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Christmas Overload?? NO SUCH THING

2011-11-16T10:40:00.001Z

Oh my - its only the middle of November and already I have more Christmas Card designs than I know what to do with and need some more too - another 3 for tomorrow and another three for next week.... I love Christmas Crafting though so its no bad thing. I am also going to try and blog a bit more regularly on the run up to Christmas and pick up again in the new year on at least a weekly basis. I supposedly have more free time on my hands these days - but as usual work expands to fit available time and frankly - if it brought a bit more money in - I would be completely loving it and not looking for another job at all - the craft room however looks like a bomb has hit it - so that is next on my list!!

The first two button cards were for a magazine article and show how with ordinary everyday things its possible to create a card that is fun, and that you can easily do with kids.

The following cards were featured in recent classes and everyone made more than the three in an hour and a half - even the complete beginners!!

Rachel

Scrippity scrappity

2011-10-30T10:22:00.000Z

I have over promised and underdelivered with photos recently - my photo software is still not installed anywhere following some problems and I am hoping that "the Grumps" (he is giving up smoking so somewhat tetchy) will sort his stuff out over the next day or so so that we can finalise what computers are going where and I can do a software sort out get my craft robo going again and fix the photo stuff - hoorah!!

Anyway some unedited piccies of scrap pages from recent classes. Starting with natures walk, then finishing with Beau Chateau. Enjoy.

One of my ladies just retired from the Bee Society where she worked for some time so the last one was a little nod in her direction :-)

Notice no piccies as yet - lol. Remember all image copyright is Stampin' Up!

And Beau Chateau

There are a couple of generic non stampin Up! things on there such as basic cream tags, what I used to call a pay envelope (yes I am old enough to have had an envelope with payslip and cash in!!) and a bit of handmade paper I wanted for the texture and a piece of eco mount board which we had fun altering and daubing with the glittery paints/ink as well.

Rachelx

Up and Coming classes 2011/2012

2011-10-18T13:27:00.002+01:00

My scrapbooking classes are going great guns and I am trialling some weekly daytime classes in November - bit more relaxed than the usual evening class as well and just £6 a session.

All classes can be prebooked and evening classes prepaid to confirm your place and a kit.

Scrapping Class next class is November 28th 7 till 9pm at Leek Wootton Village Hall
Cardmaking Class next class is November 17th and this time we are doing 2 cards and a gift item and the cost is £15 to cover the extra for the gift.
The weekly classes start Thursday 4th November for 4 weeks. (9.30am till 11) at Hatton Park Village Hall, just outside Warwick.

I have some more events planned with details to follow.

Rachel

Busy little crafter

2011-10-18T13:21:00.000+01:00

And have now completed 12 6x6 scrap pages for a swap, 36 smaller swaps, 3 cards for tonights craft class and off to the PO to send off a few thing that have sold!! Flippin Nora - and its still not lunch time.... got some emails to put online so watch out mailchimp here I come, and also some scrap pages to sort for Monday.

Ladies

2011-10-18T13:20:00.001+01:00

I may be some time - off to get the camera :-)

Rachelx

Come and set a date!

2011-10-11T10:59:00.001+01:00

I am on a MISSION to GIVE AWAY some Stampin' Up! Goodies - yes really - if you host a party in the first week of November with 6 or more attendees I will GUARANTEE that you will get £30 free spends in the UK catalogue. Book a workshop party today between 15th October and 30th November to find out more about this special one time offer and get your crafting Christmas sorted.

New Stampers 6

2011-10-09T10:34:00.000+01:00

Hello Ladies

I have a new stampers six (Craft club) starting in October (Order final week of the month) and have a couple of places left - if you are interested please et in touch asap as it is proving very poplar this time.

How does it work - you commit to spending £25 every month for 6 months in return you get to play Hostess for one of those months and receive the hostess benefits. Simple as that really - great way to empty that wish list and get some freebies to boot.

Rachel

ILWS Blog Hop

2011-10-02T11:31:00.002+01:00

Apologies for the disruption of service - it involved painting chicken sheds and grumpy husbands so lets not go there!!! But if you are here now I have been a busy bee with products new and old. I ordered fromt he retiring list the Watercolour wonder crayons and always one for recycling they came with a lovely sturdy brown box - which I thought was a perfect size for a game - I like making useful things so I thought a game of bingo or lotto would be fun.

I used the papers from the new hostess section in the catalogue called Cheerful Treat and also some of the lovely new fabric from the Flirtatious range. The stamp set is Every Little bit and is great for this sort of thing with lots of little images, I used my Laminator to laminate the cards and the tokens for drawing out and then we use buttons to cover the spots when they are drawn. there is a sheet in the lid with all the images on for the tokens to go on so winning cards can be checked. The ribbon was Pretty in Pink Satin - which is always gorgeous. I just sewed the little baggie by hand with a back stitch for strength.

Here's the link to the next blog which is Val.

New Catalogue Blog Hop Time

2011-10-01T10:22:00.000+01:00

Around this time of year demonstrators like to have a play with all the new goodies from the new catalogue - in fact we get a whole month to play with them before anyone else - so if you fancy a pre-order selection you really need to sign up as a demonstrator!!!

Once again on In Love with Stamping we have organised a blog hop to feature all the lovely new things we have on offer and this will start at 10am on Sunday 2nd October - so get your mice in a row and practice clicking as there are THIRTY EIGHT blogs taking part - so it is gigantic this year - just so much inspiration you see!!

Rachelx

2011-10-01T10:16:00.004+01:00

Be a part of the ‘In Color’ crowd!

The New Idea Book & Catalogue means five more new In Colors - fresh and fashionable colours that are introduced each year drawing inspiration from the fashion world and where they are going with colour trends. As a special in October, you can get some of the latest In Color products for FREE when you join the Stampin’ Up! family!

If you sign up to my team in October as well as the fabulous value of the starter kit you will also receive the Card Stock and Classic Pad In Color Kit- containing five Classic Stampin’ Pads and an assortment of A4 card stock in Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Wisteria Wonder, and Island Indigo - absolutely FREE!

This kit - a £27.95 value - in addition to the new and exciting products you’ll receive in the recently updated Starter Kit (£119, valued at more than £250!) gives you the tools you need to start a successful business or simply support a hobby you already love.

Why be a demonstrator?

Wouldn't you love to make money while stamping? How about the convenience of setting your own hours? Or supplementing your income with a successful home business? With Stampin' Up!, being a demonstrator means you'll enjoy all of this and more. Whether you want to earn additional household income, create a full- or part-time career, or simply get a discount on your stamping supplies, being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator can help you achieve your goals.

I have a small but perfectly formed team and this year I will be focusing on developing that team further offering training and team meetings as well as one to one support that is already on offer from a trained business coach. We will have our very own website with regular updates and news and even projects you can use with your own customers, offering you incentives to achieve your own goals.

If you think this is something you would like to do please do give me a call on 07932 780939 or drop me a line at creativestamper@btinternet.com and we can talk through what being a demonstrator means for you.

Rachelxx

Hoorah for Warwick and Handmade Crafts

2011-09-12T19:39:00.001+01:00

I am well underway working out the details for Warwicks First Handmade Christmas Craft Fair along with a local business contact. We decided to set up our own little events partnership to run occasional events in and around the area - she has the print contacts and I have the crafty ones!! So Cupcake and Bunting Events was born.

Our first event will be on November 24th at the Warwick Arms Hotel from 5pm till late - with hot mulled wine and a full bar service available - there might even be mince pies if the chef joins in!!

If you are a maker and interested in a stall please get in touch

Rachel

Club Time

2011-09-08T23:11:00.000+01:00

I am launching a new club to align with the new catalogue. This time the amount for entry is £15 and there will be 10 places. It will last for 10 months and each person will get a turn at being the hostess and getting to spend the lovely new hostess spends of £25 of Catalogue goodies. There are still hostess only items and these represent better value for money BUT if you don't fancy them you can spend the whole lot on something else.

Please get in touch if you fancy spreading the cost of your hobby and managing your spend to a budget - this is a great way of doing that.

Total cost of order will be £15 plus £3 towards postage. If items are particularly heavy I reserve the right to charge the extra required to post them out to you.

Its so exciting - we will have a whole new world of stamps to buy from!!! I am hoping to get some sneak peak projects completed this week and up on my blog - just need everything else to take a back seat for a few days

If you join the club, there is a free catalgoue and in April if there is a Mini there will also be a Free Mini as part of the Club benefits.

You can email me at creativestamper@btinternet.com

Rachel

2011-09-04T20:46:00.003+01:00

We are starting to already see some items go out of stock from the retired list that was issued last week for the Stampin' Up! Catalogue.

The following are now GONE, never to be seen again :-(

* Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets
* Pewter Jumbo Eyelets
* Riding Hood Red Cardstock 12 x 12
* Sense of Time stamp set

ETA some more sold outs

2010-2012 In Color Classic Stampin' Ink Refills (set)
Star Punch
Afterthoughts [w] hostess set
Cute by the Inch [w] hostess set
Also the Silver Elastic Cord

ETA even more sell outs!

Choo Choo
Tart and Tangy
12 x 12 Wild Wasabi
Spiral punch

ETA And more
Right on Track Wheel
Sanded background

ETA
12 x 12 Tempting Turquoise

Don't think too long if there is something you want please order it straight away

Rachel

Quick - check out the 40% discounts

2011-08-31T23:46:00.002+01:00

http://204.228.150.61/docs/lastchance/en-GB/Availability_en-GB.pdf

Only a link for now but get a look in and see what you fancy. It looks like they are going to separate the cardstock in 12 by 12 to one big mixed pack for the textured and single colour packs for plain so if you like to have the mix there is a last chance to stock up - some of the colours are heavily discounted as well - Riding hood red for instance is only £3.75 for a pack now - amazing price!! OH NO SOLD OUT already!!

Get in touch if you want to place your order creativestamper@btinternet.com - I am sure these will go fast.

Rachelx

EXCITING TIMES

2011-08-31T22:08:00.001+01:00

If you are an SU Demo or Customer as it is time for the sneak peaks to start for the new Catalogue and the list of retiring items to be published - what will be on there this year and what will you miss if you don't order it now????

