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.