Fond Farewell day 9

Something a little different
Todays fond farewell project is a 6 x 6 layout of one of my cats

Stamps
Bird on a branch
Just perfect alphabet

Ink
Pink pixie (FF)
Basic black
Cardstock
Whisper white
Pink pixie (FF)
Designer paper series
Night & day speciality pack
Tools
Crop o dile
Stamp a ma jig
Circle punches
Trimmings
Jumbo eyelets

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

Fond farewell challenge day 8

As promised I have mounted another stamp set from the current mini catalogue this time I am using Bird on a branch as well as the fond farewell colour palette.
So how are you doing at spotting the fond farewell colours?


Stamps
Bird on a branch
Ink
Summer sun ( FF)
Basic Black
Basic grey
Cardstock
very vanilla
Summer sun (FF)
Designer series papers
Night & day speciality

My tip to any of you that have a lot of the fond farewell colours in your ink pad collection is to buy the sets of re-inkers before they are discontinued on the 30th September, that will give you many more years of use from your ink pad collection.

All of the above products are avilable from Stampin' Up and available to purchase through me

Day 7 already ~ time really does fly

A week into this challenge already & a whole week of vintage vogue cards, I hope that if you didn't like this set when you first saw it I may have convinced you just how versatile it is. But I do promise to use a different set tomorrow.
Can you spot the Fond farewell colours in todays card? look hard & you should see three Fond farewell colours.

Stamps
Oval all
Vintage Vogue
very vintage wheel
Ink
Mellow Moss (FF)
Lovely Lilac (FF)
Lavender Lace (FF)
Elegant eggplant
Versamark
Card stock
Lavender lace (FF)
Lovely Lilac (FF)
Tools
Oval punch
Scallop oval punch
Eyelet border punch
Trimmings
Clear rhinestone brads

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

Day 6 of the Fond farewell challenge

One of my favourite colours is being retired

Can you spot my favourite colour that is being retired in October?

Stamps
Curvy verses
Vintage vogue
Cardstock
Very Vanilla
Pretty in pink
Ink
Garden green
Rose red
Pretty in pink
Apricot appeal (FF)
Trimmings
Dazzling diamonds
Light pink gingham ribbon


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

Special offer on the new products

Do you love the new colours?

Would you like to purchase them as a special deal?

119980		Melon Mambo A4 card stock	£4.50
119981		Rich Razzleberry A4 card stock	£4.50
119982		Soft Suede A4 card stock	£4.50
115656		Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad*	£4.25
115658		Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad*	£4.25
115657		Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad*	£4.25
115611		Melon Mambo Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon**	£8.95
115613		Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon**	£8.95
115612		Soft Suede Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon**	£8.95

Ok so here it is ~ buy all of these & get 10% discount during May.
119980 Melon Mambo A4 card stock £4.50
119981 Rich Razzleberry A4 card stock £4.50
119982 Soft Suede A4 card stock £4.50
115656 Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad £4.25... See more
115658 Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad £4.25
115657 Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad £4.25
115611 Melon Mambo Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon £8.95
115613 Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon £8.95
115612 Soft Suede Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon£8.95

Total should be £53.10
DISCOUNTED PRICE £47.80
This offer is offered to my customers through me & is not a Stampin' Up promotion.
Offer available throughout May.

Fond farewell challenge day 5

This wasn't quite the card I had in mind when I sat down at my desk, but due to my inability to be able to measure accurately combine that with being unable to cut a straight line this is how the card ended up, I rather like it actually.

Can you spot todays Fond farewell colours? yes there are two again.

Stamps
French filigree
Very vintage
Vintage vogue
Cardstock
Whisper white
Kraft
Ink
versamark
Mellow moss (FF)
Pretty in pink
Close to Cocoa (FF)
Trimmings
Very Vanilla Taffetta ribbon

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

Vintage vogue again for another Fond Farewell

Not just one card today but two & they are slightly different.


This is one of the cards that i did with my lovely stampers 6 ladies on Thursday evening.

Can you spot the two fond farewell colours?

Stamps
Vintage vogue
Tiny tags
Cardstock
Very Vanilla
Bordering blue (FF)
Bashful blue
Sage shadow (FF)
Ink
Bordering Blue (FF)
Bashful blue
Trimmings
Hemp twine
Very vanilla Taffetta ribbon
Basic Grey Taffetts ribbon

All of the above products are available from Stampin' Up & can be purchased through me.

The camera is out

The weather here in Norwich can only be described as changeable today, so far we've had Sun, Gales, rain & hail stones. So with my lovely Sony in my hand I have had to take pictures inside today. So the poor animals have had the lens in their faces for some lovely close up shots. I am so pleased I can now take my camera off auto with confidence.
BrambleHard to believe that I've had him 12 years & he was nearly a year old when we got him. He's developed a cough recently its got much worse & when he went off to the vets last week I'm sure he didn't believe us that he was nearly 14 years old, but the poor chap is on antibiotics & they think he has kennel cough. We all have our fingers crossed that is all it is.
Maddie

our 11 month old crazy kitten

Sadly whilst I was taking these pictures the hail stones stopped & the other three cats all made a quick exit before I turned the camera on them, oh well I expect there will be more bad weather bank holidays to capture the rest of our zoo.

Lovely weather for a Bank holiday

Well as per usual on a Bank holiday it is crafting weather, which has given me sometime to finish some projects that I've been working on & some techniques I have wanted to try, so we've also had the melt pot out to try some embellishment making with some stamped images that are just soaking as we speak.

