The Autumn Winter Catalogue is Here.........

Good morning lovelies. What more can I say but the Autumn Winter Catalogue is live today. All new items can be ordered direct from my online store by clicking here.

If you haven't already received a copy in the post from me you can view the pdf online by clicking the cover image below. If you'd like a copy popped in the post to you then drop me a line on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk with your postal address.

I just love everything about this new catalogue. There really is a little something for everyone from more classic vintage style Christmas crafting to fun Halloween makes to singing mice. And the kits are just lovely. If you like to craft from a kit with everything cut and ready for you then check out the gorgeous Stitched With Cheer Kit. It combines my love of stitching with the current trend for stitched detailing on papercraft makes. I couldn't possibly list everything here that I love about the catalogue but if you'd like a bit of an intro to the product suites, Stampin' Up! have been posting some great videos on Youtube. Here a couple of my favourites. But check out all the latest videos through the Stampin' Up! channel to see lots of lovely festive makes with the gorgeous new products.

And as if the new catalogue wasn't exciting enough. Stampin' Up! have launched exclusive special offers for the next 3 weeks only. Each week the offers will change. The first offers are live today until the 7th and include the lovely enamel embellishments at a 25% discount!! Click below to see all the products included this week.

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!)

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The 2016 Retiring List is live from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters.

The retiring list is live chock full of favourite stamps, accessories and punches. Some at a great discount too. So click on the first picture to see the full PDF version of the list. Click on the second image to be connected directly with my online store to see the products in picture form.

Don't forget these products are only available while stocks last and many have already sold out. So if there is something you've had your eye on better to order sooner rather than later.

Thank you for popping by today. 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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Fantastic Stampin' Up! Year-End Sale

From now until January 4th you can get some AMAZING bargains on a selected range of Stampin' Up! products. These products are only available while stocks last so make the most of these bargains early before they sell out.

Check out all the products through my Online Store now.

There is no minimum purchase amount and you can add items from the catalogue or Weekly Deals too. Just to note, there are no refunds or exchanges on items purchased through the promotion.

I've picked out a few of my favourite Must-Haves in the showcase below. Check out the full range online.

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!)

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Serene Silhouettes Card Set from Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters.

How was your weekend? Mine was spent with a head cold which resulted in a lot of things being dropped, a fair few silly accidents and bumps, and one very interesting card class where my fuzzy head meant I didn't make a whole lot of sense trying to teach our projects for the month. But we got there in the end.

I have a set of birthday cards inspired by Serene Silhouettes to share today. I had seen this card on Pinterest and knew it would look lovely with a Stampin' Up! twist. So I set about recreating it using the stamps from Serene Silhouettes as my focus.

The colours I picked were So Saffron, Cajun Craze and Calypso Coral . I used a So Saffron base for two of the cards with a layer of Cajun Craze and the stamping layer was on Whisper White.

I created masks with my circle punches in various sizes. I sponged the colours through my masks to create the coloured backgrounds.

For this first card I created two masked circles and I then heat embossed the butterfly circle with gold embossing powder. I added the greeting from Wetlands and then added pearls and circles of gold ink using a sponge dauber.

This second card more closely resembles the Pinterest card.  I used the silhouetted flower heads stamp over the three masked circles. I heat embossed the silhouette in gold.

And the final card was a more simplified version of the butterfly circle card. This time instead of sponge daubering circles I used the rubber on the end of a pencil to stamp smaller gold circles over the card. I added basic pearls as a final embellishment.

Have you checked out the retiring lists yet? Still some great bargains to be had. Don't forget these items are only available while stocks last.

With a new catalogue just around the corner this is a perfect time to pick up a bargain and say goodbye to some old favourites. There are lots of stamps and accessories on these lists that I love and will be sad to see leave. But then I am super excited to see what the new catalogue has in store too.

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!)

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A quick Candy Cane December Wonder Tag Swap from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

 Good morning from a sunny and crisp Isle of Wight. How was your crafty weekend?

We've returned from a lovely festive weekend away enjoying the Christmas festivities (such as the gorgeous Winchester Christmas Market) and meeting with old and new friends. And of course, the Sale-A-Bration sneak peek event on Thursday. I had a fab time chatting to fellow Demonstrators and looking at the inspiring projects on display. And I was lucky enough to win a prize patrol (a lovely Sale-A-Bration stamp set which you can exclusively add to your orders for free in January, February and March). Add to that the excitement of the Demonstrator pre-order sneak peek of the new Spring Summer catalogue and you have a perfectly crafty and super exciting Stampin' Up! weekend.

Today I wanted to share with you the swaps I made to share with my fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrators. Swapping is one of the best parts of Stampin' Up! events. I love the inspiration that can be gained from swapping as you see products used in new and exciting ways. I wanted to create something fun and festive so came up with these candy cane tags.

