Stampin' Sarah!: August 2016

Wednesday, 31 August 2016

A little Christmas Magic from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Wednesday Crafters.

Look what I have to share with you today- a little sneak peek of the Autumn Winter catalogue and a stamp set called Christmas Magic.

This card is inspired by one of the creative makes in the catalogue itself. I adored the simplicity of the layers and the focus on the beautiful stamped images. So I gave the sample card a Stampin' Sarah makeover.

I started my card with the background which I created by inking my acrylic block with Soft Sky ink and spraying with a water spritz. I pressed the whole block to my Whisper White card base to get the imperfect rectangle background. I then used my Wink of Stella Clear brush to add a little sparkle to my background.

I stamped the snowman and pole in Memento Black ink and coloured with my Stampin' Write markers. I cut around the images and adhered with Dimensionals.

I stamped the sentiment on to my Real Red banner and added Rhinestones for extra sparkle.

And as promised another quick cross stitch update. These two projects are designs from The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery. I love their quirky kawaii designs. The adventure one is a monthly stitch along where a new clue/country is released on the 1st of every month. I love stitching along with fellow fanatics around the globe.

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-

Product List

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

£21.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.50

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

[131259]

£27.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

[119246]

£4.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

£7.25

Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

[131181]

£6.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

£3.75

Monday, 29 August 2016

A Festive Frame from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning and a very Happy Bank Holiday Monday.

Firstly, I'll begin with apologies due to my lack of updates. My laptop went off for repairs as all of a sudden it stopped responding a couple of weeks back. I felt like I'd had a friend removed (more an indication of how much time I spend on Pinterest than anything!). So I've had all my pictures ready but no way of updating. I am now fully up and running (thankfully with my pictures backed up ready to share) and have a fun week of projects to share with you! And lets not forget the new catalogue will be live on Wednesday too. What a week!!!

So today I have a project that I created for my August Christmas Craft Days earlier this month. I am a big fan of these Ribba frames from IKEA. I have crafted with them several times before including memory frames for my girls. They measure 23cm square and are perfect for adding a touch fun and festiveness to your December decor.

I started with a Cherry Cobbler card base and added my layered Very Vanilla and DSP squares over the top. I then took elements from the This Christmas DSP and various festive stamp sets to add images, words and embellishments.

What I love about the simplicity of this project is that you could easily theme the panels to match your own colour scheme of decor theme. I am currently working on another frame with some of the lovely new stamp sets available from Wednesday. I will share it as soon as the project is finished.

Thanks for sticking with me and for your patience. I'm happy to be back blogging again and have so many things in the works to share in the upcoming weeks. I'll leave you today with a bit of a cross stitchy update. I have been working on this huge hare and moon design since the New Year. I have so far finished 2 of 8 pages but I am loving every minute. I'll give you an update of some of my stitch along projects later in the week.

-XXX-

Product List

Reason For The Season Photopolymer Stamp Set

[139730]

£19.00

Gold 5/8" Satin Ribbon

[134547]

£6.50

Silver 5/8" Satin Ribbon

[134548]

£6.50

This Christmas Designer Series Specialty Paper

[141628]

£11.75

Peace This Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141570]

£16.00

Wondrous Wreath Photopolymer Stamp Set

[135047]

£23.00

Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies

[135851]

£22.00

Tuesday, 16 August 2016

An Autumn Winter Jolly Friends Sneak Peek from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters. How was your weekend? It was a beautifully sunny few days on the Isle of Wight which was perfect for our RSPCA Gala Day on Sunday. What a lovely day it was enjoyed by all. My girls love visiting and seeing the variety of dogs entering the dog show as well as seeing all the resident and visiting cats and rabbits. The day raised over £5000 for the Centre which was a fantastic day and well reflective of all the effort put in by the staff and volunteers.

For all those eager Christmas crafters awaiting the 1st September I have a fun little sneak peek for you today. This is a card I CASED from the new Autumn Winter catalogue featuring a fab little set called Jolly Friends. I adore moose and knew I had to have a go at this card as soon as I saw it in the catalogue.

Now for those eagle eyed Stampin' Up! fans you might see another couple of sneak peeks used for this card- the fab new Jolly Hat Builder Punch and Mini Jingle Bells. The new Autumn Winter catalogue is chock full of festive inspiration and if you would like a copy posting out to you direct you just need to drop me a line on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk and I'll get a copy straight out to you.

