Stampin' Up! The Next Generation

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My 12 year old has been bitten by the scrapbooking bug! She's spent the week sorting out photos & has already started on her second page.

As you can see from the picture I haven't let her loose on my Stampin' Up! Designer Papers but I have given my girls all the papers I won't use now I'm a demonstrator & it included this lovely bright piece of DP & cardstock.

She's stamped the bunting using the various Stampin' Up! colours & the Pennant Parade stamp set. She's also used the new Cupcake stamp set & matching punch.

She's also used the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Dies for the number 1. She's an expert on the Bigshot.

I think she's done a fantastic job & know she would love to hear your comments.

P.S Please ignore the lovely wall in the background of the photo!! we were in the middle of decorating lol!!

Less Is More Week 55 - Die Cuts or Punches

The challenge over at Less Is More this week is to use Die Cuts or Punches on your project. Well it didn't take me as long as last week to come up with a card Stampin' Up! have so many Dies & Punches that I was spoilt for choice.
                                      
I saw a card earlier this week where the tiny flower from the Fresh Vintage sale-a-bration set had been used in a little posy & decided to take it a step further & added some flower stems. If I can find which blog it was I will edit this post to give credit.

A really easy card to reproduce & I've punched out lots of the flowers so I may make a few more this afternoon!!

Stamp Set - Fresh Vintage (sale-a-bration) & Vintage Vogue (Main Catalogue)

Carsstock - Certainly Celery

Ink - Wisteria Wonder, Tangerine Tango, Pink Pirouette, Lucky Limeade & Rose Red 
Punches - 1/2" Circle
Other - Basic Rhinestones & Retired Ribbon.

Another Scrapbook page

This is the second scrapbook page I did for Wednesday night Scrapbook Club.

I love this picture as it's one of the few we have of both mine & Johns parents. I'm so lucky to still have my mum & dad but Johns mum & dad were killed in a car crash 9 years ago & we remember our wedding day as one of those lovely occasions where all everyone seemed to do was laugh! . My mum is on the right in peach & my dad is on the left of the picture. 

                                             

Stamp Set - Marry Me (Spring Mini) & Vintage Vogue (Main Catalogue)

Papers - Beau Chateau
Cardstock - Very Vanilla & Baha Breeze
Ink - Baha Breeze, Pretty In Pink, Crumb Cake & Bashful Blue
Punches - Curly Label, Large Label & Heart to Heart
Other -  Antique Brads, Victoriana Crochet Trim &  Blossom Party Die

Marry Me Meets Vintage Vogue

Scrapbooking is a fabulous way of 'dressing up' your photos and preserving them for future generations.

You are never too young or too old to Scrapbook and believe me once you get started you start to take your pictures with a scrapbook layout in mind.

I have Scrapbook Club tonight and this is one of the layouts I've done to give the ladies some inspiration.

I've teamed up the lovely new wedding stamp set Marry Me from the Spring Mini Catalogue with a classic from the main catalogue Vintage Vogue. Vintage Vogue is one of those stamp sets that you can use for so many occasions & I find my self reaching for it time & time again.

Can you see how it's been used around the edges of the Very Vanilla cardstock??

If you look at the Beau Chateau papers in the Main Catalogue its hard to see that it includes this lovely sheet which is ideal for scrapbooking & creates a lovely title for the page.

The flowers are a mix of Vintage Vogue stamped images & the Blossom Party Die in the Spring Mini. Don't they go well together.

I've used the Curly Label Punch to create photo corners around the photos. Simple but effective.

It's hard to believe that this picture was taken nearly 18 years ago!!

Stampin' Up Products

Stamp Set - Marry Me (Spring Mini) & Vintage Vogue (Main Catalogue)
Papers - Beau Chateau
Cardstock - Very Vanilla & Baha Breeze
Ink - Baha Breeze, Pretty In Pink, Crumb Cake & Bashful Blue
Punches - Curly Label, Large Label & Heart to Heart
Other - Designer Frames, Antique Brads, Victoriana Crochet Trim, Blossom Party Die & Vellum

Elementary Elegance

Have you managed to get your hands on any of the sale-a-bration stamp sets yet??

I can't decide which is my favourite between Fresh Vintage or Elementary Elegance but then I haven't used the Sprinkled Expressions or Outlined Occasions yet so I might change my mind several times over the sale-a-bration period!!

