Rooted In Nature

Hello everyone, I went to team training a couple of weeks ago. It was so lovely to get together with my Upline and some fellow demonstrators. We had a lovely afternoon of crafting and chatting. Our Upline loves trees and leaves so she had us CASE the CATTY using the Rooted In Nature stamp set. We made the card on the bottom left of page 144.

Instructions:

• Make a card base in Petal Pink  (10.5 x 14.8 cm)
• Cut two sections of the Natures Poem Designer Series Paper (DSP) and cut a triangle out of one piece.
• Adhere one piece of  DSP on top of the other and wrap a piece of twine around them.
• Emboss a pice of Petal Pink card (10 x 14.3 cm) and adhere to the card base, then adhere the DSP to the embossed piece card.
• Stamp and die cut three sets of leaves in Shaded Spruce.
• Stamp the tree stump and sentiment then fussy cut the tree stump and adhere on top of the leaves and DSP.

Back soon with more tips & techniques

Brand New Products Available Here & Now! Watch these videos to see some of the wonderful new products available in the brand new Annual Catalogue from Stampin’ Up!

Hello everyone,

Buy products HERE

Stampin’ Up! Catalogue

There are more videos for you to watch which will help you decide if you should add it to your wishlist. A particular favourite of mine is Graceful Glass Suite.

If you’d like to receive a free catalogue please email me at stampingwithfiona@gmail.com and I will send you one.

Enjoy the videos,

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Hello everyone,

Just a quick reminder that if you choose me as your Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and spend £25 – £149 you will receive a free gift from me. You must use the HOST code for June 2018 which is  AYQSBNXS.

If you are spending £150 or more you will qualify for Stampin’ Rewards and can choose which products you would like to receive. (you earn 10% of your retail spend).

You can access my shop HERE

Don’t forget to email me if you would like a free copy of the brand new 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue.

Back soon with some creations from the new catalogue

Time To Party

Hello everyone, it certainly is time to party as the brand new Stampin’ Up! 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue has gone on sale!  The catalogue is full of wonderful new and returning colours, stamp sets, card and accessories. If you would like a free copy please contact me by email and I will send you one; stampingwithfiona@gmail.com

Another reason it is Time To Party is that a friend of mine asked me to make invitations for her and her husbands big birthday celebration later this year. Fortunately for me she chose a straightforward design as there were quite a few to make.

Here is the Time To Party Card.

TIME TO PARTY CARD INSTRUCTIONS:

• Make a card base in Whisper White cardstaock  (14.8cm x 21cm)
• Emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock with Softly Falling (14.3cm x 10cm) and adhere to the card base.
• Punch five balloons in colours of your choice. I used Lemon Lime Twist, Rich Razzleberry and Sliver Glimmer.
• Die cut the numbers in colour of your choice, I used Rich Razzleberry.
• Adhere balloons directly to card overlapping each other and draw lines for the string.
• Stamp the message in colour of your choice, again I used Rich Razzleberry and punch out a label. Attach over the ‘strings’ and place a rhinestone on both sides of the label.
• The balloon punch has carried over into the new catalogue, unfortunately the stamp set has not, however you can replace it with a message of your choice.

Just a quick reminder that if you choose me as your Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and spend £25 – £149 you will receive a free gift from me. You must use the HOST code for June 2018 which is  AYQSBNXS.

You can access my online shop HERE

If your purchase is £150 or more you will be able to add your free gifts under your Stampin’ Rewards.(10% of your retail spend).

Happy Reading & Enjoy!

Bubble Over with Bottle Over,

Hello everyone, I’m going to share a card made using the Bottle Over set. First though – Wow what a weekend that was! The Royal Wedding on saturday lunchtime followed by the FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Man UTD. My husband is a lifelong Chelsea fan, thank goodness they won.

Watching the celebrities and Royal Family arrive at the Royal Wedding was a highlight for me, some of the outfits were beautiful. As soon as I saw the Queen I said ‘ the Queen is wearing Lemon Lime Twist’. You might think my husband looked at me as though I was mad – he’s used to Stampin’ Up! colours by now lol.

I love this graphic, I like the Gorgeous Grape, Lemon lime Twist and Emerald Envy. Please feel free to comment on your favourite outfit and/or colour, I’d love to hear from you.

My cousins’ twins are 21 this week. Wow – where have those years gone. Here is the card I am sending to Matt, it is bright and cheerful in Bermuda Bay and Lemon Lime Twist and is from the Bottle Over Stamp set and matching thinlets. I adore this colour combination, I made this card at a training session I attended couple of months ago and using the retired Little Numbers framelits added the ’21’. I hope he likes it.  Until the 31st May 2018 you can purchase the stamp set and framelits as a bundle and save 10%. Its good news that these have carried over to the new Annual Catalogue which goes on sale next week, they will be available individually. Go to my Stampin’ Up! shop HERE to purchase them while you can still get the 10% discount.

If you would like me to be your Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and would like a copy of the 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue please email me at Stampingwithfiona@gmail.com and I will send you one.

I’ll be back next week with a project for you to make.

Hello everyone, today I wanted to share a card made using the Colourful Seasons bundle. I love this bundle, the Colourful Seasons stamp set has a stamp to match each season. A deck chair and drink for summer. Leaves for Autumn, snowflakes for Winter and a branch and flowers for Spring. There are some great sayings as well, it really is versatile. It co-ordinates with the Seasonal Layers Thinly dies which includes the Adirondack chair you can see on my card.

