Weekly Deals 20 - 26 May

BRIGHTS GLIMMER BRADS  Price: £4.50 £3.38	MADE FROM SCRATCH RECIPES DESIGNER TEMPLATE - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD  Price: £12.50 £7.50	NATURALS DESIGNER BUTTONS  Price: £4.50 £3.38	NOTE CARD ENVELOPES Price: £4.95 £3.71
PRIMROSE PETALS 3/8" STITCHED SATIN RIBBON Price: £7.95 £5.96	RASPBERRY RIPPLE 3/8" STITCHED SATIN RIBBON Price: £7.95 £5.96	SILVER GLASS GLITTER  Price: £3.25 £2.44	Go to my Website to purchase any of these deals.

Swaps from Regional

I am always blown away by what other stampers can do.  Some ladies put so much effort into swapping.  Some make a 100, one lady made 200; others  like me made 30 or so.  I usually like to make about 50.  If I make any more, I have problems storing them!  The idea is usually to do as many as you would like to receive.  As we have a new catalogue coming out at the end of June and the current seasonal has been around since January, I didn't want to make too many or have too many as I like to see new product being used.
I have tried to match up names to swap, forgive me if I get it wrong.  Generally from the top left hand side clockwise.

Hazel Ford, Tanya Herbert, Rosie Minors, Jane Adams, ?, RS Goodlett, Ruth Trice, Ann Wall

Cathryn Perkins, Amanda Bates, Garance Mistry

Laura Mackie, Nikki Acton, Lucy Tustian, Joanna Fieldsend

Rebecca Willmore, Joy Mitchell, Julie Smith

Linda Kendrick - this was made using the brown paper we get in our parcels. I love the Tempting Turquoise flowers. 

Paula Boardman, Karen Young, Mary Triller, Lavinia Gruizinga, Tania Salender, Elaine Jackson

Joyce Jones - lovely lantern with a beautiful gold bird inside

Kim Fee - I marvel at the effort, lovely Kim

Nicky Langford - bunting for a cake, fabulous

Downline Notepads

During any Stampin' Up! event, as well as Swaps, it is acknowledged that you give your downline a gift.
For my downlines I had covered a notebook, using the Kaleidoscope DSP, and a new photopolymer stamp set called Sans & Stripes, an alphabet set.  I picked up the colours in the paper for my letters.  To pull it together I made a band using ruffle stretch ribbon in strawberry slush.

Sans & Stripes

My upline Natalie gave us all a lovely card and some perforated tags, in a Tag a Bag Gift bag.

Simply Stars, as thats the name of our group Stampin' Stars!

Retro Fresh DSP

Swaps and Bleach technique

I have just attended our Stampin' Up! Regional Training at Telford.
It is a wonderful opportunity to mix with fellow stampers, learn some WOW techniques and business stuff and Swap....

I wanted to do something a little different for my swap this year.  I love the new Photopolymer Stamps,  check here for a Fantastic Deal on these, only available until 30 May.

My swaps involved a little bit of stamping, using the New Ikat set.  I lived on the island of Borneo for a while and I have in my home some lovely cloths featuring Ikat designs.

These are my swaps.  I apologise for the tablecloth, as I hastily photographed them before they went in the shoe box and I went out the door to pick up Paula my driving companion for the weekend!
I used Elegant Eggplant as the card base.  Then put the strip of card through the scallop tag punch, punching both ends.  I made an ink pad of paper towel, and poured some diluted bleach on my makeshift pad.  Using the solid Ikat image, I then stamped in the middle then around in a pattern.  I then left it a while for the colour to be taken out.  Not sure the word for the bleaching effect!

                         

 I put post it notes on the tags so I didn't stamp onto the fold on the bottom.  I used another image, this time the one with the hole in the centre, lined it up and stamped with Black craft ink.  

I stamped on the back of the tag using another of the images from the Ikat set, the zigzag.  I stamped it twice, using the fact that the photopolymer stamps are clear.  To finish the swap off, I placed a little chocolate inside sticking it down with a glue dot.  To tie it up, as I don't have any Elegant Eggplant ribbon, I cut a strip of card stock and fixed it with a staple!  It is important to make a pad when you bleach, especially if you want a crisp image - although not always possible.

