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Its Here …. The 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue

Free copy of the Stampin' Up! catalogue UK

oh yes! I am so excited, the day has finally arrived – the Annual Catalogue is now live!

Click on the image of the front of the catalogue to see and download a PDF of the catalogue, or if you want a physical copy I still have a couple left – you can order one HERE

Free copy of the Stampin' Up! catalogue UK

There are heaps of exciting things about this catalogue…. the new stamps, Designer Series papers, the selection of ribbons, more embellishments, dies and punches. I can’t pick my favourites, there are just too many. Can you pick yours?

With the launch of the new catalogue I just want to quickly mention a couple of super exciting things that are happening:

  • There are extra Stampin’ Rewards on Party orders over £300 in June; contact me for more information about booking a party; either in person or online
  • The Starter Kit is the best deal…. Choose £130 worth of brand new goodies, pay just £99 and become a part of something awesome! As a part of Stampin’ Up! you get a discount on all your purchases of at least 20%, get support, inspiration and friendship. For more information about becoming a part of Stampin’ Up! Click HERE
  • I have changed the way I reward my customers. From now on when you order through me you will be sent an email inviting you into my brand new VIP Facebook group with inspiration, games and live videos! You will also receive a bundle of tutorials as well as a hand made card in the post.
  • Have you checked out my Code Club … use the Code (you can find it in the VIP Facebook group on in the side bar of this blog) when you order for Free goodies from me! I send these with your hand made card at the start of the following month

Right, I’ll stop waffling for now and let you get on with shopping!

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Make It Monday | Quick and Easy Congratulations Card

Make It Monday Quick and Easy Congratulations Card for Saleabration using Designer Tee Delicate Details and Inside the Lines from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

I have a super quick and easy card project for you today… but before we jump into that I want to let you know that there are just 5 days left of Sale-a-bration! Our awesome event ends on Friday at 11PM so don’t miss out on your freebies or the great joining offer!

Right, card….

Make It Monday Quick and Easy Congratulations Card for Saleabration using Designer Tee Delicate Details and Inside the Lines from Stampin' Up!

I would LOVE to send this card to the next person to join my group of Stampin’ Friends  during Sale-a-bration (you can find out how to do that HERE!)

This card uses 3 Sale-a-bration freebies…. Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper, Delicate Details and Designer Tee…. You can choose any of these items for FREE when you spend £45 before Friday.

Measurements:

Card base – Half a sheet of A4, folded in half

Designer Series Paper – 10.5 x 14.8 cm

Embossed Whisper White – 8 x 12.8 cm

Make It Monday Cardmaking Tutorial Quick and Easy Congratulations Card

Before I go, I have a couple of other things to let you know:

  • All Sale-a-bration items are While Stocks Last
  • My 1000 YouTube Subscriber Gift-away ends on Friday ….. you can enter by commenting on my 1000 Subscriber video!
  • I will be closing my Sale-a-bration RAK list on Friday night, to get yourself some special things from my crafty office in April let me know your address HERE!

Online Card Class using Nailed It from Stampin Up

Product List

Inside The Lines Designer Series Paper

£0.00

Designer Tee Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£0.00

Delicate Details Photopolymer Stamp Set

£0.00

Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

£7.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Metallic Foil Doilies

£3.75

Metallic Enamel Shapes

£6.50

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Online Card Class | Special Reason

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Oh Yes! It’s the 15th of the month, which means….. its time for another Online Card Class Pre-Order! Yay!

This time we are playing with the Special Reason bundle! I LOVE this stamp and die set SO MUCH! I have already made heaps of cards with it (and I have another coming to you tomorrow!)

Special Reason from Stampin' Up!

This class makes 6 fabulous cards, 2 of each of 3 designs, and includes:

  • The Special Reason stamp and die bundle
  • 1/4 pack of Gold Foil Paper
  • 1/4 pack of Vellum
  • 1 pack of Whisper White Bakers Twine
  • Exclusive video tutorials for each card
  • A complete kit of all the card stock you will need to complete the projects
  • PLUS One Sale-a-bration item!

