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Watercolour Thank you

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour Thank You mens card

This past few weeks have been completely crackers, between new jobs, On Stage Live, family stuff and keeping up with the blog, life has been pretty insane! But never too busy to say a great big Thank You to some of the most important people; you! (and some people that helped me along the way)

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour Thank You mens card

I sent this card out last week following my amazing experience in Brussels. The wonderful Sam Hammond Donald threw us a wonderful evening off chat, food and wine on the Friday evening. We were joined by Sam’s lovely parents, and I send them this card to just say thanks for a lovely evening.

I LOVE spending time with other demonstrators, discussing crafty makes, business bits and just generally having a great time. The girls I met (some of them for the first time) in Brussels are true friends, that I am so excited to see again in Telford in April at the next Stampin’ Up!® On Stage event. You can join me at that event, just as about joining my group of Stampin’ Friends

The card uses two stamp sets; Gorgeous Grunge and Watercolour Thank You, and three colours of ink; Night of Navy, Mint Macaron and Pool Party.

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On Stage Live – Brussels 2015 – Swaps!

Stampin' Up! UK swaps from Brussels

I have a confession to make; this weeks Tuesday video isn’t really very crafty, but it does show lots and lot of projects!

As regular readers will know, a couple of weeks ago I attended Stampin’ Up!® On Stage Live in Brussels – and had an amazing time (I wrote a long and waffley post about it HERE), and swapped a card front I had made for a variety of wonderful projects made by other demonstrators. Swapping is a great way of meeting new people and getting lots of ideas and inspiration, and its something demonstrators always do when we get together!

Stampin' Up! On Stage Live Swaps

I have put all these lovely swaps into a 15 minute video (that also explains why videos have changed a little bit).

There are some really lovely things in that pile. The candle from Crafty Caroline is currently sat on my desk, making my Office smell lovely even thought I haven’t lit it yet! and I have to admit that all the chocolate is now long gone!

Stampin' Up! UK swaps from Brussels

I still have a couple of my swap card left, set aside especially for my lovely customers. To get one all you need to do is shop with me before the end of this month, and make sure you check to allow me to contact you (I send all my customers a lovely little thank you gift each month, and a copy of the catalogue when it launches in January).

I can’t wait to hear from you

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Endless Birthday Wishes

Stampin' Up! UK Endless Birthday Wishes Cake Card

It was my mum’s birthday last week, I almost always buy my mum the same thing for her birthday. With it being close (-ish) to Christmas she doesn’t want much, but she always needs slippers by this point in the year – usually because she’s spent the summer mowing the lawn in her last pair! Mum also always wants the same pair, so about a week before the big day I pop off down to Marks and Spencers for the same slippers she had last year, usually in a different colour, but always the same style. This year, I called in to my Auntie’s in London on my way home for Brussels, and picked up Mum’s birthday present from her too – the matching Pyjamas!

Mum’s birthday card however, is always a tricky one for me. My mum appreciates the effort of a handmade card, but more than once has described my cards as dull. So now, I go all out to grab out my brightest coloured card stock, and fun stamps

Stampin' Up! UK Endless Birthday Wishes Cake Card

I will admit to pulling this stamp set off the shelf, and searching Pinterest before actually making anything. I love this colour combination; Pink Pirouette (although I think I grabbed my Blushing Bride pen by mistake when colouring the cake), Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay. It so bright and fun!

The stripes are a piece of Silver Designer Series Paper from the Neutrals paper stack, cut to 14.2 x 10 cm. With a matt of Whisper White (12.2 x 8 cm), stamped with the dotty stamp in the 3 colours. I’m trying really hard at the moment to use my stash of ribbon, and this card features a piece of Melon Mambo 1 cm Stitched Satin ribbon with knot tied in it. I attach ribbon to the back of card stock using Fast Fuse, and then add more Fast Fuse over the top to help stick the card stock down.

Stampin' Up! UK Endless Birthday Wishes Birthday card

My favourite part of the card is that lovely banner piece, Bermuda Bay and Whisper White. The cake is stamped in Basic Black and coloured using the Stampin’ Write markers.

