**New Product ALERT**

Hi people!

Wow another amazing offer from Stampin' Up! and OMG I love it!

For the month of August you can get your creative hands on this AMAZING Bundle.

The Thoughtful Branches bundle comes with an awesome Stamp Set and Co-ordinating thinlits which you won't find in any of the current catalogues.... BUT they are limited stock and only available until 31st August  of while supplies last.....

I see Christmas trees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pop to my shop HERE to see the products. 

Hugs Sam xx

Christmas is coming......!

HELLO!!! tis the season far la la la la

So Sorry to you none Christmas loving crafters, but Stampin' Up! new catty is just around the corner and look what I just found!

SNEEK PEEKS just for you! Here are 3 of them but jump over to Stampin Up YouTube to see more!

Stampin up video

That is my evening sorted - yours too I hope

Hugs

Sam xx

Sunday Stampin'

Hello all

Well I know it has been a while since I have posted on my blog, but life has just been busy but I do feel neglectful for not posting, so here I am and gonna try to post at least twice a week, hope you will still want to visit me :)

So tonight I wanted to show you a little card but also tell you about the new catalogue.....!

Okay so my little card tonight is one that I made quickly for a friend who had a baby girl..... who she called Millie :) Congrats Tony and Emma

Here is my card

The little deer is from the Made with Love Stamp set which really is the best stamp set for baby cards.... in fact I have a few more so show you in the next few weeks :)  The paper is retired now but we do have a very similar one in A Little Foxy DSP stack in a lovely Smoky Slate which would work perfectly too.  The sploggy background and the congrtualtions sentiment are also in the same set and Gorgeous Grunge with some linen thread and gemstones! (it's a girl sentiment is also retired sorry guys, but check out Endless Birthday Wishes if you like the wording as it is in there too :))

So just on to the NEWS!!!  Our 2016/17 Winter Catalogue is just around the corner.... as demonstrators we get to do our first order this week, so that we can start to make some lovely samples to show you and to tempt you!  Wow I already have a million projects that I want to make with the new goodies and I know you will find this amusing but it is just SO BIG! There are so many new stamp sets, punches, framelits, papers and oh the glitter!

You can order from the new catalogue on 1st September  - so make sure you let me know if you would like me to send one out to you.  If you have ordered from me in the last 2 months it will be in the post as soon as I am allowed to send :)

Right I am off to write out my list...... I may be a while!

Hugs Sam xxx

Product List
Stamp : Made With Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [138662] £23.00

Ink : Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172] £6.00

Card Stock : A Little Foxy Designer Series Paper Stack [141637] £9.00 - use this as an alternative

Ribbon & Trim : Linen Thread [104199] £4.25

Accessory : Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] £4.50

Jems Monthly Blog Hop June 2016

Hello again and thank you for joining me and the Jems on their monthly blog hop.... here we go!

NEW CATALOGUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NEW IN COLORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOADS OF NEW STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a little excited if you can't tell :)

So the Jems are sharing with you lots of new and fun projects that can be made with the New Stampin' Up! 2016-2018 in colors and a few new products I am sure will also be used.

Every year Stampin' Up! retires 5 colours and welcomes 5 new colours which are always available for 2 years.  This year welcomes these stunning new colours... don't they just make ya smile!

So I made my cards to show off the new colors but YEP I had to show ya a few lovely new products too.... are ya ready?

These are what I used...... SWIRLY BIRD STAMP SET, THOUGHTFUL BANNERS STAMP SET and PUNCH AND PERFECTLY WRAPPED STAMP SET... yep you do want them all :) You can find them all now in my shop!

Wanna see the cards?

Flirty Flamingo first.....

               

       

Then Sweet SugarPlum and Peek-a-boo Peach

               

and finally Emerald Envy and Dapper Denim

    

The Swirly Bird stamp set has SO many elements to let you make flowers, and kites, and birds in nests, and sail boats..... and I am sure another few hundreds things that we have not yet seen but our amazing crafty friends will come up with. 

The flowers have been stamped off for the background and the true color used for the swirls and the same with the kites (top one true color, other 2 stamped off once).  By doing this you can see that even with just one ink pad you can get a variety of colours... you could even go another shade lighter that that! 

Some of the sequins were what I had left over when I made up my Watercolor Wishes set, and then others are just non Stampin' Up! ones that I have collected over the years. 

So which one is your favourite?  Mine has to be Flirty Flamingo.... even the name is wonderful! 

Here are another few little cards and bookmarks that I made to send out with my catalogues - which by the way if you would like one, please drop me a message with your details and I will get one in the post to you.

