Where do they go?

The weekends that is. Here we are Tuesday already and the weekend a distant memory.

Friday night we had a crop & craft at my house, a big thank you to Michelle, Angie & Emma who were able to make it along, crafting with friends is so relaxing & I definately find that the sweets & goodies help the creative flow.

Saturday I was working and we had a demo day with my friend Dawn, as always she was very busy & I came home inspired, not that I have managed to finish any projects yet as the card orders just keep rolling in.

Sunday was a chillaxin day, I continued to work on my stationery boxes, they are nearly finished.................... I promise, but instead of finishing one completely I went off at a tangent as I'm prone to do & started a second box.
In the afternoon I had a reiki treatment, I broke my toe last saturday & have been in agony all week especially as I'm on my feet all day & I had had two migraines and a headache all week, so I was definately in need of some TLC. The Reiki treatment lasted about an hour & was definately a totally chilled experience I just drift off to another place. Since the treatment I have not had another headache. So I am looking forward to Saturday for my 2nd treatment.

Off to my stampers 10 class tonight & another meet up with my crafty girlies. I'm off to work in a minute & I hope for a calm day to allow my Reiki to continue to work it's magic..................... So NO parking that funny bus outside my shop again, sane polite customers only today ................Please.

Stampin Up offers

At the moment I still have spaces on my Stampers 10 this a great way to fill your wish list.

Any e-mail orders over £45 will qualify for free shipping.

Paper & ribbon share ~ 1 share left at £12 Lovely new papers

Marker pen share ~ a great way to collect all of the pens including the storage caddy for a monthly payment.

Stampin' Up are running a designer paper offer throughout May Buy any three packs from the list & get a fourth pack free.

Buy any three packs of Designer Series paper from the 2008-2009 Idea Book & Catalogue or the list below (£7.75 each) and get one FREE!

Item #	Description
115157	Ski Slope Designer Series paper (from Mini Catalogue)
115158	Tea Party Designer Series paper (from Mini Catalogue)
115307	Washington Apple Designer Series paper (from Mini Catalogue)
110091	Brocade Background Designer Series paper *
109936	Cutie Pie Designer Series paper *
110093	Petals & Paisleys Designer Series paper *
109940	Fall Flowers Designer Series paper *
109938	Dashing Designer Designer Series paper *
109944	Le Jardin Designer Series paper *
110094	Wintergreen Designer Series paper *
109946	Brilliant Blue Prints Designer Series paper*
109948	Certainly Celery Prints Designer Series paper*
109949	Close to Cocoa Prints Designer Series paper*
109951	Pumpkin Pie Prints Designer Series paper*
109953	Rose Red Prints Designer Series paper*
111108	Old Olive Prints Designer Series paper*

*While supplies last; see 2008-2009 Idea Book & Catalogue, p. 93

For the month of May Stampin' Up are offering an alternative starter kit for anyone wishing to sign up as a demonstrator. If anyone would like to know more please contact me at lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

The time limited ~ Scrapbooking Starter Kit Promotion is just £99

If you are interested in any of these offers or in becoming a Stampin' Up demonstrator please e-mail me.

I'm still here

I'm still here...................... I have just finished a mammoth order for 125 wedding invitations in two different designs & as I sit here looking at the finished piles on the table I am silently saying my prayers that the courier comes back today with my envelope delivery.
I have a backlog of projects I'm wanting to start but before that happens I guess I should finish all of the projects I have started, lots of new goodies from Stampin' Up to play with & loads of new products at work have all combined to get my creative juices flowing..................that is until I sit in my Stampin studio & i'm sure my mind will go blank.

Blog Candy ~ Winner

Thank you to everyone who entered my blog candy draw.
The lucky winner is comment number 25

AllyCat said...

Congrats on your hits Lisa, very well done. Blog candy is awesome. I love SU! Shantixxx

Well done Shanti, if you would like to get in touch with me & send me your snail mail address I will get your Stampin Up goodies in the post to you.

