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Month: February 2012

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Helping others to celebrate

Helping others to celebrate

Well yesterday I had a great reason to celebrate for myself (thanks for everyone's good wishes) and today I'm busy helping my work colleagues to celebrate. Several of them passed exams recently and two have now completed their Advanced Diploma qualification for...

Woohoo! – I’m now a Shiny Silver 2

A quick post today just to share that I got my Stampin' Up! promotion and I'm now a proud, shiny Silver 2! A big thank you and welcome to the two new team members who joined in the last week and helped me get there (and my fantastic existing team, who I'm lucky enough...

Casing Andy Warhol

Casing Andy Warhol

My card today is cased from Andy Warhol, well if you're going to case, you may as well case from the masters  This design works well with any bold stamp design or punch. I'll share a little secret with you. The Sprinkled Expressions set is my least favourite of all...

A tip for creating the right size box

A tip for creating the right size box

Bought a gift for someone and need a box to fit it in? You can create your own tailor made boxes using the Stampin' Up! grid paper. I even re-use the paper I've already been using as a base for stamping, to get best value from it  Step 1 - Lay the item(s) on the grid...

A flower box for Mother’s Day

A flower box for Mother’s Day

Today I'm sharing another of my projects for Mother's Day gifts I have for our stand at the Langsett Barn Craft Fair (we're next there on Mother's Day itself - 18 March). This little box contains some lavender scented goodies and so I chose purples for my colour...

An elegant purse full of money

An elegant purse full of money

One of my work colleagues is leaving this week, taking early retirement. We've had a collection and have wads of money to give her  so I  volunteered to make a gift wallet to present it in. I couldn't resist using some of our gorgeous Specialty DSP and Antique Brads...

A sad occasion

A sad occasion

Do you find it difficult to create sympathy cards too? I hate the occasion for the card and I think it stifles my creativity. And it's not appropriate (at least in this case), to make the card too fancy. On the other hand it is important to let my friend know I'm...

Can we help each other?

Can we help each other?

Have you been thinking about joining Stampin' Up!? Already read about some of the benefits here? If you're ready to join, then give me a call on 0775 1133886 or email me straight away. If you're still thinking about it or haven't even considered it yet, then please...

Mother’s Day Easel Card

Mother’s Day Easel Card

Here's a Mother's Day card I made  for the craft fair yesterday. I think the Queen for a Day sentiment is perfect for Mother's Day and the teeny crown from the sale-a-bration set works well with it (especially blinged up with some of our super shiny rhinestones)....