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12 Weeks of Christmas – Hello December

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Stampin' Up! 12 weeks of Christmas

One of the greatest things about Christmas for me is getting to spent time with our extended family. 2015 has been a really big year in our family, with Weddings, new babies, house moves and many other exciting events. Stampin’ Up!® have partnered with Becky Higgins Project Life to create a great memory keeping system, not just for Christmas but for all year round.

I have just started to print photos and plan my wedding album using the Project Life system. I adore memory keeping, and really looking forward to spending some time over the Christmas season to sit and make a good start on my album.

Stampin' Up! December Daily

This year I am planning on documenting the Christmas season using the Project Life by Stampin’ Up! Hello December 2015 (This is about to retire, so please grab the card kit and accessory pack quickly!)

The kits make it so simple to organise your photos and document those memories. I have already completed most of my album, ready to slip the photos in and add my journalling!

Stampin' Up! UK Memory Keeping Christmas project

Stampin' Up! Hello December Project Life

How are you documenting this holiday season?

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Let it Snow!

Stampin' Up! UK Snowman card

I’m a little bit late with this weeks news – the Christmas retiring list has gone live! There are so many awesome stamps we are about to say Goodbye to, go and check out what is left!

I’m really hoping that there are some of these cute snowmen left for you, I love these and will be so sad to say see ya!

Stampin' Up! UK Snowman card

These are stamped in our new Archival Basic Black on Whisper White and die cut with the coordinating Framelits. This is one of the things I LOVE about Stampin’ Up!® – coordination – there is so many products that are either matching colours, or have a matching die or punch, or have coordinating fonts and images. Stampin’ Up!® make creativity easy, saving you time by ensuring that your projects are totally awesome!

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Crazy in Love

Stampin' Up! UK Valentines card

It’s never too early to start thinking about the next holiday, and although I’m in full Christmas mode now, I’ve started to plan things for Valentines (I wish I was always this organised, I’m sure I’ll still be panicking about a card 2 days before Valentines!)

Stampin' Up! UK Love You Crazy About You card

This simple 4 x 4″ card (4 x 8″ scored at 4″) is in Thick Whisper White. I’m loving the Gold Foil at the moment and a hint of gold just sets this card off. The sentiment is from Crazy About You, stamped in Melon Mambo and cut out into individual words, layered onto a heart of Pink Pirouette.

Stampin' Up! UK Valentines card

One of my most frequently used design tricks is the Magic of Threes – 3 of something, usually in a sort of triangle on the card. Here I have created a trio of trios – 3 little peals in a triangle, repeated 3 times

So cute!

Have you started thinking about events after Christmas yet?

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On Stage Live November 2015

Hello!

I’m home from Stampin’ Up!® On Stage Live in Brussels. Before I get into what I did, I just want to say a great big ‘ Thank You’ to all you lovely ladies that emailed to check that I was OK, and that we weren’t affected by the tragedy in Paris. While we weren’t directly affected, and no one’s travel plans were disrupted on the way home, we were with a large number of French demonstrators, some of whom live in Paris. On Saturday morning Stampin’ Up!® acting CEO Sara Douglass took to the stage, and we observed a minutes silence, everyone holding the hand of the person next to them.

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On Stage is a 6 monthly Stampin’ Up!® demonstrator event, that takes place across the globe. With several different markets, Stampin’ Up!® hosts the Live event in a different region each 6 months, with the other regions hosting Local events – this time it was Europe’s turn to play host, and 650+ demonstrators from across the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France and Austria descended on Brussels for 3 days of crafting fun!

I can’t tell you everything we did, but we got sneaky peaks of products coming to you in January, a look at the next Sale-a-bration event, and a chance to play with some great crafty bits and bobs. PLUS time with our demonstrator friends, a stack of freebies and recognition of our achievements.

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I have to say one of my favourite points during the trip was breakfast, just look at that waffle! I didn’t have one of these every morning, but sitting in a street cafe, with good friends and good waffles is something you would struggle to beat!

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As I have mentioned previously one of the many perks of being a Stampin’ Up!® demonstrator is free goodies. Unfortunately I can’t show you the stamp sets we received as they are in the upcoming Spring/Summer catalogue (I know, we haven’t even had Christmas yet!) but we also got a lovely canvas bag, pens, a notebook, and that lovely gold water bottle too. As well as some lovely Make and Takes with shiny new products that I can’t wait to show you!


