A Delightful Dijon Sheltering Tree Panel Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy May 11th. Just a normal day for most but a celebration of the day I become a Mum for me. My little Miss is 4 today. Where did those 4 years go? Weird that Summer has been with Sam and I half the time we've known each other. And what a crazy 4 year ride it has been. We have had a lovely day filled with cake and fun and family. It is now well over an hour past bedtime and both girls are still awake. A sure sign of a good birthday!

Today's crafty make is a Delightful Dijon inspired panel card I created for my In Color Stampers Showcase at Telford. I began with my larger Whisper White layer where I stamped my base Sheltering Tree in Early Espresso. I then guesstimated where to stamp the tree again on my smaller long Whisper White panel (which I cut slightly smaller in height than the tree branches as I wanted them to show over the top). I could have been more technical and properly lined my stamping up with the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig but I was having an imprecise day I think. And it didn't work out too badly.

I then added layers of Delighful Dijon inking to give texture and definition to the leaves over the top of my stamped tree trunk. I simply stamped multiple times without reinking the image. I layered the Whisper White piece over Delightful Dijon cardstock and positioned on to my main Whisper White layer.

I then added the final stamped details around the bottom of the tree- fallen leaves, grass, rake and sentiment.

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!).

-XXX-

A Pedal Pusher Thank You Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Hello crafters and a very Happy Wednesday to you.

Stampin' Up! have launched three exclusive Sale-A-Bration items for the last 6 weeks of the promotion including some gorgeous glitter washi tape. You can choose any one of the three new items with a purchase of £45+ from now through to the end of March. I have used the new Pedal Pusher Sale-A-Bration stamp set for today's crafty creation.

I am demonstrating for some lovely ladies tonight at a Sale-A-Bration crafty party. I wanted to make a thank you note for my hostess and this is what I came up with. I used one of our Whisper White Notecards as a base. I combined the freebie Pedal Pusher bike image with the flowers from the Cottage Greetings stamp set. My colour combo is Crushed Curry, Rose Red and Mint Macaron.

I coloured my bike with a Blender Pen and ink from the lid of my ink pads.

I added a strip of DSP from the gorgeous Love Blossoms DSP Stack (a bargain at £7.25 for 48 sheets). I stamped the sentiment and mounted over two strips of the super sparkly Sale-A-Bration Glitter Washi.

To finish my card I added tiny Basic Pearls to my flowers for added dimension and sparkle.

Here are all the new Sale-A-Bration items together:

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-

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-.

A Very Happy Crafty New Year from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy 2016 Crafty Friends. 

As this is my first post of the New Year I wanted to send you all the warmest of wishes for the year ahead. May your craft rooms be overflowing, your brain full of ideas and never without inspiration and your heart loving every minute of crafty time (which is a little lacking in this house so I truly do love every minute I get to do anything crafty).

I've had a fun filled and busy festive season. New Year's Day was my birthday which was spent in good company with good (Slimming World) food. As fellow crafters will understand a birthday brings lots of lovely handmade cards and gifts. I was blessed to receive lots of lovely gifts from so many friends that I have made through my years with Stampin' Up!

I wanted to share a card I received with a little sneak peek product from the new Spring Summer catalogue. This card was sent to me by my lovely downline Sandy. She has been with me almost as long as I have been with Stampin' Up! 

This card was created using the new Balloon Builders stamp set and a fabulous new punch called the Balloon Bouquet punch.

The sentiment is from the Ronald McDonald charity stamp set Sprinkles of Life and is punched using the Large Oval and Mounted on to an Elegant Eggplant Scallop Circle.

The new Spring Summer Catalogue, along with all the fabulous freebies in the Sale-A-Bration mini catalogue, launch TOMORROW!!! So please pop back tomorrow to find out more about all the lovely newness!!

Here is a display of some of the lovely birthday cards I received. I can't bring myself to take them down just yet. Maybe I'll keep them on display till the next family birthday in March.

And as for the big day, we spent the morning riding the local steam train. Summer loved the smoke and sticking her head out of the window watching the engine.

And Sylvie loved the playground!!

I have updated my classes info for the year ahead. I'd love to welcome you to one of my classes in Newport (Isle of Wight). More info below:

Stampin’ Sarah Classes 2016 

All Saturday Classes 1-4pm £8

• Sat January 23rd 
• Sat Feb 27th 
• Sat March 19th 
• Sat April 23rd 
• Sat May 21st 
• Sat June 18th
• Sat July 23rd 
• Sat August 20th 
• Sat September 17th 
• Sat October 22nd 
• Sat November 19th 
• Sat December 10th 

Special Classes and Events 2016 

• Saturday Feb 13th 1-4pm – Tin Of Cards Class £28         
  
  
  

(Booking deadline: January 29th) 

Who says organization has to be boring? This fun printed tin gives you plenty of room to store the cards that you make in this kit, plus room for more. Kit includes enough card bases and accents for 16 cards, 4 each of 4 designs. 

