Elementary Elegance

Today it’s the turn of the Sale-a-bration 2012 set Elementary Elegance.  This is a perfect set for card-makers and scrap-bookers alike, the main image makes a great journaling box, which we will be using at my scrap-booking class tomorrow.  To find out more about my classes held in Locks Heath, Hampshire please click here.

So onto today’s cards using Elementary Elegance, I have stuck with a really classical colour combination for this first card, it uses Pool Party, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla.  I’m not sure quite how well the spots show up but the spots have been sponged with both Soft Suede ink and Champagne Mist shimmer paint, it’s really sparkly in real life! The centre of the main image fits perfectly with the curly label punch leaving the elegant border around the edge. I love the way Stampin’ Up! co-ordinates stamp sets with punches it makes things look so finished.

The second card is one I will be demonstrating over the next few weeks at my workshops in lots of different colours and styles.  It uses the spritzer alongside the Elementary Elegance stamp set and really makes a feature of the seam binding ribbon.

I hope you like the cards today, I shall be back tomorrow with the final Sale-a-bration 2012 set Sprinkled Expressions, it will be after my classes though!

A quick update on the building works, we have windows, doors, a roof and the plasterers are working hard right now.  The floor should be in early next week followed by the heating and the final electrics, so next week will be a bit noisy and disruptive but then it should be finished.  After a few weeks of drying out we will then be able to move into our lounge and then the real fun begins……..our old lounge will be ripped apart and turned into a dining room and my craft room, Hurrah!  I will put up some more pictures early next week.

I hope you enjoyed today’s Elementary Elegance cards, see you tomorrow.

Happy Stampin’ with Elementary Elegance

I have 2 cards for you today, showcasing another Sale-a-bration stamp set.  This one is called Outlined Occasions and is a pefect set for colouring in and an ideal size for card making.

The first card is really quick and uses the hearts from the confetti stamp set as a background.

Now this second card is almost an exact copy of one demonstrated to us by the wonderfully talented Shannon West at our convention last November.  I have added just a little bit more bling……..everything needs more bling !!!! It does take a bit of time to punch out all the hearts, but getting them lined up is easy using your grid paper.

I know it’s short and sweet today, but I have had no power for over 6 hours today and I have a million things to do before I leave for a workshop tonight.  Do pop back tomorrow it’s the turn of Everyday Elegance !

Happy Stampin’

Yes today is Sale-a-bration time !

Yesterday I told you all about the benefits of joining my team and Stampin’ Up! during Sale-a-bration, you can see that post here. It’s is such a wonderful job and you get over £290 of  products for £119, Over £171 of free products…… I can’t believe why you wouldn’t want to join!!!!

So today I’m going to explain how wonderful Sale-a-bration is if you are a customer or a hostess.

As Sale-a-bration is for EVERY £45 you spend you can get multiple Sale-a-bration stamp sets and Designer series papers too! If you have a wishlist that is huge, or you still have some Christmas money to spend, treat yourself and when you spend £90 you get 2 items absolutely FREE! If your order goes above £150 you would get 3 Sale-a-bration items and £25 hostess pounds to spend on anything in the catalogue as well.

If you are a Hostess, during Sale-a-bration you get extra benefits too when your party total goes over £300, you can choose an extra Sale-a-bration set for free in addition to the amazing Stampin’ Up! hostess benefits of £50 hostess pounds to spend on anything in the main or mini catalogue AND you can choose any item for half price too ! I know that a party total of £300 seems a lot but if you and 6 guests all order £45 to get your free Sale-a-bration sets you will easily hit the magic £300.

You can see the Sale-a-bration catalogue here.

I thought you would like to see some cards made using the exclusive stamp sets and paper pack, so every day for the rest of the week I am going to showcase a different set.

First up my favourite, now okay I know I shouldn’t have favourites but I do !!!  This is Fresh Vintage and the Sale-a-bration Designer series paper pack called Everyday Enchantment matches it, remember there is no limit to the number of sale-a-bration sets you can earn!!!!

