Saturday She Sells....

Seashells on the Seashore... Hope you are busy trying to say that at speed over and over now... one of our classic tongue twisters...!

Isn't she just lovely.... created by my lovely & talented friend, Julie Wade of Create Handmade Happiness blog fame... 

Using Pirates and Mermaids and Friends are like Seashells stamp sets in Petal Pink, Mint Macaron, Soft Succulent and Crumb Cake colours...

And finished off beautifully on the inside too.. 

What a great combination of images and colours... Thanks Julie... love it...

Tuesday Trio of Thoughts from Friends #2

Another trio of beautiful cards from fellow friends, team members, customers and demonstrators...  In no particular order... and again thank you all for your thoughts at that time....

Nic Baker's beautiful Centre Pop Up Notecard featuring the So Shelli Paper Pumpkin kit... which is no longer available in English... but is available (in UK and Europe) in French or German ... and even reduced to £15 in German... and I reckon you will already have greetings to use instead of those German language stamps!

 Kate Martin's stunning Heirloom Frames & Frosted Bouquet dies A6 card

And Julie Wade's gorgeous A6 card with Four Petal punched Pop of Petals flowers with Rooted in Nature greeting...

PS All is still perfectly OK post-op... but I have to "take it easy" and not lift, bend or stretch etc "much" for another week or so... so "grabbing" my crafting supplies is a temptation I need to avoid... so I am taking the opportunity to share some lovely creations made by friends... Normal Service will resume soon... 

PPS At Home classes will continue as planned... I was ready for this month's classes pre-op so nothing to stop those... 

Something else new to share... Petal Palette

Just sharing happy post with something special for me again today... 

Another card made for me using a gorgeous new product, Petal Palette from the 2018 Spring Summer Catalogue... thank you so much Julie (one of my lovely Stampin' Up! sisters) ... such a beautiful card... 

This was also made to celebrate the special milestone of mine... though I think it is easier to spot today than on yesterday's celebratory eclipse card... 

For the first time  in Europe... Stampin' Up! published The Top 50 Demonstrators in the UK for the last year... and I was featured! At no. 31...

To say I was surprised to be in the Top 50 - and amazed at no. 31 - and so proud - is an understatement... particularly as last year was not exactly my best Stampin' Up! year to date... lots of other things decided to get in my way! All year! So a real WOW for me...

Oh So Eclectic... Happy Birthday to me...

So Tuesday was my birthday... and I was a very lucky girl to receive some beautiful hand made cards from my fellow demos, teamies and friends!

So I am going to share a few... as they are using sets and bundles I haven't got... or have not really used.... so sounds like a great excuse for a few Annual Catalogue bundle introductions and a few non-christmassy shares too for a change!

One thing I will point out in advance from my beautiful display of handmade birthday cards.... everyone used blues!! They know me so well!

First up... is this beautiful card from my lovely friend Julie Wade... who is our team colour combo queen...

I really love this Soft Sky, Tranquil Tide & Night of Navy & Whisper White combination... perfect! Click here for more details from Julie on her card... and one in another colour combo which is gorgeous too...

And here is Julie's photo of the card with its co-ordinating envelope...

Julie used the Oh so Eclectic bundle... Oh So Eclectic stamps (in wood or clear mount)... plus the Eclectic Layers dies...

All of which I am now sold on!! Rather expensive these birthday cards I receive!! Though I do have to ask... is it only me that sees the doughnut!!! There is a challenge for you Julie...

And the fabulous new Leaf Punch from the Painted Harvest Bundle... more on this one from me in the future...

Simply Decorated Tissue Box for Julie...

So when I sent this card to my fellow team member and friend, Julie Wade 2 weeks ago... I was told that I owed her a box of tissues! So never one to shirk from my duties... I had to oblige... and I searched for the largest box that I could find... but I couldn't resist a quick decorative treatment before I handed them over at our Quarterly Training on Monday...

Stamping and punching of the label care of the new Label Me Pretty bundle (with Pretty Label punch) plus the 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" Circle Punches...

The top opening made using Lots of Labels dies... which I was so glad I remembered as they were perfect for this job... and for a few others I have planned over the next few weeks...

And the rest was just cutting and sticking of paper... Measure your top and sides. Take off 1/4" (or 1/2cm aka 5mm) off each of the measurements and cut paper to suit... and then just stick it on... 

So for my record (as I will be making one of these again quite soon!)... My box was 9" Wide by 4 1/2" Deep x 2 3/4" High... so I cut my papers as follows...

- one x 8 3/4" x 4 1/4" for the top

- two x 8 3/4" x 2 1/2" for front & back

- two x 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" for the sides

And... apologies for sharing something made out of retired Floral Boutique papers... but the largest tissue box I could find was blue... so these papers had to be used... as co-ordination is very important to me!!

And now I am trying to find tissue boxes in the new In Colors (or white!) so I can use my lovely co-ordinating Fresh Florals papers (which do of course include these same patterns as in these Night of Navy Floral Boutique papers)

And lastly.... did these get used at training... oh yes! By more than one of us actually.... And are they still... oh yes! I have reason to believe that our lovely 💖Julie 💖may need some more soon....  Who knew when we signed up as demonstrators ... that a bit of stamping and sharing what we love could lead to such emotional highs and joys....