I have had a Stampin'Up! delivery!! I always get excited when new supplies arrive.
I ordered the Candy Cane Lane paper in this order, I already have the cookie cutter stamp set and punch bundle from the christmas catalogue and it's fab! I have made a lot of projects with this set (pictures to follow) to sell in the tea shop where I have other things on sale. The ladies there were keen to get Christmas stock in too, so I have concentrated on that this week (in between my 'day job' at the preschool!). I am going to use this paper to decorate some Crumb Cake boxes that I've made and I want to have a go at the paper wreathes that I've seen on facebook and pinterest recently.
I have also treated myself to the Stampin'Up! Envelope punch board! I'm excited to have a go with this, it means I can make cards that are not standard sizes and still make an envelope to match! Also, I have seen lots of exciting things that you can make with this punch board including little Christmas crackers and other types of boxes.
Well today has been very exciting! I have taken some of my handmade projects to sell in a local crafty tea shop. The ladies in there are lovely and so positive about everything I took to show them.
Packs of hand stamped gift tags.
Wall hangings.
A box of handstamped thankyou cards.
I now have to start on Christmas things to make and sell!
The most exciting part of my first ever onstage was being selected to be one of the display stampers!! I had lots of fun playing with top secret, brand new products! I was sent the products at the beginning of September and here are a few of the projects that I created for the display boards.
When I arrived at Telford I was thrilled to see my name up on a notice board with the other display stampers as well! I still can't quite believe it x
Well the day has finally arrived! My first ever Stampin'Up! onstage!! I have been sooo excited about this! Here are a few photos from the day.
All the swaps that I received from all the other lovely demonstrators that had travelled from all over the U.K to be in Telford.
Me with my uplines and stamping friends!
The team gifts I made for my friends, earrings made using the 'Cookie Cutter Christmas' stamp set and punch.I stamped the reindeer onto shrink plastic,once heated and shrunk these are just the right size for jewellery charms! I made my own background paper using 'Stitched with Cheer' stamps.
Well it's been a busy few weeks so apologies for the lack of posts on my blog.
As Stampin' Up! onstage is only a few weeks away (5th November 2016) and I will be there(!!) I have been working on my 'swaps' for the day. As this will be my first 'onstage' I am only making 40. I have decided on a small 3d project using stamp sets from the Stampin'Up! Autumn/Winter catalogue. This slim box is designed to hold a teabag, here I have used ginger (a bit Christmassy!) The stamp sets are 'Cookie Cutter Christmas' and 'Stitched with Cheer'.
It's good to get back to normal after the long summer holidays! My daughter is enjoying high school and I am back at work (in the pre-school) with lots of new happy faces and characters to get to know.
To start the Autumn off I have created a card with the 'Sunshine sayings' stamp set and the 'Sunshine wishes' thinlits.
This is a simple card using only 'crumb cake' and 'very vanilla' cardstock with a little 'crumb cake' ink.
I love the clean look of this card, its quite different from the cards I normally create. The card base is half a sheet of A4 'crumb cake' scored in half. I then used a mat layer a few millimetres smaller, still in 'crumb cake' to add some depth to the card. I die cut the heart die and the 'love' word die in 'very vanilla' . I adhered the love die cut and the centre part of the heart die cut to the card using 'tombow' multipurpose glue. The more delicate part of the heart die was adhered with 'stampin dimensionals' to raise it from the card and add dimension. I stamped the 'you' onto 'very vanilla' cardstock in 'crumb cake' ink and cut it out by hand. I stuck this to the card with dimensionals also. I hope you like it.
Woohoo!! I have something new to play with! These stamps are fab! there are so many different ways to use the sentiments and the die cuts are a bit 'scribbly' in style which I really like.
Here's a picture of the set and the die cuts so you can have a sneak peak at what I will be playing with. If you have any questions or would like to order from me please get in touch x
