Autumn/Winter Mini Catalogue Party....

Just a quick note to say that I am holding a new Autumn/Winter Mini catalogue party this Saturday 15th Sept from 1.00pm to 3.00'ish. You'll get the chance to see some of the new products, with a Make & Take using some of these. There will also be some retired items from this years main catalogue & some sneak peaks from the new 2012/2013 Main catalogue that comes out on 1st Oct - there are sooooo many scrummy new things in this new catalogue, its almost double the size of this years outgoing one!
( Tried to get the link on, but loads changes made to blogging site that dont know how to do them anymore!!) http://www2.stampinup.com  -not sure if this has worked!


So if you are in the Horsham area this weekend, feel free to drop in.....

Happy crafting, Teresa xx

Happy Birthday Margaret

Just a quick post with a card I have made for my best friends Mum. I wont say how old she is, but I think the card gives it away! She certainly doesn't look her age, I must say!

I love making easel cards as it gives an extra dimension to the card.

Items used:

Su products: Melon Mambo & black card stock; Happy birthday from Curly Cute stamp set; die cut numbers from Timeless Type Alphabet Jr.

Other products: Kraft card blanks; Penny Black stamped image; dazzling diamonds; recycled satin ribbon; Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder.

Hope you like it- I am busy doing up some card classes, ready to book in the calender. I have also had my sneak peak new SU Autumn/Winter Mini catalogue goodies arrive, so will be making up some projects for some classes. They are stunning items, cant wait to show you....


Was my first day back to work today after being off for most of college summer holidays- cannot believe where the time has gone to- roll on October half term!!

Happy crafting......

Teresa x

HELLO, HELLO.........

Hello, again,my friends, Hello.... Just popped back to say HELLO!

Well where has the time gone to? I cannot believe that it has been so long since I last posted!
I have been around -crafting, drooling over everyone else's blogs, letting work & life get in my way.... so I thought I would would try to make more of an effort in the future...thats what my teachers always told my parents on Parents eves, many moons ago- can do it ,but just needs to concentrate & can do better! I think thats the story of my life!

I thought I would show a couple of some of the cards that I have remembered to take a picture of....

This one was for my cousin & uses the retired "Cheers to You" stamp set & all SU products, except for the Quickutz die for the lettering.

This one is uses all SU products & the 'Everything Eleanor" stamp set. I cased this one from a very talented lady Jo Dumbleton (www.stampin-n-stuff.blogspot.com)

This one was for a crafting friend, again using SU products.

This one was made for my Nan, who went into hospital this week, again using SU products & the "Everything Eleanor" stamp set-I so love this set, it is so versatile to use. 

I am getting all excited, as I am waiting for my UPS man to bring my pre-order goodies for the new SU Autumn/Winter catalogue, which starts Sept 1st. You can contact me for a catalogue. There are sooooo many scrummy new things inside & I want pretty much all of them again! Cant wait to get my hands on the new ornament & die set- look out I can see a lot of demo classes coming with this one! When you see it you'll know why!!

Keep crafting... until later, Teresa x

SU Retirement Party....

Just a quick not to say I am holding a SU Retirement party on Saturday 17 Sept, from 11.00am to 3.00pm. It will be at my house, so if you would like to drop by, browse the retirement list & catalogue, make a project to take away with you & maybe order some fabbie items before they disappear.... then contact me. You will need to book a place, so I know how many projects to make. You may even get to have a sneak peek at some items from the new catalogue that comes out on October 1st........

I will pop back later with some projects made from some of the retired items, hopefully they will still be available....but things are going fast! Here is the link to the retired list- take a look & contact me if you would like anything...

Until later.. keep crafting!

Teresa

Big Shot-Top Note Cards & Gift Bag class...

This is the class we are doing on Tuesday 23 Aug.

We will be making one of each of the above, and if time we will add a Make & take too.

Included in the class are: 2 x cards; a gift bag & a box.

Class details:

Time: from 10.30am to 4.00pm. There will be a break for lunch, refreshments will be provided throughout the day.

Cost: £12.50

Bring along- your own tools, but I do have everything here(I hope!)

Venue: My house- if you have not been before, drop me a line for directions, or if you have any questions.

Please let me know by Monday, if you would like to come along, so that I have enough spaces.

Hopefully see you then.......

Teresa x

I've been playing......

I have had these Sizzix dies for a while now & thought it was about time they came out to play.....

I have put off making them for a while as they looked fiddly to make- quite the opposite-easy, peasy they were! I can see a class in the future with these little devils!

