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Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | Colour Challenge!

Just Because card using Crafting Forever and Work of Art from Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge

Something slightly different for this months Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge…. this month I have set the girls a colour theme!

I am loving playing with the new In-Colours from this years Annual catalogue… but I wanted to push myself away from using them as a set of colours, and towards integrating them into the rest of our inks. I cannot wait to see what the other ladies have done with this combo!

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Colour Challenge Creative Card using Work of Art and Crafting Forever from Stampin' Up!

I am a big believer in the power of craft…. I use my crafting as a creative escape, a de-stress, and ‘me time’ away from my busy personal life and hectic day job. I love nothing more than being able to set aside a a few hours, a whole day, or even just 10 minutes in my craft room with my stamps and ink. Crafting is more to me than just making pretty things (although, I love to make pretty things!) its about the friendships I have made whilst crafting. I am so lucky to have some wonderful friends through stamping, the ladies that are hopping with me today are just a handful. They are all so special….. and I hope that on this sunny Saturday that they are ‘doing something creative!’….. actually I know that a few of them are, because this weekend we are on a crafty retreat, stamping, making pretty things…. and spending some much needed time in the spa!

Just Because card using Crafting Forever and Work of Art from Stampin' Up!

This card uses two stamp sets; Crafting Forever and Work of Art. The sentiment and paint brushes are stamped in Smoky Slate, and die cut using the Stitched Shapes dies (I still can’t put these away!). I have incorporated the colour theme into the stamped panel…. dots from ‘Work of Art’ stamped in Fresh Fit, Blushing Bride and Calypso Coral.

Measurements:

Card Base – Blushing Bride – Half a piece of A4, folding in half (21 x 14.8 cm, scored at 10.5 cm)

Smoky Slate layer – 14.8 x 5.8 cm

Whisper White layer – 14.8 x 5.5 cm

I hope you have enjoyed stopping by today, please do hop along to my wonderful friend Sally to see what she has made with this fab colour combo!

Product List

Crafting Forever Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.00

Work Of Art Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£20.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

£27.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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Sending Lots of Love

Sending Love card using Lots of Love and Colour Theory from Stampin' Up!

I have a super quick card for you today… I will admit that this week I have not been particularly organised, I am blaming the fact that I have had one random night shift at the day job AND that I am away on a team crafty retreat this weekend and so have been busy making swaps for the ladies who will be joining me on Saturday…. although I’m not sure that either is a particularly good excuse!

Sending Love card using Lots of Love and Colour Theory from Stampin' Up!

This card is another one of the samples I made for Stampin’ Up! OnStage Live in Amsterdam back in April. This is actually the very first card I made with my goodies and I love it! There is one gorgeous stamp set at work here – Lots of Love, that sentiment…. it just sings to me! So, the sentiment is stamped in Archival Basic Black ink, and then I have added the leave details in Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist and Tranquil Tide.

The background of this card is Designer Series Paper taken from the Colour Theory paper stack. I am loving this pack of Designer Series Paper; it features four colours (Berry Burst, Crushed Curry, Dapper Denim, and Old Olive) and a variety of paint effects including this fab crackle and some pretty ombre!

Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the internet today, please check back again tomorrow for a fabulous blog hop!

Product List

Lots Of Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack

£9.00

Berry Burst A4 Cardstock

£7.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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Pootlers Design Team | One Layer Card

Pootles Papercraft Design Team Remarkable You One Layer Ink Blended Just Because Card using Stampin' Up! products

Pootles Papercraft Design Team November 2016

Week 3 of the Pootler’s Design Team for June… this month we are using the gorgeous Remarkable You. My card this week is a simple one…. actually it’s so simple, its just one layer!

Pootles Papercraft Design Team Remarkable You One Layer Ink Blended Just Because Card using Stampin' Up! products

I love a bit of ink blending… give me an ink pad, a sponge and a scrap of card stock and I can keep myself entertained for hours! The circle is created using a mask – I die cut the largest of the layering circle framelits from a piece of copier paper, and ink blend through the circle. I love the crisp edges this creates, but you do have to be careful that your card and/or mask don’t move (this is where my shares in Washi Tape pay off!)

Pootles Papercraft Design Team Remarkable You One Layer Ink Blended Just Because Card using Stampin' Up! products

The colours on this card are Pool Party, So Saffron and Lemon Lime Twist… and then the stamping is in Basic Gray.

I hope you enjoyed this quick and simple card, see you again next Thursday for my final Remarkable You card (although you can always come back tomorrow for a different card creation, or subscribe to my blog or emails for even more from me!)

Product List

Remarkable You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£23.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

£6.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

£32.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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How to…. Make a Shabby Chic card using Stampin’ Up! supplies

How To video tutorial making a shabby chic card using Awesomely Artistic from Stampin' Up!

Good morning! I hope you don’t mind that I haven’t titled this weeks video tutorial ‘Make It Monday’ …. but it just didn’t really fit this week… what do you think?

