A Balloon Celebration Slider Pop Up Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters. How is your week going? It has been a busy one here with catching up on a weeks worth of work. I've also been completing the second of my Stitch Along owls. Hopefully he should be finished today and I can share a picture with you on Friday.

I have seen a lot of these Pop Up Slider Cards around on the internet recently. I really love the idea of the surprise pop up element. So I decided to have a go at teaching this card at my last card class. For my colour scheme I used the Cherry on Top Cardstock pack as my inspiration- Watermelon Wonder and Bermuda Bay. 

To create my card I used a fantastic Splitcoast Stampers tutorial (you can find it here). Once I had all my elements cut I covered my base with birthday images from the Party Wishes stamp set. I also stamped my balloon panel. I used the 'stamping off' technique to get the differing tones for my balloons (ink up your stamp and then stamp on to a piece of scrap paper before stamping on to your main project giving a lighter tone to your stamping). I stamped two balloons on to a spare piece of Whisper White and punched with the coordinating Balloon Punch and mounted with Dimensionals.

This is what the card looks like folded flat (this would fit in to a standard sized envelope).

This is the pop up section at the top of the card. I stamped with the Party Wishes sentiment and added detail from the Balloon Celebration stamp set.

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-

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A Happy Scenes Birthday Celebration from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafty friends. How was your weekend? Yesterday was my middle sister's birthday so we celebrated with homemade cake and a trip to Tapnell Farm for everyone to have a go on the giant bouncing pillow.

I wanted to share one of the cards I made for my sister. She has two cats. Yes you guessed it, a black one and a ginger one (their names are Harry and Ron for all you HP fans). I knew the Hearth and Home Thinlits would be perfect coupled with the cat from the Festive Fireside Framelits. I wanted to create a birthday cake scene for Harry and Ron to be looking in on.

I stamped the cake from Endless Birthday Wishes and coloured with a Blender Pen. I hand cut the curtains from the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper Stack. I wanted to have birthday themed curtains to suit the occasion.

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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The New Stampin' Up! Catalogue 2015 Is Here!

Hello to the new Stampin' Up! Catalogue 2015-2016! 

Click on the image below to link through to a pdf of the new catalogue or alternatively pop your details in an email and I'll post a paper copy straight out to you.

Check out all the lovely new products online in my Online Store (click on the link to the left).

I absolutely love this catalogue and all the loveliness contained within it. It is well worth making a cuppa and indulging for a few minutes (or hours in my case). And I'm not ashamed to admit I still take my catalogue to bed with me. I love poring over all the details and projects before falling asleep.

Today I wanted to highlight the fantastic new In Colors. I look forward every year to the big reveal of the 5 new colours. This year we have Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Delightful Dijon, Tip Top Taupe and Mint Macaron. As usual the names make me hungry. But aside from their mouthwatering sounding names they are also beautiful and vibrant too.

I used the colours to create the 'Hello' bookmark at the top of this post. I used the beautiful new In Colour Lace Trim to tie at the top.

I made the fab In Color sampler bookmarks below to accompany all orders and catalogues sent out throughout June. I wanted to showcase not only the colours but the new Ronald McDonald charity stamp set, Sprinkles of Life. Stampin' Up! give a donation to the charity for every stamp set purchased. 

I love the different uses of this stamp set- you can create ice creams, cupcakes, trees, clouds! And even better, there is a matching punch too (the Tree Builder Punch).

I created a quick series of notelets using the stamp set and new In Colors. I added extra embellishment using the Cherry On Top Paper Stack and coordinating Washi Tapes. The sentiment was stamped using the Work of Art stamp set.

I have a more detailed run down of all the fantastic things I love in the new catalogue tomorrow for you. Just a reminder that for today only you can order from the brand new catalogue, the past catalogue, the Spring Summer and the Retiring Lists. But this is for one day only. And don't forget I'll post an In Color bookmark & catalogue to all customers placing an order in June.

And as if all this amazing newness wasn't enough, Stampin' Up! have also announced a fantastic joining promotion for June. If you join my team anytime between now and June 30th you can pick an extra 2 stamp sets (choose any sets from the new catalogue of any value) on top of your amazing £130 of product. All for the fantastic price of £99. For more information about joining my team click here, or click the picture above to order your Starter Kit straight away.

So pop on over to my Online Store to check out all the FAB new products as well as pick up some last minute bargains. 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-

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!)

 -XXX-