Free Stamps!!!!

Just a quickie today as getting ready for our hols yay! Only I don't know what to pack, macs or sundresses? This weather is sooooo hit and miss, I think we will have to pack for all eventualities, hope the suitcases can cope!

Soooooo what so we have on offer for you in the month of August? How do you fancy some free stamps?

Place an order of £60 or more and receive this fabulous stamp set.  Click HERE to see more details.

They are beautiful stamps and would look stunning watercoloured with Stamping' Up! watercolour crayons, pens or pencils.

Everyday Enchantment

Wow where is the summer? To say I am fed up with walking the dog in a muddy field everyday is an understatement!

What's a girl to do when the weather is naff-CRAFT!

So, here is a LO using the Everyday Enchantment papers.

 I created this LO for a crop that I attend once a month.

Having showed the ladies a couple of the techniques I used, they then had a play with the punches and stamps etc to create either the same LO or their own.  They created some gorgeous LO's, I do love to see variations of a LO, it furthers your inspiration.

I will be back soon to show you how I created one of the embellishments.

Remember the Everyday Enchantment offer runs until the end of July.

JULY SPECIAL OFFER

Here is the July Special Offer from Stampin UP!

Spend £45 (plus P&P) and receive the following stunning products, ABSOLUTELY FREE (valued at £15.95) !

Everyday Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack (127279)

Ribbon :-
1/8" (3 mm) Organdy Ribbon
2 spools: 10 yards ea. spool
1 Lucky Limeade, 1 Calypso Coral

Brads
3/8" (1 cm) Printed Designer Brads
30 brads: 6 ea. of 5 designs
Coordinating colours: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede



PLUS !! To help you spend your £45 - back from Sale-A-Bration by popular demand, and for this special offer ONLY, the coordinating Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Papers - only available while supplies last for £9.95 (126154)

VERY EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!

Hi all,

Its been a while, where has the time gone!!!!

I wanted to let you know the exciting news...................................

Stampin up! has just made a HUGE announcement, which I just know will make you all very happy indeed !! We are aligning our products AND catalogue with the US market ! In future, we will have one Annual Catalogue and two seasonal catalogues : an Autumn/Winter catalogue and a Spring/Summer catalogue. The really exciting news is that they will be BIGGER, and that the products offered will be 'almost' the same as the USA !!! The only products missing from our catalogues, will be MDS (My Digital Studio) and country specific products. Otherwise, our catalogues across the world, will be the same !!!

These are the catalogues and their publications dates:-

Autumn/Winter Catalogue
Dates: 1st September 2012 until 30th January 2013
Size: About 40 full size pages !
Content: Lots of lovely Christmas products and much more !

2012 - 2013 Annual Catalogue
Dates: 1st October 2012 - 30th June 2013. This will run for a shorter period than usual to allow for the transition. Subsequent Catalogues will run for 12 months starting on the 1st July.
Size: At least 204 pages
Content: All core products e.g. cardstock, inks etc., PLUS lots of fabulous stampers, papers, punches, fabrics and even more dies !!! Whoop whoop !!

Spring/Summer Catalogue
Dates: 1st February 2013- 30th June 2013
Size: Approximately the same size as the Autumn/Winter catalogue
Content: More seasonal products to supplement the core products in the Annual Catalogue

I really hope that you are as excited about this news as I am. Demonstrators and customers from all over Europe are whooping and cheering, as its something that we have all been pushing for, for a very long time.

Well Worn and loving it!

I found time to play today hurrah, though to be honest I did not feel like doing much else in this heat!

Now please forgive the photo.  I should explain that I take my photos on the mobile phone which has a blogger app on it. Sooooo much easier than getting the camera out and loading up to the computer etc.  Though this means sometimes my pictures aren't perfect, this one is a bit blurred, probably my shaky hand!

Today I used the Well Worn papers from the main catalogue, it's the first time I have used them even though I have been planning too for aaaaaages. 

I dont know about you but I go through phases of having a favourite way of doing my LO's. 

I think what I am saying is I dont't believe I have found my style yet. 

 I am not saying this is a bad thing,  it  means I get try out differant styles and it means variety in my LO's.  Although I think deep down I really would like to find a style, then I would not spend so much time paper shuffing .

Having said all that, this is where I find Stampin' Up! products such a pleasure to work with.  The majority of the hard work is taken away as the papers, inks, ribbons, butttons, fabric etc etc have all been made to co-ordinate. This makes less 'paper shuffling' as I know everything will work together.

Sooooo, getting back to my 'style,'  my 'thing' at the moment is to use the leftovers from punching.  As you can see from the picture below

I have used the negative from a flower  and  border punch.  This of course means I am keeping hold of every little scrap now and I need to find a tub to put them all in! 

So don't forget those little scraps,  they can actually make a differance to your LO'S by adding extra detail , layering and depth.

Till next time Happy Crafting x

Training Day, see if you can spot me!

Attic Boutique Scrapbook Page

 Today I thought I would show you a little 6x6 scrapbook page I did for the Training Day (see previous post).  As I was short on time - nothing new there, I decided to CASE it but for the life of me I can not find it now (I will keep searching as I would like to mention their name), so forgive me for not giving credit to the person I got my inspiration from.  
For this LO I used the Attic Boutique 12x12 papers, Edgelits Dies and Embossing Folders.  Also, not forgetting the fabulous twine that is only £2.50 for approx 22 metres and you can choose from 5 colours.   All from the Summer Mini Catalogue.


Attic Boutique


Pool Party Bakers Twine

Embossing folders

Edgelits Dies

If you would like to order any of these products please do not hesitate to email me .

Until next time, Happy Crafting !