I know it's not right, but it's ok

Well I am still frustrated tinkering with the ol blog and I can't seem to get the width right but hey-ho!  If I waited until it was perfect I wouldn't post at all!  Anyhoo some serious love and adoration for the Vine Street embossing folder from Stampin' Up!  Goodness, to say it is super gorgeous doesn't seem enough.  Combined with some serious peakage of framelits and dies from the upcoming Spring/Summer mini catalogue (launching on the 1st of Feb) too - I think I need a lie down lol!

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: *pretty petites, and hearts a flutter.  Ink: pumpkin pie, midnight muse, primrose petals and crumb cake.  Card stock: crumb cake and whisper white.  Accessories: elements cute clips and *vine street embossing folder.  Tools used: *petite curly label punch and hearts a flutter framelit dies.
* sale-a-bration products.

Concrete and clay

Please scuse the old blog gubbins.  I am currently tinkering (aka banging my head in frustration) on a blog makeover!  Will be back soon x

Sale-a-brate good times c'mon!

Yay! it's nearly that time of year again.  Yes Stampin' Up!s sale-a-bration will be starting on the 22nd of January and this card is really showing off the gorgeous new papers, buttons, ribbons, stamps and punches that will be available for free when you spend over £45.  I will have more of the deets up around the launch along with a fun blog hop (ribbit!).

I will be happily entering this over at Cards Galore (anything goes), Let's Craft and Create (anything goes) and Totally PaperCrafts (ribbons).

Have a great day & see you tomorrow x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: pretty petites.  Ink: midnight muse.  Card stock: crumb cake and whisper white.  Accessories: sycamore street ribbon & button pack, sycamore street designer series paper and pool party bakers twine.

Ah! last of the Christmas sparkle for you today.  This is a quick set I made for my Mum as a pre-Christmas gift.  I finally got to use the nifty A5 tins I have been hoarding for a while now.

I managed to squeeze 10 cards in the tin and my Mum loved them and knowing her she is hording them!  (do you think it's hereditary lol).  Anyhoo I will be back soon with some sneaky sale-a-bration cards from Stampin' Up!

Have a great day x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: greetings of the season and rejoicing with you.  Ink: early espresso, versamark and black stazon.  Card stock: wild wasabi, naturals ivory, crumb cake, cherry cobbler and very vanilla.  Accessories: very vanilla seam binding, green gumball stitched ribbon, very vanilla taffeta and festival of prints designer series paper.

January!

Wow and a happy new year everyone!  I can't believe how long I've been away and instead of tales of woe and and moans of crazy busyness I will show you some craft (after all that's what we're here for lol!).  These little numbers are from my 'piercing' class from the end of last year where I traditionally have a calender project.  I must completely give thanks to the the lovely Clair for her fabulous inspiration of the calendar.

I will be back sooner I promise with a couple of belated Christmas projects and talking of the festive season I was completely spoiled and blown away with all the gorgeous hand made cards, gifts and felty-liscious things my dear friends made for me - thank you :D

See you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: memorable moments, pennant parade, kindness matters and bright blossoms.  Ink: midnight muse, whisper white and raspberry ripple.  Card stock: summer starfruit, midnight muse, raspberry ripply, primrose petals, gumball green and whisper white.  Accessories: patio party designer series paper, primrose petals stitched satin ribbon, island indigo bakers twine, in colour dahlias, mini brads.  tools: 3/4" circle punch, 1 1/4" scallop circle punch, elegant butterfly punch, bird builder punch, essentials paper piercing pack, paper piercing tool and mat.

Missing you

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you have had a good week.  We said fare thee well and a happy retirement to a most cherished colleague and friend at work.  She is 71! so I think she does deserve a little sit down and five minutes to herself!  This is the card I made for her along side the throng of other cards and prezzies she received to let her know how much she will be missed.

I will be happily entering it over at Papertake Weekly (flower power) and Sweet Stampin Challenge (anything goes).  Have a great weekend  and see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: up, up & away and bright blossoms, ink: midnight muse, summer starfruit and whisper white craft.  card stock: midnight muse, whisper white, pink pirouette, primrose petals and raspberry ripple.  Accessories: island indigo bakers twine and patio party designer series paper.  Tools: finishing touches edgelit die, 1 1/4 scallop circle punch and 1" circle punch.

Do not go gently

Hello! and sorry it has been a tad quiet around the place, but I am back after a weekend at the 'do not go gently' festival which celebrated all things Dylan Thomas.  It was most enlightening and even though I was there in my official crafty capacity I truly enjoyed the bohemian atmosphere with poetry, music and readings.

