with Love & Sympathy

 

A not such a happy card today, a sympathy card I made for a family friend who sadly passed away…

I stamped the en-francais stamp directly onto my card base with white craft ink – looks pretty effective on the basic grey

what ive used:

Stamps – Love & Sympathy, En Francais

Card / ink – Whicper White, Craft, Basic Grey and Smoky Slate

Embellishments – White bakers twine / rhinestones,

please dont hesitate to contact me if you have any questions... im always happy to help

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Rainbow Tea Shop!!

Todays card im sharing with you is a card i made for my friend who lives across the BIG pond (USA) she loves tea, hence the tea cup and tea bag :)

 

Ive used the cute stamp set Tea Shoppe - such a quaint and vintage set - reminds me of a tea party...

The card design and background is made from a technique shared by Monica Gale at a recent training event for us Stampin Up Demonstrators..... its created with acetate, SU markers, alcohol and tissue paper  - messy but such a lovely effect... all avaliable from Stampin Up through myself

Stamps - Tea Shoppe

Ink - Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Midnight Muse and Rich Razzleberry

Card - Basic Grey and Whisper White, Creped filter Paper

Punch - Large Oval

To order any products youve seen today please email me laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk or call me on 01842 828643, or simply click on the SHOP NOW button on the right hand side of my blog...

Thank you for visiting me today, check back at the end of the week for the Stampin Up retiring Product lists,

Make my Monday - Book cover Inspiration

Wow its that day again the one that comes round way to quick!!

Well i hope you all had a lovely weekend, i certainly did my weekend started Friday this week as myself and the rest of our SU team travelled up to Telford for the Stampin Up Regional training on Saturday. On Friday we had a enjoyable drive up and a nice relaxing afternoon at the hotel much was spent specualting about what saturday would involve and what juicy exciting news they would share with us.... One thing i LOVE about being a Stampin Up demonstrator is seeing and getting to play with new exciting products before there general release... you could have this too if you signed up as a Demonstrator...

On Saturday... we started by swapping and sharing our creations.... i will share my swap with you tomorrow... i made 108 swaps and came back with as many swaps all made by other very talented demonstrators, i have a box full of amazing ideas... we then went and sat at our tables and the Training began its a day packed full of Inspiring stories from other demos, tips and gorgeous projects designed by Stampin Up... We were all given a free stamp set too - and oh boy its yummy i cant wait to share it with you soooooooooon 

We had a very yummy lunch followed by exciting news about NEW products hitting the new Catalogue coming in july I really cant wait to share all the exciting news with you....

Today is Monday though so over to the new challenge over at MAKE MY MONDAY..

And heres my card.... I was inspired by the colours and Black silhouette 

This week Mynette has provided the challenge - its a literacy inspiration challenge, Mynette has chosen another one of her favourite books--Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.  Choose to be inspired by the book cover or the story line or both!

Heres a closer look - 

Ive used a new set well its not that new but new to me - Oh Hello.... i used the gorgeous Oval chevron stamped in Basic black ink, stamped on to my Crumb cake case which i had already stamped in white ink with my En Francais Stamp..

I do love my Dress up Framelits... Ive been using these LOTS lately and promise to show you them very soon....

I cant wait to see your card or project inspired by todays Book cover Inspriration.....

What Ive used today:

Stamps - Oh Hello, En Francais and Ciao' Baby!

Ink - White craft and Basic black

Card Stock - Crumb cake and basic Black

Framelits and Punches - Dress Up and Itty Bitty punch set

Embellishments - Paper Doilies , Black taffeta and Basic rhinestones

Would you like to get your hands on a Stampin’ Up! Catalogue??  I pride myself on excellent and fast customer service, Orders can be delivered to any UK or European address. You can call me on (+44) 01842 828643 or email at laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk im always more than happy to help or give advice.... I'd love to help you, whether its advice on products, techniques or an order or even about becoming a demonstrator.. I'm always here to help :)

To order Stampin' Up! products 24/7 by emailing me on laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk i will then call you for payment or you can send me a paypal payment or Cheque, Card payments over the phone taken for VISA, MasterCard and Visa Debit.

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Love Doilies and Hearts

Hi Crafters and thank you for coming bye today... 

Today im showing you a card i made using a new technique i came across online... I cant remember where i saw it or if the technique has a name!!! silly me hey!!??

Heres the Card:

The Background uses the technique i came across.... Ive stamped my background using the SU 'En Francais' stamp all over - ive used Raspberry Ripple ink.... I then stamped hearts using my Versa mark ink pad, the stamps i used are from the lovely 'Hearts a Flutter' set from the new spring and summer mini... i then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder and my heat tool... I then brayered all over my background again using the Raspberry Ripple ink... once i was happy with my coverage i then buffed up my embossed areas with kitchen roll... this is the first time ive used this technique but i like the effect it gives of revealing the pattern / script through the embossed areas only ..

Ive added a Doilie - cut from the Delicate Doilies Sizzlits to place my hearts on... I do love these Doilies and have a lovely card to show you wednesday using them again...

To finish off my card i added hearts from the Hearts a flutter set, with hearts punched from the silver glimmer card, Crochet Trim, a flower cut from the SU flower trim, My Ticket sentiment is stamped from the 'Thats the Ticket' stamp set, again from the Spring and Summer Seasonal Catalogue..