I can take orders for retiring items right up to the end of September but beyond that they are gone and as we progress through the month less and less will be available to buy as the items go sold out. So don't miss your chance to purchase your remaining wish list items - possibly at a reduced price - before the end of the month.

With the new catalogue just around the corner its getting very exciting for us demos we are raring to go with the new goodies - which we get to get our hands on first as well. If you would like to earn some extra money or just get yourself a whopping 20% discount on your own purchases get in touch and I will talk you through how it works - there is never a better time to join than with a new catalogue and you get a whole 6 months to make your first quarterly minimum.

To get you going I have a pre-order offer for the new catalogue of £4.50 to include postage and a free invite to my Retiring Party in September and New Catalogue launch in October. Want a Catty and coming along - for just £3.50 its yours if no postage is required.

FINALLY

2011-05-23T17:44:00.000+01:00

here to post my class pages for next week. One set I am pleased with but the other I will be adding more too....so watch this space or come to class on Monday at 7pm at Leek Wooton Village Hall.

Scrapping

2011-04-16T08:51:00.000+01:00

I do enjoy scrapping photos but am a lazy moose when it comes to printing the things off and I haven't yet got myself organised to sort and send off for printing some of the 1000 I have on file. I am currently sorting through rather alot in a very slow fashion after one of our computers died and was resurrected. I need my own computer upstairs i think with my software on and so on as J uses the once family one for his work and I have difficulty getting onto it these days.

I am just quietly enjoying 10 mins to myself while the other two lazy mooses are snoring their heads off upstairs - I get to potter about, eat brekkie, feed the chickers and think about the day a bit - I enjoy that but I also enjoy a late night - we watched Harry Pitterpotter in DH1 last night so it was a late do by the time we got Cait in bed and sat down to watch.

I thought I would share the pages from my last scrap class. We followed a basic template and then I added a few little techniques which people could choose to use or not as they wanted. They could also select different photo layouts depending on what they wanted so they all came out differently, I do need to rationalise a bit as I think I squashed too much in as everyone only finished one double layout in the end.

OK my 5 mins is shattered pitter patter of little feet and now breakfast is required......

Rachel

Blog Hop links

2011-04-02T20:12:00.000+01:00

As you can see this was more of a marathon than a hop (sorry for misleading you all!!) and I know people have had a few hiccups with posts not scheduling, parties being booked, workshops on etc so here is the full whammy of links for you all!!

Group 1
1. Twintrouble (Erika)... http://twintroublescreations.blogspot.com/
2. Valmoody (Val)....http://stampingwithval.wordpress.com/
3. Nell.....http://stampingserendipity.blogspot.com/
4. Scrappy Duck (Jacqui) http://jacquisworldofcraft.blogspot.com/
5. Claire ... http://stampinupscrapper.blogspot.com/
6. Alison http://craftyalisoninlyon.blogspot.com
7. Gemma www.makedoandgem.blogspot.com
8. Emma_H www.emma-letsstamp.blogspot.com
9. Rachel www.stampingurl.blogspot.com
10. Linz http://lindseyscards.blogspot.com
11.Theresa www.my-next-chapter.blogspot.com
12. Evelyn C www.evyscraftycreations.blogspot.com
13. Donna www.head-over-heels-by-dlm.blogspot.com
14. Zambezi www.wifeyscraftingcreations.blogspot.com

Group 2
15. Angela www.sparklycards.blogspot.com
16 Anthea www.stampin-divas.blogspot.com
17. Zoe http://www.stampingscene.blogspot.com
18. Daisydaye http://emma-daye.blogspot.com
19. cherry hill http://cherryhillcrafts.blogspot.com
20. Carol (stampycarol) http://crescentstampin.blogspot.com
21. Laura http://airingcupboardstamping.blogspot.com/
22. Sarah (IOW Sarah) www.stampinsarahiow.blogspot.com
23. Natalie www.natalieoshea.typepad.com
24. Alex www.hautocraft.blogspot.com
25. Kimf http://kimfeecrafter.blogspot.com/
26. Michelle (ShellieStamps) http://michellescraftypaper.typepad.com/
27. Jo D www.stampin-n-stuff.blogspot.com
28. Frankiesue http://frankiesue.blogspot.com/

Group 3
29. Rita http://ritasstampinblog.blogspot.com/
30. Vicky (VickyLou) http://www.vickylouscorner.blogspot.com/
31. CarolynUK http://stampaholix.blogspot.com/
32. Jeannette http://jeannettespages.wordpress.com/
33. Blue Angel (Cate) http://blueangelcrafts.blogspot.com/
34. Debbi Taylor - http://taylor-madecards.blogspot.com/
35. CarolineSkinner - http://stampinupandbranchingout.blogspot.com
36. KaraM - http://karascraftycorner.blogspot.com/
37.Cheshire Design-www.cheshiredesignhouse.blogspot.com
38. Amanda Bates(9399amanda) http://thecraftspa.blogspot.com
39. Sandra Roberts - http://kraftybiker.blogspot.com
40. Emily Thompson - http://stampinmermaid.blogspot.com
41. Sarastamper - http://sarastamper.blogspot.com/

Group 4
43. Seriousstamper - http://seriousstamper.blogspot.com/
44. EmmaJ - http://emmascraftshed.blogspot.com
45. Kerenjb - http://kerenbaker.wordpress.com
46. Sandra - http://cscarddesigns.blogspot.com/
47. Clare - http://sparklecrafts.blogspot.com
48. Elaine (greycat1) - http://ihavethestamp.blogspot.com/
49. Sharon - crafty pants (http://my-ink-pad.blogspot.com)
50. SarahLP - http://seasidestampers.blogspot.com/
51. Jayne (madaboutstamps) http://madaboutstamps.blogspot.com/
52. Cupcake (Pat) http://pinkycardsandcreations.blogspot.com/
53. Fiona D http://princessfiona-scrap-pics.blogspot.com/
54. Scrapbangwallop http://scrapbangwallop.blogspot.com
55. Patricia (Beckscraft) http://stampinbeckscraft.blogspot.com
56. Marisa (Stampin' Style) http://stamp-instyle.blogspot.com

Hop, Skip and a Jump

2011-04-02T09:50:00.003+01:00

IT'S A BLOG HOP DAY - WOOOOOHOOOOO

So this one is on Concord Crush using 4 frames and a snip of those springtime papers a bit of certainly celery and some of the lovely new seam binding in rose red. This one I did for a swap with some other demos. The little corner stamp is from the tiny tags set.

I have a few different things t show nearly all featuring the vintage springtime papers- these I could use to paper the house - busy but oh my LOVE THEM

In fact when I was a kid I had some very similar wallpaper on my bedroom wall and when I showed my sister she knew exactly what I was going to say - ROFL

Anyway to the projects....

These were all from part of one sheet - little 4 x 4 notelets for my handbag made from one sheet with some of the gorgeous marina mist satin ribbon - this is another of my favourites. Very simple cards again with some seam binding, snips of paper and then just a thank you stamped and punched out witht he scalloped oval and oval. All on Very Vanilla with Rose Red highlights. I used the tab punch to add to the end of the ribbons and the great tombow glue to attach it to the handbag - I love that glue!!

Final one for today! This is a really easy basket - it uses just one 12 x 12 sheet scored into 9 squares, then each of the corners is scored on the diagonal pointing from the inside to the outside. Then its a case of folding up, punch the ribbon holes and tie a bow - couldn't get faster and with these papers who needs more decoration!! (PS this is the one that was my edroom wallpaper in pink!!)

Next in line is Linz - my roomie from convention!

If you are travelling in a different direction the person before me is Emma who can be found hanging out here:

For yet more inspiration try some of the other blog groups! Mountains of things to add to your to do list:

Group One

Group Two

Group Three

Group Four

Enjoy your time hopping around - I am hoping for 5 mins at some point today but more likely tonight due to visitors. I love comments so they would be very welcome too - bye for now.

Rachelxx

New Mini Catalogue

2011-04-01T22:20:00.000+01:00

Went Live today - and we demos have been able to pre-order from it - I didn't know where to start with it I just love love love the vintage stuff and the sewing stuff is just so now with everyone picking up needle and thread!!

GO and have a look

Have a click here

Get your wish list ready though!!!

I am taking part in a blog hop tomorrow so lots of lovely luscious projects from everyone and some more from me - lol!!

Have a looksee from 10am tomorrow

Enjoy

Rachel

Classes - Cards and Scrapping this Year

2011-04-01T10:21:00.002+01:00

Shrewley Village Hall - Mostly Cards

Thursdays 7pm - 9pm

April 28th - A new theme (babies, homes etc)
May 19th - Moving Cards
June 16th - Cards for men
July 21st - Christmas in July (15 Cards £20)
Sept 15th - Autumn Birthdays
Oct 13th - Heat Embossing, thank you cards
Nov 17th - 2 Christmas Gifts £15
Dec 15th - Last Minute Christmas, gift tags, place settings, napkin rings and other items for the season.

Leek Wooton Village Hall - Scrapbooking

Mondays 7pm to 8.45pm

For these classes you will need a selection of your photos on the theme and or to match the colours chosen. It is possible to scrap without photos and choose those later. Booking must be 10 days in advance for this class as materials are ordered specifically. I may have supplies for one or two extra - contact me if you want to make a last minute booking.

Each class is 2 double page 12 x 12 layouts for £18

March 21st - Holiday Theme in blues and greens
May 16th - Woodland Walking - suit any countryside based photos. Wild Wasabi, Crumb Cake and chocolate Chip
July 25th - For the Stitchers, sewers and buttonaholics amongst you. Hot Pinks and Oranges.

A basic kit is provided with layout samples, you are free to copy, be inspired or do your own thing! Please do bring along any special embellishments you would wish to use. Class will focus on a layout pattern and at least one technique.

If you would like to join us for company you are free to join us on a crop basis for £5.

