Bordering on Romance ~ Summer Mini

I love my job as a Stampin' Up demonstrator one of the great things is being able to pre-order all of the new products a month before catalogue releases. Bordering on Romance is featured in the new summer Mini & is one of the first sets I ordered.

Accents are a quick and easy way to give any project a bit of extra panache. This versatile five-piece set coordinates with our nostalgiac Twitterpated product suite, Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies, and Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Folders.

This card uses

Cardstock

Whisper white

Crumb Cake

Poppy Parade

Tangerine Tango

Ink

Whisper white Craft ink

Stampin' Write markers

Pear Pizzazz

Stamps

Bordering on Romance

Tiny Tags

Tools

Paper snips

Heat Gun

White Embossing Powder

Jewelry tag punch

Embellishments

Basic Rhinestones

Victoria Lace ribbon

All of the above products are available to order through me from Stampin' Up

Sharing Summer Mini Inspiration

As promised here are some of the swaps I received at the recent training event. 

Tea Shoppe

Elegant Bird

Open Sea

Up Up & away

Twitterpated papers

Bright Blossoms

Bright Blossoms

Bright Blossoms

Bright Blossoms

Tea Shoppe

Tea Shoppe

Tea Shoppe

Tea Shoppe

Bordering On Romance

Love & Laughter

Twitterpated

Baby Prints

Thank you to everyone who swapped with me at the Leamington event, I will post more of my swaps tomorrow.
If you fancy joining my Stampin' Up team please contact me to discuss your creative journey.

Leamington Spa & regional training

At the weekend Sharon, Veronika & I made the 9 1/2 hour journey from Norwich to Leamington Spa, I know what your all thinking 9 1/2 hours! maybe they got lost. No we didn't get lost, but we did have great fun on our road trip as we took the creative route via two craft shops & we stopped for a lovely pub lunch. About an hour after lunch I craved cake & where better to stop for cake & coffee but Ikea, en route I googled Ikea just to see if there was a store near our training event & we were only 3 miles from Coventry. So after some more shopping we eventually arrived in our hotel some 9 1/2 hours after leaving Norwich.
Sharon still had swaps to finish & we both had name badges to make so out of the car came half of Sharon's craft room, i'm not joking. We sat up until midnight crafting eating Crisps & Choccie & drinking a glass of wine or two.
Stampin' Up is a great company to work for one of the greatest things is " Share what we love, & love what we do" this is never truer than at a Stampin' Up event. After registration one of the first activities is swapping, the theme for this event was " Summer Mini ".

These are 2 of the 35 swaps I managed, I often make the same card & just use different colour ways. The set I've used for the swap is from the summer mini & is called Bordering On Romance.

Every demonstrator that takes part will make up a project or a card front to swap with the other demo's this year I managed 35 swaps.
 This is a great source of inspiration and helps to showcase  many different styles on your demo boards at our own events.
I received some great swaps and I will share them with you over the next couple of days. For me there is always a swap that stands out, this can be for many different reasons maybe a colour way I don't normally choose, A technique that is new to me, A stamp set that I didn't need but after seeing a great sample has now moved to the top of my list or just the creativity & work involved.

This sample was made by a fellow demo Sue Ralph

For me the sample that is my favourite had not just one but all of those elements. Thank you Sue for swapping with me.

Free Stamps

Today I have spent a very inspiring day at a Stampin' Up regional training event, these events are designed to support & inspire demonstrators.
One of the great things about working for Stampin' Up is the extended support from a huge family of demonstrators, so we all get to know each other we make ourselves name badges, Sharon & I made ours in the hotel room last night.

Sharon with her Up Up & Away name badge

Im loving the new Bordering on Romance Stamp set from the 2012 Summer Mini

They are a mixture of Sharing, Inspiring, Business & of course stamping & what better way to start stamping, with a free set of stamps.

Our FREE Stamp set Mixed Bunch from the 2012 Summer Mini catalogue

If you would like to join us at the next Stampin' Up event please ping me an email at Lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk