Cling Stamps
Had problems in the past getting rubber stamps to stick to your block?
Look whats coming…..
Swaps & Makes
As promised here are the Make and Take cards/ 3D items we made at Onstage. They are all using brand new products which will be available from Jan 3rd 2019 in the Spring/ Summer catalogue. If you are not currently a customer and would like a copy of the new Catalogue or even a copy of the annual catalogue, please drop me a line and I will mail one to you (as long as you are in the UK).
During the run up to the event, I was busy making Swaps to exchange with the 15 people within the team that I am part of…The Tantalizing Stampers.
Many of us had logo’d t-shirts made and it was lovely to meet people from our ‘team’, many of whom had only been a name in the past, so to put a face to the name was great. And we all had the chance to sit near each other too.
Any how….this is my swap I made;
Swap Nov 18
And these are the swaps I received;
That’s all for now folks, but I hope you get a little inspiration for your card making from these. I’m off to play with my new stamp sets to share with you, ready for the catalogue launches.
Happy Crafting xx
Goodies
Celebrating 30 years of Stampin’ Up! was amazing. Lots of give aways, swaps and meeting up with so many like minded people was fab.
Wonderfully colourful grid paper that I wish was available all the time… its smaller than the normal white stuff and so much prettier
Before I even got to registration I won a prize…just by answering a simple question on where Stampin’ Up! originated (Las Vegas in case you were wondering!)
Won these on way in!
Lots of talented people sharing how they sell and build their business , you return home a little overwhelmed but so full of good ideas. Just hope I can put just a few of them into practice!
And then during the day more prizes…a tool case, and a foldable holdall!
And of course there was prize patrol, where if your badge number was called, you won a Stamp Set.
All in all I came home with 4 more Stamp Sets than I went with and all these other goodies too…definitely a good day out!
Look out for my next blog post, showing the Make and Takes from the day and also all the card swaps from the lovely people who are part of Zoe’s team (my Team leader within SU)
Onstage,
No, I’ve not been ‘on stage’, but that is what Stampin’ Up! Call there twice yearly convention for demonstrators, and that’s where I’ve been this weekend.
Around 550 demonstrators gathered at the Vox conference centre in Birmingham to celebrate 30years of Stampin’ Up! We got a sneak peak of the spring /summer catalogue as well as the sale-a-bration catalogue….both available from January 3rd.
We got to play with some of the products and had some awesome demonstrations by some very talented people.
Look out in the next couple of days for some of the things we did and I will also post photos of the team swaps we did among our group,all made with current products available right now!
prize patrol
Stampin’ Up! Convention
look what’s coming!
Will share more as the day goes along
World Card making day
Friday October 5th is World Card Making Day
To celebrate, Stampin’ Up! Have a selection of products at a very special price available from today until October 7th. It’s a great opportunity to stock up on some basic tools or to try something new.
If you would like to order, please contact me
Catchup Time
So family issues have kept me pretty busy the past few weeks, but I’m now nursing my husband at home and may have a chance to sit and keep you all updated on everything Stampin’Up!
I’m not going to go into too much detail about these cards, but will list everything needed to make them after each photo.
They are cards we have made at coffee and a Card in the past few weeks and some are cased from Pinterest.
Graceful Glass suite
Coloured with pro markers, stamped with blueberry bushel ink, on whisper white card stock.
Autumn Winter 2018 Catalogue
Look what I have!! Want to get a copy? Contact me…[email protected] and I will get one to you asap!!
autumn/winter 2018 catalogue
Nature’s Poem
I love this suite! There are so many usable elements…from the lovely Stamp set Rooted in Nature, the co ordinating dies, and DSP along with gorgeous twine and leaves trinkets. To see them all, take a look in my shop …..look for the Nature’s Poem suite.
So, this is what we did at this weeks Coffee and a Card.
It was cased from a Card on Pinterest designed by Sam Hammond. The card base is Blackberry Bliss, as is the ink and twine. The DSP looks hand printed and to add to the design, we hand stamped some leaves in Petal Pink and Blackberry Bliss on a panel of Whisper White for inside the Card.
