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 !

A day out

I hope you all had a lovely weekend?

After the worries of having an ill hubbi for the past 4 wks I managed to keep a date with the Stampin' Up regional training at Leamington Spa on Saturday.  I went with my lovely SU demo friend Jane, we had a great day and I think our only downside was that the weather was very nice that day and we were stuck inside!

I thought I would share with you what I made for the event.

A very over the top name badge, (I had a play with my new scoring board) the theme of the day was "My Way" so  hey, its gotta be done right?

 We also made swaps and wow was there a frenzy of card swapping when we got there.  Imagine 50+ women all frantically trying to swap a card with everyone within 10 mins before we went into the meeting, and then theres me...... desperately trying to glug down a cuppa at the same time.

The swaps were brilliant and I have now aqquired some fabulous ideas to share with you.

Below is my swap,  I managed to get 20 quick and easy swaps done and they all went to good homes.

 I made the card with my favourite set of the moment Everything Elenor.  I have to say I use it for card making and scrapbooking, its a fabulous set.  I also used the Boho Blossoms punch, fabulous little flowers that can be used on their own or build up to make a layered flower.

 

If you would like any of the products I have mentioned please do not hesitate to contact me.

I  will be back soon to show you the scrapbook pages I have made using some of the lush new products.

 

Until then I will leave you with this little reminder........

Have a girly night with your crafty friends- Host a Stampin' Up! party and get FREE products!!!!!!!

Summer Mini is here..........

Its been a while since I have blogged - I have a very poorly hubbi and have been playing nurse.
Anyway, this is just a quick one as I have to go hospital visiting.  I just wanted to let you know that the new Summer Mini Catalogue is out with some gorgeous products to get your creative juices flowing.  The new Simply Scored scoring tool is great fun to make rosettes with.



If you would like to see a demo of how to use the scoring tool please click HERE

The catalogue is available to look at on the right hand side of my blog.  If you would like a good old fashioned paper version please email me and I will more than happily pop one in the post to you. 

So until next time I hope you find something to tempt you in the catalogue and you know where I am if you require anything.

Celebrate Spring..............

We're celebrating spring! From 1-30 April, Get one Free pack

of our gorgeous designer series paper when you spend

£45 on Stampin' Up! products.  Click HERE to see more

Only a few more days left..............

(with kind permission from Catherine Pooler)

Spend over £45 and choose from some fabulous gifts.  See Jan 23rd post details.

A belated Mothers Day to you all

Oh dear, I had every intention of making a card and getting it onto the blog before Mothers Day....

 I kind of left it 'till the last minute , so its a quicki, and then forgot to take the picture until after I had given Mum the card!.......  It was a busy weekend as it was my birthday too, so I think I can be excused just a little this time?

Ingredients:

First Edition Speciality Paper 121878

Victoria Crochet Trim 118481

 'Thank You' Curly Cute stamp set 120510

Flourish from the Everything Elenor stamp set 124164

Pearl Jewels 119247

Cardstock Soft Suede

Sale-a-bration is about to end but there is another great free gift in store  for April so watch this space.....

Happy St Patricks Day

I cased this idea from the talented Teneale Williams. I just loved this idea of Teneale's and thought I would have a play. Enjoy St Patricks Day on the 17th of March!

The legend of St Patrick
Good St. Patrick travelled far, to teach God's Holy Word
And when he came to Erin's sod, a wondrous thing occurred
He plucked a shamrock from the earth and held it in His hand
To symbolise the Trinity that all might understand
The first leaf for the Father
And the second for the Son
The third leaf for the Holy Spirit
All three of them in one.

The ingredients:
Ribbon, ink and card stock-Lucky Limeade
Brad- Pear Pizazz
Stamp- Sale-A-Bration Elementary Elegance

Ribbon Share

How would you like to own  seambinding in all the lush colours without paying for every reel of ribbon?

Seambinding is very on trend at the moment and Stampin' Up! have a gorgeous selection.

Okay so here's how we do it..................

I would like 7 sharers. (is there such a word?)

I will order the seambinding in all the colours. On receiving them I will divide all the ribbons between the amount of people and share them out. Each reel is approx 9m  in length, so you will have plenty of ribbon in lots of colours without the expense!

How fabulous is that, ALL the colours of seambinding and only paying £7 inc p&p!

So all you need to do is email me if you are interested and tell me your prefered payment Paypal or Cheque. (if you are at the Upton crop and would like to join in let me know and I will put you on the list and take cash on the crop day if you prefer)

 Payment of £7 must be made by the 17th of March 2012

Sew easy...........

I have been itching to make one of these teacup pin cushions to put all my decorative pins on,I use them on scrapbook pages and cards.  I am not the best of stitchers as I don't have the patience but something like this is so quick and easy.

It took no time at all to make and I think they are adorable. My teacup is quite plain but imagine doing one with a vintage style teacup which can be picked up really cheaply at a charity shop.

I used the Spice Cake ( 124066) fabric from the Mini catalogue, the colours are a mix of warm and cool colours and work together perfectly.

For the wrist pin cushion I used a matching jumbo button ( 124113). Excuse the photo of that, it was quite difficult to take a picture with one hand and get the other hand at a decent angle!

Oh and finally for the one layer card that I snuck in the photo I used the 'Charming' set ( 125829) from the Mini and the SU Marker Pens.

I have a delivery arriving tomorrow and I am hoping to get some quick samples done before we go skiing, but I won't promise cause no doubt Hubbie will start saying ' have you done this, have you packed that' I will say no more................... toodles x

Sale-a-bration Favourites...............

Sale-a-bration 2012

Spend £45 from the 2012 Catalogue or Mini and receive a fabulous stamp set or some gorgeous double sided 12x12 papers FREE!


Click here to see the Sale-A-Bration brochure
(scroll down the brochure to see the goodies)



Spend £45 - get one free stamp set or paper pack
Spend £90 - get two free sets or paper packs (or one free s/set and one paper pack)
Spend £135 - get three free sets (or any combination)
spend £180 - get four free sets
spend £225 - get all five items
24th January-31st March 2012

Mini Catalogue for Spring 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are all looking forward to a crafty 2012!














Its here......the Spring Mini Catalogue for 2012 and what a little cracker ( had to get one more Christmas word in !) it is.

Amongst the goodies are some fabulous new jewellery items that are just ideal to make personalised gifts with or a treat for yourself.
I will be showing some projects  to you over the weekend but in the meantime have a browse of the catalogue (find it on the sidebar on the right) and get those creative juices flowing for 2012.