Stampers 10 cards

This weeks stampers 10 cards are made using a set that is staying with us into the new catalogue, I still have a few sets left to demo, but this is one of the versatile sets that you can adapt to any occasion.

The first card has a Whisper white base, the scalloped border at the bottom is made from Bashful blue designer papers & cut with the scallop border punch.

The nine square are cut from Bashful blue, Ballet Blue & Night of Navy they were cut using  a 1 1/8" square punch I stuck them to the card in a "random organised pattern" I know your thinking how can you have random organisation! ! ! ! Well it's a phrase coined by my lovely ladies. Next I used the three ink colours to stamp the seed head from the Pocket Silhouette stamp set 7 times. 6 were cut out using the 1 1/4" square punch & the 7th was cut using the 1" square punch.

I used the Random organisation method to lay them out on the card with the middle image on the "Huh" another Norfolk word meaning not straight or at an angle. One of my ladies put all hers on the Huh so she didn't have to try & get them all lined up.

The greeting is from the same set & was stamped in Ballet blue on the Whisper white card stock & punched using the Word window punch.

Again the base of this card was Whisper White, I actually managed to cut both card blanks from 1 single sheet of A4 card.

The Regal Rose Grosgrain ribbon was tied around the Bashful blue panel before we stuck it onto the card.

We stamped three images of the grass stamp from the Pocket Silhouettes set one in each colour Rich Razzleberry, melon mambo & pretty in Pink. Each image was then trimmed to the same size and matted onto cardstock of the matching colour. The matted images were adhered using Stampin' Dimensional's to give the card some depth.

The greeting was from the Pocket Silhouette set  & stamped onto Whisper white card with Rich Razzleberry ink and cut out using the Word window punch.. Then mounted on a scallop oval of Rich Razzleberry card, the decorations are Vintage brads.

So glad that this set isn't retiring, it's a little bit like your old comfy slippers, safe & comfortable. Talking of slippers isn't it cold & have mine on already & the heating.................Even all the cats are coming home every night now.

Slider cards with garden Whimsey

Don't panic garden Whimsey isn't retiring but I thought I would use it with the retiring papers from the Sweet Pea paper stack.

The card stock used is Melon mambo, Rich razzleberry & Whisper White

The greeting on the card is from basic phrases.

More retirements ~ Don't miss out

Two cards featuring two retiring sets, these sets will only be available whilst stocks last until 30th September. True friend & One of a kind.

The first card features the retiring sweet pea papers, Rose red card stock, whisper white & Old olive card stock. The lovely flowers are coloured using the Stampin' Write markers In rose red & Old olive.

The circle punches are 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Both are on the retirement list, but they are only retiring in the current format, Stampin' Up are re-releasing the punches in a lovely slim design.

The small card is 4" square & made from Rose red card stock, the flowers & greeting are also stamped in Rose red Ink. The flower is stamped onto Whisper White Card stock using Old Olive & Elegant eggplant Stampin' Write pens. The backing papers are Rich Razzlebery card stock & papers from the the retiring sweet pea paper stack. The Polka dot ribbon is Rich razzleberry & tied with Hemp thread.

You have just 15 days left before these are gone for ever, if you would like to order any of these products please contact me.

It's that time of year again, Yet more retirements

This card was made using True friend set that retires at the end of September, The main part the card is pretty in pink, on the front the large flower is stamped in Melon mambo & Rich Razzleberry, the small flower is stamped in whisper white ink. The care was scored at 3.5" from each end, with 3" being trimmed from the long side which will form the belly band.

The flower is punched using the 5 petal punch in 2 colours and the flowers from the Boho blossom punch makes up the two smaller layers of the flower.

The polka dot Grosgrain ribbon is also on the retired list.

The curves of the main card are made by drawing around a large pasta bowl & trimmed round with sharp scissors.

The flowers are coloured with the Stampin' Write markers in Rose red, Elegant eggplant & Handsome Hunter.

If true friend is on your wish list, better be quick as it is retiring at the end of September 

From Pukka pad to beautiful designer notebook

When I finished work yesterday I had to go with Abi  buy yet more stationery for school & being a paper crafter I am a sucker for stationery, I think I always have been as a little girl I loved being surrounded by paper & pencils & glue & scissors. I remember opening my Christmas stocking one year & finding a glue pen, but Father Christmas forgot to put any paper in my stocking, so I used the glue pen on all the pages of a comic magazine, my Mum was so cross.

