Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge | A Day to Celebrate….

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Scrapbook page details using Stampin' Up! products

Stampin' Up! Sketch Challenge

Welcome back to the Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge! I am so excited to be joining in with the lovely ladies of this group again this month. I actually made my project 3 weeks ago, when Sally released the sketch into our Private Facebook group, but I only managed to get it photographed and this post written last night.

Like I said, the lovely Sally Shaw from SallyStampers set our sketch this month, and I thought it was perfect for a scrapbook page…. so that it what I made!

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge A Day to Celebrate Wedding Scrapbook Page using a sketch and Stampin' Up! products

Each one of the circles are stamped with one of the small stamps from So In Love, in the coordinating colour so the Pink Pirouette circle was stamped with Pink Pirouette ink, the Blushing Bride circle was stamped with Blushing Bride ink, and the Marina Mist circle was stamped with Marina Mist ink.

I am still (very slowly) working my way through my wedding album, and most of the pages are fairly simple, after all I want people to be looking at the photographs!

Simply Sketched Saturday Challenge Scrapbook page details using Stampin' Up! products

This page was finished with a trio of banners using Designer Series Paper in the same colours, and then a touch of ink spatter diagonally across the page.

Right, I better go….It’s James’ birthday today and so once I have checked that this post is live I have a whole weekend of Birthday and Mother’s day celebrations. Hope you have a great weekend to


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3D Friday | Teabag Box Video Tutorial

Cute gift box video tutorial using Blooms and Bliss floral patterned paper from Stampin' Up!

Yay! back with a video… even if it was the one that was supposed to go live last Friday!

3D Friday video tutorial cute giftbox for teabags candles sweeties chocolate using Carried away designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

I love a cute gift box, but I love them more when they are simple to make. This one holds 4 individually wrapped tea bags, but you could put any variety of things in this one; I’m thinking cute candles, mini bath bombs, sweeties, handmade chocolates….. the list goes on.

Measurements:

Card stock; 8 1/2 x 6 1/2″ (23 x 17 cm)

Score on the long side at 1 1/2, 4, 5 1/2, and 8″ (4, 10.5, 14.5, and 21 cm)

Score on the short side at 1 1/2, 4 1/2, and 6″ (4, 12 and 16 cm)

Designer Series Paper: 2 pieces that measure 2 1/4 x 2 3/4″ (6 x 7.5 cm) and 2 pieces that measure 1 1/2 x 2 3/4″ (3.5 x 7.5 cm)

Cute gift box video tutorial using Blooms and Bliss floral patterned paper from Stampin' Up!

Ok, that’s all from me today folks! I hope you have a great Friday and an even better weekend!



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Global Design Project #079 | Theme Challenge

Global Design Project theme challenge using Carousel Birthday from Stampin' Up! to make a quick and easy fun birthday card

Right, lets get back on track… I am much better, my work hours are starting to even out again and I have a little more time to craft, much be time to take on another Global Design Project Challenge then!

This week’s theme challenge was a bit of a head scratcher…. I really wanted to use the Ferris Wheel stamp from Carousel Birthday but when I got the stamp set out the horse image jumped out of the box at me – so that is what I used!

I have been a bit naughty with this card actually, there are 3 stamp sets playing here… but I wanted a simple font for the sentiment, and I needed a bit of splater! sometimes 3 is better than 1, right?

Global Design Project theme challenge using Carousel Birthday from Stampin' Up! to make a quick and easy fun birthday card

The horse is heat embossed in Gold onto a circle cut using the Stitched Shapes dies; I am loving using them with the Layering Circles Framelits at the moment (can you tell?!). I almost coloured the image with Stampin’ Write Markers but it just didn’t feel quite right, so I grabbed for my current favourite stamp… the fine splatter from Touches of Texture. The splatter appears again on the background (a twice embossed sheet of Very Vanilla, embossed first with Gold Embossing powder then ran through the Lucky Stars embossing folder).

The sentiment is hand cut from Crazy About You and is simply stamped in Watermelon Wonder.

I hope you have enjoyed my card post today, particularly as I only made it at 10PM last night (yes, I quickly photographed it and got in on the blog scheduled for this morning! I am still a little behind with the rest of the week though!)

See you again soon


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Sale-a-Bration on Wednesday | 10 days left!

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Yes, you read that correctly, just 10 days left to enjoy the perks of Sale-a-bration! I have LOVED Sale-a-bration this year, the freebies have all been amazing… and don’t get me started on that joining offer! But all good things have to come to an end, and this years Sale-a-bration ends on the 31st March… but it hasn’t ended yet!

So, why have I LOVED this year’s Sale-a-bration so much?

  • The FREE products have been AMAZING! seriously, free stamps just for spending £45!
  • Extra Stampin’ Rewards when you place an order of £200 or more!
  • The Joining offer …. seriously, TWO stamp sets totally FREE from the main catalogues, plus all the other awesome benefits of being a part of something awesome!

I have also achieved some personal goals too….

