It has been awhile since I have posted on my blog but I am hoping that getting back on track with this month's blog hop will help sort that out!
So this month's hop is all about Celebrating Love so one of my first things from the SU catty I thought about using is the Painted with Love Specialty Designer Series Paper. I love this paper as it is colourful and vibrant and has gorgeous gold foiling running through it!
A sentiment to go with this was from the Sale-A-Bration section called Happy Wishes clear mount stamp set, it is available for free with a qualifying order over £90. I really wanted to use this stamp set so that I could use my new Stampin' Blends Markers to colour in the 'Happy' stamp. I was not going to get these markers as I do have another brand of markers to use but my mum recently purchased them and I used hers and found they were so much easier to use in terms of colours working together and blending easy with each other and not overwelmed with the amount of different colours available. Also they one side are very fine so are perfect for intricate colouring and the colour lifter can take away colour if you make a mistake or want to lighten a certain section.
So these are the cards I have made with the DSP and free stamps. As you can see from the pictures I have used a heart stamp which is available from the Heart Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set. This stamp set I got free from the November Stampin' Up! convention which is only available for SU demos so of course for Valentines I had to use that as well and also again I could use my Stampin' Blend markers to colour them in!
At the moment if you join as a demonstrator during Sale-A-Bration then you can purchase £130 worth of items for £99, along with the choice of TWO additional stamp sets for your kit—any stamp set, any price.
Just click on the JOIN NOW button at the top of this page.
Anyways that is that from me for now if you like any of my creations feel free to Copy and Share and hope you visit again soon! The next blog is by Uma and I am sure she will not disappoint with her lovely creations for this month's hop so enjoy!!!!
Well it has been a busy month for me with Christmas stalls (making cards, bags, pictures and notepads), making personalised calendars and cards, buying christmas presents (and wrapping them as that takes a lot of time too!), working (as I still have a full time job) and of course last but definately not least spending time with my family.
It was a brilliant month and a wonderful year, I joined Stampin' Up! earlier in the year which I am happy I made that decision, I then returned to work in October from maternity leave (which was not the best but had to be done), my little Jack started walking at 11 months in September, heard some wonderful news from two of my good friends! and had a lovely time at Stampin' Up! Onstage Local in Telford in November (my first ever one) and that was just some of the things to name a few! Oh and how could I forget but for my christmas present my hubby paid for a ticket for me to fly to Amsterdam and stay over for a few nights so that I can attend the Stampin' Up! Onstage Live in Amsterdam in April (where the new annual catty will be released), how brilliant is that?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is the best husband ever! 😊
But before I get ahead of myself we have only just celebrated Christmas and brought in the New Year. Has anyone got any new year resolutions they have made? My resolution is to try and achieve enough flexi points so that I can attend the SU incentive trip, I would love to be able to achieve that, it may seem out of my reach but it doesn't hurt to try!
NEW SPRING/SUMMER 2017 CATALOGUE
So the reason I am writing this post is to wish you all a Happy New Year and top bring you information about the New Occasions Catalogue that is coming to you on the 4th January 2017!
I have already shared with you the displays I made with the new products from the catty and soon you will be able to get your hands on them too.
Also along with the new catalogue is SALE-A-BRATION (SAB) this is where if you spend £45 on products anywhere from the new catalogue or in the annual catalogue (online or through me) then you can choose a free gift. There are approximately 13 items to choose from in the SAB brochure and they can be accumulated too, so for example you spend £90 then you can get 2 free products out of this brochure, and they can either be the same or different, your choice.
CLASSES USING THE NEW PRODUCTS
If you would like a catalogue then just contact me I would be happy to send you one and any additional information you would like! Also my Project of Three classes will involve using the new catalogue products so if you would like to have a play with these and see what you can make then please come along to a class, there will be one on Tuesday 10th January and one on Saturday 28th January, both classes held from 10am to 1pm in Kent, UK.
EVEN MORE REASONS TO ENJOY SALE-A-BRATION!
HOST
Also did you know that during Sale-A-Bration if you host a qualifying
party with at least 275 €/£200 in sales you’ll earn 27 €/£20 more in Stampin’ Rewards! You can even apply your
Stampin’ Rewards towards a Starter Kit and become a demonstrator
yourself!
BECOME A DEMONSTRATOR
It’s the best time of year to join Stampin’ Up! During Sale-A-Bration,
you can become a demonstrator for just 129 €/£99 and choose TWO
additional stamp sets for your Starter Kit—any stamp set, any price!
(Excludes Sale-A-Bration sets and bundles.) Plus, the kit ships for
free!
Just click on the Join link at the top of my page but to qualify for Sale A Bration then please wait until the 4th January 2017.
I will have all the new cataligue PDF's available on my blog once we are allowed to post them so please be patient with me until the 4th Jan.
Anyways that is it from me for now but if you would like to see some sneak peaks of what is in the new catalogue and the SAB brochure then just watch the following videos, they are sure to get your juices flowing, until the 4th!
I have just been playing with the Sale-a-Bration stamps recently and decided to have a go with the 'Hello' stamp and watercolouring.
I stamped the 'Hello' free stamp with Versamark embossing ink onto watercolour card and heat embossed it with White Embossing Powder, then used the Aqua Painter and dipped them into the coloured ink pads and painted over the Hello. It's a nice quick way of getting a watercolour effect without all the hassle of paints, palettes, and water pots.
I then mounted it onto Sweet Lil Things Designer Paper and onto A6 cardstock.
The 'Hello' Wood-Mount Stamp Set is free during Sale-a-Bration when you spend over £45 online, and this offer is only available until 31st March 2016.
I have done a quick card for Easter, I have never really done an Easter card before so this is a first for me.
This was all I could come up with for now, especially having a little one that takes up most of my time, but I have also been making other cards for my mum to sell at her craft fair in July.
Anyways for this card I used Blushing Bride with the Watercolour Wash stamp for the background and then used Old Olive for the ground colour and in the card stock for the banner. The flowers are from the Petite Petals stamp set and the chick is from the Honeycomb Happiness stamp set that you can get for free during Sale-a-Bration when you spend over £45 online.
So these are the cards I have made with the DSP and free stamps. As you can see from the pictures I have used a heart stamp which is available from the Heart Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set. This stamp set I got free from the November Stampin' Up! convention which is only available for SU demos so of course for Valentines I had to use that as well and also again I could use my Stampin' Blend markers to colour them in!