Until 31st May this set is available as a bundle with 10% off, you can purchase it HERE . From 1st June they are available individually in the new Annual Catalogue.

Instructions:

Make a card base in Whisper White card (21cm x 14.8 cm, score in half at 10.5cm).

Cut a strip of Crushed Curry Colour Theory Designer Series Paper (DSP) and adhere to the bottom half of the card base. Only available until 31st May 2018.

Using Tear and Tape adhere a piece of Crushed Curry ribbon along the top of the DSP.

Stamp the saying of your choice onto Whisper White card and die cut using the Stitched Framelits circle as well as a blank white circle.

Die cut a Crushed Curry and a Dapper Denim Scalloped circle to fit underneath the white circles, and an Adirondack chair in Dapper Denim. Adhere the white circles on to the Scalloped Circles, and the chair to the blank white circle.

Stamp the branch and flowers onto the card base using Old Olive and Crushed Curry, stamp two larger flowers in Crushed Curry onto Whisper White card and die cut them.

Adhere the Dapper Denim circle onto the DSP,  then using Stampin’ Dimensional’s adhere the Crushed Curry circle onto the blank area of the white card, and add the two flowers using Stampin’ Dimensional’s.

There you have it – Life is A Beautiful Thing. This is a birthday card for a friend who is both beautiful on the inside and the outside.

I’ll be back next week with another project for you,

Hello everyone,

I said I would share with you the Make & Takes that I made recently. This was at the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator get together in Telford. Sadly I had some technical issues with my video so I am posting photos of them to show you instead.  I am a lot slower than other people on my table due to my rheumatoid arthritis so I don’t make them at On Stage! With eight of us on a table there’s not a lot of room either. I make sure that I have the new product and bring them away to make in my lovely craft room.

Make & Takes:

I love this one, the base card is one of the new In Colours, Lovely Lipstick. It is a vibrant deep pink. The strip across the card is Designer Vellum which has been coloured in. I used Stampin’ Blends in Lovely Lipstick and Pineapple Punch – another new In Colour. ‘Thank You’ is from a new stamp set ‘Painted Glass’. The strip of card underneath is Pineapple Punch – so on trend at the moment. Finally the bow is tied in the new sparkling cord.

Make number 2 is made using the new Delightfully Detailed Note Cards. They come with a ‘wash’ colour already on them. This example is a returning colour – Mint Macaron. I loved this colour when it was an In Colour two or three years ago. I am so pleased it has come back as part of the Colour Revamp.

The third card has a base of Mint Macaron. The Designer Series Paper is a ‘Speciality’, which means that it has foiling in some of the sheets. The Doily is pearlescent and the Rich Razzleberry ribbon is velvet – gorgeous.

The products in the third card will be available to customers from 2nd May 2018. The other new products will be available when the new catalogue goes on sale on 1st June. If you would like the opportunity to pre order from 2nd May then join my team of Stampin’ Starlets  HERE.  You can choose product from the new Annual Catalogue for your £99.00 Starter Kit (and get £130 worth of goodies).

I will be back with more examples soon,

Hello & Welcome

To my rebranded blog, I hope you like my new logo and branding. I have to say I love it.

Thank you Catherine Carroll for her hard work in finding a design that I felt suited me.  It really does feel magical to me.

I find that concentrating on my project means worries and concerns fade into the background.  I genuinely believe that everyone can create something magical. People treasure a handmade card or gift with all the love and thoughtfulness that has been put into it.  The delight on the face of the person receiving it brings me joy. I would love you to join me on my blog and You Tube videos and create some magical.

Latest News:

Last week I attended Stampin’ Up! On Stage, a bi annual get together of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators around the world. It was great to get together with like minded people. We also heard updates about the business as well as get to play with new products.  I will share these with you on my blog and You Tube videos. I also got my hands on the brand new 2018/2019 Annual Catalogue. Wow, there are fabulous new products coming your way from 1st June!

If you want to get access to the new products sooner then join my team now. As a Demonstrator you not only get a discount you also get access to the products from May 2nd.  https://stampingwithfiona.com/become-a-stampin-up-demonstrator/

Quick and Easy Card:

I wanted to share with you the card that I made for On Stage! I saw this card last summer and put it onto one of my Pinterest boards and there it sat. Originally made by the wonderful Mary Fish.  I decided I wanted to use the stamps that I had been given as a birthday present last summer and had not got around to using. Plus I wanted to use up the Dapper Denim cardstock that I had left. (As one of the In Colours that retires at the end of May).

Instructions:

Card: Dapper Denim 21cm x 14.8, fold in half for your card base.  Mat and layer with Whisper White (10 x 14.3) and Crumb Cake (9.5 x 13.8).

Cut out the shapes in Dapper denim using Wood Crate framelits.

Cut out Whisper white squares with the 2nd largest Stitched Framelit, and the Tag in Crumb Cake from Wood Crate thinlet.

Ink: Dapper Denim – stamp sentiment before cutting out with thinlet.

Mat and layer the card bases and attach the shapes to the square using adhesive. Adhere the squares as shown using dimensionals.

All the products used are available from http://www.stampingwithfiona.stampinup.net

I’ve started a channel on You Tube and will be sharing my crafting experience, products and ‘how to’,

I would love you to watch the introduction to my channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clz9ATwAPys

I will be back soon to share the Make and Takes from On Stage!