I have had a project in my mind for a few weeks using large chipboard letters & a rectangular canvas. The canvas is 6" x 12 " so you can see how big the letters are. I bought the whole
A ~ Z last year & use them as templates for my scrapbooking & home decor projecets. The canvas is painted in a matt vintage cream acrylic. When I was chatting with my fellow Su creative coach's earlier in the week we were talking about a new technique to make up glimmer mists using Su products................. & I can now tell you that it works really well.All you need are some re-inkers from Su in your chosen colours, Stampin' Up shimmer paints & some rubbing alchol or Isopropyl alcohol & a small mister bottle & finally a pipette. Getting the Isopropyl Alcohol was a tad trickier than I had reckoned on & eventually managed to track it down to an independant hardware store in the painting section.

• Using the pipette half fill the mister with the Isopropyl alcohol
• Add a couple of drops from the re~inker ( the more re~inker the deeper the colour )
• Then add the shimmer paint to make the small mister bottle 3/4 full
  
• Shake well before each use as the different products will separate
  

I used this mister to spritz the canvas
{ be careful as the mini sprays are only mini in size & they have the ability to spray a huge area, especially if you dont want them too }

I covered each of the letters with pages from an old book & when they were dry I inked the edges using the sponge daubers & close to Cocoa ink.
Once mounted I used some 3d paint in copper to accentuate the corners.

The other project that was started a couple of weeks ago is covering my latest American crafts scrapbook, I usually use material but its not that easy to cover them tidily with material & not having any glue show through, so I decided that I would now try using scrapbooking papers.
This is my "scrapbooking me" album so it had to reflect my style & personality a little.

• I used the vintage vailla matt acrylic to cover the raw edges of the chipboard & a little way in as it would then be a little more forgiving if I mis cut the papers as i'm prone to do.
• I used tombow glue to stick the scrapbook paper to the covers & one of the papers had fabric tape measures that I cut into strips to edge the album.
• When all of the covers inside & out were dry I coated them with diluted tombow PVA to seal them & protect them from ripping or staining.

The melt pot project was one that I found on a blog or you tube, but typically I cant find the link to add it to this post,

• You stamp your image onto plain or patterned paper & cut it too size
• Place the piece of paper into the melt pot & sprinkle with UTEE
• heat up the melting pot
• When all of the UTEE is melted carefully remove & place on the non stick craft sheet.
• Wait until it's completely cold & then soak in lukewarm water until all of the backing paper has disolved & you are left with a flexible semi translucent embellishment to use on your layout.

The original embellishment was too thick so I reheated in the melt pot & the ink smudged slightly, a learning curve I think, but I'm impressed & will use it in a project I have in mind during the week.

Fond Farewell day 3

Can you see a theme here?
I am loving the new vintage vogue set from the current mini catalogue, I hope Stampin' Up keep it in the new catalogue in October.

Stamps
Vintage vogue
Ink
Handsome hunter (FF)
Apricot appeal (FF)
Rose red
Card stock
Very vanilla
Rose red
Apricot appeal (FF)

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

Special delivery

Desspite having to work on Saturday I didn't let it ruin my weekend as within an hour of getting home we had a very special little delivery two of our beautiful grandsons & they were staying over night. Not that I got that much of a look in as Uncle Dan & Auntie Abi looked after our little guests.

We did spend a couple of hours at the walk in centre this afternoon as our harvey had a rash, and being Grandma I wanted to get it checked out.


I did manage to get a couple of lovely pictures of our cheeky little chaps. A few more for the scrapbook.

Fond Farewell ~ 2

Can you spot todays fond farewell colour ?
I am loving the Kraft card as it goes with every colour in the range.
Stamps
Vintage vogue
Tiny tags
French filigree
Ink
Mellow moss (FF)
Whisper white
Pretty in pink
Card stock
Very vanilla
Kraft
Ribbon
Very vanilla Taffetta


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

Check back tomorrow & see if you can spot the fond farewell colour.

Colour renovation has started

11 New Products are now available to buy from today.

The papers & ribbons are only available whilst stocks last

Item #		Product Name	Price
119980		Melon Mambo A4 card stock	£4.50
119981		Rich Razzleberry A4 card stock	£4.50
119982		Soft Suede A4 card stock	£4.50
115656		Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad*	£4.25
115658		Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad*	£4.25
115657		Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad*	£4.25
115671		Cottage Wall Designer Series paper**	£7.75
115611		Melon Mambo Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon**	£8.95
115613		Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon**	£8.95
115612		Soft Suede Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon**	£8.95
115705		Flower Fantasy Window Sheets**	£8.95

The Designer Series paper, ribbon, and window sheets are only available while supplies last and will not carry over into the upcoming Idea Book & Catalogue.

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

The first day of May brings a fresh month of challenge projects

I decided that my challenge for May would be to incororporate the 36 colours that are being retired in October.

I am absolutely loving the Vintage vogue set from the current mini catlogue really hope that it is carried forward into the new catalogue on 1st October as I love working with it.
Can you spot the fond farewll colours?

Stamps
Vintage vogue 117690
Very vintage wheel 117693
Ink
Summer sun (FF)
Old olive
Garden green
Mellow moss (FF)
Cardstock
Summer sun (FF)
Old olive
Garden Green
Very Vanilla

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