A big thank you once again to everyone that entered and for all of your kind comments

A very proud moment

A tear in my eye and a lump in my throat moment when Abi & Bradley ran the race for life yesterday, Abi knocked 10 minutes of her time last year. Kizzy, Tina & Lynn walked the race for Life at the showground yesterday.

If anyone would like to make a donation to the race for life then here is the link to Abi's just giving page ~ Just Giving

An amazing experience

What an amazing day we had yesterday, as a family we all went out to Banham zoo, they had so many babies & all the animals were very active except the Tigers which are Pauls favourite. My Sister in law paid for the 4 children to get up close & personal with the Giraffes in their new exclosure & feed them. They all loved it & agreed it was the best experience ever. The giraffes were inches away & truly amazing creatures.



We have our Grandson for his birthday weekend and he loved feeding these gentle giants, so I made his Birthday card with pictures from the feeding frenzy & then he went & had his face painted to look like a Giraffe.

If you are fortunate enough to go to Banham zoo, it is well worth paying the extra to feed the giraffes especially while there is a baby in the pack.

Stampin' Up Shares

Thank you to everyone who took part in the last two paper shares I have run with the lovely new Stampin' Up papers & ribbons.

I currently have a marker share running that needs 3 more participants where you purchase your markers as part of the marker share & then eacj month one of the participants gets the carry case, which is not only a great way to store the pens in the colour families but as they are double ended pens they need to be stored horizontally as it proplongs there life.

I also have a designer paper share running which needs 8 people to participate.

I was wondering if anyone has some of the goodies on their wish list that they would like me to run a share of. I am open to all suggestions the only criteria to put a share together the products must all be divisable by the same number of participants.

I look forward to hearing your suggestions.

Stampin' Up Scrapbooking promotion

For the month of May Stampin' Up are celebrating scrapbooking month with a fabulous promotion on the beautiful range of scrabooking papers including the lovely new papers from the Mini catalogue.

This promotion only vald for a limited time 1-31 May 2009

Buy any three packs of Designer Series paper from the 2008-2009 Idea Book & Catalogue or the list below (£7.75 each) and get one FREE!

Item #	Description
115157	Ski Slope Designer Series paper (from Mini Catalogue)
115158	Tea Party Designer Series paper (from Mini Catalogue)
115307	Washington Apple Designer Series paper (from Mini Catalogue)
110091	Brocade Background Designer Series paper *
109936	Cutie Pie Designer Series paper *
110093	Petals & Paisleys Designer Series paper *
109940	Fall Flowers Designer Series paper *
109938	Dashing Designer Designer Series paper *
109944	Le Jardin Designer Series paper *
110094	Wintergreen Designer Series paper *
109946	Brilliant Blue Prints Designer Series paper*
109948	Certainly Celery Prints Designer Series paper*
109949	Close to Cocoa Prints Designer Series paper*
109951	Pumpkin Pie Prints Designer Series paper*
109953	Rose Red Prints Designer Series paper*
111108	Old Olive Prints Designer Series paper*

*While supplies last; see 2008-2009 Idea Book & Catalogue, p. 93


If you wish to place an order please contact me.

The crazy lady is let loose in Tesco's

If anyone was watching me this morning whilst wandering around Tesco's they would have been on the phone to the funny farm to get the men in white coats to come and get me.
I have seen these amazing card boxes / bin on peoples blogs and also there is a thread about them running on ILWS.

Box 1

Box 2

So there I was before work this morning combing the aisles of my local Tesco with a packet of c6 envelopes in my hand measuring all of the boxes to see if they fitted the bill for this project, I carefully emptied the boxes & e stacked the shelves. I found 3 that were suitable but the one I really wanted was full. So back I went after work & it was half empty, again i carefully re stacked the shelves & took the box. The checkout assistant thought it was hilarious & was intrigued why I wanted them, when I explained she thought it was a cool idea.
I can only imagine what the security guards were thinking if they were watching the cctv footage.
So next time you see someone acting odd in a supermarket........................It could be me on another mission to find something to alter.

May is a good time to sign up as demonstrator

For the month of May Stampin' Up are offering an alternative starter kit for anyone wishing to sign up as a demonstrator. If anyone would like to know more please contact me at lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

The time limited ~ Scrapbooking Starter Kit Promotion is just £99
Just click on the poster & it will open in a seperate window & the text will be readable.

Marker pen share

Do you love the Stampin' Up marker pens?
Would you love the whole set including the case without having to pay out nearly £100 in one go?

Have you thought about joining a marker share club?

I need 4 people for this to go ahead. each person will pay £26.25 for 4 months. Each month you will get one set of the markers. Each month ONE person will ge the case, so this means at the end of the 4 months you will all have received the whole set of pens and the big storage case to keep them in.

Pament can be made by Cheque or Pay Pal.

If you would like any further nformation, just e-mail me.

Looking for inspiration for flower card swap

Over on ILWS I am running the may swap and it was decided that we would try a themed swap, Flowers everywhere is he chosen theme.

I have been searching around for inspiration & these are two of the cards I have come up with, I am not using either so i thought i would share them with you.

The card below is a winter cloche hat in chocolate chip the stamp in the flower is from the scandinavian season set from the Mini catalogue, this set is available until 30th September 2009. So if you fancy this georgous Christmas set its only available for a short time. You can place an order with me at anytime by e-mailling me.






If anyone fancies joining a 10 card swap over on ILWS please pop over and check out the post.

Thank you's

A couple of thank you's for lovely hand crafted items I have received this week.

The first i received last week from another Stampin' Up demonstrator in with her submissions to swap 6.
Its a really cool idea & inside is a packet of tissues.


Another thank you goes to my upline Michelle who popped into see me last night & bought me Stampin' up notebook & pen.



Both items are proudly displayed in my craft room............... A big thank you too you both.

So much candy & i'm on a diet

Check out this amazing candy But also just look at the amazing samples & DT work that she does, very very talented.

ILWS

What a lovely sunny day, I have been out wandering around the garden & washing the patio, so much is coming into bloom at the moment it reminded me to let you all know that over on ILWS I am running a card swap. Swap 6 has closed but the new swap for May is open & this time it's themed ~ Flowers everywhere

If anyone would like to join in this swap and in return get 10 lovely card fronts to inspire you then pop over and sign up. Swap.

I still have my lovely Stampin' Up blog candy running until 1st May so please take a look at that & leave a comment to be in with a chance of winning.

At the moment there are still some places left on my stampers 10, so if you want to know more about how you can get the hostess benefits without having to hold a party in your home then take a look here. If you have any questions that i've not covered then drop me a line or leave me a comment & I will get back to you.

Blog Candy Celebrations

I have some lovely Stampin Up blog candy up for grabs in celebration for my first Stampin Up party as a demonstrator and my blog is rapidly approaching 60,000 hits.

All you have to do "follow me" on my blog & leave a comment on this post.

This blog candy will close at 8pm on the 1st of May when I will use a random number generator to choose the winner.

The Candy

12 6x6 sheets of Washington Apple papers (2 sets of 6 designs so you can use each side) Page 11 ( mini catalogue )

12 6x6 sheets of Tea party papers (2 sets of 6 designs so you can use each side) Page 18 ( mini catalogue )

12 6x6 sheets of Ski Slope papers(2 sets of 6 designs so you can use each side) Page 22 ( mini catalogue )

2.25 metres So Saffron Striped grosgrain ribbon

2.25 metres Pretty in Pink Striped grosgrain ribbon

2.25 metres Bashful Blue Striped grosgrain ribbon

All of the ribbon is on page 12 (mini catalogue)

If you wish to place an order for any of the products shown in the current UK Stampin up catalogues or would like further details of how to become a demonstrator then please contact me.