  • I have grown my team of Stampin’ Friends
  • I have earned FREE products of my choice
  • I have hit 1000 subscribers of my YouTube Channel
  • I have started my Online Card Classes and have a Random Act of Kindness event happening to celebrate the end of a fabulous 3 months!

but I still have a couple of other things I want to achieve, and I need your help in the next 10 days to help me do that….

  • I would LOVE to welcome another person to my group of Stampin’ Friends
  • and I am so close to a milestone sales goal that I can almost taste it!

So, can you help me?


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Nailed It in Bermuda Bay…

Mans card with tools using the Nailed It Bundle from Stampin' Up! to make an I'm Sorry Card

Tuesday, now, I normally share my Global Design Project entry for the week on a Tuesday, and I had intended to do that this week…. except my nice early finish from work turned into getting home at 7PM and so getting a blog post up for today was more important! however, I intend to make and share my entry on Thursday….

Manly I'm Sorry card using Nailed it from Stampin' Up! with the Urban Underground Designer Series Paper and Hexagon Embossing Folder

I am loving cutting tools using the Nailed It bundle at the moment… and don’t get me started on that paper <3 I just cannot get enough! Which is good really because with my crazy busy month I am a little behind on designing the cards for this month’s Online Card Class! I will share some sneaky peaks with you on Social Media over the weekend.

You can find out what is included in my March Online Card Class HERE, and I would LOVE to see you in class this month. Don’t forget that you class kit also includes a FREE Sale-a-bration item in addition to you fabulous other crafty goodies, exclusive videos and written instructions!

Mans card with tools using the Nailed It Bundle from Stampin' Up! to make an I'm Sorry Card

This card is put together in a similar way to the one I made a few weeks ago for Make It Monday (there’s a video for that one too!). The tools are stamped in Basic Grey onto Very Vanilla (to match the DSP!) and then coloured using the Basic Grey and Bermuda Bay watercolour pencils, blended with a blender pen to smooth out the colour. Then the card is finished with a few threads from a length of Bermuda Bay Thick Bakers Twine and some loops of Silver Metallic Thread.


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Make It Monday | Sale-a-bration special!

Make It Monday Sale-a-bration special 4 cards using Inside the Lines from Stampin' Up!

Make It Monday

Hello! Well, I suppose I should apologise for the lack of blog posts at the end of last week (and also a lack of a Make It Monday video this week!), I mentioned last week that I had to travel about 300 miles for a family funeral… well that went well, and I managed to get a bit of work done in the car on the way there and back, which was great seeing as the second I go home last Tuesday afternoon I was struck with a horrible cold. Now, I get colds quite regularly, but this saw me actually in bed for two days, I had to phone in sick to work, and if I’m not well enough to go to work, I am not well enough to film either! As I write this on Sunday afternoon, I find myself slowly recovering, but I still can’t film… well not if you want to understand what I am saying! So, I have the video that was meant to go up on Friday last week that I will schedule for this weeks 3D Friday and hopefully catch up with some more filming this coming week!

To make it up to you though I thought I would share 4 cards I made this morning with the Sale-a-bration Freebie Inside the Lines!

Make It Monday using Beautiful You and Inside the Lines from Stampin' Up! to made a simple birthday card

Ok, so this blog post is heading for the top of the ‘image heavy’ list! This first card was inspired by a sample I came across on Pinterest that had 3 panels of Designer Series Paper laid out like this. All 4 of the cards I have to share with you today use the fabulous Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper. I realised a few weeks ago when I posted another project using this paper into a Facebook sharing group, that I have used this paper a fair bit, but I tend to use it raw, no colouring, or colour added at all. So I though that really needed to change…. The paper here has a gentle layer of Flirty Flamingo added with a Sponge Brayer, and the card is finished with the sentiment from Beautiful You heat embossed onto a strip of Vellum and a trio of Enamel shapes (coloured with my black sharpie!)

Make It Monday Sale-a-bration special using Stampin' Up! watercolour pencils and Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper

This second card was actually the first card I made… or at least the first panel of paper I coloured. I pulled out my Watercolour Pencils for this one, I purposely kept things really soft… mainly because I also planned to colour a sample with my Stampin’ Write makers – which I did, it just hasn’t made it onto a card yet! The watercolour pencils are great! here I coloured the whole panel with Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Pumpkin Pie and Island Indigo, and then blended them with a blender pen to remove the pencil lines and blend the colours together.

Make It Monday Colouring Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper with Stampin' Up! Watercolour PencilsThis third card is actually one of the Make and Take projects from OnStage Local back in November! I am a naughty stamper at these things and find myself chatting more than making, but I try to make the projects when I get home. Anyway, I have changed the stamp set that the sample was designed to use, and grabbed for Floral Phrases for that Congratulations stamp. The single coloured panel here is coloured using Watercolour Pencils and a blender pen…. although I did almost leave it black and white!!

