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Happy Birthday Snow Friends!

Boys Birthday Card using Snow Friends from Stampin' Up! UK

I think I have mentioned before that I really struggle making cards for James’ brothers and sisters, and this week I was asked (at the last minute as usual) to make a card for one of James’ younger brothers. However, this time I didn’t find it quite so bad….. maybe because I had the awesome Snow Place stamp set to play with.Boy Birthday card using Snow Friends from Stampin' Up! UK

Now, there is a little bit more of a back story to this card – James and his brothers spent a lot of time in a local seaside town when they were growing up, and this particular seaside town (Redcar) has some strange street furniture…. a family of Penguins that stand on the sea front. So, when I was looking through my stamps to find that perfect stamp set and I spotted my penguin friend I knew he was coming to stamp with me!

Boys Birthday Card using Snow Friends from Stampin' Up! UKNow, I wonder if anyone local to me will have already realised where I am going next ….. yes, that Ice Cream. One of our local traditions is going to the sea side and eating a particular type of Ice Cream – something called a Lemon Top, which basically is vanilla soft whip Ice Cream with really tart Lemon Sauce on the top (can you tell I’m not really a fan!), and seeing as Snow Place comes complete with an Ice Cream, a Lemon Top it had to be.

This card is finished with the watercolour stamp from the Perpetual Birthday Stamp set in Cucumber Crush, and a Happy Birthday from Guy Greetings!

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Product List

Snow Place Photopolymer Stamp Set

£23.00
Perpetual Birthday Calendar Photopolymer Stamp Set

£22.00
Guy Greetings Clear Stamp Set

£32.00
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50
Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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Make It Monday | Note Card Box

Note Card gift Set using Fresh Fruit from Stampin' Up! UK

Make It Monday with Stampin' Up!

I spent the a weekend with a few of my Stampin’ Sisters, crafting a few weeks ago, and one of the projects we made was a fabulous note card and tag box – which I will admit I still haven’t finished! But it did inspire me to make something a little simpler this week.

Note cards and envelopes gift box using Fresh Fruit from Stampin' Up! UK

The original box, in Mint Macaron, uses the Christmas Pines stamp set and coordinating Presents and Pinecones Designer Series Paper, while the video version is in Fruit Stand with the Fresh Fruit Stamp set.

Box Measurements:

Box Base – 9 1/2 x 4″, score on the long side at 1, 4 1/2, 5 1/2 and 9″ and the short side at 1″

Box Lid – 9 3/4 x 3″, score on the long side at 1 1/8, 4 5/8, 5 11/16, 9 1/4″, and the short side at 1″

Designer Series Paper – 1 piece 3/4 x 3 1/4″, 2 pieces 3/4 x 1 3/4″, and 2 pieces 1 3/4 x 3 1/4″

Note Card gift Set using Fresh Fruit from Stampin' Up! UK

The note cards in this set at 3 x 4″ cards, created by cutting card stock to 4 x 6″ and scoring at 3″. The Designer Series Paper is cut to 2 3/4 x 3 3/4. Have I mentioned about the Designer Series Paper yet? No! For the month of October if you buy 3 packs of Designer Series Paper, you can choose another pack for FREE! isn’t that awesome?!

Fresh Fruit Note Card Set using Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! UK

The final part of this project is the envelopes. I make no secret of the fact that I adore the Envelope Punch Board, and I couldn’t make a project with Designer Series Paper without making my own custom envelopes! The punch board lists all the measurements you need for heaps of different card sizes, and so just by looking at the board I found that for 3 x 4″ note cards, you need a piece of 6 x 6″ Designer Series Paper – that means that you get 4 of these envelopes from a sheet of 12 x 12! Handy! The board then instructs you to punch and score at 2 5/8″ to create the envelope.

Stampin' Up! UK Designer Series Paper Buy One Get One Free

Product List

Fresh Fruit Photopolymer Stamp Set

£24.00
Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper

£10.00
Fruit Stand A4 Cardstock

£7.25
Stampin' Trimmer

£27.00
Envelope Punch Board

£18.00
Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

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Stampin’ Up! World Card Making Day Sale and Designer Series Paper Offer

Hello October!

October is such a special month for a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, not only is it the start of our Stampin’ Up! ‘year’ and therefore a month of reflection and goal setting, but also October is a month of great deals too!

