Christmas Card Club–August

  Today im sharing with you the cards my ladies made at my August Christmas Card Club Each month we get together and make 8 hand made christmas cards to of each design, the class costs £10 and includes all materials, envelopes, tools and refreshments – interested in coming along too please call or email me today to book your seat – Next class Wednesday 25th September – in Hockwold please dont hesitate to contact me if you have any questions... im always happy to help To order Stampin' Up! products 24/7 by emailing me on laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk i will then call or email 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. Thank you for visiting me today to keep upto date with my blog updates, add your email address to the 'Follow me' area or click on the follow me link on the top right hand side of my blog

Racing themed party

 Its a BOY.... We are a very proud country right now.... Congratulations William and Kate on the birth of you blue bundle.... And maybe one day their little boy will want a racing themed party... ?!? well maybe boys will be boys hey....



So here are the photos i promised you from my sons 8th Birthday party that i planed and put together all themed around ‘racing’…..
my ‘Start’ table for presents… before… man i wish i had an after pic as the table was FULL – crazy full he was totally spoilt by his friends and family…

I made all the signs with the help of my lovely partner… using lining paper, black paint and my cardboard fabric tubes….


here are the table decorations i made using  trophys from Poundland… table either had these or balloons….

This was my Pitstop – a drinks ‘Re fuel’ table….

heres his fab cake made by my very clever friend….

spot all the party bags ‘cups’ all in chequer cups there was 40 altogether!!! all filled with sweets, a notebook, pencil, rubber, wristband, lolly, popping candy
Birthday boy!!!

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If you have any questions regarding todays post please do emaillaura@mycreativeideas.co.uk or give me a call on 01842 828643 im always happy to help.... and love to hear from my customers. If you would like to purchase any Stampin' Up! products you may order them through myself via email, my online shop or over the phone, i would love to help you, i pride myself on fast, excellent service. Delivery is available to any uk address for only £4.95 how ever BIG your order may be.. 

Hockwold Country Fair

SO i promised you i would share with you pictires from my Stand last Sunday at Hockwold country fair, well with the hecticness of last week it just didnt happen... but here they are finally..

It was a beautiful hot sunny day and hundreds of people turned out, it was a great day... i met lots of new crafty people some of which came who came to my Chrismtas card club wednesday night, i was surprised that so many Crafty people hadnt heard of Stampin up... one lady who looked through the cattie said oh wow its crafters heaven - she isnt wrong!!!

I had so many lovely comments about my wreath.... later this week i will post a Closer pic and explain how i made it....

  

Thank you for coming by today, come back tomorrow for more exciting Stampin' Up! News, Ideas and Inspiration....

Starfruit swallowtail

happy Monday crafters... Comes round way to,quick doesn't it :( ....

I had a play yesterday with a new stamp... It's from the Stampin up spring and summer catalogue... And it the single stamp swallowtail.... Take a look...

  

I had a play with the stamp, experimenting with different techniques, and then came across the challenge below... So then made another card with my new favourite stamp...

Have a closer look... 

I stamped the image with summer Starfruit, on to very vanilla card stock, 

I couldn't resist using a piece of the sycamore street DSP, its from a free pack of paper available with a £45 order during sale a Bration only, 

What I've used

Stamps - Swallowtail and teeny tiny wishes stamp set

Card stock - Sahara sand, very vanilla and summer Starfruit.

Sycamore street DSP.

Liked what Ive shown you today don't forget you can keep up to date with my posts by clicking on the follow me button, on the right hand side of my blog or my entering your email address in the follow by email link, again on the right side of my blog..

Interested in anything i have made or used today?? please dont hesitate to contact me i would love to help you, I pride myself on excellent and fast customer service, Orders can be delivered to any UK or European address  - call me on (+44) 01842 828643 or email on laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk 

Thank you for visiting me today,

Happy craftin' Laura xx

Future dates for Evening and Allday classes

 

All day class £30 each, £15 deposit required at time of booking please, deposits can be paid my cash, cheque or via Paypal.

for any more details or questions dont hesitate to contact me

Call me on 01842 828643 or email me on: laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk to book your seat,

 

Thank you, Laura xx

‘Bloomin’ Marvelous’ Wine bottle tag

 

Morning crafters….

As you read this i shall be on route to a Stampin’ Up! training event, the wonders of technology and schedule post hey!!

As Ive told you in the past when us demonstrators meet we love to swap ideas with each other, this times theme is the up and coming ‘Sale-a-bration’ promotion – heres my swap (excludes bottle hehe)

The cute tag fits a small bottle of wine..

I thought id provide these instuctions for anyone interested in recreating the tags, there straight forward – they kinda needed to be with 40 to make!!!!

