A Pot of Flowering Fields Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafty friends and a very Happy Leap Year Monday to you all. How was your weekend? Mine was super busy with my February Card Class and I got the baking bug. I spent yesterday making and baking all day and have a stock pile of Slimming World friendly snacks and cakes to prove it!

I have a card from my monthly card class to share with you this morning. I had seen this card over on my Demo friend Rose's blog and absolutely loved it so decided to give it a go myself. I loved the simplicity of the card.

I used an Old Olive card base which I mirrored in my colouring (I used my Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker for the leaves). I used my Curvy Corner Trio Punch for the fancy corners on my Whisper White layer.

I hand drew a template for the flower pot which I then used to trace enough pots for all my card class ladies. We cut the pot from Pumpkin Pie cardstock and sponge daubered with Cajun Craze to give the added dimension.

 When it came to stamping the Flowering Fields flowers I marked the edges of my flower pot with pencil to give me a guide to position my flowers. I stamped my flowers in Memento Black ink and coloured with my Brights Stampin' Write Markers.

The sentiment is taken from Cottage Greetings and is stamped in Tempting Turquoise and Pacific Point (I used my markers to colour the stamp directly).

Flowering Fields is one of the exclusive stamp sets only available through March 31st as part of Stampin' Up!'s Sale-A-Bration promotion. You can receive this stamp set for free with a purchase of £45+. I love crafty freebies with my purchases. Sale-A-Bration really is the best time of the crafting year.

Thank you for popping by today. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up!, Sale-A-Bration or any of our new 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-

Product List

Flowering Fields Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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£0.00

Curvy Corner Trio Punch

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£18.00

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

[131259]

£27.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.50

Cottage Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139962]

£14.00

Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock

[108601]

£6.50

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad

[126965]

£6.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

£4.50

A Going Global Shaker Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Evening crafters. What a crazy week. My girls are both poorly which has thrown out all my crafting plans and schedules for the week. But in celebration of getting them to sleep I have something a little different to share with you this evening. I was blog hopping earlier in the week and came across the Global Design Project blog. This week's challenge theme is to CASE the designer. And the designer in question is my lovely upline Michelle. So I decided to have a go.

As soon as I saw Michelle's source card I instantly wanted to take the shaker element as my focus. I never need much of an excuse to add sparkles and a shaker element to my cards. I also loved the showcasing of the Designer Series Paper so decided to crack open my Going Places Paper Stack.

This is what I came up with:

For my shaker element I painstakingly went through my Brights Sequins to pick out the green stars and the blue hearts to represent the colours of the sea and land of the stamped globe.

I also added my newly arrived Metallics Glitter Tape as a glimmery feature of my card. This is one of the new Sale-A-Bration items available through till March 31st (a set of three metallic tone tapes free with a purchase of £45+).

Thank you for popping by today. I hope you enjoyed my challenge entry. Pop back on Friday when I'll be giving you a little sneak peek of this months card class projects. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up!, Sale-A-Bration or any of our new 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-

Product List

Going Places Designer Series Paper Stack

[140581]

£7.25

Going Global Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140748]

£17.00

Brights Sequin Assortment

[138389]

£4.50

Window Sheets Base Material

[114323]

£4.50

Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad

[133644]

£6.00

Lost Lagoon A4 Cardstock

[133686]

£6.50

2" Circle Punch

[133782]

£16.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

Metallics Glitter Tape

[141020]

£0.00

A Birthday Blooms Celebration with Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

A belated Happy Monday to my crafty friends.

Well what a weekend it has been. Spent the weekend in London with Sam. We had tickets to a Walking Dead convention at Olympia. We are huge fans of the show so spent the weekend geeking out at the panels and perusing the horror and sci fi stalls. We also indulged in some shopping and eating in central London with a trip to Bubba Gumps (Forrest Gump themed chain restaurant). 

