Holidays are coming

I haven't seen that advert yet but I know that the Holidays are coming. As soon as the Children all went back to school in September all the parents & grandparents that came into the store at work were all talking about Christmas & I know that will go up another gear at the end of October after half term & Halloween.
Also I keep having to hoover the floor in the craft room so I don't lose the kittens under a layer of glitter.
So with all things festive I thought I would share a few cards I have been making with my current favourite set & colour palette.

Snow festival DSP

Be of good cheer DSP

Be of good cheer DSP

I am just loving the colour combination of Whisper white on Gumball Green & Raspberry Ripple, I will be back tomorrow with some more festive cards.

Hugs until tomorrow

Christmas Card Making Club

Tonight is the first meeting of the Christmas card club, over the last few years I have realised that we all leave most of our Christmas preparations until the last minute, with that in mind I decided to run a Christmas card Making Club, starting early enough to hand craft all of your Christmas cards.

These are tonight's cards

All of the cards made tonight are using the new stamp set called scentsational seasons which have a matching set of Framelits dies.

127814 Holiday collection Framelits £20.95

121026 Wood Mounted Scentsational season Stamps £16.95

121190 Clear Mounted Scentsational season stamps £13.95

Special value bundle price for Stamps & Framelits 15% discount

129945 Wood mounted bundle £31.95

129946 Clear mounted bundle £28.95

 I will Be running a Fortnightly Christmas card Club, If you would like to join me on one or all of the remaining sessions the details are below.


2nd & 4th Thursday of each Month at 7pm

11th October
25th October
15th November
29th November
13th December

2nd & 4th Friday of each Month at 10am ( minimum 3 attendees )

12th October
26th October
16th November
30th November

During each session you will have all the materials except adhesives to make 8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs.

You will be able to complete at least one of each design in class & will have the stamped & punched kits to complete at home the remainder of the cards.

The session will last approx 2 1/2 hours and cost £9
If you book all 4 sessions & pay in advance you will only pay £32

Light refreshments will be provided.

There are 6 places on each class so please register your interest, stating whether you are interested in a morning or evening session.
e-mail
lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

World card Making Day Event ~ Part 2

Can you guess which set the tree wreath comes from?

I am now fully rested &  un-packed from Saturdays Worlds Card making day event with Sharon on Saturday & as promised I will share with you the Christmas cards that we made in the afternoon session. The afternoon session went on until  5pm and over ran a little bit as we actually say down to eat lunch with our lovely ladies & listen to their thoughts on the newly released annual Stampin' Up catalogue. I think many of the ladies are as over whelmed as we were when we first saw it a month ago at the launch in Reading.

These trees are so sparkly made with Heat & stick powder & dazzling diamonds to bling them to the max.

So here are some of the cards that we made in the afternoon.

The first card is a swing card that looks far more complicated than it really is, after talking with a friend of mine and watching her make this card I realised just how simple this card is to design using the Framelits & she also gave me a couple of foolproof tips so I could share this card with you, I love this design, I think i will be trying it with some other stamp sets, s thank you Naomi.

The same card as above laying flat ready for posting.

Both Sharon & I would like to thank you if you attended our all day event to celebrate World Card Making day & of course the release of the new Annual Stampin' Up catalogue.

Our last all day event for 2012 is being held at Hethersett village hall on Saturday 1st December between 10 - 4ish. Places are filling up fast. This will be gifts & cards on the day, as requested by you. On the day there will also be the Draw draw for the Big Shot package.
Book your place now with either Sharon or Myself.

World Card Making day ~ Event Part 1

How did you celebrate World Card Making Day?

Sharon & I spent the day with some of our Lovely Ladies at Hethersett Village hall Sharing what we love all things Stampin' Up & paper & Stamps.

In the morning we used the lovely Orchard Harvest Suite to make some very different cards using the Perfectly Preserved Stamp set.

Perfectly Preserved Stamps & co-ordinating Framelits
Clear Bundle £39.50
Wood mounted Bundle £35.50
15% Saving on individual purchase

Orchard Harvest Designer Series papers 126895 £9.95

We teased everyone until Lunchtime, and kept them waiting for the knew catalogues, we knew they would be as excited as we were to see the HUGE new annual catalogue & we had a lot of projects to get through. There are so many nice sets and co-ordinating items that Stampin' Up have gathered together in suites we were literally spoilt for choice & had trouble narrowing down the samples we had made to fit it all into a single day. So if you attended our event you may see cards shown here that we never got around to sharing with you.

Here are five very different cards made using the Perfectly Preserved Stamp set & the matching Framelits.

How do you like the variety that this set provides, Sharon worked very hard on this samples to share with you how versatile that set was. We had both been to a training meeting at the beginning of October & were discussing with other demonstrators sets that were not top of our list or promotional sets that we had earned for free & this set was one of those that most demonstrators weren't immediately drawn too & like us many demonstrators made that a priority to share what you could do with this super versatile set.

Hugs until tomorrow when I will be back with part 2 of this post.

Christmas Card Making Club

CHRISTMAS CARD MAKING CLUB

Do you leave all of your Christmas cards to the last minute?

Would you like to be organised enough to send all handcrafted cards this year?

From October I will Be running a Fortnightly Christmas card Club.

