An In Color Rose Wonder Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Friday Crafters. How has your week been? Have you got anything exciting planned for the weekend. I have my watercolor themed class tomorrow afternoon. Looking forward to welcoming my lovely ladies round for some experimentation with aqua painters.

I have another of my In Color  creations to share with you today. I recently treated myself to the Rose Wonder bundle of products. I love how striking the Rose Garden Thinlits are on their own. But I really enjoyed jigsawing all the smaller pieces back in to the main outline.

To create this card I traced around the outside of the rose shape and leaves on to scrap paper. I then cut within the line and adhered the Basic Black outline to the scrap paper. I then had a base against which to adhere the coloured pieces of the rose and leaves. I used Mint Macaron, Watermelon Wonder, Delightful Dijon and Cucumber Crush cardstock to create each element of the card.

The sentiment is taken from the Tin of Cards stamp set.

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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Product List

Rose Wonder Photopolymer Bundle

[140804]

£44.00

Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138946]

£15.00

2015-2017 In Color A4 Cardstock

[138346]

£6.50

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£6.50

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!).

-XXX-

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 Cozy Christmas Santa Flight from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning and a very Happy Christmas Week to you all.

I hope you've had a lovely weekend. We took the girls to see one of the big Christmas light displays locally which was lovely and festive. I still haven't started my Christmas wrapping though which was number one on my list of things to do this weekend.

I have a quick Cozy Christmas card to share with you today. This uses a Real Red cardstock base embossed with the Boughs and Berries Embossing Folder. I then layered with Old Olive and Whisper White.

I stamped the Santa and sleigh in Night of Navy and embellished with pearls and rhinestones. I wrapped my Oval layers with Silver Thread and then adhered Home for Christmas Designer Buttons.

I love a simple card like this. It came together quickly. Although it would probably need substituted embellishments for cheaper posting.

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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Serene Silhouettes Birthday Greetings Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

How much are you loving the new Stampin' Up! catalogue? 

There is just so much to choose from amid all the loveliness. I cannot wait to create and share so many new projects and ideas over the upcoming months.

Today I have a birthday card I created with my Hostess Club ladies recently using the Serene Silhouettes and Butterfly Basics stamp sets.

To create this card we punched a circle from a piece of scrap card and used the scrap piece as a mask. Using a Stampin Sponge (or a dauber would work too) we sponged So Saffron ink as a base and then Calypso Coral ink over the top to create a sunset.

Once the sunset effect was created we stamped the branch silhouette in Memento Black and covered with Clear Embossing. This gives a lovely sheen and raised texture to the card.

To finish we stamped the Happy Birthday from Butterfly Basics in Calypso Coral ink.

A super simple, quick and easy note card which could be personalised for any occasion.

Thank you for popping by today. Don't forget to check out this week's Weekly Deals. 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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The Stampin' Up! 2015 Retiring List is Live

Good morning crafters.

Today is the day, the Stampin' Up! 2015 retiring lists are live. Until June 2nd all these products are available on a 'while stocks last' basis. There are some great reductions to be found on these lists. And if a favourite stamp set of yours is on there that you haven't yet purchased this is the perfect time to place your order. Click on the images below to see the lists of retiring stamps and retiring accessories.

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!)

 -XXX-

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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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-

Festival of Trees Christmas Card Fun from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning lovelies.

Here is the card I tried to share with you last week but somehow got lost in the publishing ether when I tried to schedule it.

This is a gorgeous card inspired by the very talented (and very lovely) Vicky over at Crafting Clare. I loved her clean and simple use of the Festival of Trees stamp set combined with the Typeset Speciality Papers and wanted to give it my own Stampin' Sarah spin.

I used Naturals Ivory card stock layered over a Very Vanilla cardbase. I used my acrylic block to stamp a rectangular background in Whisper White Craft Ink (I loved this naturals layering tone on tone).

For the tree I stamped the Festival of Trees image on to a scrap of Typeset DSP in Mossy Meadow Ink. I then hand cut as the paper is too thin and lovely to be used with the coordinating punch. I then glued to my card and embellished with Brights Candy Dots (I love how these look like bright twinkly tree lights). I then finished by stamping the tree pot in Daffodil Delight and the greeting in Real Red (which I coloured with my Stampin' Write marker so as to only use a section of the sentiment).

Thank you for popping by today. I'll have another festive creation for you tomorrow. 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 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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Festival Of Trees Photopolymer Stamp Set

£13.95

Naturals Ivory A4 Card Stock

£6.75

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper

£11.50

Brights Candy Dots

£5.50

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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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