I'm In Brussels!

Yay!  I'm in Brussels for Stampin' Up!'s Annual Convention.  Several hundred demonstators from across Europe meet to swap ideas and tips plus we get loads of amazing training.  I'm here with a fab group of girls too!

We make swaps - a card or 3D project to exchange with other demos and this gives us some great ideas to copy and adapt.  This year, I've copied a cute little bag I saw from Pootles in our Trim The Tree Paper Stack.  I've punched out some stars to make it into a little lantern.  Here's how I punched the stars in order to line the up.

I'll be back soon! x

No need to cut the paper - just use one whole sheet of the paper stack (6 1/2" x 4 1/2")  With the long side at the top, score at 1, 2, 3 & 4".  Turn and score at 1".  Fold along the score lines and cut out the little skinny rectangle in the corner.  Cut up the other scorelines up to the 1" score line then punch out your stars as shown in the pictures. Put adhesive along the long skinny edge (on the right side), fold over and stick to the other edge.  Finally fold up the bottom of the box and secure with adhesive.  x

Weekly Deals - 17.09.14 - 23.09.14

2013-2015 In Color Stampin' Write Markers Price: £11.75 £8.81	Essentials Wooden Elements Price: £4.50 £3.38	Happy Hour Price: £26.95 £20.21	Kraft Gift Box (4) Price: £2.75 £2.06
Tag A Bag Gift Boxes Price: £6.25 £4.69	Write Stuff Ii Digital Kit - Digital Download Price: £6.95 £4.17	Yippee-Skippee! Price: £16.95 £12.71

Wow!  Fab products on this week's Weekly Deals!  2013-2015 Stampin' Write Markers are my top buy this week - perfect for adults and children alike and at an amazing price!  Why not stock up on the Kraft Gift Boxes and Tag A Bag Gift Boxes - they're great for stamping on or dressing up with Designer Series Paper & ribbon for gifts.  The Tag A Bag boxes (8 in a pack) have a slide on acetate sleeve.  Love the Yippee-Skippee stamp set too - you can never have too much happy! 

Click on the link to my shop on the tabs above to place orders for these or anything else from the annual catalogue, A/W catalogue or clearance rack. x

All Is Calm...Advent Boxes Are Done!

I'm in love with the gorgeous new Tiny Treat Boxes!  

They come in pack of  25 for £6.25 (undecorated) and are perfect for Advents, Hallowe'en treats or dinner party favours.  They measure 5.1cm x 5.1cm x 5.1cm - so cute!  These and all of the supplies listed below are available to order from my online shop.

I've designed these for a workshop I'll be running (date tbc) in Hursley Village Hall, Hants.  If you'd like more details of the class, please contact me.

I used the beautiful All Is Calm DSP cut into 1 3/4" squares and added snowy numbers cut from the brand new Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper (my new fave!) And just how cute are the Nordic Designer Buttons?! Prefer to Stamp?  Check out the 25 Days stamp set on page 12 of the catalogue.

Details of all the supplies and stamp sets used are listed below.  Oh and don't forget, if you want to get your hands on Good Greetings Stamp Set I've used, you need to host a workshop before 31st October and reach £200 sales between you and your friends.  You can also achieve other hostess benefits to spend in the catalogues! 

 Too far away?  No worrys, if you're in the UK we can have a virtual workshop - I'll send you some catalogues for you and your friends to look through, highlight my top picks of the new products and give you a step by step guide of the demonstation I would have given.  You collate your orders and we submit them as your workshop.  The orders get sent directly to the hostess to distribute to their friends.  You'll also receive a thankyou gift from me for being a hostess!

Supply List

Tiny Treat Boxes - 135829

All Is Calm DSP - 135823

Nordic Designer Buttons - 135836

Frosted Sequins - 135835

Real Red Taffeta Ribbon - 119251

Whisper White Bakers Twine - 124262

Glue Dots - 103683

Dimensionals - 104430

Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper - 135315

Red Glimmer Paper - 121790

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack - 133787

Mosaic Punch - 131267

Inks

Lost Lagoon - 133644

Real Red - 126949

Pear Pizzazz - 131180

Stamp Sets

Good Greetings - Hostess only (see above for details)

Holiday Home - 135095 (Framelits bundle available - 137631)

Festival Of Trees - 135059 (Punch bundle available - 137640)

Endless Wishes - 136829

Project Life Holiday Cheer - 135188

Mosaic Madness - 130249 (clear)

Big Shot - 113439

Perfect Print Numbers Bigz - 133726 (numbers in picture from recently retired Bigz Alphabet)

Christmas Paper Share!

 Yay!  The fab new Christmas Designer Series Papers are available to buy! Ok, so I know not everyone wants to think about Christmas in September but those of us that love making cards and gifts have to start planning early!

 I'm sure everyone would love to buy a pack of each of the gorgeous Christmas Designer Series Papers (DSP) I've chosen from the Autumn/Winter Catalogue but I appreciate not everyone can justify that.

So, I have a solution for you.  

How about taking part in my paper share?  