These little numbers are from my recent 'score board' class.  Hope you are are all well and see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: *Easy events(pg 34/123225), petite pairs(pg134/No.122495) and scentsational season(pg16*/No.121190).  Ink: Black Stazon (pg157/No.101406), gumball green(pg152/No.126861) and crumb cake(pg156/No.126975).  Card stock: Very vanilla (p94/No.106550), naturals ivory (pg160/No.108630) and cherry cobbler (pg155/No.121681).  Accessories: *Cherry cobbler scalloped tulle ribbon(pg4*/No.127841), vintage trinkets(pg175/No.118764), cherry cobbler dazzling details glitter glue (pg158/No.125585) and cherry cobbler baker’s twine(pg172/No.123125). Be of good cheer designer series paper(pg164/No.126896) and first edition speciality paper(pg162/No.121878).  Adhesives: Stampin dimensionals(pg177/No.104430), mini glue dots (p177/No.103683), sticky strip(pg177/No.104294) and multipurpose liquid glue. (P177/No.110755).  Tools: Simply scored scoring tool(pg181/No.125586), simply scored diagonal plate(pg181/No125586) and paper snips (page 107 No. 103579). Bone folder (page 107 No. 102300), sponge daubers(pg179/no.102892) and blender pens(pg178/No.102845). Paper doily sizzlits(pg191/No.125592), labels collection framelits(pg191/No.125598) and big shot machine (p121/No.113439). Grid paper (p115/No.106587), stampin scrub (page 107 No. 102642) and Stampin mist cleaner (page 107 No. 102394).

*Autumn/Winter Catalogue.  All items exclusive to Stampin’ Up! and available through your demonstrator – Emma Fuge, email: elfstamper@sky.com or tel: 07955 687 090

There's no business like show business

This will remain top of the shops for a bit - please scroll to see what I will do with my new goodies!

Yes indeedy and as promised I am back with the exciting happenings from my world of Stampin' Up!  The brand new annual catalogue is now live and readily available to salivate over here.  You can order one from me for £4.50 which is refunded against your first order over £45.  Please contact me on elfstamper@sky.com anytime.

Also if you have ever fancied signing up as a demonstrator, even if it's just for the fab discount now is an even better time to do so with free designer paper for 6 months!  You can see all the deets here.

Signing as a demo is super easy now with an on-line application.  As part of my team I can offer lots of training, extra business supplies not included in your kit such as ribbon, card, punch and die samplers, a new demonstrator handbook and regular get togethers.  If you want to sign today you can through this link.

I like coffee

Morning! hope you are well and have managed to dodge some seriously nasty germs flying about - bleh.  I thought I would pop in with some pics of my recent work at the fifty million craft fairs I seemed to have signed myself up for lol!

I will be happily entering them over at Stampin' for the weekend (anything goes), Sweet Stampin' (food related) and Let's craft and create (dimension).  Hope you have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: scentsational season and polar party.  Ink: crumb cake, gumball green, raspberry ripple and midnight muse.  Card stock: crumb cake and whisper white.  Accessories: adhesive rhinestones.  Tools: holiday collection framelit dies.

Well hello doily!

Ha! excuse the punny title but seriously there are NO songs with the word delicious doily in them lol!  Oh to say the new paper doily sizzlit die from Stampin' Up! is heavenly is an understatement - I love it!  I will be happily entering this over at Cards Galore (anything goes).

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Curly cute, ink: black stazon.  Card stock: basic grey, midnight muse, whisper white and primrose petals.  Accessories primrose petals stitched ribbon, rhinestones and neutrals designer series paper stack.  Tools: paper doily sizzlit die.

I say hello

Yes hello and a 'Hoop, La, La' to you all !  Oh to say I am am in love with this wee set from Stampin' Up! is an understatement.  Even though I am a poor man's cross stitcher the Hoop, La, La set from Stampin' Up! jumped off the page of the new catalogue and said "pick me pick me!".  Along with the whole divine line of new stitched ribbon it was a done deal.

I will be happily entering it over at Cute Card Thursday (lotsa ribbon), Fab 'n' Funky (no patterned paper) and Papertake Weekly (anything goes).  Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Hoop, la, la, ink: whisper white, gumball green, primrose petals and basic grey.  card stock: gumball green and whisper white.  Accessories: basic grey stitched ribbon and basic grey button from the neutrals pack. 

C'mon over to my place

Yes c'mon over to my place where these are the treats you'll have in store!  Well what a wonderful couple of days I've had, on Friday I held my regular monthly class making a matching card and decorated jar with the super-duper 'perfectly preserved' stamps and dies from Stampin' Up!  Saturday heralded the inaugural last Saturday of the month technique class where much fun was had too.  If you would like to c'mon over I have one place left for my Friday class and a couple of places left for my Saturday one - please drop me a line anytime.

