Last Chance for these items!

Hey there and welcome to my blog today! Today I am sharing some of my favourite products with you that sadly won't be carrying over into the new catalogue!

First up is the lovely FOX PUNCH and stamp set. The Fox punch has been very popular and I have done some lovely classes with it! If you would like one you need to get your skates on before 3rd June. I am placing an order today for my local customers and will be closing off this months Online Code!

Here are just come of the creatures you can create with the Fox Punch.

The Large Letters! Oh my word I have used these so so much and will keep them in my own personal craft stash! So useful for personal birthday cards etc.....

Here is an image of some of my favourite bundles that ARE carrying over into the new catalogue BUT they will no longer have the 10% off once they head into the new book!

We still have stock of the Hugs from Shelli kit too and at £20 it's an absolute bargain, the stamps and colours are just beautiful!

Have a great day!

Birthday in a Box!

Hello there and welcome back to my blog today! Today's share is something a little different and it's what we made at my Crafternoon Tea a couple of weeks ago. I have made the card before and have a video which I will share at the end but the other idea for the rest of the project was an idea shared by my lovely customer Christine.

So the card itself is my Concertina Card made using the All my Love papers which will be retiring at the end of this month along with the Large Letter dies that are also retiring! Yes you read that right!! I love these letters and I know my customers do too! They are an investment at £92 and for the rest of the month I am offering £10 off the price of the Large Letter dies if you order through me! So £82 instead of £92.

We put the card inside one of the half stamp cases and not just the card.....

......but a little Birthday Celebration too! Hence the title, Birthday in a Box! I included a chocolate bar, balloon, candle and part popper!

If you would like to make this in a class please let me know!

Here is my video from a few years ago!

Happy Birthday to Evan!

Hi there and welcome to my blog today. I've been away at Stampin' Up's Onstage Local event from Friday to Sunday and I ran out of time to do my blog before I went but I am back now! 

Today is my boy Evan's 15th birthday. Now it's almost 10 years since I started my blog so some of you will remember him from back then. Evan was 5 1/2 when I became a Stampin Up demonstrator and now he is 15! I can't quite believe it.

As some of you know Evan was never really very sporty and for 3-4 years he was a ballroom and latin dancer but this year he got roped into making up the numbers for the Under 15's cricket team and he LOVED it! His birthday presents are mostly cricket items so for the first time ever I needed to make a cricket card for him!

 I plumped for the Double Z fold style card which our fabulous team member Amanda is famous for, it's probably my go-to card at the moment. Thanks Amanda.

I made the ball from a circle punch and inked the edges and then drew some stitching on it. The stumps were made using the Classic Label punch which I then rounded the ends of, and again I inked them. The bat was just made by hand and then I rounded the edges of it.

Evan also does the scoring for the adult team his brother plays for so I wanted to make the 15 look like numbers on a score board. 

I hope you like my cricket themed card but most importantly I hope Evan loves it!

I have a new code for shopping in November. Thank you to those who used the code in October, your goodies will be with you soon.

We have a brand new set of tutorials that are available when you spend £45 or more on my store. These will be emailed to you, 12 exclusive tutorials from around the world!

Or you can purchase as a one off for £12.

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Mr & Mrs card

Hello there! Happy Friday to you! Very exciting around here today as tomorrow myself and our eldest son Ross travel to Thailand for the Stampin' Up! incentive trip! We are leaving Mr K and Evan at home to hold the fort and they are going to go off on their own adventure in a few weeks! 

Last week one of my lovely friends from Made in Dagenham celebrated her recent wedding in Santorini with an evening reception and this is the card I made for them. I have unusually used a lot of retired product because the colours matched the theme of the wedding but sadly the Mint Macaron ink and also the ribbon and papers have retired.

The good news is, if you like the flowers then the Whole Lot of Lovely papers on page 188 have very similar designs. Of course the Large Letter stamps and dies are still available and are so useful for cards just like this or for spelling out names.

 The letters are all layered up using the Foam Adhesive Strips but I hope you agree it makes such a difference to have them raised instead of being stuck flat on the card.

 Hope you like todays make. I will be back on Sunday with the first of the cards from my recent Stamp a Stack event.

Happy 30th Birthday Myles

Hello there! Today I am back with something very sparkly for someone very special! You may remember that I was involved in a Strictly Come Dancing Super Fan quiz back in 2014 (yes I had to check that date!) and I got to go and watch the final in the studio. Well one of the best things about the experience was the wonderful friends I met, many of whom I am still in touch with. One of those such friends is Myles whom I was up against in the first round of the quiz. We hit it off instantly and have kept in touch and have become such good friends despite Myles living in London. Last weekend it was Myles 30th birthday and I got a fabulous Strictly themed invitation in the post, the theme of the party was of course Strictly and off I went last Saturday with my ballroom frock ready to party. We had a fabulous evening!

A Strictly party deserved a very sparkly card and this is the card I made for Myles. The Large Letters and Numbers dies coming in very very handy along with the Gold Glimmer Card!

 The background is from the Whole Lot of Lovely set of papers and you should be able to see on the last photo that I embossed the "is" with gold embossing powder for extra sparkle!

Would you like to see a little photo of us on the night?

Just to let you know I will be closing my Online Code Club order off at lunch time today so please hurry if you want to take advantage of the code for this month! Thank you 

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Large Letters meets Flourishing Phrases

Hello there! Well we are only just over a week away from the BRAND NEW catalogue which goes live on 1st June and I am going to be blogging every day into the run up to the new catalogue and will be introducing new products to you. Today I am sharing 2 bundles that are retiring as bundles (this means they will carry over into the new catalogue but will no longer be 10% off) and I am adding a new colour into the mix!

 Today I thought I would introduce Lemon Lime Twist, a new colour for 2017-2019. It's caused quite the stir as it's very one trend at the moment in shops, for clothes and home decor too! It's very bright a zingy and I love it with this colour combo of Black and White and Pool Party. Following on from yesterdays card I am back with the HAPPY card and I really enjoyed making this one. It wasn't for a class or anything, was simply a just because card and that makes me happy!

 So these bundles are only 10% off until the end of this month. I know I keep going on about it but I kinda feel it's my public service to give you the information! 

 We have another week of my Online Code for this month left, thanks to those who have used it so far!

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