NEW CATALOGUE...Oh My Goodness!!!

Well I have it here in my hands and it is just gorgeous! You could also be sitting there reading it, some of you already are I know! Others are patiently waiting for the post to come and I hope they get there before the weekend! Enjoy!

I will try and post some pictures of the scrapbook pages that I mentioned and still have not done, that is once I have had another really good look at my catalogue and start my wish list! I just wish I could put an order through and get some new stuff!

New Catalogue 2008 LAUNCH dates

Hi everyone, it is Tuesday morning and the word is out that the new 2008 Catalogue is arriving on doorsteps as I type, mine of course has no yet arrived but I am eagerley watching for the post lady!!

Anyone who would like a NEW Catalogue please email me and arrange payment of $10 by credit card or by EFT and I will post it to you FREE of charge before 1st April 08, otherwise book a demonstration or Stamp A Stack for April or May and receive a copy for FREE!

Here are the details for the catalogue launch dates which will be held at my house in Woongarrah on the Central Coast. For those that are in Sydney if I get enough interest I will arrange a date early in April on a Saturday in St Clair but you need to let me know! There will be lucky door prizes, light refreshments and a make and take. The cost will be $5 payable on the night which will be credited towards any orders made on the night.

Date: Tuesday 1st April 2008
OR
Date: Friday 4th April 2008
Time: 7:30pm
Place: My place at Woongarrah
Contact: 0414 670 235 or email karen@borderline.com.au

Places are limited so please let me know as soon as possible which date you would prefer.

Testing a new format....

I am just testing a new format to display my cards etc, but I am using a photo of a card I have already shown!



Let me know what you think, I just thought that if the items used were in a clearer format it would be more helpful!

More cards from the weekend away....

Here are some cards I made on my weekend away, I was inspired to make a card as it was my daughters 2nd birthday on the Sunday so I needed to stop scrapbooking and think cards instead!
So this is the card that I made for Ava, not that I have written on it as yet, but hey she's only 2 she does not understand....yet!!! She was so funny opening her presents it was over in 5 minutes! She would get a present rip off the paper then chuck it on the floor and grab for the next one with no interest at all to what we had bought her! So she is certainly not going to worry about a card!
This card uses a set that you have not yet seen and was given to us by Stampin' Up!, yes I know it is a truly gorgeous set and may well be available in the new catalogue as a hostess set! So you may even be able to get it for free, we will know in just a matter of days!!!! The official count down is.....21 days away!!! That is if you pre book a party or even a stamp-a-stack with me for the month of April or May and then I will send you out a new catalogue for FREE as soon as I recieve them OTHERWISE arrange to pre pay the $10 by the 1st April and I will also post you out your NEW catalogue in the post, or drop it over depending where you live!


Back to the birthday card the set is called 'Time Well Spent'. I have coloured in with the Wonderful Watercolour Crayons and an Aqua Painter then cut the shapes out sticking them down with Stampin Dimensionals to lift them. The cardstock used is one of my favourites Old Olive. I have also used the butterfly from the set 'Small Sayings' which is out of the Summer Mini Catalogue which ends this month. Images stamped with black ink.

This card also uses the same set as the previous card and was coloured in all the same, except the flower is coated in Crsytal Effects thus mang it shiny! The cardstock used was Really Rust which I have not really used before and someone else had used it in a card (Machelle) and it looked great, so I have now ordered myself some cardstock and an ink pad in Really Rust! The other cardstock is Close To Cocoa and the Grosgrain Ribbon Chocolate Chip 5/8" from the Summer Mini Catalogue, it is nice and easy to use the thicker ribbon too.

I have used the 'Love Matters' stamp set from the Summer Mini Catologue for this card with Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink and Cranberry Crisp cardstock. Main images stamped in black ink with the butterfly from the 'Small Sayings' set and inked in Lavender Lace. The ribbon is from Ribbon Originals 'Flirty' - from the Summer Catalogue, I can not express how gorgeous these ribbons actually are, they are stunning (page 19 mini catalogue).

Scrapbooking weekend away

Well I have just gotten back from 2 lovely days out at Silverdale with some wonderful people for a scrapbooking weekend away! We got lots of scrapping done and even some cards, well some only did cards. Here are a few gorgeous cards from two of the girls I went with and I will post some of my cards and scrapbook pages as soon as I take some photos and download them!

This card was made by Fiona McCulloch and uses the Fishy Friends stamp set and the word 'Imagine' is from the Natural Beauty stamp set. Fiona has used Only Orange & Tempting Turquoise from the Bold Brights colour family and corrigated white card stock as the base (not Stampin' Up!). The fish have been coloured in using the Watercolour Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter. The colours look great together!

