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Sunday, 9 August 2020

Colour Combo Blog Hop - August...

Good morning and welcome to the Colour Combo Blog Hop for August, today we are using the colours Rich Razzleberry, Mint Macaron and Soft Suede.

You may have joined me from Tricia or starting the hop here. We certainly have a bumper hop for you today so get yourself a cuppa and hop along.

I was unsure what stamp set to use to create my card but remembered a new set from the Annual Catalogue which I had barely inked so I decided to get it out, it is called Tasteful Touches.

It is a very pretty set with lots of different elements which makes it so versatile.

Here is my card...

I started with a Mint Macaron card base. I then cut out a layer from Rich Razzleberry and another from Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper. I used pippets to pick up some colour from the reinkers and 'puffed' them across the watercolour paper.

I used the frame die from the Nature's Thoughts dies in the vellum and mounted the three layers together. The leaves were stamped in Mint Macaron and die cut. The flowers were stamped in Memento ink and were coloured using the Stampin' Blends. I cut the fancy border piece also from the Nature's Thoughts dies and arranged all my pieces on my card front. I stamped my greeting, taken from the Positive Thoughts stamp set in Rich Razzleberry. I added some Wink of Stella to the flowers and, finally, I coloured some Jewels in Soft Suede and glued them to my card.

Here are some close ups...

I hope you have enjoyed my project, I love to hear from you so please leave me a comment if you do.

I am now going to pass you on to Sigrid who I am sure has something beautiful to share with you today. There is a list of hoppers shown below.

Happy Stampin'

Elisabeth Pirolt - Little Lizzy’s Crafts (AT)

Sue McDonald - Frankiesue Stampin’

Sandra Roberts - Sandra’s Craft Studio (UK)

Amanda Farlinger (Canada)

Annette Elias- De Kijkkast - NL

Alejandra Gomez - Creating with Allie (USA)

Lisa Kmiec (US)

Anastasia Radloff (US)

Jenn Charles (US)

Tricia Butts (US)

Jo Blackman (UK) - YOU ARE HERE

Sigrid Joch - Sigrids kreative ART (D)

Sue Allen - ( Australia)

Melinda Whittington - Aus

Rochelle Laird-Smith (Australia)

Caroline Peck - US

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344] £8.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £9.00	Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock [119981] £8.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.50	Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154898] £8.50
Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] £8.50	Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154889] £8.50	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] £9.25	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [147106] £7.00	Nature's Thoughts Dies [153586] £27.00
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] £8.25	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [115664] £3.50	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [138331] £3.50	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [115663] £3.50	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] £4.75
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] £7.50	Positive Thoughts Cling Stamp Set [151490] £20.00

Saturday, 8 August 2020

Stamp 'n Hop August Blog Hop - Favourite Bundle...

Good morning and welcome to the Stamp 'n Hop August Blog Hop.

You may have enjoyed me from Sandra or starting the hop here. This month the theme is our Favourite Bundle. How on earth do you choose? The truth is there are so many I love but when I took myself back to the first look at our Annual Catalogue, the one which really stood out for me was the Forever Fern Bundle.

I loved everything about this Suite, the foliage, the colours in the Designer Series Paper, just everything so it was the first set I bought from the Annual Catalogue.

So, I have two cards for you today, the second of which came about from the offcuts left from the first.

Here is my first card...

I cut a Thick Whisper White base card. The first layer is from one of the sheets of DSP, followed by a further Whisper White layer. I carefully lined up the Playful Alphabet dies towards the bottom and cut them out. I did a few letters at a time and loosely held them in place with Washi Tape. (I debated for several minutes over which way up the 'H' goes, the cross bar at the top or bottom??? I decided I preferred it at the top only to find it later in the catalogue with the bar at the bottom, oh well, guess that means it can go either way!). I placed a strip of Pretty Peacock cardstock behind the letters so they stood out more.

I lightly stamped some foliage in Gray Granite in the background (most of which is now covered up but you can see a few peaks of it out the side). I die cut some foliage from Soft Seam Foam card stock and all the leaves are cut from the amazing DSP, it was quite a lot of fussy cutting but they are too nice not to. I created the card by gluing down the gold hoop first then I added the greenery and some gold leaves from the Forever Gold Laser Cut Speciality Paper. I added my Happy and the gold strips were cut from the edge of the same laser cut paper (I don't like to waste anything!). Finally I added a few gems from the Flowers for Every Season suite to finish.

So once I was done, I had the Birthday letters cut out and I couldn't throw them away so I made a second quick card.

This time I stuck the gold hoop on some DSP and cut it out. The background is Pretty Peacock with two strips of the beautiful DSP, a few leaves and some gold thread. Finally, I glazed the letters using our Shimmery Crystal Effects before adding a few gems to complete.

