A To You and Yours Joyful Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

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Today I have a make that I'll be sharing with some lovely ladies tonight at a friend's crafty Stampin' Up! party.  The hostess asked me to Demo one of the kits as she has a mix of experienced and new stampers. And of course the theme had to be Christmas. So I picked the fantastic To You and Yours Shaker Frames Card Kit.

I love this kit as it makes Shaker Cards so simple to make and I love the mix of sequins and sparkles for inside your shaker too. The kit is £21.75 and makes 18 cards. In the kit you get the foiled card bases as well as cut to size window sheets and all the embellishments too. You can choose to use the matching To You and Yours stamp set or use your own stamps to accessorise your stars, trees and circles.

I chose to purchase the matching To You and Yours set which meant I could add the string and top to create the decoration for the front of my card.

I embellished with gold stars and then added sequins to the inside of my shaker. I love the die cut words in the kit which are perfect for adding a greeting without stamping. Very festive.

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 your own crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project like this one too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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Sweet Stuff Ballerina Shaker Cards using Stampin' Up! Supplies

I have decided to do something a little different this week. I am going to feature several projects all made with the same stamp set. When I first got my hands on a copy of the new Annual 2014-2015 catalogue my eyes and heart were drawn to the Sweet Stuff stamp set. I just loved the swirly sentiments and cute little images. I knew this would be perfect for crafting for my girls and for adding embellishment to scrapbook pages too.

Despite falling in love with the set and purchasing it in my first order it has remained uninked on my stamping shelves while I prepped lots of fun Christmas projects for my August crafty days. Then I came across this beautiful card on Pinterest and decided to give this lovely little set my attention.

I loved the little shaker frame which match the In Color Sequins perfectly. So I gave the card my own Stampin' Sarah spin changing some of the details of the card but using the same colour scheme and shaker theme.

For this card I used Crisp Cantaloupe and Coastal Cabana cardstock. I embossed the main Coastal Cabana panel with the Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I created the centre panel with paper from the Lullaby Designer Series Papers and edged with Crisp Cantaloupe punched with the Scallop Edge Border Punch.

To create the shaker part of the card I used a sandwich of the stamped Whisper White circle with a Shaker Frame and then a 2-3/8" Scalloped Circle on top (the centre was punched with my 1 3/4" Circle Punch and a circle of Window Sheet glued to the back of the scallop circle).  The shaker was filled with In Color Sequins and then embellished with tiny Basic Pearls.

I created a second version of the card using a different colour-way and a smaller shaker frame. 

This is Pistachio Pudding and Calypso Coral with papers from the Gold Soiree Speciality Designer Series Papers. 

Thank you for stopping by today. I have a lovely sparkly 3D project made with the Sweet Stuff stamp set to share with you tomorrow (and there may even be a little sneak peek of a new upcoming product thrown in there too!). So please pop back tomorrow for some more Sweet Stuff inspiration.

Please let me know if you have any questions about these projects. You can get in touch via email: poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249. I'm more than happy to help. All Stampin' Up! products can be ordered through my online store by clicking the product links above or the pictures below. Or get in touch and I'll happily place an order for you.

Happy Crafting

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Sweet Stuff Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£17.95

2013-2015 In Color Sequin Assortment

£4.50

Card Stock A4 Crisp Cantaloupe

£6.25

Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana

£6.25

Lovely Lace Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

£7.50

Lullaby Designer Series Paper

£9.95

Scallop Edge Border Punch

£14.25

2-3/8 Inch Scallop Circle Punch

£15.50

Shaker Frames

£4.50

Medium Window Sheets

£4.50

Basic Pearls Jewel Accents

£4.50

Gold Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper

£11.50

Stampin' Up! UK WInter Frost Card Candy Convention Swap

Good morning Thursday crafters.

As Stampin' Up!'s Convention will be kicking off this evening with lots of over excited Stampin' Up! lovers all in one room, I thought I would share my Card Candy Swaps. I organised a swap of these little card toppers amongst the Pinkie team. There are 10 of us all signed up to make a set of card candy and we will all be meeting up tomorrow ready to swap.

I had seen a lovely card on Pinterest that used this idea of lots of little winter squares. I decided to use this as my punch art inspiration for my Convention Card Candy. I loved the excuse to get our all of my punches and have a play (as well as a good reason to use lots of lovely silver glimmer paper). You can't see too clearly in the picture, but the snowflake piece is actually a mini shaker with glitter in. Our shaker frames make creating these so easily (and they fit perfectly with our circle punches too).

To create each piece I used the following items:

• Bobble Hat: Large Oval Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punches, Word Window Punch
• Trees: Merry Minis Punch Pack (available to order through me for £15.50)
• Snowman: I layered up various sizes of scallop and normal circles finishing with 3/4" circle for the snowman face. I hand cut the hat from Basic Black.
• Snowflake: Snowflake Soiree stamp set, Shaker frames, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
• Coffee Cup: A Fitting Occasion stamp set, 1" Circle Punch
• Polar Bear: 1" Circle Punch, Word Window Punch

Here are all 10 waiting to be packed away and swapped.

To create the label for the title I created a customised project in My Digital Studio and used the stamps and papers within the digital software to create my little labels (that I printed on to normal office labels and cut to size and attached to my Winter Frost toppers).

I have included links to the products used for today's project either by clicking on the photos or the direct links above. 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 today's project or about placing an order or about Stampin' Up! in general. You can contact me on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

I'll be back tomorrow for the last of my Convention excitement posts. I have the last of my swaps to share tomorrow (my general swaps and the swaps especially for Pinkies).

Happy Crafting

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