortunately a nasty tooth infection struck me down and i've been struggling to get back on track since! today i'm running a papercraft class using the greenhouse garden stamp set, which is currently reduced by 20% until the end of August! We're making a gift tote and four matching cards using the one sheet wonder technique.

The set is based on one by my upline Monica for Stamp With Us, but I've changed the colour scheme to a much brighter variation of rich razzleberry, melon mambo & old olive, which all feature in the new brights collection from SU! I'm loving the polka dot grosgrain and will be very sorry to see it disappear soon.

The month is racing by, and it'll soon be time for a new catalogue (launch date of 1st October). If you'd like to receive a copy of the new catty on its day of release, then I can post it to you at a cost of £3.95 - email me to pre-order your copy!

Of course to make way for all of the yummy new colours, papers, accessories and stamps we'll be retiring some products. the retiring list will be posted on 1st September and you'll be able to order items from it whilst stocks last, up until 30th September at the latest. This is particularly important if you have a favourite colour that's retiring as there'll be no more after that date, so stock up now!!!

I'm very excited as tomorrow I'm meeting up with a number of other demos to play with stamps and ink in a shoebox swap - i'll be back tomorrow to share my card candy and project. Until then i think that's all for now.

Have a fab Saturday

L

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