Team Welcome Pack

Hello there! Little lie in today here at Chez Kettlewell so I am just doing my blog following a lazy morning! Yesterday one of my new team members, Kate, came round for a little bit of training after joining Stampin Up a few days ago. I always like to make a welcome pack for my brand new recruits and here is Kate’s. I used the Painted Blooms papers which are so lovely I had to take a sharp intake of breath before I cut into them! 

I used 2 of the pieces with the large pattern which means the project doesn’t need much more adding to it to look effective.  Here is what I include in the pack. A deep box file for paperwork, a decorated journal for training notes, a colour chart, a handmade card and a short guide to being a demonstrator and a member or our team - Julie’s Jems.

 The journal is one of our large Kraft Journals and they are so easy to decorate with some patterned paper and a little ribbon. 

 The card used more of the paper and some Blackberry Bliss ribbon and the Hello You thinlits.

 Welcome to the team Kate, I know you are going to enjoy your Stampin Up journey with us.

If you have been pondering joining or simply have some questions then I am planning an Opportunity Evening at my home on Thursday 26th March from 7pm. Come along for a play in my craft den and to find out about becoming a demonstrator with Stampin’ Up! in an informal setting.

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Sheltering Tree

Sheltering Tree has been one of my top selling stamp sets since the new Spring/Summer Catalogue launched in January and its a great set to have in your crafting stash. Such a versatile set but until today I hadn’t shared a card with you on here using it! This is a card we made at our Stamp a Stack event last month and it long overdue for sharing on here. So overdue in fact, that I have my next Stamp a Stack this evening!

I made this as a Valentine card and used the hearts stamp from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set which is great for backgrounds. The sentiments and fonts in this set are really nice and I decided to cut this one up into pieces to arrange on my card.

 A little Crisp Cantaloupe Bakers Twine just finishes this card off!

We are making another card using this set tonight at class! 

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Big Day

Hello there and welcome to my blog today. Today I am sharing a card I made with a stamp set you can still earn for FREE until the end of March. I can’t believe we only have 4.5 weeks of Sale-A-Bration left this year, it’s gone so quickly. This stamp set has been one of my favourites from the offering this year and I loved making this card at our Stamp a Stack event last month. There is no ribbon or dimension on this card so its perfect for posting and keeping the cost of postage down!

The colours I used are Blushing Bride, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake, with Whisper White card stock too. I coloured the cake and the wording in with the ink pads and the Blender pens, a technique I still enjoy and find really quick to do. 

 So what do you think? You like? 

This was the most popular chosen freebie set on the night of my Stamp a Stack so I guess my ladies liked it too! I have another Stamp a Stack event this Friday evening with a couple of spare places if you would like to pop along! Just drop me a mail and I will send you the details.

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Baby Card

Good Morning. Thank you for your comments on here and on Facebook about yesterdays cards! It was one of those cards that I was very pleased with myself too! Today I am sharing a card I made a while back for my new baby Niece who was born prematurely. When a new seasonal catalogue comes out it’s easy to forget about the wonderful main catalogue and the fab items we have in there and I just LOVE this cute little stamp from the Bundled Baby set. 

It’s a small enough image for it to be not too difficult to colour in with the Blendie pens. 

 Of course I added some Pink Pirouette Seam Binding ribbon on this card as it was crying out for a pink bow! 

 Short and sweet today, just like the card (hopefully). I’d better get dressed and get on with my work today.

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