The Stampin' Up! 2015 Retiring List is Live

Good morning crafters.

Today is the day, the Stampin' Up! 2015 retiring lists are live. Until June 2nd all these products are available on a 'while stocks last' basis. There are some great reductions to be found on these lists. And if a favourite stamp set of yours is on there that you haven't yet purchased this is the perfect time to place your order. Click on the images below to see the lists of retiring stamps and retiring accessories.

With a new catalogue just around the corner this is a perfect time to pick up a bargain and say goodbye to some old favourites. There are lots of stamps and accessories on these lists that I love and will be sad to see leave. But then I am super excited to see what the new catalogue has in store too.

Thank you for popping by today. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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Painted Petals Tealight Gift Box Thank You from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Painted Petals has been by far my favourite of all the Spring Summer catalogue products and I will be sad to see it go on June 2nd. I love the effect  of the two step stamping (and how much easier it is now you can line up the photopolymer stamps through your acrylic block).

This project is inspired by the amazing Bronwyn Eastley. I absolutely loved the simplicity of this little tealight gift box. A perfect little thank you for a teacher or loved one. 

The inside of the gift box with the little scented tealight:

I do enjoy a bit of fussy cutting from time to time. I loved raising this little rose to add dimension to the front of the gift box.

Thank you for popping by today. Don't forget to check out this week's Weekly Deals. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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Adventure Bound Mini Treat Bag Men's Shirt Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Here is another of our craft class makes for May. I wanted to give the Adventure Bound Paper Stack a last outing as I adored all of the prints in the set and they are perfect for creating quick and easy men's cards.

I have seen a lot of these Bow Tie/Men's Shirts cards around the blogosphere and wanted to give one a go. I used the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Die to cut the base of the card folding back the flap to make the collar.

The inside card slips out of the shirt base. I used the Age Awareness stamp set and the Bravo stamp set to create the sentiment (stamped in Chocolate Chip).

I created the Bow Tie with the Bow Builder Punch.

Thank you for popping by today. Don't forget to check out this week's Weekly Deals. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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A Life in the Forest Diamond Fancy Fold Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

A Very Happy Monday Morning to you! How was your weekend? I hope you had a good one. 

I have lots of lovely projects to share with you this week. I will be posting projects made with my favourite retiring products (giving them one last airing before we move on to all the new loveliness of the new catalogue).

I have a  project to share from my May card class today. I had seen a similar project over on Belinda's blog and loved the effect of the combination of the Hardwood background with the Life in the Forest stamp set. I adore these little forest critters and will be putting this on my 'keep for my girls' shelf come June 3rd. This is definitely one I cannot bear to part with.

I used the basic measurements for the Double Diamond fold from Belinda's blog but I changed the width to allow for two cards to be made from one single piece of A4. I used Crumb Cake for my base with Soft Suede layers. The Hardwood was stamped with Chocolate Chip.

To colour the animals I used my Blender Pens and ink pads (I squeezed my closed ink pads to get ink on to the lid of the pad). This is how I managed to get a blended effect with my colouring. I love the vibrancy of the Chalk Marker for the details on the fox.

Thank you for popping by today. Don't forget to check out this week's Weekly Deals. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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Fun with the Everyday Occasions Kit from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Evening crafters. Welcome to the weekend. I've had a super busy day getting ready for my new catalogue launch tomorrow (feel free to pop by if you are local on the Isle of Wight and fancy a little craftiness). I have lots of lovely craft items for sale as well as a fun make and take and copies of the catalogue for all attendees.

This week I went along to my monthly craft group with some lovely friends. We usually buy stamps to share amongst with our monthly subs. But this month we did something a little different and purchased the Everyday Occasions Kit from Stampin' Up! We thought as it was a crafty evening we could all share the kit contents and make ourselves some cards all together.

I cannot believe I haven't purchased one of these fab all in one kits before. Everything you need right in one lovely box including all the elements, Dimensionals, embellishments, cards, envelopes, stamps and ink (and there is even an acrylic block in the box too).

Here are the cards I made from the kit contents:

I love this Happy Birthday stamp. It would work really well on its own. So simple and it stamps beautifully:

I love the different styles and sizes of card in the kit. And the stamp set has a mix of sentiments for all occasions. Such a great all in one kit for the new stamper with clear and concise instructions or an easy to transport kit for the crafter on holiday.

Just a reminder, this and many other items are only available to order until June 2nd. After that we will have lots of new loveliness to drool over. But don't miss your chance to purchase your retiring favourites.

Thank you for popping by today. Don't forget to check out this week's Weekly Deals. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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An Awesomely Artistic Sneak Peek from Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters. 

Yes, its that time again. Weekly Deals are here. Pop over to my online store by clicking here to check out this weeks fab deals. I love this time of the week as there are always interesting combos to be had.

I have a few sneak peeks to share with you today from Saturday's Telford Regional.

