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!!!!

Inky fingers

I have an aching neck from sitting at the sewing machine making bunting so I decided to take a break and get Inky and make a couple of Christmas cards. I am loving the Dasher stamp from the mini catalogue & I really hope that he will stay with us in the New Stampin' Up catalogue.

The cardstock is Kraft that is soon to be renamed Crumb cake & Garden Green. The inks are Versamark Garden Green & Creamy caramel. The stamp sets are Wondrous gift, Dasher & En Francais. The backing papers are from the great value scrappin kit called Christmas Jingle. The images are hi-lighted using the shimmer mists that are in the current mini catalogue, I have a sneaking suspicion that they may appear in the new catalogue as the are beautiful & very versatile.

The cardstock used in this card is Kraft & Ruby red. The inks are Versamark, Creamy caramel & Old olive, I love old olive it just keeps sneaking onto my cards I am so glad that it isn't one of the retiring colours at the end of September. The stamps used are Large medallion, Spotlight on Christmas & Dasher.The backing papers are from the scrappin kit Christmas Jingle. Dasher is stamped in Versamark & covered with the Heat & stick powder, heated with the heat tool & then covered in the dazzling diamonds glitter & reheated briefly. Very vanilla Taffeta ribbon is tied around the backing paper with a fake bow. The sentiment joy is from the spotlight on Christmas set & stamped in Old olive onto craft card & punched out using the 1 1/4" punch & mounted on a 1 3/8" circle of Ruby red card, I used a blender pen & the shimmer mist in Champagne to hi-light the sentiment.

Stampin' Up sets for sale

I have decided to sell some of the retired Stampin Up sets, some of them are from the UK and many from the US, with nearly 250 sets I need to make some space.If you would like to purchase any of the listed items please email me to let me know which ones if they have not already sold, I would require immediate payment through Paypal marked as a gift.Once you have paid for the item i shall mark it as sold on my blog. 

All Prices include P&P within the UK, for international Shipping please ADD £2.00 for one set and £1.00 for each additional set.
lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk 

Thanks

Basket of kindness £12
In the spotlight £10
Delight in life £10

Watercolour Mini ( two step ) £10
Love without end £12

Frienship blooms £12
 Polka dot punches £12
Petite patterns £10
Mini Borders £10
Botanical blooms £10
 Springtime stems £10 
 Garden blocks £10 
'Tis the season £10 
 Flutterbys £10
Burst into bloom £10
Polka dots & petals £10

Remember that all prices include Postage within the UK, for International shipping please ADD £2.00 for first stamp set and £1.00 for each additional stamp set.

Bunting on my mind

With Bunting taking up a lot of my thoughts & time I thought that i'd make a bunting card. I idea was from a card design in craft stamper a few weeks ago using heart stamps that Jeanette one of my stampers 6 pointed out to me, so I thought that I would give it a try using my Stampin' Up stash.

I have used the I {heart} Hearts set & Happy everything set, the papers are from the Sweet pea paper stack. The frill at the top of the card was stamped with the largest heart stamp from the I {heart} Hearts set & then the bottom of the heart was cut off to make the frill. The idea was to use the bottom of the heart for the bunting but it was a little too big & didn't work as planned. back to the drawing board & I knew that i'd read somewhere that you could use the Large Star punch to make the bunting.....hey presto the first bunting card.

All of the products used on this card are from Stampin' Up & are available to purchase through me.

I cannot believe that I am Mum to a 19 year old

I really cannot believe that I am Mum to a 19 year old, where does the time go? Happy Birthday Dan I hope you have a wonderful 20th year.

It has been quite a week in our household, starting with A level results & Dan got 'A' levels in Photography & psychology which means he now has 13 GCSE's & 6 'A' Levels which meant that he had the grades he needed to get into his first choice university at Nottingham Trent. Then Came GCSE results for Abi who got 4 B's & 5 C's which is a very good start on the exams she has taken & she is already looking towards year 11. 

Last week my website went live which Dan & Paul have designed for me to advertise my new venture a bunting hire company, so if you need to decorate an event then take a look www.lavenderbunting.co.uk so I have been working hard during the evenings and weekends making the beautiful bunting. Last week I was making some beautiful boy bunting & dying the cotton tape turquoise I had a mishap & too many things on my mind, I went to fish the cotton tape out of the dye & instead of using the wooden spoon that was sat next to the bowl I plunged my hands in. Much to my family's amusement I spent the next few days looking like a smurf.

I made Dan a card for his birthday using some Scrapbook papers that I had for a layout with a photographic theme.

The words on the card are stamped with Basic phrases set & 'Dan' is stamped with the Just perfect alphabet also from Stampin' Up.

I have Lens envy

I have a severe case of Lens envy today. Dan has just come back from the camera store with a new camera lens with his Birthday money from us & my Mum. It is a special lens for his dslr camera. 50mm f1.8 it is lovely & a great portrait lens so I have had a little play & love it......Hint hint Mr L.

Maddie 

I love this Lens

If you would like to see some of Dan's fabulous photography check out his flicker account http://www.flickr.com/photos/in_the_blue

 

A new crop is coming to town

Yes the rumours are true I am starting a new crafting group / Crop Called Creative Moments

The group is a social crafting group so everyone is welcome whether you are a card maker, Scrapbooker, Patchworker, Knitter etc.....Basically if your craft is portable then come & join us.

