2nd Anniversary offer

I cant believe how time flies as this time 2 years ago I was eagerly awaiting the delivery of my Stampin' Up demo kit on 23rd March I will have been a demo for 2 years. To celebrate with my customers & blog followers I have decided to run a promotion for 2 weeks.


If you place an order for £35 or more not only will the order be postage free I will also enclose a voucher for £5 redeemable in April on orders from the fabulous Mini catalogue, you will also receive a complimentary copy of the new Mini catalogue.

Mini will be available from 1st April ~ 30th September.

*One voucher per customer

*Qualifying order must be placed & paid for between 21st March & 4th April

* Vouchers are only redeemable through me as this is a promotion I am offering & not Stampin' Up

* Mini Catalogues are not valid until 1st April

* Stampin' Up postage will be free, But onwards postage charges will apply.

* Voucher must be redeemed during April

Finding the correct adhesive

When it comes to adhesives we all have our favourite, but does it always do the job?

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I have taken the above chart from the USA Stampin' Up catalogue to help you choose the correct adhesive for your projects.

Easter surprises

I have been playing with the Easter stamps again this week & I love the effect that can be achieved with the addition of a simple sheet of post it note as a mask.


The stack of Chicks have all popped out of a single egg, hence the surprise.

Ink
Basic Grey
Concord Crush ( In Colour )
Stampin write pens


Cardstock
Concord Crush
Whisper White
Daffodil Delight


Tools
1/2" Circle punch
3/4" Circle punch


Stamps
A Good Egg

Just Perfect Alphabet

Pretties
Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon
Stampin' Dimensionals




For details of these & many other Stampin' Up products please drop me a line.

Kimono Kids

Kimono kids is a stamp set that I got on Pre-order last September & I haven't used it enough, the cards I did make went to Nottingham when Dan went to University but he never remembered to send the pictures.


So I have dusted it off & decided to make some Kimono kids cards this week.

Cardstock
Whisper White
Cherry Cobbler
Pear Pizzazz


Ink
Basic Grey
Stampin' Write Pens


Stamps
Kimono Kids

Pretties
Basic Rhinestones


I just love that saying " One friend is worth a thousand relatives"


For details of these & many other Stampin' Up products please drop me a line.

Circle Circus

I still have the in colour capsule collection out on my desk so I thought I would Make use of them for these Circle Circus cards.

Cardstock
Whisper White
Daffodil delight
Concord crush
Poppy Parade


Inks Card 1
Pear Pizzazz
Peach Parfait
Poppy parade
Daffodil delight

Inks Card 2
Pear Pizzazz
Blushing Bride
Poppy Parade
Concord Crush


Tools
Stampin Dimensionals
1 3/4" circle punch
1 3/8" circle punch
1" circle punch


Stamps
Circle circus

Tiny Tags

All of the above products are available to purchase through me as a Creative coach for Stampin' Up. Contact me about business opportunities. 

More Monsters

Once I got started with the Make a Monster set I found the inspiration just kept coming and I thoroughly enjoyed my Saturday evening sat at the dining table with card & ink surrounding me. I usually craft upstairs in my craft room & as I wasn't well Saturday morning I didn't want to be upstairs on my own.


The background of this card was made using the circle circus set that I've had for about 6 months & initially used a lot but recently it had acquired a dusty jacket, so I dusted it off & made the background using the lovely in colour's. I have to say that the small in colour family is just great having a compact range of 5 colour's. I am finding that if i'm working downstairs I just grab these  colour's & I'm ready to go.

Ink
Concord Crush
Pear pizazz
Blushing bride
Peach Parfait
Poppy Parade
Basic Grey
Stampin write pens


Stamps

Make a Monster

Circle circus set

Party this way

Cardstock

Whisper white

Tempting Turquoise

I am really loving this make a monster set I have now made 4 cards & just realised that there are no two monsters the same.

For details of these & many other Stampin' Up products please drop me a line.

The Aliens have Landed

When we went to Convention in November last year. we took a picture of this card & Sharon has recently cased that card. Whilst I was playing around with Make a monster last night I made my own version of that card.

Cardstock
Whisper white
Real Red
Night of Navy
Pear pizzazz


Ink
Basic Grey
Stampin Write pens

Stamps

Make A Monster

Party This way

Tools
1 3/8" circle punch
Scallop oval punch
Large oval punch
Crop o dile
Boho blossom punch


Pretties
Platinum shimmer paint
Basic Rhinestones


For details of these & many other Stampin' Up products please drop me a line.

Card for a friend

Love you much is another set that has been on my wish list for about a year now but as I thought it was only for valentines day again I never became desperate to buy it until a couple of weeks ago when I saw some lovely samples online.
Looking at the samples made me realise that this would also be a great set for weddings & anniversaries.

This is a similar card to one that caught my eye online & persuaded me that I needed to add this set to my collection.


