Happy Mother's Day with Stampin' Up! Tasty Trucks!

Hi all

I've had a lovely Mother's Day so far which started with freshly baked pastries, chocolates, flowers and a card from my two boys. My hubby cooked a yummy roast dinner and I'm sitting with a full heart and full tummy!

This is the card I made for my Mum using the Tasty Trucks stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration line up. You only have until Friday 31 March to earn this FREE with a £45 spend.

The image was stamped in Memento black ink and coloured with the oh so wonderful watercolour pencils.

Wink of Stella and Dazzling details added some sparkle to the project.

Other items:

Smoky Slate Card

Bermuda Bay Card

Whisper White Card

Melon Mambo Thick Baker's Twine

Polka Dot Embossing Folder

Thoughtful Banners Stamp Set

Blender pens

Esther xx

Just for you - a fun Stampin' Up! colour challenge

Hi all

I took part in a colour challenge this weekend on a team Facebook page. It's always exciting to see what my team mates come up with. My house and craft space was rather chaotic yesterday following a trip to Ikea we were having a big storage over haul but now there are piles of things to sort out after our de-clutter! That meant I was even more pleased that I still managed my card for the challenge!

I love the Botanicals For You stamp set and it's FREE! 

It's part of the Sale-A-Bration offering which ends 31 March so time is running out! 

Sale-A-Bration Brochure

Esther xx

Hey Girl! card using Stampin' Up! supplies

Hi all

I loved the stamp set I've used for today's project as soon as I spotted it in the catalogue. I could just see the possabilities and the creative juices were flowing.

So many options and that's what makes a great stamp set in my opinion.

The card I made was for a challenge I took part in this weekend to make a card with a tag.

I stamped onto DSP from the Cherry on Top Stack and fussy cut them to make her 'clothes'.and handbag. The shoes and bow were made by stamping onto Watermelon Wonder and fussy cut. Ink pads and aqua painters were used to colour the image in and  I used the Crushed Curry Stampin' write marker to add some extra definition to the hair, Tempting Turquoise for the eyes and Watermelon Wonder for the lips.

The final touch was some Crystal Effects on her eyes, lips and shoes.

Don't worry about lining everything up, the stamps are photopolymer so you'll see exactly where you're stamping.

Esther xx

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Stampin' Up! Catalogue Kick Off Party Fun!

Hi all

I had a great time on Saturday celebrating the brand new Stampin' Up! catalogue in style. I definitely had a house full and was very grateful that my Mum was on hand to serve the cakes and make the drinks!

We made 3 projects:

One of the above cards

Tag

and a chocolate bar

One of the main attractions was my 'shop' with every retired stamp set, ribbon, inks, buttons and more for sale. The best part? Every £ spent my ladies got for FREE out of the NEW catalogue! As you can imagine this was very popular, the only difficult part was choosing. We want it all, right??

Esther xx

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Stampin' Up! regional training -team goody bags

Hi all

Today is one of my favourite days of the year, Stampin' Up! regional training. It's my chance to meet 100's of other demo's, play with new products, craft and get lots of business tips.

There's 2 things us demo's like to make for these kinds of events:
1) swaps...I will blog about these next week :)
2) team gifts, which I'll show you now!

A little something to keep them going, chewing gum, a little box of chocs (obviously) and a bottle water because crafting is thirsty work...

I used Birthday Bash DSP and Amazing Birthday, notice how versatile Amazing Birthday is? I cut the 'birthday to you' part of just left the 'happy' for the gift bag tag and I think the images are pretty generic. I love to get extra mileage out of my stamps.

I'll be back with more from training very soon...

Esther xx

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New Catalogue AND Sale-a-bration!

I'm so excited to launch the Spring/Summer catalogue and  Sale-a-bration  (SAB) with you all.

For those of you that are new to Stampin' Up! SAB is our thank you to you.

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You can enjoy a free gift from the SAB catalogue for EVERY £45 you spend 28 January-31 March 2014 (usual p&p charges apply)
SAB items include Designer Series Paper, stamps, embossing folder, punch card kits, accessory pack and treat bags.

Host a party with sales over £250 and you get an EXTRA £25 in hostess credits, that's £65 of FREE goodies from the catalogue for you. Don't forget, if you've spent £45 you'll also be able to choose your FREE SAB item. 

Join my team and you will get an extra £20 of products in your starter kit! That's £150 of Stampin' Up! products for only £99 PLUS 20% off all orders until at least 31 June 2014. You don't have to host workshops or classes if you choose not to, just enjoy the benefits :)

I decorated one of our gift boxes to showcase some new goodies.

Stampin' Up! stash used:

Decorative Window Box
Kaleidoscope DSP
Whisper White card
Bermuda Bay & Strawberry Slush ink
Fancy Foil Designer Vellum
Gold Sequin Trim
Bermuda Bay Taffeta Ribbon
Starburst Sayings and Framelits dies Bundle and save on these 2 items!
Banner punch - You can choose this FREE when you spend £45

Also launching today....

Texture Boutique is the must have embossing tool! Turn ordinary card stock, vellum, paper and metallic foil into works of art!

If you'd like a copy of the new catalogue and SAB brochure I'd be happy to send you one. You can also shop online with me here  or view the catalogue by clicking the button on the left of this blog.

Esther xx