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Wednesday

More offers from Stampin' Up! - another play with Fine Art Floral papers

Good morning. We have the sun shining and looking lovely outside at the minute but the forecast is for a very rainy day. As we hope to get a bit of gardening done today I guess we will have to make an early start and do it in between the showers.

This is the climbing plant that I got for Paul for our Wedding Anniversary in July a few years ago. For some reason it has flowered very early this year. A lovely splash of colour though.

And the potting on has begun. Lots of plants have come through so we are now planting them on. Hope to get lots of colour again this year.

The lovely tulips have been growing taller and taller for the last few weeks. I do hope the wind hasnt damaged them over night. I am getting very excited for them to open.

I dont think I have shared this photo with you. This is Marci, she is Katerinas puppy. We are really enjoying watching the videos and seeing photographs of her each day, just a pity we cant be with her. Hopefully it wont be too long before we can travel to Cyprus to see them all.

A lovely day was had yesterday in the craft room. I managed to update my colour chart, see a few friends and get a little more done toward the catalogue launch on Saturday.

Do let me know if you are free so that I can send you details on how to find us.

The craft room now looks a lot more like a craft room rather than a shop. I have some empty desks, space on shelves and a brand new arm for my Zoom get togethers in front of the window rather than the back of the room. I am very pleased with it.

I am also very pleased to tell you about another promotion that Stampin' Up! have

If you host a party at any time between now and 14th June, as well as the wonderful rewards Stampin' Up! already give you, get additional rewards based on the order total. Full details are above. If you dont want to hold a party but would like to place some individual orders, please get in touch and I can give you some more details.

I have had another play with the Fine Art Floral papers to make this card.

It is all ready to have a personalised sentiment added and pop into the post. I used 2 pieces from the 12 x 12 papers and matted them on to white card. These I then put them onto the card base and tied some ribbon around it.

Click on the image above and join the fun when you join the Stampin' Up! team. You do get £154 worth of products that you pick yourself for the price of £99 as well as getting FREE delivery to your home. I am very happy to answer any questions or queries that you may have.

Thank you for having a read today, another long post. I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday. Tracey x

Please click on the image to take you straight to the shop

Click on the catalogue to see a PDF view of it

My next order will be on Sunday 9th May. If you would like me to order anything for you, please get in touch before 3pm

Saturday

April floral cards with Simply Succulent

Good morning, Easter weekend and a lovely day planned. Off to see mum and dad this morning as I do each and every Satruday. This week though I can sit outside with them. We have chatted on the doorstop for so long so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is a bit warmer and we can sit out in the sunshine but who knows what the weather will be like.

For the month of April I am making floral cards. I have started with a stamp set called Simply Succulents.

The card style is called a 'swing card' or a 'lever card' you will often find that a certain style of card has a few different names.

I love colouring so I have stamped my images on Stampin' Up! Shimmery White card with stazon ink and coloured them in using aqua painters and ink in the lids of the ink pads. Once I had coloured them in I fussy cut them out (fussy cut is using scissors and going around the outline of the stamped image). The Old Olive (green) card is a 6"x6" one with the square cut out of the middle using dies. I then added another piece of card (which you can see in the second photograph) with three panels making sure that the first panel had the main image stuck on it so that it popped out of the square. I adhered a panel of designer series paper called Forever Greenery to the middle. Now this paper will be discontinued at the end of the month so I am putting a little order in with Stampin' Up! to get myself another pack before it goes.

My order for some Stampin' Up! goodies will be going in this evening. If there is anything that you would like from the catalogues/online shop and would like me to order it for you, please do get in touch. I will order it for you and you are welcome to collect from Alvaston. As a little thank you for Easter, there wont be any postal charges for anyone who collects from me.

If you do place an online order, please do double check that my name is in 'your demonstrator' box, which it should be. If you use the host code for April, I will happily pop something in the post for you. You just need to add the Host code (below) into the appropriate box on your order and leave details of your address so that I can post something out.

If you did want to visit me, outside in the garden for a crafty chat, to answer any queries or to find out more about joining Stampin' Up! you are most welcome to. Now that we have the new regulations I will be happy for you to call in. Please get in touch to arrange a mutually conveninent time.

Stampin' Up! have a list of products that are on sale which will be discontinued at the end of the month. You can find all these last chance items by clicking on the Goodbye image below.

Thank you for having a read and if there is anything that I can help you with please, do get in touch. Tracey x

A plan of what is happening in The Craft Room, Derby during the month of April. You may need to click on this to make it a little bigger.

Product List

Simply Succulents Cling Stamp Set

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Simply Succulents Bundle

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Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

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Basic White A4 Cardstock

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Old Olive A4 Card Stock

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Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad

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Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[147115]

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[126975]

Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' Pad

[147102]

Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad

[147111]

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147091]

Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper

[152492]

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

Layering Squares Dies

[151772]

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

Stampin' Pierce Mat

[126199]

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

Clear Block Bundle

[118491]

Paper Snips

[103579]

Sunday

Spring Forward with Fancy Phrases

Good morning. Slightly overcast in Derby at the moment and a chance of rain at 11am says mr. weatherman. It wont deter me from getting in the greenhouse and giving it a sort out. I have been gathering seeds and today is the day that I would like to start planting them up.

We had a lovely Zoom get together on Friday evening. We made three cards and focused on a Stamp set called Fancy Phrases.

Do you have this set? At the moment it is discounted and it will be unavailable to purchase as from the beginning of May (it will also become unavailable if the stock runs out). If you click on the photo you can see that the blue card with a Basic White panel has been stamped in the corners, a tone on tone card. The area where the ribbon is has been stuck down and we have created a background with the smaller of the stamps in the set.

The Rich Razzelberry and Basic White card again was stamped in the corners with Momento ink but this time, the flowers were coloured in using blend pens. We left the leaves without colour and added some coloured in basic rhinestone gems.

The Balmy Blue and Melon Mambo card had the image stamped on Shimmery White or Watercolour card using Stazon ink. Once we coloured it in (using the ink from the ink pad lids and water with a paint brush/water painter) we trimmed down the edges with the SU trimmer and just snipped away at the outer leaves. Again, some coloured rhinestones were added. If you would like a little more information or if you would like to have a go at making something like this, I will be very happy to help.

You can purchase the stamp set by clicking on the link for my shop

Or just click on the products used, at the end of this post. If you need a hand with ordering or if you would like me to order it for you, please let me know.

Today we are going to have a play with Sweet Strawberry and other fruit stamps at 3pm on Zoom. If you would like to join us, please get in touch before 2pm. All my details are below.