Cut base card at 14.8cm x 6cm score at 6cm

cut layer at 14.3cm x 5.5cm score at 5.5cm

as you can see from the pic above i punched my sentiment back ground layer and the scallop circle from my base, i did this to save on card – id advise you do these out of off cuts of card.

now your ready to stamp up the layer, i’ve used the Bloomin’ Marvelous Sale-a-bration stamp set – which is available for FREE with a £45 order from 22nd January.

punching the scallop circle for the neck of the bottle – from spare card stock punch a 1-1/4” circle, then punch the scallop circle 1-3/4” hoovering over circle centrally. you should end up with something like the pic below.. if ive made my instructions clear

now your ready to stick your stamped layer to your base card, make sure you line up your score lines.

Stamp out your sentiment – punch out with the small oval punch,

Glue scallop oval onto bottle tag.. at bottom ensuring short score line at top.

add sentiment – i used dimensional sticky pads…

Now punch out on small section circle using 1-1/4” circle punch – mark centre of top if easier to line up punch

now stick scallop circle on,

I cut out 40!! of these little flowers to finish off my tag… i embossed it to give it dimension… as below – then glued to edge of sentiment .

heres – my finished bottle tag… hope you enjoyed to days tutorial…

 

Interested in Sale-a-Bration 2013 email me today or call me on 01842 828643 to arrange for me to send you a copy of the leaflet for FREE.

Thank you for coming bye today, please dont hestitate to contact me if you have any questions, I’m always very happy to help.

Laura xx

 

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Sneaky Peek Sale-a-Bration 2013

 

So I told you all the other day that sale-a-bration is coming very sooooooon how exciting it is, it starts on 22nd January, and i cant wait to show you all whats available for FREE this year – its BIG and more exciting than EVER before.

Today I thought I’d show you what I’ve been creating with one of the stamps from one of the FREE stamp sets.. some Thank you cards – which im sure youve all been busy making…

The cards Ive been making also tie in perfectly with the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge:

CFC84: Create a Clean And Simple Thank You card

 

I’snt the font gorgeous and the complete Stamp set is too but youll have to wait to see it  – its so funky and i felt the stamp alone  needed no frills so i came up with this design - just the stamp repeated and a diamonte for sparkle..

Each card features 4 inks in different shades of the same colour, rather than using different generations of the same ink – which could though look good too.

As I said before this years Sale-a-Bration is HUGE with more than just stamp sets for FREE, To earn Sale-a-Bration goodies for FREE during 22nd January – 22nd March spend £45.00 and pick a product for FREE – it really is that simple, Host a party with Friends, family, neighbours and colleagues and they get to share in the freebies too plus as the hostess you get even more FREE stampin’ up! goodies too.. with a £150 party sales youll get on top of the usual £25.00 Hostess credit a FREE pack of Silver glimmer Paper. £300 party sales youll get a FREE pack of silver glimmer paper, Plus a FREE product bundle plus the normal hostess credit of £50.00 and 1 item at 50% off…

Interested in hosting a party and earning lots of FREEBIES call or email me today on 01842 828643 / email.

I think my favourite was the purples and pinks..

To make this card:

Stamp set: Vintage Verses.

Interested in Sale-a-Bration 2013 email me today or call me on 01842 828643 to arrange for me to send you a copy of the leaflet for FREE.

Thank you for coming bye today, please dont hestitate to contact me if you have any questions, I’m always very happy to help.

Laura xx

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Talking Tag

 

Today ive come to share more exciting news from Stampin’ Up! with a brand new exciting product… now you can personalise you creations with a voice greeting or personal message.. you can use them on birthday cards, Thank you cards, Invitations. The message can simply be what ever you want it to be – How exciting is this… The Tags are self adhesive and include instructions to the recipient, all you and the recipient need to do to use and listen to them is download the FREE app and scan the code. The great thing is you have 60 seconds of record time and you can re record until you are happy with you message.

How to send a voice message:

1. Download the FREE TalkingTag™ App on you smartphone from talkingtag.mobi, iTunes® or Google Play™.
2. Adhere the message tag to your card or gift.
3. Open TalkingTag™ App and scan the code.
4. Record your message (recording starts immediately, so make sure you’re ready!).

How to Buy Talking Tags:

Buy ‘em by the sheet! You get 10 tags for just £7.25 (item 129723).

 

How to use your Talking Tag

Helpful Tips:

• Adhere Talking Tag to a flat surface, otherwise the scanner can’t read the code.
• Multiple tags can be attached to one surface, but don’t place them too close together. When scanning a message, you shouldn’t be able to see another code on the screen.
• Do not write or place any decoration over the label.
• Talking Tag has a permanent adhesive and cannot be repositioned once attached to a surface. Attempting to remove it could tear the label, making it impossible to listen to the content.
• A Talking Tag message label can only hold one message. Once a message is confirmed, it cannot be deleted or re-recorded.

