Training Swaps

Hey folks, I hope you all had a relaxing weekend and a great start to the week – i really can’t believe it’s Thursday already, it’s been a busy one at our house. On Sunday I was in Peterborough for our team’s quarterly training session with my SU mummy Monica and sister Bekka. We had a Christmas theme I know – it’s only July, but you can never be too prepared! A couple of weeks ago I got busy and made all of my swaps in advance, so I thought I’d share those with you now.

I’ve used the ‘Welcome Christmas’ stamp set and a colour combination of Whisper White, Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler. The design features the top note die and polka dot embossing folder – which really helped to speed the production process up! I’ll share the swaps that I received back at some point later this week, i need to photograph them first!

It was my mum’s birthday yesterday – Happy Birthday mummy! I’ll be back soon to share the cards I’ve made for her too, once she’s received it that is, as i don't want her getting a sneak peek before I see her on Saturday! Speaking of birthdays, I’d best be getting a shuffle on and make some more cards – 2 of my team celebrate their birthdays later this month, so plenty to be doing!

See you all soon

Team Training & Blog Candy

Happy Monday folks!
Apologies for the silence of late, things have been somewhat hectic and things have been compounded by me being unwell. On top of that, unfortunately Darren’s gran, Phyllis, had a fall last week, which has put her in hospital (much to her distaste!) with a broken leg. So in short, things haven’t quite gone to plan! Anyways, enough of my babble, I promised some pictures of the samples that my lovely downline Rebecca had prepared for our team training session back in April, using chalks and the ‘Because I Care’ level 1 hostess set, so here are the results. The technique’s had me reaching for my Stampin' Pastels, and actually inking up this stamp set for the first time.

Such fantastic results with a relatively small selection of projects. If you fancy recreating the technique, then have a look at my blog candy below, where you’ll find a lot of what you need to recreate the samples! (Just add chalks and ink).

So, to be in with a chance of winning the blog candy, all you have to do is leave me a comment, and if you have a blog then please link to this post so that others can join in too . I’ll randomly draw the winner next Monday (30th May) and post the winner’s name here on my blog. Good luck!
Well, that’s all for today, I’ll be back later in the week with some sneak peeks of my all-day ‘Birthday Bash’ class which is running this weekend – lots of projects on a birthday theme – complete with jelly and ice cream!