If you would like to come along please give me a call - would be great to see you there

01926 843389 or 07932 780939

Rachel

Retired Items for Sale

2011-03-15T14:06:00.001Z

I usually have a few retired bits and bobs hanging around but I am really trying to keep down my craft supplies - they do have a knack of getting out of hand. If you have space for some teen craft supplies (lol) please apply within for rehoming ;-)

Shapes and Shadows £8 - 12 stamps - would make great gifts if broken into pairs

Typeset Uppercase Alphabet £15 really versatile set and a good size for cards or scrapping
Live your Dream £18 8 stamps in different sizes includes some sayings
One of Kind - unmounted and unused matches boho blossoms punch £15
Garden Dream - another coveted Hostess set £17
Starring You £5 - versatile little set
Frames with a flourish £20

Square metal edge tags - wholepack £2
I also have a tin of felt flowers Accents ones with about 3 missing if that, £8 with tin will post without Tin for £4

Postage at cost.

I also have a set of 12 x 6 papers one of each from the previous catalogue - contact me if you are interested in this.

Bag a Bargain

2011-03-07T17:25:00.000Z

Stampin up have annunced some great discounts on some really fabulous products. So if you are a fan and fancy some bargains, get your pen ready to note down some details to email me your order!!!!

Fast Flowers Stamping wheel £6.50 down to £5.20
Neighbourhood Stamping Wheel £8.50 down to £5.95
Friendly background stamp £16.95 down to £11.87
Spot on Stamping wheel £8.50 down to £6.80
Baroque border wheel £ 6.50 down to £4.55
Cheers and wishes stamp set £ 16.95 down to £11.87
A4 Shimmery white paper £7.50 down to £5.25
A4 Glossy white (try this with your reinkers - wow!) £6.25 down to £5.00
Greenhouse Gala papers £ 8.75 down to £7.00
Hidden Garden blossoms rub ons (these are a delight to work with) £ 8.50 down to £5.95
Styled Silver hodgepodge £25.95 down to £20.76
Stampin pastels new colour set - upgrade your pastels now £11.25 down to 7.88
Blender Pens £7.95 down to £6.95

So all in all you could make some fabulous cards and scrap pages with that little lot. If there is anything you would like to order please get in touch to place an order or book a workshop and i can come along and demonstrate the product in your home.

Rachelx

Million and One

2011-02-20T00:08:00.000Z

Things to do and here I am....

No photies today to share but I have been crafting so some more over the next few days. So far we are at 6 Thanks you notes and 10 St Patrick's day cards. Got another 10 Easter cards to do and have been surfing looking for some ideas for those. I usually do these every year for my Mother-in-law. We have all been out for a birthday meal for her tonight she was 80 on Thursday so quite a milestone! My Dad's turn for a birthday on Sunday. So lots of cards being made but can't be shown just yet :-)

I have also been prepping for a Scrapbooking class on 21st March and Card class next Thursday - 24th Feb. I then have three parties in the first two weeks of March (How did that happen) plus a couple of fun days thrown in then later in march a training day - all of which need cards, make and takes and swaps - arghghgh why do I do this to myself - lol.

Work wise I was looking forward to finishing on 7th March, but ermmm thats on hold temporarily! They have found me another project for a couple of months so just waiting for that to be formalised and being somewhat busy sorting a few things out!

Right signing off to go and do a crafty job before retiring! Night all.

Big Bows

2011-02-18T18:00:00.001Z

One of the top demos (Monica Gale) in the UK gave me the idea for this card - I have lifted the format but swapped out colours and stamp set - am toying with the idea of using a more shaped punch for the hole - maybe a butterfly - that might work - what do you think?? I am doing some cards that involve watercolouring at my class on 24th Feb and this will be one of the cards - I may yet swap out the colour ways there is something about this one that jars with me and can't put my finger on it as yet....watch this space....

If you are local to me and fancy coming along to class I love to share what I do with others - we meet at Shrewley Village Hall at 7pm - just give me a call to book your place and get directions. 07932 780939.

Would be lovely to make friends with some new crafters in the area - or old ones come to that - rofl.

Rachel

Happy Heart day

2011-02-16T23:04:00.000Z

A few of us local crafters regularly get together for crafty chit chat - every couple of weeks, and we decided as we were meeting on 14th Feb we would do a little hearts swap. This was my contribution using some little scraps of papers I had left over from doing my paper sampler recently (another little project to photograph!) I wanted something a bit eclectic to go with the ribbon rose which was something else I wanted to have a go at and was really please with how it turned out. I used the Poppy Red In Colour from Stampin Up for this project and it teamed nicely with the cream and then the cream red and black papers which i just love. I do have a whole big pack of these but haven't managed to break into any yet - lol

The carton follows the milk carton shape and is made from just half a sheet of A4 so really economical as well.

More to follow soon :0)

Rachel

Fold it up

2011-02-15T23:25:00.002Z

This is one of a variation on a theme of front folding cards that prop themselves open. This one lends itself really well to a landscape A6 card and I have a lovely spring theme to this one - in fact my whole class is dedicated to spring birthdays this month so people will have a few cards in hand.

Again we will be using some watercolouring techniques and I may go back and add some bling to this one with some glitter on those pretty butterflies before we get to the 24th!

Enjoy!

Remember if you would like to come along to class we always welcome new attendees - we have alot of fun and have become good friends as well as class attendees.

Rachel

Spring Bouquet - in focus

2011-02-15T23:04:00.000Z

I know I promised this ages ago but I never quite made it from camera to blog - but this one is a much better photo and you can really see the detailing a bit better!! So enjoy - will be back with more soon as when i took this I took a couple of others as well.

Click on the image for a larger one which you can examine to your hearts content - lol

Happy Crafting

Rachel

How did it go???

2011-02-14T00:16:00.000Z

Well I enjoyed it - got to meet another interesting person and we got on OK - we were on for almost a whole hour so pretty good - can't have been that boring!! Liz (ha ha get me) was lovely and really down to earth and friendly. Just like us so it was a bit like having a natter with friends although no swearing!! Lol

Oh yeah and reminder to self - set alarm early so you get it right and goes off when its supposed to.....

Rachel

Radio and Liz Kershaw

2011-02-12T23:10:00.000Z

Well my rise to fame (alas not fortune) has been rapid and I shall be appearing on the radio on Sunday with none other than Liz Kershaw on BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire. I have to say Liz and her brother Andy are iconic radio as far as I am concerned - their dulcet tones whiled away many an hour of my youth so it will be very strange sitting in studio with Liz across from me!!

Apparently I shall be there to review the papers, with a slight valentines slant in that I make cards and of course you should be sending those on the day! So I will making my self a list of sound bites to slip in when I can about what I do and where I do it in the vain hope that I might get a bit better known in the area and kick things off a bit!!

How fun though - you know when you play those "team games" at work - I can now say "I made a guest appearance on the Liz Kershaw show!" Tee Hee

Rachelx

Christmas Scrap Class

2011-02-11T08:30:00.001Z

Am I early or late....you decide! I decided to run a Christmas Album in a class session just after Christmas this year so we can scrap our Christmas photies quickly and easily. This idea went down quite well and we had quite a few people at out session and a bit of a giggle as well. We were only missing the mince pies!!!

Here are some of the pages we made from just HALF of one of the scrapping kits. I gave the the class a full print out of my pages and basically let them get on with it and hsout if they weren't sure what to do or how to do something. I had a few extra brads, ribbons and buttons to hand as well in case they got all creative and went "off Piste"

I really enjoyed myself and now have another album ready for some photos - I ought to get some photos printed off really!!!

I will post some more of these soon

Rachelx

Spring Wreath

2011-02-10T00:12:00.000Z

I think many of us are looking forward to spring this year. This is a spring wreath created with the Saleabration set Sweet Summer. I stamped the vine stamp in Old Olive onto some whisper white and then on a separate piece the flowers and some leaves which were cut out and pop mounted onto the card. I stamped some butterflies and bees as well and added some glitter and some of our gorgeous pearls. I am almost a convert to bling I am loving the pearls and rhinestones in the catalogue and they are superb quality. The simple card is an old olive base with some old olive wide striped gross grain.

I really enjoyed fiddling with this card but it is definitely not one for mass production.

As you can see I am trying hard to keep up the regular posts, if there is a stamp set you would like to see some cards with let me know and I will do my best to accommodate. Although I have alot of stamps though I can't claim to have them all - well not yet anyway.

See you soon!

Rachel

Tweet Tweet

2011-02-09T08:30:00.000Z

These little sweeties were from a group of 6 decorations I made for our neighbours (yes the same ones!) I always try and make something small for at least two of our immediate neighbours that do lots of things for us like feeding the chickies when we are away and so on. I made these from a PTI template using Stampin' Up! Christmas papers. I did play around a bit with the template and made the roof longer at the sides and straight etc, but the possibilities with these are endless, I used a mini punch for the holly and heart shapes and thought the heart added a bit of whimsy. Once the glue was dry I curled the roof sides up a bit more as well and she loved them - they were really late putting up their tree for one reason and another, and when I handed them over she put them straight up - they looked fab nestled in the branches!

Crafty Imagination

2011-02-08T08:30:00.001Z

I often take pictures of Cait when she is crafting - she is so imaginative and gets a bit of inspiration from things you take for granted. Given she is only still 5 she sometimes struggles to carry things through but the actual ideas are fantastic and they often find their way into things I do later. I just love this one - she was inspired to use her desk stool as a template....

I think her destiny is in arts and crafts, but then having said that her Maths is very strong so maybe something that combines the two like architecture or product design. Whatever she will always think of Mum when she is doing it and I love that that goes down the generations.

Rachel

Some Autumnal Thank yous

2011-02-07T09:56:00.002Z

We have had an adventure full winter this winter - lots of snow and mini disasters!! Anyway our neighbours helped us out of a sticky spot one day when J got stuck in snow - she had Cait for a bit to watch a DVD and he came and helped me dig my hubbies smart car out of a snow drift (I mean what possessed him!) so these were a thank you of thank you's. They do love trees and he is a Head Forrester for the County so I thought these would be appropriate. They came out quite autumnal but I may try it with Greens and yellows and see if that comes out more spring like. They use Stampin up Inks and the Very Vanilla Card stock. The card is the same size as the white notelets in the catalogue but I hand cut them - I am loving this size of card especially for little notes.

The stamp set used is Autumn Splendour and that little bit of ribbon is some of the narrow edged gross grain in Daffodil Delight - my current favourite.

Time to Sale-a-brate

2011-01-23T10:16:00.003Z

Time indeed. I have been having some fun playing with the all new sale-a-bration free stamp sets - spend £45 and one of these could be yours!!

