Andrea Eppingstall

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The fabulous Jenni Oliver presenting!

Yesterday was our yearly ‘Regionals’ for Melbourne.

There are two main events on every Demonstrator’s calendar! One is Convention which is held next year May 1 & 2 at Canberra, and the other is each to attend their state’s regional!

We pay a registration fee (this year it was $95), and get a free stamp set out of the new Summer mini, and a make and take kit to make things during the day. We also gets all sorts of demonstrations, advice and tips from other successful demonstrators and staff from the ‘home office’.  I’m not sure if I am allowed to post pictures of the stuff we made, because it hasn’t been released yet, but I can tell you, we made a 6 x 6″ scrap page, a little card holder with cards inside and matching envelope, a special little bag like this one, and a couple of different cards. Most of the colours were from our ‘in colour’. I really love the blue bayou, soft sky and pure pomegrante. Yesterday we used lots of guava and wild wasabi, with chocolate chip and lots of other stuff!

We were also able to bring a guest (at the same cost). I brought my best friend Tracey, who ended up being our official group photographer! Thanks Tracey!

Sovereign Stampers

Pictured above are the “Sovereign Stampers” which is the group I belong to, headed up by Kerri Hunter. From left to right: (back row) Ros, me, Sharon, Kristy, Liz, ((front row) Michelle, Tracey & Kerri.

Pictured below are the “Elite Stampers” which is part of the downline group of Angela Sargeant (of Sydney), most of which belong to Jenni Oliver (presenter yesterday, picture at top of post).

Elite Stampers

The Fabulous Yvonne Campbell presenting!

Then try my $200 starter pack! Simply choose the right ‘colour  family’ that you like!

Stampin’ Up!’s colours are in colour families. All the colours in each family work with each other (so you don’t have to worry that some colour combinations don’t work).

For $200, you will receive:

• 2 way glue pen (to apply glitter)
• dazzlin’ diamonds (glitter)
• A4 cardstock (36 A4 sheets, 3 of each 12 colours – from your choice of colour family)
• white/very vanilla A4 cardstock (40 A4 sheets)
• black inkpad (to ink images that you can then colour with blender pens using the watercolour crayons)
• white/very vanilla envelopes (40)
• dimensionals (pack of foam bits that ‘raise’ images off the page)
• crayons (set of full watercolour crayons – 12, in the colour family of your choice)
• blender pens - 3 in a set (blender pens ‘pick up colour’ from water crayons and chalks, and you colour stamped images with them)
• either ink pad, versamark pad or packet of brads
• Stamp set to value of $60  (a really versatile stamp set such as Fun and Fast notes on page 41 of the current catalogue costs around $58.85 for a set of 8 which cover birthday, thank you, get well, wedding, baby, xmas sentiments)

Email me today with your order at andrea.eppingstall@gmail.com and I will pay your postage/shipping (normally 5% of order total)!

Valid until 31st October 2008. Payment to be made by paypal, internet bank transfer or cash. Pictures are for illustration purposes only. Pictured is the ‘earth elements’ set of crayons and papers. Only 1 blender pen is shown in the picture. You will receive 3 in your order.

What are the markers, what do they do?

Stampin’ Up! has a range of ‘markers’ which are double ended markers which match our cardstock and inkpads. They are SOO versatile! You can write or journal with them, you can colour the outside of an image with them, then use an aqua painter (or blender pen) to ‘drag’ the colour into the picture, you can also colour directly onto the stamp, then ‘huff’ onto the stamp and stamp it. By colouring directly onto the stamp, you can stamp ‘just’ what you want to and leave out bits of the stamp you don’t want to use. This technique is very hard to achieve using an inkpad, but it is really easy using the markers!

 

carry box of 48 SU markers

More ideas for other things you can do with your markers:

 

•  ”ink” up small areas of stamps with them
• colour direct to the stamp using different colours
• colour in images directly with them
• scribble some colour from the pens onto like a dish and pick up the colour using a Water pen or blender pen and colour in.
• use with the spritzer.
• draw borders, or create coloured faux stitching.
• scribble all over a brayer and brayer a unique pattern
• colour your stamp or brayer with the markers, spritz with water (not too much water as it muddies it up) and stamp onto watercolour paper, gives a great watercolour effect!
• ‘Thumping’, start with lightest colour to darkest colour on a stamp image, then stamp to get a marbled type look.
• Edging stamp images (solid ones) with a marker. Ink up the image with you ink then go around the edge with a darker colour.

What is a marker club?

A marker club allows you to buy the whole set of markers, over a period of 4 months.

There are two ways of buying the markers, normally, either by buying them via colour sets ($57.95 per colour set – there are 4 sets), or via buying the full set (48) markers ($233.95) which comes with a horizontal storage ‘go anywhere’ case which keeps both tips inked evenly.

Each marker club will have 4 members, and will run for 4 months. Over the 4 months, each member will receive a complete set of 48 markers with the carry case, by the end of the 4 month period. Each month, each 4 participants will receive 12 markers from a colour family. The ‘hostess’ for each month (which rotates every month) will get the ‘case’, and will also receive $30 in free stampin’ up! products of your choice! You can also choose to gather orders from friends/family or schedule a workshop when it’s your turn as hostess to earn even more free stuff, including a level one hostess only exclusive stamp set and a free current catalogue free of charge (if you don’t already have one). That’s a value of $330 for just $65 a month over 4 months (freebies worth $70+!!)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

1. You will commit to participating for the full 4 months
2. Payment will be due to me by the nominated day (as agreed) of each month (via cash, money order, paypal or internet bank transfer)
3. No other discounts will apply.
4. The cost will be $65 per month and on the 4th month you will receive free of charge a packet of neutral markers ($20.95). All the shipping/postage charges are included in the club’s monthly price!

Commit first and be hostess #1!!  Email me today – andrea.eppingstall@gmail.com once I have 4 members, I will let you know what the start date will be!

Edited to say: Thanks ladies, I have filled all 4 spots. Email me if you would like to be part of the next marker club!