I was delighted to go to a drinks party on Sunday, hosted by some local friends. The weather was incredibly kind on us all, but the event would have been amazing under any conditions.
I was brought up to always write a Thank You note for such occasions, and on this particular occasion I wanted to do something a little special, so not only have I made a Thank You card, but I have made a whole pack of cards for the hostess to use in the future. What better papers to use than the Share What You Love Suite? I used one of our lovely Acetate Boxes for thee, having first run it through my Big Shot with the Lovely Floral Dynamic Impressions Embossing Folder. I placed it between the two layers of acetate so it embossed just one side, perfectly!
The cards are so easy to make, just one layer of the Designer Series Paper, a further strip of paper, a Pearlised Doily, some stamping and some Artisan Pearls and you are done. Now that was easy, but oh so effective!! What to have a go? Then now is the time to grab the Gotta Have it All Bundle and save over £16 AND get the EXCLUSIVE Statement of my Heart Stamp (worth a further £11). OR put the Bundle in a Starter Kit and get it all, plus a further £11.25 of products of your choice all for JUST £99.00 with NO Delivery Charges to pay!!!!! Go on, you know you want to.
Take a look at all the Bundles by clicking on the image above to visit my Current Offers Page.
For
every £25 you spend in May AND use the Hostess Code, you will be
entered into a draw to win the Color Caddy and
all four of the Core Color Family Ink Pads (as shown in the
2017-18 Annual Catalogue) worth in excess of £200! If you place
orders of £50, you will get 2 entries, £75, you will get 3 entries
etc. BUT if you place a single order of over £150 and opt to be your
own Hostess (which means you pick how to spend your Rewards) you will
only get ONE entry into the draw. Please note that this is a gift
from me, and is non-returnable. The usual Customer Gifts will not be
effected by the Prize Draw, so if you use the Hostess Code you will
get a share of the Rewards, as usual. EVERYONE who shops with me will
receive a handmade card and gift in the middle of the following
month, regardless of how much you spend.
If
your order is over £25 (plus P&P), please use the Hostess Code:
TGDNMHHQ
To
share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your
order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code
as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will
still become a VIP Reward Member.
The
Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value
at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional
P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a
discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make
to other people; Win,Win Right?
I am a great fan of notebooks, I have dozens of the in all shapes and sizes, although I never seem to have on to hand when I need one. I am thinking the solution to this is to make my own!
I have a long reach stapler, so theoretically I can make any size, only limited by the size of the card and paper used to make them. But I want them to fit in a half wood stamp case, so I am looking at small notebooks.
The finished size is 3-1/4 x 4-1/2" (8 x 11cm), it is so cute. You can either make the cover with card, covered in Designer Series Paper, Stamped Cardstock, or Specialty Designer Series Paper, the choice is yours. Add your pages, (these do need to be quite a bit smaller on the long edge to allow for the fold) staple together and then add your ribbon and a stamped sentiment, and you are done!
These are perfect for children's party favours, Craft Fairs, Table Gifts at Crafty Workshops, the list goes on. And the only special equipment is the long reach stapler - mine was under £10 on Amazon and came with some staples.
Remember
that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order
(if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new
Level 2 Items!!!).
Until
the end of March I am running a FREE Prize Draw for UK residents. If
you sign up to my Newsletter between now and 31st March, you will be
entered in the draw for a mini Craft Kit, with lots of lovely goodies
in it including Notecards & Envelopes, Designer Series
Paper, Ribbon and Embellishments. Please include your postal
address if you wish to be entered into the Draw. Entry to the Draw is
not open to under 18s or Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. Just complete
the form at the very bottom of this page
If
your order is over £25 (plus P&P), please use the Hostess Code:
4RFY3W9K
To
share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your
order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code
as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will
still become a VIP Reward Member.
The
Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value
at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional
P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a
discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make
to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and
31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit.
Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or
Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That
could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products
for just £99.
Today is the last project using items from my March Gift Box. That is not to say that the Picture Perfect Party Suite won't be seen herre again, but if it is I will use additional items. If you have followed me for any length of time, you will know that chocolate and I do not get on well, but I accept that others enjoy it, some enjoy it a LOT! So today's gift bag has two or three mini chocolates in it (the metric version has two, the imperial three - just saying you get more with the imperial!)
I have actully made both metric and imperial versions and they are in the pictures. They are slightly different sizes, but I went with 'sensible' measurements in each measurement system. Add a punched circle to help keep everythign together, a binder clip, some ribbon and trim, a bit of stamping and we are done. and they are so cute.
Until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order
(if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new
Level 2 Items!!!).
Until
the end of March I am running a FREE Prize Draw for UK residents. If
you sign up to my Newsletter between now and 31st March, you will be
entered in the draw for a mini Craft Kit, with lots of lovely goodies
in it including Notecards & Envelopes, Designer Series
Paper, Ribbon and Embellishments. Please include your postal
address if you wish to be entered into the Draw. Entry to the Draw is
not open to under 18s or Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. Just complete
the form at the very bottom of this page
If
your order is over £25 (plus P&P), please use the Hostess Code:
4RFY3W9K
To
share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your
order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code
as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will
still become a VIP Reward Member.
The
Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value
at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional
P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a
discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make
to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and
31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit.
Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or
Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That
could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products
for just £99.
Metric Designer Series Paper - 12 x 10.5cm Score long edge at 1, 2.5, 6.5 and 8cm Score short edge at 1 cm Imperial Designer Series Paper - 5-1/2 x 4-1/4" Score long edge at 3/4, 2-1/2, 3-1/4 and 5" Score short edge at 1/2"
If you are in the UK and would like to request a new Spring/Summer Catalogue
I love that my Team Members can join me at Team Events, although as about half my Team are not local to me, it is not always possible for them to come to them all.
But I like to make their first event particularly special, so I gift them a Team Badge when they join the first Event, whether this is the amazing OnStage twice yearly event or a smaller Full Team event. It is just one why I like to make them feel 'at home' and part of our fantastic Demonstrator Family.
We had a huge Team event yesterday, and I had a few new Team Members join me, so there were a few gifts to put together. I decided to use the Tutti-Fruitti Papers, which are such fun. I used the Mini Gift Bag Dies, so everything was super quick and easy to put together. Just a few bits of stamping and punching and they were done; each a little different, but all the same.
I added a bit of the Sweet Soiree Ready Shreddie to keep the gift hidden, then a piece of coordinating ribbon and some of the Silver Baker's Twine to keep body and soul together. As I write this, I am hoping that the Team enjoy the packaging and the gift.
Remember
that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order
(if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new
Level 2 Items!!!).
Until
the end of March I am running a FREE Prize Draw for UK residents. If
you sign up to my Newsletter between now and 31st March, you will be
entered in the draw for a mini Craft Kit, with lots of lovely goodies
in it including Notecards & Envelopes, Designer Series
Paper, Ribbon and Embellishments. Please include your postal
address if you wish to be entered into the Draw. Entry to the Draw is
not open to under 18s or Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. Just complete
the form at the very bottom of this page
If
your order is over £25 (plus P&P), please use the Hostess Code:
S39Q266D
To
share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your
order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code
as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will
still become a VIP Reward Member.
The
Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value
at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional
P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a
discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make
to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and
31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit.
Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or
Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That
could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products
for just £99.
This is the first project I am sharing with you using the Daisy Delight February Craft Box. I think we forget that we have an Annual Catalogue sometimes, as we all get carried away with the new products in the Spring/Summer Catalogue.
I wanted a Craft Box that would be perfect for Mother's Day (or Mothering Sunday for the traditionalists like me), Easter and all things Spring. Delightful Daisy does that for me.
It is bright and floral, which is just what I was looking for. It also has a certain elegance as well, which would be ideal for a Spring wedding too.
Today's project is quick and easy. It uses one of the Clear Treat Boxes, a strip of card stock and just one narrow strip of Designer Series Paper cut into three squares. Add a piece of ribbon, a tag and it is done. Perfect for mini Easter Eggs or and small item.
So have I convinced you that you need this Craft Box in your life? Remember, it contains about £20 of product chosen by me to work together perfectly.
If you bought all the items in full quantities, even using mixed card packs, you would spend over £85 plus delivery.
£20 you will have it delivered to your door. Everything will be beautifully packaged and wrapped in my signature yellow tissue paper, placed in a letter box friendly box and then one of my pretty floral polythene envelopes to protect it from the elements. No hidden postage charges, just £20 to your door. Full details are on my Craft Box page.
Deadline for ordering is Wednesday 7th February. I will place the order early on the following morning and hope to have the packages ready to post out by 17th February 2018 (delivery from Stampin' Up! permitting).
Remember
that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order
(if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new
Level 2 Items!!!).
If
your order is over £25 (plus P&P), please use the Hostess Code:
VPTJDUQM
To
share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your
order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code
as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will
still become a VIP Reward Member.
The
Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value
at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional
P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a
discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make
to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and
31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit.
Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or
Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That
could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products
for just £99.
Cardstock - cut a 2" (5cm) Strip from the long side of A4 Card. Trim a piece from this just under 2" (5cm) to use inside teh bottom of the Clear Treat Box
Designer Series Paper - 3 squares cut 1-7/8" x 1-7/8" (4.75 x 4.75cm)
Scraps of Whisper White and Coloured Cardstock
If you are in the UK and would like to request a new Spring/Summer Catalogue
I shared a covered note book that I send out as a Gift, last week. I have been asked by a few people to show you how I cover the book, so here we go. It is really easy, trust me on this.
I use a standard Exercise Book as the base, which happens to to be the perfect size to use a half sheet of Designer Series Paper. So I just cut this at 6" and stick to the front of the book with Fast Fuse, lining it up at the top of the book. I then trim the bottom off the paper and save this for later when it comes to covering the chocolate bar I include in my Gift Pack.
I add a piece of ribbon around the spine, a few appropriate Die Cuts to the front (using the wonderful Multi-purpose adhesive sheets to make it REALLY easy!) and it is done. As I said at the beginning, this is really easy.
Remember
that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order
(if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new
Level 2 Items!!!).
If your order is over £25 (plus P&P), please use the Hostess Code:
VPTJDUQM
To share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will still become a VIP Reward Member.
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The Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and 31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit. Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products for just £99.
If you are in the UK and would like to request a new Spring/Summer Catalogue