To celebrate the sale-a-brate we have a little blog hop going on - with many many fab works from a whole host of talented demonstrators. So if you have come here from Gem's blog ( here ) welcome and come on in!

Want your own set - then contact me to place your order and it can be delivered straight to your door. I can also now take Mastercard and Visa making things even easier.

My projects are using the Bliss set - I just love this - so up my street!!

First set is a set of notelets using the new size note cards and envelopes - I just LOVE these they feel very french to me - but that is probable also something to do with how I decorated them. - lol. I used baja breeze ink and just stamped onto whisper white - with some of the butterflies double stamped for a shadow and some of the flowers stamped off for more texture and depth. All highlighted with the perfect little tiny pearls we now sell - just love these and they are on my list for the next reorder. The Greeting is one from Curly Cute and is stamped in Basic Grey Ink.

Set of notelets 6.75
Baja Breeze ink pad 4.95
Sahara sand ink pad 4.95
Set of paper snips 7.95
Pack of white card 7.50
Packet of pearls 4.50
Tombow Glue 3.25
Narrow Taffetta ribbon in your colour choice 5.25

Total £45.10 plus £4.95 postage

and of course for your spend you get the Bliss Stamp set for free!!

My second project was another little play with some cutting and mounting - how intricate is this - this set Sweet Summer is so delicate and gives you a lovely warm feeling on these cold early spring days. The base textured card is Old Olive, as is the striped gross grain. It is all stamped on whisper white, using Old Olive ink for the background circle and with the vine stamp and for the leaves. I used Regal Rose to stamp the circle flowers which are punched out with the 1 inch punch. Baja Breeze features again for stamping some bees and butterflies and Pretty in Pink for the Birds - all coloured using the watercolour brushes and the ink pads.Everything was then cut out and mounted on dimensionals and then glittered to highlight. Yet more pearls feature as highlights. I had fun with this one - not a quick card but definitely worth the effort

Anyway now its time to ho along to the next step in your journey - enjoy the inspiration as you visit Pat or well Cupcake as I know her :-) ( here )

Oh and just a little extra you could experiment with the suggested order....all I added was some glitter and a glue pen....

Rachelxx

See I do Craft Occasionally

2010-12-01T00:28:00.000Z

Some of the projects I have been planning for the radio show.

More Radio Crafting

2010-11-30T23:57:00.001Z

Hello folks

Well I am preparing for my next assault on the radio tomorrow - snow permitting!! I am off to Coventry to teach some card making to a Radio DJ!! Complete madness I hear you say. Couldn't agree more!

I have prepared some pdf files of the 4 projects I will take with me and will be uploading them as soon as I figure out how!

Some other news regarding the lovely ornament punch it has currently been withdrawn following some quality issues and is undergoing tests. We are hoping it will be back soon!! Sorry for any disappointment.

Rachel

November's Christmas Bundle from SU

2010-11-01T19:04:00.000Z

Stampin' Up have a simply fabulous offer for you this month with some gorgeous Christmas Bundles that when you order then qualifies you for some fabulous matching Ribbons to finish off your projects beautifully.

Some of the papers are exclusive to these bundles and not available elsewhere in the catalogue and the same with the ribbons.

Also if you host a party in November and December you will also qualify for a ribbon bundle if you reach hostess benefits - so double bubble!!

Check out the link and see for yourself these fabulous bundles.

Rachel

On the Radio

2010-10-21T18:17:00.000+01:00

Well hopefully if they remember to call me!!! Must tune in and listen and then I can turn it off when they start on my bit!!

Its BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire and should be about 1/4 to 7 to have a little chat about my class which is held every 3rd Thursday of each Month at the Village Hall.

I have lots more planned and you can see a link off to the side -->

If you are interested in coming to class then please get in touch to book your place.

Off to go and write some crib notes RIGHT NOW

Rachelx

Brand New Stamp Club

2010-10-01T00:43:00.000+01:00

Starting with an order in the first week of November I am looking for 4 more people to complete my "Virtual Hostess Club".

You commit to 6 mnths of product purchases at £25 and you get a free catalogue with your first order and in one of the months you get to be the Club Hostess entitling you to at least £30 worth of free product. A Hostess set and at least £15 worth of product from the Catalogue. Onward Postage is just £2 and if you can collect then it is free!

CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION

Very Special October Offer

2010-10-01T00:38:00.002+01:00

Have you been thinking about signing up for a while?? Tempted - SU have dropped the starter kit price to a very affordable £119 and with a brand new kit showcasing all the new products in the new catalgoue a bright future waits for you.

Signing up in October will also be bringing a very special offer of a further stamp set FREE to new recruits this month. This offer is from me personally and you can find out more by contacting me directly.

CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION

Oh Is it time for something Exciting......

2010-10-01T00:33:00.002+01:00

Of course it is!!!!!!!! A Brand New, all exciting SU Catalgoue - oh my there is so much lovely stuff I don't know where to start - well I do - will be putting my order in tomorrow!!!!

Wanna see - go here and no drooling on the screen OK!!

Click to see here

The Catalogue is £5.95 and if can be added to your order for delivery with those can't do without items.... postage is a fixed £4.95 however much you order so make the most of it!

Lots of lovely new punches and stamp sets, whole swathes of colours - ink pads, watercolour pencils, buttons, ribbons and more - go see NOW and then pop me an email or text or call on 07932 780939

Speak soon Rxx

Flash News Further Reductions **

2010-09-16T23:21:00.002+01:00

Oh My Word they have SLASHED some of the prices on the retired list - we really want to sell out across the board. Inked Wheel cartridges now up to half price, pretties kit just under £12 - that is fabulous value!!

Christmas Tags Stamp set half price and lots of Ribbon at real rock bottom prices - these prices are for a WHOLE REEL of Ribbon.

Quick before they all sell out. Full details here. Contact me by phone at 07932 780939 call or text asap.

Rachelx

Update on retiring list information

2010-09-16T23:09:00.007+01:00

** PLEASE NOTE I AM UPDATING THIS LIST AS AND WHEN THINGS GO OUT OF STOCK **
Well as predicted the list of sold out and gone forever items is growing!! The following are currently no longer available:

Kraft 12 by 12 card
Tree for all Seasons
Bride and Bridesmaid speciality paper
Close to Cocoa A4 Card
Sage Shadow A4
Autumn Meadows 12 x 12 papers
Creamy Caramel A4
Bright Bolds 12x12 mixed pack card
Old fashioned Christmas
Earth Elements reinkers
Blush Blossom Card stock
Playground buttons
Very Vanilla 12 x 12
Oval punch (old style)
Chocolate Chip 1/4 inch gross grain ribbon
Merry Moments DSP
Spiral punch
Very Vanilla 12 by 12

Seaside Stamp Set
Rich Regals Ink Refills
Choc Chip Standard Wheel Cartridge
Close to Cocoa Standard Wheel Cartridge
Round Tab Punch
3/4" Circle Punch
Whisper White 12" x 12"

Darling dots, studio sketches and out of the box hostess stamps.

If there is something on the list you are keen to get some back up supplies of please get in touch asap.

In particular for the roller wheels the cartridges will no longer be supplied inked up so it is worth considering some of those cartridges if you enjoy using your wheels in colour!!

Rachel

So Much Stampin' Up! News I am going to POP

2010-09-06T19:58:00.000+01:00

I am not sure where to start!!

The retiring list has been released and can be found here.

Lots and Lots on there - but beware the punches not everything is retiring as it shows - they are just coming in new format of the flat punch. SO don't panic!!

There are lots of new colours coming to replace those retiring but if any of those are your favourite please stock up now as they are only while stocks last, I know Close to Cocoa is ALREADY out of stock - can you believe it.

I have also pulled out all my retiring colours in inks, pens and cardstock and also stamps - the pile is enormous! So I am planning a sale - Watch this space for more news on that one.

I have seen the new Catalogue and it is fabulous - my preorder is winging its way as I speak (it was so HARD keeping it down!) so I will be able to share some delights soon - If you are coming to class on 23rd I might even have a copy handy.....

Rachel

Scrap Hop

2010-08-15T10:15:00.002+01:00

Well this month there is a really great deal on some of the two step stampin products. With 20% off selected stamp sets there has never been a better time to figure out how these stamps work!!

Scrapbooking is something alot of us think about getting started with but actually never quite get around to. I love putting together coordinated scrapbooks but also doing the odd page spreads to reflect on things that have happened in life! or perhaps more I managed to remember to photograph at the time!!

With this in mind In Love with stamping is once again hosting a blog hop to promote the two step stamping deal but also to celebrate a bit of scrapping in our lives! From min books to 12 x 12 double page spreads we have it all......masses of inspiration and lots of lovely eye candy to look at in a few quite moments. The hop starts here and Caz is before me and the next hopper is Caroline with some really lovely things.

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!

A double with Trees

Last year we had our enormous Willow pruned back - we took 2 tonnes of wood off! And it is still one of the biggest trees in the area. I managed to take some piccies and this is what I did with them. I used Mellow Moss textured Card for the background and the Sweet Pea Papers that match the Trendy Trees Set. The trees were stampamajigged and I also used a few different colours on the leaves by rock and rolling the stamps in greens and oranges to get a less uniform colour. The Lettering is On Board lettering coloured with the markers and All supplies used are from Stampin' Up!

Class Dates Finally

2010-08-14T09:11:00.002+01:00

Why is it when you have time off there are things found to fill it! We had some lovely time in the Lakes and visiting parentals but are back home prepping for a 5yr old party on Sun and a BBQ next Sat and a day out for me the Sun then more holiday from 26th!! So still plenty going on before school starts back.

I have managed to book some dates for classes going forward - haven't fully decided on subject matters yet but will fill in the gaps as we go along (Casual Me!!! Never :-) ) feel free to make requests for specific Stampin' Up! Sets and so on.

Please note class prices have risen as I have put more projects into the classes meaning even with the price rise there is extra value in the items you take home with you.

Monthly Classes - Thursdays 7 till 9pm at Shrewley Village Hall Nr Warwick - £12

23rd September 2010 - Green House Garden cards (3) and box (1)
21st October 2010 - Quick Christmas Designs 5 different designs in quick repeatable Christmas cards (5). Using the Sparkly and Bright Stampin Up Set - a great value little set of Christmas Images. If you would like to purchase this set for use in class please have your order with me for 14th October for free postage on this set.

