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The best is yet to come…

Stampin' Up! UK Best Thoughts

I love this sentiment, it is so true! I am loving my journey as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, and I know the best is yet to come!

Stampin' Up! UK Best Thoughts blender pen on vellum

The flower here is stamped in Stazon Black on Vellum, and then coloured using Watermelon Wonder and Cucumber Crush using my Blender Pens. The blender pens work amazingly on Vellum, because its a very smooth surface the ink takes longer to dry which means you have longer to blend them with the blender pen. Let me know if you fancy a tutorial video on this!

The vellum is mounted on Whisper White card stock, but with the stamped image facing the card stock, giving a softer look. The sentiment is also stamped in Stazon ink but on the outside of the vellum, so its darker than the lines of the flower. The Vellum is stuck onto the card stock using Fast Fuse – Fast Fuse is completely clear and so is great for using with vellum, still I always try and apply it under a coloured section or embellishment

I love the designer series paper mount too, its a sheet from the Cherry on Top DSP stack, and the card is finished with a couple of pieces of Cherry on Top Washi Tape

Just before I go, you only have a few more days to book onto my latest Technique Class using An Open Heart – Class costs £10 – Booking closes on Monday!

Stampin' Up! UK July Technique Class 2015 An Open Heart

 

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Week In Review – Classes and Workshops!

Stampin' Up! Weekly Deals Week in Review

Hey there folks! hope you are having a great week, its super busy around here this week as I prepare for my team training event on Saturday! I am so excited to share some great projects with my team, I’m sure I’ll show you what we made next week!

Weekly Deals

As always I’ll start my Week In Review with this weeks Weekly Deals, these items are available on a special offer for this week only! This deal is always available, but the products change from week to week, they are always worth checking out!

Stampin' Up! Weekly Deals Week in Review

This week not only have they selected 3 great stamp sets! (I am loving that Six-Sided Sampler, there are some awesome ideas for that one on Pinterest!), but also that punch is one of my favourites! It coordinates with the Crazy About You stamp set that I just adore! I can’t live without my Fast Fuse, I am sure it will be hitting my basket this week!

What’s on your next order?

Classes and Workshops

Have you seen that I have added an extra tab under ‘Classes and Workshops’? I thought it might be nice for you to see at a glance all the classes I currently have available for the following month!

There is now less that a week until booking closes for my July technique class. This month we are using An Open Heart to make 5 (yes, that’s more cards that usual!) gorgeous cards for all occasions.

Stampin' Up! UK July Technique Class 2015 An Open Heart

I am also offering two other classes in July; a kit class, this month making the wonderful Perpetual Birthday Calendar, and a Stamp-a-Stack – making 10 easy to make birthday cards in a flash!

Check out the full details under Classes and Workshops

What have I been up to?

Well, heaps actually! I worked at the day job last weekend, so have been spending the first few days of this week playing catch-up. I have a super exciting post coming on Saturday that I have been working really hard to sort out, which is now ready to go! eeek! I am so excited about that one! As well as planning for Team Training, and starting to get ahead with the blog ready for being away for 3 weeks!

Wedding plans are also really taking shape now, less that 7 weeks to go! We’ve been on a bit of a crash diet this week, trying to get ready for that bikini on the honeymoon! I must get back to the shop to try my dress on again. My Orders of Service are arriving today so I really should get on with making the covers, but I think I’ll save that for Sunday when the madness has calmed.

Before I go…

Just wanted to make a final reminder that the Stampin’ Up! joining offer runs until the 30th June – get yourself 2 FREE stamp sets when you sign up and pay just £99! I have a full post about it HERE or jump straight to the FAQ and SIGN UP!

Stampin' Up! UK Free stamps

Have a great week!

 

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Watercolour Stamping with Stampin’ Write Markers

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour stamping markers I think you're great

I find myself reaching for my Stampin’ Write markers often. They are the same ink as the Stampin’ Up! Classic Ink you’ll find in our ink pads, but in the convenience of a pen. There are so many techniques that use these pens; from watercolouring to stamping, using them like felt tips, or just a quick ink.

Stampin' Up! UK Watercolour stamping markers I think you're great

I use Stampin’ Write makers for technique like this one quite often, they are a great way to ink a stamp with several colours; whether you are colouring a bird or flower, or just creating a great background like this one.

The Stampin’ Write makers have two tips; a fine point great for journalling in you Project Life albums, and a brush tip wonderful for colouring images or stamps.

How To:

Select a few Stampin’ Write markers; here I have used Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Bermuda Bay and Island Indigo.

