Keeping it Fresh

I have been using the same papers for a few weeks now, so I have become very conscious of keeping my daily projects fresh & trying not to get caught in a colour trap, something we are all guilty of, if you look back at my blog in the couple of months before Christmas over the last couple of years and I am definitely guilty of having favourite colour combinations.

Card Recipe
Cardstock
Whisper White

Cherry Cobbler

Old Olive
Ink
Wild Wasabi

Calypso Coral

Stampin' Write pens 
Stamps
Just Believe

Happiest Birthday Wishes ~ Hostess

Tiny Tags stamp set

Tools
Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack

Paper Piercing Tool

Mat Pack

Stamp A Ma Jig

Jewelry Tag Punch

Bird Builder Punch

Scallop Trim Border

Papers

Everyday Enchantment ~ Sale-a-Bration papers

First Edition Speciality papers
Embellishments
Stampin' Dimensionals 

Basic Pearls

Silver mini Brads

Everyday Enchantment Free papers

If you were to ask me a couple of months ago when I placed My pre-order for sale-A-Bration which was my favourite product I'm sure that I would have said one of the stamp sets, that was then. If you asked me know I know categorically I would choose the Everyday Enchantment papers that you can qualify to get free with a spend of £45 during Sale-a-Bration.
I love the co-ordinating colour family of
Lucky Limeade
Pool Party
Peach Parfait
Calypso Coral
Poppy Parade
Very Vanilla
Soft Suede
I know that I'll be using this colour palette long after Sale-A-Bration is finished.

Card Recipe
Cardstock
Whisper White

Lucky Limeade

Pool Party

Calypso Coral
Ink
Stampin' Write pens Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral & Poppy Parade
Stamps
Fresh Vintage S-A-B

Happiest birthday Wishes
Tools
Bird Builder Punch

Scallop Trim Corner punch

Scallop Trim Border Punch

Stamp A Ma Jig

Perfect polka Dots Embossing Folder

Sizzix Big Shot

Papers

Everyday Enchantment ~ Sale-a-Bration papers
Embellishments
Stampin' Dimensionals 

basic pearls

Stampin' Up Training event Jan 2012

I know i'm more than a little late with this post as the Peterborough training event was back at the beginning of January, But work has been manic with Sale & then stock-take. So today is one of the first opportunities I've had to finish the projects & edit the pictures.
I love these training events as the are both crafting & business based, Sharon & I got up very early on the Sunday morning & went & picked Marie up, its the first event I've ever been too with two of my down-line & it was a lovely day.
The business training was lead by Bekka, so as well as being informative it was also fun.
I thought you would like to see some of the projects that Monica & Bekka had designed for us.

 This card holder is made from a single A4 sheet of card in one of the current In-colours Island Indigo. The papers used in all of the projects come from the Designer series Paper stacks, there is one for each of the colour families including the two In colour families.

The second project was a lovely card using one of the new sets from the Spring Mini catalogue that is decorated both on the inside & outside.

Outside

Inside

This card uses The My friend set from the Spring Mini Catalogue 122585 £24.95 (wood) 122587 £19.95 ( Clear )

 This card uses the full heart punch & the 122362 Lace ribbon Border punch in such a creative way I just love the simplicity of this card & it could be adapted for any occasion.

 Another new stamp set from the Spring Mini Catalogue is the create a cupcake, I have to say of the new sets this is one of my favourites,

The last card that we made at the training event is this beautiful valentines day card. Which is made with the You are loved set from the Mini catalogue 123777 £28.95 ( Wood ) 123779 £22.95 ( Clear Mounted )
If you are interested in viewing any of the products in the mini catalogue please click on the link.

Sale~A Bration is HERE

Click here to view the catalogue

If anyone would like any information about the above promotion please contact me at lovellsinnorfolk@hotmail.co.uk

What a Wonderful Event today

A huge thank you to everyone that attended our Stampin' Up Extravaganza event today. We're so glad that you braved the freezing Temperatures to join us. We worked you hard today but we hope that you enjoyed the projects that we shared with you.

As promised Here are the pictures of today's cards with the product Listings for easy reference.

We spent the morning making a birthday card box that started life as a cat food pouches box.

Then inside the box we made monthly dividers with a dated calender on so you can add the birthdays for each month.

Product Details

1 cat food box, the type the food pouches come in.