From this

Well back to the story I came home in such a bad mood I decided to go straight up too my craft room until I calmed down, & decided to give my Pukka pad a makeover. If you are careful you can take the covers off the pad.

Using Bashful blue cardstock, Creamy caramel ink pad on the en francais background stamp all over the from cover. Then using Chocolate chip ink I stamped the Baroque Motifs swirl in two corners. Then with Pink Pixie I stamped the single flowers randomly around the swirl. On a spare piece of card I stamped the flowers again & punched them out with the Boho blossoms punch & popped them up with glue dots.

The A5 covers were held against the original covers & carefully lined up the holes on the Crop o dile, carefully I reconstructed the pad with its new covers & using the Bind it all I clamped the spiral spin back together, this can however be done by hand.

The ribbons tied around the spine Are bashful blue Striped Grosgrain & Taffeta ribbon on Bashful blue.

Sadly both of the ribbons are retiring, but one the happy side they are making way for lovely new stash.

New project & work in progress

My new project a beautiful frilly scarf for Abi

The yarn is Can Can & is set to be this years fashion yarn. One ball makes 170cm frilly scrarf.

So far I have done about 6" which is quite an achievement as A~ I'm not a knitter & B~ I have 4 cats who think I bought them home a new toy.

I will post the finished scarf later during the weeks with my lovely Abi as a model.

Amazing new yarn from Rico which knits into a fabulous curly, waterfall scarf. One ball makes one scarf which makes this a fantastic yarn for gifts - and for yourself!

Needle size

8 mm

( 0 UK )

( 11 US )

Tension square

6

8

weight & length per ball

60 metres

66 yards

200 grams

care instructions

Another sad loss another two retirees

I am so sorry to see these two sets going, I know we have to clear out the old to make way for the lovely new sets & accessories, or our houses would all need elastic walls. 

Wonderful words is making way for some lovely new greeting sets but that said I will still miss this one & its lovely curly font which is quite like my own writing. Bird on a branch is one of those sets that you could bring out & use for just about every occasion.

The cardstock in this project is Kraft card, Chocolate chip & Taken with teal. Kraft card is being renamed in the new catalogue & is going to be called crumb cake.

The inks are Close to cocoa, Taken with teal, Tempting turquoise Second generation stamped image, Rose red & a Black Journaler pen.

The tools & extras I've used are Crop o dile, Stamp a majig, 1/4" Tempting Turquoise ribbon & Antique Brass jumbo eyelets.

All of the above products are made by Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me as A Stampin' Up demonstrator.

Farewell to some old favorites

Not just one retiring set but two on today's card A Holly Jolly Christmas {R} Spotlight on Christmas {R} These sets are only available whilst stocks last until 30th September. the cardstock that I've used is Old olive, real red, Whisper white, designer series papers from the Christmas Jingle kit ( Whilst stocks last )

The tree's on the card are coloured using Stampin' write markers in Chocolate Chip & Garden green the swirls are with the Real red ink pad. Two way glue pens from Stampin' Up are great for accenting small areas with the Dazzling diamonds glitter. Both of the ribbons are also from Stampin' Up Old Olive striped Grosgrain & Very Vanilla taffeta. The punches are Word window, Small tag & Large tag.

All of the above products are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.

Going fast ~ Update

I'm sure that nobody associated with Stampin' Up expected the last chance list to have sell outs so soon. the following items are now gone from stock & wont be replenished.
Hostess set ~ 113708 Darling dots
109983 ~ A4 Close to Cocoa Cardstock
109984 ~ A4 Creamy caramel Cardstock
110014 ~ A4 Sage shadow Cardstock
116769 ~ Autumn meadows designer papers ( Mini catalogue )

110032 ~ Bold brights textured 12 x 12

103020 ~ Old fashioned Christmas
So if any of your favourites are on the retired list then please don't delay or you may miss out

Pre~Order your new catalogue

Would you like to see the new catalogue?

 You can now order your own copy delivered to your door as soon as my stocks arrive on October 1st.

