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Cottage Greetings

Stampin' Up! UK Cottage greetings Birthday Blooms

Have you checked out the selection of Kits offered by Stampin’ Up! yet? they are awesome!

This months class featured the Tin of Cards kit, we had a great time putting 16 cards together. But there are many other kits available too; a perpetual calender, some great home decor pieces, cards, a paper cake! and some wonderful banners and boxes too.

I thought today I would share one of the kits, the Cottage Greetings Card Kit

Stampin' Up! UK Cottage greetings Birthday Blooms

Now, this card kit is great. For just £14.50 you get 15 great cards featuring wooden elements and silver foil accents, PLUS 15 envelopes with silver foil liners. And the cards are cute, I’m loving this one!

There is a coordinating stamp set designed to match this great kit, but I don’t seem to have it! So, I’ve grabbed my Birthday Blooms set instead, I LOVE this sentiment and the font is just stunning.

What a cute card!

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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge – Birthday Blooms

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Welcome to the second Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge of 2016! It’s Sam’s birthday today so she’s left me in charge (silly lady!) and I am hoping that her card has arrived in time, otherwise this blog post is a bit of a spoiler! So, Happy Birthday Sam!

It’s a sad sketch today actually, this weeks sketch was designed by the lovely Debbie Bradley but unfortunately she has been unable to take part in the hop 🙁 Thinking of you Debbie xx

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I’ve been dreaming of this sketch; seriously, I woke up one morning this week with my card fully formed in my head! If I had had the energy to get up at 5AM and make the card that would have been awesome, but I didn’t (sleep was much more important at 5AM) and so my card isn’t the one I was dreaming of….. but its similiar

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I’ve been designed projects for my March cardmaking class this week and so this stamp set has been open on the desk. I love colouring and I have lost count of the number of times I have watercoloured this flower, but this time I’ve used Stampin’ Write markers. The flower is coloured in Blushing Bride and Calypso Coral, and the leaves are Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive, with a outline of Basic Black. I thought fussy cutting this would take AGES but actually, once I got going with my craft knife, it didn’t take that long. One of the things I enjoy doing once I’ve fussy cut something is to colour in the edge of the card stock – I just think it makes for a nice finished edge – so after I had cut, I ran my Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker around the edge.Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge - Feb 13 - 2

This card had to have a piece of Designer Series Paper, like on most cards at the moment as I’m challenging myself to have as little Designer Series Paper left when this Annual catalogue ends in May. So this Designer Series Paper is from the Birthday Bouquet pack (LOVE!).

Seeing as this is a birthday card, I had to find a birthday sentiment that would fit – the birthday sentiment in the Birthday Blooms stamp set was just a little big – so I hunted through my stamp shelves and found this beauty from Endless Birthday Wishes. I did try stamping it and punching it out with the Washi Label punch but then it didn’t really fit. So I put on my big girl pants and stamped straight onto a card that I could have called finished! Scary, but it worked! Yay!

I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop, and don’t forget to wish Sam Johnson a very Happy Birthday when you come across her blog!

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Hello Flowering Fields

Stampin' Up! Flower Fields Sale-a-bration Card

I’m loving this years Sale-a-bration event. I really must day ‘Thanks’ to each and every person who has chosen to shop with me for the first time this year, I had a bumper January, and am hoping that this year is going to be awesome. I always send Thank You cards to those who choose to shop with me, with an extra special something for people who use my Code Club Code. If you haven’t received a card from me it may be that you have selected ‘No Contact’, if you think you have missed out, please drop me a message!

Stampin' Up! Flower Fields Sale-a-bration Card

This card uses one of my Sale-a-bration favourites, Flowering Fields. Stamped in Old Olive, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry, with a piece of the coordinating Designer Series Paper Wildflower Fields.

The ‘Hello’ is from the Tin of Cards stamp set; I’m loving this font! I’m a sucker for a good font, and Stampin’ Up! are really knocking it out of the park with typefaces at the moment, just stunning. The Hello is stamped in Rich Razzleberry on a piece of Whisper White punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle punch. I’ve done a bit of punch layering (unusual for me) with a 1 3/8″ Old Olive circle and a Rich Razzleberry Scallop Circle in the 1 3/4″ size. Very pretty

Stampin' Up! Flowering Fields Hello

I added a piece of Whisper White Satin Ribbon and a bow to finish

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Team Training Make and Take

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Hello!

