WOW! Stampin' Up! limited time offer

This is a true wow and a date for your diary!  From 1 to 31 July 2018, we have a limited time offer.  Colour is what helps me express my creativity and  Stampin’ Up! offers 53 colours! Colour can help you express your creativity too! From 1 July, for a limited time, Stampin’ Up! is offering a free family of Classic Stampin’ Pads to all new demonstrators. What a great time to join my team and get a colour family of your own.

Select your suite and work the rest of your starter kit around the colours, choosing your cardstock, ribbons etc, or simply choose your products and then select which colour family you want.  It's that easy!

Do you want to save 20-25% on your own product purchases?  What a great time to start making some savings!  Myself and fellow demonstrators look forward to welcoming you to our crafting family.  Please get in touch to learn more about being a demonstrator (there is no requirement to sell!).  I have some FAQs on being a demo here, or simply drop me a line, I'd love to chat things through with you.



Promotion Details

• Joining offer only applies to those who register between 1-31 July 2018 - it will not apply to applications before or after these dates.


• Each Stampin’ Pad Family is an assortment of 10 coordinating ink pads from one of the following colour collections: Brights, Neutrals, Regals, Subtles, and 2017–2020 In Colors.

Create your own embossing powder effect

Hello

This is a quick post and something I want to share with you, it's therefore off the cuff so to speak!  If you find you want to create an embossed effect but you don't have the colour embossing powder, here is a cool trick using the stamparatus to help you with your stamp placement.

As well as your ink pad, you will need the versamark ink pad, clear embossing powder and of course don't forget your heat tool!  I'm not a pro when it comes to videos, so apologies for any odd shots!

Of course, if you are using a one step ink pad, you would simply wipe your stamp clean whilst keeping it on the stamparatus and then re-ink using the versamark.

Resources 

Stamparatus [148187]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130]	Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054]

 

New to paper crafting?

Have you just found the joy of paper crafting and have no idea where to start with your supplies?  I know when I started online shopping it was a case of being big eyed in a sweet shop!  Boy did my shopping basket get filled quick.  Everything was in front of me and I wanted it all, not that I knew what I would do with it!  It got so big that I even opened my own shop (for anyone that knows me, will know that I owned The Scraporium).  I still get big eyed and when the new Stampin' Up! catalogue is released I have so many post-its on pages that I now just make a list (or two, well maybe three).



If you get overwhelmed to the point of you just don't know where to start, try this Stampin' Up!, 'new to paper crafting' starter kit for just £99, as you will see the suggested products are worth nearly £130.

See below for an idea of how you can get you started on your new crafting hobby, plus you get an ongoing discount (*).

 

Clear Block A [118487] £3.75	Clear Block B [117147] £5.50	Clear Block C [118486] £6.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] £7.00
Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad [147102] £7.00	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] £7.00	Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins [146933] £6.50	Varied Vases Photopolymer Bundle [148381] £36.75
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £9.00	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] £6.25	Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes [131527] £5.50	Stampin' Trimmer [129722] £27.00

Of course, you can change the colour ink pad, cardstock etc.  This is just an idea of some basic supplies to start your creative journey.

Whoop whoop the Designer Series Paper Sale is Coming Soon

Who doesn't love a sale and as a scrapbooker as well as a card maker, I love it when Stampin' Up! have a paper sale.   You can join me in stocking up!  From 1 July through to the 31 July, Stampin' Up! are offer you a buy 3, get 1 free of select designer series papers.  Take a peek at what is on offer.  I've got my list ready!

You have the following 12" x 12" papers to choose from:

Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper [146338]	Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper [146284]	Under The Mistletoe Designer Series Paper [146921]	Animal Expedition Designer Series Paper [146902]
Best Route Designer Series Paper [146897]	Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper [146913]	Tranquil Textures Designer Series Paper [146331]

And these 6" x 6" papers:

Garden Impressions 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146289]

Tropical Escape 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146916]

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack [144177]

 

This little piggy

I just love this set, and if you love pigs, then this set is a must have.  The set features four delightful pigs, even a flying one.  I think out of them all, the one with the flower is my favourite.



You can get your colouring pens out and give the piggies some colour, or leave them plain, you can get as creative as you wish, they are after all your pigs!  Now, have you noticed that in the catalogue you have some help with creating projects?  Get down to some piggy crafting and grab the little piggy card supplies set, with it's own unique code (149034), you can get the following supplies in the kit and be ready to get creative.  What a great gift for a pig loving crafting friend!

Collection includes:
* This Little Piggy Clear-Mount Stamp Set
* Clear Block D
* Whisper White Memories & More Cards & Envelopes
* Memento Pad
* Granny Apple Green Light Stampin' Blend
* Petal Pink Dark Stampin' Blend
* Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine

 

Envelope Punch Board - mini envelope for gifts

Hello, today I am showing you a little gift envelope that you can create and showcasing the Share What You Love product suite.  The paper itself is just one of the gorgeous products that are in the suite, and what you can't see in the picture below is that some of the papers have a pearlescent effect.



To create my gift envelope, I have taken a sheet of the paper and trimmed it down to 15 x 15cm (6x6" in old money!).

I have trimmed another strip which measures 22cm by 3cm and then scored at each end at 6cm.  This creates the 'belly band'.

Using your envelope punch board, line up your piece of square DSP at  the 3" mark.  You then score, and punch.





You then rotate your paper and are going to score and punch again, however, this time you are NOT lining your paper up at the 3" mark.  For the next steps, you will see on the punch board that the punching button has a small pointy bit, this is where you line up the scored line.



Once you have scored and punched all the sides, you should end up with your paper looking like the one below.



The punch board has the facility to round one of the corners, to give it the envelope feel. So, pick a corner and give it a punch.



The next step is to create your belly band and I've used various elements to decorate mine.  You can be as creative as you want with this step.  Leave it plain or go all out!



 

Here is my finished band. I've used letters from the make a difference stamp set to create my sentiment and then layered up the pieces that you can see in the above picture.  I used two of the bigger pieces of the half doilie, and finished off the decoration with some of the pearls.  You then simply pop your band over the envelope.  It is slightly loose so you can put something a bit bulkier into the envelope.  Have a play and see what you can create.

Resources

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper [146926]	Make A Difference Photopolymer Stamp Set [146676]	Share What You Love Embellishment Kit [146928]	Pearlized Doilies [146936]
Share What You Love Artisan Pearls [146927]	Rich Razzleberry 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Velvet Ribbon [147016]	Whisper White 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon [146912]	Envelope Punch Board [133774]
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Stampin' Trimmer [129722]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive Refill [104331]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Starburst Punch [143717]	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142]

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