18th November 2010 - Winter Birthdays (3) with matching gift tags (3)
16th December 2010 - Gift tags (5), a tree decoration (1) and a small batch of sweet thank you notes (5)
20th January 2011 - A Mini book and card (Matching)
17 February 2011 - Spring Birthdays (3) and maybe an Easter Card (1)

Specials £18 - reduced price from last year!!

Christmas Extravaganza - Saturday 16th October from 10.20 till 12.30 - Shreweley Village Hall
This class will work on 3 Christmas Card Designs to create 15 Cards and then an additional 6 Gift Tags and a bag design using similar colours and stamps to co-ordinate your gifts and cards this Christmas.

If you bring a friend who has not attended class before to the Christmas Extravaganza your ticket is just £12.

All class fees are payable in advance to reserve your place and ensure I have time to prep materials for you.

Can't wait to get started with design!!

Hello Strangers

2010-08-04T22:06:00.000+01:00

Well its been a while but I haven't been idle!!! We had a lovely time at my gathering a couple of weeks ago with 9 people coming to a party I hosted myself which for a sunny Sunday afternoon in July was pretty good! We had a ball and I have some project photies to show but was far too busy on the day!

I have also set up some more classes starting in September including another Stamps and Class session for a Saturday morning in October. I am just deciding what to do at each of the classes at the moment and will publish the list shortly.

This month sees a fantastic offer from SU with a full 20% off selected two step stamping sets, this is a really great offer especially for the sets like Greenhouse Garden and Bird on a Branch which are so popular just now.

I will be partaking of another blog hop again shortly to show off some of these gorgeous stamp sets - and yes it is more scrapbooking so keep an eye out for a post sooner than 2 months away!!!

Rachelx

Here we go round the Mulberry Bush........

2010-06-05T08:45:00.038+01:00

I can't help but start singing this when I see the new Rich Razzleberry - it just pops in my head!!! The new colours are just fab and I for one can't wait until we get our hands on the full set with the new colour releases.

Many thanks to VAL for sending people my way (Hop back if not and see her fabby stuff) oh and Val if you are reading - its my birthday in August and although I am not 16 - WOW I wish I was your sister - lol.

If you are interested in finding out how a demo can win all the new colour products get in touch and I can talk you through what is involved. SU are giving all SU Demos the change to win all the new ink and card colours in one fell swoop!! It couldn't be easier!!!

But I had better show some projects or I will have Debbie to answer to! Debbie is organising this hop and has worked hard to make sure we are all linked in together and the flow of ideas and projects as well as blog links are just fab - thanks Debbie!

So onto my projects.

This was a little frame I had in my "to do things with" box. So I covered it in some Cottage Wall paper and then added a mini scrap page - it is about 4 x 4in!! It also uses some textured Old Olive and then a clear button and some twine. Very simple.

This one uses the spiral bound chipboard book and at the moment it is blank inside but I have an idea to record all Caits mad sayings and fun mis-sayings for when she is older. Cottage wall papers again but also some sticky cuts and glitter - just so easy to use. Clear button and twine to finish the flow and loads of lovely ribbon down the side on the rings. I used the two new spotty ones in Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry and then some Certainly Celery which came as part of an offer last year but you could easily use the gross grain. I used the lace border punch on the green scrap for a bit more detail.

A friend of mine visited on Friday and she loved this saying so this is a little notelet set for her (when we next meet up) and uses one 12 x 12in sheet for the bag and some ribbon then I punched some butterflies from scraps and glittered them up all over!!! The saying is from Occasional Greetings and the ribbon used is Melon Mambo Polka Dot. The cards are very simple 10 x 10cm cards.

So overall nothing too complicated but don't the products look stunning - such rich High Summer Colours!

As the idea of the Hop is some inspiration I am hoping you got some here and are heading for the craft room RIGHT NOW - if you leave a comment and link to your project inspired by what you have seen on the hop I have a little draw for some fabby new product and set of stamps. I will add a photo later as I got carried away and forgot to photo them earlier!! Whoops!!

I would like to point you in the hopping direction of the next person on the loop which is KARA - yet another severely talented Demo!!! Do have fun on your onward journey and please leave a comment and if you can link to your inspired project for a chance to win my goodies.....

Rachelx

HOP Hoppity HOP

2010-06-05T08:14:00.000+01:00

This weekend sees the launch of the ILWS New SU Product Blog Hop (not something to try and say after a glass of vino!!)

Come back tomorrow and see the inspiration from a whole Bevy of Demos from around the UK using the new product in some fantabulous projects all for YOUR inspiration!

PRIZES TO BE WON ON MY BLOG! Come back and see what you can win!!!

Rachelx

Time to Party!!!!!

2010-06-05T08:05:00.000+01:00

What an exciting offer we have this month for our Hostesses - Hold a party with £250 worth of sales and get a further £20 free product from the catalogue - so on top of the free stamp set and £25 worth of goods you get an extra £20 to spend on your choice from the catalogue and mini catalogue - it really couldn't be any better!

Call me now to set a date for your event!

Rachelx

Exciting New Product Share

2010-05-03T09:47:00.000+01:00

A special deal especially from me for you.

When there are new goodies we just want them all don't we - well for a taster of all the new products all at once now you can with my special deal just for you.

I am ONLY doing 4 of these for the moment (I can't cope with big numbers lol) so to get your hands on all the new products without breaking the bank get in touch with me to order NOW as I am sure these places will go fast.

You will get

One of each sheet of the new designer paper Cottage Wall in 6 by 12 size
3m of each of the three new ribbons with spots on
6 sheets each of the three new card stock colours
Total Cost including P&P is £13.50

If you want all of the above plus ink pads in 3 shiny new colours it will be £26.75 including postage

If you would like some Window sheets as well just add the cost of the window sheets with no extra postage to your order (£9.50)

All of these colours are a great taster for our whole new colour range coming in October - how great to be able to get our hands on some of the new product in advance!

Don't forget all of our main catalogue and mini catalogue goodies are also still available.

Click on the mail me <------ to order. I can take payment by payal (with fees) cheque, direct transfer or cash. Don't forget if you use paypal it can also go on your credit card!

To see the full pdf of the new products click HERE

Remember Product Shares always include a little something extra from me! How much better can it get!!

Rachel

Fantastic New Stampin' Up! Products

2010-05-01T08:58:00.000+01:00

Stampin' Up! have decided to give you a taster of the new colour ranges for October with the launch of 11 new products - oh my word these are completely luscious! MY ORDER IS IN ALREADY!!!

For a closer look click on the link to the side and it will bring up a PDF.

As a special - oh I am so excited offer - if you order two products from the new list with your order for £30 or more then you get free postage!!

Contact me today.

Fancy trying your hand as a Demo??

2010-04-22T18:01:00.000+01:00

Now is a great time to sign up if you are considering being a Stampin' Up Demonstrator as we have a 10% discount offer running which makes the starter kit just £125. So if you fancy running your own crafting business to bring in some extra income in these difficult times please get in touch and I can talk you through how it all works. If you are not sure and have lots of questions please do get in touch - there will be no pressure to join up and maybe I can answer the questions you have.

Colour my World

2010-04-07T13:37:00.000+01:00

Well how exciting is this..... a whole new Colour Renovation from Stampin' Up!

They have brought back some old in-colours from the US, swapped up the families - now called Collections AND it looks increasingly likely we will get In-colours this Autumn with the launch of the new Catalogue. In colours are certain shades that are fashionable for the time - they will last 2 years and 5 will be launched each year. This is so exciting - so many new things to play with and colour combinations to explore - I can't wait.

If you are building colour collections or have particular favourites you might want to plan your purchases over the next few months to take into account the changes. It does mean lots of old favourites going and I will certainly miss a good few of them - but then with so many new ones to play with........

For now we must satisfy ourselves with the brand new mini - have you had a look yet - placed an order? Click on the top left icon for a browse and contact me if you would like to place an order.

Rachel

I was a winner

2010-04-04T00:37:00.000+01:00

Well sort of - I came second winner as it was termed!!! At the recent Demo day we had a Demo's choice and submitted something for the other demos to pick what they liked best. Its always really hard to decide what to do with these and inevitable it tends to be more sculpture than cardmaking but some really fabby stuff crawls out the of the woodwork so I really didn't expect anything and in fact put my stuff on the table and never looked at it again. So imagine my surprise when they decide to award two places and one is for me! Anyway some piccies

For Caz and everyone interested in inspiration!!

2010-04-02T13:57:00.000+01:00

Recently I attended a Demonstrator training day and Customer Experience as part of this there was s display of samples and also the Demo's organised a swap between themselves. Believe it or not we do not all own all the sets, papers and accessories so we love to swap between each other sample cards to show our Customers.

So here are some of the photos I took of the swaps and displays I don't recall all the makers - but all of these were made by other SU Demos.

There are also lots of inspirational items on the display tables and some really ingenious stuff as well.

Stampin Up Demonstrators LOVE Mini Time

2010-04-01T21:32:00.000+01:00

We get to play with lots of new stuff and offer our customers some gorgeous products and we have a really great one this time. Single stamps - a whole page of them, smaller backgrounds, Simmer Paints , yet more delightful snowflakes (ell a girl can't have too many STAMPED ONES not sure about the real thing though a the moment!!! And the most bargainous item i think is the stitched felt on page 13 - you get FIFTY TWO pieces for £6.50 plus P&P I have some and it is beautifully made - I don't know how they can offer it at that price its worth much much more.

I have added a link on the left to the pdf download - its not a huge catalgoue but some really lovely stamps including the My Sweet Pea and also the handsome Dasher - beautiful reindeer single stamp at just £6.95 plus P&P.

If you would like to host a party or place an order please get in touch and I can help. I haeve some big events coming up but there is alwasy room for one more. And if like Cait below you fancy access to a permanent discount on your SU goodies - I can let you into the Demo Secret!!!!!!!

I have some new product samples lined up for you so keep an eye on the blog.

Rachel

Sign Me Up!

2010-03-31T23:46:00.000+01:00

Sign Me Up! What a cutie!!

If you are interested in being a demo just like me - get in touch with my Mum - she can convert anyone. (She is working on a photo of Dad with the pinny on!)