Cardstock

124391 Pool Party £6.25

121693 Pear Pizzazz £6.25

106549 Whisper White £7.50

Ink

115657 Soft Suede £4.95

122938 Pool Party £4.95

119784 Pear Pizzazz £4.95

Stamps

115358 Just Perfect Alphabet £20.95

127155 (W) Spiced Paisley £20.95 ( Spring Mini )

125817 (C) Spiced Paisley £16.95 ( Spring Mini )

Designer Series Papers

124003 Spice Cake £9.95 ( Spring Mini )

Tools

119873 3/4” Circle Punch £9.75

119868 1” Circle Punch £9.75

115971 Blossom Party Die £16.50

119882 Scallop Edge Punch £14.25

119864 Round tab Punch £15.50 

That took us most of the morning so after a short lunch break we were ready to start the first of the six cards that we made.

The inspiration for this card came from Monica & Bekka at a recent Stampin' Up Training event. Thank you for sharing Ladies.

Product Details

Cardstock

124391 Pool Party £6.25

108601 Pumpkin Pie £6.25

Designer Series papers

126154 Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration)

Ink

105216 Pumpkin Pie £4.95

Tools

122362 Lace Ribbon Border £18.25

119883 Full Heart Punch £15.50

Stamps

123777 You are Loved £28.95 (W) £22.95 (C)

Accessories

119247 Basic Pearls £4.50

118481 Crochet Trim ~ Victoria £6.25

 Product Details

Ink

122939 Calypso Coral £4.95

Cardstock

124392 Calypso Coral £6.25

124391 Pool Party £6.25

106549 Whisper White £7.50

Designer Series papers

126154 Everyday Enchantment (Sale-A-Bration)

Stamps

Fresh Vintage 125115 (W) 125117 (C) (Sale-A-Bration)

Tools

119275 Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border £14.25

116631 Paper Piercing Tool £3.50

105826 mat Pack £8.50

Accessories

118481 Crochet Trim ~ Victoria £6.25

117273 Antique Brads £5.50

Product Details

Cardstock

Soft Suede 119982  £6.25

Very Vanilla  106550 £7.50

Pool Party  124391  £6.25

Ink

River Rock 109010 £4.95

Chocolate Chip 100908 £4.95

Accessories

Blossom Party Die 115971  £16.50

Boho Blossom Punch 119858 £15.50

Mini Silver Brads 122941  £2.95

Victoria Lace Trim 118481 £6.25

Stamps

Fruit & Flowers 122605 £18.95 (W) 122607 £14.95 (C)

( Spring Mini Catalogue)

Fresh Vintage 125115 Sale-a-Bration

Product Details

Cardstock 

Soft Suede 119982  £6.25 Very Vanilla  106550 £7.50 Pool Party  124391  £6.25

Ink / Stampin’ Write Pens

Pumpkin Pie

Pear Pizzazz

Chocolate Chip

Designer Series Papers

Spice cake 124003 £9.95

Accessories

Designer Buttons - Spice cake 124113 £6.50

Basic Pearls 119247 £4.50 Victoria Lace Trim 118481 £6.25

Tools

1 1/4” Circle Punch                                                     

Blossom Party Sizzix Die 115971 £16.50

Stamps

Fresh Vintage Sale-A-Bration 125115 (W) 125117 (C)

Build A Blossom 121923 £24.95 (W) 121994 £19.95 (C)

 Product       Description

Cardstock

Very Vanilla  106550 £7.50

Pear Pizzazz 121693 £6.25

Ink / Stampin’ Write Pens

Pumpkin Pie ink pad 105216 £4.95

Stampin’ Write Pens

Pumpkin Pie

Pear Pizzazz

Chocolate Chip

Designer Series Papers

Spice cake 124003 £9.95

Accessories

Designer Buttons - Spice cake 124113 £6.50

Basic Pearls 119247 £4.50

Tools

Fun Flowers Die 121812 £28.95

Word Window Punch 119857 £14.25

Modern Label Punch 119849 £15.50

Stamps

Fresh Vintage Sale-A-Bration 125115 (W) 125117 (C)

Product Details

Cardstock 

Island Indigo 124390 £6.25 

Very Vanilla  106550 £7.50 

Pool Party  124391  £6.25

Ink

Island Indigo 122937 £4.95

Tools

Lace Ribbon Border 122362 £18.25

Accessories

Ribbon Baja Breeze Seam Binding 122331 £6.25

Stamps

Fresh Vintage Sale-A-Bration 125115 (W) 125117 (C)

I really hope those of you that were able to share the day with Sharon, Abi & I that you had fun, we value your feedback so please let us know your thoughts.
The next All day Stampin' Up Extravaganza is on Sunday 29th April booking for this event is now open. 
Dont forget that Sale-A-Bration is now on & that means FREE stamp sets can be earned until 31st March 2012.
If you would like further information on events, Products or becoming a Stampin' Up demonstrator please contact me.