2010-2011 Catalogue PREORDER YOUR COPY NOW £3.99 price inlcudes delivery

The cover price is £5.95

If you are a member of my stampers 10 group or my stampers 6 group you will get a complimentary copy of the new catalogue from me just for being in the groups.

Selling out Fast

I'm sure that nobody associated with Stampin' Up expected the last chance list to have sell outs so soon. the following items are now gone from stock & wont be replenished.
Hostess set ~ 113708 Darling dots
109983 ~ A4 Close to Cocoa Cardstock
109984 ~ A4 Creamy caramel Cardstock
110014 ~ A4 Sage shadow Cardstock
116769 ~ Autumn meadows designer papers ( Mini catalogue )

So if any of your favourites are on the retired list then please don't delay or you may miss out

Twaddle & Piffle

For those of you that aren't from Norfolk it basically means to blather on or talk a lot. Well it's been a funny old day for starters it was my youngest Abi's first day of her last year at school so a real milestone day & she was trying to get out of the door to school this morning when I had her posing for pictures, being a scrap booker that's definitely one for the album.
I headed off to work awaiting many deliveries but it was okay as Dan is still at home as University doesn't start for him until 27th September.
I came home to a packet of lovely Christmas fabrics for my bunting hire venture,

Kate Spain ~12 days of Christmas

So that's something else for me to be getting on with & as I put the kettle on I had a delivery from the UPS driver with the first order from my Stampin' Up pre order, did I say that as a demo I can order some of the product early? Well the new catalogue has something for everyone.
The kettle boiled again and the courier that delivers the Amazon orders was at the door, now by this time i'm in a real quandary do I start cutting out the new fabric? or do I mount the new stamps & make some samples? but I cant upload the sneak peeps yet so that has gone to the bottom of the list or do I eventually make that cup of Lady grey tea & start on one of the three books that has just arrived? I do wish that I could read more than two books at a time. I usually have one by the bed for the evenings & another that I read at work, but they do have to be completely different in story & theme or I do get a bit confused.
Well for a few weeks I haven't had much at all to read & now three books two from my favourite authors and one whose title absolutely fascinated me, but I will get to that in a minute.

I Love Sophie Kinsella books they are so humorous & I can see a little of people I know in the main character Becky Brandon.













The next book that arrived today is 6 Rainier Drive, I found this author by chance as one of her books was on a 3 for 2 in Waterstones & I have to walk through there everyday on my way to work. The books are about an idyllic sounding place called Cedar cove, although on second thoughts maybe not so idyllic because a lot happens there, but I wont say any more just in case you take my recommendation to read the set. If you like easy going family stories & human life observations you will love these.

 Well this book just jumped off the virtual bookshelf at Amazon & into my basket. I love beach huts & everything about them, not that I have one, but they just fascinate me & If I won the lottery I would go on the waiting list for a beach hut In Southwold.

Well I guess if your reading this in any other country than the Uk you may wonder what I am talking about so here is the Wikipedia definition of a beach hut.


A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly coloured, box above the high tide mark on popular bathing beaches. They are generally used as a shelter from the sun or wind, changing into and out of swimming costumes and for the safe storing of some personal belongings. Some beach huts incorporate simple facilities for preparing food and hot drinks by either bottled gas or occasionally mains electricity.

They are just so unique I even found a website where they hold a beach Hut of the year competition.
http://www.beachhutoftheyear.co.uk

Only the British would pay £100,000 for a beach hut in Southwold ( a brightly coloured timber shed approx 8ft x 10ft that can only use to its best advantage when the sun shines.

So I look forward to reading this book & sharing the stories of the Beach Hut.


You may wonder what has happened to the crafting today!! Well I had a crafting disaster, I saw yesterday a technique called "Josephs coat" well I tried it tonight & to say it was unsuccessful is a minor understatement, I have black ink everywhere & a nice Brayer shaped stain on my desk.....oh well tomorrow is another day & maybe I will have another try at the Joseph's coat technique & actually have something crafty to share with you.

Well Goodnight all i'm off to start a new book & I have just realised I never did make my cup of tea.

NEWSFLASH

Gone already


Close to Cocoa A4 cardstock 
Sage Shadow A4 cardstock

So dont delay if there is anything that you want........................CONTACT ME TODAY.