Money to tight to mention..........

2010-03-25T20:00:00.000Z

....for you or your friends

One of the best ways to sub your crafty spending in tough times is to hold a home party workshop - you and your friends get an evening together, you get to play with some fabulous products and make a card, watch some great demonstrations, and you get free hostess gifts and money to spend in the Stampin' Up! catalogue (subject to a minimum party total).

If you think you might like to give this a go I am trialling a Party Plan that takes just 2 hours from start to finish meaning you and your friends are then free to enjoy the rest of the evening and maybe even retiring to a local hostellery!!!!!! I have some dates available in April ready for the new catalgoue if you are quick.

Interested??

Pop me a Pm and I can let you have more details.

Not in the Midlands but still interested?? Let me know and I can put you in touch with someone nearer you that can help out.

Rachel

Competition Time

2010-03-06T11:26:00.005Z

Well over on www.craftsbycarolyn.co.uk they are celebrating a Birthday Big Style and there are a range of competitions and a whole range of prizes for the next 10 days!!! Yes you read that right 10 Days.

So come along and see what is on offer and here is a piccie of the two prizes that I am offering. The Scrap Kit has been won by Jackie - who has been knitting and organising knitters like fury for the KidsCompany knitting drive and who knows how many scarves are now in production (I just finished No. 3 myself) so very well deserved.

So come along and see what we are up to and join in if you want to.

Rachelxx

This morning

2010-03-02T09:23:00.000Z

I will be mostly sneaking an order in for PREVIEWS from the new SU Mini Catalgoue - woooooooohoooooooooooooooo

Watch this space!!

Rachel

Something Different!

2010-03-01T23:26:00.002Z

I have been slowly progressing the craft and work room and in between getting bits of inspiration to do something. I have had this round canvas for a number of years to "do something with" at some point and the other day I was inspired by something I saw. And my flight has been born - I think I want to add some pearl bodies yet so i am still contemplating but the punch and papers were all stamping up patterned papers and the B is one of the chipboard letters with the gorgeous glitter in almost amethyst I think it is. Terible photo for now but hopefully some time soon there will be one if it in situ

Rachelx

Last Day for SAB

2010-02-28T12:13:00.005Z

So I thought I better show some of my samples - lol. There is still time to place an order before about 11pm tonight if you really like anything you see. This one uses So saffron as a base card, some papers from one of the scrap kits (you get so much in one of these they seem to last forever!!! I love this spotty pink. I made the paper flower with two nesting circles that I scuffed the edges up with the distressing tool then punched to add a diamanté brad in lilac. The ribbon is the broad striped ribbon in black which is lovely to work with - its really light and thin so you can play with pleats and things without the card being overwhelmed. The stamp set is happy moments which is then chalked with the chalk set and punched out with the really large circle punch.
Obsessed with circles I am at the moment. So I punched some more from those scrap book kit scraps (they really do go on forever) in different sized circles for the background and then also border punched with the lace punch for behind the Whisper White Satin Ribbon. The Stamp set is again Happy Moments and the image was chalked and punched with the largest circle punch. This punch is a great size for adding an image to a card as you can also squeeze in a small greeting like the ones that come in the happy moments sets.

Now you know those scraps - I also used them on this card too - but this is the reverse side of the paper.

So some strips of paper for the front and inside (One side outside the other side inside. Then I punched a large circle in the front of the card so I had a window and added a circle of very vanilla card stock on the inside to match where the window was, this was stamped with another image from Happy Moments (did I say I liked this set...) and this one was chalked for a bit of light colour. The button was a clear button backed with some of the paper scraps glued on with a dab of the Glossy Accents and then some linen thread put through and tied. This was quite a difficult one to photograph to look good.

Mandy thanks for the comments too!! Nice to know someone is out there....
Rachel

Chocolate Mother's Day

2010-02-27T23:46:00.003Z

Another post another picture :-). Mums and chocolate go together like.....

This is one made with the Haiti Relief set Greenhouse Garden for which £1 goes to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief fund (wow there is a mouthful!) I used versamark on Kraft Cardstock then for the outlines the white craft ink. I REALLY like the subtle effect of this, its layered onto whisper white and close to cocoa and finished with some white gel pen and a twist of Whisper White Double sided satin Ribbon. The greeting is from Occasional Greetings.

I have found as my card making progresses it gets simpler in style - I prefer uncluttered unfussy and I find if I try to do too much on a card it just ends up looking fussy and not what I intended.

Anyway this one is now in the to send pile- one more to go :-)

Rachel

Some recent Make and Takes

2010-02-25T20:56:00.006Z

I recently did a session for a Crafting Club that resides "over the other side" of the Midlands and quite a few didn't make it to the session for assorted reasons so I promised to blog the make and takes for them to drool over - well OK see what everyone was up to.

The first one is a tiny card using the Greenhouse Garden set, £1 for every set sold goes to the Red Cross Haiti Fund, so I thought I would use it so people could appreciate how lovely it is and how easy to use. Ellen this one should be on your hit list if not already!! I actually CASE'd this (COPY and SHARED!!!) from a little card Stashfairy sent me - I need to go and check your real name as it was a lovely card, I made it smaller but that was about it!

I used one of the the little love notes cards that come in packs of 20 with envelopes, half very vanilla and half whisper white. I stamped the sold flower stamps in barely banana for the daisies and Almost Amethyst for the pansy. The outlines were done in Brocade blue and More Mustard. Now I did mine by eye but you can also use the stampamajig if you are at all hesitant about this especially as it is directly to the card. I always think make and takes must feel a bit like the generation game for customers :-). I then stamped a tiny flower and a greeting from the Vintage Labels SAB set onto a seperate piece of whisper white and punched it in the small tag punch and punched a Almost Amethyst scrap of card in the larger tag punch to co-ordinate. Layered these up and hole punched at the top before threading some Black Gingham ribbon through and tying it up with a tiny piece of the silver elastic thread. Anyway that was a very long explanation for a teeny card - I also stamped the envelope to match. It was really quick honestly!!

Ok Second and thirdly (oooh two at once) well they are very similar and you are getting brief descriptions here! I stamped the background, chalked the image, made two tags and tied a ribbon on. Oh Ok then.....again this one is cased from Jomumo4 on www.inlovewithstamping.com so I just adapted it for what I wanted, I randomly stamped an A6 size piece of whisper white card with the background image in basic grey for a softer image, I then used the chalks to sponge colour onto the images, with a little outline in a contrasting colour to make them pop a little from the page, I often use a bit of blue or yellow. I trimmed some of the background piece to fit nicely on the card front. I made an extra image and greeting on a separate sheet and punched them out with the little tag punch. More contrasting colour larger tag punchies and layered them up before hole punching and adding some linen thread to hand from. A brad was attached centrally and the tags hung from it. I add some glue dots to the back of the tags to keep them in place. I then tied a piece of ribbon around the background piece before attaching it to the card. Joanne used a double ribbon on hers which was particularly fetching a bit like on my third card but layering a narrow gross grain over the heavier one. The set used was Happy Moments SAB Freebie - yes Freebie - and you only have till 28th Feb to get your £45 order in to get one all to yourself!!

Anyway this post is now very long!!! And you have 3 photos I am sooooo generous - lol enjoy!!

I have actually sorted some more photos as well so you might even get some more posts shortly - how exciting is that!

Rachel

Rose Red

2010-02-05T23:14:00.004Z

Some more samples - this was a gift for Cait's Childminder - a photo for rogues gallery!!! The top was made from the Rose Red Designer series patterned papers and the bottom was very vanilla stamped with A rose is a Rose again - one of my favourite sets!

Paper Share

2010-02-05T22:24:00.002Z

Just a reminder of the paper share

1 each pattern in 6 x 6 size (Total 60 Sheets ) Incl postage is £12.50
1 each pattern in 6 by 12 size (Total 60 Sheets) Incl Postage is £24.00

Papers included
Pink flamingo
Tall Tales
Nouveau Chic
Kaleidoscope
Bella Blue
Tea & Crumpets
Merry Moments
Spiced Cider
Tea Party
Jackpot

There will be 8 places on the share and it is a first come first served basis please so get in touch if you are interested.

Rachel

Some actual Cards

2010-02-05T22:11:00.004Z

How long is it since I last posted a photo - so long I have almost forgotten how. Someone was asking me about the Bashful Blue colour and wanting some help on visualising it so I had a look through and realised how few photos there are on here - I do make lots of cards honestly - they just don't make it over here much!! Its sucha faff on my pc to edit, sign and so on that I have left it and left it - but here is a quickie from just before Christmas with some notecards in strong pastels (if there is such a thing). The base cards are Bashful Blue and Sage Shadow with Old Olive Green Ink and Coral shades of Regal Rose and Cameo Coral and the hotter Rose Red Shade with Pretty in Pink. Stamps are A Rose is a Rose set and some of the Greetings from an old retired Hostess Set.

I love that we update our sets regularly but it does mean you have to move when they are available especially for things like Sale-A-Bration as stamps are available for such a short space of time.

Check out the Greetings in this Sale-A-Bration free sets they are just as cute and would look great on these cards. Remember for each £45 you spend you can claim a free set and no limit on how many sets you can qualify for. In fact if you reach £300 you get an extra set as well!!

Rachelx

Free Craftin' Stampin' Up! Events

2010-01-06T21:13:00.003Z

For anyone in the UK there are some free Stampin' Up! Crafting Events happening around the Country. I have attended one of these before as have several of my customers and had a really fun time playing with products and meeting other crafty folk from near by!

The events are in March and April and held in the evening. Giving you the opportunity to create a number of projects with Stampin’ Up!’s products, enjoy the company of others who share your interest in crafting, and win products at no cost to you! Could you ask for more???

11 March 2010 at the Beauchief Hotel, Sheffield from 7-9pm

13 March 2010 at the Glasgow Pond Hotel from 7-9pm

18 March 2010 at the Aston Court Hotel in Coventry from 7-9pm

20 March 2010 at the Parkside International Hotel in Reading from 7-9pm

10 April 2010 at the Plymouth Novotel from 3-5pm

Attendance is free but you do need a personal invitation which I can organise for you and as many of your friends as you want to come.

Please email me or give me a call for your personal invitation places will be limited and issued on a first come first served basis.

