Stampin' Up! Alaska Incentive Trip Blog Hop January 2018

Stampin' Up! has it's biggest promotion of the year every new year and this one is just the same with some fabulous free gifts available to party hosts, demonstrators, shoppers and also anyone who chooses to join and enjoy the benefits of being part of a big family of crazy crafters.  Everyone can earn points on their purchases and for helping others get the most out of being part of the team and some save their points to achieve the amazing annual incentive trip.   Many of us join together each month to share our projects with you our fabulous blog readers.  This is January 2018's blog hop of Stampin' Up! Alaska incentive trip achiever's.  Welcome and enjoy the tour!

I'm sharing a funky card using one of the free sets I mentioned which is in the Saleabration booklet from Stampin' Up! . The stamp set is called Epic Celebrations. When I first saw it I knew I had to have it as it could have been designed for Charlie my guitar playing, trainer loving, music and internet surfing teenage son.  It's perfect really for boys of all ages, but so so perfect for Charlie.

I've also used the new to Stampin' Up! Brusho Crystals to create a fun background on glossy card.  I've then stamped the guitars onto a piece of window sheet and coloured them in with my Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  They work on acetate and dry fairly quickly, but be sure the ink is dry before you use the sheet.  I also stamped and coloured in a pair of 'converse' style trainers and a headset with the Stampin' Blends and then fussy cut them out with Stampin' Snips.    To complete the card I used a stapler to attach the splattered background to the window sheet then stampin dimensionals to adhere this layer to a real red matt layer and night of navy card base.   You can see all the free gifts on offer in my Stampin' Up! shop.

If you like the idea of discounted craft products and possibly a free cruise in somewhere exciting like Alaska then please do contact me for more details if you are from the UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands or Austria.

contact me at zoetant@live.co.uk 

Now it's time to visit the other blogs for more spring and saleabration catalogues.  You are here with Zoe Tant in the UK, but you can visit the others by clicking down the list below. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Zoe x

Christmas Card Club - Apron of Love for Christmas Baking Theme

Stampin Up! Apron of Love arrived this week just in time for Maureen's challenge for our jolly Christmas Card Club.  She asked us to use the theme of Christmas Baking and this set just leapt out for me.  I've also used the Stampin' Up! favourite Cookie Cutter Christmas set to include a peeping gingerbread man to compliment the sentiment which is from a set I've had for years.

My colour choice is cherry cobbler, garden green, crumb cake with touches of silver with a metallic foil doily, foil utensils and some silver metallic enamel shapes.  I used the stitched shape dies teamed with layering square dies to cut and mount the sentiment.

You'll see that some of the pieces of the lovely apron are very fiddly and so to make it easier to adhere them I first added some multipurpose adhesive sheet to the reverse of my designer paper so that once die cut they already had adhesive on the back and all I needed to do was peel off the backing paper to stick them onto my card.  It makes it so much easier than adding wet glue or fiddling with glue dots.  An assortment of adhesives makes life so much easier don't you think!

To bring the apron to life I added various glue dots or stampin dimensionals to give a bit of a 3D effect layering the utensils and the pockets.  I love the sweet oven gloves one is from the Apron of Love stamp set, the other I stamped with a stamp from Timeless Textures after I had die cut them both.

I love Christmas bakes and hope you do too, so please be sure to visit the other ladies and see their Christmas bake cards.

Happy Sunday and best wishes for a crafty week.

Zoe x

Supplies available in Zoe's Stampin Up online shop

Apron of Love photopolymer stamp set 145835
Apron Builder Framelit dies 145661
Apron of Love Bundle with 10% discount 145986
Metallic Foil Doilies 138392
Metallic Enamel Shapes 141678
Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets 144106
Layering Squares Framelits 141708
Stitched Shapes Framelits 145372

 Shop now until 31 March and you could earn free stampin up stamps and accessories

visit my shop or contact me for details 07717855179 or zoetant@live.co.uk

Challenges

CHNC - ATG #369

The Corrosive Challenge - ATG

The Merry Christmas Challenge #3 - ATG