This first card focuses on the new 2012-2013 in Colours.

I have used the markers to colour in the large image, using the markers is very quick to do and gives you lots of variations of images from just one stamp.  Because I have used a dark card base, Island Indigo I have put an insert inside.

My second card today is a monotone card, Island Indigo again, sorry can you tell it’s my current favourite colour……..! I love the simple elegance of this, it has quite a lot of dimension to it with the diecut flowers and bling and how can you not love that ruffled ribbon?  The diecut flowers are from a new die in the mini catalogue called Blossom party and in the top right can you see the new postage punch?

I’ll be back tomorrow with Outlined Occasions !

 Happy Sale-a-bration Stampin’

There has never been a better time to join Stampin’ Up! and be part of my team of Inspiring Inkees !

So why is now a good time to join Stampin’ Up! ? Tomorrow sees the launch of the best promotion of the year, Sale-a-bration, it starts on the 24th January 2012 and runs until the 31st March 2012.

If you are new to Sale-a-bration and wondering what it is, and why it is such a great promotion you are in for a fabulous surprise. During Sale-a-bration everyone placing an order of £45 or more will receive a FREE Sale-a-bration item of their choice. There are 4 stamp sets and a beautiful set of Designer Papers to choose from which are totally exlusive to Sale-a-bration.You can’t buy them, you can only earn them with a £45 order. But that is not all, if you host a £300 party or join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-a-bration you get additional benefits too!

When you join Stampin’ Up! and my team of Inspiring Inkees during Sale-a-bration you get to choose an additional Stamp set for free, that is a stamp set from the main or mini catalogue of any value !  Potentially that gives you over £290 of products for only £119, that is over £171 of free products…….what AMAZING value !!!  The starter kit is fully customisable so you can design it to suit you and your needs.

When you join Stampin’ Up! and sign up with me you will become part of my team Inspiring Inkin’, and I’ll provide you with all the help and support you need — but I will never push or pressure you to do more than you wish to. Whether your goals are to just support your paper-crafting or stamping habit or you want to build a successful business, I am here to help. I will be here for you at all times – all you have to do is call or email me!

I run monthly evening and quarterly all day meetings for my team, they always have stamping at it’s core but will also be focused on business topics and skills, so whether you are a demonstrator who has joined to just get your discount or intending on building a business there will be something to interest you at these meetings. Inspiring Inkin’ is a fabulously active team of people who love what they do and share what they love with others!

This is a picture of our quarterly team training which I held last Saturday, it was an amazing day, filled with Stamping, laughter and business information.  We where inspired by demonstrations and shared hints and tips all day.

There are lots of amazing reasons why you should join Stampin’ Up! and my team today, I have more information here and a FAQs here too.

I run a new demonstrator training for all my new recruits and support them by running their first party alongside them too, it gets you off to a great start.  Did you know that if you place an order for £150+ within 45 days of signing you can earn a MASSIVE 30% discount on the net sales? And if you reach sales and recruiting goals in the first 6 months of being a demonstrator you can also earn free stamp sets and even the opportunity to get the cost of your starter kit back in cash !!!!!! That is all before the specials and promotions that run on selected months.

This is absolutely the very best job I have ever had, sharing and teaching paper-crafting and rubber-stamping isn’t really work is it? I can even do my design work at home in my PJ’s!

I would love you to join Stampin’ Up! and my team for the friendship, support, inspiration and fun we share.

So why not call me on 07890 426945 for a no obligation chat and find out about all the benefits of deciding to

Join Stampin’ Up!

I promised to keep you updated about the building works of our extension, so I have a few pictures to share with you today. You can see the original post here.

Starting on the 7th December, first they laid sand, then the shiny silver is insulation that will keep the concrete floor nice and toasty under our feet.  Do pay attention to the small wall with the 3 flowery bricks in the centre, it becomes a major player later.

The concrete sub floor was poured and the brick and block laying began, Brian and I kept alternating between our new lounge is going to be too small, no it’s going to be too big…….You just really can’t tell the scale of it from these pictures.

