Stamp a Stacker!

Hi there! Sorry I was AWOL yesterday! We had a full day out on Sunday at a Ballroom and Latin competition and it totally wiped me out so yesterday was a chill out and cleaning day!

I thought I would start to share the cards from the last Stamp a Stack event I did a couple of weeks ago. All the cards we made this time had a crumb cake card blank. I wanted to show how versatile this colour really is.

The first one is a case from 2 cards that I have fused together - one from the lovely Jenni Pauli and another from a card I saw on Pinterest.

A lot of Big Shot action on this card! The flowers are from the Daisies #2 die and the leaves are the Little Leaves Sizzlit die.

The sentiment is from Just Believe and it is punched out with the Word Window punch and then layered onto one of the tags from the Lots of Tags set. I'm not really a yellow fan but I think this card has just the right amount of Daffodil Delight on it! The background has yet more Big Shot action, the Stripes embossing folder!

Thought I would share a photo of my boy from Sunday! He did so well and we are so proud of him! For the first time ever at our local comp there were enough boys to do a "boys only" competition! The were 8 boys in total and he danced Waltz and they re-called 5 back into the FInal and he got in the Final 5!!! This is amazing progress for Evan and he was chuffed to bits!

And here I am with my lovely friend and dance partner Paul! We came first place in the Cha Cha Cha!! Brilliant

See you tomorrow!

Julie

x

Supplies Used: (All Stampin Up! Unless Otherwise Stated)

1. Card – Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight

 2. Papers –

 3. Stamps – Just Believe

 4. Embellishments –

 5. Tools – Word Window punch, Lots of Tags dies, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Daisies #2 die, Striped embossing folder

 6. Mediums – Daffodil Delight ink

Team well dones

Hello again!!

June and July saw lots of promotions for my lovely team of demonstrators - Julie's Jems! I am so proud of each and every one of my team and I have a real mix of people from those out to make Stampin Up their business in the long term and those enjoying the discounted products and running their card classes. Well done to all my girls who promoted.

Here are the cards I made for the recent promotions. I used the Greenhouse Gala papers and the Just Believe stamp set for the grasses.

The congratulations sentiment is from Curly Cute (told you I couldn't stop using it) and I have added lots of butterflies from the popular Beautiful Wings embosslit in Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo.

Now - would you like to be part of the FUN?? I can honestly say (and I am sure my team will agree) that joining Stampin Up is one of the best decisions I ever made. I love this company with all my heart and value the friendships I have made through stamping and crafting with Stampin Up. Would you like to be part of that??? £119 will buy you the kit below (you can change the stamp sets) and give you all the tools you need to set yourself up with your own Stampin Up business - this contains over £230 worth of products

I am looking for more people to join our team. This is now my full time job and I will hold your hand all the way. If you sign up before the end of August you can

Order products on 1st September from the upcoming new Idea Book and Catalogue which is not on sale until 1st October via a PRE ORDER

Book to come to the Annual Stampin Up Convention in Disneyland Paris in November

Not have to meet your first quarterly target until the end of December 2011

You will receive a FREE copy of the brand new catalogue in September

You will have 2 months to get yourself up and running before the new catalogue arrives on 1st October

In addition to this you will also receive a welcome pack from me and be able to attend an Induction Day where I will train you in the basics

If you would like an informal chat regarding this please do not hesitate to contact me on the email address at the top of my blog

Jules x

Fox and Friends

Hey there!!

Another card from our Tuesday Club. I got a couple of requests from Jane and Ciara to use Fox and Friends so here is the card we made. The idea came totally from the lovely Lindsey who is my Stampin Up sister. I asked her if we could case her card and she allowed me to!! Thanks Lindsey, I did change a few elements so it wasn't totally the same!

So the main card base is Pear Pizazz and there is quite a lot of scoring and cutting involved to create this stair card. All my ladies did fab though and no mistakes with the scoring!!

We added some Old Olive grass which was scalloped with the Scallop Edge Border punch and then I added some cheeky monkeys dangling from some branches from the 2 step bird punch.

I do think mine is a bit plain on the sides so once I decide who it is for I will add a number to one of the sides!

Hope you like it and see you tomorrow for the final card

Supplies Used: (All Stampin Up! Unless Otherwise Stated)

1. Card – Pear Pizazz, Marina Mist, Whisper White

2. Papers –

3. Stamps – Fox and Friends, Just Believe

4. Embellishments – Marina Mist Ribbon,

5. Tools – Scallop Edge punch, Word Window Punch, Elegant label punch, 2 step bird punch

6. Mediums – More Mustard ink, Chocolate Chip ink

Teacher cards and gifts

Good morning!

Its the last day of school for Evan today so some teacher gifts were required. I decided to make bags for some chocolates for Evan's teacher and also the teaching assistants. I also got the main teacher an extra present which isnt pictured.

I made the fab gift bags that my downline Chris demoed at our training back in January, I keep coming back to this design time and time again. This time I have used the Tart and Tangy set, well just the apple from it and gone with a colour combo of Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie.

I used the FOur Frames stamp and the Thank You Kindly stamp in the centre. Each bag had a Daffodil Delight bow on the handle and a personalised tag

The contents of the bag are Thorntons chocolates.

Here is the card I made to match, same set but added the All in the Family school boy!!

