A carousel of a different kind........

You may remember a stationery carousel I made a little while ago, well I took the same idea and used the mechanism for my latest UStamp project. This was a carousel deisgned by Betty Traciak, one of the designers over at UStamp, and I thought it would be fun to add the spinner to the bottom so it actually spins and I have used some of the SAB sets with some Washington Apple DSP. I am really loving pushing myself to not use PINK and I think I am doing well (New Year's Resolution on track) The SAB sets are perfect for these little 3" x 3" note cards. I have also used the Sweet Treat Cups form the Mini Catalogue around the edges and filled them with buttons and little punched flowers. Thanks for looking.

ESAD SAB Blog Hop

Ok first of all some explaining... ESAD is a Yahoo Group I belong to (I belong to a few yahoo groups) for Demonstrators and I have been a member for ages basically since I became a demonstrator, it's great for sharing ideas and information and meeting other demos. It stands for Extremely Special Aussie Demonstrators. Now if you have been watching my blog for the last few weeks you will know what SAB stands for - 'Sale-A-Bration' - Stampin' Up!'s Promo to beat all promos for the year and what a great way to jump start 2010! So get those orders together and call me today (0414 400 841) so you can earn your FREE SAB sets. Don't forget that for every $100 you spend you can qualify for a FREE SAB set - there are FOUR FABULOUS SETS to choose from. Next..... a blog hop is basically as it says, you hop from one blog to another as you follow all the links and complete the trail. The idea is you can see a great selection of all the wonderful creations that we have all come up with using one of the SAB sets. The bonus is there is what we call BLOG CANDY (FREE STUFF) up for grabs. All you have to do is comment on all the blogs as you go to go into the draw for the BLOG CANDY. So if you are on the blog trail, you should have arrived from Debbie William's Blog.
If you missed the starting line you can start here.
Now you are here let me explain what I have created. I have chosen to use the Vintage Labels SAB set.











I have decorated a 5 x 5 Stampin' Up! Journal and have made a Lindt Gift Box. I have used Real Red & Whisper White Cardstock and the Pink Flamingo DSP. I have also used Real Red and Regal Rose 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon. For the Lindt Box I have decorated it with a flower from the Blooms Die Cuts (P.144 IB&C) and one of the new Jumbo Grommets from the Mini Catalogue. You need to use the 1/2" Circle punch with the grommets for the centre but because I had punched the scallop circle around the scallop image I couldn't get the small punch to reach into the centre so I punched a small 1/2" Circle out of scrap and used it to trace one and then cut it out with my craft knife.




For the journal I have used another Real Red flower from the Blooms Die Cuts and then mounted little 1/2" Regal Rose circles around the petals. This red flower is sitting on a white 4" circle I cut using my Circle Scissor Plus then (it may be hard to see from the pic, sorry) I have attached a scallop border that I crimped. This is super easy to do, I made it for a card a while ago and I included the instructions on that post here. I used the length of a A4 cardstock but it was not quite long enough to go all the way round so had to add a small piece to finish the circle (hope you cant see my joins). You may also notice that I have used the curly label stamp from this set and attached them to act as little dividers for whatever.
I hope you like my 'Valentine's Colours' since it is just around the corner I figured why not. This pair would make a lovely thank you gift or Valentine's present. I have always been tempted to let my husband loose in my craft room to see what he comes up with for me - NOT! hehehe



Now you can head off to Gardenia Pepworth's Blog to see what she has been up to for the Blog Hop. Have fun everyone and don't forget to comment on all those blogs to go into the draw for the BLOG CANDY. I am donating my journal for the draw (sorry my husband has already put his name on the Lindt Block). Remember you have to be in it to win it!

21 days to go.....

SAB (Sale-a-bration), the biggest promotion for the Stampin' Up! year is only 3 weeks away and I will be posting teaser projects each week leading up to commencement. This is by far the best opportunity for you to earn FREE stamp sets by placing orders for as little as $100. Each order of $100 enables you to choose from 4 exclusive stamp sets (not available any other time and cannot be purchased) and the more you order, the more you can get for FREE, there is NO limit. For every $100 order - one FREE set. Here is this weeks project, a little set of 3 x 3 note cards in a cute little matching tote. This set is called Vintage Labels, definitely my favourite at the moment. It consists of 6 stamps - 3 sentiments and 3 labels. This set also coordinates perfectly with the Curly Label Punch, the Scallop Circle Punch and the Wide Oval Punch. If you would like the instructions to make one of these little totes, click here. I also made some matching envelopes (you can buy packs of 20 cards and envelopes in this size for $13.50 - 10 each of white and vanilla) using some of the Desginer Series Paper from the new Mini Catalogue called Kaleidoscope. Super easy jsut cut a small piece to fit inside the envelope about half way in and then stick it to the flap and cut around the edge of the flap the excess DSP - wa-lah! I know that one of my new year's resolutions was not to use pink but kinda necessary for this paper and besides I have used Pink Passion, a pink I don't normally use hehehe :)