A You're Sublime Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Hello crafters. I have another On Stage swap inspired card for you again today. Again, I used the original swap to create my card. I didn't take down the name of the Demo who made the swap. Please let me know if you come across this and I will give full credit.

I loved the showcasing of our 2015-2017 In Color Cucumber Crush paired with the You're Sublime stamp set. This card layers coordinating cardstock, ribbon and DSP to really show how perfectly Stampin' Up!'s products work together.

The frog is coloured with a Cucumber Crush ink pad and a blender pen. By colouring and layering the ink you are able to get the varied tones of green.

Thank you for popping by today. I'll be sharing my swaps for Telford with you on Monday so do hop back then.  Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up!, or any of 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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Product List

You're Sublime Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139309]

£17.00

Cucumber Crush 1" Dotted Lace Trim

[138423]

£5.50

Cucumber Crush A4 Cardstock

[138342]

£6.50

Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad

[138324]

£6.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

£15.50

Blender Pens

[102845]

£9.00

2015-2017 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack

[138432]

£20.00

A Sale-A-Bration 2015 Happy Thing set of cards from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning and a very Happy Thursday to you all. What has your week brought you so far? I returned to work this week following my Sylvie maternity leave. What an adjustment that is. I love the routine of work and of structuring my day. But I also really miss the girls too and our casual days at home. Still today is my final work day of the week so I will have to come up with something fun to do with the girls tomorrow when I am at home with them again.

Today I wanted to show you this pair of cards I made with the gorgeous A Happy Thing Sale-A-Bration freebie stamp set (receive this stamp free with a purchase of £45+). I initially got this stamp set as I loved the little bird stamp and thought he would lend himself to Blendabilities colouring. I had completely overlooked the lemon image until I came across this little picture in my Next catalogue.

I just fell in love with the colour scheme of this little girls dress and knew it would make the perfect starting point for using the little lemon stamp from A Happy Thing.

So here is what I came up with.

I picked Daffodil Delight and Bermuda Bay as my main cardstock colours and used my Daffodil Delight and Old Olive Blendabilities Markers to blend and shade the lemons.

I created the Bermuda Bay border using my Scallop Edge Border Punch.

After creating my first card I wanted to carry on colouring so decided to create a simply One Sheet Wonder style card. I stamped the lemon image all over my piece of cardstock and then filled the gaps with the 'Love Life' sentiment. I then blended and coloured the leaves and lemons. For this card I used the Blendabilities Colour Lifter marker to give the extra bit of colour definition. I lifted some of the blended yellow on the lemons to have that dimensional feel.

I really enjoyed using the Next catalogue picture as inspiration for my two cards today. I'm now going to keep my eye out for more inspiring images and see what I can come up with.

You can find out more about the new Spring Summer Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration promotion by clicking here or by using the navigation menu on the left. This really is the most exciting time of the year to shop. New products and fantastic freebie rewards too. 

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 click on the links above to find out more about specific products) or get in touch directly and I'll order them for you. You can get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

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Vivid Vases and Stampin' Up! Blendabilities

I have been having fun playing with a brand new product from Stampin' Up!, the Blendabilities alcohol markers. I wanted to show these new pens at my new catalogue Open House so came up with this card design using the Vivid Vases stamp.

The Blendabilities are fantastic pens for colouring and blending with in a range of Stampin' Up! toned colours. They work beautifully with our stamped images (stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink) and are completely complimentary and coordinated with our cardstock, ribbons, Designer Series Papers  and embellishments. Click on the Blendabilities image below to see our full range of pens and accessories:

The card I created uses our new 2014-2014 In Colors as its inspiration. I coupled a cardstock base of Hello Honey with papers from the Moonlight Designers Series Paper Stack. As you can see from the top photo I used different colour card bases with different paper designs for a different effect.

We stamped the image from Vivid Vases and then coloured with my Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie and Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities to colour the vase bases. I found just through trial and error ways to colour the vases to give the blended effect. It is well worth giving yourself a guilt free sheet of images to colour just to get the hang of it. I am always incredibly tough on myself when using a new technique. But I enjoyed playing with these pens and trying different ways of colouring. In the end I started with the darkest shade first and blended to the lightest. I then coloured the whole vase with the lightest pen to help blend all the colours together.

Please get in touch with any questions or queries or please pop over to my Online Store for more information on all our products. Get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

Happy Crafting

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Zenspired Birthday Greetings

Good morning and a very Happy Birthday to my littlest sister today. I promised yesterday I would be sharing something a little different today and here it is.

While surfing Pinterest I came across Joanne Fink and her Zenspirations books. I have always loved doodling, sparkle and colouring in. And creating Zenspiration drawings gives me an opportunity to combine all of the above with my love for Stampin' Up!

This is only be second attempt at a Zenspiration style monogram and I thought it would make a perfect birthday card for Sophie. I looked up a few different styles of monogram. My favourite style is the dangle designs where you create hanging hearts so I incorporated a little of this in to my 'S'. Once I'd pencilled my design I went over with my Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker and then coloured my design with my Brights Stampin' Writes. The stamp is one I found in my stash (sadly not Stampin' Up!).

I was attempting to use my sisters gift as the inspiration for the design. I wanted nice bright colours to reflect the striped of her birthday gift- these lovely bright summer sandals for our summer holiday.

Below is a close up of the stripes I drew in to the design for her 'S' birthday card. You can see how I had a few issues with adding the glitter. I wanted to add a little sparkle so I used my Dazzling Details to colour over sections of the 'S'. But unfortunately it bubbled the paper and made the coloured ink do funny things too. I still think it looks lovely though. I just won't do it again! I loved adding the Basic Rhinestones to the lines to add a little glitz and bling.

So while this isn't a traditional Stampin' Up! stamped card I have used my lovely Brights Collection card stock (Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo) and Stampin' Write Markers to create this doodled design. I am a little bit addicted to these drawings at the moment and have been using every spare minute between baby feeds and child entertaining to have a go at these doodles. 

Thank you for popping by today. You can order all Stampin' Up! products through my online store by click here or by clicking on any of the product links above. I will also happily order any products for you. Just drop me a line on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249 and I'll happily assist.

And don't forget to check out this weeks Weekly Deals to see what fab items are discounted for a limited time only (until Tuesday).

Happy Crafting

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