Now that doesn't begin to explain my late posting today though. I lost most of today to a migraine!!! I had the project all lined up to share but spent most of today curled up in the dark. Thankfully I've slept off the worst of it and I am ready to share my craftiness for the day.

This is a project I made for a recent crafty Stampin' Up! party I demonstrated at. The project seemed to go down really well. This stamp set, Birthday Blooms, has proved super popular amongst my regular class attendees. I just love the swirly sentiments.

For this card I used a 10.5x21cm Whisper White card base (scored at 10.5cm). I used a strip of Rose Red cardstock layered with a piece of Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper (from the Spring Summer catalogue).

I positioned my paper strips and then stamped my line of hearts in Rose Red.

Once these layers were adhered I punched my 2" circles from Rose Red cardstock and then layered this with Botanical Gardens Vellum (a Sale-A-Bration freebie item). As you can see I struggled a bit with my glue dot positioning  and should have moved them to hide underneath my flower a bit better. A note to remember for next time.

To finish I stamped my sentiment and stamped the flower in Memento Black ink and used my Blender Pen to colour in Blushing Bride and Wild Wasabi.

Thank you for popping by today. Pop back on Wednesday when I'll be giving you a little sneak peek of this months card class projects. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up!, Sale-A-Bration or any of our new 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-

Product List

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140658]

£17.00

Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack

[140548]

£7.25

Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack

[141019]

£0.00

Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

£9.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.50

A Flowering Fields Sale A Bration Birthday from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Friday crafters.

What does your weekend have in store? We are off to London for a weekend of adventure, good food and maybe a trip to the Kikki K shop in Covent Garden. I am super excited.

But in the mean time, I have a Saleabration Flowering Fields make to share with you today. I absolutely love this flower set and all its possibilities.  I combined the big flower stamp with the Happy Birthday from Cottage Greetings and Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper. 

I love the clean and simple neatness of this card. It isn't overcomplicated or too fussy but still has the essential bit of sparkle I like to add to all my cards. I stamped the flowers in Rose Red and Old Olive and then added a little glimmer over the top with my Wink of Stella Clear Brush. It lightly lifted the colour of the Rose Red outline to give a pink sheen to my flower heads.

Saleabration is proving super popular this year. Flowering Fields has been one of the favourite stamp sets amongst my customers so far. All you have to do to get your hands on this stamp set for free is place an order of £45+ anytime before March 31st.

Thank you for popping by today. Pop back on Monday for more craftiness. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up!, Sale-A-Bration or any of our new 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-

Product List

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

£7.25

Cottage Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139962]

£14.00

Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper

[140550]

£4.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

Rose Red Classic Stampin' Pad

[126954]

£6.00

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[126953]

£6.00

A Pedal Pusher Thank You Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Hello crafters and a very Happy Wednesday to you.

Stampin' Up! have launched three exclusive Sale-A-Bration items for the last 6 weeks of the promotion including some gorgeous glitter washi tape. You can choose any one of the three new items with a purchase of £45+ from now through to the end of March. I have used the new Pedal Pusher Sale-A-Bration stamp set for today's crafty creation.

I am demonstrating for some lovely ladies tonight at a Sale-A-Bration crafty party. I wanted to make a thank you note for my hostess and this is what I came up with. I used one of our Whisper White Notecards as a base. I combined the freebie Pedal Pusher bike image with the flowers from the Cottage Greetings stamp set. My colour combo is Crushed Curry, Rose Red and Mint Macaron.

I coloured my bike with a Blender Pen and ink from the lid of my ink pads.

I added a strip of DSP from the gorgeous Love Blossoms DSP Stack (a bargain at £7.25 for 48 sheets). I stamped the sentiment and mounted over two strips of the super sparkly Sale-A-Bration Glitter Washi.

To finish my card I added tiny Basic Pearls to my flowers for added dimension and sparkle.

