Goodbye Stampin' Up

Well the time has come to leave Stampin' Up and concentrate my crafting efforts elsewhere. The Mini Launch mentioned below will be one of my very last Stampin' Up activities before my Demonstratorship gets cancelled on April 16th.

Thank you to all my friends and customers who supported me in my endeavours with Stampin' Up. I really appreciate your support and I am so glad that I met the amazing amount of papercrafters that I did during my journey.

If you have any questions or NEED (it's always a need isn't it??) anything from the current catalogues before the 15th April please contact me at scrapalley@gmail.com.

I can now be found here at www.alexhughescraft.blogspot.com and I work at www.pages2scrap.com.au where I am teaching scrapbooking, stamping and cardmaking. I love this craft and want to continue sharing it with you.

Thank you.

Bye

Autumn Mini Catalogue Launch

We are holding another Mini Catalogue Launch for the new one that begins on 1 April 2010.

How exciting!!

This catalogue is gorgeous and features some new and exciting products and options. I am so excited about these and I would love to share them with you at the Launch. So if you are local to me on the Central Coast, NSW and are free on Monday 29th March at 7pm then book to come along. Contact me at scrapalley@gmail.com and book your spot.

I hope to see you there!

Cheers

Alex

Sale-a-Bration

I have received my first Sale-a-Bration stamp set. Of course I could find $100 worth of product to buy to receive it.........couldn't anyone????

I picked the set called Vintage Labels. Love this set.

But I also love the little bird cage in Happy Moments, and the little houses you can build in Good Neighbours. Or even the sentiments in Whimsical Words. Ahhh, love them all actually. Maybe I need to go and find some more product to buy.

If you want to check out these sets, you can here. And then if you want to order your own $100 (or more) worth of product to pick your own Sale-a-Bration set (or two) then contact me at scrapalley@gmail.com I will be only too happy to help.

Bye for now,

Alex

Valentines Day

Yep, this Sunday. Time to show the ones you love, how much you do.

On this card I borrowed the Butterfly Prints from a friend, along with the matching punch from the Summer Mini catalogue. Add some pearls and some Dazzling Diamonds and Voila!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Alex

Apologies and Promises

No excuses, I have just been slack and focusing elsewhere lately. Mmm, mainly Christmas and school holidays have taken my attention lately. I also have a new job that a lot of you know about, I am finding it very exciting and lots of fun.

But I promise to update here a little bit more often. Promise!!

Here is two masculine cards I whipped up the other day. I struggle, like most of you, to make a manly card. But here are my attempts.

This first one was for my nephew and my first play with the grommets in the Summer Mini Catalogue. Love them!!

And this one I used the corduroy button from the main catalogue. Love these too!

Now don't forget about the Stampin' Up Clearance Sale. It is still available and finishes very soon. Click on the link to check out the list and prices. I will be placing an order in the next couple of days so don't miss out. Email me or call me with your order.

Thanks so much for coming back after such a stupidly long absence. I will bring you more crafting goodness very soon (I promised, remember)

Bye,

Alex

HUGE STAMPIN' UP INVENTORY SALE

Yep, that's right. Stampin' Up are having an inventory sale and giving up to a HUGE 50% off certain stamp sets and products.

Check them out here.

If you would like to order anything, the sale starts tomorrow so contact me by email at scrapalley@gmail.com or call me on 0414 444 150.

Now, off to write my own list of sale stamps, ribbons, hardware, glitter etc.

Bye,

Alex

Summer Mini Catalogue

The new catalogue for Summer is here and packed full of yummy new Stampin' Up products.

If you would like a copy, contact me at scrapalley@gmail.com and I will organise to get one to you.

Here is a cute little card we created at Stamp Club with a new stamp set from the mini. It is called Animal Stories and has four very cute animals in it. We also used the matching paper.

Have a fabulous start to the week and thanks for stopping by,

Alex

Hello, is anybody out there????

Oh my gosh!!

How long has it been??? I refuse to believe that is has been over a month.

Life has been EXTREMELY hectic and I have let my blog here slide a little. My apologies to those of you that take the time to check my little cyber space here. Thank you for dropping by again.

Here is a little Christmas card to share with you as the season is now upon us. I have used the Tree Trimmings set from the Spring Mini catalogue on this card. The catalogue finishes on Monday, so if there is anything you would like to order please contact me before Monday to place your order.

I have been super slack on taking photos and my crafting efforts have been concentrated elsewhere at the moment. So to make up for having no projects to show you, I am very excited to share two projects made by some fabulous girls I know.

The first is a Random Act of Kindness gift I received in the post a couple of weeks ago. From the talented Pam Godfrey. I was so surprised to receive it....................and super happy. It looks fabulous on my cabinet in the lounge room.

See the details of the flower pots. Love it!

Then this project.....................it just makes me sigh with happiness. I received this from my gorgeous downline, Erin Crowther for my house warming.

See the sparkly glittering detail on the little house at the top of the hill.

And see the long path that represents my new looooong driveway. Love it.