Online Card Class using Special Reason from Stampin' Up! UK

You can sign up for class below, and you also have the option of adding the ink pads to your class kit too!

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I use PayPal to process your payments, please use the email address associated with your PayPal account. If you don’t have a PayPal account don’t worry you can pay with a credit or debit card.

Class booking closes on the 28th February at midnight. Once this Pre-order period has closed I will be placing the order with Stampin’ Up! I expect to be able to post out your class kits on or before the 9th of March, Video Tutorials will be sent by email after class kits have been posted. Postage and Packing is added to every class.

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Make It Monday…. on a Tuesday | Thank You Cards!

January Customer Thank You Cards using Beautiful You from Stampin' Up! UK

Yes, I am sorry, it is definitely Tuesday today, but I am sharing the second part of my January Thank You gifts today

Video Tutorial featuring Beautiful You from Stampin' Up! UK

Each month I send the lovely people who shop with me a gift pack to say a special Thank You. These packs always include a hand stamped card, and a sweet treat (you can see January’s Sweet Treats on yesterday’s blog post!) and you can bump up your gift packs by joining my Code Club and using the Code when you order to get some free Stampin’ goodies – this month I sent Enamel Shapes.

Beautiful You is the most gorgeous Stamp Set, I am still having heaps of fun with watercolouring these images. However I chose to keep things simple for my Thank You cards (watercolouring piles of cards can be a little tricky!) and so I stamped my watercolour instead! I think I am on a bit of a Sweet Sugarplum kick at the moment, I have just made a stack of cards using this fabulous colour to kick of the next part of Sale-a-bration! (more of that next week!)

January Customer Thank You Cards using Beautiful You from Stampin' Up! UK

I don’t write inside the cards I send to customers… and I have no issue with you sending them on and taking credit for them either (anything to make your lives easier!) Do let me know if there is a stamp set you would like me to feature on my Customer cards… or if there is a sweet treat you fancy trying!

Measurements:

Card base: Sweet Sugarplum – half A4, folded in half

Matt: Embossed with the Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder – 14.3 x 10 cm

Basic Gray: 7.5 x 7.5 cm and 4.5 x 4.5 cm

Whisper White: 7 x 7 cm and 4 x 4 cm

Question of the day: What is your current favourite sweet treat?

What, other than the fabulous Sweet Treats bundle?! lol, I’m a sucker for anything chocolate-y, actually I hit my local supermarket yesterday looking for bits for some upcoming projects (Easter is coming!) and found some egg shaped chocolates with a melt-y filling… yum!

Product List

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£25.00

Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock

£7.25

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Petal Burst Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

£7.00

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Sunday Colour Splash | Need a Special Reason…. 96th Birthday card

Special Birthday card using Special Reason and Number of Years from Stampin' Up! UK

We are so blessed in our family to have celebrated James’ Nannys’ 96th birthday in January. She is just such a special person, and so using the Special Reason bundle to make her card just made sense to me.
Special Birthday card using Special Reason and Number of Years from Stampin' Up! UK

This card caused me so many problems! I had originally stamped and embossed the 96 onto Night of Navy card stock…. except I have totally lost the 6 die! I have turned my Crafty Office upside down trying to find it, I am hoping that it has fallen down the side of my desk (which is actually a chest of drawers) but moving everything to have a look hasn’t quite happened yet.

The Special Reason bundle is so fabulous, I am loving the dies so much. This bundle features in my next Online Card Class which launches on Tuesday…. I cannot wait!

Special Birthday card using Special Reason and Number of Years from Stampin' Up! UKBecause this card was for James to give to Nanny, I had to stamp the inside too … it’s always James special request, that and that I put my details on the back. He is so funny

Right, what is the Sunday Colour Splash title all about….. well, I would LOVE to see you make a card with these colours.