All day event ~ Projects

Today was our most recent all day event & it was lovely to see so many of You again 7 welcome to many new stampers, thank you all for joining us. Wow what a busy day it was, each group managed to finish 5 out of the six projects, but after we've had a meeting we will be contacting you to arrange a catch up session.


With today being the final day of sale a bration, many of our projects not only included the a la carte free stamp that was included in the days event, but many of the sale a bration sets were also used on these projects, I for one will be really sad to see them retire tomorrow.




The Morning session

1. Hanging Punched Butterfly Card ~ Using Flower accent, Fine Flourish & Word window

2. Flower Accent card

Supply List

Ink

102277 Old Olive ink pad £4.95

101301 Pretty in Pink ink pad £4.95

115658 Rich Razzleberry Ink pad £4.95

Pear Pizazz marker * (119801 pk.of 5 in colour markers) £11.95

100045 Pretty in pink marker * £2.95

102283 VersaMark pad £5.95

Cardstock

119981 Rich Razzleberry A4 £6.25

121693 Pear Pizazz A4 £6.25

106549 Whisper White A4 £7.50

Stamps

Flower Accent

SAB Sweet Summer

SAB Thinking of You (sentiment)

Tools

101428 clear embossing powder £3.75

103579 Paper snips £7.95

102845 *blender pen if no markers used £7.95

119858 Boho Blossoms punch £15.50

101049 Stamp a ma jig (if required) £10.95

110197 Heat tool (heat gun) £21.50

107066 Colour Spritzer tool £9.95

3. Rosette card ~ Enfrancais or Bliss for background

Supply List

Ink

119783 Peach parfait £4.95

Cardstock

121693 Pear Pizzazz £6.25

106550 Very Vanilla £7.50

Stamps

117022 Perfect punches ( wood mount £22.95 ~ Clear mount £17.95 )

109521 En Francais £16.95

Tools 

118870 Scallop corner trim £8.95

118402 Scallop Trim Border £14.25

119853 Eyelet Border £14.25

119849 Modern label punch £15.50

108362 Cropodile £23.95

102892 Sponge daubers £8.75

Accessories

119265 Pear Pizazz 1/2" poly Stitched Ribbon £9.75

109110 Circle rhinestone brads £8.75

117154 Regals designer series paper patterns stack £15.50

The Afternoon session

4. Twisted easel card ~ Bliss

Supply List

Ink

109120 Basic Grey £4.95

121030 Crumb Cake £4.95

119669 Cherry Cobbler £4.95

Cardstock

119922 Basic Black 12 x 12" £6.25

117162 Love letters designer series papers £8.75

Stamps

SAB Bliss

118091 Tiny tags ( Wood mounted £21.95 ~ Clear Mounted £16.95 )

118517 Artistic etchings ( Wood mounted £18.95 ~ Clear mounted £15.95 )

Tools 

102892 Sponge daubers £8.75

119854 Scallop circle punch £15.50

119858 Boho Blossoms punch £15.50

117190 Jewelry tag punch £9.75

Accessories

119247 Basic pearls £4.50

104199 Linen thread £3.75

119741 Metallic Brads £6.25

5. Panel card ~ sweet summer

Supply List

Ink

119806 Stampin Write markers from £18.25

109120 Basic Grey £4.95

Cardstock

121692 Peach parfait £6.25

108599 Chocolate Chip £6.25

106550 Very Vanilla £7.50

Stamps

SAB ~ Sweet summer

Tools 

102892 Sponge daubers £8.75

Accessories

119247 Basic pearls £4.50

6. Diorama card ~ sweet summer & perfect punches.

Supply List

Ink

119806 Stampin Write markers from £18.25

Cardstock

121680 Daffodil delight £6.25

106549 Whisper White £6.25

121681 Cherry Cobbler £6.25

121686 Early Espresso £6.25

Stamps

SAB So happy for you 

117022 Perfect punches ( wood mount £22.95 ~ Clear mount £17.95 )

Tools 

119851 Curly Label punch £15.50

119860 1 3/8" circle punch £14.25

Accessories

119246 Basic Rhinestones £4.50