I can't attend all the events but may be coming along to the Coventry one.

Give me a call now to get your invite organised!

2010 Class Schedule

2010-01-04T22:21:00.003Z

All classes are £10 and held at Shrewley Village Hall Near Warwick on a Thursday evening from 7 till 9pm. Tea and Coffee provided.

January 21st A Spring Photo Album and gift card (£12.50 class fee)
February 18th Buttons and Bows three cards
March 18th Sweet Treats, three containers ready for Easter Treats

Still to Come

April 22nd Punch Happy three cards using punched shapes
May 20th Summer Birthdays three cards
June 17th Glitter and Sparkle three cards

Share it Out

2010-01-04T21:56:00.005Z

I know it sometimes is a big outlay to buy a whole reel of ribbon or a whole pack of paper never mind one in each colour or pattern so I am putting together some shares for my customers so you can taste them all - yes its a bit like being in an ice cream shop and wanting to test all the flavours when you open the SU Ideas Book and Catalogue!

Paper Share

1 each pattern in 6 x 6 size (Total 60 Sheets ) Incl postage is £12.50
1 each pattern in 6 by 12 size (Total 60 Sheets) Incl Postage is £24.00

Papers included
Pink flamingo
Tall Tales
Nouveau Chic
Kaleidoscope
Bella Blue
Tea & Crumpets
Merry Moments
Spiced Cider
Tea Party
Jackpot

There will be 8 places on the share and it is a first come first served basis please so get in touch if you are interested.

Ribbon Shares

Narrow Striped Ribbon 1.5m of each of 6 colours £7.00 including postage
Gross Grain narrow 1m of each of 11 colours £4.00 including postage
Taffeta Ribbon 1m of each of 8 colours £6.00 including postage

Pens and Pen holder share

The Stampin' Up! Stamp and Write pens are an essential tool for all stampers - there is so much versatility in their use for straight colouring, water colouring and also direct to paper stamping, not to mention journalling in any colour. It is a great way to get hold of all the stamping up ink colours. With this share you will also get the pen holder

Each month you pay £27 which is inclusive of all postage. You will receive a set of pens each month in one of the 4 colour ways and each person will take turns to receive the pen holder. The share runs for 4 months with one set per month.

It's Sale-A-Bration Time!!!

2010-01-03T19:14:00.003Z

Come and join the Sale-A-Bration with Stampin' Up!

Its all about friends, fresh ideas and free stamps!!!!! This is your opportunity to earn free limited edition products!

When you spend £45 on Stampin' Up! Products you will receive your choice of 4 free stamp sets from Stampin' Up all showcased in the fabulous Sale-A-Bration brochure with lots of ideas for their use.

There is no limit to how many sets you can earn! And if you host a £300 party you even get an extra hostess bonus of another free Sale-A-Bration set.

If you decide to join as a demonstrator during the Sale-A-Bration months then you will also be entitled to an extra free stamp set to the value of £38.95 from the current Ideas Book and Catalogue.

The Sale-A-Bration promotion starts on 30 December 2009 and runs through 28 February 2010, so don't miss your chance for free products!

Love Challenges

2010-01-01T22:31:00.002Z

and Love Stampin Up!!

Come along and join us for a very special challenge on the In Love With Stamping Forum - see blinkie on the right!

These are to become a regular feature so come along and sus out what it is all about and maybe even win some prizes for your own submissions

Rachel

Christmas Extravaganza - Free large Punch worth £12.50

2009-11-15T08:10:00.002Z

Just a reminder that if you order from the Christmas Extravaganza leaflet to the value of £45 there is the opportunity to get a free punch worth £12.50, this is such a good deal. The offer can be combined with other items to real a workshop total so you could be getting £42.50 worth of free goodies for £150 spend!!! It really is a great offer!

If you Host a party in Jan or Feb 2010 (Yes we are nearly there) I have such a great offer coming your way - Yes its soon SAB time!!!!!!!!!! It was Jan and Feb last year and I am hoping it is the same again this year as it was such a great time to get that little extra boost after Christmas and during the short winter days! Don't delay - Book Today. I ALREADY have bookings for this one!!!!!!

You Shall go to the Ball!

2009-11-04T21:06:00.001Z

Well this weekend sees a big SU convention in Europe for the first time - there are a number of demos not able to go and lots of customers, so over on ILWS we are having some fun and are going to have a little Ball of our own - come on over and see what we got planned :-)

Rachel

For just £125........Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Offer

2009-10-31T10:35:00.003Z

There is a fantastic offer on at the moment if you have ever thought of becoming a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

10% off the Starter Kit if you join before 13th November. Click here for more info.

If its just to fund you addiction - sorry I mean hobby, start a business or something in between, being a demonstrator could be just the thing.

I would love to welcome you to my team!

Rachel

Christmas Extravaganza from Stampin' Up!

2009-10-31T10:12:00.002Z

Stampin' Up have come up with a fabulous offer for November - can you believe a free punch for £45 spend!!! And you get to choose large or small too. The tags are perfect for little gift tags and there are so many of the stamps that fit inside them beautifully!!

Click on the image in the side bar to go straight to the PDF file.

Rachelx

A bit of a sort out!

2009-10-03T21:55:00.001+01:00

Just a few things I no longer want in my just in case bottom draw!!

Polka Dot Punches unmounted as new (2) £5 plus £1.75 pp
Botanical Blooms mounted as new £5 plus £1.75pp
Congratulations unmounted as new £5 plus £1.75pp GONE

Terrific Tags £6 plus £2.25 pp unmounted as new GONE
Pretty Posies £5 plus £2.25 pp mounted with one tiny stain on one stamp GONE
A little bit of Happiness immaculate unmounted £7 plus £2.25
From the Garden immaculate unmounted £7 plus £2.25pp
Organic Grace immaculate unmounted £6 plus £1.75pp

Typeset Upper Case Alphabet mounted immaculate £15 plus £2.25 pp
Carte Postale £12 mounted some rubber staining £12 plus £2.25 pp GONE
Summer by the sea mounted some staining £15 plus £2.25 pp GONE
Canvas Background mounted but immaculate £8 plus £2.25 pp GONE
Doodle That very slight staining £4.50 plus £1.75 pp GONE
Shapes and Shadows slightly stained nothing to really notice £11 incl post
Mixed Bouquet immaculate mounted £11 incl post immaculate mounted

All from a smoke and pet free home and will come complete with clam shell cases unless you don't want them.

I've been waiting

2009-10-02T19:42:00.003+01:00

Ready to announce the new catalogue - the goodies are so scrummy!! You can browse on line by clicking the picture to the left or order a catalogue from me directly for just £4.95 postage free and if you order £35 product with your first order I will refund you the catalogue price against your order!!

SO many stamps so little time.....

Some of the goodies that people have been asking for that are new in the catalogue
Little Metal Clips
Filigree Brads
Kraft Card stock in single colour 12 x 12
New Papers
New Scrap kits
White Craft ink with refill
Versamark Pen
Sticky Glue Pen
GLITTER

And of course lots lots more

Go on take a peak - you know you want to....

Rachelxx

All Gone

2009-09-17T10:44:00.001+01:00

Flaky Friends
Be Happy
All Wrapped Up
Happy Hearts
Mixed Bouquet
Ski Slope Designer Series Paper

No longer available as they have SOLD OUT

Come on quick before everything else goes from the Mini and the Retiring List

Rachel

An Exciting time for me

2009-09-03T13:16:00.006+01:00

This month sees an opportunity for me as an SU Demo. I have happily ticked along this year and achieved reasonable sales and quite a few promotions - as has my wonderful team of Stampingurls (no boys yet!!).

As a result I find myself within range to achieve a fantastic goal of achieving the First ever European SU demo Incentive trip which is to Monaco.

They have a fabulous hotel lined up for us and I would really like to get there. With your help I can. This month they are offering us DOUBLE points for every order placed in September. Now I need a challenging amount of points but I have some offers for you to give you some incentive to place your order. So come and help me achieve my goal and satisfy your need for goodies - and don't forget to add your freebies.

**Anyone booking a party in September or holding a catalogue party or placing an individual order for £200 or more I will add a further Level 1 value Stamp Set to your hostess goodies AND put you on the list for a FREE Catalogue and ideas book when the new 2009/2010one is launched.

**Anyone placing individual Orders which include items from the Last Chance list for more than £50 I will add the Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie or Old Olive set of designer papers for FREE as long as stocks last.

You want to see what I am gunning for - try here

Rachelxx

The time has come to say goodbyeeee

2009-09-01T08:15:00.003+01:00

To some of our favourites from the SU catalogue. Yes its the last chance to order some of the loveliest stamps from both the main catalogue and also the mini one!!

The retiring list can be seen here just pick a selection and email me your order. If you are a member of my club your order can be counted towards your club order but will be placed as usual a week before my classes around 10th September. These last chance items are first come first served.

For the first time ever some items have been heavily discounted - UP TO 50% - yes you heard me right so there are some real bargains to be had in patterned papers and stamps.

There are quite a few items from the mini catalogue that are not going to make it into the new catalogue including soft summer, the grumpies as I call them and ski slope papers so get in touch if there is something you are specifically looking to order.

Rachel

15% off SU goodies - till 12 Noon Friday

2009-07-30T13:06:00.002+01:00

I am offering anyone and everyone 15% off the retail price of all SU items subject to standard postage charges.

Got a great list, want something from the current Catalgoue, Mini or 2008 retiring list...order while you can at this great offer price. Come and Help me reach my July sales Target!!!

Rachelxx

2009-07-27T20:00:00.002+01:00

I fancied having a go with a few rub ons - the Stampin' Up! ones are just SO easy to use. All the cards are 10 by 10 and use a mix of rubons in chocolate and white. Card used is close to cocoa and chocolate chip with white as well. I used the spiral punch on one of them and the rest of the shapes are hand cut.

Really simple cards and really easy as well.

Rachel

Classes from August 2009

2009-07-25T10:58:00.003+01:00

I still have a few places on the classes if you are interested. Please get in touch to book your place! All Classes £10 unless otherwise shown.

August 27th - Two Gorgeous Gift Boxes all decorated and ready to go!