I know I'm biased as I love all things Stampin' Up! but this years Autumn Winter offering is one of the best I've seen in the 6.5years I've been with the company. There really are so many different styles and tastes catered for as well as beautiful Autumnal sets and fun Halloween crafting bits and bobs. There are also lots of fun embellishments and accessories and lots of glitter too.

-XXX-

Friday, 12 August 2016

A Fairy Celebration from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning lovelies. How has your week been? I've been enjoying creating with my gorgeous Autumn Winter preorder products. I have some sneak peeks for you next week. As you read this I will be finalising my table and prep for my 2nd Christmas Craft Day today. I have lots of fun in store for my ladies today and having received some great feedback from last Saturday's creating I am sure some beautiful creations will be made today.

My creative share for today was the result of a challenge I set myself to ink a stamp I'd not created anything with yet. The Fairy Celebration stamp set was on my must have list when I saw the new annual catalogue yet I hadn't gotten around to creating with it. I wanted a colourful but simple card to highlight the gorgeous fairy image. This is what I came up with:

I simply stamped the fairy in Memento Black ink and coloured with a selection of ink pads and Blender Pens. I added Dazzling Diamonds to the toadstool and brushed Clear Wink of Stella over my Soft Sky background to add extra sparkle. The final embellishments were the stars taken from the In Color Accents pack and the tiny pearls.

-XXX-

Product List

Fairy Celebration Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141554]

£17.00

Brights Classic Stampin' Pads

[131182]

£51.00

Blender Pens

[102845]

£9.00

Brights A4 Card Stock

[131282]

£7.25

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

£7.25

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter

[133751]

£4.50

Monday, 8 August 2016

A Stampin' Colouring Book Gift from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Monday Crafters.

What a weekend it has been. I hosted the first of my annual Christmas Craft Days on Saturday. What a fantabulous day we all had. My ladies created some lovely projects and I gave them a little sneak peek of my Autumn Winter goodies. I am definitely now in Christmas crafting mode and think I might make a start on my Christmas card stash imminently.

I have a different little project to share with you today. This was the gift for my Hostess Club ladies with their July orders. If you'd like to find out more about my virtual clubs you can click the tab above. But in essence I run a monthly club where each member places a monthly order (£15 minimum) and one month you receive the hostess freebies and each month with your order is a handmade gift from me (as well as a gift for joining too). You also receive a copy of each catalogue launched during your time in the club. I welcome new members at any time for a duration of 10 months. You are more than welcome to join from anywhere in the UK. You don't have to be local to the Isle of Wight. I post lovely crafty packages all over the UK on a monthly basis.

With the current trend for adult colouring books and mindfulness I thought I would have a go at creating my own Stampin' Up! mini book for my lovely club members which I packaged with a little pack of colouring pencils.

Creating my colouring ages allowed me to go through my stamp shelves and pick out all the sets with black and white outlines. I inked up some images I haven't used in ages. It was fun to just go through and just stamp without worrying about lining up and stamping in exact positions.

I think these little colouring sets would make lovely little gifts or could be adapted in to a colour your own birthday or Christmas card set.

-XXX-

Product List

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.50

Barnyard Babies Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139328]

£17.00

Birthday Blooms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140658]

£17.00

Fairy Celebration Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[141554]

£17.00

From Land To Sea Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139361]

£17.00

In The Meadow Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140754]

£18.00

Papillon Potpourri Clear Stamp Set

[123759]

£14.00

Sitting Here Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141589]

£15.00

Thursday, 4 August 2016

A Jar of Love Birthday Celebration from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafty friends. How has your week been so far? Its been a busy one here. I am still putting the finishing touches to my Christmas class projects for Saturday's all day get together with some lovely ladies. It is my favourite class of the year.

Today's crafty share is a birthday card I created for one of my lovely card class ladies last month. I combined lots of my favourite products from the Annual Catalogue for this card including the Sunshine Wishes Thinlits and Jar of Love Bundle.

I stamped the jar on to a piece of Vellum and then cut out with my matching Thinlits to give the see through glass effect. I then stamped the two step flowers from the Jar of Love stamp set and added them with Brights Sequins around the top of my birthday jar of flowers.