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Sunday, 26 March 2017

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

Monday, 14 March 2016

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

Saturday, 23 January 2016

Stampin' Up! It's a good day, training fun!

Hi all

I had a great day today at a Stampin' Up! training event yesterday organised by my upline Fiona and Pip for our respective teams.

These events are always super fun because you craft with your buddies and play with all the new things that have come out :)

As some of you already know, it is customary to 'swap' at any SU gathering. This means making a card front or 3d project that you then swap with the other demo's meaning you come home with lots of their swaps which equals lots of ideas and inspiration!

Here's mine

I made no secret of the fact that I loved the Hearth and Home framelits at Christmas and was so happy to see they made another stamp set to match it for the Spring/Summer catalogue. You can get them both at a bundle price too if you haven't already purchased the dies, saving you 15%.

To me it looks like just the kind of view you want to find outside your window, with the lovely blue sky which I am not seeing outside my window today!

I created the 'sky' and 'grass' by sponging the whisper white card after I had stamped the image. I wanted I mottled look which was easily achieved with the sponging.

I squeezed the Mossy Meadow inkpad (when shut) which gave enough ink in the lid to water colour the tree. Some of the Early Espresso from the tree mixed in with the green but I rather like that as it gives dimension to the image.

I'll be posting pictures of the swaps I received, so be sure to check back for those.

If you have any questions do let me know and if you'd like to be part of the fun, this is a great time to join Stampin' Up!

During Sale-a-Bration you can choose £160 of SU products for only £99 AND receive discounts on your orders AND join in special demonstrator only events. Join during January and receive all the benefits until the end of June!

Esther xx

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Tuesday, 19 May 2015

My swap from Telford - Mini tic tac box with instructions

Hi all

As promised, here is the swap I made for the Stampin' Up! regional training event I attended at the weekend in Telford.

I made 32 (I think!) which means I received lots in return that I will share in another post.

It all started with an awesome box of mini tic tacs...I love the cuteness!

There was lots of scoring, snipping and sticking but I eventually ended up with a basket full of little boxes that needed some decoration.

The end result.

TIP I used the Word Window Punch to get the sentiments identical in size and then fishtailed one end.

I used a tutorial by Omellie's Designs, you can see it here

http://omelliesdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/mini-mini-tic-tac-box-anleitung-tutorial.html

If you have any questions or the page doesn't translate please let me know.

Esther xx

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Monday, 13 April 2015

Sketch Challenge - Happy Hour! Using Stampin' Up! products.

Hi all

My kids are still off school so maybe that's what led me to think of cocktails so early in the day :) or maybe knowing finer weather is on the way. I'll let you draw your own conclusions! Either way I hope you like what I did with this week's sketch challenge from:

CAS Colours and Sketches blog #119

If you like to create your own 'Happy Hour' here's what you'll need:

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Cheers!

Esther xx

Monday, 2 March 2015

Sketch challenge - Cupcake!

Hi all

This week's challenge from CAS was a sketch challenge and I must say I love it.

CAS - Colours and Sketches challenge #113

Here's my entry:

It uses some of favourite 'go to' Stampin' Up! items which is the Sweet Taffy DSP, Cupcake party stamp set and matching punch.

Any day is a cupcake kind of day, right??

Esther xx

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Sunday, 11 January 2015

Free Stampin' Up! goodies!

I've just realised, thanks to a hectic first week back to reality, that this is my first post of 2015!
So Happy New Year to you all :)

Last week I had fun launching the brand new Spring/Summer catalogue and Sale-a-Bration. I held an open house to mark the occasion and I gave away a cute little 'grown up' party bag to all my lovely guests.

These were made with the brand new Mini Treat Bags Thinlits dies, let's just say...I'm in love! If you've ever had a Stampin' Up! parcel delivered to your home then I'm sure you'll recognise the brown paper to be the brown paper used as packing in the boxes. Recycle, re-use!

Look at all the other cool dies you get in the set:

Other items used:

Big Shot 113439

Bermuda Bay sequin trim item 137910

Painted Bloom cotton twine item 137873

Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper item 135315

Whisper White card item 106549

Melon Mambo ink pad item 126948

Cheerful Critters stamp set item 137932

1/4" circle handheld punch item 134364

I did promise FREE GOODIES in the title and this is how.

Sale-a-Bration (SAB) - earn a free item from the SAB brochure for EVERY £45 you spend. Offer valid 6 January-31 March 2015 so lots of opportunity to earn free stuff.

See the SAB brochure here.

There also great joining and hostess offers so be sure to check them all out here.

I love questions and comments so go ahead!

Esther xx

Thursday, 4 September 2014

Weekly Deals - 3 September 2014

Hello all

The school holidays are over and it's a great time to get back in the craft room!

As well as sharing this weeks deals I'm also going to share a project I made to show you how to use some of the products in this weeks selection.

(sorry about blurry pic, click on image to take you to deals)

As you can see we have a selection of re-inkers and our simply pressed clay on offer. These products are really fun and easy to use, let me show you.

Take a small piece of the simply pressed clay.

The clay comes in white so simply add your re-inker to match your project. I'm using Melon Mambo as I don't have any of the colours in the weekly deals (yet!)

You will get messy! It's a good idea to wear disposable gloves and make sure you protect your work area. Once the re-inker is on your clay, work it in until you have a good even colour.

You will receive two silicone molds with the simply pressed clay enabling you to make buttons and flowers. Each mold has 3 designs and I've chosen the flowers to show you.

Press your clay into the mold