September 17th - Christmas Stamp a Stack. Materials for 20 cards 5 of each of 4 designs COme and get ready for the season! Cost £15 or £5 to Club members.

October 22nd - Cup Cakes and Catalogue. Come and browse the new catalogue, raid my retired stamps and make 3 cupcake cards!

November 19th - A last minute Christmas gift and as many gift tags as you can manage in the time remaining!!! A prize for the winner!

December 17th - Starting out with Scrapbooking. We will be doing some 6 x 6 pages which are a great size to start if you are new to this idea!

Classes are held on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm at the newly improved Shrewley Village Hall which has excellent night time lighting in its car park at the front and some lovely facilities inside.

Stampers 6

2009-07-25T01:17:00.002+01:00

I have just two spaces left on my first Stampers 6 Club.

Contact me quick if you are interested as they should fill up this month

Rachel

Crafts Beautiful teams with SU

2009-07-22T10:49:00.003+01:00

If you're a Crafts Beautiful reader - all the time or every now and then, you may want to get head down to Tesco at the end of the month for your September issue. You'll get a free Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalogue with it!

Not only do you get access to drool over the hundreds of delicious products but also hundreds of ideas and pages of techniques to help you with your card making.

Rachel

Stampin’ Up! Summer Design Challenge

2009-07-01T11:44:00.002+01:00

This summer you can win free stamp sets when you participate in the Summer Design Challenge.

Simply create a summer-inspired project using Stampin' Up! products and submit it no later than 30 August, 2009 for your chance to win!

Four prizes will be awarded to demonstrators and customers:

Demonstrator First Place: £150 worth of stamps sets

Customer First Place: £150 worth of stamps sets
Customer Second and Third Place: £50 worth of stamps sets

Challenge Rules
- Projects must be created using only Stampin' Up! products.
- Only one project per participant will be accepted.
- Projects can be cards, home decor, scrapbook pages, or 3D items.
- All projects must be summer-themed.
- Projects must be unique, and created for the Summer Design Challenge. Do not just recycle your old projects.
- A list of products used must be included with the project submission.
- Full contact information, including your full name, demonstrator ID (if you are a demonstrator), address, phone number, and e-mail address must be included with the project submission.
- Projects will not be returned as they may be displayed at future Stampin' Up! events or on the Stampin' Up! web site.

Download a printable version of the Summer Design Challenge Rules.

Cards for Boys

2009-06-03T09:23:00.001+01:00

One most crafters struggle with so come along and get some inspiration on 25th June 2009, 7 till 9pm at Shrewley Village Hall, Shrewley Nr Warwick. Just off the A46. All Welcome

Rachel

May Sunshine

2009-04-30T14:48:00.002+01:00

And a special offer from Stampin' Up! Of Course.... this months special product offer is with designer papers - buy three and get the fourth free on all orders in May. So if you love your papers or are into scrapping and want some gorgeous new stash then check out the papers Stampin' Up! Offer and get your order in!

The offer DOES include the brand new papers in the Mini catalgoue as well so don't forget to check those out as well.

Rachelx

Class and Club News

2009-04-30T14:42:00.003+01:00

I have organised a few more classes and booked a couple of dates fro a brand new Club - just a get together and craft rther than anything too organised! So if you fancy coming along please call and book your place - thanks

21st May - Birthday Delight - 3 delightful birthday card designs (£10)
25th June - Something for the Boys - 3 cards with the boys in mind (£10)
23rd July - Merry Christmas - it's never to soon - one gift design & 2 cards (£10)

All classes are held from 7pm to 9.00pm on a Thursday at Shrewley Village Hall, Shrewley, Warwickshire.

Call me now to reserve your place on 01926 843389.

I have booked a couple of Saturday afternoons for Craft Club - come along and bring your latest projects, watch my demonstration and join in the optional mini class. Cost £3 to include tea and coffee. All crafts welcome but the mini classes will be card making based and cost £2.

If you would like to be on my mailing lsit for my regular newsletter - pop me and email and i will add you to the list. I do special offers just for newsletter readers as well so it is worth being in on the latest gossip from my little crafty corner of the world.

Stamp with Us

2009-04-11T18:52:00.003+01:00

Challenge blog (amongst other things) for Stampin' Up! and Look - blimey - a card from me :-)
This one uses a rather arty set from the new mini catalogue and also the New Washington Apple Papers which are an unusual colour mix but it really works well.

Rachel

Chipper

2009-03-04T23:07:00.002Z

Chin Up the special from Stamping Up this month is a whole 25% off their all aboard Chipboard - this is for all the Chipboard styles they have in their current catalgoue so have a look what is available over there <--- and if Chipboard is your thing let me know what you would like.

I might be based in Warwick but anyone can order through me for delivery direct to your door. If you can reach the magic £150 by yourself or with a couple of local crafty friends then you are also entitled to the free hostess benefits - drop me a line to find out what you could be getting! Not that I am suggesting you can use THAT much chipboard you understand!

Rachel

Lots of Lovely Ribbons

2009-02-28T23:23:00.002Z

I have just ordered all the Ribbons in the 1/4 inch Gross Grain and Taffetta range from SU. I will be selling these in mixed pack containing approx. 1m of each colour. Numbers will be limited so please drop me a line if you want one. Prices are inclusive of ALL postage.

Gross Grain - £4.00
Taffeta - £5.70

If you would like both please reduce the price by 50p. If you would like more contact me direct and I will give you a price inclusive of postage that will be reduced to take this into account. If you are a demo and looking for a sampler set - please get in touch and I will give you the demo price.

Rachelxx

New Paper Share OPEN

2009-02-21T12:44:00.005Z

If you are interested I have a new Paper Share Open - already down to 0 places available so get in quick if you are interested.

This share will be £16 due to the cost of first class postage being £1.93 - you really get so much paper for this it's great and also a great way to see the SU papers in all their glory in the flesh

Just the 3 places left now!! Come on be quick before you miss it!! Ahh too late ALL GONE.

Rachel

NEWSFLASH SAB Winners were Andrea and Calvin so an extra surprise is on its way for you two

Paper Shares Full

2009-02-07T18:40:00.003Z

But please contact me if you are interested as I have a waiting list. I will be keeping a note of anyone interested on a reserve list and as soon as it fills up I am happy to order again

Rachel

Paper Share update

2009-02-06T12:14:00.003Z

Well I have 12 people playing at the moment and there is room for 4 more - one of who is in with a chance of winning a free SAB set as well! So send me a message or comment here, if you would like to have 1 6x6 piece of every paper that Stampin' Up! do. This would make a great sample pack if you are a demo (Demo rates apply - so yes you pay less) or if you are a card maker it is like having a 6x6 paper pack of each paper that SU does!!! So get in touch and bag yourself a bargainous Paper Proliferation!!! Each pack is £15 for customers and you can order more than one if you like.

Rachel

Paper Share

2009-02-02T15:09:00.003Z

Been humming about this for a while but I am thinking there are a number of us who would like to have a bit of everything in the paper selection. Anyway what I am offering is 1 6x6inch of each and every pattern in the paper sets for just £15. This is limited to 8 places and you may take two places or more if you want two sets or more. Any other Demos who are interested should get in touch.

I will of course if I fill up have two SAB sets to distribute as well so will do a little draw between the 8 of us.

I am now filling a second 8 so please get in touch if you are interested.

2 places have gone.

Let me know if you are interested.

Rachel

Stampingurl

Christmas Overload?? NO SUCH THING

Scrippity scrappity

Up and Coming classes 2011/2012

Busy little crafter

Ladies

Come and set a date!

New Stampers 6

ILWS Blog Hop

New Catalogue Blog Hop Time

Hoorah for Warwick and Handmade Crafts

Club Time

* Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets * Pewter Jumbo Eyelets * Riding Hood Red Cardstock 12 x 12 * Sense of Time stamp set

ETA some more sold outs

2010-2012 In Color Classic Stampin' Ink Refills (set)Star PunchAfterthoughts [w] hostess setCute by the Inch [w] hostess setAlso the Silver Elastic Cord

ETA even more sell outs!

Choo Choo Tart and Tangy12 x 12 Wild WasabiSpiral punch

ETA And moreRight on Track WheelSanded background

ETA12 x 12 Tempting Turquoise

Don't think too long if there is something you want please order it straight away

Rachel

Quick - check out the 40% discounts

EXCITING TIMES

FINALLY

Scrapping

Blog Hop links

Hop, Skip and a Jump

New Mini Catalogue

Classes - Cards and Scrapping this Year

Retired Items for Sale

Bag a Bargain

Million and One

Big Bows

Happy Heart day

Fold it up

Spring Bouquet - in focus

How did it go???

Radio and Liz Kershaw

Christmas Scrap Class

Spring Wreath

Tweet Tweet

Crafty Imagination

Some Autumnal Thank yous

Time to Sale-a-brate

See I do Craft Occasionally

More Radio Crafting

November's Christmas Bundle from SU

On the Radio

Brand New Stamp Club

Very Special October Offer

Oh Is it time for something Exciting......

** Flash News** Further Reductions **

Update on retiring list information

So Much Stampin' Up! News I am going to POP

Scrap Hop

Class Dates Finally

Hello Strangers

Here we go round the Mulberry Bush........

HOP Hoppity HOP

Time to Party!!!!!

Exciting New Product Share

Fantastic New Stampin' Up! Products

Fancy trying your hand as a Demo??

Colour my World

I was a winner

For Caz and everyone interested in inspiration!!

Stampin Up Demonstrators LOVE Mini Time

Sign Me Up!

Money to tight to mention..........

Competition Time

This morning

Something Different!

Last Day for SAB

Chocolate Mother's Day

Some recent Make and Takes

Rose Red

Paper Share

Some actual Cards

Free Craftin' Stampin' Up! Events

2010 Class Schedule

* Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets
* Pewter Jumbo Eyelets
* Riding Hood Red Cardstock 12 x 12
* Sense of Time stamp set

2010-2012 In Color Classic Stampin' Ink Refills (set)
Star Punch
Afterthoughts [w] hostess set
Cute by the Inch [w] hostess set
Also the Silver Elastic Cord

Choo Choo
Tart and Tangy
12 x 12 Wild Wasabi
Spiral punch

ETA And more
Right on Track Wheel
Sanded background

ETA
12 x 12 Tempting Turquoise

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