The second card is using the same stamp set but with a more masculine feel, and this time I used a Very Vanilla card base and DSP from the wood textures set. I used Crumb Cake ink and burlap ribbon to embellish.
Anyway…. that’s me for a few weeks while I’m away in Denmark visiting my lovely sister in law.
Be back in a few weeks, in the mean time;
Happy Crafting x
Sorry!!
I’ve been a little lax with the blog for the last couple of weeks, but I feel I’ve a good excuse….4 extras in the house, including two of my grandchildren, and however much I love crafting, I love my grandchildren more!
Visitors also took over my craft room, so ‘me time’ has been very sparse! But middle of next week is lots of me time….I’m going on holiday again!
So Back to crafting…or more precisely, card making.
Coffee and a card two weeks ago we made two cards using the Sea of Textures stamp set and paper from the Tranquil Textures DSP pack. Although the sentiments were not to everyone’s taste, so I took an alternate Happy Birthday stamp from Perennial Birthday Stamp Set. These cards are relatively easy to do but look fab!
Tranquil Adventure
Tranquil Birthday
So, then came my Catalogue Launch Party! Yes, I know it was a month after launch and lots of people already had their catalogue, but for me, it was any excuse to show some of the lovely new products off!
I made a display board to show off some of the different suites that I had some or all the products for!
The room I hired was perfect…very roomy, space for displays, make and take tables, space to sit and peruse the catalogue or try your hand at either the scavenger hunt or the anagrams of Stampin’Up! colours! Hot drink and Cake was bountiful… only issue was it coincided with the England World Cup game against Columbia! Inevitably there were not too many of us, but I think I can say we all had a fab time and I got new customers too!
This is the make and take card that everyone did;
So, on to this weeks Coffee and a Card….. it was Christmas week again….seems to come round very quickly!
Our first card used the Colorful Seasons stamp set, using the lovely snowflakes on a Night of Navy background and silver card.
Merry Snowflakes
The second card used the Softly Falling embossing folder on Whisper White card and then we used a die which is NOT Stampin’Up! It’s a Tutti Designs die that I have had for several years, but I’m still anxiously awaiting this years Stampin Up Christmas lines and hope there is something as beautiful as this! The card base and tree are die cut on the new Shaded Spruce card stock and stamped in the coordinating ink and embellished with the lovely new Basic Red Rhinestone Jewels
Anyway…need to get on and prep for stuff after my holiday.
Look out for next weeks blog, my last until mid August!
Happy Crafting!
Christmas in June!
As promised, this weeks Coffee and a Card involved making Christmas cards. But despite what I said, I’ve also used some retired DSP, as I currently do not have any of the 2018/19 Christmas DSP….in fact I’m not overly keen on the one in the catalogue and I’m hoping for something great in the Autumn /Winter catalogue!
Anyhow, I made a square Happy Reindeer card, using the Reinderr from the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set, and stamped this in Memento ink on a Stitched Shapes circle. I coloured the reindeer with pro markers (my range of Stampin’ Blends is limited), embossed the background with Polka Dots Basic embossing folder. I used a non SU die for the scalloped circle, and stamped the sentiment onto card and cut with the Banner Triple Punch.
The next Christmas card used the same stamp set…Cookie Cutter Christmas. I stamped Santa, coloured him with pro markers, and then fussy cut him out – I don’t have the punch yet and its not too difficult to cut him. The bobble on his hat was probably harder coz it was so small!
To make the chimney, I used the brick mask from the Pattern Party Decorative Masks and ran it through my big shot using the new Big Shot embossing mats (actually, they are new to Stampin’ Up…..I’ve had mine for years!!) on early espresso card. The brick detail works great! I topped the chimney with some black card.
The back ground is the Softly Falling embsossing folder, the snow on the chimney is shimmery white embossing paste. The sentiment is from Half Full stamp set, punched with the pretty label punch. To make the red punched shape, I punched the shape twice in red, cut one in half horizontally and glued it popping out top and bottom to the white punched shape. The second red punched shape, I chopped the left and right edges off and using just these bits glue them to the previously glued piece.
Happy Crafting XX