The Layered Look

I love this stamp set and the layers that you can achieve with it.

French Foliage 120845 wooden stamp set, 121166 clear stamp set

Curly Cute (greeting) 117014 wooden stamp set, 120510 clear stamp set

Apologies for the photography, shocking, must try harder....

Where oh where is the sunlight..............

I am sorry for the quality of these photos. (I will try and re-do them if we get any sun)This damp, miserable weather is a pest.

I wanted to show you a Christmas card using the Pennant punch and Stamps because we are coming up to that time of year!

Drum roll please...............and the winner is........

Whoohoo, Congratulations Aquarius, please email me your address and I will get some gorgeous papers in the post to you!

Thank you to everyone that left a comment:)

Its good to be a Hostess............

(Click on the picture for full details)

 Extra freebies for hostesses who hold a party between now and 15th December!

Earn even more FREE products when you host a qualifying Stampin’ Up!® workshop 1st  November–15th December, 2011.

Get the Paisley Petals Set and coordinating Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper for FREE —up to a £33.90 value—when you host a £300 workshop! This brand-new stamp set and Designer Series Paper are in addition to all the other exciting and generous benefits you get as a Stampin' Up! Hostess.

This is in addition to the usual Hostess Benefits.

Dont forget
~Only 11 days to go to be in with a chance of winning some fabulous Stampin' Up 12x12 papers~
All you need to do is leave a comment and follow me~simples!

Happy Halloween...ish

I don't do Halloween, hence the very late quickie card, OR am I just sooo organised for next year, you decide!

Ingredients:
Oval punch  119855
Bird Builder punch 117191
Top Note die  113463
Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder 117335
Lucky Limeade ruffle ribbon  122977
Shimmer Paint Champagne  116806

Birthday Wishes

I would like to show you a card I made for my dear friend Ruth.

Ingredients:

Designer frames (oval used)

123130

Seam binding-crumb cake

122332

Simply soft hostess flower

stamp set

122567

Mocha morning speciality papers

122366

Peach parfait ink

119783

Elegant bouquet embossing folder

115964

Curly cute word stamp

120510

A Flirtatious question!

I met some lovely ladies on Saturday and we had a great time playing with some of the new Stampin' Up products. Thank you to Jacqueline for a fabulous day.


One question that came up was about the card on page 120. What was the 'doily' made from? Well, it stumped me for a bit and bugged me as it had to be something from the catalogue! I asked some other demo's what they thought, and they confirmed what I thought it was.


It is actually the underside from one of the laser cut sheets in the Flirtatious papers set. ( 122360)


So the moral of that story is, always look on the other-side of your papers even if you think there is nothing there to make any use of!

All photos copyright of Stampin' Up!

I thought nobody was out there!

I have been informed that Blogger is being naughty at the moment and not letting anyone comment!  Hey , just my luck, first time I ask peeps to leave comments and it wont play ball, bad Blogger. 

So if you don't mind having another stab at it that would be great. 

 If it does  not work I will except emails, so 'follow me' and send me an email to be in with a chance of winning some yummy 12 x 12 papers from Stampin' Up!

Closing date 11/11/11

Win a selection of Stampin' Up! papers..............

Start following my blog, place a comment and you could win a selection papers!!

Stampin' UP! papers are high quality. The scrapbooking papers are exceptionally fine quality. If you have never experienced Stampin' UP! papers the Timeless Portrait  paper pack is an excellent starting point. Stampin' UP! designer series papers are ACID-FREE and LIGNIN-FREE. 

Sneak peaks....

As promised some pictures! They are only sneak peaks, I have been beavering away making samples for some up and coming parties and I don't want to give too much away.

I will say that I have fallen in love with the re-inkers. We have got a fabulous choice of colours now ( previously I think it was only black). I have been mixing a few drops with water and spritzing them! The best bit is they are only £2.75 a bottle!!! A gloriously, inexpensive way to get a collection of sprays together. I just need to find some more spraying bottles......

Drum roll please.....The 2011-2012 Stampin' Up catalogue has landed..................



Please click on the catalogue on the side bar to see the fabulous goodies on offer.

Wow,  I have spent ages drooling over the new goodies and I have found it very hard to choose the items I would like to showcase my samples with.  I have been beavering away (soooo wish I had more time to play)making cards with the new colours that are available and I will pop a couple of cards on here tomorrow (after work)  for your delectation;)

I am thrilled to let you know that the hostess benefits have changed and below is the table of how it works.

