The Retirement List is up!

Hi Crafters!
The new Stampin' Up! catalogue is being realeased on 1st October, so to make way for all those lovely new products we have to say goodbye to some of the ones in the current catalogue.These products will only be available while stocks last. So if you want any don't hang about ordering them! The list can be found here.
Good news! The prices have been evaluated for the new catalogue and some items have been reduced in price. EG. Designer papers will be £7.75 and were £8.50. The new prices have been taken into account for the Retirement List, so grab yourself a bargain!
Bye for now!

louise x

Buy 3 and get 1 FREE!

The offer from Stampin' Up in August is - Buy 3 12" x 12" Designer Paper sets and get a fourth pack FREE!

That's a saving of £8.50. WOW!

Each set has 12 double sided sheets. There are 2 sheets each of 6 designs. Each pack is £8.50, so for 4 packs it would be £25.50 +p&p, that works out at an amazing 53p per sheet. The quality is fab as always,and the designs and colours all coordinate perfectly with the stamp sets and colour families of the cardstock and ink pads.

The paper sets are on page 72 and 73 in the catalogue or here in the online catalogue.

Please email me if you would like to place an order.

This offer ends 31st August 2008

Busy Weekend!

I've had quite a busy weekend. firstly on Friday night I had a lovely night with Linz, Carol, Cath, Yvonne, Joanne, Leah and Lynn at a workshop at my house. It was lovely to see everyone. I've been totally inspired and have started a mini album in citrus colours hopefullt to be finished later this week. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet. Will definately be selling it but not sure where yet. (thinking aloud here)! I've been listing some more old non SU! Stamps and craft bits on Ebay today, check it out and grab yourself a bargain!!!

Anyway, we have been thinking about getting a dog for a while now. So, on Saturday we decided to visit a couple of kennels. It was so upsetting to see so many dogs needing homes. We visited the Dogs Trust in Leeds and we all fell in love with 15 month old Spencer, a Patterdale terrier. We took him out for a walk and he is just so lovely that we decided to adopt him!!! We should be able to bring him home with us on Friday. We've walked him again today and he is just full of character and really obedient.

Here he is-

I've just ordered the Tailgating standard wheel to make dog announcement cards to send out!!!

Here's a card I did really quickly last week in my favourite colours of the week - Taken with Teal (Yum), Close to Cocoa (Yum Yum) and Creamy Caramel (Yum Yum Yum).It's the Seeing Spots set randomly stamped across the centre of a 5x5 card front. The corners were softened with a corner rounder. The sentiment is from the Cheers and Wishes set. I used a Creamy Caramel Water Colour crayon and wet it with a paint brush for the smallest stamp that's just visible, then flicked it on to the cardstock for a speckled effect. We were shown this technique at the Leeds SU! Expereince tour.We did something similar to this for the Make and take on Friday night.

This is another quick one from this week. I used the Time for a tree roller and coloured using pencils and Odourles thinners. I matted this on not Quite Navy C/S and ran the Whisper White card base through the Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder. My first Christmas card fof the year! Beter get a move on and do more!

Don't forget to comment on the thread below to take part in my BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY!!!!

Take care

Lou x

The first photo for tonight is of another of the cards I made, a few weeks ago, to go in the box shown in the pic. It uses the rose in the Mixed Bouquet set. I've layered it up and curled the edges to give it dimension. I used the Sanded background stamps for the background, tied a bit of ribbon around and that's about it. The ink is Regal Rose.

This second photo was inspired by a tag and candle set I saw on SCS gallery. It uses the Pretty Posy hostess set.

Stampin Up! are getting to grips with the advertising and have a couple of promotions in the pipeline. Later this month, Crafts Beautiful will run an exclusive PolyBag promotion through Tesco supermarket stores. The promotion bag will include a complimentary 2007-2008 Idea Book and Catalogue.

Prima magazine will feature four months of editorial coverage about Stampin' Up!, commencing with the August issue. There will also be five months of editorial coverage (from July to November) on Prima’s allaboutyou web site.

***To celebrate my blog having 1000 hits (900 are probably mine)! I have organised some Stampin Up! BLOG CANDY. I will post pics and details tomorrow night.

Make and takes

Here's the make and takes we did at the Leeds Stampin' Up! Expereince tour on Monday night.

eScape workshop

Put down the phone, turn off the computer, and break free from the ‘e’!Remember when you got letters in your letterbox instead of your inbox? This month, unplug, unwind, and reconnect with your friends and loved ones through handmade cards. eScape with Stampin’ Up!Connect with your "wireless network" by attending or hosting an eScape event. Take advantage of the 25% discount on select products when you purchase the eScape bundle, and create that special message from the heart.

