Summer days...

Had a busy few days with the children off school.  Had an "Open House" on Wednesday, where lots of children and mums came through the house to play and chat.  I find that the day goes so much quicker and peaceably when my children have some friends over to play.

I've been playing with more Stampin Up stuff and made a few cards, to see more click here.

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Just a few cards...

Been playing with Stampin Up products, here are some of the cards I have made recently.  I am enjoying the challenge of using a slightly limited selection of products, and also creating cards that I have to be able to break down and show people how to make.  Please have a look at my other blog >Artful Stampin< for more info on how I made them.

My Stampin Up Starter Kit arrived!

My lovely Starter Kit arrived on Tuesday, I just had to capture the moment, so here are some pictures...

I swapped some of the recommended stamp sets for ones that I thought would be more useful for me, and also choose some different coloured ink pads.  The kit is fantastic value for money even if you wanted to save money on some crafty goodies.  Click here for more info on how to get it.

Initial thoughts about some of the products.

My first reaction to the Very Vanilla card stock was that it is to light weight for making a card base.  After a discussion with my fab upline Claire, she explained that the Very Vanilla and Whisper White card was for stamping on and then sticking onto the coloured card. I have to admit the stamped images on that card looks superb.  Apparently if you like to colour with Copics the colours do not bleed as they sometimes do with other card. 

Here is one of the card's we'll be making at classes this month

Stamps

Greenhouse Garden and Baby Blossoms

Card

Very Vanilla and Basic Black

Inks

Basic Black

Regal Rose

Ribbon

Very Vanilla Satin 

It's up!

I've been working on my new blog for about a week, and I think it's just about ready to reveal!

Please take a look and let me know if there are any glitches, typo's or general grammatical errors!

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Look what happened

when some friends came round!  We had a bit of a crafty session and I practised my demo skills on them!

Used some of the lush seam binding ribbon from Stampin Up.

Exciting times...

There has been lots of sorting and parting with craft items I simply don't use any more, lots of things being listed on ebay.  It's all in a bid to make some space and clear my head for...

Being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator!

I have just sent off my application form, after days, no weeks, actually months of thinking about it.

After using some of their products and drooling over their catalogue I genuinely think that they make high quality products that appeal to all sorts of tastes in paper crafting.  

Please watch this space as I start this new adventure .  I endeavour to be very honest about the process, and how I balance family life with running a business. 

TO DO LIST

Send off Stampin' Up Application Form done 3/6/11

Text friends who may be interested in a party of workshop  done 3/6/11

Sort out more craft items to sell

List more stuff on ebay

Make card commission

Make Mum's b'day card and pressie

Create Facebook group 

Work on new blog

Stampin Up! Jewellery!

Last Monday I had a Stampin Up! Party at my house.  The lovely Claire came and demo'd a lovely basket "make and take" and made kits with enough to make two cards for some of my friends who had signed up to doing a mini workshop.  This was great as some of them aren't "crafters" at home, but enjoy doing it when they can.

I ordered the Butterflies die and the Baby Blossoms set from the Spring supplement, and because my friends and my sis had placed orders I earned a lovely stamp set and a circles die and a butterfly stamp!  Recently I bought some shrink plastic from Craft Obsessions, my son and I had played with it in the week to make a keyring charm.  So this morning I made these earrings. I coloured in the butterfly image with Derwent watercolour pencils, shrunk it and put matched them with these amethyst beads.

Made this last week.