Make It Monday Sale-a-bration Special using Inside the Lines from Stampin' Up! to make 4 cards for all occasions

This final card is totally CASE’d from Rochelle Blok … and I couldn’t make a pile of cards with the Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper without leaving one un-coloured!! There are actually 3 Sale-a-bration freebies on this card; Inside the Lines Designer Series Paper, the sentiment is from Designer Tee, and the layer underneath the sentiment is a tiny piece of Bermuda Bay Glimmer Paper from the Glimmer Paper Assortment.

There are only 11 days of Sale-a-bration left!!! you can find out all about Sale-a-bration on my latest Sale-a-bration on Wednesday post which you can find HERE!

Make It Monday Sale-a-bration special 4 cards using Inside the Lines from Stampin' Up!

Right, that is all from me today, I have a busy couple of weeks with my day job before my holiday to Amsterdam with my Stampin’ Up! girls at the beginning of April (can you tell I’m super excited!), so I probably should stop typing now and get organised for the week!

See you again tomorrow!


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Sale-a-bration on Wednesday | The end is near….

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Sale-a-bration from Stampin' Up! UK

Sale-a-bration ends in 15 days!!!! Oh my goodness hasn’t the start of this year gone quickly?!

Here is what Sale-a-bration could mean to you…

  • SHOP – earn a Sale-a-bration Freebie each time you spend £45 in a single order, earn multiple items by ordering multiples of £45 (for example, if you spend £90 you get two freebies!)
  • HOST – earn an extra £20 in Stampin’ Rewards when you place an order over £200
  • JOIN – Choose 2 stamp sets from the Annual or Spring Summer catalogues for FREE when you grab the starter kit!

There are still 15 items to choose from when you spend £45 (or multiples of £45) in a single order, but these items are now While Stocks Last! Grab them now before they leave us …. the Card Tin has already sold out over in the states!

The Joining offer is the best one we are likely to see all year, and now is the perfect time to take advantage…. you can find out more about Joining my Team HERE or over on my Joining FAQ page. I would LOVE to add another member to my group of Stampin’ Friends before the end of March…. can you help me achieve my goal?


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Endless Masked Birthday Card

Handmade birthday card masking endless birthday wishes from Stampin' Up! UK

Super quick post today; I’m writing this in a bit of a hurry on Sunday night… in my Grandparents front room the night before my grandfathers funeral… however I have a happy card for you today

Handmade birthday card masking endless birthday wishes from Stampin' Up! UK

This simple but special card was made for my gorgeous mother in law a few weeks ago.

I love a good technique, and this card uses one of my favourites; masking! I used a strip of sticky note tape to mask before stamping the images from Endless Thanks in Watermelon Wonder, Calypso Coral, Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron and Bermuda Bay. The card is finished with a sprinkling of Enamel Shapes


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Make It Monday | Carousel Birthday Shaker Card Video Tutorial

Make It Monday Shaker Card tutorial using Carousel Birthday from Stampin' Up!

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I was asked a question about this card a few weeks ago, and I realised that although this video has been on my to film list for months I hadn’t got round to filming it! I had great fun playing with the Carousel Birthday stamp set before OnStage last November, and even more fun when I realised that the ferris wheel stamp matches two of the circle dies from the Layering Circles perfectly!

Make It Monday Shaker Card tutorial using Carousel Birthday from Stampin' Up!

I hope you enjoy the video… and do let me know if there is something else you would like to see. I love talking to you all about my creations, and would LOVE to see what you have made with this stamp set!

The Carousel Birthday stamp set coordinates with the Lift Me Up! Stamp and die bundle… particularly those cute cupcakes.

Right, that’s it from me for today, I have managed to write this blog post in the car…. and I’m starting to struggle with a touch of car sickness!


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3D Friday | Sweetie Packets with the Gift Bag Punch Board

3D Friday Sweetie Packets using the Gift Bag Punch Board and Me = Grateful from Stampin' Up! UK

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On Monday I shared the card I sent as part of my February Thank You packs for my lovely customers, well today I though I would share the other thing that everyone received this month… a cute little packet containing a sweet treat, that is super simple to make using the Gift Bag Punch Board!

3D Friday Sweetie Packets using the Gift Bag Punch Board and Me = Grateful from Stampin' Up! UK

These are so easy to make! They take literally minutes, and a such a cute way to dress up a pack of sweeties. These ones also use the 2015-2017 In Colours, which are sadly retiring at the end of May (or more likely the beginning, seeing as they are likely to sell out pretty quickly!)

You can click on the names of the colours below to see everything that is available in each colour

The stamp is taken from Me = Grateful and I love that this stamp matched perfectly into the Decorative Label punch (that would be the awesomeness of Stampin’ Up!’s coordination again! LOVE IT!)

Measurements:

Designer Series Paper – 6 x 6″ (15 x 15 cm)

Using the Gift Bag Punch Board, line the edge of the paper up with the Start Line and punch, then score at the S line and the horizontal. More that score line and line it up with the Start, punch and score at S and horizontal again. Then move that score line to the Start line and punch again. Rotate your paper by 180 and punch at each of the 3 score lines and add the horizontal. Check the video for the assembly instructions


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