I used my Scallop Tag Topper Punch to create the basic tag (2" wide x length of your candy cane) from Crumb Cake cardstock. I then cut two slots (2cm between the two slits) to slip the Candy Cane through. To embellish I stamped the 'Hello December' from the December Wonder stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink. I stamped the tree from the same set and doodled stitching with my Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write marker around the edge.

To finish I tied the Candy Cane to the tag with 1/8" Real Red Taffeta Ribbon. Oh and I added a Champagne Glimmer Paper star to the top of the tree (any sparkly star embellishment or coloured glitter glue would look fab).

And now to share a few of my favourite swaps I received in return (apologies to my fellow Demonstrators as I don't have the swaps with me as I type so cannot give credit. Credit to follow).

I loved this neat little Merry Christmas wall hanging. Complete with curled wire to hang it up with:

I love the colours of this Wondrous Wreath swap:

And I was a bit conflicted by the Visions of Santa stamp set when I first saw it and it is not one I own. But I absolutely loved receiving this swap using the set.

Thanks for stopping by today and for sharing in my December crafty festivities.

Be sure not to miss the Year End Closeout bargains on the Clearance Rack. Some fantastic bargains to be had. But stock only available while supplies last so get your order in quick so as not to miss out! Click the image below to link straight through to the products available at great prices.

If you have any questions about today's project or the products I have used, please get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249. You can order online direct through my store by clicking the product links above or the pictures below. I also have availability in the next few months for your very own crafty party so drop me a line to find out more and get your date in the diary.

Happy Crafting

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Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

£20.95

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Project Life December Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

£13.95

Cherry Cobbler Stampin Write Marker

£2.95

Real Red 1/8 Inch Taffeta Ribbon

£5.25

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Stamp, Stock and Save for World Cardmaking Day

To celebrate World Cardmaking Day, Stampin' Up! are offering a lovely discount on select stamps, paper, envelopes, adhesive and all our ink pads till October 6th only.

What a perfect opportunity to stock up on all those crafty essentials! Or hows about getting ready for your Christmas cards and bulk buying your envelopes ready for your handmade crafty creations.

You can place your order direct through my online store by clicking the picture above or by clicking here. Alternatively get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249 to place an order with me.

Happy crafting 

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A festive trio of trees Christmas card using Festival of Trees from Stampin' Up!

Good morning crafters. As I didn't have a chance to share something crafty yesterday I am posting again today with this party make I shared with a lovely group of ladies last week. I demonstrated for a fantastically creative and clever group whose craftiness was incredibly inspiring. And I loved sharing stamping with them as it was something new to all of the ladies.

We used the Festival of Trees stamp set and coordinating punch to create a trio card. The card above is the slightly blinged up version I shared with the ladies to show how a little ribbon and Designer Series Paper can take a card up a level. The simpler version we all all made together is at the bottom of this post.

We used a simple trio of colours to create the three trees (a great starter combo for making your own Christmas cards)- Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler and Gold Encore ink. And don't forget that until October 6th all of our SU coloured ink pads are reduced in price to celebrate World Cardmaking Day. Get your hands on our ink pads for just £4.21 each.

We added stars punched with the Itty Bitty Accents punch set. These were punched from Gold Glimmer Paper. The sentiment is from the Good Greetings stamp set which is exclusively available to Hostesses who host a party before October 31st. Click here to find out more. The lovely Chrissy received this set for free for a lovely crafty evening with friends last week. 

The blinged up version was embellished with a length of Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper and wrapped with Blackberry Bliss Stitched Ribbon. The sentiment was then embellished with Basic Rhinestones.

Our simpler version we simply stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler and punched with the Word Window Punch. The sentiment was then layered on to a punched Oval of Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper.

Thank you for popping by today. Don't forget to check out this weeks Weekly Deals and our World Cardmaking Day exclusively discounted products.

If you have any questions about today's project or the products I have used, please get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249. You can order online direct through my store by clicking the product links above or the pictures below. I also have availability in the next few months for your very own crafty party. Click on the Promotions tab above to see the exclusive hostess promotion running until October 31st.

Happy Crafting

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Festival Of Trees Photopolymer Bundle

£24.95

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Gold Metallic Encore Pad

£8.95

Trim The Tree Designer Series Paper Stack

£6.25

Large Oval Punch

£14.25

Word Window Punch

£14.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

£7.50

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Stampin' Up! UK Clearance Rack Updates

Evening crafty friends.

Well this is a lot later than planned again! I seem to be on an impossible blogging schedule at the moment.

Well lets start with the exciting news first. Stampin' Up! have updated the Clearance Rack for the Blitz event. Lots of fantastic new additions with up to 80% off the catalogue price. What a bargain. If you click on the Clearance Rack image above it'll link you straight through to my Online Store where you can see all the fantastic savings.