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On the Friday evening my wonderful Team Leader Sam threw us a lovely evening of food and wine in her hotel. We had so much fun discussing new products, ideas and other stuff. These sandwiches were lovely, although slightly un-orthodox, arriving in what appeared to be a large bread bun until we unwrapped them and the lids fell off!

I can’t wait for the next On Stage event in April 2016, we’re off to Telford, UK! I would LOVE you to come with me! Find out more about the joy of Stampin’ Up!® today!

 

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12 Weeks of Christmas | Santa Punch Art Tag

Stampin' Up! UK Santa punch art

Stampin' Up! 12 weeks of Christmas

I will be the first to admit, punch art isn’t usually my thing, and this is totally CASe’d from another blogger, but I just loved this tag idea.

Stampin' Up! UK Santa punch art

This cute Santa is  made using a small selection of punched and a few scraps of card stock. I have two versions, on where Santa has a full head of hair, and one where he has a little bald spot going on. I’m swaying more towards baldy Santa, but I love them both!

 

Measurements:

Card stock – 2 x 8 1/2″ (5 x 21.5 cm), folded in half

Stampin' Up! UK Punch art Christmas tag

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On Stage Live | Swaps

Stampin' Up! UK On Stage Live Swaps

There is nothing us demonstrators like more than swapping ideas and inspiration! I’m away this week at On Stage Live in Brussels with hundreds of other demonstrators from around the world getting ideas and inspiration, as well as some sneaky peaks of things coming in January!

Stampin' Up! UK On Stage Live Crazy About You

I had great fun making 50 of these cards. A swap is usually just a card front (although this one is a full card, and was my prototype!), and some demonstrators go further and swap little bags or boxes. I made some cute little bag swaps for Regional Training back in May that contained little chocolates, but seeing as I was travelling this time (and on the train) I decided to keep things simple and do a card.

I really do apologise for the quality of these pictures, white on white photography is hard and I definately haven’t mastered it yet! Any tips anyone?

The panel on the front is embossed with the Large Polka Dot embossing folder and popped up on Dimensionals. I had a great inky time ink blending the tags with Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron and Pool Party ink and my sponges. I had a full assembly line going for these, making each component individually before final assembly. Cutting and embossing, Die cutting the Hello thinlit, stamping and punching, Stamping the You with White Craft Ink (and allowing heaps of time for it to dry) etc. etc.

Stampin' Up! UK On Stage Live Swaps

The sentiment is from Crazy About You, along with the flower / scalloped thingy. I can’t believe I managed to tie 50 reasonable bows with linen thread either!

Hope everyone who received one loves them as much as me! I have kept some back though, especially for my wonderful customers – place an order with me either via email or using the hostess code before the end of the month and I’ll be putting on of these in the post for you

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On Stage Live | Team Gift

Stampin' Up! On Stage Live team gift

Hello!

As your reading this I am in Brussels at this years On Stage Live event with Stampin’ Up!®. I have been looking forward to this since last November! I love attending Stampin’ Up!® events, they really know how to throw a great party!

I am posting heaps of pictures of my travels on Instagram and Facebook, so pop over and take a look

Stampin' Up! UK On Stage Live swaps

I’ll be sharing my main swap tomorrow, but today I thought I’d share my little team gift. Us demonstrators love to share, and swap ideas and inspiration. I’ve made a few of these simple gift bags using the Gift Bag Punch Board for some of the girls in the same team as me (plus my wonderful upline Pootles!)

They just contain a few mint sweeties (all the excitement, we are going to NEED some extra sugar) and are super simple to put together, In actual fact I cut and scored these at home, ready for a bit of hotel room crafting on arrival in Brussels – don’t think these would travel well.

Stampin' Up! On Stage Live team gift

The bags themselves are all made from the Neutrals Designer Series Paper stack, and tied with a piece of Delightful Dijon (Gold!) Dotty Lace Trim. The tag is a piece of Whisper White cut to 2 x 3 1/2″ punched with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch.  The bag is the small sized gift bag, as the instructions on the Gift Bag Punch Board suggest, with Designer Series Paper cut to 6 x 10″ (15 x 25.5 cm)

I’ve pulled out my favourite Christmas stamp set again – Santa’s Gifts – and stamped Santa in Cherry Cobbler, with a Delightful Dijon present, and Soft Sky Star.

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