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Our NEWSLETTER FREEBIE for the week is... |
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BB Gallery Spotlight– Angel&Boo |
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Enter NEWSLETTER FREEBIE in the comments field to be eligible for the Freebies. Offer expires 11pm EST Sunday 11th November. |
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Colors Conspiracy—Paper Pad, 14 papers.
Be the 10th order placed after the newsletter is online and these items will be included in your order for FREE.
Be sure to enter NEWSLETTER FREEBIE into your order. |
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The theme for this week’s portal is… Vintage! The portal is updated every Friday with unique creations from the Blue Bazaar Design Team focusing on a specific theme each week. To view the portal simply enter Blue Bazaar via the main page at www.bluebazaar.com.au. |
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Free postage available to every 4th order placed after the newsletter is online until 11pm Sunday 11th November. |
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1. BB News. 2. Finding the right words, with Leanne Ryan 3. NEW in the store. 4. Newsletter Freebie. 5. Products coming soon. 6. Portal Sneak Peek. |
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Autumn Leaves— Designing with Style. Books—Scraptastic: Ashley Calder (Dec 07) Tim Holtz—Grunge Board. (Expected November) Love Elsie—Love Elsie Noel and Zoe early November. In transit Love Elsie Idea Book mid January KI Memories—Pop Culture early November In transit Pop Culture Book mid December. Around the Block—CHA release ordered. Due late October. Prime Media—Ali Edwards Book: Life Artist. In transit Kate Mason—layout class/kit: TBA Rouge de Garance—more Wall décor rubons due next week. Heidi Swapp—CHA restocks Making Memories—Noteworthy release Collage Press— Grayson and Margot collections. MMBI— Sanctuary range. Prima Marketing— New Paintables, Crystals, Rubons. |
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You can view the full Poppy Ink kit below for November along with a list to the right of the complete contents.
The November kit contains KI Memories products, including Lace Cardstock which has just begun shipping from KI Memories now. This has meant a slight delay in the kits being sent out. We expect to have them sent out by the 13-14th November.
We also have one add on kit this month (Burroughs) which is shown below. Those who pre-ordered the Poppy Ink ATC Project kit will also have this shipped at the same time. |
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BACK FROM BREAK!
We are back from our break last week and processing orders as quickly as possible. We are currently processing orders from the 2nd-3rd November today. We hope to have majority of the backlog cleared this weekend. If you have a query about your order, please email us on sales@bluebazaar.com.au |
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Autumn Leaves— Designing with 2008 Calendar Tim Holtz—Crackle Paint. October Afternoon—CHA release ordered. Queen and Co—CHA release. Been There Done That—NEW Aussie travel themed papers and rubons. Sassafras Lass—Owl Pals, Starry Night and Royal Bliss. Gloria Froese—CD book. Making Memories—Noteworthy release partial arrival Scenic Route—Roxbury and Loveland. Cloth Paper Scissors—Issue 15. American Crafts—restock Green 12x12 albums, new Thickers, and paper. Punches—Brackets and Keyhole Plate (limited supply—restocks on back order) Poppy Ink—November kit and Burroughs Add on kit. Color Conspiracy—Patterned Papers and Journaling Cards. |
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WEBSITE CHANGES
We made a few minor website changes over the break, mainly in the shopping categories. Below is a screen capture of the top section of our shopping site to show you the 3 main shopping sections that we have now.
1. SHOP BY CATEGORY— items are listed by type. Eg. Patterned paper, adhesives, albums, storage, stamping etc. 2. SHOP BY MANUFACTURER— items are listed by the manufacturer of each item. 3. CLEARANCE ITEMS—items will be moved to this section as we clearance them from the store.
