Telford Make and Take

I have already told you that I attended a great training event arranged by Stampin' Up with over 300 other demonstrators, well these events are great fun and one of the things we did was play with some lovely new stamp sets and we made this card. I sat at a table with a group of girls I hadn't meet before to make the card below but we got chatting so much I ended up just stamping what I needed and took it home to finish off! However I did mange to finish it as you can see.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and I will be back on Monday, just in time for the new catalogue. Can't wait!
                                            

It's almost time!

Yes folks it's almost time for the new Stampin' Up catalogue to go live! Next Tuesday 2nd is the day, I have all my hostess club customers orders ready to go including my own long list! Can't wait....

In the meantime I'm going to share with you some lovely little bags I have made with a new punch board, it's called the Gift Bag Punch board and it's available from Tuesday.  I will have the link on this blog to the new catalogue next week so you can see for yourself all the great new products which will be available but if you would prefer a paper copy to flick through while you're having your coffee then please email me for details on how you can get one posted to you.

I'll be back soon with some more sneak peaks.

Stampin' Up training in Telford UK

Hello all, firstly I am sorry I haven't been around here for awhile but when I get busy my poor blog is the first to go! It is such a busy time for all Stampin' Up demonstrators at this time of year, firstly I was away to Telford last weekend with over 300 other demonstrators for a training day where we got to play with all the lovely new products and see inspiring displays. It was just wonderful.

We also like to swap ideas with each other at these events and I managed to make 50 of my swaps and received fantastic ideas in return. The first photo is my swap which was well received, I had masked off a circle in the centre and then stamped various flowers and leaves in a random way. I then removed the mask and stamped the centre, I love this sentiment, "do more of what makes you happy" totally agree!! Then I mounted this on black card which I thought really set it off then added some sequins and dazzling diamonds glitter for some sparkle. (it's more sparkly in real life)

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The photos below are the swaps I received in return. Fabulous, aren't they!? Lots of lovely ideas for me to use in my classes.

The other reason I've been so busy is that Stampin' Up's new catalogue goes live next week! I've been having some launch parties at my home to let my customers see some of the lovely new products they will soon be able to get their hands on and of course get their shiny new catalogues. I've also been posting out catalogues to existing customers. If you are not currently a customer of mine but would like to be and would like a paper copy of the catalogue then please email me for details. Remember I send out a handmade thank you card for every order I receive. Come back soon for some projects I've made using new products.

A Tic Tac thank you

Hello there, every month I send out a thank you card to all my customers, so even if you order through my online shop and I have never met you I will still send you a thank you card (as long as you leave your address when ordering) So if you would like to receive a handmade card from me, you know what to do! 

I masked off the centre panel and stamped top and bottom of the card then when that was completely dry I stamped the sentiment in the middle with Versamark ink and heat embossed it as you can (hopefully) see in the close up photo. I just love these colours together.

If you are also a member of one of my hostess clubs you get a little gift too and this month I made these little holders for mini Tic Tacs which I picked up at an airport shop. Aren't they cute?!

Here are some of them lined up ready to go in the parcels.  They were very well received and everyone wanted to know where I got the mini Tic Tacs from.

Getting shirty!

Hi everyone, hope you are all looking forward to the weekend. I'm off on a wee trip tomorrow with thirty or so other girls for a day trip to Dublin so nice coffee in Bewleys and some shopping in Brown Thomas!

Sharing another project from the last class with you, it's a little slide out card with a shirt style envelope, great for guys for any occasion as it just says celebrate. This sentiment comes in the stamp set Celebrate Today, it's the set with the balloons but I love the curvy shape of the "celebrate" I've used it in so many cards. It's in the mini catalogue at the moment so I'm hoping it carries over to the new catalogue in June!

I'll be back next week with Mays thank you cards and gifts for my hostess club members so do come back to see those, I think you'll like them!

Beautiful covered notebooks

Hi there, sorry I am only doing the follow up on the projects from my last class now but I've been away on a little trip. However better late than never! 

Everyone got a pack of Birthday Bash designer series papers which were used in all the projects but everyone had lots left over to take home and make more. This is the lovely little notebook from the mini catalogue which I covered and decorated in my favourite paper from the pack.  Most notebooks ended up different as we all had our own personal favourites and picked those to cover our notebooks.

I will be back soon with the other projects, promise...