With the added bonus of my end of year Stampin' Up! hurrah! party and a little giveaway raffle in aid of Macmillan.  You could also sample some seriously scrumptious cakes and tarts on offer made by hubby (my excuse for not making them is that all my creative powers went into paper crafting lol!).

I will be happily entering the projects over at Fab 'n; Funky (starts with an 'F' - mine is fruit)  and I will be back really, really soon with the launch of the brand new 2012-2013 Stampin' Up! annual catalogue - yeaaaaah!!!

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: *Perfectly preserved (pg29/No.126692) and curly cute (pg144/No.117014).  Ink: Black Stazon (pg157/No.101406), summer starfruit(pg152/No.126991), midnight muse(pg152/No.126860), raspberry ripple(pg152)/No.126859, gumball green(pg152/No.126861) and crumb cake(pg156/No.126975).  Card stock: Very vanilla (p94/No.106550) and naturals ivory (pg160/No.108630).  Accessories: *Gumball green sweater trim(pg11/No.127838), island indigo baker’s twine(pg172/No.125575), *orchard harvest designer fabric(pg30/126915), orchard harvest designer series paper(pg28/No.126895) and designer printed brads(pg174/No.122940).    Adhesives: Stampin dimensionals(pg177/No.104430), mini glue dots (p177/No.103683), sticky strip(pg177/No.104294) and multipurpose liquid glue. (P177/No.110755).  Tools: Paper cutter (page 107 No. 106583), scorer (page 107 No. 104154), paper snips (page 107 No. 103579), bone folder (page 107 No. 102300). *Perfectly preserved framelits dies(pg29/No.127822), big shot machine (p121/No.113439), scallop square bigz clear die(pg192/No.115950) Grid paper (p115/No.106587), stampin scrub (page 107 No. 102642) and Stampin mist cleaner (page 107 No. 102394).  *Autumn/Winter Catalogue

Happy happy joy joy!

Howdy folks! hope you are all well.  Back with a smidge more festive cheer for you and you may think I say this with the smugness of a crafter who has started her Christmas pile, alas the few I have posted recently are ALL I have done lol!

I will be happily entering this over at Cute Card Thursday (Christmas in September), Stampin for the weekend (starting Christmas early) and Sweet stampin challenge (sentiment as focal point).

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps:broadsheet alphabet.  Ink: raspberry ripple.  Card stock: very vanilla and raspberry ripple.  Accessories: festival of prints paper stack, rhinestones and cherry cobbler sweater trim.  Other: sewing machine.

Sweet like candy

Morning! as you can see I have been having a little play with my new perfectly preserved stamps and dies - they are so cute - love them :D  I will be happily entering it over at allsorts challenge blog (layers) and stampin for the weekend (starting Christmas early).

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: perfectly preserved, curly cute and scentsational season.  Ink: raspberry ripple, lucky limeade and black stazon.  Card stock: lucky limeade and naturals ivory.  Accessories: rhinestones and festival of prints designer series paper.  tools used: cannery set framelits dies and holiday collection framelits dies.

All the leaves are brown

They are also old olive and raspberry ripple which is one of the super yummy 'in colours' launching from Stampin' Up! very soon!  This little card is winging it's way to one of my newest Stampin' Up! team members.  It's so lovely to to have my little posse close by so we can stroke and chat about all the gorgeous things Stampin' Up! have to offer.  If you have ever thought about becoming a demonstrator please drop me a line anytime time for a chat :D

I will be happily entering this over at Charisma Cardz (seeing double), Cute Card Thursday (autumn gold) and Fab 'n' Funky (the colours of autumn).

Have a great weekend and if you are in the Swansea area I will be featuring at this month's craft fayre in the Ostreme Centre in the Mumbles.  See you soon!

Supplies from Stampin' Up!
Stamps: curly cute, ink: black stazon, card stock: island indigo, naturals ivory, raspberry ripple and old olive.  Accessories: linen thread and metallic brad.  Tools used: wood grain embossing folder, autumn accents bigz die and scallop square clear die.

Whisky in the jar

Whooohooo! oh it's so good to be back in my beloved blogland.  Hello world! hee hee, I have been desperate to get back in the swing of things now my PC is working as it is that special time of year where we say hello to new goodies from Stampin' Up! and wave a fond farewell to retiring ones too.

My card today uses the most scrumptious stamp set and co-ordinating dies called perfectly preserved and it is as delicious as it sounds along with a heap-full of other new goodies.  You can see the woodgrain embossing folder, exclusive core'dinations card stock in Stampin' Up! colours and the autumn accents bigz die.

Oh I'm so happy to be back with everyone to share all the gorgeousness :D  I will be happily entering this over at Daring Cardmakers (focus on flowers), Sweet Stampin' Challenge (inspired by a song) and Let's Craft & Create (stamp it).