This is the design I've used for my customer thankyou cards this month.

Stampin' Up! Products

Stamp Set - Elementary Elegance & Just Believe
Papers - Everyday Enchantment
Cardstock - Calypso Coral & Very Vanilla
Ink - Calypso Coral
Punches - Curly Label & Modern Label
Other - Basic Rhinestones

If you would like to order any Stampin' Up! products & earn yourself a free sale-a-bration set for every £45 you spend then please get in touch.

Less Is More Week 54

My Sale-a-bration sets arrived yesterday!! Yes I said sets because for every £45 you spend you can choose one of four fab stamp sets or a pack of Everyday Enchantment Designer Papers. See all the sets & papers here.

The challenge at Less Is More this weeks is STRIPES & I'll admit to being a little bit put off at first as I don't have any stamps with stripes but after thinking about it for a bit I decided to use embossed stripes instead.

I was going to use the Stampin' Up! Stripes Embossing folder but that would have given me stripes much wiper than I wanted so I've just used my scorer to make 3 stripes above & below the image.

Stampin' Up! products

Stamps - Fresh Vintage (sale-a-bration) & Curly Cute

Ink - In Color Stampin Write Markers in Lucky Limeade & Calypso Coral

Other - Basic Pearls

Less Is More Aqua

It's taken me all week to get around to making this card! I had the design in my head but just didn't have the time to make it until today.

Apologies for the pictures at the moment. I've lost my camera!! I've put it somewhere safe & just can't remember where so I'm using my daughters camera & I'm not happy with the close up pictures at all!!

I'm entering this card in this weeks Less Is More challenge which is to use the colour Aqua.

Stampin' Up! Products

Stamp set - Create a Cupcake
Card - Tempting Turquoise & Whisper White
Ink - Tempting Turquoise
Punches - Lace Ribbon Border, Small Oval & Scallop Oval.
Other - Beautiful Wings Embosslit & Basic Rhinestones

Create a Cupcake Part 2

The other 2 projects from Saturdays class were this decorated bag & 2 matching gift tags.

You can get the bags in packs of 10 & they're great for co ordinating with your cards.

The new Scallop Circle Punch is fab for making these quick & simple gift tags.

Everthing from the class co ordinated & made a nice little gift set.

If you live in Leeds and would like details of my card & scrapbooking classes please drop me an email.

Stampin' Up! Products

Cardstock - Calypso Coral, Whisper White & Baja Breeze

Stampset - Create a Cupcake & Curly Sentiments

Ink - Calypso Coral, Crumbcake, So Saffron & Pretty In Pink

Punches - Cupcake, 23/8" Scallop Circle, 13/4" Circle & Eyelet Border Punch

Other - Calypso Coral Ruffled Ribbon

Create a Cupcake

I think this might just be one of my favourite cards!! It looks complicated but really isn't one you break in down into sections. The ladies at both my classes this week really enjoyed making it.
                         
Thankyou to the lovely Angela of Sparkly Cards & Papercrafts one of my Stampin' Up! sisters as it was a  card she made that made me want to have a go & I finally managed to find the instructions here.

Stampin' Up Products Used

Cardstock - Calypso Coral, Whisper White & Baja Breeze
Stampset - Create A Cupcake
Punches - Small Oval, Scallop Oval, Scallop Border, Word Window & Cupcake
Ink - Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Rose Red, Pretty In Pink & So Saffron
Bigshot & Striped Embossing Folder
Other - Ribbon Baja Breeze

Sale-A-Bration 2012

It's Here!!

The most exciting time of the year in the Stampin' Up! Calendar (in my opinion!). The time when you can buy fabulous Stampin' Up! products and get amazing freebies!!

What is sale-a-bration?

Sale a Bration runs from today until 31st March. As a customer for EVERY £45 you spend you will be able to chose a free item from the sale-a-bration brochure which can be viewed by clicking HERE. There are 4 stamp sets and a beautiful set of papers to choose from & because sale-a-bration runs from today until 31st March you have plenty of time to earn all 5 items!!

If you host a workshop and the total is over £300 you also get an extra sale-a-bration set.

If you join my team during sale-a-bration you will receive and EXTRA FREE STAMP SET of ANY VALUE from the catalogue or the mini catalogue.

If you have any questions about sale-a-bration please drop me an email.