The first one was made using the following: Sizzix Bigz Pillow Box die; Tim Holtz-Alterations- Tattered Flowers; Marianne design leaf; SU papers-"Sweet & Sour Speciality" & "Newsprint"; pearls & SU"Cake Crumb" ink to distress edges of flower.

The other boxes have been made using the Sizzix Bigz die- Box with Ornate Window.

Also used: Prima flowers; Marianne Design leaf die; Martha Stewart leaf punch; card, Magnolia gems & gems from stash.

SU supplies: card- Cake Crumb, Very Vanilla & Baja Breeze; paper-"Springtime Vintage"; "Tiny Tags" sentiment & punch; Baja Breeze seam binding; SU Embosslet- "Butterfly Wings"; Bigz- Butterfly Wings; Sanded background stamp & Cake Crumb ink.

Right, think that covers it all! If you look really closely,you can see the teenie tiny butterflies that I put around the seam binding ribbon, that are from the Embosslet die. Luuuuvvve this die!

Just need to think what I am going to fill them with now- would be great filled with choccies, a little gift or some mini cards & envelopes!

Will be back later with the class I am holding on Tuesday of next week, if anyone would be interested in coming along.

Catch you later, keep crafting......

Teresa x

Flutterby, Butterfly......

I am sooooooo..... loving this butterfly die & the Beautiful Wings Embosslits from the Summer Mini Catalogue. Again they were ones that I didn't really want, but after seeing what other people were creating with them, I had to have them!

These have been made with the "Springtime Vintage" papers, card stock & parchment paper. The flowers are from my garden!

I have been adding them to loads of projects as they are so versatile. I have made a couple of projects with them, but cannot show you yet as have made them for my swaps at Convention in November- I only hope that what I have used is not on the Retired list that comes out soon! If so, then it will be back to the drawing board!

I am also in luvvvve with the Mini Milk Carton die- I really didn't like it when I first saw it as it was smaller than I expected, but it has won me over! This is going to be part of another class I hope to hold, and I have a Christmas version planned also.

The idea for the carton was taken from the Mini Catalogue, I just changed the colours. The carton holder is from a talented SU demo called Chiaki Haverstick, who I found on my blog hopping travels. You can see more of her creations here.

I hope you like them...

Catch you later.....

Teresa x

Baby Blossoms.....

I hope you are having a good weekend- the weathers not wonderful but at least its brightening up..

I thought I would show you some pictures of the class I went to this week at Mrs Wonkas. we made these cards, using the SU "Baby Blossoms stamp" set. This is one from the Summer Mini Catalogue that I have kept looking at, but not got, as It didn't really appeal to me, as I have the 'Rose is a Rose" set, but I think I might be swayed after using it!!

Products Used:

"Baby Blossoms" clear stamps, sentiment from"Just Believe" set.

"Springtime Vintage" papers

Cake crumb, Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, & Very Vanilla card stock.

Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz & Not Quite Navy inkpads.

Pearls, Scallop Trim border punch & Seam Binding ribbon.

The roses were not the easiest to make, I can tell you! Still haven't managed to get them right, but from a distance they look OK! Will have to keep practicing.

I have to say that the DS papers are my favourite in the mini catalogue, and I hope they are not on the Retired list when it comes out on the 1st Sept. I have been using it for loads of projects, especially for making butterflies with the butterfly dies & Embosslit die.

I will be back later to show you the class I am holding on 23 Aug, if anyone would like to come along.

See you later....

Teresa x

OMG....I'm Back!!

I'm back.... did anyone miss me or notice my lack of blogging????

I failed miserably at my New Years resolution didn't I! Told you I shouldn't make any as I never manage to keep any!

I have no excuses apart from work taking over my life, my crafting Mojo taking a hike for months, and total blogging apathy on my part for my own blog- I have still been blog hopping & keeping up with what everyone else is up to, but couldn't be bothered with my own- how criminal is that? I have also had a holiday ; done a sponsored walk; finished the extension & been working on the back garden- so I don't feel completely useless, that I haven't kept the blog up to date.

Anyway, am trying to turn a new leaf, got my batteries refreshing during the summer holidays(well at least until have to go back to work, in 2 weeks!). Have been making loads of things, getting ready for the SU Convention in November( hopefully they don't retire the products I have been using- if so its back to the drawing board for my swaps).