Thank you so much to Pam and Erin for my gorgeous gifts. I really appreciate the efforts you have put into these items. They are treasured.

Thanks again for stopping by. Will be back next week after my crafting weekend with some more projects to share with you.

Bye,

Alex

A Little Christmas Cheer

I have been working on some Christmas cards lately.

And will be back to share some more with you over the next few days.

Thanks for stopping by,

Alex

MIA

So sorry for being Missing in Action. Life has been SUPER hectic at the moment and my focus has been all over the place.

We had our fundraiser last night for Sids and Kids and had a FANTASTIC night. With over 60 ladies attending we raised a whopping $3000+. How great is that!!!!!

Thank you to everyone who attended, I had a great night and hope you did too.

Thank you also to my fabulous team of Stampin' Up demonstrators. You girls are fabulous and worked so hard on last night to make is such a great success. Hope you all have a nice rest this weekend :)

Thanks for stopping by and I will share some new creations soon, I promise.

Bye

Alex

Just for You

Just a little share today. Simple but pretty.

Don't forget to contact me if you would like to book into our 'Close to my Heart' night. (see below)

Have a great weekend.

Bye

Alex

Close to My Heart - Sids and Kids

If you are local to the Central Coast and want to have a night out crafting, then we would love you to join us at our fundraising event. It is for Sids and Kids and here are the details:

You may not realise but stillbirth is still quite common, and in our group of 7 Stampin Up demonstrators 2 of the Mums have had a still born. I can't imagine what it must be like and my SU team want to help in raising money for research into this problem.

SIDS and Kids isn't just about stillbirth, SIDS and Kids is dedicated to saving the lives of babies and children during pregnancy, birth, infancy and childhood and to supporting bereaved families. A cause well worth supporting! Bookings are essential and places are limited so get in early and email me at scrapalley@gmail.com or phone on 0414 444 150.

I would love you to join us if you can.

Bye

Alex

Have a Fabulous Weekend

I hope you fit some crafting in.

Thanks

Just a quick card to show you what we created in the Shabby Chic class recently.

Love that striped ribbon (available from the Spring Mini Cataglogue - let me know if you want some).

Bye

Alex

Can you hear the Jingle Bells?

They are not too far away! Does that make you smile or cringe? Makes me smile because I love Christmas.

This weekend Georgina and I spent the day at the Erina markests again and this time we took our own crafting tools to create while we sat. (Not much selling or workshop bookings went on sadly). We decided to get into the Christmas spirit and started planning our Stamp-a-Stacks. Want to see what we created? Thought you might :)

Here is one I made borrowing Georgina's "Spotlight on Christmas" which I think I need to buy now. See that background stamp with the swirls and stars...............LOVE IT!!!!

And then I cased this one from Georgina (who I think cased someone else). Again using Spotlight on Christmas.

Then I got all vintage (as I always seem to) and created some tags for my pressies.

I am holding a Stamp-a-Stack on Monday 21st September at 10am and still have a couple of spots left. So if you want to come along and get a jump start on your Christmas cards, contact me to book your spot. Christmas is just around the corner you know! :)

Bye for now,

Alex

Shabby Chic class in Lisarow

Hi there

Hope you are having a lovely weekend. I just wanted to share with you one of the projects for my Shabby Chic classes that are on this week.

Isn’t it cute? I love this box template from Lauren Meader and this paper has to be my favourite in this years catalogue. So if you would like to make one of these along with two Shabby Chic cards then I have a couple of spots left in both classes. I have a Monday daytime class at 10.30am or Tuesday night at 7.30pm.

Would love to see you here and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to email me at scrapalley@gmail.com. If you are local give me a call to book in J

Bye,

Alex

Just sharin' my boy

I love this photo that my friend Liz took of my little one. I just had a really quick play with it and loved how it ended up and wanted to share.

Happy Fathers Day

I hope you have a fabulous weekend with your family and loved ones. Here is the card that we will be giving to the special man in our family (just got to come up with a perfect gift???)

Maybe a notepad (LOL). Not too sure that is his style, so am thinking maybe a chainsaw so that he can cut wood for my open fire :)

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by,

Alex

All things vintage & shabby

I am loving all things vintage and shabby at the moment. Rough it up, stain it, spritz it and sponge it.

I have used the Friends 24/7 bird stamp on this card and stained some white crochet lace with plain old coffee. I love this effect. What do you think? A bit vintagey? (I know, that isn't really a word). I have also embossed along the bottom in white embossing powder. Love that stuff too.

I hope you are having a fabulous weekend, it is really windy here and the big trees on our new property are quite noisy. Perfect weather for crafting (or painting walls, which is what I am starting tomorrow I think :).

Bye,

Alex

Father's Day Sneak Peek

I promised you a sneak peek and here it is.

I still have a couple of spots left if you would like to come along and make your Father's Day card ready for next weekend. If you don't need Father's Day cards, you can make them into birthday cards or anything else you need. Contact me on scrapalley@gmail.com

Bye for now,

Alex