More on Monday - Hand Penned

Another inspiring creation for you today... using the Hand Penned floral stamp set... 

But before I start... don't forget that the extra free £20 Stampin Rewards Craft & Collect promotion for a £200 + order ends today... and that my double gift value offer (for orders £25 to £150) also ends today at 5pm...

Created by our very talented Barbara Norton (who is currently blog-less as we say in the trade.. but I will be sure to pass on any of your messages... ) Thank you for your gorgeous Happy Mail swap Barbara... 

CLICK HERE for the details on the Hand Penned stamps and all the Suite... And I do have to admit that this bundle and suite is appealing to me more and more every-time I look at it... check out those fabulous Penned Flowers dies... 

Barbara used an Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent and Pale Papaya colour scheme... with a shiny touch of gold embossing powder to highlight... along with a Happy Thoughts sentiment punched out using the (retired) Story Label punch...

And the Happy Thoughts sentiment stamp set is one well worth checking out... as not only is it only £10 in the Sale... but it has a range of "similar sized" greetings ... so particularly useful for a quick stamp & punch to add to a card as you need it... though it is retiring soon ..so you will have to be quick...

Welcome to the Team...

Delighted to have posted out this group of Welcome to the Team cards yesterday... to 5 more ladies for whom I can't wait to see where their Stampin' Up! journey takes them...

Most of which have been made with the favourite colours of the recipients... love it when I can do that...

Products used Butterfly Gala ... for which the punch is still estimated to be back in stock mid April in Europe...

And the Country Floral embossing folder which was a Sale A Bration freebie product BUT I am delighted to say that it will CARRY OVER! Yes it will be available to order from the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue come 4th June... Yay! As it really is lovely... Click here to see it in action... 7 ways!

Along with the demonstrator only Stampin Your Way to the Top ... perfect for the job!!

And the now retired (sniff!) Story Label punch... it was a good one!!

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Wednesday WOW (Way of Working) with All Adorned - and a Tutorial ...

Another tip (or way of working!) for the lovely All Adorned stamp set greeting... let's make it even stronger in sentiment...

And how's about a mini step by step photo tutorial for you! For the Post It Note Cover Method of selectively inking a stamp... for those of you that like a name for things!! 

Cover the small words at the top with a post it note... so only BEST EVER words showing... 

 Ink up the "BEST EVER" words with your ink pad...

 Remove post it note...

And stamp...

So now we have... BEST EVER... MOTHER... well why not! 

MOTHER care of Thoughtful Banners... I just used a marker to just ink up the required word on the bottom-left sentiment... or FATHER in the one above will come in useful for my next classes...

                          

And more on this Sweet Cup project another day... 

Alternatively... you could ink up the BEST EVER using a marker pen too... but this way is easier... and quicker! And the "post it note cover method" would probably take the same amount of time for inking up the MOTHER part... 

Remember this lovely All Adorned stamp set is exclusively available for free with a £45 order during Sale A Bration... which ends this Sunday, 31st March... (which happens to be Mother's Day in the UK too)... so only for 4 more days!

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Tuesday Tips for All Adorned stamps & Story Label punch

Just sharing a card and a few tips for the All Adorned stamp set (free with a £45 order during Sale A Bration) and the Story Label punch... as these products are now only available for a few more days... as Sale A Bration ends on this Sunday, 31st March

And I have Jane to thank for the brilliant idea of using the sentiment in this way! But more on that later... 

This was a panel I just "messed about with" during a class so that the ladies could see the stamp set in action... and it was an immediate hit... so I thought I should finish it off as a simple card for them... 

Simple Night of Navy stamping 4 corners and centre... with Lemon Lime Twist over-centre and small accent to top-bottom-left-right!

And embellishing was quick and simple... thanks to the Gingham Gala Self Adhesive Sequins and Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots... perfect colours!!

And now back to Jane's idea for the sentiment... so a couple of quick Top Tips for you... 

Firstly add a "family member name or FRIEND" and it then means so much more... as in "son" in this example... 

Care of Thoughtful Banners... which has a few family member names to go at...  and FRIEND too..

And a bonus quick tip for the Story Label punch... I have mentioned this before but I finally got round to taking a photo... just cut one punched shape in half horizontally (right to left) and stick on top and bottom for a coloured mat... 

You can also punch another... and cut in half vertically (bottom to top)....and then stick on left and right... but .... with this shape... I think it looks better just top and bottom!

And come back tomorrow for some more quick tips with your All Adorned stamp set...

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