This first card project is our Make and Take project. At every Stampin' Up! event there are always crafty projects to complete. We are given a pack with all the components and then a big box of all the stamps, inks and glues to make our kits in to cards, bags or boxes. Stampin' Up! really do think of everything and I'd love to welcome you to join my team and come along to see for yourself. Convention is our next big event in November. Drop me a line on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249 to find out more about joining the Stampin' Up! family. Not only a great deal on the Starter Kit but fun with new friends as well.

The card above uses a brand new set called Awesomely Artistic which is perfect for inking and layering. The colours are three of the fantastic new In Colors- Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron & Delightful Dijon.

I just love this set, especially that gorgeous dragonfly. For this card we inked and then water spritzed the stamp to get a watercolour effect. The actual dragonfly stamp is beautiful and detailed.

I thought I would show you a couple of the gorgeous display samples too. The new catalogue features a fantastic new Thinlit called Cutie Pie for creating cake boxes like the sample on the left. There is also is amazing new kit called the Sweet Stack Project Kit which makes the complete project on the right below. They really are incredible in real life.

 And one last Telford picture to share. Me in the back with some great Pinkies Leadership teamies. We had a fun afternoon tea get together on Friday where we talked business and planning for the months ahead.

Thank you for popping by today. Don't forget to check out this week's Weekly Deals. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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Crazy About You Typeset Papercut Birthday Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Monday crafters.

What a weekend. I spent Friday and Saturday with my fantastic Stampin' Up! team and friends. It is one of my favourite things about being a Demonstrator. Sharing inspiration and ideas with lots of other fellow Demos from around the country. At our Telford Regional there are lots of opportunities to win prizes (I was very lucky and won a prize patrol from the new catalogue!) as well as sample display boards, lovely lunch and swaps with friends.

I wanted to share another birthday project with you today. I made this for my sister earlier in the month. I have become a little obsessed with a new hobby- papercutting (a long process but very therapeutic and fun). I used a template to cut the quill which I mounted on to Rich Razzleberry.

I used a Typeset Speciality Designer Series Paper layer over a Champagne Glimmer Paper layer (unfortunately this is now sold out so could be substituted for Gold Glimmer).

For the greeting I used my Crazy About You Bundle. I cut the 'Happy' with the Hello You Thinlits and then matched this with the 'Birthday' from the Crazy About You stamp set.

My sister loves to read and to write stories.  So I matched her quill card with a folded book (another of my FAB new hobbies). I used a template created by Anna Marie Book Art on Etsy.

And here is the framed paper cut I also made for my sister. Template by the amazing Paper Panda.

Pop back later in the week and I'll share some of the amazing swaps I received at Telford as well as share a few little sneak peeks too.

Thank you for popping by today. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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A Flower Patch Tic Tac Treat Bag from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafty friends. A very happy Friday to you!

I thought I would give you a little sneak peek of my Leadership swaps for our Stampin' Up! get together this weekend. I am so looking forward to catching up with all my lovely Stampin' Up! friends from across the country and maybe getting to have a play with some fab new Stampin' Up! products from the new catalogue.

This was made using the Flower Patch stamp set matched with the 1"x8" Cello Bags.

I filled the cello bags with green tic tacs to look like the flower stem. I stamped each large flower 3 times and cut the layers of each one. The leaves I stamped in Old Olive and Garden Green ink and then cut and glued to the flowers.

My favourite part of these swaps is the curled Pear Pizzazz cardstock which I wrapped around the tic tac stem and decorated with the little Melon Mambo flowers.

Thank you for popping by today. Have a great weekend doing whatever you have planned (and i hope you have time for some craftiness). Don't forget to check out this week's Weekly Deals. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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Bright Little Letters Birthday Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafty friends.

It is a bright and sunny Wednesday here on the Isle of Wight and I have the perfect way to celebrate- this week's Weekly Deals. Pop over and check out some fantastic offers on punches, pens and embellishments.

Now for my crafty creation for the day. This is the card I made for my girls to give to Aunty Sophie for her birthday last week.

I used a selection of cardstock from the Brights Collection to punch the circles. I then ran the circles through my Big Shot with the Little Letters Framelits Dies to create the 'Happy' and 'Birthday'. 

I used my Simply Serif Mini Alphabet for the 'Sophie' which I layered over bright stars punched with my Itty Bitty Accents Mini Star Punch. I  finished with Brights Candy Dots.

Thank you for popping by today. Don't forget to check out this week's Weekly Deals. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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A little Cherry On Top sneak peek from Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy May 11th. Today is my (not so) little girl's birthday. She is 3 already would you believe? I sat down to make her a birthday card and my mind wandered in to my box of new catalogue sneak peek products. When I picked up the brand new Cherry on Top 6"x6" paper stack I realised the papers were perfect for a 3 year old birthday card.

You can see a few sneak peeks here- new In Colors- Watermelon Wonder and Cucumber Crush. As well as beautiful new In Color Lace Trim Ribbon. I also punched the little flowers from new Cotton Paper (perfect for making and shaping dimensional flowers on cards).

To make my three I traced the large '3' from a font on my computer on to Vellum. I then layered brand new Cherry On Top Washi Tape over the outline. I then cut around it and layered the Vellum 3 on to Watermelon Wonder cardstock. I hand cut around it and then added doodled stitching.