Stamps
Love you much


Ink
Basic Grey
Poppy parade
Stampin Write markers


Pretties
Brights DSP stack
Linen Thread
Brads from Brights pack


Tools
Stamp a ma jig
Paper piercer
Mat pack
1" Circle punch


All of the above products are available to purchase through me as a Creative coach for Stampin' Up. Contact me about business opportunities. 

Making a monster

Make a monster is one of the sets that was demonstrated at Convention last November, until I saw the demo I cant say it was on my must have list, after the demo I changed my mind, but I kept putting off ordering the set as others always seemed to make there way to the top of the list. Well Make a monster arrived this week & I have mounted it up & had a play this afternoon.

Ink
Peach Parfait
Concord Crush
Basic Grey 
Poppy Parade
Pear Pizzazz


Cardstock
Pear Pizzazz
Very Vanilla


Stamps
Make a monster

Party This Way


Pretties
Linen Thread
Brights DSP stack


Tools
Modern Label Punch
Paper Piercer
Mat pack


I have so many ideas for this set If you check back later in the week I will probably feature it again.


All of the above products are available to purchase through me as a Creative coach for Stampin' Up. Contact me about business opportunities. 

Bright & Zingy Easter

Easter again today but instead of the subtle colours I would usually have used for such a card I chose some bright & zingy colours.

Two from one design, with just a few colour differences.

Cardstock

Tempting Turquoise

So saffron

Peach Parfait

Concord Crush

Ink

Basic Grey

Stamps

A Good egg

Wood mounted 114974 £22.95

Pretties

Brights DSP paper stack

Tempting turquoise Grosgrain ribbon

Pear Pizzazz Stitched Poly ribbon

For details of these & many other Stampin' Up products please drop me a line.

Easter Secret

This morning started bright & sunny So with spring in the air I decided to start my Easter cards, A good egg stamp set is a set I have only recently purchased so I went onto google images for some inspiration to get my creative juices flowing. The next thing I reached for was the Colour coach to inspire some different colour combinations from my usual choices.

I found the Easter secret card, which I also had as a swap at the very first training event that I went to almost 2 years ago.

Cardstock

Certainly celery

Pretty in pink

Bashful blue 

Daffodil delight

Ink

Basic Grey

Versamark

Stamps

A Good egg

Wood mounted 114974 £22.95

Fast flowers ( wheel )

Tools

Stamp a ma jig

Boho blossom punch

Pretties

Dazzling diamonds

Pretty in pink Taffetta ribbon

Brad from Subtles pack

All of the above products are available to purchase through me as a Creative coach for Stampin' Up. Contact me about business opportunities. 

Easter Eggs

Easter is quite Late this year, but I thought that I would get started with some Easter cards using the set called A good Egg.
After I started the Easter cards, something made me look at the Calender it was only then that I realised that Mothers day comes before easter this year, So I think I had better start some Mothers day cards next week.

Ink
Basic Grey
Marina Mist


Cardstock
Daffodil Delight
Marina Mist
Pretty In Pink


Tools
Modern Label Punch
Crop o dile
Stampin Write pens in Assorted colours


Stamps
A Good Egg

Wood mounted 114974 £22.95

Pretties
Crystal Effects
Very Vanilla Tafetta Ribbon
Brights DSP Paper stack


All of the above products are available to purchase through me as a creative coach for Stampin' Up.
If you would like further information about business opportunities with Stampin' Up then let me know & I can give you further information.

Last Nights Stampers 6

Last night was the penultimate meeting of my current stampers 6 group, the evening followed a lovely sunny day here in Norfolk so my cards reflect the sunny mood.
The inspiration came from Carol a fellow demonstrator & a bookmark swap I received on Saturday at the regional training event. I love the different spritzed flowers that are showing up on everyones blogs at the moment.
Carol had two lovely colour ways one in the Brights palette & a second option in the Subtles palette, I chose to open up my Colour coach & use the combination that fell open

Cardstock
Cherry Cobbler
Old Olive
Daffodil Delight
Whisper White


Inks
Daffodil Delight
Cherry Cobbler
Old Olive


Stamps
Just Believe
Occasional Greetings


Tools
Modern label punch
Word window punch
Scallop trim corner punch
Scallop trim border punch
Scallop oval extra large punch
Large oval punch
Fancy flower extra large punch
Scallop circle punch
Boho blossom punch


Trimmings
Basic pearls
Basic Rhinestones

Projects like this that use lots of punches are ideal for making large batches of cards, like invitations or thank you cards. The punches make these cards very easy to make.

Check out Carols blog she has some amazing projects & I just love her style.

More card swaps from regional training

Just pictures today of some of the wonderful swaps that I received on Saturday at regional training in Leeds.

The diverse variety of swaps just goes to show how versatile the Stampin' Up range is, if you would like more information about the Stampin' Up product range or details of how you could benefit from joining the Stampin' Up family then please contact me.