Handmade by Lou: April 2016

Monday 25 April 2016

Updated Sold Out List

As at today (ANZAC Day), the following retiring products are out of stock:

SOLD OUT:

Stamps:

An Open Heart (Clear)

By The Tide (Clear)

Creatively Yours (Clear)

Creatively Yours (Wood)

Cupcake Party (Clear)

Flowering Flourishes (Wood)

For Your Country (Clear & Wood)

Giggle Greetings (Wood)

Hey Girl (Photopolymer)

Hot Diggity Dog (Clear & Wood)

Pictogram Punches (Clear)

Sassy Salutations (Wood)

Serene Silhouettes (Wood)

Skating By (Photopolymer)

Sparkle & Shine (Wood)

Summer Silhouettes (Clear)

Swallowtail (Clear)

The Open Sea (Wood)

World Map (Clear)

World Map (Wood)

You Little Furball (Wood)

Embellishments:

Antique Brads

Ink:

Blackberry Bliss ink refill

Mossy Meadow ink refill'

Lost Lagoon ink refill

Tangelo Twist ink refill

Hello Honey ink refill

Paper:

10.2 x 15.2 cm cello bags

A4 Blackberry Bliss Cardstock

Dies/Framelits/Big Shot Accessories:

Circles Collection Framelits

Envelope Liner Framelits

Little Number Framelits

Standard Big Shot Premium Crease Pads

Punches

2.5" Circle Punch

Extra-Large Oval Punch

Large Oval Punch

Scallop Oval Punch

1 3/4 " Scallop Circle Punch

Washi Label Punch

Word Window Punch

Tools:

Brayer

Crystal Effects

2-Way Glue Pen

Craft Scissors

Simply Scored Stylus

Stampin' Trimmer Replacement Cutting Mat

Bundles:

Pictogram Punches Bundle (Clear)

Tin of Cards Project Kit

Cupcake Party (Clear) Bundle

Told you things sell out fast!

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Wednesday 20 April 2016

Retirement List is Here

Parting is such sweet sorrow....

Click below to see the retirement list:

PDF

Be aware, retired products are only available "as stocks last" so don't delay! Go to my online store to purchase what you want before it is gone.

I will update regularly to advise which products have already sold out. As at tonight, the following are gone for good:

SOLD OUT:

Stamps:

By The Tide (Clear)

Creatively Yours (Wood)

Flowering Flourishes (Wood)

For Your Country (Clear & Wood)

Giggle Greetings (Wood)

Hot Diggity Dog (Clear & Wood)

Pictogram Punches (Clear)

Serene Silhouettes (Wood)

Sparkle & Shine (Wood)

Summer Silhouettes (Clear)

Swallowtail (Clear)

The Open Sea (Wood)

World Map (Clear)

You Little Furball (Wood)

Embellishments:

Antique Brads

Ink:

Blackberry Bliss ink refill

Mossy Meadow ink refill'

Lost Lagoon ink refill

Tangelo Twist ink refill

Hello Honey ink refill

Paper:

10.2 x 15.2 cm cello bags

Dies/Framelits/Big Shot Accessories:

Envelope Liner Framelits

Little Number Framelits

Punches

1 3/4 " Scallop Circle Punch

Washi Label Punch

Word Window Punch

Tools:

Craft Scissors

Simply Scored Stylus

Stampin' Trimmer Replacement Cutting Mat

Bundles:

Pictogram Punches Bundle (Clear)

The Retirement List is huge, but don't despair. It means they are making room for loads of awesome new products! I've seen the new catalogue, and I love it!

Monday 4 April 2016

Inspiration Strikes

I was reading a stamping magazine recently, and they had some cards made using this fun technique. I had to try it!

I made these cards while Sale a Bration was on, so the sentiment stamps I used ("Hello" and "Perfect Pairings" ) have retired, and I think the Petal Potpourri set might have retired too...oops. You can try this technique with any line art stamp set you have. You simply need to: 1. stamp some Crumb Cake cardstock with your line image in Versamark ink, 2. sprinkle white embossing powder over it, then 3. melt the powder with your heat tool. 4. Then you colour the image as you wish - I found our Stampin' Write markers worked well to give a vivid colour. You can easily wipe off any ink from the white outlines with a tissue as the embossed parts will resist the ink. 5. Then, outline the outside of the image with a Crumb Cake marker. I think you have to buy the Crumb Cake marker as part of the whole colour family set of markers, as you can't get it individually any more. 6. In the centre of the flowers, I used Wink of Stella gold glitter pens. In real life, I promise, they look very sparkly! Product List

Petal Potpourri Clear Stamp Set

[138586]

$34.95

Petite Petals Clear Stamp Set

[133155]

$22.00

Butterfly Basics Clear Stamp Set

[138816]

$63.00

Hello Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[141240]

$0.00

Perfect Pairings Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[141258]

$0.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$12.25

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$13.00

Heat Tool

[129056]

$50.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.75

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$10.00

Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Marker

[120967]

$5.95

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

[131259]

$51.00

Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141898]

$14.00

Friday 1 April 2016

Easter Wrap Up

Hello! It has been a while since my last post......Easter has come and gone! My kids are on school holidays right now, so time and bandwidth are at a minimum right now.

I was able to have a small gathering with a couple of my lovely customers before the Easter break, and we made a card and a little Easter basket. My youngest son took mine to school to give his teacher, with some chocolates inside.

We made the card using an oval frame lit and the little chick from the SAB Honeycomb Happiness stamp set. The stripes on the Easter Egg were made using a stamp from Work of Art - I love the handprinted look. If you look at the chicken, you might see we also used one of the Art stamps to "colour" the bird too, though we used a Pumpkin Pie marker to colour the beak and legs.

I love that each of us made our cards a little differently.

This was mine

We made the little Easter baskets using the Berry Basket Die, and the gorgeous Shine On Speciality DSP. It's a thicker cardstock which is perfect for making boxes. It has different designs on each side, one of which is a lovely silver foil.