Basically, once you hit sales over £150 you start earning hostess pounds that you can spend ANYWHERE in the catalogue OR choose from a specially selected selection of stamp sets at discounted prices!  We are spoilt for choice me thinks!

See you tomorrow, toodles x

Out with the old, in with the new.......

Oh i am so excited that i can do blogging on my phone, i might get more done now, hurrah!
The Stampin' Up! Sale continues till the end of September, get your retiring goodies while you can.....
The only thing is, I am not sure how to do links yet, or even if it's available. So to see the sale/retiring list please make a note of this and go to www2.stampinup.com

Mini catalogue samples and BIG NEWS...........

I have LURVED playing with all the new goodies from the new mini catalogue.  On the rare occasiions I do get to craft I have been having to drag myself away to do the h*******k as the products have just been fabulous to work with I dont want to stop.

Here are a few of the goodies you can look forward to in the new mini.....................

THE BIG SHOT

Stampin’ Up! is proud to offer the Big Shot Die Cutting System! A Big Shot is a personal die cutting machine. It works on a rolling principle. The materials to be cut are rolled through the machine as you turn a crank. The Big Shot machine is capable of cutting materials from vellum to chipboard (with the appropriate dies), embossing, and texturizing. For those of you who do not know what this is … you can cut shapes, letters, phrases and images using this cute tool as well as emboss using special embossing folders and dies… The Sizzix Big Shot for Stampin’ Up! product line is a big deal! With the Big Shot you can cut over 50 different material types and duplicate creative and intricate designs quickly and easily. Using the special Multipurpose Platform – It also works with the following competitor dies and embossing folders (low profile/wafer thin dies as well as acid edged dies):

•Sizzix – Sizzix Steel Rule Dies, Sizzlets, BigZ Dies, Clearlets , Embosslets, Simple Impressions Folders, Texurz, Easy Emboss, Cutn’Emboss, Window Cuts, Decorative Strips, Extended Cuts

•Big Shot Thick Cut Dies, Big Shot Thin Cut Dies

•Spellbinders – Wizard Dies and embossing folders

•Cuddlebug – Dies, A2 Embossing Folders, Embossing Folders

•Quickutz

•Bosscut

•Accucut – Thinner wooden and wafer then dies

•Stampin’ Up! Brass Templates!

•Any Competitor’s Brass Templates!

I look forward to showing you some samples of what you can do with the Big Shot very soon

Watch this space............

March Frenzy!!!!!!

Click HERE to Find out!

Sorry, i dont think The flyer is very easy to read so I have written it down below.


Fast Flowers Stamping wheel £6.50 down to £5.20
Neighbourhood Stamping Wheel £8.50 down to £5.95
Friendly background stamp £16.95 down to £11.87
Spot on Stamping wheel £8.50 down to £6.80
Baroque border wheel £ 6.50 down to £4.55
Cheers and wishes stamp set £ 16.95 down to £11.87
A4 Shimmery white paper £7.50 down to £5.25
A4 Glossy white (try this with your reinkers - wow!) £6.25 down to £5.00
Greenhouse Gala papers £ 8.75 down to £7.00
Hidden Garden blossoms rub ons (these are a delight to work with) £ 8.50 down to £5.95
Styled Silver hodgepodge £25.95 down to £20.76
Stampin pastels new colour set - upgrade your pastels now £11.25 down to 7.88
Blender Pens £7.95 down to £6.95



There are some great bargains to be had in the March Frenzy, and a little tip.......how about sharing with a friend. Some of the items can be spilt so why not split a pack of paper, blender pens or the Hodgepodge Hardware ( which you won't be disappointed with, it's a fabulous product).

This offer is only on until the end of March or while stocks last.

Sale-a-bration..................Fancy some free stamps?



This most anticipated special offer of the Stampin' Up year has arrived. Sale-a-bration runs from today till 28th Feb and for every £45 you spend you can choose a FREE STAMP SET - yes a whole unique stamp set that have never been available before and won't be available for purchase ever! And its a free set with every £45 you spend so if you spend £90 you can choose two FREE sets!


If you host a workshop during sale-a-bration and the product sales come to more than £300 not only do you receive the super generous hostess benefits of £35 of free goods and a level 2 hostess stamp set but you can also choose an additional sale-a-bration set absolutely free! I would love to come and run a workshop in your home with your and your friends so get in touch to book a date.
Here are the details of the FREE stamp sets which are all available in wood and clear mount.