A Memories in the Making Mini Album from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Friday Crafters.

How has your week been? I've been super busy prepping for my card class tomorrow. I have some lovely makes to share with my ladies. I also had some lovely news yesterday. I entered a card in to a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator competition and I placed as a runner up which means I have been invited to a party at the UK Head Office to celebrate the Cards for Keeps charity campaign. I am so excited to get to have a look around SU HQ here in the UK.

I have a project to share today that I made as one of my display projects for Telford last weekend. I found an old mini album I had made in the early days of my scrapbooking. I realised it would be perfect to redesign and add pics too. I re-covered the front and back covers with In Color 2015-2018 Designer Series Paper in Watermelon Wonder. I used the Memories in the Making Project Life Bundle to decorate each page and to create the front cover (I used mainly the Embellishment Pack).

I went through my HUGE box of pictures ready for scrapbooking and found a set of pictures I took from a camping trip I took with Sam in 2011 before Summer & Sylvie came along. Mum and Dad went on a 6 week road trip so we looked after Kala for the duration. We had a blast camping on the Jurassic Coast for a long weekend and I loved reliving the memories making this little mini album.

The inside of this mini album was created from one sheet of 12"x12" Basic Black cardstock. I did a quick google search to find a video that would show you how to create this and found this  tutorial. I do love an economical project that uses only one complete sheet as the base album.

 I added squares of DSP to each page and then cut my photos to fit. On the opposite flipped page I added the small square Project Life cards from the Accessories Pack along with embellishments and journalling.

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-

Product List

Project Life Memories In The Making Photopolymer Bundle

[140575]

£34.00

Neutrals 12" X 12" Card Stock

[131187]

£9.00

2015-2017 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack

[138432]

£20.00

A White Christmas Star Album Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Friday! Do you have anything exciting (and crafty) lined up for your weekend? I have my Autumn Winter catalogue Open House tomorrow between 10.30am and 2.30pm. If you would are on the Isle of Wight and would like to find out more about Stampin' Up! and have a go at a lovely festive make and take, please pop along. I'd love to see you.

Today I have another of my Christmas Craft Day makes to share with you. We all created one of these star album/cards. To create my sample I used this tutorial I found via Pinterest. The tutorial shows how to make a star shaped mini album. However, by adapting the tutorial and by cutting a rectangular window in the smallest layer, I was able to create a multi-scene card instead.

This project would have to be for extra special recipients though as it is fairly cardstock/DSP heavy. To create the whole star I needed 6 sheets of A4 coloured cardstock (I used Whisper White and Garden Green) and 2 complete sheets of Designer Series Paper (I used Merry Moments).

Within each section of the star I created a little Christmasy scene. I used the White Christmas stamp set for ease. I stamped each piece of Whisper White with the trees and then used different elements for each window scene.

I used my ink pads and blender pens to colour each scene. I love the subtle, almost watercoloured, effect of colouring with the blenders. It isn't as bold as colouring directly with markers. I embellished various scenes with glitter and/or sequins depending on the picture I was creating. 

Each star section frame was embellished with Metallics Sequins and other stickers from my retired Stampin' Up! stash.

The whole project folds flat and can be decorated as a traditional card. The reindeer clip is to hold the star open when fully folded for decorative purposes. I love that is a special card or gift that can also become a festive decoration 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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Christmas in August Craft Day

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Christmas in August Craft Day

Saturday August 20th 10.30am-4pm

Spaces are limited so book early to secure your spot. Last date for booking is July 30th and I will need to receive payment (cash or cheque) by that date to ensure enough provisions are ordered for the day.

Further information:

•  Projects for the day include a Christmas Tri-Shutter mini album and a papercraft Christmas tree
• £15 to include all materials and light refreshments (tea/coffee/cake)
• On the day ordering specials including a free prize draw for the hostess benefits for the days orders, free P&P and the choice of a free pack of pearls/rhinestones/ink pad for orders over £30.

 Please bring along a packed lunch and your own glue/tape for the days crafting.

I am also running a special Christmas card class evening on Wednesday August 17th (7-9.45pm, £8).

Home from a crafty weekend ;0)

Well I made it back to the Isle safe and sound after a lovely weekend away visiting my friend Natalie in MK followed by a days crafting with some fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrators in Bicester. My upline Michelle hosted a rewards day for us where we made the following beautiful project using the Stampin' Up! Elegant Soiree DSP and Wedding Sweet Stamp Set Flourish.

This first photo shows the tri shutter album shut.  Embellished with a stamped 'Flower Accent' image, Basic Pearls and Crystal Effects.

This is the album fully unfolded (this is actually the width of two and half pieces of 12x12 cardstock) and decorated with Elegant Soiree DSP.

This is a photo showing the first 'unfold' if you get my drift. It is a stunning album and I will certainly be making more in the future. Once I got my head around the measurements it was a simple but effective way to make a Mini Album.

Here is my new Swap Tree showing some of the lovely swaps I received from my fellow Demos at the training ;0) My cheeky cat Ella was desperate to get in the photos. You'll see her through the kitchen window behind the swaps.  I usually display my swaps on my fridge for my card class ladies. But when I saw this photo display tree I thought I would create a swap centre piece for my card class just for a change. Thank you to all the lovely demos I met yesterday who made such beautiful projects ;0)

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. Any questions about Stampin' Up! please feel free to get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 07830 343830. Hopefully I'll have a bit more time  this week to catch up on some long overdue crafting and update my blog with some new projects ;0)

Happy Birthday Lola

 This is a scheduled post so I hope it goes live as planned ;0) I wanted to share some items I recently made for my lovely friend from MK, Lola, whose birthday it is today. She is about to buy a house so I wanted to make her a little keepsake/useful item for her big move. I took an art journal and covered it with some 'stitched' DSP. I cut some 'handwriting' style letters using my friend P's Cricut which I stuck to the front and covered with glossy accents. I then accessorised with jewels and stamped the corner of each page inside using a variety of 'home-y' stamps.

 I also wanted to celebrate the fact that we've now been friends for 10 years. We met randomly when I moved into a shared on-campus flat at University. She was my next door but one corridor flatmate and we were firm friends from day one. Hardly a day has gone by since then without an email, text or lunch meet up in London ;0) P had shown me how to make this mini fold out album a while ago and I'd tucked it away knowing I wanted to use it for Natalie's 30th (her name isn't really Lola in case this confused anyone?!). I printed a whole load of Uni photos and mounted them into this happy and colourful little album. Hope it jogs her memory as to some fab nights out!

Happy Birthday Natalie! Hope you're having a fantastic day (and work isn't getting you down too much today). Hope you dont mind me sharing your gifts with cyberland ;0)

-XXX-

WCC Scrap With Us Challenge #15

After a lovely day of crafting at Paige's on Saturday I finally got my head around how to tell the story of my trip to London last week. The theme for this week's challenge was "Tell Me A Story" and I'd been messing around with dozens of photos trying to find a way to lay them all out. After a fantastic mini book tutorial by the lovely Paige I put together this great little book. I have tried to tell the story like a child's mini book. However, I stuck the photos in before doing the writing so its a little bit out of order! (another invaluable lesson learned ;0) To create this I used the papers from the Sweet Pea Paperstack. I love these so much I might just have to order another set just in case they dont stay around in the next main Ideas Book.