Pink pink and more pink....

Evening all

Just a quick post tonight to show you a little set of ''Thank you'' note cards that I created.

These were quick and easy cards just with one stamp set. The cards are 10cm x 10cm and the thank you punched with the 2 3/8'' punch.  The stamp set used was A Whole Lot of Lovely - which is one that you can only get as a hostess.  I would love to demonstrate at a party for you, and these would be a perfect little set to started with.  Get in touch and lets look at dates and this little set and stamp set could be yours. 

Hints and Tips

Scraps - these cards were all made from using scraps of white and pink cards - never throw away your scraps - you will always find a use for them 

Look forward to seeing you back soon and let me know if you need anything and the details for my SHOP are HERE!

Hugs Sam xx

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Weekly Deals 27th January 2016

Afternoon

Wow where has January gone!! This time next week and Mr February will be here.... So here are the last Weekly Deals of January :)

Some lovely little items here this week - Papers, Decorative masks, Ribbon and an Embossing folder!! 

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OOO these decorative Masks are wicked!!  You get 4 designs for just £4.13 - come one now that is TOO cheap! These are great to use with Inks, chalks, markers, sprays... actually pretty much anything.

Here are some ideas how you can use them - so many possibilities with just some card and inks :)

You might want to add those papers to your basket too so that you can play with them at the same time whilst you have your inks out!  Take a look here at the lush designs you get, and you can change them to any color to suit your project.

Right I am off to have a play before Slimming World..... see you soon

Hugs Sam xx

Whoop Whoop! New Business cards

Evening all

My new business cards and leaflets arrived today..... I LOVE THEM!!  Melon Mambo hit me!

What do you think?

I am going to be doing lots of walking in the next few weeks getting these out to my neighbours..... hoping for 1 or 2 little orders :)

Sorry this is a short post tonight, but I am creating I promise

Hugs

Sam xx

CCMC390 - Color Challenge

Evening

Sorry I have not been around much for the last couple of days, but it was my birthday on Thursday and just been really busy with nice things of course.

Today I am joining in with Create with Connie and Mary Color challenge.  This weeks colors are

Hello Honey Lost Lagoon Real Red 

Here is my card:

I used the 'You've got this' Stamp set for the background and flower, and the 'Tin of Cards' Stamp set for the happy birthday.  Can you see that I also used my Wink of Stella glitter brush as a blending tool!!! WOW I love them!

Do you remember me telling you to ALWAYS do more than one card..... SO glad I did today, and my first card had a little accident... can you see it?  Thank you Stampin' Up! for Washi Tape!! hee hee

Hints and Tips

Search for colors when looking for ideas - I know you might get hundreds of images, but sometimes it really helps to see how the colors look together.  

Don't always use your first stamp image - You will see that my Hello Honey background is quiet light, I didn't want a really strong background so I stamped first on a piece of scrap paper and used the second stamp as my image for my card.  Sometime you just gotta play until you like the look. 

Look forward to seeing you back soon and let me know if you need anything and the details for my SHOP are HERE!

Hugs Sam xx

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Weekly deals 20th January 2016

Evening all

Wednesday again and the weekly deals are here!

This week we have 2 dies, some bling and some essentials glue refills!! 

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Just a reminder about Sale-a-bration too

During Sale-A-Bration you get FREE EXCLUSIVE items when you spend £45.  Those items are chosen from the booklet below.  If you spend £90 you get 2 items, £135 yep that 3 FREE items..... This year they are surprising us with new products after 16th February, but that does mean that the 3 items at the back of the book that are only available for half of the SAB period - until 15th Feb. So make sure you get those if you want them!

When you host a party OR place an order of your own that's over £200 you will get an EXTRA £20 in Stampin Rewards! So that will be £40 of MORE FREE stuff.... because oh yes you still get your SAB items!!

SAB is the BEST time of the year to join my team (please ask me for an online link) as during SAB if you become a demonstrator you choose an extra £30 worth of goodies in your Starter Kit. This means that you will get £160 worth of goods of your choice for ONLY £99!!! Who does not want £61 of FREE STUFF!! and a discount everytime you shop???

See you tomorrow :) 

Hugs Sam 

Thank you for being you....

Evening all

How are you all.  I have been playing this evening, I am trying to do a little every night to get into a routine, but there is just not enough hours in the day, but I do have 2 days leave this week as it is my birthday!  My hubby is not off work so I will be getting some crafting in, to get ahead!