Did you know that each month I host a stamping event for those in my group of Stampin’ Friends (and any other demonstrators in my local area, drop me a message if you are a demonstrator and which is come!) I charge £5 for the event to cover the cost of a few make and takes and a bit of training (if anyone wants any! last time we had too much fun stamping!)

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We had great fun stamping these cards with the great products available for FREE during Sale-a-bration! There are some awesome offers during Sale-a-bration this year, grab one of 11 products for FREE when you spend £45 (if you spend £90 you get to choose 2 FREE goodies!), or host a party and earn extra Stampin’ Rewards that you can spend on ANYTHING in either of our current catalogues! Or, maybe you want to come along to one of our Stampin’ Friends meetings, to join us you need to buy the Stampin’ Up! Starter kit – the greatest deal ever! – just £99 and choose up to £160 worth of goodies from the catalogues PLUS get 20% off all further purchases! Awesome right!

Oh, before I go though, I just want to let you know that that awesome ‘Hello’ stamp set is only available until the 15th of February, or while stocks last! so grab it quick!

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The Love Between Us Knows No Distance

Stampin' Up! UK Going Global Valentines card

Seeing as now February is now here, it is definitely time for some Valentines projects! Regular readers of my blog will know that I got married last year, and so this year is my first Valentines day as a married woman, saying that I’m sure its not going to be any different from any other year where we do absolutely nothing or are both working 12 hour shifts!

Stampin' Up! UK Going Global Valentines card

Still, I do need a card right?! well, I think this is the third Valentines card I have posted on the blog this year, so I might save this one for our dating anniversary in April (yes, we celebrate two anniversaries!)

I made this card in about 10 minutes, messing around with ink at the end of my most recent group stamping event. I host a stamping event for my group of Stampin’ Friends each month where we get together, stamp and natter about all things Stampin’ Up! This month we made a heap of cards using our Sale-a-bration goodies (some of which I’ll share later in the week) but I was waffling about watercolouring, and how you really don’t need to buy Watercolour paper (although ours is an awesome addition to your card making), I really enjoying watercolouring on ‘flat’ card stock like our Shimmery White card stock, or this which is our Whisper White Thick card stock (the Thick is important, as the standard weight is a bit thin and tends to warp a little too much for my liking)

Stampin' Up! UK Going Global WatercolourAnyway, I watercoloured this patch of Tempting Turquiose just to demonstrate that Whisper White Thick card stock is a great medium for water colour, and then this card happened!

The stamp set is Going Global, wonderful for a Valentines card for the man in your life (no flowers!) stamped in Basic Black Archival ink (watercolour safe!). I watercolored the banner in Real Red, and added a spatter of Wink of Stella in Gold before calling my master piece complete!

What are you making for your love this Valentines?

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Celebrate….

Stampin' Up! UK Celebrate Suite Sayings Birthday Blooms

Over the past few months I have been trying to make cards with bright colours (trying to stave off the winter blues!) but I found myself making a monotone card last week. Does this happen to anyone else, when a project just arrives fully formed on the desk and you have no real idea how the hell it got there! It doesn’t happen often, but its wonderful when it does

Stampin' Up! UK Celebrate Suite Sayings Birthday Blooms

I spotted a card on Pinterest a few weeks ago that just used this one flower from Birthday Blooms. I have to admit that I had to go and look for the stamp, because I had completely over looked it! Shocking! I love a simple line image, and this is just perfect stamped in Early Espresso and blurred slightly with a blender pen.

You might recognise the sentiment, its from Suite Sayings (again, I know, I’m in love ok!), the stamp usually reads Celebrate You but I masked off the You with some of my trusty sticky label tape before inking in Early Espresso. I love this way of getting more out of your sentiment stamps, but y remember to remove that stick label before stamping or you may end up with an inky mess

Stampin' Up! UK Birthday Blooms monotone card

Even though the rest of the card is Early Espresso and Very Vanilla, I think the addition of the Typeset map paper matt really adds to this one. I’m still working my way through a backlog of Designer Series Paper, I do have a plan for most of it though, just got to find the time to make a heap of cards!