I am hosting a workshop to celebrate eScape

on Sunday 22nd June 2008

from 11am until 3pm

at my house in Castleford, West Yorkshire

The Make and take(class)will be a small box containing 4 love notes using the Circle of Friendship Set.

I will be demonstrating the coloured pencil and Sansador technique (instructions, templates and some freebies to take away too)

There will be a prize draw, challenges and the chance to look at Stampin Up! products and samples and to place an order.

There's a small charge of £5 per person which includes a light lunch and refreshments.

Booking essential.

Email me for more details or to book your place.

Stampin Up! have created a bundle to celebrate eScape

Bundle includes

Love notes assortment

Circle of Freindship Stamp

Set 1 1/4" Circle Punch

The bundle price is £28.39

with a saving of 25% of the catalogue price.

If you would like to order please email me.

Please check out other Promotions in the left hand coloumn under June Promotions .

Stampin Up! Open Night in Leeds

Hi
Stampin' Up! are having an Open night at The village Hotel, Headingley, Leeds on 30th June 7-9pm.
There's going to make and takes, demonstrations and prize draws. There will be the chance to learn more about Stampin Up! and becoming a demo if you're interested. It's all free!
If you are interested in coming along, I'll be there with a few of my crafting buddies, please let me know and I'll send you an invitation which will be used to enter you into the prize draw. It should be a good night!
Lou x

Fathers Day creations!

Just showing what I made for my Dad for Fathers Day. I followed a tutorial from SCS to make the hanging box to go on the bottle of wine. I put in a couple of Caramacs (Dad's favourite) but have eaten them as I'm not seeing him until Wednesday!!! The image on the box is from my new set Loads of love and coloured using the Watercolour Wonder crayons.


I made the card at the Stampin' Up! field training event in lincoln last month it was one of the make and takes.


The tiny takeaway box is stamped up with seeing spots set in close to cooca ink. Lush!

Just heard about another promotion from Stampin' Up! for this month. Anyone signing up as a demonstrator gets to choose a free stamp set upto the value of £41.95 from the current catalogue aswell as the usual starter kit. Wow! If anyone is interested in becoming a demo for STampin'Up! please email me for more info.

Deals on wheels

I'm having real trouble uploading photos at the moment so none of my creations to share today with you. Have done loads so will try to get to the bottom of it this week and get something uploaded.

I've been really busy with Stampin Up! and just life in general!!! It's Leah's birthday and party at the weekend and we go on holiday next Wednesday for 2 weeks for Jodie and Alex's wedding. WooHoo!

Anyway thought I'd upload the latest offer from Stampin' Up! I've got the petal wheel and Polka dots and Paisley set and it's very nice! (will try to get photos uploaded later in week)

Deals on Wheels!
Find wheely great deals at Stampin’ Up! all May long!
If you haven’t experienced the fun, ease, and versatility of our Stampin' Around wheels, now is your chance. For the entire month of May, when you buy a preselected stamp set, you’ll receive the coordinating wheel for 50 percent off!

Item Number - 113422
Description - Carte Postale bundleIncludes Carte Postale stamp set and the Leaves a la Carte jumbo wheel
Price - £29.93
Page numbers 56 - 57

Item number - 113423
Description - Seeing Spots bundleIncludes Seeing Spots stamp set and the Spot On jumbo wheel
Price - £19.93
Page number p. 52

Iem number - 113425
Description - Polka Dots & Paisley bundleIncludes the Polka Dots & Paisley stamp set and the Petals jumbo wheel
Price -£22.93
Catalogue page number- p. 51

Item number - 113427
Description - Close as a Memory/Vine bundleIncludes the Close as a Memory stamp set and the Watercolor Vine jumbo wheel
Price - £22.93
Catalogue page number - p. 40

Item number - 113430
Description - Close as a Memory/Joy bundleIncludes the Close as a Memory stamp set and the Watercolor Joy standard wheel
Price - £21.93
Page number - p. 40

You’ll be amazed at all the ways you can use wheels to add depth and dimension to your projects!

Click on link below to view catalogue

http://www2.stampinup.com/gb/eng/default.asp

Open House this Saturday

It's that time again! I'm having a Stamp/Craft/Chat n a cuppa session at my house this Saturday. 1 -3pm. My Stampin up! goodies will be available to look at and I'll be doing demonstrations and a make n take for those who are interested. Any orders taken on the day will be delivered next week. We have a fab time! If you fancy it email me and i'll give you directions etc.If you can't make it this time the next one will be Saturday 10th May.
Have a good day!
Lou x