Ornament Punch Available for Ordering

Good news! I'm happy to announce the Extra-Large Ornament punch (item 119847) is now available to order again. The quality problems Stampin' Up! were experiencing with the punch have been resolved and the punch is now available for ordering again.

Thank you for your patience.

Also look out for a new blog post tomorrow about the launch of Stampin' Up!'s new mini catalogue (hopefully dropping through the letter boxes of my regular customers early tomorrow morning). If anyone else would like a copy just let me know.

To celebrate all the amazing new products (and yes they are fabulous) the Tartan Stampers are having a blog hop tomorrow at 10am. I hope you can join me then.

I'll leave you with a couple of cards made using the ornament punch.
The first one was a swap I received at convention and was made by my fellow Tartan Stamper the ridiculously talented Kirsteen. Kirsteen has also used the Greenhouse Gala papers for this that are on special offer at a reduced price until 10pm this evening. The stamp sets used are Hopeful Thoughts and Curly Cute.

The second card is based on a swap that I received from Diane. Her card was very elegant in black and white (I would let you see this but I appear to have put it in a "safe" place - when I find it I'll upload a picture). I've used some brighter colours to make my version.

March Frenzy - last few days to order

There's only a few more days to take advantage of the March Frenzy offer - see post below for more details.

The card on today's post was made using the Greenhouse Gala papers and the Hidden Garden Blossom rub-ons both of which are on offer this month.

As you probably know there's a new mini catologue coming out on 1 April so if you'd like a copy be sure to let me know as soon as possible and I can post one out to you.

Finally I have a new stampers 10 club starting on 5 May - There are currently only 3 spaces left so if you'd like to take part please let me know as soon as possible.

Convention Swaps

Part of the fun of Stampin' Up! Convention is swaps. Basically most of the demonstrators who attend make up lots of swap cards all the same and then swap them with other demonstrators. That way you end up with lots and lots of different cards. I absolutely loved taking part in this as I now have approximately 60 gorgeous cards full of new ideas and that are sparking my own creativity.

Here are the swaps I made:These use the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper. These papers are perfect for this type of card as they are patterned on both sides.


I made up cards using the same design in four different colour ways.




My next design used the Eiffel Tour stamp from the new Artistic Etchings set. I bought these stamps in the clear mount option. These stamps are the same red rubber (NOT clear polymer) as the usual wood mounted stamps but they have a sticker that goes directly onto the back of the grey cushioning foam and then they stick directly onto a clear stamping block. They are fab! I think I now prefer them to the wood mount stamps now.

The sentiments are from the level 3 hostess set Occasional Words - one of the many benefits of being a Stampin' Up! demo is that we have the opportunity to purchase both a Level 2 and a Level 3 hostess set before the launch of the new catalogue.

The brad is from the Hodgepodge Hardware kit and the background stamp is En Francais (mais oui! LOL ). I can't tell you how quick and easy these cards were to make but lets say I started them at 10:40pm the night before I flew down to Convention!


My 3D swaps will follow soon, plus card candy and then some photos of some of the swaps I received in return at Convention. I'll also have them on display if you are coming along to my workshop on Thursday 18 November - my place 10am-12 noon. Please call (07949 101534) or email (thefineartofstampin@gmail.com) as soon as possible if you would like to come along.

Maggie
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