I hope you enjoyed my projects. I am now going to pass you on to Karen who I am sure has something lovely to share with you today.

Happy Craftin'

Jo Blackman (UK) - YOU ARE HERE

Sue Allen -(Australia)

Melinda Whittington - Australia

Rochelle Laird-Smith (Australia)

Caroline Peck - (US)

If you live in the UK and would like to receive a catalogue, please do get in touch. I would love to be your demonstrator or, discuss the possibilities and benefits that come with being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, anyone can do it and I would be happy to guide you on your creative journey.

It costs just £99 and you will receive an amazing £130 of goodies of your choice.

Drop me a line if you fancy a chat!

Forever Fern Bundle (English) [154094] £49.50	Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper [152492] £10.75	Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper [152493] £14.00	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] £7.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] £32.00
Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] £8.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £8.25	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] £5.50	Versamark Pad [102283] £8.75	Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054] £28.00
Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] £8.25	Gold Hoops Embellishments [152474] £7.00	Flowers For Every Season Gems [153645] £6.00	Shimmery Crystal Effects [150892] £4.75	Wonder Of The Season Ribbon Combo Pack [153537] £8.25

Tuesday, 4 August 2020

EXCITING NEWS AND UPDATES....

Good morning all and thank you for dropping by today.

I have two pieces of really exciting news for you. Firstly, today sees the launch of our amazing new August-December 2020 Mini Catalogue

There are so many amazing new products with lots of seasonal options as well as some beautiful all occasions options. You really are spoilt for choice. If you would like to receive a copy of the catalogue or would like to place an order then please let me know.

So, that takes me on to the next bit of exciting news....

Recently I was approached by a group of very talented demonstrators from around the World who invited me to join their amazing Simple Suite Stampers Creative Team.

I feel very honoured and privileged to join this amazing team of demonstrators. Each month the team produces a Tutorial Bundle which centres on a particular suite of products, across a page range, in one of our amazing catalogues.

There are twelve members of the Team and we each produce a project with 'simple' in mind so all projects are achievable by the beginner, casual or avid crafter alike.

The twelve projects are then collated into one amazing Tutorial Bundle.

The suite for the month of July was Whale of a Time.

So, how can you get your hands on the tutorial bundle...

One - place a minimum order of £25 and receive the bundle for free

Two - Join my Team and receive the bundle each month, whilst active, for free

Three - you can purchase the bundle for £6, that's 50p a project!

I shall be setting up a page for the tutorials but if you can't wait, just drop me an email, you won't be disappointed!

I will be posting my project from the tutorial later today so you can see for yourself the sort of thing the bundle will include.

Saturday, 1 August 2020

Stampin' For Christmas August Blog Hop...

Good afternoon and welcome to the first ever Stampin' for Christmas Monthly Blog.

This is an exciting new blog hop which focuses on everything Christmas. Traditionally other than a Christmas in July event I hold every year, I do not really start my Christmas crafting until around September but I am making an exception for Christmas hops!

You may have joined me from Lisa or starting the hop here.

I have decided to share with you today a card using the brand new Have a Hoot stamp set. It is such a cute little set with six images of owls for various occasions. It will be available to order from 4 August so not long to wait!

I have used a Seaside Spray base card with a Crumb Cake layer which measures 12.85cm x 8.5cm. I then cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock to measure 12.35cm x 8cm. I sponged the top two thirds of the Whisper White panel using Seaside Spray ink and our sponge brayers.

I stamped six owl images on Whisper White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Staz On ink and lightly water coloured the owls using the Water Painters with Soft Suede and Shaded Spruce inks and the parcels are coloured using a Real Red and Shaded Spruce Stampin' Marker.

I fussy cut out all the owls, three with branches still attached, and arranged them on my card front in a pyramid shape using dimensionals.

I glued the Whisper White panel to the Crumb Cake panel. I tied on some gold cord and a tag heat embossed in white on to Real Red cardstock. I attached the layers on to the card front using dimensionals and added a few gems to finish.

All of the products I have used to make this card are shown below and can be purchased from my online shop (The Have a Hoot stamp set from 4th August). If you don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator I would love to be yours so please get in touch.

I hope I have inspired you to start your Christmas crafting and I am now going to pass yon on to Kirsty who I am sure will have something amazing to share with you today.

Happy Stampin'

Roll Call List

Product List

Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889] £8.25	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] £8.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £9.00	Sponge Brayers [141714] £7.50	Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] £7.00
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad [101406] £9.25	Water Painters [151298] £11.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] £7.00	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] £7.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] £8.25
Versamark Pad [102283] £8.75	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] £5.50	Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054] £28.00	Elegant Faceted Gems [152464] £7.00