Saturday 31 January 2015

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-
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Wednesday 28 January 2015

Painted Blooms Mini Treat Bag from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton


Hello crafters.

Welcome to Wednesday. Be sure to pop on over to my Online Store and check out this week's Weekly Deals. My favourite of this weeks offers is definitely the Envelope Liner Framelits. Perfect for adding that touch of luxury to any handmade card.

Today's crafty share is a project we made at this month's Stampin' Up! Isle of Wight card class using the brand new Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Die and Painted Blooms Designer Series Paper.

I absolutely adore this DSP and the die shows off the bold floral designs perfectly. The Thinlits set comes with the main bag and then extra die cut words and embellishments too. It is a perfect little set for creating table settings or little birthday gifts. The possibilities are endless as to how you can personalise this gift bag.


I punched the little tag using the Note Tag punch and then embellished with the For You and little bow die cut using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Die.

The ribbon is from the super lovely Sale-A-Bration Best Year Ever Accessory Pack. Which could be yours for free if you spend £45 (so if you purchase the Thinlits Die [£35.95] and the Painted Bloom DSP [£9.95] you could choose the ribbons for free!).

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. You can get in touch on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

-XXX-
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Monday 26 January 2015

Wetlands Panel Screen Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton


Good morning and a very Happy Monday morning to you all.

How was your weekend? Crafty I hope. I had my monthly card class on Saturday which was a lovely return to crafting with friends. It felt like a long time since our last class at the beginning of December. One of my ladies requested a screen card so I had a browse on Pinterest and came across this amazing creation by Jacqueline. I decided to give it a go.

This was a bit of a labour of love for all my class attendees and we got through several thick wedges of post-it notes creating all the masks and inky layers. But I think everyone was happy with their end result.

To create this card we used: Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky and Lost Lagoon.

 
I still absolutely love the Wetlands stamp set. I love these bird images and the grasses too. For this card I needed to create a mirror image of the goose image. I vaguely remembered someone telling me you could get a mirror image using a brayer. So I had a go and it worked perfectly. You just need to ink up your stamp and lay it ink side up on the table. Carefully run your brayer over the image and then run your brayer over your cardstock. It is as simple as that! This technique is also perfect for creating reflections in water if you are trying to create ponds/lakes.

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 or pictures below to find out more about specific products) 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-
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Wednesday 21 January 2015

An Adventure Bound Thank You Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton


Good morning crafters. Welcome to my Wednesday make (you know what Wednesday means? New Weekly Deals over on my Online Store).

This is the last in my Adventure Bound series of cards. I just cannot praise this Paper Stack enough. I just love the photographic quality of each 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" piece of paper. I'd love to just frame them and put them on the wall.

I layered this gorgeous tree design over an Early Espresso card base. I then used some Early Espresso off cuts to cut the 'Thanks' using my Hello You Thinlits dies. I stamped the 'So Much' from the Crazy About You stamp set (available with the Thinlits as the Crazy About You bundle at a 15% discount) in Early Espresso ink and punched using the Word Window punch.


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 or pictures below to find out more about specific products) 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-
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Monday 19 January 2015

Just Saying Hello Adventure Bound Notecard from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters ;0) A very Happy Monday morning to you all. I hope you had a lovely crafty weekend. It has been a busy one here as I have lots of exciting Stampin' Up! events to prepare for this week. It is my monthly card class on Saturday as well as some exciting Sale-A-Braiton parties over the next week too (I still have dates available through February and March if you'd like to take advantage of all the extra Sale-A-Bration freebies). I've been having fun designing Thank You gifts for my lovely hostesses. But I'll share those with you next week.

Today's crafty project is another inspired by Jenny Hayward in Australia. I said it before and I'll say it again, the Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stack is perfect for creating quick and easy cards for men. Something I usually find quite a struggle is made so simply by these bold photographic designs.