Here's How It Works...

Our DSP packs contain 12 sheets of double sided 12”x12” papers, 2 each of 6 designs (All Is Calm - 2 each of 5 designs, 2 single sided sheets of foil embossed papers).  We also have a cute paper stack – 48 sheets of 6.5”x4.5” papers, 4 each of 12 designs.  I’ve chosen 3 of the DSP packs – 2 of which are speciality papers – All Is Calm, Under The Tree (cardstock weight) and Nordic Noel which I will cut into 4 sets of 6”x6”.  In addition to these, you will receive one page of each design in the Trim The Tree paper stack. 

To buy a full pack of each plus the paper stack would cost £44.15 incl p&p.  For £13.50 incl p&p, you can receive 36 6”x6” sheets of DSP, 2 of each design plus 12 sheets from the paper stack, 1 of each design.  I’ll be showing projects on my blog using 6”x6” papers to give you some inspiration!  Let me know if you’d like to take part and I’ll collate numbers.  I’ll be placing a minimum of one order per month, more depending on demand.

I need at least 4 people (or multiples of 4) to take part - don't worry, I'll coordinate the participants, all you need to do is let me know you want to take part.  Please go to my contact tab & send me a message.

Last Chance Thursday & Friday!

So guys, just Thursday & Friday to take advantage of the special joining offer from Stampin' Up!  £99 for £150 worth of product which YOU choose!  Sounds good, huh?

See my post from 19th August for full details and please contact me if you'd like to take advantage of the offer! Tracy x

Special Offer To Join My Team & Stampin' Up!

Ooh!  Hot off the press!  Stampin' Up! have annouced a special Starter Kit offer to join SU - £99 for £150 worth of Stampin' Up! products!

For a very limited time (22^nd-29^th Aug) you will receive £150 worth of Stampin' Up! product for £99 when you sign up as an Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator!  You can fully customise your starter kit and you can include items from the annual catalogue PLUS pre-order products from the Autumn/Winter book which has some fab Hallowe’en, Thanksgiving & Christmas goodies – this isn’t available for general release until 28^th Aug so you’d get in early!  You also receive £45 worth of Business Supplies like order forms, catalogues etc.

You would get me too!  As your ‘Upline’ (person who introduced you to Stampin’ Up!), you’d automatically join my team, The Inkin’ Tinks, and have my full support for training, tips and anything else I could help you with.  You can join my team from anywhere within the UK - thanks to technology I can still be fully supportive wherever you are!  As an Independent Stampin' Up! demonstator, you are self employed and you will need to register your business with the appropriate tax officials.

The only sales criteria to meet to stay active as a demonstrator is to buy £225 of commissionable product in your first FULL quarter with Stampin' Up! (product you and your customers purchase excluding business supplies - the mimimums are calculated before VAT & shipping costs).  SU quarters are Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sept, Oct-Dec so by joining in August, you'd have until the end of Dec to meet your minimums.  As this includes Christmas, you may find this quite achievable as there are some great gift ideas and friends may also want to order through you.  After this time, to stay active you need to meet quarterly sales of £225.  If at any time you don’t want to continue, you do nothing and you will go into ‘pending’ at the end of that quarter.  The following month you will be deactivated if you choose not to make your quarterly minimum. 

Of course, we love it when demonstrators choose to continue, either as hobby demonstrators to take advantage of the fantastic discounts (20%) and rewards, occasional demonstrators doing a few classes for friends or as business demos to build a small business and do regular classes and workshops.  There is never any pressure to do anything you don’t want to do – it’s always how you want it to be.  

Please contact me if you'd like to take advantage of this fab offer and join my team or if you'd like any futher information.

Tracy x

It's A Celebration!

There turned out to be a theme to my August Craft Class!  I'm not sure it was intentional but maybe all the weddings at this time of year made me think of celebrations!

I love Everything Eleanor and Smokey Slate so put them together to make this cute gift box using the Envelope Punch Board.  I decided to go summery with the Post-It Note Holders and used Melon Mambo & Tempting Turquoise from the Brights Collection Designer Series Paper Stack.  It's so easy to make thanks to the super versatile Scalloped Tag Topper Punch! Thanks to Pootles for the inspiration for these and to the amazing Liz Shannon of Elizabeth's Craft Room fame (my Stampin' Up! Grandmother!) for the celebration card idea.  Little confession - I didn't make the card in the photo - by 8 year old daughter Maddison did as mine had disappeared when it came to photographing the projects!  She did a great job, don't you think?  Chip off the old block!  The card uses strips of 2014-16 In Colors cardstock embossed with Decorative Dots Embossing Folder.  

 If you'd like to buy these or anything in the current Annual Catalogue or Clearance Rack, please pop over to my shop. x

Here's a full list of the products used in these projects. 