Using the brush tip of your marker on its side, scribble the colour into your stamp

Once your stamp is covered in ink, spritz with water

Stamp onto your card stock (I used Whisper White for this card, but it works wonderfully with Watercolour paper too!), holding the stamp to the card stock for a few seconds to allow the ink to soak into the paper

Stampin' Up! UK I think you're great

The sentiments used here are both from the I Think You’re Great stamp set, and are stamped in Tip Top Taupe before being fussy cut with my Paper Snips and added to the card with some Dimensionals

I think my favourite is the ‘Way to Go’ card, what about you?

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2 Free Stamp Sets!

Stampin' Up! UK Free stamps


Stampin' Up! UK Free stamps

 

But which ones to choose?

I know I have mentioned this months fantastic joining offer from Stampin’ Up! but I thought I would pop in today and talk about it properly.

We all love a bargain, and I think the Stampin’ Up! Starter Kit is the greatest bargain! To start with you get to choose £130 worth of items from the brand new Annual Catalogue, and pay just £99! and then you get 20% discount on all future purchases for the life of your demonstratorship

Then there is the wonderful friendships, inspiration and community you get just by being a part of our group! Not only are you joining a close group of friendly crafters, but also a wider community of inspiring friends from around the world. I run a private facebook group for my team, but you will also be a part of Pootles team group too, and Stampin’ Up! private forum – Stampin’ Connection where stampers from around the world discuss and share, bringing you instant project ideas, encouragement and friendships

I know what you’re thinking, but I’d have to sell stuff. Well, no, not really. To continue to receive that great 20% discount (and get sneak peaks and the chance to attend some awesome Stampin’ Up! events) you have to sell £270 of catalogue priced products each quarter. When you take off your discount, thats only £75 per month! and Stampin’ Up! don’t mind who buys either, whether its you or a friend, customers or your mum!

Convinced? Shall I tell you more about the offer this month?

Stampin' Up! UK Team Gift
I always send a little something to those who join my team. This month’s team gift includes a note book covered in Cherry on Top DSP, with matching bag, a Swatch Book, and something secret!

Well, this month is awesome because not only do you get all of that (and more besides!) but Stampin’ Up! will also throw in 2 free stamp sets of your choice! Awesome!

But what do you choose? This is where I though I would help!

When I’m looking at free stamp sets, I tend to choose more expensive ones, that I wouldn’t necessarily buy for myself. Last time I had free stamp sets (yes, that’s another perk of being a demonstrator, you get free stuff, all year round!) I grabbed the Big News stamp set, in Wood Mount, that would have cost me £40!

So, what would I choose from the New Catalogue? There are some great sentiments sets, I particularly love Happy Happenings, and Me = Grateful. Or what about some lovely images; I am having great fun playing with the Watercolour Wings stamp set, or what about Awesomely Artistic, Lovely as a Tree (always a classic) or Barnyard Babies!

Take a look through the catalogue today, and pick your two favourites!

Let me know what you’re favourite stamp sets are in the comments box below, and join my team by using the link below too!

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Birthdays are like hairballs….

I made this card with a special friend in mind, actually I bought the stamp set with her in mind! I know I’ll get plenty of use out of it, actually, I have already used another one of the stamps for a Thank you card.

Stampin' Up! Giggle Greetings

I need to work out the white balance on my camera when trying to photograph Watermelon Wonder, for some reason it turned everything else pink! However, you get the picture!

I love this stamp set, its only a set of four stamps, but they are such cute images and great sentiments, I couldn’t help myself, and I’m so glad it’s still in the Annual Catalogue. Have you got your copy of the latest Annual Catalogue yet by the way? If not (and you’re in the UK) I’m still sending them out, so just leave your details HERE!

I stamped in Stazon Black ink onto shimmery White Card Stock, and then remembered I wanted to heat emboss this ready for water-colouring, so I pulled out my Stamp-a-ma-jig to ensure correct alignment and stamped over it again in Versamark, and heat embossed in Clear Stampin’ Emboss powder. I added water to the cat, and dropped Tip Top Taupe into the water with a paintbrush. I did a little bit of blending, but really not very much.

The layers are matted off set towards the top, something I think just makes this card just a little different, cute huh!

 

Stampin' Up! UK July Technique Class 2015 An Open Heart

 

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Cardmaking 101 – Types of Stamps

Stampin' Up! UK Cardmaking 101 types of stamp

Cardmaking class UK free

I can’t believe we are already at week 3 of my Cardmaking 101 series; saying that, I have a heap of posts in the planning for you! I can see this series lasting a while, please feel free to drop me a message or leave a comment if you have any card making questions, and I will do my best in answer them in a future Cardmaking 101!

This week I thought it might be helpful to discuss the different types of stamps. Now, before we getting into the post proper, I just want to remind you that I am a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, and so I will be discussing there products!

