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Our NEWSLETTER FREEBIE for the week is... |
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BB Gallery Spotlight– bundybabe |
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Enter NEWSLETTER FREEBIE in the comments field to be eligible for the Freebies. Offer expires 11pm EST SUNDAY 16th September |
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Fancy Pants—Pins Harvest
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… Quotes! 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 15th order placed after the newsletter is online until 11pm Sunday 16th September. |
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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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KIT CONTENTS:
1. Blue foundation paper 2. Page from 1970's ledger book 3. Page from dictionary (1940 ish) 4. Pack of. Lazarstudio werx alpha rub-ons 5. 2 transparency roses 6. 1 transparency quote "see me as i really am" 7. bag spackle 8. 3 paint colours 9. small bag blue glitter 10. 3 pieces vintage ribbon/lace 11. 1/2 piece acetate 12. Zettiology unmounted rubber stamp 13. Colour image of layout 14. e-mail step-by-step class |
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Main Kit—available for individual purchase. |
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September Add on Kit |
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Autumn Leaves— Designing with Style. Designing with 2008 Calendar Books—We Dare You: Challenges about Real Life In transit Scraptastic: Ashley Calder (Dec 07) Type Cast: Creative Page Design Using Words Type and Letters Out of Bounds: Scrapbooking Without Boundaries Scrapbook Designers Workbook: Unlocking the Secrets to Great Page Design. Tim Holtz—Crackle Paint, (expected September) Grunge Board. (Expected October) Queen and Co—CHA release. (expected September) American Crafts—CHA release ordered. In transit Love Elsie—CHA release ordered. Various release dates—see COMING SOON section of BB shop. KI Memories—CHA release Pop Culture ordered. My Minds Eye—CHA release ordered. (Expected late September) October Afternoon—CHA release ordered. Around the Block—CHA release ordered. Heidi Swapp—CHA release ordered. Inque Boutique—CHA release ordered. In transit Prime Media—Ali Edwards Book: Life Artist. (due October) Heidi Swapp Book—Creative Escape 2007 (due September) Kate Mason—layout class/kit: TBA Prima Marketing—rubons, crystals, stamps, papers, Paintables papers. (Expected early October) Bind it All—machine and wire restocks Been There Done That—NEW Aussie travel themed papers and rubons. (expected October) |
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Poppy Ink projects below by Kate Mason |
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Love Elsie—CHA release Jack & Abby Fancy Pants—CHA release pins, posies, felt, chipboard, acrylic stamps. Making Memories—clear buttons, alphas and flowers. McGill Punch—restock mini file tab and round tab. Bind it All—idea book Adhesive—double sided tape gun and tape |
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CRYPTIC CLUES
In theory
Scrapbook journaling is usually very literal and very direct - ‘I love you’, ‘We had a great day out.’ It means exactly what it says. But it is possible, and fun, to take a more abstract approach. To drop cryptic clues which are open to interpretation, playing around with your words rather than simply documenting the facts. |
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There are a few different ways to achieve an abstract effect.
- You can use a seemingly random collection of words - a word collage if you like, to create an impression rather than a coherent story. It comes across as a jumble of thoughts and works well with words of a similar grammatical type, for example adjectives like ‘beautiful, funny, loveable’ or nouns like ‘mother, artist, teacher’.
- You can use snippets of sentences or phrases, for example, instead of saying ‘She needs something to believe in’ you could crop it to ‘needs something to believe in’. Your subject is still implied and you’ve successfully added an element of interest that wasn’t there before.
- You can journal in a figurative sense, like I have in my layout ‘They ask what you do.’ In practice
The journaling:
‘They ask what you do and you say you drink a lot of coffee. Which isn’t exactly the answer they expected, but then, they were asking the wrong sort of question, weren’t they?’
is not meant to be taken literally at all. Although I’ve been asked this question many times I’ve never given the coffee answer. Not yet anyway. It’s intended more as a reflection on an issue I struggle with. |
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Tips:
- Abstract journaling won’t suit every layout. It’s more about creating an ambiguous impression than accurately documenting facts, so if it’s important to capture specific information, a more direct approach might be better.
- One way to come up with a collection of abstract kind of thoughts to use is to conduct a personal brainstorming session where you give yourself a time limit, focus on the topic and write down whatever pops into your head in that time.
- Try not to over-think what you’re going to say or it might come across sounding too contrived. Abstract journaling works best if it’s more heartfelt than polished. |
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Join Kate in making this fun technique based album.
Create custom transparencies with peep holes.
All journals come pre-bound for you to add in your pages.
