Strength and Hope

Another late night post!!!  As promised this is the make and take from my open house event last Friday celebrating the launch of the mini catalogue.

I decided to use the Strength and Hope stamp set for my make and take as there is a donation of £1.00 to breast cancer research from every set sold, so while creating beautiful cards we are also helping a very worth while cause.

The colours are Regal Rose, River Rock and Pretty in Pink, which was also embossed with the new sizzix exclusive square lattice folder.  I used the curly label punch to make the window, stamping the butterfly in River Rock, then stamping "Hope" in Chocolate Chip through the window over the first image.  A length of Pretty in Pink taffetta ribbon was tied round the edge of the frame.

This is a really quick and somple card to make and I took my inspiration from one of the samples in the mini catalogue.  If you would like a copy of the new mini catalogue or to palce an order please contact me.

I would like to thank everyone who came along on the night and "ooh'd" and "ahh'd" at my samples there are some fabulous new products!!  I'm keeping my fingers crossed we don't have to wait too long to get our inky fingers on those new products!!!

Angela x

Simply Stampin' 1st Challenge

Today is the very first challenge over at Simply sStampin' a new challenge blog. The first challenge is a great sketch to follow,  you can rotate this sketch if you wish.

We have a fantastic prize to be won this month - one lucky winner will be drawn at random a the end of the month!!  There will be a weekly  top 3 chosen by the design team. You can see the projects by the other members of the design team here.

I really loved working with this sketch and I decided it would work better for me by rotating the sketch for my design.  I have used the Strength & Hope stamp set again for my card. The colours are Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso Pretty in Pink and Whisper White. I used the polka dots embossing folder for the Pretty in Pink layer along with the scallop boarder edge punch.

The design team would love to see your creations, if you would like to be in with a chance to win this fabulous prize please use  at least one Stampin' Up! product on your project and link it back to the challenge, become a follower of the challenge blog and display our banner in your side bar. 

Angela x

Its Mini Catalogue time!!!!!

Wowee, I'm so excited to finally be able to share with you the fabulous new mini catalogue from Stampin' Up!  It has been so exciting having the new products to "play" with a whole month before the catalogue is launched, one of  the many perks you get as a demonstrator.

There are so many new products again this year but I think the most exciting one of all is the Sizzix "Big Shot" along with exclusive Stampin' Up! dies and embossing folders!!!

This is a small "pillow" box I have made using one of the new dies - they are so quick and easy to make I have stamped on to Crumb Cake card with the matching ink then I stamped a Rose Red butterfly and cut it out adding a few pearls for the body, a length of linen thread wrapped around the box.

This is the matching card, using some Crumb Cake paper and Rose red card torn along the edge. I used the Strength and Hope stamp set, this is being sold to raise funds for breast cancer research - Stampin' Up! will dontate £1.00 from every set sold to help fund reseach and treatment. I think this is one of my favourite new stamp sets - but then I think you will read that again over the next few days.  There  are some beautiful colours in the new seam binding ribbons, it is so fine almost like silk making it perfect to gather up.

If you would like a copy of the new mini catalogue or if you would like to place an order for any of the new products please contact me and I will arrange that for you.

Tonight I am holding my Mini Madness open house event to celebrate the launch of the mini catalogue.

I will be back tomorrow with my first design team card for the new Simply Stampin' Challenge and also another creation for a blog hop I am involved in at In Love With Stampin, so I do hope you can join in with them and see some of the fabulous projects created using the new products.

Angela x

It's Here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well at last I can share the new Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue!!!  

There are so many fabulous new products in here!!  My favourites have to be the Sweet Pea papers, stamps and felt flowers which are beautiful!!  I also love the gorgeous Vintage Vogue stamp set, this one is going to be so popular, look out for my posts using this set, I know you will love it!!  Then there's Fox and Friends, fantastic value at just £14.95 for 7 stamps and not forgetting Dasher, he is a must have so you can make an early start on your Christmas preparations!!!  I could go on and on  .................

You can see the on-line catalogue here, then just e-mail me your order!!