2nd & 4th Thursday of each Month at 7pm

11th October
25th October
15th November
29th November
13th December

2nd & 4th Friday of each Month at 10am ( minimum 3 attendees )

12th October
26th October
16th November
30th November

During each session you will have all the materials except adhesives to make 8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs.

You will be able to complete at least one of each design in class & will have the stamped & punched kits to complete at home the remainder of the cards.

The session will last 2 1/2 hours and cost £9
If you book all 4 sessions & pay in advance you will only pay £32

Light refreshments will be provided.

There are 6 places on each class so please register your interest, stating whether you are interested in a morning or evening session.
e-mail
lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

Patio Party Suite

I love my job, I get rewarded for sharing what I love. In a promotion earlier in the year I got some
lovely freebies for recruiting a new demonstrator.

Make A Cake stamp set

Beautiful Patio Party designer papers

Itty Bitty Banners stamp set

All of the above three items were free just for sharing what I love, Included in the bundle was a reel of ribbon as well.

So here are some of the cards I made with my new stash.

The wait is over

To view

The wait is over I can finally share with you the HUGE new Stampin' Up Annual catalogue. I exaggerate not when I say Huge, the annual catalogue now has 205 pages, which is the same size catalogue as the Americans have.
A couple of little facts to share with you about the new annual catalogue.

• 205 pages, that is an extra 73 pages of product & inspiration.
• This catalogue is valid 1st October - 30th June bringing us into line with the Americans
• The next annual catalogue will run 1st July 2013 - 30th June 2014
• The catalogue will be supported by a bi-annual seasonal catalogue the first being Autumn - Winter which is currently available.

If you would like to see a copy of the catalogue or are thinking you would like to earn money from your hobby or just get a massive 20% of all of your future orders then drop me a line at lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

Check back over the next few weeks to see what I'm making for Christmas.

Every cloud has a silver lining

Well as they say in life " when one door closes another door opens" this is also true in the Stampin' Up world, yesterday I shared with you the in-colours that we would be losing. Today I want to share the NEW in-colours for 2012 - 2014.

Welcome 2012 -2014 In Colours

What do you think?

1 each in 5 colours.  Water-based dye ink. Acid-free. Dual-tipped markers: .5 mm fine point and flexible brush.  Coordinates with Classic Stampin’ Pads and exclusive Stampin’ Up! card stock.  Gumball Green,  Midnight Muse,  Primrose Petals,  Raspberry Ripple,  Summer Starfruit. Stampin' Up!'s high-quality card stock is dyed with pure colour all the way through, so you'll never get a white core!  20 sheets card stock: 4 ea. in 5 In Colours; A4.  5 Classic Stampin’ Pads: 1 ea. in 5 In Colours.  Gumball Green,  Midnight Muse,  Primrose Petals,  Raspberry Ripple,  Summer Starfruit. Also available are all the co-ordinated Designer series papers, Ribbons & Embellishments.

What's your favourite NEW colour?

Retiring In-colours

So long beautiful In colours, I will miss you

If like me you are a fan of these colours then its not too late to stock up on these colours. If you own the ink pads I would recommend purchasing the ink refills to make your pads last.

All of the retiring products are shown on the retirements post, if you would like any help ordering these or any other Stampin' Up products please contact me at lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

Stampers 10 ~ September

With the Children back at school, many of us turn our thoughts onto preparing for Christmas and one of the first tasks we usually start with is the handmade cards, we have so many to make that by starting early and make a few each week the task doesn't quite so huge.

This week at our stampers 10 meeting we used one of the new sets that will be in the forthcoming Annual catalogue available to order from 1st October.

The set I chose to share tonight is Scentsational Season with the co-ordinating Holiday Collection Framelits.

Two very different cards from a set that is one of my favourites.

If you would like to find out more about Stampin' Up or any of the products please e-mail me at lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk.

Become a Demonstrator for only £99 ~ YOUR WAY

Image Copyright Stampin' Up 2012

Would you like to become a Stampin Up demonstrator??

Do you have a huge Wish List from the catalogues?

Well signing up is the cheapest option for you!!

For £99 you get to choose £130 worth of products from either the main catalogue, the new mini or a combo of both - PLUS you get a business pack worth £45 - ALL FOR ONLY £99

The great news is it ships to you for free!!! It really is a fab offer

If you would like further information on this great offer please ping me an e-mail at Lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

Autumn Winter Seasonal catalogue Goes Live Today

Autumn & Winter Seasonal catalogue 1st September - 31st January 2013

Autumn & Winter Seasonal Catalogue

View Online

I Cannot tell you how excited I am to finally share this catalogue with you, I received my copy four weeks ago & as a demonstrator I am very fortunate to be able to pre-order some of the goodies from the new catalogue.

If you would like your own Paper copy of the catalogue please e-mail me at lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

Retirements Day is here

Good morning

This is actually a live post, those that know me will me amazed that I know there are two 4.30's in the same day.
There are two reasons I am up so early, firstly the retirements list was published this morning & I wanted to share it with you & also Sharon { My Stampin' Up Buddy } & I are off on a road trip too Reading for a leadership event.

For those of you that are new to Stampin'up once a year Stampin' Up retire some of the products, although this is sad & many of my favourites are going, its also immensely exciting as that makes way for the new catalogue on the 1st October.
The products on the list are available whilst stocks last & until 30th September.

Retiring Stamps

Retiring Accessories

If you would like to chat about this or place an order please contact me at lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk