Bringing you some Good Cheer!

The launch of the Stampin' Up! Autumn/Winter catalogue last month has really sparked my festive creativity.  Now I know it's not for all of you, you don't like to start until at least mid November but in my eyes, the earlier the better, things get so hectic as we near Christmas that to have your cards ready and prepared for sending by the beginning of December is a good plan which leaves the rest of the month to finishing off your shopping and wrapping!

So today I'm sharing a really simple card, created using a stamp set called "Stitched with Cheer".  I love, love, love the snowflakes in this set, there are three in total and love how you could just create a whole background with these stamps alone.

I have teamed Whisper White with Mint Macaron and a smidge of gold.  Now I wasn't really a gold person, personally found Silver more to my taste but Gold has grown on me of late.

I recently had a good tidy up of my workspace and invested in a few gold accessories to make my desk look pretty rather than messy lol!  Maybe I will share a picture??

I created a simple tag using a rectangle of whisper white cardstock then snipped off the corners to create a tag shape.  I added some of the gorgeous Gold twine to make a bow then used my handy Cookie Cutter Punch to cut some teeny little hearts from Gold Glimmer paper.  I have to say the new Precision Glue is perfect for sticking down tiny punch outs or embellishments.

This stamp set "Stitched with Cheer" has been designed to co-ordinate with the co-ordinating Project Kit, see below

and I also love that the little holly and berries can be punched out using the Holly Berry Builder Punch.  I just love how Stampin' Up! make it easy for us to craft and produce professional looking projects.

Don't forget today is the last opportunity to get up to 25% off selected products on the World Card Making Day offer, full details in my previous post

You can shop online or email me your order if you are local

If you are shopping online don't forget to use this month's

HOSTESS CODE

Product List

Stitched With Cheer Photopolymer Set [142182] £19.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £8.25	Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344] £7.25	Baker's Twine Trio Pack [141999] £8.25
Gold Glimmer Paper [133719] £4.50	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad [101731] £7.25	Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad [138326] £6.00

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

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.

It's not too late to purchase items from the 2016 Retired List 

To view the list click HERE

The quickest way to get your products is to place an order via my

ONLINE SHOP HERE

I will be placing orders myself so you can order direct with me if you prefer

Remember that if your online order is over £25 that you can use the 

HOSTESS CODE and receive a free gift in the post from me along with a hand stamped card

The HOSTESS CODE for May is

6TYGE22B

If you'd like to place an online order but have not shopped this way with me before,  the details on how this can be done are in my blog post here 

Orders ship via UPS direct to your door

Is your Wish List is nearing £99, why not purchase the Starter Kit and become a member of my team, you will earn yourself a permanent discount on the products and be part of an amazing community of stampers.  You can choose to be a Happy Stamper and purchase products to feed your stamping addiction or simply take it a step further and sell the products from the Catalogue to earn yourself an income, the choice is your's and there really is no pressure from anyone.  I will be here to answer your questions and advice if you need me.

For an informal chat to find out more just get in touch.  As a demonstrator I get to pre-order sneak peak products a whole month before the new Annual Catalogue goes live to everyone on 1st June, by purchasing the Starter Kit now means you too can choose sneak peak products in your Starter Kit, how exciting is that!

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

Pretty Packaging

At a recent Stampin' Up! event called "On Stage" in Telford, I was excited to receive some lovely gifts from some lovely friends, and look, there's a theme going on here too!  Watermelon Wonder ribbon is obviously a must!

From someone who loves to give gifts in pretty homemade packaging, these just made my day even more special.

I also came home with a basket full of card swaps and lots of sneak peak stamps and a gorgeous new 2016/17 Catalogue.

I will be hosting my

Catalogue Launch Event

on

Monday 6th June

at

Whitminster Village Hall

arrive from 6.30pm for 7.00pm start

£5 to include a copy of the new 2016/17 Catalogue

and two make and take cards 

And the final ensemble!

Happy Friday!

So I thought I would share one final picture with you today of all the projects included in my Happy Home Class which I have shared with you this week.

I have 2 spaces left at this class on

Thursday 12th May

6.30pm

at my house in Whitminster

If you'd like to take a seat please just get in touch asap

Email me at stampinkerry@aol.com or call me on

01452 740532 / 07717 068909