Here are all the new Sale-A-Bration items together:

Thank you for popping by today. Pop back on Friday for more craftiness. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up!, Sale-A-Bration or any of our new 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-

8 more Tin of Cards projects from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

 Hello happy crafters. How is your Monday going? I'm on a countdown to 9pm for the return of the Walking Dead. My other half and I are huge fans (we are even off to Walker Stalker at the weekend- a convention for zombie fans!). 

But to get me through the day waiting I have been busy crafting and prepping for my crafty week ahead. I have a Stampin' Up! party on Wednesday which I am super looking forward to. 

I hosted my Tin of Cards class on Saturday. Sadly not everyone made it in the end due to the dreaded winter lurgies. But we had a lovely time all the same and everyone made their tin unique with a variety of cards for different occasions contained within.

I thought I would round off my week long Tin of Cards fun by sharing the last 2 sets of cards I made to go inside my tin- the Crumb Cake cut out cards and the Whisper White card bases. 

I added a couple of stamp sets in to the mix to make the sympathy card and the new baby card. I wanted to have at least one card per file in the tin.

Of the white cards my favourite is the 'Hello' card. I loved using the elements in a slightly different way. I used the punched out metallic fold from the shutter elements to make the background. I added the stamped crosses from the Tin of Cards stamp set and simply added gold thread and an epoxy heart. Sometimes the simplest cards are the best.

Thank you for popping by today. Pop back on Wednesday for more craftiness. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up!, Sale-A-Bration or any of our new 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-

More Tin of Cards Creations from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Saturday. I've woken to rain and cold outside. So what better way to spend your day then crafting and creating with friends. I have a lovely group of ladies spending the afternoon with the Tin of Cards Project Kit this afternoon. 

Today I am sharing the 4 cards I made with the lovely die cut heart swirly card base. This is my favourite of the 4 card bases as I love the swirly doodles around the die cut area.

Again I have mixed up each of the designs and mixed up the elements I used on each card.

This is the card I shared earlier in the week. This follows the kit instructions. 

I used one of the gold foil shutter elements behind the die cut area. I then embellished the heart with one of the epoxy gold hearts.

You can't really tell from the picture but the DSP is stuck to the inside of the card on this one giving a window effect.

This is my favourite of the four cards. I used the leftover piece of DSP from the organisation tabs inside the tin to create this card. I love the simplicity of the stripes and Mint Macaron. Plus I like to use as many of the elements as possible and I had a few of the white banners leftover at this point.

Don't forget it is still Sale-A-Bration (until the end of March). If you purchased the Tin of Cards Project Kit and coordinating stamp set plus a Snail Adhesive you'd be able to choose a Sale-A-Bration freebie as an extra. Who doesn't love a free crafty gift?

There are three ways to benefit during Sale-A-Bration.

Here’s the deal: for every 60 €/£45 you spend (before tax and shipping), you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration product. That means it’s the perfect time to purchase those products you’ve had your eye on while earning more products for free.

Note: Pages 4–15 of the Sale-A-Bration brochure show products available throughout the entire Sale-A-Bration sales period (5 January–31 March 2016); Pages 16–19 show limited-time products available only until 15 February.* Watch for another batch of limited-time products coming 16 February!

*Based on inventory, availability may be temporarily extended.

Need another excuse to get together with friends? Just host a qualifying party with at least 275 €/£200 in sales during Sale-A-Bration and you’ll earn 27 €/£20 more Stampin’ Rewards! You can even apply your Stampin’ Rewards toward a Starter Kit and become a demonstrator yourself!

It’s the best time of year to join Stampin’ Up! During Sale-A-Bration, you can become a demonstrator for just 129 €/£99 and choose 45 €/£30 more of FREE products for your Starter Kit. Plus, the kit ships for free. Click here to sign up direct and join my Inkin' Owls team.

 

Thank you for popping by today. Pop back on Monday for more Tin of Cards craftiness. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up!, Sale-A-Bration or any of our new 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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