How to make a shabby chic congratulations card using Awesomely Artistic from Stampin' Up!

A few weeks ago my wonderful Stampin’ Sister Amanda earned herself a place on the Stampin’ Up! incentive trip – something I would LOVE to achieve – she has worked so hard in her 12 months as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, and I thought that she deserved a special Congratulations card…. and seeing as she is the Queen of YouTube, a video was also fitting!

There are a couple of stamp sets at work here…. mainly Awesomely Artistic, but the sentiment is taken from Bunch of Blossoms… and I couldn’t pass up using that fab new label punch either!

How To video tutorial making a shabby chic card using Awesomely Artistic from Stampin' Up!

I love how the smallest Stitched circle die fits this punch perfectly…. Stampin’ Up! coordination at its very best!

I hope you have enjoyed today’s card and video… Don’t forget to leave a comment and I will see you again tomorrow!

Product List

Awesomely Artistic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.00

Bunch Of Blossoms Photopolymer Stamp Set

£19.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

£27.00

Pretty Label Punch

£16.00

Stamping Sponges

£3.25

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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Pootlers Blog Hop | Oh So Eclectic

Pootles Papercraft Team Blog Hop Hello Friend card using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

Pootles Stampin' Up! Team Blog Hop

Hello! I am so excited to be running another Pootler’s Team Blog Hop! This time we are celebrating the launch of the 2017-2018 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue…. if you haven’t already seen it, it is full of fun stamp sets, gorgeous Designer Series Paper, pretty ribbons and much much more! The girls have worked so hard creating fabulous projects for this blog hop, so don’t forget to hop along using the NEXT (or back button if your that way inclined!) to see what everyone has made, and leave some comment love along the way too!

Pootles Papercraft Team Blog Hop Hello Friend card using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

When I first got my hands on the catalogue, my first absolute must have stamp set was Oh So Eclectic…. along with the matching dies, Designer Series Papers and ribbons! I love the combination of fun florals, bright colours and cool dies. Not all the dies in this bundle cut…. three of them emboss! I have used one of them on this card, those leaves in the background… yes, they are embossed onto watercolour paper.

Pootles Papercraft Team Blog Hop Hello Friend card using Oh So Eclectic from Stampin' Up!

The other elements here are the stamped and die cut flower and leaves, the sentiment (heat embossed in White onto Night of Navy) and that fabulous Night of Navy ribbon!

I hope you love this card (and the stamp and die bundle) as much as I do….. now, hop along and see what the fabulous Heidi has made!

Product List

Oh So Eclectic Clear-Mount Bundle

£43.00

Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper

£10.00

Naturally Eclectic A4 Cardstock Pack

£7.25

Night Of Navy 5/8" Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

£7.25

Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Aqua Painters

£15.50

Big Shot

£99.00

Watercolor Paper

£4.50

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Fun Floral Thank you card!

Fun Floral Thank you card using Thankful Thoughts, Oh So Eclectic, Lots of Love and Awesomely Artistic from Stampin' Up!

Every now and again I get requests from family and friends for a special card for a special occasion. Recently some of my work colleagues requested a Thank You card, and this is what I made….

Fun Floral Thank you card using Thankful Thoughts, Oh So Eclectic, Lots of Love and Awesomely Artistic from Stampin' Up!

Now, I have a confession to make with this card….. it uses 4 different stamp sets! Yes, I know, but my excuse is that it is a big 8 x 8″ card, and I needed to fill the space! So, step by step…

  • I stamped the sentiment from Thankful Thoughts in the centre of the card using Sweet Sugarplum ink
  • The Fresh Fig Flowers came next, taken from Lots of Love – I love this stamp set! and I added leaves in Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, and Sweet Sugarplum too
  • Then the Blushing Bride leaves filled in the gaps (the stamp is also from Lots of Love)
  • The card was still missing something, so I grabbed one of the stamps from Oh So Eclectic. This fun stamp is either tiny bird foot prints, or little flowers…. I can’t decide… but it is stamped in Sweet Sugarplum
  • But there was still something missing…. yes, some gold embossed splatter from Awesomely Artistic! Perfect

Fun Floral Thank you card using Thankful Thoughts, Oh So Eclectic, Lots of Love and Awesomely Artistic from Stampin' Up!

So such a big card, it needed some stamping on the inside too. I took each element from the front and stamped it inside.

I do hope the lovely lady that received it enjoyed it!

Product List

Thankful Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Lots Of Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Oh So Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£21.00

Awesomely Artistic Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£18.00

Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Versamark Pad

£7.75

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

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Pootlers Design Team | You Are Remarkable

Pootles Papercraft Design Team June 2017 Floral Just Because Card using Remarkable You from Stampin' Up!

Pootles Papercraft Design Team November 2016

Week 2 of the fabulous June Pootler’s Design Team, this month we are making projects using the fabulous Remarkable You stamp set from Stampin’ Up!

