A Sneak Peek New Catalogue Floral Pop Up Card from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Happy Monday Crafters.

How was your weekend? I'd like to say I was hugely crafty and productive. But that is not the case. It was more a snuggle under a duvet and cross stitch kind of weekend. I did, however, manage to make a very special card for a very special friend who is currently in hospital.  Have you seen this video? It keeps popping up on my timeline on Facebook. Such a simple but effective idea. I knew it would be perfect to take to my friend in hospital as actual flowers aren't allowed on the ward.

Here is the card I made:

I used a gorgeous new stamp set from the upcoming 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue called Happy Birthday Gorgeous to create the floral background and the sentiment is from Beautiful You.

You open the card and here are the flowers inside. I created these using 6" square pieces of DSP from my piles of retiring papers. They pop right up out of the card. It is super effective (and hard to capture in a static photo). My lovely friend was a joy to see today and I'm glad my card could bring her a little floral sunshine to her bedside table.

If you'd like your own copy of our upcoming catalogue please let me know and I'll pop one in the post to you. And please pop on over to my online store to see all the fabulous discounted product on the retiring list (only available until May 31st).

Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! and their products. I would be happy to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love the opportunity to demonstrate for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn exclusive free products and all guests get to create a fun crafty project to take home too. No crafting experience necessary! Get in touch if you'd like any further information.

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Eastern Palace Suite Early Release

Happy May lovely crafty friends.

And to celebrate the start of a new month Stampin' Up! have given us a sneak peek of one of the new catalogue suites a whole month early! These fab bundles are only available for this month and come with lovely free gift extras too .;0)

I wasn't taken with the suite at first even though I absolutely ADORED the new In Colours featured in the suite- Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Fig and Tranquil Tide. However, I found this suite of products an absolute delight to stamp with. Once I got going cutting and creating medallions and stamped greetings I was in my element. I haven't used my Big Shot in quite a while so I merrily sat trying all the different combinations of medallion.

Here is what I came up with.

I created the little holder for the card set using the Eastern Palace Speciality Designer Series Paper and added a medallion cut from Tranquil Tide and Dapper Denim cardstock. I finish I added one of the gorgeous Vinyl Stickers and a Gold Tassel (only available in the Premier Bundle).

I had fun using the Eastern Beauty Stamp Set with the coordinating Designer Series Paper to create the different card designs and patterns. I just love the simplicity of stamping and using the stamps for colouring. I cannot recommend this stamp set any more highly as I just love playing with the patterns and adding stamped details.

Details on the two bundles of products can be found below or click on the image to be connected through to my Online Store. The Hostess Club code for the month is MUYACK6W. If you use this code to order online you will receive a lovely handmade gift from me in the post next month ;)

 Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! and their products. I would be happy to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love the opportunity to demonstrate for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn exclusive free products and all guests get to create a fun crafty project to take home too. No crafting experience necessary! Get in touch if you'd like any further information.

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Another Spring Summer Sneak Peek from Stampin' Up! UK Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good day lovelies. Happy week between Christmas and New Year. I love these days that don't quite make sense. A lot of family time and relaxing and confusion of what needs to be done when. I hope you are all having a lovely festive season. I haven't been up to much but have been enjoying lots of family silliness and a lot of stitchiness too (accompanied by family films on TV). 

My BIG crafty news is that I finally finished stitching Summer's Christmas stocking that I took in to hospital when I went in to have her. So I have been stitching it on and off for 3 (nearly 4) years. Just got to finish it off and back it ready for next year. Oh and make another stocking for Sylvie too as I cannot have one handmade and not the other. That is a project that can wait till 2016 now though! Picture to follow later in the week ;0)

Today I have another sneak peek project for you. I made this card for one of my lovely crafty friend's birthdays just before Christmas. This uses the lovely Birthday Blooms stamp set. I adore the lovely handwritten sentiments in this set.

For this card I heat embossed the flower image in Silver and coloured with my Blender Pens using Rich Razzleberry, Wisteria Wonder and Wild Wasabi ink pads. I love all the different colour tones you can get simply by colouring with the Blender Pens.

I added the sentiment and a sprinkling of sequins for sparkle and finished by mounting on to a layer of Silver Foil card and then on to a Whisper White base.

I am currently working on my events for 2016 list. I have some great ideas for upcoming classes so please check back later in the week where I will be releasing all the info for the year ahead. I also have my new Hostess Club starting in January. I have spaces available so if you'd like to benefit from monthly gifts, freebies and hostess rewards please get in touch to find out more: poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk.

To celebrate the last few days of 2015 why not treat yourself to something from the Weekly Deals.  Who doesn't love a bargain at this time of year? And don't forget there are still plenty of bargains to be hand on the Year End Sale list.

Thank you for popping by today. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

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An Awesomely Artistic Sneak Peek from Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Sarah Poulton

Good morning crafters. 

Yes, its that time again. Weekly Deals are here. Pop over to my online store by clicking here to check out this weeks fab deals. I love this time of the week as there are always interesting combos to be had.

I have a few sneak peeks to share with you today from Saturday's Telford Regional.

This first card project is our Make and Take project. At every Stampin' Up! event there are always crafty projects to complete. We are given a pack with all the components and then a big box of all the stamps, inks and glues to make our kits in to cards, bags or boxes. Stampin' Up! really do think of everything and I'd love to welcome you to join my team and come along to see for yourself. Convention is our next big event in November. Drop me a line on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249 to find out more about joining the Stampin' Up! family. Not only a great deal on the Starter Kit but fun with new friends as well.

The card above uses a brand new set called Awesomely Artistic which is perfect for inking and layering. The colours are three of the fantastic new In Colors- Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron & Delightful Dijon.

I just love this set, especially that gorgeous dragonfly. For this card we inked and then water spritzed the stamp to get a watercolour effect. The actual dragonfly stamp is beautiful and detailed.

I thought I would show you a couple of the gorgeous display samples too. The new catalogue features a fantastic new Thinlit called Cutie Pie for creating cake boxes like the sample on the left. There is also is amazing new kit called the Sweet Stack Project Kit which makes the complete project on the right below. They really are incredible in real life.

 And one last Telford picture to share. Me in the back with some great Pinkies Leadership teamies. We had a fun afternoon tea get together on Friday where we talked business and planning for the months ahead.

Thank you for popping by today. Don't forget to check out this week's Weekly Deals. Please let me know if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or our products. I would love to help. All items can be purchased online via my shop or get in touch directly and I can order them for you to be delivered direct to your door. I'd also love to Demo for you and your friends at a crafty party. As the hostess you earn lots of lovely freebies and you all get to make a fun crafty project too (no crafting experience necessary!)

 -XXX-