More sneak peeks and Stampin’ Up! regional training…

I had the pleasure of attending the Stampin’ Up! regional training day in High Wycombe recently.  We had a great day mixing and mingling with fellow Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators, having sneak peeks of some of the lovely new items coming up in the new catalogue, and, of course, we got to do some make and takes too which were just too cute! 

When demos get together we love to share and swap ideas with each other and these are some of the beautiful swaps I received from the ladies who were there …

Wisteria wonders…

 

Pool party …

Lucky limeade …

Pink and black …

Reds…

 

What fantastic swaps from some very talented crafters! 

I can’t wait until the new catalogue is released on 1st October! Woo hoo!

 

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Hurry! – Special offer for August only!

 

 

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Get an exclusive gift from Stampin’ Up! with a qualifying purchase or workshop!

 

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As if getting new Stampin’ Up! products wasn’t fun enough, when you place a £75 order with me,

or host a £250 workshop,

you’ll also receive a FREE gift from Stampin’ Up! 

 

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Your gift includes:

 a beautiful, exclusively-designed cosmetic bag,

 along with Rich Razzleberry 1-1/4” (3.2 cm) Striped Grosgrain Ribbon,

and a 24-piece Clip Assortment

 

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Isn’t it gorgeous?  And the contents are worth over £18!

 

So why not take a look through the Stampin’ Up! catalogue and place your order today!

 

And anyone placing an order with me will also receive one of my handmade thank you cards.

 

This offer is only available during the month of August, so contact me today to place your order or to book your Stampin’ Up! workshop!

 

 

So, no card from me today … just fabulous news from Stampin’ Up! 

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Thanks a punch …

A question was left on my blog yesterday asking how I got the background of the label bigger than the sentiment part, like on this card…

 

So I’ve put together a tutorial to show how I did it.  I hope it helps. 

 

Decorative label punch tutorial

1)  First, choose a label and sentiment to stamp. 

Here, I’ve used tempting turquoise to stamp the polka dot label from the Four Frames stamp set (which is my favourite), and then stamped the best wishes sentiment from the Sincere Salutations stamp set in basic gray using the stampamajig to line it up perfectly. 

This is my favourite sentiment stamp set and was the very first stamp set I bought from Stampin Up.  It’s the one I use most often, and the sentiments look great on any project. 

2) Punch out the stamped image using the decorative label punch, plus two more labels from coloured cardstock.

3) Next, cut the two cardstock labels as shown, one in half across the shortest width, and cut away a small strip down the centre of the other and discard it.

4)  Using snail adhesive, adhere the longer pieces of cardstock to the punched label, offsetting each one so it protrudes past the punched label slightly.  I find it easiest to put the coloured cardstock down on my work table and hover the whisper white label overtop before sticking it down.  Repeat with the shorter cardstock pieces. 

 

5) Adhere stampin dimensionals to the back of the label covering the gap.

6)  And here’s the finished label:

I hope I’ve explained things clearly and you have found this tutorial helpful - any questions, please let me know.

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There’s a kind of hush…

…all over my blog, tonight … and for the rest of  this week unfortunately, as my camera stopped working after 11 years of faithful service so I can’t photograph my projects

On a happier note, it was our wedding anniversary this week (24 years…wow!) and my lovely husband has bought me a fabby new camera to replace my old one.  I can’t wait until it arrives and I can 1) learn to use it, and 2) photograph my latest projects!  

I do have some interesting projects coming up including new baby cards, holy communion cards, ‘make and takes’ from a recent craft evening, plus much more! So watch this space… 

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