The set together

All 3 cards

The cards fit nicely inside the bags.

After all this effort I hope Evan carries these into school really carefully tomorrow!!

Hope you like them. Will be back tomorrow

Jules

x

Supplies Used: (All Stampin Up! Unless Otherwise Stated)

1. Card – Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

2. Papers – None

3. Stamps – Tart and Tangy, Thank you Kindly, FOur Frames, Just Believe

4. Embellishments – Various Daffodil Delight ribbons

5. Tools – Tag punches, Decorative label punch, Large Oval punch

6. Mediums – Real Red ink, Old Olive ink, Pumpkin Pie ink

Workshop projects

Last week I went to a workshop with a new group of ladies and had a great time

These were the projects I demonstrated. The simple bag in the middle which you will have seen on my blog before and all the ladies also made the card on the right.

This design was based on a gorgeous welcome card we were given at Prague on the first night

One of my demo cards came off a bit worse for wear as it had an accident with an inkpad so I decided to cover it up by wiping the textured card all over with a sponge dauber and the Concord Crush in and this is the effect

I also showed the ladies an alternative card where they could add extra product to make it

Hope you like the projects and thank you to Anne for hosting the workshop

Jules x

Supplies Used: (All Stampin Up! Unless Otherwise Stated)

1. Card – Concord Crush, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

2. Papers –

3. Stamps – Four Frames, Just Believe

4. Embellishments – Brads, Pearls

5. Tools – The Big Shot, VIntage Wallpaper embossing folder, Boho Blossom punch, Decorative label punch

6. Mediums – Concord Crush ink

Happy Big Shot Class!

Yesterday afternoon I had a lovely class making things with the Big Shot. This was a FREE class to some of the ladies who attended as a thank you to them for buying their Big Shots from me. Those who already had them could also attend though, dont like to leave anyone out!!

We made 2 cards, a mini bag and a daisy/gerbera

This was my favourite card. I got this idea from a card Amanda Fowler showed me recently, I think she said one of her downline made it but I am not sure which one so cannot link I am afraid

Its made using the Scallop Circle die and the Sweet Swirls sizzlet. Also Springtime Vintage papers and matching buttons.

The sentiment is from the Level 2 hostess set, Something to Celebrate

Another card was this bright Top Note easel card in Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive. We used the gorgeous Embosslit Beautiful Wings for the butterflies

The papers are Sweet and Sour.

Next up was this cute tiny bag we made the other night, I just love this, its so cute!

All the ladies got an embossing folder included in the cost of the class, I decided to personalise them!

Here are a few photos my friend Ciara took on her iPhone as I forgot my camera!!

This is Jane's card, she made a girl version and I just love it!

Here I am with Elaine with one of the Flower Gerberas. The ladies did a fab job making these, thanks to my friend Jo for the tutorial

Here are Elaine on the left,Victoria and Jill doing their flowers.

And here I am acting daft (nothing new) rolling out a few daisies for the girls who still had them to finish!

Thanks to a lovely group of ladies for attending, we had a couple of new faces to class which was great to see AND pleased to report they are coming back again so we can't have been too crazy and scared them off!!!

Today is my big boy Ross's 12th birthday!!! I havent really seen much of him as he has gone to Lords to watch the Test Match with his Dad as his birthday treat!!! They are both very excited as they have never been!!

Jules x

Last of the Daffs!?

Last night was my Tuesday card club and we were doing Mothers Day projects.

Here is the set!!!

Everyone had to make 5 Daffies and we made a Twisted Easel card, a box to hold it and a gift tag. The colour combo is Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Daffodil Delight of course!!

The daffodils are made using the Flower Accent stamp and the 1 inch circle punch.

And a little gift tag to go with the card

There wasnt as much moaning from the ladies last night as there was the week before, no punch art!!!!!!!!!!!

Right I must dash, I have a full on day crafting, finishing off projects for my Mini Catalogue launch on Saturday. Got a couple of places left if you want to pop along!

Jules x

Only 5 more sleeps!!!

Good Morning and Happy Sunday to you!!

Well it's only 5 more sleeps until the Stampin' Up! mini catalogue is launched!! Yes the new catalogue will be out on Friday and I am BURSTING to show you things I have made with the lovely new products!! This is the most excited I have been about a launch!!!

To celebrate I am going to send a Free Mini Catalogue to the first 10 people who send me there postal address to my email julie.kettlewell@ntlworld.com. PLEASE DON'T ASK FOR A CATALOGUE IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A STAMPIN UP DEMONSTRATOR WHO PLACES ORDERS FOR YOU AS I AM SURE THEY WILL SORT YOU OUT WITH ONE!!

OK here is a Mother's Day card I made last week, still on the Daffodil theme and we are going to make this on Tuesday night with my club ladies!

Very Very bright and cheerful don't you think!! It's Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie

I used my Broadsheet Alphabet which I earned FREE for my sales during Sale A Bration, I love it and am proud of myself for holding off buying it for so long!! The sentiment is from the Occasional Greetings set and I have layered 2 Curly Label punch outs behind it

The grasses behind the flowers are from Just Believe

Hope you like the card and hope my Tuesday girls will too!!!

See you tomorrow

Jules x

P.S THanks for your good luck wishes for the exams, they seemed to go really well!!