Weekly Deals 14 - 20 May

Weekly Deals  14 - 20 May 2014

You may be aware if you are familiar with Stampin' Up! that they bring out 5 new colours every year.  These 'in-colours' are available for 2 years only.  The weekly deals this week feature a paper stack of the outgoing colours.  This is a great opportunity to get your hands on some gorgeous paper at a good price.  It is 12" x 12" and you get 40 sheets, 4 each of 2 double-sided designs in 5 colours.  Great for scrapbooking as it is acid free and lignin free!

Another fantastic deal is the Gingham Garden DSP and matching Washi tape.  Love these.

2012-2014 IN COLOR DESIGNER SERIES PAPER STACK Price: £19.50 £14.63	BBQ BLITZ ENSEMBLE - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Price: £8.95 £5.37	COASTAL CABANA 3/8" RUFFLE STRETCH TRIM Price: £8.25 £6.19
GINGHAM GARDEN DESIGNER WASHI TAPE Price: £4.50 £3.38 GINGHAM GARDEN DESIGNER SERIES PAPER Price: £9.95 £7.46	PISTACHIO PUDDING 3/8" RUFFLE STRETCH TRIM Price: £8.25 £6.19	SOHO SUBWAY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER Price: £9.95 £7.46

These can be seen on my Demonstrator website, and are only available until 10.59pm on Tuesday night.

WEEKLY DEALS 7 - 13 MAY

If you are a fan of embossing, whether dry or heated, these specials are for you.  The heat gun is a real treasure.   Embossing powders available in Melon Mango, Wild Wasabi and Pewter.
Click here to order these fantastic deals and to go to my shop.

BEAUTIFULLY BAROQUE TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDER Price: £7.50 £5.63	CHAMPAGNE GLASS GLITTER Price: £3.25 £2.44	HEAT TOOL - EU PLUG Price: £25.95 £19.46	MELON MAMBO STAMPIN' EMBOSS POWDER Price: £3.95 £2.96
PEWTER STAMPIN' EMBOSS POWDER Price: £3.95 £2.96	THE MAN, THE MYTH BOARD BOOK DESIGNER TEMPLATE - DIGITAL DOWNLOAD Price: £10.50 £6.30	WILD WASABI STAMPIN' EMBOSS POWDER Price: £3.95 £2.96	WILDFLOWER MEADOW TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDER Price: £7.50 £5.63

Using the Wildflower Meadow Embossing folder and matching stamp

THE ART OF PHOTOPOLYMER

THE ART OF PHOTOPOLYMER

Stampin' Up! are excited and I am excited because we have finally got clear stamping.  Yippee.  With the release of the new 2014-15 annual catalogue, we will have 3 choices of stamp types.  Our new top quality photopolymer stamps stick extremely well on our acrylic blocks, are durable and the transparent nature of these sets make it easier to line up your images without the need of a guide.  Fantastic with alphabets, borders and backgrounds! Now the best thing is, you don't have to wait for the annual catalogue to come out on July 1st for UK.  Would you like to try this new great product? Of course!  So, beginning May 1- today, we are introducing  a limited offer on select Photopolymer Stamp Sets.  With every purchase of at least £60 worth of products , you'll receive a FREE photopolymer stamp set as a gift.

The Details:

From 1 - 31 May, for every 75 € /£60 in orders, you can select one of the following photopolymer stamp sets.  Quantities are while supplies last.

These sets are currently available:

• Show & Tell 1 Photopolymer Stamp Set (item 133450) 
• Show & Tell 2 Photopolymer Stamp Set (item 133481)
• Eye-catching Ikat Photopolymer Stamp Set (item 134624) 
• Sans & Stripes Photopolymer Stamp Set (item 135796)

Check out these 4 fantastic new photopolymer stamp sets in my store today.  

Want to see some samples using the new stamp sets, check out our Pinterest board for inspiration.