Share your creations with me by clicking on the BLUE button below, and I will select a winner on Saturday 18th February 2017. The winner will be contacted by Email and announced over on my Facebook page, I will share the winning creation on my Sunday Colour Splash post next week… oh and I will pop a hand stamped card into the post for them too! Yay!

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Birthday Card Club – Update!

Birthday Card Club Celebration Card using Balloon Adventures from Stampin' Up! UK

I LOVE sending out class packages and other special things in boxes, and the first round of Birthday Card Club members should have received their first month packages by now, So I think it is safe to share their Bonus Cards!

Birthday Card Club Celebration Card using Balloon Adventures from Stampin' Up! UK

This is one of those totally magical cards, where it looks like it took ages, but actually it all came together really quickly. Those balloons are fabulous to stamp with, and here I stamped them off once before stamping them onto Watercolour Paper. Then came the fun bit, adding water with an Aqua-Painter, not only does this smooth the image on rough textured paper, but also softens the image, giving a really pretty look. I actually think I could have gone one step further and added some spritzing or more ink bleeding. But they are still pretty!

The Birthday Card Club is still taking sign-ups! I would LOVE you to join us in February for some wonderful birthday card inspiration. You can find all the information you need HERE or sign up using the form below!

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Question of the Day: What is your favourite type of card to make?

I LOVE making birthday cards for specific people, but I think my absolute favourites are Thank You cards for all the wonderful people who shop with me each month. I really enjoy sharing my love of stamping with them all!

Sale-a-bration from Stampin' Up! UK

Product List

Balloon Adventures Photopolymer Stamp Set

£24.00
Watercolor Paper

£4.50
Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Aqua Painters

£15.50

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Sale-a-bration Wednesday | Delicate Details

Sale-a-bration 2017 wedding card using Delicate Details from Stampin' Up! UK

Sale-a-bration from Stampin' Up! UK

Are you Loving this years Sale-a-bration?!

It’s it just the most awesome event, heaps of free goodies just for grabbing your crafting essentials (or something a bit special too) I am loving the selection of Sale-a-bration items this year. But I think one of the sets that will likely stay in my long term collection is Delicate Details…. I can see some gorgeous wedding stationary being made with this one, and you could even get the stamp set for free when you buy the card stock! Awesome!

Sale-a-bration 2017 wedding card using Delicate Details from Stampin' Up! UK

How pretty is this card? and super easy to do to, I added 3 of the boarder stamps from the set to a large clear block, and then stamped them repeatedly using Versamark ink. Then added white Stampin’ Emboss Powder and heat set it. The background was added in Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum and Wisteria Wonder using the Sponge Brayer. The Congratulations sentiment is taken from the So In Love stamp set (which comes bundled with the MOST gorgeous dies ever!)

 

Want to get these fabulous stamps for FREE? Its really easy, each time you spend £45 in a single order during Sale-a-bration (now to the end of March) you get to choose a free gift! There are 12 to choose from; stamps, Designer Series Paper, ribbon, a card kit, and a great card storage tin in Gold! If you are ordering Stampin’ Up! will ask you which gift you have chosen once you have added £45 to your basket. Oh, and if you order multiples of £45 you get multiple gifts… so that means that if you spend £90 you get to choose 2, £135 you get 3 etc.

You can also get stamps from the Annual or Spring Summer catalogue for FREE, you just need to choose the Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle and grab a Starter Kit! You will then get to choose 2 stamp sets for FREE, that could be a saving of £90! how awesome is that!

Question of the day: Which stamp sets are you going to choose for FREE in your Ultimate Stampin’ Bundle?

Of course, I don’t get to choose … I grabbed my starter kit almost 3 years ago and I am SO glad that I did! But if I had to choose, hmmm, I think it would be Letters for You and Butterfly Basics!

Sale-a-bration from Stampin' Up! UK

Product List

Delicate Details Photopolymer Stamp Set

£0.00
So In Love Clear-Mount Bundle

£43.00
Versamark Pad

£7.75
White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50
Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Sponge Brayers

£7.25

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Bonus Class | Cool Treats!

