The new annual catalogue is here!

Yes it's that time of year when we demonstrators and Stampin' Up! fans get a little bit excitable! It's the same feeling as walking into a craft shop full of gorgeous things, not knowing where to look first, and fearing for our bank balances!!

Yes it's new catalogue time!

I haven't had a lot of time to peruse it's fabulous pages so far, but I can't wait for a spare couple of hours to make my massive wish list!

Please check it out and if you want to order anything, go to my online shop or drop me a message. Better still, come along to my Catalogue Launch Tea Party on Saturday, at Fox and the Magpie in Shipley (2-4pm) and get your own copy and goody bag with make & take kit. Tickets are £5 but please book in advance.

Some quick peeks from the catalogue....

New colours...

Beautiful kits.....

on-trend stamps...

Loads of bundles (saving you 15%)....

and so much more! Happy shopping!

Painted Petals - a new favourite!

This morning I am mostly catching up with some long overdue blog posts. I realised I need to go back quite a long way to get up to date and this is going to take a while. So in the meantime - here is a little treat for your eyes. A quick post showcasing my current favourite new Stamp Set in the latest Spring Summer catalogue: Painted Petals. LOVE IT!

This was the first card I made when I opened the stamps.

The flowers have a soft water-colour effect and are so easy to use because it doesn't matter how well (or not!) you ink up the stamps - you get a really subtle image which almost looks like it's been painted. You can create lovely water-mark backgrounds too using the same colour ink as your card - in this case Soft Sky...

The one below is stamped first with white craft ink onto crumb cake card and stamped over the top with blackberry bliss ink. It makes the ink colour stand out more brightly and also you get a lovely shadow effect where the white shows through.

I'm taking colour inspiration from the coordinating 12x12 papers Painted Blooms. The colours in this pack include Blackberry Bliss, Rose Red, Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi. These papers are SO beautiful you can even use whole sheets of them in a frame to beautify your home! Go on - get a pack - you need them in your life!

Sale-a-Bration!! 

Don't forget we're in Sale-a-Bration at the moment which means you choose a free product for every £45 you spend. More details are on the offers page...

A belated birthday!

Happy birthday to my great friend and Stampin' Up! mum Alex! I had about 5 minutes to make this card before dragging myself to bed after a mammoth crafting session preparing for Convention - but I managed to impress even myself with how it turned out! Hope she likes it too.

October Card Class

My monthly class was last night and again we made Christmas cards, using four different stamp sets from the Autumn Winter Catalogue.

We used Letterpress Winter, adding a snowflake embellishment for an extra special touch...

Next up was White Christmas. A really calm, snowy scene - using sponges to create a soft wintery sunset sky...

The third card was a nice simple one using Cheerful Christmas. I showed the ladies how they can use the blendabilities pens to colour the pearls to create their little red berries...

And for the last card, I horrified my ladies by making them use the Visions of Santa stamp set. If you don't know it - it's the one with the strange skinny-legged, hairy santas prancing around in their long johns!!

Well I must say I didn't get a great reaction from this card, but sometimes you just don't know unless you have a go. I actually really like this set, its funny and quirky and I love using the blendabilities pens to colour them in. It's definitely one to give a chance to!!

What do you think?

I have been playing with the set a lot and I will be adding more projects to my blog in the coming weeks...

Kx

Christmas All-Day Training

Yesterday was our team training day which we have every 3 months and it's always such a fun day with lots of crafting, inspiration and great company! I had two of my newest team members come with me for the first time and they really enjoyed their day.

As usual there was swapping! I made 24 of these santa treat boxes using the Fries Box die. I filled them with mint imperials and used the ho ho ho sentiment from the new hostess set good greetings.

I got some gorgeous swaps back. Good times!

Kx

Beautiful butterflies

A quick card today - lovely bright butterflies. Very summery!

Another quickie... this time a seaside-themed card. I may have holidays on my mind!! Everyone seems to be away at the moment but I'm not having my holiday until the end of the year so I'm just dreaming of the sea, sand and sun....

This card uses Sea Street stamp set!


Hope you're having excellent summers, whatever you're doing...!

Kx