Heres what i used for my card

Very Vanilla and Raspberry Ripple ink and card stock, Delicate Doilies Sizzlits L*, Hearts a Flutter stamp set and Framelits Dies, Thats the ticket stamp set, Ticket Duo Punch, Heart Punch, Silver glimmer card, En Francais stamp, Crochet trim and Flower Trim..

Interested in anything i have made or used today?? Interested in earning Sale-a-Bration goodies for FREE??? please dont hesitate to contact me i would love to help you - call me on 01842 828643 or email on laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk

Dont forget Valentines Day and Mothers Day is fast approaching - Hint Hint to your 'Love one' / Son or Daughter that a Stampin' Up! Voucher would be such a lovely gift... hehehe... give him or her my details, I will then make a Gift card to go with your voucher, post it to them recorded delivery... all he or she has to do is sign the card and give it to you.... all you then have do to is be surprised :) and then email me with your order.... Vouchers available in £10, £15, £20 etc values.

Heres a peak at a card i made for a class i should of held in January but unfortunetly i had to cancel it due to that white stuff..!!! the design is actually easily adapted for a birthday card :) 

 

Thank you for coming by today, Laura xx

Autumn & Winter and NEW Annual Catalogue Blog Hop

 

Welcome & Thank you for coming by today. 

Today is an exciting day as from 10am this morning around 40 Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are showcasing products from the Autumn & Winter catalogue and the all new exciting 2012/2013 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue which you can order from TODAY!! To view the new Annual catalogue click on the catalogue picture on the right hand side of my blog.

Why not grab yourself a cup of tea or coffee (and a biscuit or two of course) and have some fun ‘hopping’ from blog to blog for some wonderful inspiration, Please feel free to leave any comments on posts that catch your eye, we all love to hear what out readers think to our creations. 

Dont forget you may need a pen and paper to jot down some of your favourite products along the way and start your wish list. Don’t worry if you end up with loooong list,  Stampin’ Up! at the moment has an exceptional offer, it has never been a better time to sign up as a Demonstrator – just £99 – to earn some of your favourite products for FREE, Plus during October and November new Demonstrators will receive a FREE pack of Designer Series Paper each month for six months.  Why not contact me  today I’d love to help you and I’ll happily and honestly answer any questions you may have. call on 01842 828643 or email me today.

So let me show you what Ive been busy making:

   

This is using the new ‘Worlds Greatest’ wood mounted stamp. available for £8.95. This really doesnt do the card justice as the card is a musical card which i added a cute little birthday message for my son… Musical cards are NEW to SU featured on page 160 of the new Catalogue for £5.50.

BELOW: This card is a card i made for a swap several of us demonstrators did recently to show off new products to SU:

Ive used the new ‘Papillion PotPourri’ and coordinating Elegant Butterfly Punch…  Stamp set available from £13.95 for 7 beautiful butterfly stamps.

 

The Butterflies are all heat embossed with clear powder and coloured in with an ink pad and Blender pen, Ive used the lovely new 2012 in colours for this card, Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals and Raspberry Ripple.

Dont forget to check out all the New 2012/2014 In Colours Page 152 of the NEW Annual Catalogue..

So what else have i got to show you….

Here is another card using the New Papillion Potpourri stamp set.

  And another…

And another….

As its now officially ‘Autumn’ I will also show you the wreath i made using the New Autumn Accents Die and the gorgeous Tulle Ribbon..

I covered my ring with the NEW Tulle Ribbon, Tulle Ribbon £6.25 for a 9mtr Roll.. I’ve then cut and embossed some leaves with the new Woodgrain embossing folder, some I stamped with the ‘En Francais’ and Woodgrain Large Stamps, Ive cut a few out in Hessian fabric, some in plain Card stock, all to give different textures and the feeling of Autumn, the best bit about this wreath it can come out year on year.. it now has pride of place on my entrance door.

The Bigz die is from the A/W Catalogue page 33 (see catalogue link to right) £18.95

           

And too Finish off something for Christmas…..

Christmas Rosette Wreath products used: Be of good cheer DSP - £9.95, Gumball Green card stock, Cherry Cobbler Tulle Ribbon, NEW 1 1/4” Scallop circle punch £14.25, Merry Minis punch pack set of 3 £15.50.

 

Card Below:  Greetings of the season Stamp set and Joyous Celebrations both from the Autumn and Winter Catalogue. (Gumball Green ink and card stock)

Card Below:  Heart of Christmas Stamp @ £7.95, Merry Minis Punch set of 3 @ £15.50/

As I' organised the hop I’m the official start, although you may have arrived here from someone else’s blog if you start here and hop along you’ll get to see all the blogs with all the wonderful inspiration from fellow demonstrators.

From here your next  hop is over to the lovely Margaret’s blog click here to go on to her blog. Hope you’ve enjoyed you visit and I’ve inspired you today, please come back soon..

Interested in any products or supplies used today, would like to get your hands on the new Catalogues?? like to have them delivered direct to your door?? I’d love to order them for you. to place an order email or call me today on 01842 828643 I’ll be more than happy to help you.

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till next time xx Laura xx