Now on to some craftiness.

I hosted my last team shoebox swap of the year last week. We had a fun evening packed with snacks and chat and just a bit of craftiness too.

I thought I would share one of our festive crafty makes with you today. Charlotte designed this lovely layered festive card. I photographed it against my December Journal as I used it as a journaling card in my album. I thought the colour scheme fitted perfectly with my album so far ;0)

This card uses the Season of Style Paper Stack paired with the Season of Style Washi Tape and the stamping is from the Occasions Alphabet stamp set.

Please get in touch if you have any questions or queries about Stampin' Up! or My Digital Studio, I'd be only too happy to help: poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

Happy Festive Crafting ;0)
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Stampin' Up! UK Joyful Christmas Gift

Good morning and welcome to a crafty Wednesday here at Stampin' Sarah! Hope you all had a lovely Bonfire Night. As the weather was a bit changeable, Summer and I opted for a night in with indoor fireworks at Mum and Dads. She was fascinated by the sparklers so it was a big success (and the drive home got her to sleep which is always a big plus!).

Today I thought I would share a hostess thank you gift I made for my friend Hayley who hosted a Stampin' Up! party at her house in Southampton on Saturday. I had seen lots of variations of this idea across Blogland and Pinterest. I loved the idea of making seasonal coasters for upcoming festivities. I searched online for cork coasters and also purchased two shades of Stazon ink to colour the image with (I could have used a spray sealant with Stampin' Up! inkpads but as I wished to demo the technique it wouldn't have left enough time to dry the coasters).

I began by stamping the Poinsettia image from the Joyful Christmas stamp set using Black Stazon on to the 4 cork coasters. I then used a sponge dauber to ink the red on to the image.  I finished by stamping the leaves in green and then added a touch of sparkle to the centre of the flowers.

I was really pleased with the result and thought these would make perfect little gifts for a neighbour or friend. And if you package them up using the current Stampin' Up! packaging promotion they will fit easily in the post of through a letter box with a lovely handmade touch. Please click here for more information on the fantastic packaging bundles featuring Stampin' Up! gift boxes, ribbon and gift tags. Or to order the bundles directly through my store, please click on the photo below.

The last image is a close up the packaging for the coasters which uses:

Decorative Window Gift Box (132146 £4.50)

Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon (130012 £8.25)

Burlap Ribbon (132140 £6.95)

If you place an online order for any Stampin' Up! products through my online store remember to add the code below and I will add your name to the draw to win the hostess benefits for the month's combined orders (with a minimum of £25 in hostess freebies):

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Please get in touch if you have any questions about todays project or My Digital Studio, about placing an order or about Stampin' Up! in general. You can contact me on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

Happy Crafting

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Stampin' Up! UK 1 Week Only Special Promotion

Good morning and what a way to start the crafty Stampin' Up! UK week! Lots of lovely things to share with you today to get your craftiness off to a inspired start. And I apologise in advance for the information overload.

First of all, today sees the start of a 1 week only special 25% off promotion. Until 28 October you can order 25 specially selected stamp sets for 25% off. What a bargain!! Please see below for a full list of all the lovely stamp sets offered at this 1 week only reduced price. To see these stamps in the online catalogue, please click here for a direct link to my online store complete with pictures (and for anyone purchasing anything from my online store over the next week I have a little festive thank you gift to pop in the post to you to help with your seasonal craftiness. Place an order to receive your surprise gift). Or alternatively drop me an email on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk for an 'in your hand' copy of the catalogue.

And if this wasn't enough to get your creativity flowing, today Stampin' Up! have released two FAB new products, Thinlits Card Dies for use with your Big Shot! I have been so excited about getting my hands on these since I first saw them appearing on YouTube videos and blogs across the pond. And since I preordered them a couple of weeks ago I haven't been able to stop creating fantastic swinging cards, perfect for all occasions. Now the products are live I can share some of my creations with you. This makes flip cards so quick and easy (and no more trying to guess-timate how far to run your die through to get the effect!).

I really love these Thinlits and think they are a fun and creative addition to any crafty stash. If you'd like to see more click the video below for more info & Thinlit ideas.

To order any of the products above and receive your free surprise festive gift in the post (direct from me and not Stampin' Up!), you can order direct with me or through my online store direct to your door. Click on the image below and then click shop in the top right corner.

 And don't forget to add the hostess code below for your chance to win the combined hostess freebies for the month. So far there is a guaranteed £25 to be won!

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And just to leave you with something a little crafty for the day, here is a Christmas card we created at my workshops last month. The Christmas Tree image is from the lovely stamp set, Evergreen. And the Merry Christmas is from the More Merry Messages stamp set. Please get in touch directly to find out more about how I created this card and the products used. I'd be only too happy to have a crafty chat.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting to you all on this rainy Isle of Wight day.

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