        

Okay I better let you get on with the blog hop.... thank you for dropping by to see me, and hopefully you will get lots of lovely ideas on your way around the Jems :)

Hugs Sam xxx

        

                                       

Product List
Stamp

• 2016-2018 In Color A4 Cardstock [141434] £7.25
• Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set [141749] £23.00
• Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Bundle [142330] £31.50
• Perfectly Wrapped Photopolymer Stamp Set [141960] £15.00
• 2016-2018 In Color Classic Stampin' Pads [141818] £25.50
• 2016-2018 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [141393] £13.50
• Papillon Potpourri Clear Stamp Set [123759] £14.00
• Painter's Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141910] £16.00

Card Stock

• Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50
• Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £6.50

Punch

• Tag Topper Scalloped Punch [133324] £21.00
• Petite Petals Punch [133322] £11.50

Ribbon & Trim

• Bermuda Bay 1/8" Stitched Ribbon [140569] £5.50

Accessory

• White Perfect Accents [138416] £4.50

Stampin' Up! New Catalogue!!

Hello all

I know that you have all been waiting for this for weeks, well it is all now live and here it is

Now if you have ordered from me in the last 6 months you should have already received your copy, but if not get in touch and I will be happy to get one in the post to you.

Or click the catalogue above and you will be able to view online

Or go to my shop HERE and you can see the fab new layout and the new in product suites.

ALSO

there is a fantastic offer for June!  If you spend over £250 either on your own or by hosting a party - you will receive an extra £25 in Stampin rewards!  So get that party booked with me, and let get shopping!

Let me know if you have any questions

Hugs

Sam x

Just a little thank you....

We all need a nice stock of thank you cards and these ones are so quick and easy and I hope you agree bright and cheerful and one that you would love to receive!

I have used Mint Macaron card stock as a base card and the first task was to use the Large Polka Dot embossing folder on them all.

For this one below I simply added blackberry bliss ink with One Big Meaning stamp set, a strip of card stock and using the petite petals punch some little flowers with rhinestones. 

The second one was using Melon Mambo card stock, Mint Macaron ink, and pearls.  Stamp set this time was Another Thank You

And my final one I fancied a little different look so got my 1/2 inch punch out and punch enough circles to cover the polka dots!  Again the stamp set was One Big Meaning.







Thank you for dropping by :)

Below are the supplies used

Hugs

Sam xx

Product List
Stamp

• One Big Meaning Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139420] £17.00
• Another Thank You Photopolymer Stamp Set [136835] £14.00

Ink

• Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [133642] £6.00
• Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326] £6.00

Card Stock

• Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344] £6.50
• Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock [133682] £6.50
• Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £7.25
• Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] £6.50

Punch

• Petite Petals Punch [133322] £11.50
• 1/2" Circle Punch [119869] £5.50

Accessory

• Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] £4.50

Big Shot

• Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133739] £7.00

Bright DSP made easy

Good morning all and hope you are enjoying the sunshine this weekend.... hoping the summer is here to stay now

I wanted to share with you a couple of cards that I made in preparation for a card workshop 2 weekends ago.  I had a number of beginners so wanted to make the first card nice and easy for them!

We used a whisper white thick card base that was 10cm x 28cm and then some Brights DSP at 9.5cm x 13.5cm.... so far so good

We then moved on to a piece of whisper white that was 5cm x 10cm and chose a punch.  I had Elegant Butterfly, Pansy or Sweetheart.

Next came a little stamping.... and again I had a selection of sentiments for them to chose from.  A dozen thoughts 'hello', Six Sided Sampler 'hello, sweet friend' and Tin of cards 'Happy Birthday'.

A few dimensional and rhinestones and we have a card... or two.

             


Thank you for dropping by and leave me a message so I know you have been :)

If you wish to buy any of the items shown, please go to my online store HERE

Hugs 
Sam xxx

Product List
Stamp

• A Dozen Thoughts Clear Stamp Set [131059] £19.00
• Six-Sided Sampler Clear Stamp Set [130956] £19.00
• Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set [138946] £15.00

Card Stock

• Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50
• Brights Designer Series Paper Stack [138434] £20.00

Punch

• Elegant Butterfly Punch [127526] £14.50
• Pansy Punch [130698] £14.50
• Sweetheart Punch [133786] £14.50

Accessory

• Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246] £4.50

Jems Blog Hop May 2016

Hello all

Thank you for joining me on the Jems Blog Hop.

Wow what a week we have had.... as demonstrators we have been allowed to order our pre order items, so that we can make a start on showing our customers some lovely sneak peeks of items that are in the new catalogue on 1st June - I am SO excited to share some new products with you.....

BUT..... for now the Jems are looking at all the lovely items that we are retiring when the old catalogues leaves us.....