I am super excited to be releasing a special BONUS card class this week! Did you know, I release 2 Online Card Classes every month? You can find all the details for my current class over on the Online Card Class Page

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But this week I am releasing a special EXTRA class, featuring the Cool Treats suite. This class makes 8 fabulous cards, 2 of each of 4 designs PLUS envelopes!

Suggested Extras

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00
Versamark Pad

£7.75
White Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Class costs £49, plus postage and packing. All my classes come complete with all the cards and embellishments you will need to complete your projects, as well as video instructions.

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Make It Monday | Guys Birthday Card using the Nailed It Bundle

Make It Monday Male Birthday Card using Nailed It From Stampin' Up! UK

Make It Monday

Welcome back to Make It Monday! I LOVE making these videos, I hope you enjoy watching them too. This week I thought I would share a male birthday card I made recently for my Father-In-Law.

Make It Monday Male Birthday Card using Nailed It From Stampin' Up! UK

Male birthday cards can be tricky, especially when you’re like me and most of your stamp collection seams to be flowers or butterflies! I prefer a ‘pretty’ style, and so guy cards can be a challenge, however, Stampin’ Up! have made guy cards super easy with the Nailed It bundle. Not only does it include a selection of tool (no I cannot name them, my husband will be very disappointed in me!) but handy extras like screws, and a great hexagon. I LOVE Stampin’ Up! bundles, they come with the stamp and the coordinating die set, and when you buy the bundle (rather than the separate items) you save 10% ! Win Win!

The Nailed It bundle also coordinates with some other great items in the Spring Summer catalogue; I am having heaps of fun with the Hexagon Dynamic Embossing folder, and I might have to grab a second pack of the Urban Underground Designer Series Paper! I have recently received a pack of the Urban Underground embellishments too, and I cannot wait to get those on a card!

Question of the Day: What is your favourite method of tackling a Men’s card?

I try and find a theme; tools, cars, or failing that a cool embossing folder and a big sentiment! anything to get back to making pretty cards with flowers and butterflies!

Sale-a-bration from Stampin' Up! UK

Product List

Nailed It Clear-Mount Bundle

£38.50

Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper

£11.75

Urban Underground A4 Cardstock Pack

£7.25

Urban Underground Embellishments

£6.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Watercolor Pencils

£14.50

Designer Tee Wood-Mount Stamp Set

£0.00

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Love Hearts Week | Distress Resist Congratulations Card

Love Hearts Week Distress Resist video tutorial using So In Love from Stampin' Up! UK

Love Hearts sweets Video tutorials

Ok, so it is Wednesday, and today – even though it is Love Hearts Week –  I have a card project for you, because I couldn’t not share this card with you almost as soon as I had made it!

One of the many ways I find inspiration on a daily basis is YouTube, and one of the very lovely people I follow is the gorgeous Jennifer McGuire (I am going to try not to sound like some sort of crazy fan-girl now….) she shares some fabulous techniques, but she doesn’t use Stampin’ Up! inks…. so I like to test out her ideas using Stampin’ Up! products. Which is what I have done today.

Love Hearts Week Distress Resist video tutorial using So In Love from Stampin' Up! UK

This technique is really very simple; select your stamp (always a good place to start!) I love using line images for this, but you could totally use something more solid too. Ink it up in Versamark and stamp in onto Whisper White card stock. Heat set it or leave it for a while to dry, and then sponge ink over the top to get this cool, delicate effect.

You could totally add white or clear embossing powder after the Versamark to make a more vibrant image too.

Jennifer McGuire Distress Resist Technique using inks from Stampin' Up! UK

And those blank Enamel shapes…. you’ll have to watch the video to see how I made those!

Question of the Day: What is your current favourite YouTube Channel

I don’t think I could possibly choose, I am enjoying watching fitness and diet theme-d videos at the moment

Sale-a-bration from Stampin' Up! UK

Product List

So In Love Clear-Mount Bundle

£43.00

Versamark Pad

£7.75

Regals Enamel Shapes

£8.25

Stamping Sponges

£3.25

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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