Grand Vacation - Second Instalment

We spent our last day at Miami on a tour which Amanda had arranged for us, a trip to the Everglades.

We were collected from our hotel and driven to the airboat

We had a private tour, so just the 4 of us and the driver!

And here he is, amazing guy who was very informative

Just one of the many Aligators we came across on our adventure!

And this cheeky chappy too who walked on water (well on top of the lilly's) then hopped on to our air boat to say Hi!!

Well this was one day I won't forget for a very long time, another tick on the bucket list!

New items on the clearance rack

So I'm having major problems with my laptop and I can't upload pictures from my IPad as I need some lessons, hence the lack of posting over the last week, but I am hoping to be back with you all very shortly, there's so much to share with you!

But for now....

There's new items on the clearance rack, go take a look

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Stampin' Up! Grand Vacation - 1st Instalment

Jay and I arrived at South Beach, Miami, late afternoon on the Monday, we weren't boarding the ship until Sunday so we had a few days to chill and relax before the Cruise, which was lovely.

It was very hot when we arrived and straight away we got changed and headed off to explore the surroundings and the beach.  This was the view from our lounge balcony, we were lucky that both balconies had sun all day!

Our suite was lovely, we also had a balcony from the bedroom but the air was so hot we didn't keep them open for long!

The Savoy was built in the 1930's and had an art deco feel which is typical for this area.

During our stay we decided to take an open top bus tour to see a bit of Miami which was fun, here is Naomi Campbell's house, well probably just one of many, a beautiful mansion with a couple of yacht's parked outside, and her neighbour to the left was Will Smith!

We could hop on and hop off the bus at any time and we got off at a place called Bayside where there was a lovely harbour and we sat and ate at a Cuban restaurant.

We walked a lot during the day, relaxed by the pool and at the beach and sampled a variety of different foods.  The beach was beautiful, white sand as far as you could see.

Amanda and Brian flew in on Wednesday so we met them Thursday night for Mexican which was lovely, they were staying further along the beach.

Stop by tomorrow for the next instalment!

Exciting News Photopolymer Stamps are here, get yours for FREE!

So I'm a little behind with this post due to being away on the Grand Vacation, the news came whilst I was at South Beach, Miami and I was unable to blog.

So here's the scoop!

I'm excited to announce the release of our new Stampin' Up! photopolymer stamp sets! Photopolymer stamp sets are transparent stamps that can be placed on Stampin' Up!'s regular acrylic blocks, and the transparent nature of these sets makes it easier to line up what you are stamping without the need of a guide.

From 1 May until 31 May, earn a free set for every order of £60 worth of other products.

Back very soon!

So it's been a little while!

I will be back with you very soon to share everything about my amazing trip on the Grand Vacation with Stampin' Up!, but for now I am sitting here in Miami Airport making the most of the wifi I have missed so much over the last couple of weeks.

Don't forget to take a look at my shop and check out the new Photopolymer stamps we have available, as soon as I am back I will be ordering mine!

Catch up with you all very soon xx

Envelope Punch Board Pocket Card

I will never get tired of the Envelope Punch Board, it is just such an amazing tool to own and so very versatile.  Here I've used it to create this pocket card.

Following on from yesterday's card, this was made at the same class so the colours and stamps are the same, here just an extra addition, "Around Array", a cute little set with small scallop circle images and yes, you guessed it, there's a matching punch to make life easy for you!

Here's how the card opens and closes, the tabs are created using the Envelope Punch Board and they make the closure by slotting inside each other.

And finally a close up of the front.

If you'd like to learn more about the Envelope Punch Board, why not host a party or book a private class in your home, min 6 people required.  Call me on 07717 068909 or email me at stampinkerry@aol.com for more information.

Envelope Punch Board £17.95 #133774

Butterflies and Flowers......

...... are valuable images to have as they are just so versatile.  Butterflies are also great for hiding little mistakes too!

Here I've used the Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set which has two different sizes of Butterflies in a variety of designs and the great news is that we have 2 co-ordinating punches, the Elegant Butterfly and the Bitty Butterfly.

My colour combo is 

Whisper White

Crumb Cake

Coastal Cabana

You may notice that the embossing folder used for the centre of the Labels Framelits has now sadly retired but this can be substituted with any other folder.

I have used the Naturals White Cardstock, it has a rough finish with "sawdust" pieces in and it's great for card bases as it's a good weight.  It's amazing value at just £6.75 for 40 sheets!

I also used one of my favourite sets, Petite Petals along with it's co-ordinating Punch.  I just can't get enough of this set, I'm finding it really hard to put down.  Adhesive Basic pearls adorn the centres of the flowers.

The "hello" banner is from the "Perfect Pennants" stamp set, cut using the co-ordinating Banner Framelits Dies.

I used one of the Needlepoint embossing folders to create the lovely embossed border at the bottom of the card.

If you would like to re-create my project and would like to purchase any of the products I have used, just click here to visit my online shop where you can browse the Stampin' Up! product line 24-7 from the comfort of your home, with a tracked delivery serivce to your door.

Introducing Project Life by Stampin' Up! sooooo exciting!!!

I can't tell you how excited I am to hear that Stampin' Up! is bringing us "Project Life"

It's an amazing way of documenting your life and I can't wait to get started

Whether you are a scrapbooker already or looking for something quick and easy to create then this is for you, the products will also be great for use with your general crafting so do keep checking back for information

Products will be available to purchase from our new upcoming Catalogue in July and as soon as I can pre-order some select products I will share my creations with you

Here's the lowdown....

We are so so so excited to let you know we’ve partnered with the amazing Becky Higgins to bring you the real deal—authentic Project Life products, now in exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors and designs. If you’ve somehow missed the Project Life craze and are wondering what it’s all about, we’ll fill you in: it’s a super simple, totally affordable way to get your photos into albums: you just slip your photos into Photo Pocket Pages and add designed cards. It’s a back-to-basics approach to documenting your life. In a nutshell, it’s all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them.

Latest Weekly Deals

So here's this weeks latest Weekly Deals, check back every Wednesday during April to see what's on offer

Visit my shop here to go direct to my Online Shop and place your order with me and then look forward to your parcel arriving via the UPS tracked service

or

just email or call me with your order if you are local and I will do the rest!

Hardwood Background

I am absolutely in love with this background stamp, the Hardwood stamp has just so many uses and works amazingly for masculine cards but works with just about everything, feminine and baby too!

Here I created a simple card then made a frame using my Square Framelit Dies and inside I stamped the image from "Look up to Father".

As I knew I wouldn't use the wording that often, I cut it off before mounting onto my wooden block.

The tree was coloured using Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip marker pens to create a multi coloured image and you don't have to be that acurate with your colouring, the image looks amazing when stamped.

The greeting is from the set "Four You" which is another one of my faves, a very manly "Happy Birthday" I think.

I used the Hexagon punch to notch out the edges on the banner, it makes it so quick to do.

Well as usual I am dashing off out to a class, hope to back with you later this afternoon with the latest

See you later x

Weekly Deals

I am happy to share with you today something new.....

..... Every Wednesday in April, we have new Weekly Deals so why not pop over to my ONLINE SHOP and take a look HERE

or if you are local to me and can collect then just email or call with your order

Email me at stampinkerry@aol.com

07717 068909 / 01452 740532