 

Isnt this just the coolest most exciting thing weve had for a while – can are crafting get any more bespoke and personal???

Would like to get your hands on this exciting new product email me or call me 01842 828643  today to order your Talking Tags and start sending your personalised messages.

Thank you for coming bye today

Laura xx

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Be my Valentine?!?

 

After slacking yesterday on the crafting front, today i could’nt resist in joining in on the Blog challenge over at http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.co.uk , its such a cute card sketch and my thoughts straight away was ooooo Valentines.. Im determined as ever to actively craft and blog as much as i can, heres what ive been making today…

I love Primrose Petals and love even more Primrose Petals and Early Espresso combination with the cleanness of the Very Vanilla a combination i will definately use again. its lovely using different colours, i feel the last few months all ive been using is reds and greens…

 

The card i made for the challenge uses all Stampin’ Up! card and products, detailed as below:

Early Espresso, Very Vanilla and Primrose Petals Card Stock, Primrose Petals ink, Heart Punch, Heart of Hearts Embosslits, and the heart from the Itty Bitty punch Pack, Dry embossed lines using the Stampin’ Up! simply scoreboard,  Bitty Banners Framelits for sentiment and Scallop Trim Border Punch.

Interested in any products ive used today id love to order them for you please call me on 01842 828643 or email me on laura@mycreativeideas.co.uk and I’ll be more than happy to help and advise you.

Thank you for coming by today

Laura xx

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Stampin' Trimmer

Features of the All-New Stampin’ Trimmer

The BEST on the market!!!

• An extra-wide 15.9 cm cutting base and an extended 39 cm ruler
  • The extra-wide cutting base provides a large work area and is marked in 4 mm increments, allowing for small measurements.
  • The right-side grid helps you measure and cut very thin strips.
  • The extended cutting arm has a stabilizing leg to provide a sturdy and steady cutting surface for longer cuts.
  • When fully extended, the extended cutting arm sits flush with the trimmer base, providing more accurate and consistent measurements across the entire surface.
  • All rulers and measurements on the base are printed under a plastic cover so your measurements won’t wear off.
  • The base has nonskid feet, which keeps the Stampin’ Trimmer securely in place on your work area.

• A full 30.5 cm cutting and scoring track
  • The extra-long cutting track has space at the top and bottom so you don’t have to take the cutting and scoring blades out when you’re not using them.
  • The track gives you enough space to cut or score a full 30.5 cm without having to remove or switch out handles.
  • The cutting track locks in place for secure storage or transport.
  • The track includes an insertion point for cutting and scoring blade handles so you can easily insert handles into the cutting track.

• Specially designed handles and cutting track to ensure straight cuts
  • The hook on the scoring and cutting blade handles keeps the handles stable so the cuts are as straight as possible.
  • Handles come in two colors: dark for cutting, light for scoring.
  • The precision tip on the cutting blade allows you to pinpoint precisely where you’re cutting.
  • The point on the side of each handle shows you where the blade will cut, making it easy to see exactly where your cuts and scores will begin.

• Storage compartment under base
• The storage compartment holds scoring and cutting tools such as a Bone Folder, Simply Scored Stylus, extra scoring and cutting blades and even business cards.
• Separate compartments within the storage compartment keep your tools organized, and the clear cover makes it easy to see what you’ve stored.
• Cost - £25.95

Perfect Christmas pressie... i think you'd agree or maybe just treat yourself!?! I did! Call or email me today to order yours, I'll have it delivered to your door for a small postage and packaging charge of £4.95.

Christmas is Coming All Day Class

 

 

Good Morning Crafters

Its getting closer Christmas is fast approaching, but do you like the sound of a whole day crafting forgetting about the hecticness surrounding you??  Fancy making a stunning festive wreath (sneaky peak pic above) to display in your home year on year that all your friends will envy??

I have just the class for you: its on Saturday 1^st December, in Hockwold Village Hall meeting Room - 10am till 4pm

Not only will you make this stunning Rosette Wreath but you will also get the chance to make 3 ‘special’ Christmas Cards.

The cost of the Class is £30, you will receive all the materials and full instructions in your kit for the days Crafting, all you need to bring along with you is your packed lunch, i will provide refreshments.

If you are already a crafter of course bring along a basic tool kit if you have one – Not essential though

Please feel free to pass this email to friends, Colleagues or neighbours the more the merrier

Special Offer: Bring along a friend who I’ve not meet before and receive £5 off your class fee, bring along 2 friends and receive £10 off - etc

Booking is essential call or email today to book your place (4 seats all ready taken)  a £15.00 deposit is required to secure your seat (deposit can be paid by Cheque, Cash or Paypal gift Payment) LAST DATE TO BOOK 23^RD NOVEMBER

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, Hope you can make it for a fun and relaxing day of Crafting

Thanks for popping by today, till next time Laura xx