Swan Lake Watercolouring from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Monday Crafty Friends.

How was your weekend? Did you get up to anything exciting? I had a play with some watercolouring and some new stamp sets I ordered from the Spring Summer catalogue. I enjoyed just creating and seeing where I ended up. We are on the last few days of Sale-A-Bration now so it is the perfect time to treat yourself to a few crafty essentials. I thoroughly recommend ordering a new stamp set and just seeing where the making takes you.

Here is one of the cards I created. I saw something similar on Pinterest and had a go myself. I started with a Whisper White card base that I scored to give the double layered frame top and bottom. I then positioned the images from Swan Lake within the lines and coloured with my Watercolour Pencils (blending over the top with a Blender Pen and highlighting the water with a little Clear Wink of Stella).

And this is the inside. I love the way the sentiment carries over to the inside. And those little cygnets are just too cute.

I enjoyed colouring and playing with texture and blending to create this card. And I love the simplicity of creating a card with just a simple Whisper White base and everything coming from simple stamping.

Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! and their products. I would be happy 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 an opportunity to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party.  As the hostess you earns exclusive free products and all guests get to create a fun crafty project to take home too! Get in touch if you'd like any further information.

-xxx-

A Barnyard Babies 2nd Birthday Celebration Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Wednesday Crafters ;0)

I have a special 2nd Birthday card to share with you this morning. This was made for a friend's grandson who we celebrated with at the weekend. He lives on a farm and loves spending time with the animals. I created this card for him last year with the same stamp set and wanted to use the lovely farm animals again for his 2nd birthday.

I started with a Marina Mist cardbase which I layered with Wild Wasabi. I then used my Basic Black ink pad to stamp the farm animals all over my Whisper White layer.

For the feature layer I stamped the number 2 from the Number of Years stamp set. I then stamped it again on to the sticky bit of a post it note to create a mask. I then stamped the cow to make it appear like he is peeking out behind the number. 

I hand coloured the cow and chick with my Stampin' Write Markers and then added the black outline to my number 2 to make it stand out more. The final detail I added was Clear Wink of Stella painted over the top of the 2 to give a bit of sparkle.

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

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140653]

£24.00

Barnyard Babies Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139328]

£17.00

Subtles A4 Card Stock

[131285]

£7.25

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Ink Refill

[140928]

£5.00

Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad

[126959]

£6.00

Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad

[126962]

£6.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

£8.25

A Sale-A-Bration Pedal Pusher Thank You from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters. I have a special card to share with you today. A lovely Australian demonstrator, Kylie Bertucci, is running an International Blog Highlight which is going live on Friday. She is uniting Demonstrators from all across the globe under the theme of 'thanks'. You can vote for your favourite cards in the Highlight and the top 5 will be given a spot on an International Blog Hop (please pop over to Kylie's blog on Friday evening to see all the fantastic 'thank you' projects and vote for your favourites).

 I wanted to create a super special thank you card for a friend at work. As my regular blog readers will know I live on the Isle of Wight (a small island off the south coast of the UK) and work for an animal rescue centre. I wanted to create a special note of thanks for all our Centre staff and volunteers to brighten our staff room as we have had a particularly challenging start to 2016 and I wanted to recognise the efforts of all our care and administrative staff. This is the card I came up with.

I used the same layout as my earlier acetate window card but this time I combined the new Pedal Pusher Sale-A-Bration stamp set with one of my all time favourites, Sheltering Tree. I love the peek a boo effect of stamping inside the card to give depth and added detail.

I added a strip of Love Blossoms DSP with a greeting stamped using the Endless Thanks stamp set. I felt like the card needed a little extra something so I stamped and punched my bunch of Blushing Bride and Rose Red balloons.  I stamped the balloon string with Stazon black ink and then positioned my balloons over the top (adding dimensionals under a couple of the balloons). I also used my Clear Wink of Stella glitter brush to add a little highlight to the edges of my balloons. You can just about see it in the photo below.

And the feature of my card is the tandem bicycle from the exclusive Pedal Pusher stamp set. This is such a simple stamp set to line up as it is photopolymer so adding the details like the bread basket and little birds is easy as you can see right through your acrylic block. I coloured with my Stampin' Write markers and fussy cut to add to my card.

Thank you for popping by today.  Don't forget to pop by the International Blog Highlight over on Kylie's blog on Friday to check out all the other creations and vote for your favourites. 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

Pedal Pusher Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141312]

£0.00

Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Stamp Set

[140675]

£23.00

Balloon Bouquet Punch

[140609]

£16.00

Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set

[137163]

£23.00

Window Sheets Base Material

[114323]

£4.50

Endless Thanks Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138796]

£14.00

Regals Stampin' Write Markers

[131262]

£27.50

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

[131259]

£27.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

£7.25

Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack

[140548]

£7.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

£7.25

Rose Red A4 Card Stock

[108613]

£6.50

It is time for the Spring Summer Catalogue 2016 + Sale-A-Bration from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

It is January 5th which can only mean one thing- a new catalogue with extra lovely freebies in the form of Sale-A-Bration!!! This is my favourite time of the Stampin' Up! year. You earn extra rewards from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue for buying all the lovely new products from the Spring Summer Catalogue (or any items from the big catalogue also).

Click on either of the images below to click through to have a look at the PDF versions of both catalogues.

      

Just to give you an idea of some of the items I love in the new Spring Summer catalogue there are fantastic new stamps, Project Life kits, embellishments, punches and Big Shot accessories. Here are just a few of my favourites:

I just love the Pyramid Pals Bundle. With Pyramid Pals Thinlets paired with the Playful Pals stamp set the possibilities are endless for these cute little animal creations.

I am a sucker for embellishments and the Spring Summer catalogue does not disappoint. From the gorgeous Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper for adding a touch of glitz to your projects to the new Honeycomb Embellishments which are a perfect texture addition to lots of special projects (and they also coordinate with my favourite Sale-A-Bration stamp set- more on that later!). And who doesn't love a cuppa? Well look at the adorable Have a Cuppa embellishments. These are just too lovely. I might just have to keep a set to look at and make me smile.

 We have another new little mini punch pack launching with this catalogue, the Party Punch Pack perfect for birthdays, celebrations, invites, place settings.... endless fun. I got to try these punches at Convention and I just loved them instantly.

And finally, Stampin' Up! have partnered with Wink of Stella to offer these gorgeous sparkle brushes for adding a little glitter to your projects. I have both the gold and clear and I love them both. You can never have enough crafty sparkle I say.

And now on to Sale-A-Bration and how you can get your hands on all those lovely freebies. 

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.

 
And here is a little sneak of some Stampin' Up! creations using the Sale-A-Bration freebies.

My absolute favourite product from the Sale-A-Bration 2016 catalogue is the Honeycomb Happiness stamp set designed to compliment the Honeycomb Embellishments. I love this set simply for this happy little bird. I think he'll be one of my favourite images of the upcoming months.

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-.