Stampin' Up! World card making day special offer

The first offer only lasts for 5 days! but is a great opportunity to stock up on some great card making staples! I will definitely be stocking up on Fast Fuse! Oh, and the Designer Tin of Card Project Kit is just a MUST HAVE too!

Stampin' Up! Uk World card making day special offerBut the other offer this month is even better….

Stampin' Up! UK Designer Series Paper SaleThere are so many great packs of Designer Series Paper in our current catalogues, and this offer is just a great excuse to test them all!

Right, that’s all for my super quick update! but one last thing before I go. Just a thought really, Have you thought of joining Stampin’ Up! and becoming a part of my fabulous team of Stampin’ Friends? If you join today, as the first day of a new calendar quarter you get a day shy of 6 months to sell / spend your first quarter minimum of £270! That means that you will be a demonstrator all the way through until the end of March next year, meaning that you’ll get your 20% discount all the way from now through Sale-a-bration (the biggest sale of the YEAR!). How awesome would that be?! for more information check out my Join My Team page, or message me today!

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Frosted Medallions Birthday Card

Simple Birthday card using Frosted Medallions and Tin of Cards from Stampin' Up! UK

I spent most of last Sunday crafting, I set myself up in my lounge surrounded myself with stamp and paper and ink, and began to craft away….. I sat there for 6 hours and made a bunch of cards. I love bulk crafting like that, just being able to sit down and craft away. Anyway, after I had packed up and put everything back in its proper place, James got home and said ‘I need two cards before Tuesday’ well, I wasn’t going to have time on Monday to make anything, which meant that I needed to make 2 cards… now!

Simple Birthday card using Frosted Medallions and Tin of Cards from Stampin' Up! UK

James’ Granny and his brother share their birthday (and I had completely forgotten about them!), so 2 birthday cards were needed, ASAP. I’ll share Josh’s card on Tuesday next week, but this one is the card I made for Granny. I say card, but really I made 3, stamping wasn’t my friend! My original plan was for a sort of one layer card, with the sentiment stamped and masked, and then the medallions from Frosted Medallions stamped around the outside, but I just couldn’t get the stamping right, so instead I added the sentiment stamped on a die cut. No one will ever know that there is some seriously messy stamping underneath the Happy Birthday (well, they wouldn’t if I hadn’t told you!)

Tin of Cards Frosted Medallions Birthday card using Stampin' Up! UK products

The Happy Birthday is taken from the Tin of Cards stamp set, and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry. I’m sure you will have noticed my current obsession with the Layering Circles framelits, but I just cannot get enough of these, they are just the most perfect way of adding a sentiment.

This card is finished with a sprinkling of sequins taken from Blushing Bride sequin trim and a bow of Rich Razzleberry ribbon.

Product List

Frosted Medallions Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.00
Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

£15.00
Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

£7.25
Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Layering Circle Framelits Dies

£32.00
Blushing Bride Sequin Trim

£4.50
Ribbon 3/8" (1 Cm) Trio Pack

£10.00

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Hostess Exclusives | Pun Intended

Quick and Easy card using Pun Intended from Stampin' Up! UK

You may well recognise today’s card as you can find it on page 200 of the Annual catalogue. I have been struggling with a cold for the last week or so, and I was really struggling to get my creative juices flowing through all the coughing, so I chose to make a card from the catalogue (something I do quite often when I’m not feeling all that creative), I even made a ‘stepped up’ version for my email today.

Quick and Easy card using Pun Intended from Stampin' Up! UK

This stamp set is one of the 8 current sets exclusive to those who host a Stampin’ party or spend more than £15o in a single order. Or, there is one other way of getting your hands on this awesome stamp set, Shop using my monthly Code Club Code and I will send you this awesome stamp set! I will be closing the current club tomorrow, but another will open on Saturday (you can always join in both months, and I will make sure you receive a different set next month!)

Pun intended from Stampin' Up! UK

You can check out all the Stampin’ Reward exclusive stamp sets HERE.

I have created a Stepped Up version of this card for my Weekly Email this week, you can subscribe to my Weekly Emails at any time using the Subscribe button or the link in the footer of this blog post.