You can either create this album in an online class or use the instructions to create it in your own time. |
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SUPPLIES: Kraft cardstock Reflex copy paper Ribbon Ric Rac Heidi Swapp Chipboard Alphabet Negative Felt Button Thread Font: Old Typewriter |
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We have a new product available in the store now that we are really excited about! We have investigated this tool and we are excited about the benefits of bringing you this easy to use and very cost effective new adhesive.
We recently asked a few questions on the message board about other tape runners that scrapbookers used and decided to compare the price of the ATS tape gun to various other tape runner brands including Herma Dotto, Tombow, 3L, Xyron, EZ and Kokuyo. Please bear in mind our cost calculation is based on a random sampling of products and is meant for illustration purposes only. Certainly everyone should compare the tape runner you currently use to the ATS tape gun to make your own comparison.
The ATS tape gun uses a whopping 108 feet tape refill so in order to ensure we fairly compared all brands, we converted each brand and refills to a base unit of 100 feet. We then calculated this over 10 rolls and then arrived at a per roll cost with each roll at 100 feet. |
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This week’s project is by Alison Goldsbro: |
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In October it will be 12 months since we first started selling Poppy Ink kits through Blue Bazaar. To celebrate our 12 months with Poppy Ink we have a subscription offer which is detailed below:
3 month subscriptions (gift value $10.50) Subscribe for 3 months and receive your 3rd kit sent postage free AND a $5 gift voucher to use at Blue Bazaar.
6 month subscriptions – choose ONE of the following offers: (gift value $33.00) Receive your kits sent postage free each month for 6 months OR Receive a $5.50 gift voucher each month of your subscription to use at Blue Bazaar. You can spend your voucher each month or accumulate it for a larger purchase.
12 month subscriptions – choose ONE of the following offers: (gift value $66.00) Receive your kits sent postage free each month for 12 months OR Receive a $5.50 gift voucher each month of your subscription to use at Blue Bazaar. You can spend your voucher each month or accumulate it for a larger purchase OR Receive a Poppy Ink kit FREE at the end of your subscription - subscribe for 12 months and receive a 13th kit FREE!
SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
1. Order your subscription through the website and choose the period that you wish to subscribe for – 3, 6 or 12 months. 2. Then choose ONE of the FREE offers available under the subscription plans from above. 3. On checkout place a note in the comments field as to your FREE GIFT choice. This anniversary offer is valid until 30th September to receive the FREE gifts above. Subscriptions placed after 30th September will be received as ordinary subscriptions without the FREE offers. You will not be charged for your kit subscription until your first kit ships. We currently have October subscriptions available. Subscriptions that are placed once the October allocation has sold out will begin from November.
** International subscribers are not eligible for free postage, but will receive a $5.50 credit towards shipping.
We are excited to offer you these plans. We believe that Poppy Ink offers incredible value in terms of product variety and value for money.
Poppy Ink provides unique kits and strives to distinguish itself by including one-off and exclusive products as part of the monthly kits. At Blue Bazaar we also enjoy providing you with inspiration each month via Kate Mason’s free newsletter.
Please note if you have a current Poppy Ink kit subscription, you will have already received this offer via email.
Please let us know if you have any questions at all about the above offers and email us at sales@bluebazaar.com.au |
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The price per roll (based on a base 100 feet roll AND including the tape gun) for the ATS below is $8.65. Other tape runners ranged between $9.76 and an incredible $31.00. Xyron, Herma Dotto and 3L were at the higher end. The closest unit to the ATS was the Kokuyo at $8.69. |
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The initial outlay of the ATS gun is $49.95 through Blue Bazaar. Over time as proved in our comparison of costs, this tool will certainly deliver you enormous savings over other popular tape runners.
We love this product! We love the cost savings especially but we also love that the tool is so easy to use. While it does look much bigger than standard scrapbooking tape runners, it is very light and not heavy at all to use.
We have an initial stock of these guns in the store now. When they sell out we will be restocking them on a regularly basis as our preferred adhesive tool. So if you find this item out of stock on the website, please email us at sales@bluebazaar.com.au with your request to purchase. |
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Gloria has put together an amazing and creative kit that will get your creative juices flowing.
This kit and class teaches you to use stamping techniques, use cool transparency products and get creative with spackle and paint.
Gloria has put together a detailed set of step by step colour instructions with photos that will assist you in creating this unique layout. |
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Unfortunately we experienced downtime with our website on Wednesday evening 12th September. We are slowly receiving emails sent during that time. If you do not hear back from us within the next 24 hours please resend your email and we will respond as quickly as possible. |