On to my card today - I saw this card a few weeks ago and but I didn't have any of the papers or the stamps... but what I did have was my new pad of Love Blossoms DSP!!! so I adapted and this is what I got

I used a LOT of products on this card and they are listed below.

Ideally you would have the Banner Framelits (132173) to help with this, but I didn't have them, but I was able to measure and cut and get the same affect..... however I now want the dies :)

I used some of Rose Red card for the first layer, and then the Mint Macaron It's My Party DSP for the 2nd layer.  The flower paper was from the Love Blossoms DSP and the stamp from Suite Sayings and finally the flower from the Petite Petals used with the punch.

Hints and Tips

Always make more than one card - It takes a lot of effort and time to get out all the bits that you need to make one card, so always make MORE than one.  If you do 4 of the same design, you will always have a card when you need one.

Get the bundles - the Petite Petals stamp set and punch is still available as a bundle to purchase, so you will save 15% and these little flowers will always come in handy for cards, gift tags etc - the item number is 140256 (wooden) £21.50 and 140257 (clear) £19.00

Look forward to seeing you back soon and let me know if you need anything

Hugs Sam xx

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Sale A Bration HELLO Stamp set

Hello..... it's me

HEE HEE  - sorry could not resist, love a bit of Adele - have you seen the new Carpool Karaoke with James Cordon?? OMG you have to watch it HERE is the link :)

So this evening I was stalking Pinterest as I do most eveningS and came across THIS little beauty, which I knew that I had to make as I could not get the design out of my head.  I love it, such a cute little design and SO quick, which we love of course.  I did 6 of these little beauties in about an hour... another perfect card class in the making.  Thank you ''Be Creative with Nicole'' for the inspiration :)

So here there are:

Sorry not much of an explanation this evening but need to get up early in the morning for a meeting but I did use my What's up Punch (the large arrow one) to get an even cut out on my tag!  

Just to remind you that this punch is only available as a Sale-A-Bration freebie when you spend £45 in either the main catalogue or the Spring/Summer catalogue and this lovely stamp set is ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL 15TH FEB!!

Look forward to seeing you back soon and let me know if you need any help with an order or would like a paper catalogue

Hugs Sam xx

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What do I love about the new Spring/Summer Catalogue.....

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far

I thought I would share with you today a few of the items that I have fallen in love with in the new catalogue that you might just want to add to your wish/shopping list!

So here goes

1 Big Shot Die Brush
OMG! this saves so much time by making it easy to remove all the small pieces of card from intricate dies.  It comes with the foam pad that you put under the die that has been cut with the Big Shot and then run the little brush over the die a few times and the little pieces just pop out! You then just have to remove the die cut and you are ready to go.  This will be one of the best tenners you have every spent!  £10.00 yes £10.00 only!

2 Wink of Stella Glitter Brushes

Oh yeah! We now have glitter in a brush!!  I LOVE these, the clear is fab to use over any stamped image or even to use as a water brush to make your ink all glittery.  The gold is a stronger colour and I know it is a LONG way off but cards for the wintery season will look amazing with this!  These are a snip at £7.25 each.

3 Bloomin' Heart Thinlets Dies

Have you ever seen anything this beautiful??   These dies cuts images are going to be all over the web this year.... valentines, wedding day, anniversary, friendship....I bet you can think of more.  You get 3 dies, the lovely big heart and 2 flowers which can be added in a different colour for contrast. I am playing with this one tonight!  The die on its own is £22.00 - or you could save 15% and get one of our bundles with the Bloomin' Love Stamp Set for just £31.25.

4 It's my party Designer Washi tape

I have never been a Washi tape convert.... until I saw this lovely little pile of yumminess!  You get all 5 rolls for just £7.25.  The colours are Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo and Mint Macaron.  The black one is perfect for male cards and the pink is yummy for the girlies, however I am not sure yet if I can bring myself in to using the one with the little balloon.... it is just TOO cute for words!

5 Suite Sayings Stamp set

Okay this got in my top 5 as I have used EVERY stamp already this year!  I am planning my first card class using this stamp set as I just love the sayings and they can be used ALL YEAR round.  Don't ya just love it when you never have to put the stamp set away!!  haha I know that I do.  The cost of this lovely set is £26.00 for wooden and £19.00 for the clear and this set also co-ordinates with the Designer Series paper, giving us more ways to use them!