This is card is also by Fiona and uses the Looks Like Spring stamp set with Choc Chip cardstock and ink. The other colour cardstock and white corrigated cardstock is not from Stampin' Up!. It looks great, especially using the co-ordinating Looks Like Spring Punch and punching out the flowers. Fiona has also inked the edges using the Sponge Daubers and the choc chip ink pad.

Another card by Fiona using the Riveting Hostess Stamp set which is about to be gone forever when the new catalogue comes out 1st April 2008. She has also used the Giraffe from the Wild About You stamp set and the Typeset alphabet lower case to stamp the word 'baby'. The colours used I am guessing are Pretty in Pink cardstock and possibly Cameo Coral ink. It is just gorgeous!!

These next two cards were made by Machelle Miller who spent lots of time stamping images and colouring them in with the Watercolour Wonder Crayons and an Aqua Painter to which Julie my mother in law covered with Crystal Effects (which gives a dimensional gloss to the images). The images looked stunning and they made a great team!! This card was made using an image from the set Nice and Easy Notes (this set is about to be deleted you have until the end of March to purchase it) and using the water colour crayons to colour in the image with Really Rust and Pumpkin Pie cardstock inncluding a strip of Apple Green ribbon. The colours went perfectly with the coloured in image. Stunning!

Okay for the Christmas lovers and the ones who plan to get there Christmas cards done early this year and hopefully actually post them (no digs hey Machelle!!) here is a lovely card that Machelle has made using the Sleigh Full Of Toys stamp set that she just got that weekend. Having a ball with the water colour crayons again Machelle was busy colouring in!! Machelle's other favourite is using the Star Stampin Around wheel and best of all using White Ink! She has used Real Red and Glorious Green cardstock to make this lovely card.

Okay I am all typed out tonight and promise to get some more postings on here in the next day or so with cards and scrapbook pages made on the weekend.....did I mention what a great weekend we all had?!! Lets just say that we are working on dates for the next get together already!!

Retired List

The list for Retired Stamp Sets and Accessories from Stampin' Up! 2007 catalogue is now available. Yes the new catalogue is on it's way so if there is anything on this list that you really wanted you better hurry as this is your last chance to order these products as they are going fast. You do have until 31/3/08 or until it runs out, which ever happens first.

Email me on karen@borderline.com.au or leave me a message here and I will send you the list in a pdf format.

I know all these posts and cards in one hit. Below are two more cards using the set Bud Basics and the coordinating Stampin Around Wheel Basic Outline.

I have CASED this card from one of the other Demonstrators (Linda Higgins) and changed the colours, some extra shading and reversed it. The cardstock used is Barely Banana, Sage Shadow and Close to Cocoa. Inks used are Chocolate Chip for the Wheel, So Saffron, Sage Shadow and Close to Cocoa.

This card uses the 'Bud Basics' stamp set again and the saying is from 'Lots of Thoughts' one of the FREE stamp sets again from the Sale-A-Bration campaign. The cardstock is Sage Shadow (yes it is one of my favourite colours at the moment!), Creamy Caramel, Bashful. The ribbon used is from Ribbon Originals 'Seaside'. These ribbons are gorgeous and so easy to use you just need to utilise the colours that are in the ribbon and your card goes perfectly!

All products used are from Stampin' Up!

Finally, back again!!

Okay so I did mention that I was not sure how often I would be updating my blog! I did expect to do it way more than not at all, sorry! Here are a few cards that I have made recently.

These few are for kids birthdays that I have done for Stamp-A-Stacks where you make 8 cards for $10 - please let me know if you are interested in having one of these yourself or if you would be keen to come to my place on the Central Coast to have one as I am organising some times and dates to hold some here and also some in Sydney for those of you that are down there.

Stamp set - By Land



Cardstock - Sage Shadow, Bashful Blue and Cranberry Crisp



Inks - Chocolate Chip and Cranberry Crisp



Accessories - Ribbon from 'Ribbon Originals - Seaside'

This next one is using the stamp set 'Bugs & Kisses' and it is one of my favourite kids sets! This card was a quick and easy one, okay except for the cutting out of the actual bug I would not be so padantic next time around it would have a smooth body! Cardstock used is Whisper White, Night of Navy and Bashful Blue. The ink is Night of Navy and the bug was coloured in using an Aqua Painter and the Watercolour Wonder Crayons.

This card could be used for an older or younger female and is one of Stampin' Up's cards and is only slightly changed from the original. The stamp set is one of the FREE sets available through the Sale-A-Bration campaign which ends this week - Birthday Whimsy, so if you liked any of the free sets you need to put through an order for $100 to qualify to recieve one of four sets available for FREE! The cardstock used is bashful Blue, Pretty In Pink and Close to Cocoa. The inks used are Chocolate Chip and Pretty in Pink. The ribbon is Grosgrain Pink and a white Gel Pen.

All products used are from Stampin' Up! All images are copyright 1990-2007 Stampin' Up