Loving the Bow Builder Punch

I am LOVING the new Bow Builder Punch from the new Spring/Summer Catalogue and it seems you are too! It was the most popular item on orders yesterday! I just love it and will be making bows all over the place now! 

The bow on the little box on the right has been made with paper.

 But you can also make them with card too, as shown below.

I thought I would share a really useful little video with you from Stampin Up showing you how to use this fab new punch. Its so cute and available in my store now!

So yesterday I spent all day doing admin jobs and my tax return! You know what that means....... today I get to play! Watch out for more bows.

Table built by craftingbecky.com

Tiny Treat Boxes	Birthday Bash Specialty Designer Series Paper	Bow Builder Punch	Big Day Wood Stamp Set
Big Day Clear Stamp Set	Bermuda Bay Assortment Stampin' Blendabilities Markers	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Extra-Large Oval Punch
1-3/4 Inch Scallop Circle Punch	Ornate Tag Topper Punch	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack	White Stampin' Emboss Powder
Versamark Pad	Chalkboard Paper	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay	Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock

Sale-A-Bration starts tomorrow plus the new Spring/Summer Catalogue

Yipppeeeee Sale-A-Bration starts tomorrow along with a brand spanking new Spring/Summer Catalogue. My catalogues went out in the post today so should be with you tomorrow if you shop Online with me. If you haven’t received one its likely an oversight or I don’t have your details as you haven’t clicked the box to allow me to contact you! Please click the box then I can send you a catalogue!

Here is a little sneaky peek at one of the stamp sets you can earn for FREE as part of Sale-A-Bration (SAB) this year. The good news is SAB starts earlier this year and is almost 3 months long!

 The papers are from the new Spring/Summer Catalogue and great for male or female birthdays. Have you spotted the cute bow?? It’s a new punch - I am so excited about it but I would recommend you use a Bone Folder and Glue Dots as the best adhesive for this punch.

If you are a Facebook user I am holding a Virtual Launch night for the Catalogues on Wednesday evening from 7pm where I will share projects, tips and have a prize draw for orders placed on the night. Please do not ask to join the group if you are a Stampin Up Demonstrator - thank you.

Here is a link to the group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/818716798184456/

I will be back tomorrow with all the low down on SAB. I cannot link to the products used on the above photos yet as they are not live but will provide links and share them again later in the week.

Crafting across the other side of the world!

Good Morning and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. 2015 will be action packed for me with events and classes - please check out my Classes and Events page for the lowdown. If you have never been to one of my events please do not be put off thinking you have to be really experienced to attend, you don’t! I will help you and have other helpers too. We all started somewhere with our paper crafting and I recognise this! Hope to see you soon.

Hopefully I will be back to a more structured blogging now as I get back to work! Yesterday I had a fun couple of hours as my fellow Australian demo and best Aussie friend Sarah had arranged to do a Virtual Crafting Session via Skype! We were actually both really excited and wondered how well it would work but I have to say it worked like a dream! I have posted photos at the end! What was funny was that I was sat there wearing 2 thick jumpers and Sarah was in a vest top sharing her sunburn from that afternoon!!!!!

We made 3 or 4 things each using the same products and just crafted away in our own space, occasionally chatting and looking up to see what the other one was doing with a few occasions of our children coming to say Hi! It was just fab - feel so grateful to Stampin Up for our friendship!

This card was the last project I made whilst on the call with Sarah and it uses one of the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets you will be able to get from Tuesday for FREE!!!!! It also uses papers and the cute bow punch from the new Spring/Summer brochure.

Close up of that punch! A bone folder and glue dots are my top tips for this bow!

 The cute little boxes from the Autumn/Winter brochure have carried over so I decorated one with some scraps left over from the card.

 Thought I would share a couple of photos of our crafty session. Here I am on Sarah’s iPad in her craft room in Perth, Australia!

And here is Sarah’s craft room on my iPad in my craft room, Sarah had gone to make a cup of tea at this point! 

Was such fun and we are going to make it a regular occurrence.

I will be back to share more projects tomorrow and if you like what you see then you will be able to get your hands on them from Tuesday 6th January.