Wood Mount Stamps

Ok, so Wood Mount – this refers to Red Rubber stamps mounted onto wooden blocks. There are some real advantages to these stamps; the main one being that the blocks are pre-mounted, no scrabbling around searching for the perfectly sized block each time – they are already there! Stampin’ Up!’s Wood Mounted stamps arrive as a sheet of red rubber stamps, a series of wooden blocks, and a sheet of stickers. Before you can stamp you must pop the stamps out of the sheet and work out which stamp matches which block (I’ve made this sound complicated, its really not – its usually pretty obvious which stamp goes with which block). The stamps are pre-glued, and you peel the backing paper off the stamps and stick them onto the blocks. The stickers are then stuck onto the other side of the wooden block for identification.

I love my wood mount stamps, however, they are more expensive, and they take much more space to store – although they do sit next to your clear mount stamps on your shelf.

Clear Mount Stamps

Like Wood Mount stamps, Clear mount are our classic red rubber. I am totally a red rubber girl – I just love the quality and feel of red rubber stamps. Clear mount stamps require Clear blocks to allow you to stamp, you mount and un-mount them at each use. Stampin’ Up! clear mount stamps also come with a sheet of stickers, however, I find that they affect the cling if not perfectly applied to the stamp meaning that the fall off the blocks half way through stamping! So I tend to just put the sheet of stickers inside the slip cover on my stamp cases and leave them there! Saying this, I am a Clear mount person – I love the red rubber, and the value of the clear mount wins every single time!

Photopolymer

Stampin’ Up! Photopolyer stamps are fantastic! They are the same quality as the classic red rubber, but allow you to see through the stamps for perfect alignment every time! I recommend Photopolymer for layering stamps and sentiments. Some sets are available only in Photopolymer, however, more and more sets are available in all three options. Photopolymer stamps are generally packaged in our DVD sized clear mount stamp cases, although if there are lots of stamps they sometimes come in the bigger Wood Mount cases, but they still sit nicely with your other stamps on the shelf. Photopolyer stamps are a great price, and come between two sheets of Window Sheet. Be warned though, Photopolymer stamps have a habit of ‘wondering off’ your desk and into the bin as they get stuck to things and can be difficult to see! Photopolymer also tends to stain over time, particularly if you use red/pink ink, this doesn’t affect the stamp and will not transfer to your next project.

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Freshly Made Sketches #191 – It’s Your Birthday

Stampin' Up! UK Freshly Made Sketches Endless Birthday Wishes

Oh yes, It’s that time again! Playing along with Freshly Made Sketches again this week with #191!

Freshly Made Sketches 191

This sketch scared the pants off me! So much white space! I love white space, I really do, and most of my cards feature expanses of white space, but to see a sketch with so much white was just frightening!

Stampin' Up! UK Freshly Made Sketches Endless Birthday Wishes

I’ve had a stack of card stock sat out on my shelf this week, and the Real Red piece shouted at me for this card. As soon as I saw the two little strips on the sketch I knew I wanted to use some Designer Series Paper, so I pulled Typeset – I love this paper, its so pretty but I hadn’t used it on a card before! I know, its shocking, but putting DSP on cards is something I struggle with – I am a total stamper at heart.

Initially I grabbed Guy Greetings for my sentiment, but I quickly changed my mind to the lovely new Endless Birthday Wishes. I uses a ruler and pencil to draw a line across the piece of Very Vanilla card stock, and I stamped the sentiment in Real Red on the line. Sometimes I find this way to get a straight line quicker than pulling out my Stamp-a-ma-jig!

I almost thought the card was finished, but it just felt a little too clean! I’ve been playing with the Birthday Blossoms preparing for my Stamp-a-Stack for July, so pulled it again for these awesome flowers punched with the Pansy Punch.

Thanks for stopping by today, see you again soon

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I Think You’re Great!

Stampin' Up! UK I think your great ink smooshing

I have been playing with ink a lot recently, making a great big mess, but having loads of fun too! I get a lot of inspiration from watching some of the wonderful card makers on YouTube (Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner are two of my all time favourites!) and I recently spotted this super cool technique, Ink Smooshing (I haven’t done a tutorial for this one, but check out this great video from Kristina)Stampin' Up! UK I think your great ink smooshingTo create this card I first heat embossed that great sentiment from I Think You’re Great using Clear embossing powder.

I used three colours of ink; Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, and Melon Mambo. I use either my ink pads or re-inkers to put ink onto a large clear block or the glass of my desk top, an add water using an water spritzer. One colour at a time I make my ink / water mixture and pick up the mix using the clear sheet that comes with our Photopolymer stamps – you could just as easily using a piece of window sheet or other packaging – and smoosh the ink onto the watercolour paper. I added the Crushed Curry first, then repeated the process with Melon Mambo, and finally Bermuda Bay.

