Exciting news!

So much to tell you today, I don't know where to start so I will just list them and then go into more detail further into the post, but first you might want to get yourself a cup of tea and a biscuit to enjoy whilst absorb all this exciting new information.

Ready?, great, well, this is the list of things I'm going to tell you about today...

1) - New summer Mini Catalogue - yay!!!
 2) - New Demonstrator Starter Kit

 3) - New Demonstrators special, one off promotion

 4) - Additional products not in the Summer Mini.

Ok, so here goes with all the details...

1) - New Summer Mini Catalogue.

What can I say, I've been playing with some of the new products and they're great, lovely new DSP and really beautiful stamp sets and it's got the new Stampin' Up "Simply Scoring" board - Yay!.  This is a fantastic tool that comes with a stylus and 3 scoring place markers, those these items are available to buy on their own too.  It also has it's own little storage place that will also accommodate a bone folder.

Also included in this great new mini are some adorable new Edgelit Dies, and Textured Empressions folders as well as some Framelit dies all for the Big Shot.  They really do have a Wow! factor about them and I can't wait to share some of the projects I've been making with you, but that's for later in the week.

You should be able to see the link to the new catalogue over on in the top right hand column of my blog.

2) - New Demonstrator Starter Kit

The new Starter Kit is here! Now, every new Stampin’ Up! demonstrator can create a customised Starter Kit for just £99

Each kit contains a business supplies pack (valued at £45 )—things that every demonstrator needs to start their business. After that, the choice is yours so that you can put together a kit with any of Stampin' Ups high-quality products. You can choose up to £130  worth of any supplies to create a kit valued at over £175 AND postage is free!

Please contact me for more details, I would be happy to discuss this with you and welcome you to my team.


And if this wasn't enough to tempt you how about Item 3.....

3) - New demonstrators special, one off promotion

Free Convention Registration Promotion
During 2012, Stampin’ Up! will be celebrating its fifth year in Europe—and doing it in a big way! As part of that celebration, during May only, new demonstrators who join Stampin’ Up! will receive FREE Convention 2012 registration -  a saving of £149!!

4) - Additional products not in the Summer Mini.

In addition to having the fabulous Simply Scoring board, Stampin' Up' UK office has managed to get us the equally fabulous Simply Scored Diagonal board, originally we were not going to get this until the new Idea Book & Catalogue comes out in the Autumn so it's really fab that we can get our hands on it now.

It's perfect for creating envelopes, boxes, and loads more and it’s the must-have companion to your Simply Scored scoring tool.

Details for you if you want to order and lets face it, why wouldn't you

Item	Description	Price
125586	Simply Scored Diagonal Plate	£10.95

Phew, that was a long one.  Over the next few days I will be sharing projects I've made using the products in the new Summer Mini as well as some of the Swops I received and the 'make & takes'  I did at our regional training in Reading last weekend, so keep popping back to see what "craftiness" I've been up to lately.

Oh, and if you have any questions, would like more information on becoming a demonstrator yourself or would like to place a Stampin' Up order, then please do not hesitate to get in contact.  Just drop me a line at my email address of  techiebell@hotmail.co.uk  and let me know a contact number and a good time to call.

Until next time, take care.... xx

Little ones birthday cards.

Hello there,

Well I had a great weekend, I went to Stampin' Up's regional training in Reading and had a great time meeting up with all my Stampin' Up friends.  I will be sharing some of the swops I got and the projects we made over the next week or so, but there is so much going on that I hardly know where to start.

Well for today, I'll share a card or two with you.

I've been making a few baby appropriate birthday cards as lots of people I know had babies last year and they are starting reach their first birthday so I wanted to get a little stash of cards to that I am ready to go when the birthdays come round.

I decided to go with "Pear Pizzaz" for the boy cards and "Blushing Bride" for the girls.

 The stamp set is from a new one that will be available from tomorrow, when the new Summer mini catalogue launches and I can't wait as it has so many gorgeous goodies in it I'm finding it hard to put down

I intend stamp a "1" onto the left hand balloon but have deliberately left them blank for now in case I do end up making more baby birthday cards, I can keep these by for next year.

That's it for today, tomorrow is a BIG day with loads of Stampin' Up news, so don't forget to pop back then.  My post should be live by around 9am.

take care... xx


Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "UP, Up & Away"
Card stock : "Pear Pizzaz";  "Blushing Bride"; "Marina Mist" & "Whisper White"
Accessories : "Nursery Nest" DSP
Colour:  "Pear Pizzaz";  "Blushing Bride" & "Marina Mist" classic ink pads
Tools : Tape runner adhesive; "Scallop" border punch

Watercolour Technique

Hello there,

I saw this water colouring technique on YouTube and wanted to have a go.

Basically, you used an outlined stamp, stamp on to Water colour paper in Versamark ink and heat emboss.  This then gives you a very slightly ridged outline.  You soak the image in water then just drop the ink on to the paper.  As there is so much water it caused the ink to pool out but the ridges of the embossed image help to stop the ink from spreading outside of the image.  Not sure if you can tell from the photo, but I used 3 different colours of ink which all blended together beautifully.

