Codicote Village Day

I had a stand at the Codicote Village Day on Saturday 17th and had a wonderful day. Thank you to every one who came along and said hello. Unfortunately, it was an incredibly windy day and I wasn't able to display my cards- I didn't really want to spend the day chasing cards around the field! The fair itself was a wonderful event and I hope to be able to take the boys next year.



I held a prize draw on the day to win this sweet starter card making kit with the lovely All a Flutter stamp from the mini catalogue. This has to be one of my favourite stamps from this year's mini. The lucky winner is ...

Charley Hurst

... so well done Charley, your prize will be on its way to you soon. I'm also offering 10% off your first order to everyone who entered my prize draw as a thank you from me.

Unfortunately, I've not yet worked out how to upload my photos from my phone to the computer (for some reason it didn't come with an instruction book!). But I'll post a photos of the stand and prize when I can.

Wedding Invites with SU!

A little while ago I took part in a wedding invite swap over on ILWS. The wedding season is fast approaching, so I thought I'd show you my card for the swap. There are so many stamp sets that you could use for a wedding card. There is the lovely Mr & Mrs and Special Blessings, but I choose to use one of my favourite sets: Baroque Motifs. I've paired it with Choc Chop ribbon, ink and cardstock (don't you just love how easy Stampin' Up! makes it to co-ordinate your cards!) and the lovely very vanilla. You could also add an extra bling to the card with a spray of one of the glimmer shimmers.

I need to update the photos with a watermark, but just whilst I'm trying to figure out how to do it, I should point out that all stamped images are (c) Stampin' Up!.

Become a Stampin' Up Demonstrator!

Have you ever wanted to become a SU! demonstrator? Well now is the perfect opportunity. In conjunction with the Hobbycrafts show, Stampin' Up! are offering a special 10% discount on the Starter Kit price. This means that you can get your hands on over £240 worth of business supplies and Su! goodies for just £125 instead of the normal £139! That in itself is a great saving, but should you want to take it further then you can start your own SU! business going into people's homes and demonstrating the great products at workshops.

If you'd like to find out more then please give me a call, or drop me an email. But remember this offer is only on for a limited period and orders have to be placed before 7th May.

All new colours!

I've got some exciting Stampin' Up! news to share with you. We are having Colour Renovation at Stampin' Up! As from October we will be getting four revamped colour families (now to be called collections). The Colour Renovation has been based on customer feedback and new colour trends. Twenty-five of our current colours will remain and they will be joined by 15 new colours in the core colour collections! The re-vamp does mean that we will be losing some of the old colours, so if they are your favourites make sure you stock up on them whilst you can! The colours below are the ones that will be retiring in October.

But look at all these lovely new colours that we'll be getting! The colour revamp applies not only to the cardstock, but also to the ribbons, ink, markers etc.

On top of all the lovely new colours we'll also be getting In Colours! These will be a range of five new colours that will be introduced every year and will stay around for two years before being retired. This year we will only have 5 In Colours but each year after that there will be 10 new In Colours running alongside each other, so at any one time there will be 50 colours - 40 core colours and 10 In Colours! Think of all the colour fun you can have with them!

Mini Catalogue Day!

Hurray! Today is the launch of the mini catalogue. All my regular customers should have received their copy now, but if you've not got one and would like one, please send me an email and I'll pop one in the post straight away.

There are some absolutely lovely new products in the new mini, new flat design punches, single stamps from £4.95 and some gorgoeus new designer paper. Even us demonstrators don't know which items will make it into the main catalogue in September, so if you see something you like, order it now. Two of the designer papers will only be available for the lifespan of the mini catalogue (April - Sept) or until stock lasts.

Click on the image of the new mini catalogue cover on the right to see all the loveliness that could be coming your way!

If you want to see some of the lovely new stamps for yourself then why not come along to my Open House on Monday 12th April from 8pm. We'll be making a card using the lovely Vintage Vogue set. If you'd like to come please email me so that I can reserve you a make & take pack.

Do you want another sneak peak?

Here is the last sneak peak until the mini catty goes live tomorrow - are you as excited as I am? I wanted to share a couple of cards with you that I've made using the fabulous new Vintage Vogue stamp set. I love this set, and I think it will be out on my desk for quite some time. Both of these cards were really quick to make, ideal for when you've suddenly remembered a birthday - or in my case realised that it's Good Friday and therefore no posting!

So here they are. The first card is a 4x4 card (I love this size) that I made for my friend Astrid in Austria. She sent me some lovely goodies for my birthday and I just wanted to send her a thank you card.




















The second card was a design that I saw over on Carole's blog and I just had to use it. The blank space on the left hand side would be perfect for a birthday or seasonal greeting. The card uses the fabulous new bird punch - with its new flat design, which is great for storage, and the co-ordinating wheel for Vintage Vogue. I've used colours from the Soft Subtles family. If you'd like your own copy of the new mini catalogue then please send me an email.

Things are not what they used to be

Once upon a time, going to see a gig meant seeing Manic Street Preachers or the Stereophonics, nowadays it means going to see Andy from CBeebies perform with his comedy partner Mike! I spent this afternoon in a very modern church hall (it used to be a warehouse) with 100 other toddlers and their familes watching Andy and Mike's Big Box of Bananas, and I have to say that I throughly enjoyed it! I just took my eldest son as I wasn't sure that my youngest would have sat all the way through it, but Robert loved every moment of it - especially the funny noises - amazing how a noise that sounds like a fart can always get a laugh! Robert got two more signatures for his autograph book and I got some slightly blurry photographs to hopefully make a great scrapbook layout! I'll try and upload a couple of photos tomorrow. In the meantime I really need to finish my ILWS wedding card invite swaps!