Due to the size of the project, we hope to finalise these categories over the next few weeks. If you have problems locating a specific product, remember to use the search feature on the main shopping page. Alternatively feel free to email us and we can help you find the product you are looking for. ***Please note you can find all stamps now under Shop by Category*** |
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Avant Garde/ November Kit
Patterned Paper: Ambiguous- BasicGrey Amplify- BasicGrey Clouded- BasicGrey Diffident- BasicGrey Fly-Tinkering Ink Funk- Tinkering Ink Fruit Stripe- KI Memories Hoola Hoop- KI Memories Wing Ding- KI Memories Peach Pit- KI Memories
Specialty Paper: Frosty Paper/ Leapfrog- KI Memories Orange Lace Cardstock- KI Memories Paper + Cup filler paper (style may vary)
Textured Cardstock: Lemonade Thunder Raven Berryliscious Lakeshore Large Eyelet/ Festive
Embellishments: Chipboard Stars- Scenic Route Paint Rub-ons- BasicGrey Bristol Alphabet Stickers/ Black- Scenic Route Taglines Journaling Stickers/ Love- KI Memories Sugar-coated Chipboard Alphabet/ Limeade- Doodlebug 5 tickets
Trims: 1 yard Orange Grosgrain Rickrack 1 yard paper lace (color may vary) |
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Burroughs/ Add-on Kit Embellishments: Pumpkin Felt Trim- Queen & Co. Metallic Copper Diamonds- Heidi Swapp Jewels/ Brights- Doodlebug Fall Brads- Queen & Co. Softies Buttons- KI Memories Hip Chip Accents/ Domino- KI Memories Obscure Buttons- BasicGrey Caliope Chipboard Alphabet- Prima 16 scrap stickers 3 mini-folders 1 leaflet 1 glassine envelope 1 thankful card w/ envelope
Trims: Obscure Ribbons- BasicGrey 1 yard blue-wired ribbon 1 yard pink glittered ribbon 1 yard brown leaf trim
Acrylic Stamp: 1 piece dotty stamp |
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We are giving away a FREE acrylic stamp “LEAP” with every CD purchased. Stamp designed (and hand modeled below) by Gloria Froese. |
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We now have Gloria’s book available for sale. The book is published on CD.
Gloria presents her projects in 3 sections: 1. Layouts 2. Altered Photos and Digital Art 3. Albums
The CD also includes a few step by step projects. The CD is full of inspiring and beautifully photographed projects. You can find the CD to purchase under the category ***November 6 - NEW |
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WRITING IN STYLE In theory
How you format the journaling on your layouts can be just as important as what you write. Because your words are in written rather than spoken format you need to give them a voice using elements such as font and colour, and choose those that best speak your layout’s language. |
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For example, a script font will speak with a formal undertone, a grungy, graffiti kind of font will be more cool and casual; a big title will scream your message, a small one will whisper it; a bright colour combination will hint at fun and frivolity, a muted combination will be somewhat more serious; considerable space between your words will act like a visual pause delivering your message slowly, and a solid block of text will deliver it in one big rush.
Neutral journaling options, like handwritten text or computer-journaled type fonts, tend to place more emphasis on the words than the style. However, even seemingly neutral choices can have subtle connotations of their own. For example, handwriting that is tight and controlled will come across more seriously than one that is loose and loopy.
You shouldn’t underestimate the impact of alphas either. Their size, font and colour will influence how your journaling is interpreted, as will how you space them and the elements you place them with.
I’ve used bright colours in contrast with black, white and Kraft to set the tone, mixed up a variety of fonts and alphas for interest and used space and design to pace the delivery of the journaling. |
In practice
In ‘built for soccer’ I’ve adopted a journaling style that reflects the light-hearted content, which reads: Cam’s lamenting his lack of speed in the pool after a particularly tough swimming lesson and Andrew says to him: ‘It’s okay buddy, us Ryans aren’t built for swimming. We’re built for soccer.’
Tips
- Journaling is generally more effective if you incorporate it into your initial layout design rather than adding it as an afterthought.
- Consider how you’d articulate your journaling if you were actually talking to someone face to face. Would you adopt a serious tone? Would you laugh? Would you wave your arms around, gesticulating madly? Would you pause for emphasis at particular intervals? Try to translate that to your layout design so your words are interpreted as you intend them to be. |
SuppliesCardstock – Kraft, Pomegranate, KI Lemonade Patterned paper - Scenic Route, Around the Block Labels - Scenic Route Alphas – Chatterbox, Heidi Swapp, Basic Grey, American Crafts, Pure Juice Rub-ons – Hambly Screen Prints Brads Buttons Thread Ric Rac Felt DYMO embossing tape Versa colour ink cube Gel pen Font: Old typewriter |
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This week’s project is by Clare Bremner |