One of the great things about Stmapin’ Up! inks is how they work with water. Not only can you water colour with them, but also once your ink has dried you can drop water onto the ink, and wick away some of the colour – creating this great effect.

What’s your favourite technique at the moment?

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June Online Workshop! Butterfly Basics…and a fancy fold!

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Corner fold card

Hello!

Welcome to another Free Online Workshop! I am loving doing these, and am hopefully going to do one every couple of months. Let me know what you think and what you would like to see featured in these longer tutorials using the comments section at the end of the post

Stampin' Up! UK Free workshop

This time I have focused on the Butterfly Basics stamp set, I was so please to find it had carried over into the brand new Annual Catalogue! You can find it in the Artistic Expression section, page 124, where it is featured with the Butterflies Thinlits dies in a great bundle that saves you 15%!

Both the cards and the tag here use the brand new In-Colours; Mint Macaron, Delightful Dijon, Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, and Tip Top Taupe. These new colours are great additions, to the current range of colours, filling in gaps in Bright colours, and adding a wonderful new neutral. In-Colours change every year, and run for 2 years, adding 10 wonderful colours to our line, and giving your more options for projects.  In Colours are available on a great deal too! You can purchase all the ink pads and a multi-pack of card stock for the price of just the ink pads – that’s free card stock folks! Awesome!

Stampin' Up! UK Corner Fold Fancy Fold card butterfly basics free workshop class

Before you get to the workshop, I just wanted to mention the great joining offer this month from Stampin’ Up! Get 2 free stamp sets with your starter kit, just for signing up! Have I mentioned the great deal that is the starter kit – If you have a wish list of over £100 I urge you to think about becoming a demonstrator, there is no pressure to sell anything, you are more than welcome to be a hobby demonstrator and just get the 20% off! But if you have a wish list of over £100, you can pay just £99 and get to pick £130 worth of great products (anything from the current catalogue!), and those two free stamp sets of your choice! how cool is that!

Fancy Fold How To:

I love this corner fold card, I have to give credit to Dawn Griffiths, I have resized the card to fit A4 card stock 🙂

Cut a piece of A4 card stock in half, and fold in half to create your card base

Unfold your card base and insert, long side at the top, into your Stampin’ Trimmer. Cut at 13 cm from 2 to 8 cm using the trimmer attachment as a guide

Turn your card base so the short side is down at the top, and cut at 8 cm from 2 to 8 cm

Fold down the corner of the card, leaving the cut corner flat.

Inside pieces:

Watermelon Wonder – 14.2 x 10 cm

Whisper White – 13.8 x 9.5 cm

Outside pieces:

Watermelon Wonder – 6 x 6 cm

Whisper White – 5.5 x 5.5 cm

Stampin' Up! UK Butterfly Basics Corner fold card

As I mentioned in the tutorial, any order placed using the Hostess Code will receive a card kit with all the card stock pieces ready for you to make these 3 projects

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Week In Review

Stampin' Up! UK Weekly Deals June 2015

Hello!

I’m live blogging again today, at 10:30AM my monthly online workshop will go live here on the blog, and on YouTube, please let me know what you think, I have great plans for these workshops (and am hoping to do one regularly!).

Weekly Deals

Stampin' Up! UK Weekly Deals June 2015

What a great selection again this week! I used the Decorative Dots Embossing folder in yesterdays project! and I may just go back and order some more! The And Many More stamp set is a great addition to your stamp collection with really useful sentiments for all occasions from birthdays to valentines, mothers day to graduation.

Classes and Workshops

Have you checked out my latests Classes and Workshops? I have 3 events in July, my usual Technique Class – each month we feature one stamp set, this month we are using An Open Heart – A brand new Kit Class – making that wonderful Perpetual Birthday Calender – and a Stamp-a-Stack – a brand new class where we make 10 cards in two hours (2 of 5 designs) this months theme is Birthday!

Stampin' Up! UK July Technique Class 2015 An Open Heart

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Family Life!

This week has been super busy here at crafty towers! We are now 7 weeks away from our wedding, so at the weekend I headed to Alton Towers with some friends for my Hen celebrations! We had such a great day even if it did rain continuously! But that just meant no queues and more rides.

I only have 2 days off from the day job this week, today and tomorrow as so am cramming in some much needed crafty play time with some brand new products that landed on my doorstep last night, as well as some much needed wedding planning time; orders of service and table plans are the order of the day I think!

Can’t wait to speak to you all again next week!

Happy Stamping!

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