I cut my images out and adhered them onto a piece of "Whisper White" cardstock which I matted onto a piece of "Concord Crush.  I also stamped the main sentiment image from the "My Friend" stamp set in "Concord Crush" classic ink.

The card blank I used was from the "Card & Envelopes Note" pack, so the finished card was 5" x 3 1/2" rather than the usual A6, but I think this smaller size is really cute.

A little reminder, the "My Friend" stamps set is in the current Spring Mini Catlaogue, which comes to an end on the 30th of this month, so it's only available for a few more days if you want to get hold of it, there is also a French version available, which I am really tempted by.

Inside the card.

On the inside I stamped the other sentiment from the "My Friend" stamp set, and I repeated the stamped floral image, both in "Concord Crush" classic ink, though I stamped the floral image off first before I stamped inside the card to make the image a little softer.

That's all from me today, until next time, happy crafting ... xx

Male birthday card

Hi there,

Really quick post today as I don't know where the day has gone.  Mostly today I've been making 'swop' cards for Stampin' Up's regional training event this coming weekend and the day just ran away from me and I've still not finished the 'swops'! 

I did want to share a card I made as I have a few male birthday's coming up and I wanted to get few done so I would have a little stash.

As you can see, it's really simple and I made 4 of them in total, only changing the colour of the main cardstock, but I stuck to the the 'Regals' family of colours as they are great for men.  Oh, and I used a circle punch for the 'ticket' style corners.

Hope you like it, must dash  .... xx


Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Happiest Birthday Wishes"
Card stock : "Basic Black";  "Not Quite Navy" & "Whisper White"
Accessories : Silver Brads & 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon in "Basic Black"
Colour:  StazOn ink
Tools : Tape runner adhesive; Dimensional adhesive "Square lattice" embossing folder; Big Shot machine & Circle punch

Button Buddies cards

Happy St. Georges Day! ~  but I hope you're having a great day whether this sentiment is relevant to you or not :o)

Today I would like to share with you a few cards I made with the "Button Buddies" stamp set.  I was lucky enough to receive this set for free from Stampin' Up as an achievement award.  Stampin' Up are really good at offering incentives to demonstrators, they really make you feel like they have your back and are trying to help you achieve your goals as a demonstrator, whatever they may be.

I've made my cards 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" square cards, which is a size I love.

As you can see, these images are really cute but simple and great for all sorts of occasions.

 

 I've only used a few of the images, there are still 5 more for me to play with.

Why "Button" buddies are you asking yourself?

Well that's because all the images have an element on them that matches up perfectly with our buttons, as you can see in the card above - how cool is that and makes 'stepping-up' card so easy.

I also teamed the images up in this little collection with the "Swirls & Curls Verses" sentiment set.  This is a hostess only item that is in the Spring mini catalogue, which comes to an end on the 30th of this month, so only about a week left to get hold of the items in that mini so don't delay in getting in contact if you would like to order any item in that catalogue.

take care ... xx

Rule UK!

As many of you will know, today is the Queen's birthday, so I thought I would make a patriotic card.

As you can see, it's a one-layer card made by using lots and lots of masking and is very much a tone-on-tone style of card.

I hand drew the flag and cut out the sections in such a way as to make the basic pattern of the Union flag. I used a couple of different wheels to do the crosses and versamark ink to produce the solid colour on the cross.  I used the small circles in the "Confetti" stamp set in the triangular sections.

I was really pleased with how it came out, not sure on what occasion I would send it to someone so I might just keep it for myself and pop it on the wall!

Oh, and I should say, the "Love Blossoms" wheel is in the current Spring Mini catalogue which ends at the end of this month, so you only have just over a week to get your hands on this gorgeous little wheel.

Have a great day ... xx

 
Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Confetti"; "Love Blossoms" wheel; "Decor" wheel
Card stock : "Crumb Cake" 
Colour:  "Crumb Cake"; "Soft Suede" & Versamark ink
Tools : Standard wheel handle; Wheel Guide

Shiny "Thank You" card

Hello,

I'm really late in posting today as I've been busy working on my Swop cards for next weekends regional training.  This is just one of the many wonderful things about being a Stampin' Up demonstrator, they give so much in the way of training and support.

The project that I'm sharing today is a card I made a while ago but forgot to post.  I wanted to play with stamping using the shimmer paint.

As you can see from the photo, it works well as I stamped an image from the "Delicate Doilies" stamp set, which I really like and I'm not sure why I haven't used it more.

Ooo Shiny!

Stamping with the shimmer paint makes a really lovely, shiny image.  I teamed it up with some paper from the "Mocha Morning" Specialty DSP, which is very rich looking.

I liked the look of stamping with the shimmer paint and it is something that I will defiantly be doing again.

Enjoy the rest of your Friday.... xx


Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Delicate Doilies" & "Thank you kindly"
Card stock : "Crumb Cake"; "Very Vanilla" & "Soft Suede"
Accessories : "Mocha Morning" Specialty DSP & Antique Brads
Colour:  "Soft Suede" Classic ink pad & "Champagne Mist" Shimmer paint
Tools : Tape runner adhesive;  "Decorative Label" punch