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Product List

Pun Intended Photopolymer Stamp Set

£8.50
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Bow Paper Clips Embellishments

£5.00
Gold Sequin Trim

£4.50
Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

£7.25
Banner Triple Punch

£21.00
Metallic Enamel Shapes

£6.50

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Peace Joy and Love

Christmas Card featuring Peace This Christmas from Stampin' Up! UK

My goodness, where has this month gone! I cannot believe it is nearly October already!

I meant to share this card last week, but somehow it got left out! I know, I’m just as shocked as you are.

Christmas Card featuring Peace This Christmas from Stampin' Up! UK

Now, I do have to admit, that this card is totally CASE’d from Linda Heller and one of her cards that I found whilst scrolling through Pinterest on the hunt for inspiration! But I just loved the simplicity of her card, and didn’t want to mess around with it too much.

We had great fun making this card at my most recent Stampin’ party, although I don’t think the ladies were too impressed with me when I asked them to use a Stamp-a-ma-jig! (otherwise known as my stamping best buddy!) we did have a laugh though, and found that it isn’t as complex as it looks, but would be easier if we all had 3 hands!

I made a video on using a Stamp-a-ma-jig a while ago,  but I will share it again. I just think this tool is awesome and saves so much time / worry when wanted something stamped straight! Oh, and that fact that it only costs £11 is a bonus too!

Right then, that’s all from me today, keeping it short and sweet this Tuesday! Hope you are all well, and have a great crafty day!

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Product List

Peace This Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£16.00
Pine Bough Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

£7.00
This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper

£11.75
Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

£11.00
Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Natural Trim

£6.50
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50
Cherry Cobbler A4 Card Stock

£7.25
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

£8.25

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Make It Monday | Ombre 2-Step Stamping

Make It Monday Ombre Stamping Technique video using Sweet Cupcake and Gorgeous Grunge from Stampin' Up! UK

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Hello! Welcome to Make It Monday! I am loving making these Monday videos for you all, and I am hoping that you enjoy them too. I had so much fun making the card, I can’t stop looking at it! I actually filmed this one a few weeks ago, and had sort of forgotten about it, but when I found it again on my desk this morning … I’ve fallen in love with it! I might have to get my Wink of Stella out though, because I think it might need an extra bit of sparkle… what do you think?

Make It Monday Ombre Stamping Technique video using Sweet Cupcake and Gorgeous Grunge from Stampin' Up! UK

As usual all the details are in the video. But I just want to mention about this fabulous Stamp and die bundle! I love the cupcake, and it’s great for birthdays, but there are some great everyday sentiments in here too; and those dies … I cannot get enough of those! Oh, and you know that when you buy the stamps and dies together you save 10%! There are heaps of bundles in both the Annual and Autumn / Winter catalogues (I did count them, but I now cant remember how many!) But there is a whole section of the store where you can find them all! HERE!

The Ombre pads come in a few colours now; we have Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Emerald Envy and even a Basic Black one! They are great for solid images and stamp just and beautifully as our regular Stampin’ Pads, but they have the advantage of being able to get those different tones of the same colour without having to stamp off and make a mess! Saying that, I make a mess anyway….I’m sure my Stampin’ sisters will agree with me that I am really good at making a mess when I craft!

Make It Monday Ombre Stamping Technique video using Sweet Cupcake from Stampin' Up! UK

I’m loving that colour combination too; Rich Razzleberry and Tip Top Taupe, very pretty. But then again, Rich Razzleberry is purple, and I am such a sucker for anything remotely purple! I had a friend once who would buy me presents just because they were purple… I ended up with some very strange gifts!

Right, that’s all from me today folks, have a fabulous Monday, oh, before I go just a quick reminder that I have a Facebook event tomorrow night, LIVE on my Facebook page at 7PM! don’t forget to check it out

Product List

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Bundle

£38.50
Rich Razzleberry Ombre Stampin’ Pad

£8.25
Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set

£18.00
Gold Metallic Thread

£2.75
Layering Circle Framelits Dies

£32.00
Tip Top Taupe A4 Cardstock

£7.25
Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

£7.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£8.25

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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge – September 2016

Watercolour card using Frosted Medallions from Stampin' Up! UK for the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge

Stampin' Up! Sketch ChallengeHello! I am so pleased to be back and sharing with the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! You may have noticed that we took last month off (August is just too busy already!) but we are back this month with a great challenge set by the gorgeous Mandy Barton! Although, we have no sketch! The challenge set to us was …. Anything Goes!

