A Few More Fast & Fun Notes

Today's cards are a variation on the ones I've been showing for the last couple of days. These have been double-matted onto a piece of torn cardstock with a length of grosgrain 1/4" Whisper White ribbon stitched across before the panel is stitched to the card base. The flat bow is made by taking a small length of ribbon, placing a glue dot at the centre & then bringing both ends into the middle. The bow is attached over the ribbon strip with a glue dot & a button attached centrally with ... another glue dot! Super-easy but looks great I think. The rhinestone brads would look good atop a flat bow too methinks!
The hedgehog card is pretty quick & easy (or fast & fun! LOL) too. The image is coloured with markers direct on to the stamp & matted right of centre before stitching to a torn cardstock base. The base strip is then stitched in place (I use a li'l bit of tape behind it ... just in the middle to hold it still) & the buttons stuck on with glue dots (or you could stitch them on if you like).
Last but not least, these two cards are again coloured directly onto the stamp, matted & affixed centre top of the card base. I made a faux bow by tying a loose knot in a short length of ribbon & then threading a longer piece through the back of the knot before pulling it tighter to secure. the whole piece can then be attached to your card with double sided tape & trimmed at the ends. 'Tis Done!!
Don't forget to follow Mad Mumma's blog to get the latest updates as soon as they are posted & to be in with a chance of winning a li'l selection of cards handmade my yours truly at the end of the month (wow! this year has just flown by!!)

Ribbon Round Up

If you are like me, you'll love the Stampin' Up! 1/4" gosgrain ribbon (pg. 80 in the current catalogue) but maybe unlike me, you can't imagine using an entire spool of every colour. Join the Ribbon Round Up & get just two metres of every colour (including new Chocolate Chip - 11 colours/22metres) for £7.90 (the price of 2 spools) post free.
I can only offer this deal if 5 people sign up but I will offer it as many times as I have sufficient people to run it. And if you'd prefer 4 metres (or 6 or whatever), you can take more slots at £7.90 to get the amount you'd like.
Of course, I can also supply you with full spools at £3.95 each if there are colours (or the full set) that you'd like in larger quantities (13.7m per spool). I think the white is particularly useful as you can dye it with the ink refills to get any colour you desire!
To sign up for the list, e-mail me & I'll be in touch when we are ready to go!

Join The Club!

There are an awful lot of stampin fans out there that for whatever reason can't/don't want to host a workshop - and would love to get some of the fabulous freebies that are only available to hostesses. Well the good news is that this li'l deal is just right for you. The Thursday Top Ten is open to anyone in the UK that would like hostess benefits without hosting a workshop. Sound interesting? Read on:

The Thursday Top Ten will run for a 10 month period & you will need to commit to the whole 10 months to take part. As a member, you will receive a free idea book & catalogue (retail value £4.95) at the start & a project kit every month. If you are local, you'll be able to work on the project kit in a free workshop ... long distance members & anyone else who can't make it to the workshops will get theirs by post. In one of the 10 months, you will receive the hostess benefits: a free, level 1 stamp set & £15 to spend on anything in the current catalogue. Still interested? Let's get to the nitty gritty then:
Your commitment is to spend a minimum £15 each month for the 10 months - that is all. If you think you want to spend £30 every month, you can take 2 slots and get the hostess benefits twice over the 10 months - what you can't do is switch part way through.
If you choose to spend more on one month, that's OK but you can't hold it over for your next month's commitment - and of course, you can take part in any other customer offers that are running (things like the 20% off rub ons running in November 08) if you qualify for them.

Your orders will need to be with me the day before each 'meeting' - please don't make me chase you for them *smiles* & I will e-mail the ten members prior to the start & let you all know which month you will be our 'hostess'.

This club will only run when all 10 slots are taken & we hope to get the first workshop running on January 8th at 10am. After that, they will be the first Thursday of the month. When the first club is full, I'll open a second one if sufficient people are interested.

So if this is something you'd like to do, e-mail me & I'll get you on the list.