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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Blog Hop – The return!

Stampin' Up! UK Sketch Challenge time for tea

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Well, I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas / New Year break. I have been super busy with the day job, things are a bit insane over Christmas (I think I managed to get 3 days off over the festive fortnight!) but everything is dying down again now, and I’ve had this past week off to recover!

I’ve missed doing our fortnightly challenges (although I have no idea how I would have fit them in!) and am so pleased to be back blogging with these wonderful ladies again.

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This wonderful sketch has been set by the lovely Cat Burchmore, and was definitely a tricky design recreate.

Stampin' Up! UK Sketch Challenge time for tea

I hadn’t realised quite how many different bits and bobs I had used on this card until I sat down to write this post. Initially I set out to make a card using the A Nice Cuppa stamp and die bundle. But it turns out that although I used the tea pot die, I haven’t used anything else from that suite of products! Instead I have jump all over the Spring / Summer catalogue to collect items for this card!

The Designer Series Paper is called Birthday Bouquet, and features some gorgeous birthday themed and floral prints. The Happy Birthday is taken from Balloon Celebration, another stamp set that comes in a bundle (a fabulous balloon punch!) and then there is an embossing folder, sequin trim and metal rimmed pearls!

Oh well, I love it!

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They say its your birthday….

Stampin' Up! UK Flower Patch Suite Sayings

A few weeks ago I made a heap of cards whilst catching up on some very important TV (so important I can’t remember what I was watching!) and this card was the outcome!

Stampin' Up! UK Suite Sayings Flower Patch Birthday card

I don’t usually craft in front of the TV, and so I’m blaming distraction for the slightly imperfect stamping!

I’ve been totally inspired by Pinterest and the flood of Pins using the Brand New Botanical Blooms stamps and dies, however, even as a demonstrator, I can’t have everything and this set hasn’t found a home on my stamp shelf just yet. But I do have the Flower Patch stamp set and matching Flower Fair dies. Stampin' Up! UK Flower Patch Suite Sayings

The sentiment is from another new stamp set, Suite Sayings.

I love a bright and colourful card on a gloomy winter day, don’t you?

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Watercolour Birthday Blooms

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour birthday blooms

I have mentioned before how much I love playing with inks and water, but doing actual watercolouring is usually a bit beyond me …. or so I thought! Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour birthday blooms

I’ve been loving Rose Red over the past few weeks, and the colour totally inspired this card. I love how you can change the intensity of Stampin’ Up!® inks by adding water, and so when you’re using the inks to watercolour you get all sorts of variations in colour. The flower is coloured using only Rose Red ink, but you can see how many shades of pink there are in that one flower, with just one ink! Awesome!

The flower is stamped in the Archival Basic Black ink, which is great for watercolouring, although it will stain you stamps more than the traditional Classic ink. This is now my go to black, its beautiful, crisp and a true black.

Stampin' Up! Uk Birthday Blooms Watercolour

The leaves are watercoloured with Pear Pizzazz ink, and a halo of blue added around the flower with Pool Party

The Happy Birthday, taken from Butterfly Basics, is stamped onto Vellum, and added to the card by wrapping the vellum around the card stock.

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Balloon Celebration

Stampin' Up! Balloon Celebration

A slightly different card from me today, one without a sentiment (because I quite simply couldn’t decide what I wanted to say or where I wanted to put it!)

Stampin' Up! Balloon Celebration

I’ve been playing about with these balloons from Balloon Celebration for a couple of weeks, not coming up with anything I really loved. But the addition of the embossed background and dotted circle stamp on this one really won me over.

The background was a piece left over from my Brussels Swaps, I added the dotted circle stamp and some sponging in Soft Sky, before adding all the balloons. The balloons are stamped in Soft Sky and Rich Razzleberry, and punched out with the coordinating punch (got to love those bundles!).

I did think that the card was finished at this point, but the balloons appeared to just float in mid air, and looked a little odd – so I added some strings of Linen thread to ‘ground’ them a little. Strange to think that floating balloons looked so peculiar!

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