Autumn is here

It really feels like autumn here in Norfolk although the weather is bright it is very chilly & feels quite autumnal.

So I thought I would make some cards using the Autumn Splendour set & the Autumn Meadows papers.

To make the flower 

Punch out your largest circle using 1 3/4" circle punch, this will form the base of your flower.

You will need 7 circles using the middle sized 1 3/8" circle punch.

The smallest 1"circle punch will form the centre of your flower, you could use the middle sized circle if you prefer.

I have inked all the edges of the circles both front and back using the Sponge Daubers & Really Rust ink but for an alternative look you could distress them.

Fold both sides of each circle in to create a little posy shape. Glue the bottom section together.

When the flower is assembled stick the smallest circle in the middle & button with the hemp twine tied through the button.

Soft Suede card base 5" square, 4 Chocolate chip squares 4 3/4", 4 squares of Autumn meadow papers 

4 1/2" square. The large leaf is cut from the backing papers, the smaller leaf is stamped using Really Rust ink on Pumpkin Pie cardstock & inked around the edges. The sentiment is from Occasional Greetings stamped in Really Rust onto the backing papers & punched out using the Oval punch & mounted onto Chocolate chip cardstock punched using the Scallop Oval punch.

One set & three cards

Pocket Silhouettes a lovely set & it is not retiring, so I have mixed it with some of the lovely new renovation colours Soft Suede, Melon Mambo & Rich Razzleberry

Kraft card which is being renamed Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo. The inks are whisper White & Melon Mambo & Old Olive. The effect was achieved by Stamping a mask out of post it note paper using the 1 1/4" circle punch & stamped around the circle in the middle of the card first using the White ink & then changing stamps & using the Melon Mambo stamp around the circle at random intervals. When you remove the mask it leaves a blank circle in the middle that you could stamp a sentiment in as it looks like a wreath. I chose to stamp my sentiment from Spotlight on Christmas I used  Old olive ink onto the Kraft card & used the 1 1/4" circle punch to punch out the sentiment & used Stampin' dimensional's to pop the sentiment.

The card base is Soft suede another of the yummy new colours, the images are stamped in a fan shape onto Very Vanilla cardstock using Soft suede, Old Olive & Melon Mambo ink.

The stamped image is matted onto Kraft card. The scallop border & Scallop Oval are punched from Rich Razzleberry card. Using The Paper piercing tool I pierced each scallop & popped it up on Stampin' Dimensionals. The Thanks so much sentiment is from the Pocket Silhouettes stamp set is stamped in Old Olive onto Kraft card & mounted using Stampin' Dimensionals.

I love this one it looks so fresh & really pops off the page, three completely different cards for different occasions & all from a single set. For this card I have used Old Olive, Melon mambo & Kraft card. A very simple card. The stamped layer uses the corner rounder minus the guard to clip the corners.

All of the above products are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me as an independent creative coach.

New stampers group starting soon

I am starting up a brand new Stampers 6 club with effect from October
Heres the deal!!

*JUST 1 PLACES LEFT* be amongst the first to see the new products

Please mail me for more information or to register a place before they fill up !!!!!

I need 6 ladies to join the club who commit to spending a minimum of £25 a month (plus P&P) for 6 months October - March. This is without a December meeting, which I can do ( If required ) as an additional meeting with a draw for hostess, so the chance of a bonus hostess month.
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Each month one of the 6 ladies will be classed as the "hostess" for that month and will receive freebies of the minimum of a Level 1 stamp set and £15 worth of goodies from the catalogue. Dont worry being hostess simply means you get freebies that month, it doesnt mean you have to let us all come round to your house!!!!!

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You will receive a free Stampin Up catalogue at the start of the club and any further mini catalogues that might appear during the club run.

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Occasionally I will send out challenges and prizes to some lucky winners

Do you like the sound of it ???

Farewell ~ Au revoir ~ just one month left

Last night was so busy I gave up at quarter past midnight & went to bed I think we crashed the servers, I did however get to see the new catalogue & you will love it.

The new hostess sets are gorgeous....................I need them all.

Click here to see the whole list

These items are only available WHILE STOCKS LAST and lots of them have been REDUCED!!! Yes thats right some have 25% off and some have 50% off!!!!!!!!!

I will be placing regular orders so dont delay!!!!