I love the new little paper stacks. 6" square is such a versatile size to work with. And I love the bright colours and designs in this perfect little birthday stack (Cherry on Top). To finish the card I added Cucumber Crush Lace Trim, a button and punched mini stars.

And here is my little monkey celebrating this morning. She was enjoying showing Minion Dave who is boss ;0)

Thank you for popping by today. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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Bravo meets the Artisan Embellishment Kit from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Friday!

I have a card share today which I CASed from the lovely Vicky over at Crafting Clare. I adored her use of the Artisan Embellishment Kit to create this stencilled background coloured with Stampin' Write markers. I previously used the rose stencil to sponge dauber a background on this  scrapbook page layout.

I secured the stencil to my Whisper White layer with post it notes and then coloured the roses with Blushing Bride and Pink Pirouette markers. I coloured the leaves with Old Olive and Garden Green.

I stamped the Congrats from the Bravo stamp set in Rose Red over the background.

I hope you have a lovely weekend lined up. I will be teaching my monthly card class tomorrow afternoon and I have some lovely projects to share with you all next week following the class.

Thank you for popping by today. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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A Birthday Bash Star 2nd Birthday Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Wednesday Crafters.

What are your plans for the day? I have my lovely Hostess Club crafty evening tonight. I create a project especially for the ladies who belong to my monthly hostess virtual club and we have a fun catch up over a cuppa. For those that belong to the club at a distance I include the project in the post with their monthly order. If you'd like to find out more about joining my Hostess Club either drop me an email on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or check out the Virtual Club tab above. You are welcome to join anytime and benefit from monthly handmade gifts, all current catalogues posted directly to you as well as one month of Hostess freebies.

Today I am sharing an extra special 2nd Birthday card I made for my friend's little boy. I used the party hat paper from the Birthday Bash Designer Series Paper set as the colour scheme inspiration. I used a Bermuda Bay cardstock base with a Calypso Coral layer.

I layered stars cut with my Stars Framelits over Night of Navy and Crushed Curry cardstock. 

I stamped the 'Theo Is' using the Simply Serif Mini alpabet stamp set. The number 2 and circle sticker were both taken from my crafty stash.

It is Wednesday which means only one thing! Weekly Deals time. Click on the picture below to check out this weeks special offers.

Thank you for popping by today. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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By the Tide Origami Shirt Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning and a very Happy Bank Holiday Monday to you. I hope it is sunny wherever you are. It looks to be a lovely day outside here on the Isle of Wight.

We have had a busy weekend full of Birthday celebrations. Friday was my Dad's Birthday and we celebrated with a fun evening of family and chocolate & coffee cake (it was delightful!).

I wanted to share with you the origami shirt card I made for him. My Dad loves shirts with fish all over them so I decided to have a go at recreating one of his shirts using the By The Tide stamp set.

I used this Youtube video to make my base shirt shape (using Pistachio Pudding cardstock). I changed the measurements slightly by using a whole sheet of UK sized A4. I simply followed the same steps as shown in the video. Once I had the folds sorted I then stamped the By The Tide fish in Garden Green.

I hand cut the little pocket and daubered the edges to define the shape (I also added a bit of stitching detail by using my paper piercing tool to make little holes around the edge of the pocket). I finished with Neutrals Buttons (I had to use one extra to cover a slight stamping blip!).

The inside of the folded card looks like this. I used the Age Awareness birthday sentiment to stamp the inside.

To go with this card I created this stack of gift boxes using my Gift Box Punch Board. I created a large, medium and small box from Kraft cardstock which I then covered with Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper. Each box was filled with one of my Dads favourite treats. I tied the whole stack together with a length of ribbon from my stash.

And my Dad's main gift was this wood burnt chopping board. This was my first attempt at using my pyrography tool and I learned a lot about the type of wood that would work best for this kind of intricate design (this wood was very hard and the grain made it very difficult to get a smooth line). But I was still really pleased with it all the same ;0)

So a big thank you for popping by today. I hope you have had a fantastic bank holiday weekend. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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A pop up Sketched Birthday Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning and welcome to May. And of course a very Happy Birthday to my Dad.

Today's card is not my Dad's actual birthday card (I cannot share that until after he has received it). But in celebration of his birthday I am sharing one of our card class projects from last month. I came across this fantastic pop up card over on Vicky's blog and decided to make my own pop up birthday card.

 For the front cover I used Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Pacific Point. I stamped the greeting from the Age Awareness stamp set and added the balloons from the same set.

For the inside I used the measurements shared by Vicky (cut a piece of whisper white card stock 4 1/4" x 2 3/4"  and score at 1", 2", 3" and 4") to create the pop up section. I then stamped images from the soon to be retired Sketched Birthday and cut then to attach to the pop up square. 

This is such a simple way to create a fun pop up interactive card. It could be used for any occasion or with any stamp set. 

Have you checked out this week's Weekly Deals? Gorgeous buttons, ribbons and binding to be had at great prices just for this week.

Thank you for popping by today. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

 -XXX-

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