The first meeting is Saturday 4th September

10.15 ~ 15.45

Where the United reform Church, Jessop road, NR2 3NG

In the large hall to the side of the church

Cost £5 including Light refreshments

( lunch is not included ) but there is a parade of shops very close which includes a Dominos pizza & Chinese.

Karen from Craftbuddies will be bringing her mobile scrapbooking shop 

Please let me know if you would like to join us as places are limited.

you can contact me

E~mail

 lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

Mobile

07722779399

Phone

01603~462057

I look forward to seeing you there

Virtual surprise hostess party

I am holding a Virtual surprise hostess party 


When: 1st September from 12.01


Where: Here on my blog


Why: To celebrate the retirement list & the forthcoming catalogue release.


What is it?: Virtual surprise hostess party is the chance to be a virtual hostess & be in with a chance of getting £15 to spend on current Stampin' Up stash OR A hostess only stamp set.


What do you have to do: 


1.log onto my blog on the 1st September to see the *retirements list


2. Place an order with me for any products in the current catalogues before 7th September at 7pm to go into the draw for one of the free hostess goodies.


3. Bonus ~ for each £10 you spend excluding postage you will get an extra entry into the draw.


How do you like the the sound of that? well mark on your calender, set a reminder in your phone & for good measure mark it in your diary as well.
* Retirement list is available throughout the month of September whilst stocks last.


Payment can be in cash if your local, bank transfer or paypal.
I can be contacted at: 
lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk
A message left on this post.

Blog candy to celebrate

I have decided its time for some blog candy. Two weeks today is retirement day & to celebrate I have decided to offer some lovely fat free Blog candy.
The candy will consist of at least 2 sets of stamps of my choice at least one will be retired & I will make up a pack of stash to compliment the stamps.
All you have to do is:
1. leave a comment on this post.
2. make a link on your blog if you have one back to this candy post.

As a bonus if I receive 50 comments I will add to the lovely candy, should I receive 50 more comments I will add to it again.

I will draw a winner at 7pm on the 1st September " Retirement day"

So if you fancy some candy then leave me a comment.

P.S It's not me that's retiring ( I Wish ) it will be some of the Stampin' Up products.

DMC threads colour match Stampin' Up colours

Fancy using coloured threads on your crafting projects that complement the entire Stampin' Up range?

Well now you can with this easy list.

DMC EMBROIDERY Floss

BOLD BRIGHTS

BRILLIANT BLUE 792
GABLE GREEN 772
GLORIOUS GREEN 911
GREEN GALORE 703
LOVELY LILAC 333
ONLY ORANGE 740/970/971
ORCHID OPULENCE 554
PINK PASSION 3805/603
REAL RED 304/321
TEMPTING TURQUOISE 3846
YOYO YELLOW 307
PIXIE PINK 604

EARTH ELEMENTS

NOT QUITE NAVY 3765
CAMEO CORAL 3706
CHOCOLATE CHIP 838/779
CLOSE TO COCOA 840/3772
CREAMY CARAMEL 386/842
GARDEN GREEN 3345
PUMPKIN PIE 3853
MORE MUSTARD 977
OLD OLIVE 3012
REALLY RUST 919
RUBY RED 3328
SUMMER SUN 743

RICH REGALS

BALLET BLUE 322
HANDSOME HUNTER 501
BORDERING BLUE 3752
BROCADE BLUE 813
ALWAYS ARTICHOKE 936
SO SAFFRON 676
NIGHT OF NAVY 336
BRAVO BURGUNDY 902
ROSE RED 3731/3350
REGAL ROSE 3733
TAKEN WITH TEAL 3810
ELEGANT EGGPLANT 550

SOFT SUBTLES

ALMOST AMETHYST 3747
BARELY BANANA 677
APRICOT APPEAL 3856
BLUSH BLOSSOM 225
LAVENDER LACE 155
CERTAINLY CELERY 369
MELLOW MOSS 523
BASHFUL BLUE 3841
PALE PLUM 153
PERFECT PLUM 3041
PRETTY IN PINK 776/3326
SAGE SHADOW 3817

NEUTRALS

BASIC BLACK 310
GOING GREY 415
BASIC GREY 413
SAHARA SAND 3024
VERY VANILLA ECRU
WHISPER WHITE WHITE

IN COLOR - 07

VINTAGE VIOLET 333
BUCKAROO BLUE 161
COOL CARIBBEAN 3811
TRUE THYME 3011
MARIGOLD MORNING 742
CRANBERRY CRISP 221

In color – 08

BLUE BAYOU 3768
GROOVY GUAVA 352
SOFT SKY 3761
PURELY POMEGRANATE 3803
RIVER ROCK 372
WILD WASABI 320

In color – 08 (#2)

RIDING HOOD RED 3721
TANGERINE TANGO 720
PINK PIROUETTE 963
PACIFIC POINT 517
BAJA BREEZE 598
KIWI KISS 166

In Color 09-10

Soft Suede 610
Rich Razzleberry 3802
Bermuda Bay 958
Melon Mambo 3805 or 335
Crushed Curry 728
Dusty Durango 921