As I said last week, this stamp set just sings ‘Watercolour’ to me, and so I couldn’t not make a card that watercoloured the images (Ok, almost all my projects use watercolour!)

Pootles Papercraft Design Team June 2017 Floral Just Because Card using Remarkable You from Stampin' Up!

I struggled with this card, which is one of the reasons it has no sentiment – I love it, and had to stop where I did or it was in grave danger of being that card that has everything in my craft room thrown at it!

I love the ‘hint’ of Dapper Denim on one of the layers, and that flower was surprisingly easy to fussy cut too.

Measurements:

Card Base – Dapper Denim – Half a sheet of A4, scored at 14.8cm

Whisper White – 10 x 14.3 cm

Basic Grey – 6.7 x 10.9 cm

Whisper White – 6.4 x 10.6 cm

A short post from me today, but thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Remarkable You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£23.00

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

£7.25

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

£6.50

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Aqua Painters

£15.50

Paper Snips Scissors

£9.00

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Make It Monday | Eastern Palace Notebook Covers

Make It Monday Video Tutorial How to Cover an A7 notebook using Eastern Palace from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

Hello! I love Make It Monday…. and I love it even more when it’s a quick and easy project like this one.

Make It Monday Video Tutorial How to Cover an A7 notebook using Eastern Palace from Stampin' Up!

I love a cute note book, so handy for your handbag… although my husband rips the covers off and keeps them in his work uniform pocket!

See, I told you they were easy! This is one of those projects that Stampin’ Up! make super easy with coordinating card stock and Designer Series Paper. Here I have used the Eastern Palace suite – I am still totally in love with this DSP! or maybe its those new In-Colours….. or the dies! oh, I just love it all!

Make It Monday Eastern Palace A7 Notebook Covers using Stampin' Up! products

Measurements:

Card stock – 3 x 5″ (7.5 x 12.5 cm)

Score on the long side at 4 and 4 1/8″ (10.2 and 10.7 cm)

Designer Series Paper – 2 3/4 x 3 3/4″ (7 x 9.5 cm)

Product List

Eastern Palace Specialty Designer Series Paper

£11.50

Eastern Beauty Photopolymer Bundle

£44.00

Eastern Palace A4 Cardstock Pack

£7.25

Big Shot

£99.00

Simply Scored

£27.00

1" Circle Punch

£11.50

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

£8.25

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We love Hosts!

Stampin' Up! We Love HostsWe all love a good party! and we love to craft…. why not combine the two and host a crafty party during June?

Why this month?

Well, not only have Stampin’ Up! just launched their fabulous new 2017-2018 Annual catalogue but there is also a fantastic offer too…. Host a part that spends £300 or more (or place one order of over £300 yourself) and get more Stampin’ Rewards.

What are Stampin’ Rewards?

Stampin’ Rewards are free £££’s that you earn when you host a party or place an order of over £150. You must spend them immediately, but you can use them to buy anything current product including the Hostess Exclusive stamp sets or you could even put them towards buying a Starter Kit!

We Love Hosts Stampin' Reward Table Stampin' Up! UK June 2017

How do I Host a Party?

Well, that’s up to you….. If you live locally to me we can arrange an evening of crafting with your friends – this is where I bring all the crafty supplies to make a fun project, your bring the friends and some snacks! or maybe you fancy gathering your friends to put together one of the fabulous new kits? Or if you live further away, I can arrange for a party in a box, or even an online party! The choice is yours!

What dates are available?

In Person Parties; 16th, 17th, 18th or 30th June

Online or Party in a Box; you pick the date!

How do I book?

Just complete the form below!

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Sending Love with Ink Blending

Stampin' Up! ink blended card using Lots of Love Display Stamper Sample

I’m sure by now you are sick of me waffling about being chosen as a Display Stamper for Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage Live event in Amsterdam in April…. but I still have plenty of cards to share with you that I made for that fabulous event! I made 15 fun projects, and while I wont be sharing them all I will be showing you most of them over the next few months and weeks. If I am totally honest with you I am sort of saving them for those weeks where I haven’t had much time to craft, but I still want to share things with you

Stampin' Up! ink blended card using Lots of Love Display Stamper Sample

To create this card I created a circular mask out of copier paper (cut with the largest circle from the layering circle dies), and used my sponges to ink through the circle with Berry Burst, Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide. The imaged from Lots of Love were then stamped over the top in Basic Black ink creating a sort of silhouette effect.

A simple card for today, but like I said, I haven’t had much time to craft this week – I am trying to get ahead so that you have fun inspiration all month, June is a busy one with James having a couple of weekends off and I’m heading to a crafty retreat in a couple of weeks too!

Hope you have a crafty weekend and I will see you here again on Monday!

Product List

Lots Of Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£7.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

£6.50

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

£32.00

Stamping Sponges

£3.25

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

£6.00

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