Gift Box

Smokey Slate Cardstock - 131291

Smokey Slate Ink Pad - 131179

Everything Eleanor Stamp Set - 131987 (wood mount) 124164 (clear mount)

Melon Mambo Cardstock - 119980

Melon Mambo 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon - 131207

Smokey Slate 3/4" Chevron Ribbon - 131152

Decorative Label Punch - 120907

Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack - 133787

Envelope Punch Board - 133774

Post-It Note Holder

Brights DSP Stack - 130134

Scalloped Tag Topper Punch - 133324

Candy Dots Brad Bases - 132293

Whisper White Bakers Twine - 124262

Petite Petals Stamp Set - 133152 (wood mount) 133155 (clear mount)

Melon Mambo Ink Pad - 126948

Celebration Card

2014-16 A4 Cardstock - 133687

Decorative Dots Embossing Folder - 133520

Big Shot Machine - 113439 or Texture Boutique Machine - 132657

Whisper White Cardstock - 106549

Project Life Remember This Photopolymer Stamp Set - 135786

Blackberry Bliss Ink Pad - 133642

Hello Honey 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon - 133671

Weekly Deals 6.8.14 - 12.8.14

Alphabet Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Price: £7.50 £5.63	Arrows Textured Impressions Embossing Folder Price: £7.50 £5.63	Banners Framelits Dies Price: £22.95 £17.21	Oh Baby Photobook Template - Digital Download Price: £12.50 £7.50
Pistachio Pudding Classic Stampin' Pad Price: £4.95 £3.71	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad Price: £4.95 £3.71	The Great Outdoors Price: £26.95 £20.21	Travel Log Kit - Digital Download Price: £6.95 £4.17

So sorry for the radio silence!  I took my little fairies to sunny Dorset and we had pretty much zero wifi!  Better late than never - here a this week's Weekly Deals from Stampin' Up!  My picks this week?  The embossing folders, Banners Framelits and Ink Pads.  Hurry, hurry - these bargain prices are only available today and tomorrow.  Pop over to my shop to buy these or anything from the current catalogue. x

Weekly Deals 30.07.14 - 05.08.14

This week's fab selection of offers from Stampin' Up! Please visit my shop to order these or anything from the current catalogue & clearance rack. x

Cupcake Punch Price: £15.50 £11.63	Delight In The Day Photobook Template - Digital Download Price: £13.95 £8.37	Finishing Touches Edgelits Dies Price: £8.95 £6.71	Gift Bow Bigz L Die Price: £28.95 £21.71
Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die Price: £20.95 £15.71	Little Book Of Coupons Designer Swatchbook Template - Digital Download Price: £8.95 £5.37	Stampin' Emboss Powder Early Espresso Price: £4.50 £3.38	Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi Tape Price: £4.50 £3.38

Weekly Deals 23.07.14 -29.07.14...oops! A Little Late Posting!

So Sorry!  Not sure how but I missed posting the current weekly deals! Anyway, still a couple of days to order these fab offers - just visit my shop!

Brights Designer Buttons Price: £7.25 £5.44	Celebration Basics Kit Price: £13.50 £10.13	Crushed Curry 3/4" Chevron Ribbon Price: £8.25 £6.19	Curly Label Punch Price: £15.50 £11.63
Little Labels Punch Pack Price: £15.50 £11.63	Pumpkin Pie 3/4" Chevron Ribbon Price: £8.25 £6.19	Summer Happiness Kit - Digital Download Price: £6.95 £4.17

You Are A Fabulous Work Of Art!

My new favourite stamp set is Work Of Art!  At first I completely dismissed it but then I started seeing amazing projects featuring it and fell in love!

This was the card we made as the Make & Take at my recent launch party!  It's so simple and uses 3 of the new in colors - Tangelo Twist, Blackberry Bliss & Lost Lagoon.  

To create this card we used Whisper White Notecards & Envelopes (13157) and angled a 3"x4.5" piece of Tangelo Twist cardstock (133684).  We triple stamped the background image in Lost Lagoon (133644), stamped the sentiment in Black Stazon Ink (101406) then added a Blackberry Bliss heart from the fab Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack (133787 - a must have!) and mounted it on a dimensional (104430)

Why not treat yourself to the new In Colors 2014-2016 Cardstock & Ink Pad Kit?  £27.95 for 20 sheets of cardstock (4 in each in color) plus 1 of each color ink pad - 133664

203-2015 In Color kit also available (Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding & Strawberry Slush) -131293

Please pop over to my shop to order these and any of the other amazing products featured in the new annual catalogue, weekly deals & clearance rack. x

Weekly Deals 16.07.14 - 23.07.14 Get yourself a bargain or two!

Just when you think you have everything you need along come some bargains which are too good to miss!  To order the weekly deals, clearance rack and anything from the new catalogue, please head to my shop x

1" Square Punch Price: £14.25 £10.69 Basic Metal Buttons Price: £7.25 £5.44 Blushing Bride 12" X 12" Cardstock Price: £5.50 £4.13 Gold Baker's Twine Price: £3.25 £2.44 Mini Metallic Clothespins Price: £3.75 £2.81 Summer Smooches Kit - Digital Download Price: £6.95 £4.17 Triangle Punch Price: £14.25 £10.69