How scary! and I will admit that I have been wracking my brains on this one for most of the month, and actually only managed to create my project on Thursday evening! (and this blog post was only written at 8AM this morning, nothing like a deadline!) I am usually more organised, but this past week has been just crazy busy – I was at a team training event last weekend, and then my job has really kicked in this week too. Anyway, that’s enough of my moaning! Time for my card ….

Watercolour card using Frosted Medallions from Stampin' Up! UK for the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge

This stamp set was gifted to me last weekend, and although it had caught my eye in the catalogue it hadn’t found it’s way into my craft room – but my lovely team leader is just a little bit psychic and always managed to send me things that I either LOVE and use all the time, or things that I LOVE but haven’t managed to purchase yet! This medallion it just so pretty, and I couldn’t not heat emboss it as it’s first use!

Saying that, the heat embossing is a little bit special, and a mixture of clear and copper heat embossing. I heat embossed the medallion in Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder, and then while I still had the powder melted I added a few pinches of Copper Embossing Powder too.

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Frosted Medallions watercolour card using Stampin' Up! UK products

The background was created using Rose Red, Sweet Sugarplum and Tempting Turquoise. I just love this watercolour technique, I think I have a video on it somewhere, will have a look and share later in the week.

Oh, and before I go, the last totally cool technique I have used on this card is using the Fine-Tip glue pen to create little raised dots, that are almost like water droplets. So pretty!

Right, on-wards with the blog hop! Please use the NEXT button to hop on to the fabulous Sally Shaw, I cannot wait to see what she has created

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Product List

Frosted Medallions Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.00

Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Watercolor Paper

£4.50

Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

£6.25

Copper Foil Sheets

£3.75

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Weekly Emails!

Christmas Pines Christmas Card Step it Up with Stampin' Up! products

Did you know that I send crafty emails out every Thursday?! Each Thursday email includes either a card-making instruction sheet or an Exclusive Crafty Video, and this week I’m starting a brand new series of videos within my emails – stepping up your cards!

Christmas Pines Christmas Card Step it Up with Stampin' Up! products

We made this card at my Catalogue launch party last week, we had so much fun with those pine leaves! And I LOVE this card, but I was looking at it again earlier in the week and thought I could make a bit more of it. If you want to see the Exclusive video tutorial, you just need to Subscribe to my Weekly Emails! and I will make sure the tutorial makes it way to you.

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Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Bundle

£49.50
Garden Green A4 Card Stock

£7.25
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Watermelon Wonder A4 Cardstock

£7.25

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Christmas Pines | Tis the Season (well, almost….)

Tis the Season Christmas Card using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UK

Ok, so ‘The Season’ hasn’t quite arrived yet, but the time to start on your Christmas cards has! I know that Christmas prep has well and truly started in our house; lists of presents, thoughts of making Christmas Cake (chose not to bother, just defrosted 1 tier of our wedding cake instead!), plans for Christmas day, questions about which days we are working and which days are ours! as well as the endless debate over the colour theme for this year! So, maybe Tis the Season still fits….

Tis the Season Christmas Card using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UK

So because we are now in the lead up to ‘The Season’ I’ve been put on a No Spend! Does this happen to anyone else? Where you are not allowed to buy anything before Christmas? I mean, we are really trying to save for our house deposit at the moment too, but anyway I am on an enforce ‘No Spend!’ and so I have only actually bought 3 stamp sets from the Autumn / Winter catalogue (and choosing which ones I was going to have was REALLY hard!) Anyway, the Christmas Pines bundle was my MUST HAVE set in this catalogue, and I have already made a heap of cards with this set. I have another coming this week if you are subscribed to my Weekly Emails.

Christmas Card Using Christmas Pines from Stampin' Up! UKSo, this card uses the Christmas Pines bundle, along with the Presents and Pinecones Designer Series Paper (Yum! by the way!) and the Emerald Envy Ombre Stamp pad, oh and a trio of In Colour Enamel Shapes.

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Product List

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Bundle

£49.50
Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper

£10.00
Presents & Pinecones A4 Cardstock Pack

£7.25
Emerald Envy Ombre Stampin' Pad

£8.25
2016-2018 In Color Enamel Shapes

£8.25
Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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