A bit of Love and Affection for you today

So it's Thursday already, where is this week going to!

Today's snip of creativity uses a gorgeous new stamp set called

"Love and Affection"

This set contains an array of flowers, leaves, stems and greetings too and I've struggled to put it down as I've found it so useable.  It is part of the Affectionately Yours Suite consisting of stamps, papers, ribbons, wash tape and more products that co-ordinate with each other.

My colour combo uses two new In Colours

Dapper Denim

and

Flirty Flamingo

I've used the Floral Affection Embossing Folders, these are so cute and pretty and textured too!

I'm also loving the new Floral Boutique Washi Tape and co-ordinating Solid Bakers Twine which ties lovey bows.

A really sweet and simple card that can be created in minutes and if you'd like to purchase any of the products I've used in my card, just click on the picture below to be directed to my online shop.

If you would like to place an online order, remember that if you are spending £25 or over, you need to apply the HOSTESS CODE to your order, I can then add you to a combined order and share the Hostess Rewards equally with everyone who participates.  I will then send you a little gift in the post to say thank you for shopping with me once the order has closed.  

You will always find the current HOSTESS CODE at the top right hand side of my blog.

You still have 7 days left to take up on the opportunity of purchasing the Starter Kit and choose 2 EXTRA STAMP SETS OF ANY VALUE FOR FREE!

Product List

Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	Love & Affection Photopolymer Stamp Set [141545] £14.00	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] £6.00	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [141397] £6.00
Floral Boutique Designer Washi Tape [141664] £4.50	Night Of Navy Solid Baker's Twine [141684] £2.75	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] £7.25	Floral Affection Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141713] £8.25

Lets face the "Weather Together"

I have felt so lost since I tipped a whole glass of water over my laptop, I tried to resurrect it submerging it in a box of rice but sadly it didn't make it!  I have an iPad but it's just not the same.

I had been pondering on a Macbook purchase and I guess it just accelerated my thinking, so here I am, back in the world of blogging!  I've so much to share with you!

I'm sharing with you a recent Shaker Card I made using a gorgeous new stamp set called Weather Together, a lovely set containing umbrellas and greetings and I love that we have a set of co-ordinating Framelits to go with it!

I used the new Layering Squares framelits to create a window, then stuck a piece of Window sheet behind it, adding adhesive foam tape to this before filling with my homemade confetti (I used lots of little punched out pieces from various punches I have), but of course we do have a lovely new Confetti Punch which would be much quicker!

If you would like to place an online order, remember that if you are spending £25 or over, you need to apply the HOSTESS CODE to your order, I can then add you to a combined order and share the Hostess Rewards equally with everyone who participates.  I will then send you a little gift in the post to say thank you for shopping with me once the order has closed.  

You will always find the current HOSTESS CODE at the top right hand side of my blog.

You still have 8 days left to take up on the opportunity of purchasing the Starter Kit and choose 2 EXTRA STAMP SETS OF ANY VALUE FOR FREE!

If you would like to know more about joining my team and being part of an amazing Community of crafters, please get in touch for an informal chat

Product List

Layering Squares Framelits Dies [141708] £32.00	Weather Together Photopolymer Bundle [142319] £36.75	Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad [141394] £6.00	Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad [141395] £6.00	Aqua Painters [103954] £15.50
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock [141419] £7.25	Sweet Sugarplum A4 Cardstock [141423] £7.25	Sweet Sugarplum 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon [141428] £7.25	Night Of Navy Solid Baker's Twine [141684] £2.75
Window Sheets Base Material [114323] £4.50	Floral Boutique Designer Washi Tape [141664] £4.50	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] £7.25

I'm on my way!

This morning I am travelling to Barcelona, to meet up with some fellow Demonstrator friends to spend a few days together before the Global Incentive Trip Mediterranean Cruise commences on Saturday.

So at these events we are invited to take part in a swap session, I chose to make cards, there was a 3D swap option too.

So here is my finished swap, I have used some new products and if you saw my previous post you will see that I am asking you to leave a comment to guess which new products I've used on my swap, I will put all the names in a hat and send a little gift to the person I pick!  You can leave your comment on this post if you like.

My base card is Kraft, you can purchase this via my shop and it comes in 12x12 sheets.  I teamed it with Vanilla Cardstock for a more vintage feel.

You will recognise the Butterfly Die and I'm happy to say that it will be carrying over to the new 2016/17 Catalogue.

I used a couple of stamps from the "Awesomely Artistic" stamp set, another carry over item which I adore.  The fern and "splat" image are both from this set.

I will be restricted to Internet use whilst I am away but I will post whenever I can!

It's Swap time!

I am getting very excited as in 2 days time I will be leaving for Barcelona in preparation for the Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip on a Mediterranean Cruise that commences on Sunday.  I earnt this trip last year and Stampin' Up! pay for myself and a guest to travel, this will be my 5th trip and I can't wait!

I will be spending 4 days with some beautiful friends, Michelle, Monica, Amanda and Natalie, people whom I have met through being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and I am so happy to have a few days to chill with them before the cruise begins.

So on Saturday I began to prepare my swaps for this trip.  Here's all the elements before I assembled them.

Can you spot some sneak peaks?

Leave me a comment below to let me know which Sneak Peak products you can see and I will pull a name from the hat to send a little treat in the post to say thank you for stopping by!

I will share my completed swap with you later, first I have a little packing to do!

Thank you for stopping by, come back very soon!

Garden in Bloom

Morning everyone, hope you are having a great start to the weekend.

Today I am sharing a recent card from my 6 Card Club, at this class we create 6 simple but sweet cards for £10.

I've had the Garden in Bloom stamp set for a little while now but have only just got around to inking it up and I have to say I am in love with how pretty and simple it is!

It's a 2 Step Stamp set which means we use more than one stamp, layering them to create our finished image, but what I love about this set is that you don't have to stamp in 2 stages, you can just use the stamps individually and they work really well.  The stamps are also not solid images so they have depth to them too.

Onto my card, as per usual, pretty subtle with my colours lol!

Here I used So Saffron, Tip Top Taupe and Whisper White

I inked up the outline of the flower first and stamped onto Whisper White card, then for the second part of the flower, the solid image, I inked it up in So Saffron them stamped it off onto my grid paper before lining up with my first outline image, this way I had some second generation colour making it paler so that the outline image was more defined.

I've used another favourite stamp set here called

Awesomely Artistic

Love, love, love this set, so pretty and delicate.  The background flower, splats and label were all from this set.

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Product List

Garden In Bloom Photopolymer Stamp Set [139433] £23.00	Awesomely Artistic Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139950] £18.00	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957] £6.00	Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad [138325] £6.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £7.25
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [126957] £6.00	Window Word Punch [119857] £14.50	Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits [135707] £22.00