Class includes: Tin of Cards Project Kit + use of my Tin of Cards Stamp Set and use of all coordinating Ink Pads for completion of your complete kit through the afternoon (Coordinating colors: Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Mint Macaron, Wild Wasabi, white). 

Bonus: SaleABration extra freebie with this class: Half a Pack of Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum. 

• Saturday March 12th 1-4pm- It’s My Party Birthday Card Class £30.00 

 (Booking Deadline February 20th) 

Class includes: Party Punch Pack, 12 sheets of It’s My Party Designer Series Paper and Confetti Textured Embossing Folder (Value: £28.40). Plus all materials and embellishments to complete the class projects.  

Bonus: SaleABration extra freebie with this class: Half a Pack of Wildflower Fields DSP. 

•  Saturday May 7th 1-4pm In the Meadow Watercolour Technique Class £28

(Booking Deadline April 20th) 

Class includes: In the Meadow Stamp Set and 1 Aqua Painter Plus all materials and embellishments to complete class projects. 

To book a spot on any of my classes please drop me a line on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249. I'd love to welcome you to a crafty afternoon of cardmaking, cuppas and cake (and chatting 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!)

 -XXX-.

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Updates to the Clearance Rack and a quick Thank You Note from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters. Exciting news to wake up to on a Wednesday morning. The Clearance Rack has been updated. It is well worth a visit as there are some fantastic reductions on lots of lovely stamps, embellishments and accessories.

Wednesday also brings a new set of Weekly Deals. A great variety of products this week. My favourite being the Magnetic Plate for the Big Shot. Perfect for keeping Framelits in place for the bargain reduction price of £26.96. There are also punches, buttons, stamps and papers.

And here is a quick crafty share for a Wednesday. These are my customer thank you notes I made for a recent workshop's orders. I always like to include a handstamped thank you note and I have been favouring the Work of Art stamp set recently.

I created these little notelets with three tones of blue: Soft Sky, Pool Party and Coastal Cabana. 

I used a sentiment from the Another Thank You stamp set for the 'thanks'.

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 click on the links below to find out more about specific products) or get in touch directly and I  can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. 

-XXX-

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Birthday Bash Lined Berry Basket from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters. 

How was your weekend? I had a lovely crafty day out on Friday with Mum. We popped to the Make It show in Farnborough. So much lovely inspiration and crafts to have a go at. Mum and I tried our hands at block printing to create a tea towel. I love trying new things although I really don't have extra hours in the day for new crafts *lol* 

And did you see the new Sale-A-Bration products? What a great way to start the crafty week!

Today's crafty share is a little basket I created for my Monthly Card Class ladies. I used a base of Bermuda Bay cardstock with the Berry Basket Bigz Die. I then cut a second basket with Birthday Bash Designer Series Paper to line the inside of my basket.

To accessorise the basket I punched a bow using my Gift Bow Punch in coordinating Birthday Bash papers. 

Thank you for popping by today. 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 (click on the links below to find out more about specific products) or get in touch directly and I  can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. 

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New Saleabration 2015 Products

Good morning and what exciting news to wake up to! Stampin' Up! have added 4 new exclusive Sale-A-Bration products for the final 4 weeks of the promotion. 

So for the next 4 weeks you can choose one of the following products for free with a purchase of £45 or more.

Thank you for popping by today. 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 (click on the links below to find out more about specific products) or get in touch directly and I  can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. 

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From The Herd Yo Yo Spinner Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning and welcome to the weekend. As I only work part time my weekend with the girls starts on a Thursday evening. And to celebrate I got 5 minutes in my craft room last night to have a go at creating one of these fab 3d Yo Yo Spinner Cards using the From The Herd stamp set in the Spring Summer catalogue.

I absolutely adore these little farm animals and they are perfect for practising your Blendabilities colouring with.  I deliberately went for a scribbly feel to my colouring with this card. I felt it added to the fun childlike quality. And also scribbly fur for the bison/cow gives a bit of texture too.

I won't go in to the minute details of how to recreate the yo yo spinner as I found this fantastic tutorial over on Splitcoast Stampers that gives you detailed instructions.

All you have to do is pull the thread on the card to make your 3d element (in this case the pigs head) spin around. It is a fun little extra on your card perfect for children or loved ones. The possibilities are endless as to which elements you could make spin from flower heads to sunshine to absolutely anything.

I thought I would include a close up of the colours of the animals. I used a mix of Skin Tone, Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Daffodil Deligh, Wild Wasabi and Night of Navy Blendabilities Markers to create my card. It took a little time to colour but I love the childlike scribbly effect. And don't forget if you spend £45 during Sale-A-Bration (ending March 31st) you can pick a set of Blendabilities pens for free!

I hope you have a lovely weekend planned. It  is my monthly card class tomorrow and I am looking forward to seeing all my lovely ladies again for another fun afternoon session of crafting.

Thank you for popping by today. 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  can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. 