Hope this has given you some ideas for your next purchase.  Pop over to my shop HERE if you would like to order and I look forward to seeing what you do with the lovely items from Stampin' Up! Spring/Summer Catalogue.

Hugs Sam xxx

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Balloon Celebrations

Oh I love a balloon!!  Look at these beauties which are NEW!! in the Spring/Summer Catalogue.  You can purchase the stamp set and the punch in a bundle and save 15%.... we all love a bargain. 

Hints and Tips

Scraps - This punch and stamp set is PERFECT for using up your scrap card and papers.  I have just used pink tones here, but I have many more balloon designs coming to show you :)

Punching and Stamping this set - Make sure when you are stamping you leave enough card around your stamp as you can only punch the balloon 1 way!  I made this mistake just the once - you will see my middle balloon is slightly more hand-cut haha!  Never-mind it all adds to the effect :)

Look forward to seeing you back soon and let me know if you need any help with an order or would like a paper catalogue

Hugs Sam xx

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Weekly Deals 13th Jan 2016

Hello

Today I want to let you know about some fabulous weekly deals this week.  You could save up to 25%!! but remember you have to get them whilst you can.... next week there will be new ones!

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Some very cute products this week too.  Balloon seems to be very on trend at the moment and I do have a card to show you with my new Balloon Celebration Stamps and Punch later this week.... Check out the items HERE in my shop.

Off to slimming world tonight.... wish me luck!

Hugs Sam xxx  

Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration is HERE!

Hiya 

So yesterday I mentioned Sale-A-Bration...... your heard me say the FREE word didn't you??  So I just wanted to tell you a little more just in case you have never heard of it.

During Sale-A-Bration you get FREE EXCLUSIVE items when you spend £45.  Those items are chosen from the booklet below.  If you spend £90 you get 2 items, £135 yep that 3 FREE items..... This year they are surprising us with new products after 16th February, but that does mean that the 3 items at the back of the book that are only available for half of the SAB period - until 15th Feb. So make sure you get those if you want them!

When you host a party OR place an order of your own that's over £200 you will get an EXTRA £20 in Stampin Rewards! So that will be £40 of MORE FREE stuff.... because oh yes you still get your SAB items!!

SAB is the BEST time of the year to join my team (please ask me for an online link) as during SAB if you become a demonstrator you choose an extra £30 worth of goodies in your Starter Kit. This means that you will get £160 worth of goods of your choice for ONLY £99!!! Who does not want £61 of FREE STUFF!! and a discount everytime you shop???

So what are you waiting for........ Click HERE for my shop or on the leaflet to browse the goodies

Happy shopping and shout if you need a hand with your bags!!

Hugs Sam xx

Hello.....

…. and welcome to my little blog!  I am so pleased that you have found me, and hope that you stay a while, whilst I get warmed up in blogland with posts about Stampin’ Up! and some tips to card making.

I am starting off this week with NEW items!!!  These are available from the new Spring/Summer Catalogue (HERE) but everything is also available in my shop (HERE).  Now the HELLO stamp set is only available to you if you spend over £45 in one order….. during our Sale-A-Bration period but then it is FREE!! 

I started off with the new Bloomin' Love Stamp Set for that lovely heart stamped with Melon Mambo Ink and the smaller grey flowers in Basic Grey ink, and then used the Hello Stamp Set (SAB ONLY) for the sentiment. Using the Black script paper from the Going Place DSP and the It's my party Washi tape, a few gems, some Wink of Stella Clear glitter and some Melon Mambo card and we are finished! Easy eh?  

Stampin’ Up! makes colour combinations to easy…. they just always seem to work!  The papers match the ink, that match the card, that even match the Washi tape! A-maz-ing!

                

Hints and Tips

Wink of Stella - Is a must have!  Stampin’ Up! have two colours Clear and Gold.  I used clear on the flowers on this card.  The brush tip is lovely and fine and I was easily able to paint glitter on the small areas. Who does not like glitter??

Layers – A layered card always looks better to me, than just a flat one.  You can see here that I have added dimensionals to my Melon Mambo card layer so that you can see the Designer Series Paper better behind. 

Look forward to seeing you back soon and let me know if you need any help with an order or would like a paper catalogue

Hugs Sam xx

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