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: perfectly preserved, ink:midnight muse, gumball green, primrose petals and crumb cake.  Card stock: early espresso core'dinations, crumb cake, primrose petals, very vanilla and gumball green.  Accessories: delightful daffodil taffeta ribbon and antique brads.  Tools: woodgrain embossing folder, stampin' sanding system, core'dinations dust buddy, autumn accents bigz die and fancy flower punch.

A little patience

Yes please send me a little patience, patience with my broadband supplier, patience with my router and heavens preserve me patience with my sanity lol!  I sit here typing this in my local library - that is the love and devotion I give to you dear readers ha! 

Yes well you may have gathered I have been offline for a wee while and I just wanted to check in to say hi! I am alive!  and to let all my customers and friends know about all the exciting things happening from Stampin' Up!

The link to the new Autumn/Winter catalogue is on my side bar and most of you should have the real thing in your hands to drool over by now. Also the retired list is up as we say a found farewell to some firm favourites. I hope to see you back real soon and if anyone *needs* any new goodies my old slug of a phone is coping with my emails :D

Take care and see you soon (fingers crossed).

Good morning , good morning!

Hello! back today with the make and take we made at my recent demo.  This is what the lovely ladies made with Stampin' Up!s 'reason to smile' set.  I love 2 step stamping (note to self - Emma you should do this more!).

Have a great day & see you soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Reason to smile (130826) and Oval all (pg 71/No.113790).  Ink: Whisper white (p94/No.101731), island indigo (pg 90/No.122937), pool party (pg 90/No.122938), calypso coral (pg90/No.122939) and baja breeze (pg92/No.111833).  Card stock: Calypso coral (pg90/No.124392), pool party (pg90/No.124391), whisper white (pg94/No.106549) and crumb cake (pg94/No.121685).  Accessories: Calypso coral bakers twine (pg 22 mini catalogue/No.125573).  Adhesives: Stampin dimensionals and multipurpose liquid glue. (P114/No.110755).  Tools: Scallop edge border punch (pg116/No.119882), scallop oval punch (pg117/No.119856), large oval punch (pg118/No.119855) and 2mm handheld punch (pg118/No.101227). Paper cutter (page 107 No. 106583), scorer (page 107 No. 104154), paper snips (page 107 No. 103579), bone folder (page 107 No. 102300). Grid paper (p115/No.106587), stamp-a-ma-jig (p115/No.101049) stampin scrub (page 107 No. 102642) and Stampin mist cleaner (page 107 No. 102394).

When you're smiling

Yes when you're smiling - is it because you have received these stamps for for free!  This little bag and mini note cards were demonstrated by me in a workshop last Friday evening using Stampin' Up!s brand new reason to smile stamps which are only available this month.  You can check them out here on how you earn them free or simply purchase them.

I will be happily entering them over at Let's Craft and Create (make it pretty), Papertake Weekly (anything goes) and Daring Cardmakers (get knotted). 

Have a great week and see you back here soon x

Supplies from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: reason to smile and oval all.  Ink: island indigo, whisper white, calypso coral, pool party and baja breeze.  Card stock: crumb cake, calypso coral, pool party and whisper white.  Accessories: calypso coral ruffled ribbon.  Tools: perfect polka dot embossing folder, scallop circle oval punch, large oval punch and corner rounder punch.

It's begining to look a lot like.....

Noooooooooooooooooo! I wouldn't do that to you lol.  Seriously though as a craft fair goer and Stampin' Up! demonstrator I have been thinking about 'it' a lot recently.  Maybe that's why we had a Christmas in July class last week, making a sweet card and matching acetate box.

I will be happily entering this over at Fab 'n' Funky (anything but a card) and Sweet Stampin' (Christmas in July).  Have a great weekend and see you soon x

Stamps: Welcome Christmas (p26/No.118736) and tiny tags (p66/No.118091).  Ink: Real red (p91/No.103133), whisper white (p94/No.101731), wild wasabi (p92/No.109014) and chocolate chip(p94/No.100908).  Card stock: Very vanilla (p94/No.106550), real red (p91/No.106578), wild wasabi (p92/No.111850) and chocolate chip (p94/No.108599. Accessories: real red taffeta ribbon (p107/No.119251), adhesive pearls (110/No.119247), holly berry bouquet speciality paper (p96/No.124004) and mini vintage tags (p110/No.118763). 

All items exclusive to Stampin’ Up! and available through your demonstrator – Emma Fuge, email: elfstamper@sky.com or tel: 07955 687 090

Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Stampin' Up! have just launched a super quick way to join the fun.  Become a demonstrator for lots of fun and a stonking discount on the best crafting products out there.  Click on the link https://ida.stampinup.com?demoid=5000981 to join now!!!