My choice to share with you is one that I have loved 

Six Sided Sampler and Punch

For my cards I have recreated one that I have made several times before and that is CASE from the Stampin Up Idea Catalogue (as above).  I used Blushing Bride, Smoky Grey and Crumb Cake inks with the lovely Gorgeous Grunge for the background.  I then added Blushing Bride glitter paper and butterfly from the Bold Butterfly Framelits.  I used the lovely stamp set from the Watercolor wishes for my Happiest Birthday Wishes sentiment.

My second card is then a CASE of the original with a few additions.  I used Kraft card for the card base, and Mint Macaroon, Smoky Grey and Crumb Cake inks again with the lovely Gorgeous Grunge for the background. 

I have the Washi tape punch and ''Thanks'' from the Tin of Cards stamp set and again with the butterfly and with the addition of the bitty butterfly.  The small heart from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack which is also retiring.... This I am very sad about I love this little heart stamp... ah well new goodies to buy!!

Thank you joining me and please make sure you pop along to see what the rest of the Jems have to offer :)

Hugs
Sam xx

            

Stampin Up New In Colours 2016-18

The new in colours for 2016 are here!  

Say Hello to.......

Dapper Denim

Emerald Envy

Flirty Flamingo

Peekaboo Peach 

Sweet Sugarplum

Whoop Whoop I LOVE the new colors... what do ya think?

From the 1st June we will have a brand new 2016 Stampin' Up! Annual catalogue  with SO many new products.  The new catalogue has 377 new products, 458 stamp sets and 175 tools and accessories !!!!

Now I know that is still 6 weeks and 2 days away.... but you will see so many new samples and products on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest over the next few weeks, when the time comes you will have your wish list all ready!! I know I will :)

Here is my first sneak peek to show you - this was one of our make and takes at the On Stage event! What you do you think?  This is from the Affectionately Yours collection - a lovely little embossing folder and the DSP has COPPER embossing and uses lots of the colors that we all already have!!

Oh go on then, here is the full DSP collection....!

I would love to hear your thoughts

Hugs
Sam xx

Retiring List for 2015-2016..... Making way for the new Stampin' Up! Catalogue 2016-2017

Here we go people.....

Retiring Stamps 
PDF

Everything Else

The Retired List of the annual catalogue 2015-2016 will be posted with price discounts

The Retired List of the spring/summer catalogue will be posted without price discounts

Because there are discounts on the annual catalogue products they will go very quickly.  Some of my favourite stamps and punches are going, so if you have your eye on anything please order as soon as you can.

The best way is to order is online at my shop HERE, but be quick!!

Hugs

Sam xxx

Workshop - Saturday 30th April 2016

Hello all

Just wanted to let you all know that I have 4 spaces left on my workshop for next weekend... anyone free in East Farleigh, Kent and would like to come along?

We are looking to make 6 cards of different style to show you what your talents are!

Get in touch if you want to join me.

I will be back later with the retiring list and details of the new catalogue :)

Hugs

Sam xx

7/4/2016 Weekly Deals

Evening all

There are a few 'changes' coming up one in the next few months and the first is to the Weekly Deals.  Stampin' Up! have introduced improvements in stock control which mean they now don't have so much surplus stock, which was why the weekly deals were started - SO you only have 2 more weeks to get the goodies at such low costs. However they will be replaced with less frequent but better 'Specials' promotions - woo hoo!  

Please make sure you're checking my blog regularly for details and I will be doing a order tomorrow evening if you wanted to add anything to my order to save postage :) or pop over to my SHOP to place your own order.  

Check out the FAB deals that are on offer this week.

Hugs Sam xx

WOW Watercolor Wishes Set

Good evening all

WARNING>>>>> lots of photos!

I have wanted the stamp set from the Watercolor Wishes Kit since I got the annual catalogue last year, but I don't really 'do' kits so decided to wait a while.... however with the new catalogue around the corner and the chance that this item may retire and I would miss out..... It had to be bought.

And WOW I am so glad that I did the kit is amazing.

Here is how cute it is here in it's little box.....

These are the fabulous stamps that I wanted...... look at the cute hello and just a note...!!

 And this is SOME! of what you get inside

          

 

  






There is more.... Envelopes, more stickers, more tags and die cuts and even some dimensionals!

A pretty amazing kit and here are a sample of cards that you can make with it, but of course you can do any design you like, this is just for inspiration!

              

Here are the details if you want to order one of these, I promise you that you will be pleased that you did :)  Visit my shop HERE, cost is £31.50 which will make you at least 20 cards!

Now that I have shown you what is in my lovely box, I am off to play!

Hugs

Sam xx