Andrea Mears

Thursday, 3 May 2018

Share What You Love!

Stampin' Up! have released one of their suite of products from the new Annual Catalogue early!

The Share What You Love suite is just gorgeous - and there are 3 ways you can buy it. You can purchase the 'Just Getting Started' Bundle for $119.75, which includes 5 items you pay for, and one free item.

Next up is the 'A Little More, Please' Bundle for $192.50, which includes 8 items you pay for, and two free items.

Or you can get the whole shebang, which Stampin' Up! have called the 'Gotta Have It All' Bundle, which is $268.25 and is 10 items with three free products.

Click here to see the flier up close.

As an aside, the Designer Series Paper in this suite is stunning. It's a very thick paper (probably not as thick as the Painted With Love paper, in case you're familiar with that), but definitely a lot thicker than most of the papers. Great for making boxes and gift bags. It's also a double pack, so you get twice as much paper to use in all your projects.

You'll note on the flier that the new In Colour ink pads are also for sale, so if you just can't wait to start using those colours, you're in luck!

If you live in New Zealand and would like to head to my online store, click here

Please contact me if you have any questions...I'm always happy to help!

Take care,
Andrea

An 'Impossible' card - made possible!

Thank you for stopping by!

I didn't actually make today's card - it was made by my very talented downline Lyn Vida, who doesn't have a blog, but has given me permission to use her card tonight.

I don't know if you've seen the new 'Impossible' cards that are popular right now - rather than try and explain how to make it using lots of words, I'll put the link to the You Tube tutorial that Lyn used below, and I'll let you know what products she used to make this card her own.

All the products that Lyn used are fromm the Share What You Love bundle that was released yesterday! Demonstrators were able to purchase this bundle for the last month, so

that's how Lyn already has her products. If you'd like to get your hands on yummy new products before they are released to customers, let me know!

The card base is Tranquil Tide cardstock, and the sentiment is from the Love What You Do stamp set.

For the words in the sentiment, Lyn used the new In Colour - Call Me Clover, and for the flowers on the same piece of card she used another new In Colour - Grapefruit Grove. Don't these colours look amazing together!

The Designer Series Paper that Lyn has used is the new Share What You Love paper from the Share What You Love suite. This paper is thick and gorgeous, and it's a double pack, so you can do heaps more with it than you usually can! The flower has been cut from the Designer Series Paper.

Lyn finished it off beautifully with the Share What You Love Artisan Pearls, and the Pearlised Doilies. The small pearls are in the same colours as the rest of the bundle - perfect for coodinating to really finish your projects off beautifully. The Pearlised Doilies are just gorgeous - one side is white, the other is pearlised, so there is a shimmer on it. They will be able to go with so many of your projects, and with any colours.

The card that Lyn used was 5.5 x 4.25 inches, and the small legs were cut at 1inch.

Click here to go to the tutorial on You Tube that Lyn watched prior to making this card.

If you want to buy any of these products that Lyn has used to make this card, please click on the pictures below.

If you want to find out more about how to get products before customers do, go up to my 'Join My Team' tab, and prepare to get excited!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, and a huge Thank You to Lyn for allowing me to use her card - I really appreciate it Lyn!

Take care,
Andrea

Product List

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

[146926]

$56.75

Love What You Do Photopolymer Stamp Set

[148042]

$44.00

Share What You Love Artisan Pearls

[146927]

$12.50

Pearlized Doilies

[146936]

$9.50

Perennial Birthday

I've only just purchased this stamp set - I completely overlooked it in the Occasions Catalogue, however I've been seeing lots of really cool projects made with it. It's actually designed to be part of a kit (that is only available until the end of May), however it is available in the new catalogue, and it works really nicely as a stand alone set.

Here's the card I made today with this set. This was inspired by a card by Victoria Littlewood that I saw on the Pootles craft forum.

This card looks deceptively easy to make - however I soon learned there was more to it than met the eye!

I started with a standard NZ card base (14.9 x 10.5cm), and cut a mat of Berry Burst that measured 13.9 x 9.5cm. My next step was to cut a piece of Whisper White for the card front - this measured 12.9 x 8.5cm.

Next I used Memento Black ink to stamp the Stylised Birthday stamp - I can't quite believe that this is retiring as it is a fantastic stamp that I have used heaps. Ok - so this part was all good so far. Then I inked up the flower stamp from the Perennial Birthday stamp set, and all did not go so smoothly!

I don't have much experience in using smaller stamps. It took 4 attempts for me to make one that didn't have an outline of the stamp somewhere on the front. In the end I went for the smallest block that fitted the image (in this case it was the 'A' size clear block), and I checked it in minute detail after each inking. If I had gotten any ink on the base of the stamp at all (rather than just the raised image), I cleaned it off and started again. It took a while, but I eventually got a mistake free card front!

I coloured the flowers in using the Dark Pink Pirouette blend pen - it goes perfectly with the Berry Burst that I stamped the flowers in.

Finally, fourth time lucky, I had a card I would be happy to send someone!

I'm going to offer a special offer to New Zealand Residents only.

The Perennial Birthday Kit costs $54.00. For that you get a gorgeous wooden box, components for making 16 cards, tabbed dividers and more. If you want to purchase this, you also need to purchase the Perennial Birthday stamp set that goes with it ($46) in order to be able to make the cards.

If you would like though, I'll sell you the kit alone for $60, and I'll make up the kit for you and post it to you for an extra $7 (or you can pick it up if you live in Christchurch), and you don't have to buy the stamp set.

You've only got until the end of May to grab this deal (or until stocks run out). It's a gorgeous kit, and you could even think of giving it as a gift. I know if someone gave me a beautiful box with 16 ready made cards I'd be extremely happy! Email me by clicking here if you're interested.

If you'd like to purchase any of the products I've used tonight to make this card, or if you'd like to purchase the kit, please click on the pictures below to go to my online store.

Stay warm and dry if you're in New Zealand, and I hope you enjoy your Tuesday.

Andrea

Product List

Perennial Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145760]

$46.00

Stylized Birthday Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[141828]

$21.00

Perennial Birthday Project Kit

[145579]

$54.00

Pink Pirouette Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

[144592]

$9.50

Happy Birthday Gorgeous!

I have several aims in my crafting style - one is to use embossing folders more.

I love how they give immediate texture and interest to backgrounds. They're so easy to use, I'm not quite sure why I don't already use them a lot!

Today's card is made using the Sparkle embossing folder. I think it makes the Crushed Curry background really pop.

As you can see, I started with a black card, standard New Zealand size, and then a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock slightly smaller.

I stamped the lady and the sentiment onto Whisper White, using Memento ink. I found that Memento ink takes a little longer than the others to dry, so it pays to leave it a few minutes before colouring the lady.

I used the Water Colour Pencils to colour in her hat and dress. I then cut black pieces that were slightly larger than the Whisper White, and adhered it all together.

A birthday card to give a good friend - I'd be happy getting this in my mail box...I'm sure you would be too!

If you live in New Zealand and would like to purchase any of the items I've used to make this card, please click on the product pictures below and you'll go straight to my online store.

If you're thinking that you'd really like to purchase some of these products, but they're more than you'd like to spend, consider joining as a demonstrator. You pay $189, and you recieve $285 worth of product. You choose everything - including the $96 worth of free product. For the next three months, or as long as you remain a demonstrator, you will get 20% off anything in the catalogue. There's no obligation - you can drop at any time. You still get to keep all the products you've ordered. If you'd like to know more, check out my 'Join My Team' tab above. If you live in New Zealand, I'd love to have you join my 'Absolutely Awesome Crafters' team!

Take care,

Andrea