Sale-a-bration is here!!

Exciting news folks, sale-a-bration starts TODAY!!

For those of you who haven't heard of the promotion before, it means FREEBIES for EVERYONE. There is a selection of four stamp sets and a beautiful pack of papers up for grab, for every £45 you spend you can claim a free set (spend £90 and claim 2 sets etc).

These are in addition to any hostess benefits that you might earn with your order. Host a workshop with sales of £300 and you'll qualify for an additional set - I've got a wishlist from the mini to purchase so that I can earn them all ;) If you'd like to take advantage of the wonderful offer, then please do contact me to place your order/book your workshop, I only have one date left in February! The projects below feature products from Sale-a-bration, and I'll be listing some bundle suggestions using them on my blog next week. A copy of the promotion leaflet is available to view online here. And here’s some eye candy featuring the SAB products.

Sorry for the lack of posts of late – my new job has started, which I’m spending lots of time travelling and adjusting to my new role and full-time work in general. Something’s had to give and for now blogging is it.

I’m aiming to post once a week from here on in, although I’ll be back at the weekend to showcase some projects using the fab SAB products which I made as samples for a recent training event – I cant get enough of the yummy papers!!

In answer to some of the emails I’ve had recently, yes, I am still an active demonstrator, so do feel free to contact me with your extensive wish lists and I’ll be happy to place your orders and run workshops for you. A class programme should follow later in the year when I’ve worked out how to balance it all!

Sale-a-bration ends 28th February

Happy Thursday folks!
apologies - I hadn't realised that it was nearly a week since I'd last posted. I'm looking forward to another crafty weekend, finishing swaps and preparing my next class (which is on 26th March). I thought I'd better pop by and remind you that there are only 4 days left of the current SAB promotion, so if you're hoping to complete your collections, you need to get your skates on and let me know what you'd like to order! Further details of the offer can be found here.

EVEN MORE FREEBIES!!

And for those of you considering becoming a Stampin Up! demo, the offer of an additional FREE stamp set of any value from the current catalogue is available for applications processed by COB on Monday - the forms need to be with demonstrator support before then to be eligible for the offer. For anyone signing up with me between now and Monday, I'm offering another bonus of a colour coach (worth £13.50) - an invaluable tool for your business! Further information on becoming a demonstrator can be found here, alternatively you can email me and we'll arrange to have a chat.

Finally for today, a warm welcome to the latest member of the crafty foxes, Nic, who joined the team this week, I'm looking forward to watching your business and team grow!!

I'll be back over the weekend to share some piccies of swaps and hopefully some other projects (assuming that I get them finished!)

Just Believe Class

It's the weekend!!! Happy Friday everyone!
it's been a mammoth effort to get through the week this week, particularly with another migraine hitting on Wednesday. Still it's Friday, my class for tomorrow is prepared, so I've just got to pack the car up, and then I suppose I ought to consider doing some housework - eeeuuughhh! Still it means I'll be able to spend all day Sunday playing in my craft room - yippeee!!

My head's buzzing with ideas for projects for the Easter class on Saturday 26th March, but I need to finish some swaps first (a small matter of 40 for SU regional training at Leeds - I have at least designed them and stamped & cut the layers, now I just need to colour them all in). In the meantime, I thought I'd better share the class projects for tomorrow, using one of my favourite sets from the current IBC - Just Believe. I've stuck with three colours across the projects, and whilst I wasn't immediately drawn to Wild Wasabi, it teams beautifully with Rich Razzleberry. So here's the 'group shot'

and in a little more detail, a centre stair-step with a shadow-stamp effect on the centre panel (thanks to crafty squirrel Ann for teaching me that little trick!)

A faux-silk effect C6 card, featuring the gorgeous spotty paper from the woodland walk DSP

my new favourite fold - the twisted easel, featuring a watercoloured panel, and a butterfly from the gorgeous 'Bliss' SAB set (which is still available with a qualifying order placed before 28th February).

and finally, a little peek-a-boo box, perfect for holding some Belgian chocolates for Mother's Day (unless I get peckish first)

well, that's all for now I'm afraid - I'm off to find my Dyson and duster unfortunately, but I'll be back soon with some piccies of my creations on Sunday (or at least the ones I can share!)

February Already?

Afternoon all!
well, once again it's the start of a new week and my to-do list is growing ever longer! I spent Saturday afternoon at a workshop with a lovely group of ladies who fancied playing with 'Just Believe' - one of my favourite sets from the current catalogue. we reached a fab total and the hostess got an opportunity to choose lots of freebies. If you fancy hosting a workshop, then why not contact me to book - it's a great time to do it thanks to the Sale-a-bration promotion this month. Here's what we made during the make & take

We had a play with the watercolour paper and spray misting the image with a little water - one lady commented that she found it very therapeutic, and was going to go home and convince her husband that she'd painted it by hand! The paper in the background is Woodland Walk DSP, layered on rich razzleberry cardstock - I love this colour combo, so expect to see more of it over the next few weeks! 

If you fancy having a play with this set, then why not come along to my next class? The details are here - email me to book your place.

I'll be back tomorrow to share some of my creations for this months design team challenges over on in love with stamping. Until then....