We then had lots of rain and not much building work took place, this was how it looked before work stopped for Christmas.

The day before the builders where due back on site in the new year, this happened……. remember that wall from the first picture, it fell down and landed on top of one of the new walls, Graham our builder was blown of the scaffolding, thankfully he was fine! We also lost 3 fence panels, but compared to many we where lucky.

So after a bit of time removing and repairing the smashed block work, building started again.

The the roof work began, things are moving so fast at the moment, but it is soooooooo noisy !  The angle grinder has been running lots to cut out bricks and of course with all the woodwork at the moment there is a lot of hammering and sawing.  But it is all going to be worth it in the end!

The felt is going on tomorrow and the windows are coming later this week!

So I am actually believing that not only is it going to be finished soon but then I will get my craft room.  Once the family has moved out of our current lounge it will be split into a dining room and my craft room.  So I would love to hear all of your organisational stories, see picture of craft rooms, storage so that I can start designing !  Please leave me some comments and links, thank you.

Happy Stampin’

Titchfield Card Making Class

I hope your start to the new year has been good.  Mine has been busy, so no change there, but mainly with preparation and designing, less so with events.  However last week I held my monthly Titchfield card making class.  I hold 2 classes each month they take place on the first Thursday evening and the following morning, Friday of every month.

So what do we do at Titchfield Card making class?  We make 6 adorable cards, suitable for a variety of occasions each month. It is a chance for you to stamp, relax, unwind, enjoy chatting with other Stampers, drink tea and eat biscuits. All materials except glue are provided. You can find more details here including dates and prices.

I have to say that there is lots of chatter and laughter that takes place, it’s a great social event and an opportunity for crafters to get together and use new products, techniques, stamps, punches, the Big shot and all sorts of embellishments.

So would you like to see some of the cards we made this month?

First up is a card using the set Charming, now this set is design to co-ordinate with the Simply Adorned Jewellery line, but it is also perfect for making cards too.  I love the text stamp, that is going to see a lot of ink!

Now I think I went a little punch crazy in this months class!  The card below uses 6 punches! but it takes seconds to make.

The card has 2 new products on it the amazing Red Glimmer Paper, soooooooo sparkly! and the wonderful Postage  Stamp punch.  The stamps on the right would all be suitable greetings for this card and they are all from the same set Teeny Tiny Wishes and as you can see they fit perfectly with another punch, the Word Window.

I would be very happy to order any of these products for you and can have them delivered to your address in the UK or you can collect them from me. Just send me an email or give me a call on 01329 846909

Titchfield Card Making Class

…or why not come to the Titchfield Card Making Class next month, the class is FREE if you place an order of £22.

Happy Stampin’

The Spring 2012 Stampin’ Up! UK mini catalogue launches today and it is fabulous !

It is full of new products including the wonderful Simply Adorned jewellery line, you will be seeing me wearing this at all my events!  I love jewellery and to have the opportunity to co-ordinate and personalise my jewellery to what I am wearing by stamping is so exciting.  The range also includes bling…….crowns, keys and sparkly baubles too.

I have to say Stampin’ Up! UK have really spoilt us with this mini catalogue. The product co-ordination is always wonderful and I adore the product suite Spice Cake, the combination of colours and products is perfect for me. I have already shared some sneak peeks of the products here.

Now you can view the Spring 2012 Stampin’ Up! UK mini catalogue online by clicking on the picture below.

Or if you would like to download your very own copy of the 2012 Spring Stampin’ Up! UK mini catalogue please click on the link here. It will show you a pdf copy for you to save.

If you would like a copy sent to you in the post please let me have your full address details by email.

Enjoy browsing this new mini catalogue, I will be back soon with some samples.

Happy Stampin’ with the new UK mini !

Today I have some cards to share made by my team and friends during this past year, they are great inspiration.  I am so lucky to have such wonderful cards sent to me !

I hope you are enjoying the festive season.

Happy Stampin’