With this card I wanted to give the card a graffiti feel. The brick design papers were a perfect base for a graffiti theme. I used my Crazy About You Bundle (comprised of the Crazy About You stampset and Hello You Thinlits Dies) to create the sentiment. I stamped the 'Just Sayin' in Early Espresso to stand out from the brickwork. The 'Hello' and cardbase are cut from Cajun Craze cardstock. 

My final embellishment were the three Gold Glimmer stars punched using my Confetti Stars Punch.


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 or pictures below to find out more about specific products) 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-
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Saturday 17 January 2015

Pinkies Spring Summer Catalogue Blog Hop- Sheltering Tree Seasons from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton


Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We're showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from the new Stampin' Up!® Spring/Summer Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping!

Thanks for hopping over to me on the Isle of Wight from Anne-Marie's blog. I hope you've enjoyed the creative inspiration so far. You've joined me for a little bit of creativity using the new Sheltering Tree stamp set from the Spring Summer Catalogue. I fell in love with this stamp set the moment I saw it in the catalogue and knew it would  make a perfect set of notecards to represent the seasons.

This stamp set comes in photopolymer which makes lining up the layers a dream. Even stamping the little bike in my summer card below was super easy with my clear block and photopolymer stamp.

Summer: Old Olive and Real Red inspired.



Autumn: Crushed Curry & Cajun Craze.


Spring: Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride.


Winter: Lost Lagoon and Pool Party.



I loved creating this little seasonal set showing the different ways you can use this stamp set to create little tree scenes. I loved creating the added details by using my rhinestones, pearls and candy dots to compliment my colour schemes for each card.

Thank you for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed the projects I shared. Hop on to Krista's blog to continue the fun.

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 (you can click on the pictures below) 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-





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Friday 16 January 2015

A gold tone Little Letters scrapbook page by Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters. It is the weekend ;0) And you know what that means? Another fab Pinkie team blog hop tomorrow. This time we will be celebrating the Spring Summer Catalogue I have a lovely set of notecards to share with you tomorrow so be sure to pop by to check out all the lovely creative inspiration from some fab fellow Demonstrators.

Today I have a scrapbook page to share with you. I'm a little scrapbook rusty. I've been so enjoying Stampin' Up! and Project Life that I've neglected my traditional 12"x12" scrapbooking. But I really enjoyed getting back to it this week.


For this page I used a Very Vanilla base with a 6" square of Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum. I stamped the small star flurries in Gold Encore ink using the background stamp from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar Stamp Set.

I created my title with my Little Letters Thinlits Dies using Champagne Glimmer Paper. I added a length of Gold Satin Ribbon and Gold Sequin Trim.


I cut three stars from Brushed Gold cardstock using my Stars Framelits and scored from every point. I folded and then mounted to my page using Dimensionals layered on top of one another (I used 4) to keep the 3D effect.

To embellish my star background I added a little colour with my 2013-2015 In Colour Sequins.


I really enjoyed getting back to scrapbooking and I never need an excuse to show off pictures of my girls. This picture was taken on a walk to my Mum's house in the cold weather. My youngest is never shy of smiling when she sees a camera.

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 or pictures below to find out more about specific products) 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-

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Wednesday 14 January 2015

Adventure Bound + Hello You Thinlits Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton


Good morning crafters.

As you can see I have stuck with my theme this morning. Here is another card inspired by these amazing creations from Jenny in Australia. I love the simplicity of letting the Adventure Bound Paper Stack speak for itself. I love keeping the photo clear images the focus of the card and just adding a sentiment over the top. A perfect birthday card for the man in your life, traveller or nature lover.

For this card I layered the pebble paper over an Island Indigo cardstock base. I ran the 'Happy' Thinlit from the Hello You Thinlit set (which I purchased as a bundle with the Crazy for You stamp set) through my Big Shot to cut a Whisper White greeting.


I then cut a small Whisper White pennant which I stamped 'Birthday' on using the Crazy About You stamp set (designed to accompany the words framelits). I finished by adding 3 Regals Candy Dots.

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

-XXX-

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