Good morning. Sunday and not a lot of plans today, which is good. Time to catch up on a few things and get lots of cuddles from the girls this afternoon.
We (the royal we) have been building up lots of Ikea units however, some of the parts have been badly damaged. The customer service team has been amazing and will deliver two units next week and take away the damaged ones, brilliant. What we have discovered is the the Ikea products now come from either Sweeden or Lithuania. We didnt know that.
Driving along the motorway last week a police car with lights flashing overtook us, the police always have to have their lights flashing when they are driving. I didnt think anything of it. The police car then indicated and pulled onto the hard shoulder "hubby" says I, "do you think they want me to stop". His reply was"no" so I carried on. A few second later, said police car comes right up to my boot, flashing his lights and I said "opps, I think he does want me to pull over".
We pulled over and the policeman asked who owned the car, Hubby said, "my wife does, oh or is it me, no its me oh hang on....my daughter is the registered keeper" we all laughed.
The policeman then asked, "where does your daughter live?" "urmmmm we dont know, she just moved house" well his face was a picture. "so where do you live" "urmmmmm we dont know the address, just a minute, as we have just moved house". I dont think he believed us. Fortunately we had a photo of a letter with the address on so was able to show him.
The policeman asked,"can I see your passport". "No" I said as I dont carry it around with me. "Here is my driving license instead".....it had expired a couple of years ago oppps.
What hope did we have especially when he told us that the the reason he pulled us over was because just two weeks ago they had been given mobile ANPR and could tell that the tax had ran out on our car, 7 months earlier OMG. It was an instant fine but no points on this occasion. It was an experience but what must they have thought *laughing*
We did manage a very 'bracing' walk along the sea front yesterday and stopped off to admire the view in a well protected beach bar on the beach. Boy is was windy and rather cold. However, we popped into a supermarket at 8pm in the evening and as the wind had stopped, it was quite warm. This morning it is going to rain and it is extremely cloudy.
Here is a card that Ruth has made using the Stippled Roses stamp set from Stampin' Up!
- From the stamp set Stippled Roses by Stampin' Up!, the roses were stamped in a cherry cobbler ink and the leaves around the roses, in old olive ink. They were stamped onto watercolour card and then dabbed a little with a water painter. It really makes them stand out.
- The main leaves were inked with old olive, stamped off once and stamped as second generation. a little crumb cake ink was added on top, they were also spritzed with a little water before being stamped, dabbed slightly.
- These were then cut out with the co-ordinating dies before being arranged as a wreath on the card.
- Some leaves were die cut out and cut into sprigs
- A few spots from a retired stamp set, Gorgeous Grunge, were stamped off once and added to the background.
- The sentiment, which has an amazing font, is from the Stippled Roses stamp set
The brochure for Sale a Bration (where you get a FREE product with a £45 purchase) is below. To have a look through, just click on the image.
Of course, there is always the annual catalogue with so much inside it.
Stampin' Up! will release two kits each month so there is going to be plenty to choose from and to keep us busy. If you would like to know more about the kits that are available, click on the link below. I am happy to help with any queries you may have.
Dont forget that Stampin' Up! have lots of lovely products called 'Online Exclusives". These are not shown in any of the brochures but can be seen online. If you click on the image below it will take you straight there. I am happy to order these for you for collection from The Craft Room but you are most welcome to order them yourself, to get them delivered straight to your door and during Sale a Bration, any purchases of Online Exclusives counts towards your total to get FREE Sale a Bration goodies.
If you would like to look through ALL the wonderful products in the Stampin' Up! online shop, here is a link that will take you there
If you would like to flick through a paper copy of the catalogues and brochures, mark off what you have, highlight your next purchase etc. etc. (I personally dont think you can beat the paper copy) please let me know. We can arrange to meet up, have a crafty chat or I can pop these into the post for you. Details of where I can be found are below.
Should you decide to place an online order with me, please do use this hostess code.
If you would prefer me to place the order for you or need any help with this, I really am happy to help if I can, details of where you can reach me are below.
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