April's Customer appreciation card

Hi all

To show my appreciation, every order receives a hand stamped thank you from me. Please keep in mind when you're ordering online and choose 'no contact' I won't be able to send you a little something!

When you order from me this month, you'll receive this:

It will come to you un-signed to use however you wish!

Below are the ingredients so you can have a go at making one yourself :)

Esther xx

Spotlight on Christmas and Sneak Peeks - week 1

Hi all

The Stampin' Up! Autumn/Winter catalogue launch is only 3 weeks and 1 day away! It launches on the 1st of September and you are all going to love it!

It's never too early to start planning your Christmas projects. So whether your thing is gift packaging, memory keeping, home decor, card making or all of them! There is something to get you excited in the seasonal catalogue.

So let's dive in with the first of 3 projects I'll be sharing with you over the next three weeks.

Today's project features the Happy Scenes Stamp set and Hearth & Home framelits. With this beautiful window die you can create endless wonderful scenes. My card isn't strictly Christmas which I think shows it's versatility as a stamp set to use year round.  It's available as a bundle price saving you 15% when you purchase the stamp set and dies so be sure to look out for these deals throughout the catalogue when it launches.

Bundle price £31.25 item number 140853

These products were used in addition to the stamp set and dies above.

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If you would like me to send you a catalogue I'd be happy to do so.

Esther xx

Spread the love!

Hi all

I had the privilege of attending a Stampin' Up! training day yesterday for our team and had a blast as usual!

There was much laughter, some business talk (cake) and of course lots of stamping! As is customary at these events, we all made swaps and I will show you those later in the week. All I can say is, I belong to a VERY talented group of ladies & gents...yes gents!

We made a 'swap' line and had a great time exchanging our creations. I'm the one in the very loud trousers! 3rd from the right.

My swaps proved popular but that may well be because they were attached to cakes :)

And here's what you need to make the toppers...not the cakes ,sadly, I bought those! 

*Sprinkles of life is the Stampin' Up! Ronald McDonald House Charity stamp set of the year, RMHC receive £2 for every stamp set sold. *

Esther xx

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http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampwithesther/jointhefun

If you would like to join fun events like this, choose a starter kit worth £130 for £99 AND get discount on your Stampin' Up! orders then join my friendly team today! 

A ready made business or simply fund your hobby - You choose. xx

Coffee to go

Not only is the Stampin' Up! catalogue full of gorgeous products to drool over it's also a great resource when your 'creative' juices aren't flowing. Stampin' Up! even provide a list of products that are used to create the projects in the catalogue. You can find it right here

So today's project is my take on the Coffee Bag project on page 36 of the catalogue. I didn't copy it exactly but sometimes an idea is just a spring board to your own creation. I didn't have any coffee beans to hand so that meant a change of design right away!

For this project I used the following Stampin' Up! Supplies.

Stamps

Gorgeous Grunge

Perfect Blend

Inks

Early Espresso

Card Stock & Paper

Whisper White

Real Red

Early Espresso 

Brown Sugar

Coastal Cabana

In Colour Designer Series Paper Stack

Other Items

Chalk Talk dies

Big Shot 

Itty Shapes Bitty Punch Pack

Corner rounder punch

Essential Hardware clips

Dimensionals

Snail adhesive

White bakers twine

I used my digital die-cutting machine to make the bag.