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A Lotus Blossom Saleabration Thank You from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good evening all. I hope you've had a lovely and creative week so far. It has been a busy one here on the Isle of Wight as I had some crafty friends round on Monday and did some card class prep. So this belated blog post comes with an apology. Today is the first opportunity I have had to photograph my projects in good light.

My first project of the week is the thank you note I made to enclose with all my recent party orders. I always like to include a little hand stamped note to show my appreciation. And I was recently told by one of my regular hostesses that she keeps all my cards as a little library of ideas and techniques. This made me smile as I can never throw away a handmade card so I loved to hear mine were being kept.

This is a super simple and easy three step stamping card. I made a stack of 18 cards in 15 minutes.

I cut three card bases from one sheet of Naturals Ivory Cardstock (each card base measures 9.9cm x 21cm scored at 10.5cm). I simply stamped the Lotus Blossom image from the Sale-A-Bration exclusive stamp set in Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral and Rose Red.

I then stamped the stem in Old Olive and the coordinating greeting in Rose Red. I finished with 3 Basic Pearls to add a small amount of embellishment.

And don't forget that as it is Wednesday we have a new range of Weekly Deals launching today. There are some great products this week including the Magnetic Big Shot platform and several dies at fantastic prices!

Thank you for popping by today. 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  can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. 

-XXX-

Painted Blooms Notebook from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafty friends and a very Happy Weekend to you!

I'm posting a day later than usual. I got a bit sidetracked yesterday morning placing the order for Thursdays's fab Sale-A-Bration party and I completely forgot to finish writing today's post. So I am having a bloggy catch up while watching Downton Abbey (how did I miss watching this before? I am totally hooked!).

So here is today's crafty share a bit later than anticipated. This is the gift I made as a thank you for my January party hostesses (personalised for each hostess). I always like to make a handmade thank you on top of the amazing benefits offered by Stampin' Up! 

I made this notebook by covering an A4 journal with some gorgeous (but sadly retired) patterned Kraft cardstock (you can still purchase plain Kraft in the catalogue and stamp a design yourself). I then cut floral designs from the gorgeous (and hugely popular amongst my customers this month) Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper and layered over an Elegant Eggplant label cut using the Apothecary Accents Framelits.

I personalised the label with letters cut from Silver Glimmer Paper using my Little Letters Thinlits Dies.

If you would like to book your own crafty party for you and your friends and family and receive a special handmade gift from me as well as fantastic Sale-A-Bration and Hostess freebies from Stampin' Up! then please get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249. I have dates available through February and March  and would love to come and show you Stampin' Up!'s fantastic range of craft supplies.

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  can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. 

-XXX-

The new Stampin' Up! Spring Summer Catalogue and Sale-A-Bration freebies are here

Good morning and a happy new catalogue day.

So much to celebrate today starting with my new blog design. What do you think? I love it. I love my little owl family- me, Summer and Sylvie watching over all the craftiness below. A huge thank you to Catherine over at Ideas Inkorporated for all her help in getting my blog design sorted.

Now on to crafty news!

Today is the official start of the new Spring Summer catalogue. So many lovely new products. The highlights for me are the new range of kits (my absolute favourite being the Perpetual Birthday Calendar which I will be sharing with you later in the week), the two step stamping stamp set Sheltering Tree perfect for customising for any season, the gorgeous Crazy About You stamp and Hello You Thinlits bundle and last but not least, the new colours of Blendabilities markers. 

But don't take my word for it, click on the image below to check the catalogue out for yourself. If you'd like your own paper copy in your hands to read through, please drop me a line on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk. I'd love to get one in the post to you.

And as if a new catalogue is not exciting enough, Sale-A-Bration 2015 launches today too. So that means you can earn a Sale-A-Bration freebie with every purchase of £45 of product from the new catalogue. Stampin' Up! have outdone themselves with this years fabulous offering of free product. Click on the image below to click through to the Sale-A-Bration brochure online.

Sale-A-Bration does not just mean freebies as a customer. It is also a perfect time to sign up as a Demonstrator. This year Stampin' Up! are offering a fantastic extra choice of product, either a free Spring Summer kit or 2 Sale-A-Bration products, on top of the amazing £130 of product. All for the still amazing price of £99! You can sign up direct to my Inkin' Owls team by clicking here or to find out more visit the 'Join My Team' tab above.

And the final way you can benefit is by hosting your very own crafty Stampin' Up! party. As a hostess you can benefit from an extra £20 in free product with a party of £200+ in sales. So for a £250 sales party you will receive an amazing £60 in free product (yours to choose from either of the current catalogues).

What is better than new products and extra freebies? Sale-A-Bration is my favourite time of the Stampin' Up! year!!

I'd love to help you earn some extra freebies this Sale-A-Bration (running through to March 31st) so please drop me a line on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or visit my online store by clicking here.

And just before I leave you, here is a little sneak peek of the project I will be sharing with you tomorrow. The Perpetual Birthday Calendar Kit-

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'll order them for you. You can get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

-XXX-