Sale-a-bration Blog Hop

Morning All!
and welcome to my stop on the Sale-a-bration blog hop. Hopefully you've just landed from Kara's fab blog post - i'm loving the colours she's used! Owing to technical difficulties (i.e. a flat camera battery!) I currently only have two cards to post this morning. So here's my first for this morning, a simple thank you card featuring the 'punch bunch' stamp set.

You'd be forgiven for thinking it seems similar to something you've seen before - I've CASEd my convention swap as I was struggling to find my mojo after my card class yesterday. The colours I've used were suggested by the fabby colour coach - I picked so saffron and it suggested a combination of wild wasabi and rose red.

and here's my second card, again a case of a previous design, this time using the sweet summer SAB set - the yummy polka dot paper in the background is from the Woodland Walk designer paper series, and the ribbon is coloured with a wild wasabi marker.

Well that's all from me for this minute I'm afraid, unfortunately the lovely Debbi is unwell so can't participate, so the next stop on this particular tour is Val - keep following the links and you should end up back here.

If you'd like to join the other three hops then they start with Theresa, Keren and Kirsteen.

enjoy the inspiration!

Sale-a-bration blog hop, Sunday 23rd January

Hey folks!

no crafty pictures to share this morning, but just a quick post to let you know that on Sunday morning I'm joining in the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration blog hop. There are 4 seperate hops running with lots of inspirational projects to help you with ideas and inspiration on making the most of your FREE Sale-a-bration sets. 

 

I'll be using 'Sweet Summer' in my sample, at the end of my post on Sunday you'll find a link to the lovely Debbi's blog, follow that and continue to follow them and it'll take you in a ring back to my blog, via lots of yummy projects! I'll also post the links to the start of the other hops.

I'll be back in the morning to show you the valentine's class which i'm running tomorrow afternoon, and then I'll hopefully see you all on Sunday morning!

January Design Team Entries

Hey folks

thought I'd better pop by as promised this week and share the remainder of this month's design team entries as I'd completely neglected to do so - i cant believe it's almost Friday already, and my to do list is still as long as it was on Monday!!

The first card is for the colour challenge that I set this month - melon mambo, daffodil delight, pumpkin pie and chocolate chip, I needed a combo to kick-start my mojo as I was kind of stuck in a Christmas rut still! This card features the 'just believe' stamp set, which I have to say is becoming a firm favourite of mine, and I've combined it with the 'framed' set from waltzingmouse stamps. It's a very simple card, no ribbon buttons brads or pearls in sight but I love it! 

The second is also a colour combination entry, which is currently winging its way to Darren's mum as it's her birthday early next week. A slightly more fussy design featuring flowers from the 'growing green' stamp set, heat embossed using white powder on coloured cardstock and then cut out and layered around the frame, which is a stamp from waltzingmouse stamps. The sentiment is from curly cute, which i've masked to make 2 lines instead of one. Sadly the polka dot melon mambo ribbon which i've ruffled is now retired, and my stash is running low!! I'm hoping for some new ribbon colours in the new mini catalogue in April!!

the next entry was using the following sketch for inspiration

I fancied playing with a swinging z-fold base card for this one, and as the labels 4 nesties were still on my desk, this is what I came up with, using the sunny garden DSP and co-ordinating cottage garden stamp set

and here's a view of the inside, the colours are daffodil delight, pear pizzazz, peach parfait and pure poppy.

Finally Karin set us the challenge of making a scrapbook page. I have to admit I'm not the strongest scrapper, so I stretched the challenge slightly and made a tri-shutter album, which will soon be on its way to my friend Clare who's recently had a baby boy, for her to pop some piccies of his first month in. The papers are from the nursery suite collection, and the colours used are pear pizzazz, baja breeze, bashful blue and marina mist. I've also used the tag from the saleabration punch bunch set, the baby tees wheel and tiny tags on the inside.

 

 

That's all I have for now, I'm just putting the finishing touches to my valentines class, which hopefully I'll be able to photograph in daylight on Saturday, then I'll be back to share some sneak peeks early next week! Have a great weekend



SALE-A-BRATE The New Year

Hey folks
I'm back, albeit a couple of days later than originally intended due to a stinking cold and blogger going on strike on me and refusing to post those that I'd scheduled. I hope you all had a fabby Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year!

Of course the start of the new year means a new promotion from Stampin' Up! in the form of sale-a-bration, which effectively means EXTRA FREE STAMPS. You can earn freebies in one of three ways:

1. Spend £45 (product sales before shipping and handling) and earn one free Sale-A-Bration set of your choice. For every £45 you spend you can choose one set.

2. Host a workshop of at least £300 (product sales before shipping and handling), and earn one free Sale-A-Bration set in addition to the generous hostess benefits.

3. Join Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration and choose a free stamp set (excluding hostess sets) from the Idea Book & Catalogue (valued up to £44.95).

The stamp sets which you can choose from are shown below

And here are a couple of samples using the bliss and sweet summer stamp sets, which I made for the ILWS design team challenges this month.

I've got a few more samples to share over the next couple of days - and some exciting news to announce later in the week, so stay posted!!

Linz
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