I held a class yesterday for my usual crafty ladies & thought you might like to see what they made-

I cannot take any of the credit for these as we made them at Natalie & Zoe's craft day last month. I love this stamp set from the Mini catalogue & it was one of the first things I brought- mind you I more or less have most of the mini catalogue! (Another NYR broken- not spending money on crafting goodies!)

Products used- all SU:

Plane & Simple clear stamp set

Cherry Cobbler, Very vanilla, Sahara Sand & Night of Navy card stock; Night of Navy satin ribbon; Decorative Label punch , Word Window & 1 3/4 circle punches; Chocolate chip Ink pad & the scrummy new Square Lattice Textured embossing folder.

I will try to post some of my holiday pictures next, as we had a lovely week in the Cotswolds & some of the other projects I have been working on for classes.

Catch you later...

Teresa x

Jan & Feb Classes....

Thought I would pop a quick post to let you know of the classes I have planned for Jan & Feb- to include the new Sale-a-bration stamp sets.

Dates:

Thurs 13 Jan-Xmas double Scrapbook pages - 7.30/9.30pm - £5.00

Fri 21 Jan- Bliss Calender Desk set with cards- 7.30/10.00pm approx- £12.50

Sat 29 Jan- workshop/Make & Take- 1.30/3.30pm -Free

Sat 5 Feb- Love You Much cards & box set- 1.30/4.00pm approx - £10.00

Fri 18 Feb- Just Believe cards & holder set- 7.30/10.00pm approx- £10.00

All classes will be at my house and will include the kits, refreshments & use of tools that you may not have. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are interested & to book a place.

The Bliss Desk Calender class will possibly be in the new In Colours, as I just had to make it up in this colour way as I am so loving these colours together!

Well off to finish my bookwork that I brought home to do over the Xmas hols- strangely keep finding other distractions!

Happy crafting......

Teresa xx

Happy New Year.... and Sale-a-bration!

Happy New Year to one & all... hope you are recovered from last nights merriment.

Just thought I would share the exciting new Stampin Up Sale-a-bration promotion with you that is running from now... until 28 Feb.

For every £45 you spend... you can choose one of 4 exciting new stamp sets, that will not be available to purchase anywhere!

They are available in both wood or clear mount, and are so scrummy, its difficult to choose my favourite!

Here is the link to the Sale-a-bration brochure, so you can see for yourself.

Here are some samples we made at our Sale-a-bration day, and hopefully Natalie won't mind me showing you!

BLISS SET...

PUNCH BUNCH...

This set works with punches available....the owl punch is supposed to coming in April with the Mini Catalogue- cannot wait!!!

SWEET SUMMER....

This lovely set works with any of the sentiment sets.

SO HAPPY FOR YOU....

You can get your hands on these stamps, by.....

* Spending £45 in the Main Catalogue

* By Hosting a Workshop during Sale-a-bration & the product sales come to £300 or more-not only will you receive the Hostess benefits of FREE GOODS & a Level 2 Hostess stamp set, but you can also choose an additional Sale-a-bration stamp set FREE.

Just let me know if you would be interested in booking a Workshop in your home & we can set a date!

* If you decide to sign up to be a SU Demo during Sale-a-bration, you can also choose an additional stamp set to the value of £44.95 from the Main Catalogue, as well as all the goodies of the Starter Kit at only £119 for over £230 worth of value!

I am sorry the pictures do not do the cards justice, as the colours a far better in the flesh!

Well off to do some creating with my Sale-a-bration sets... and organize some classes, which I will post later.

Happy Crafting.....

Teresa xx

Thank You...

Well that's Christmas almost over again for another year!

I hope everyone had a super Christmas and had lots of super presents from Santa! I hope you are not still suffering from turkey overkill like we are in our house! We are still plowing through the mountain of food we got for Xmas- goodness knows why we brought so much, being that there is only the two of us and the cat! Maybe it was the thought that we may have visitors, I suppose, or that we were going to get snowed in again & not be able to get to a shop for days!

I thought I would show you a couple of the Thank You cards I made to send out for the lovely pressies we both got. They are based on the cards we made at SU Convention this year at Addington- I'm really liking this stamp set & will be using it more in the future!

The stamps were inked up with marker pens, then spritzed with water before stamping onto water colour paper.(I actually did the first image straight onto the water paper & then spritzed the stamp with water,without re-inking, to get the second image). When this was dry, the image was spritzed using a marker pen a & the Colour spritzing tool.The image was torn around, mounted onto co-ordinating card, ribbon & button added, and then attached to the front of the base card.

Items Used:

Just Believe stamp set;

Card: Not Quite Navy; Bashful Blue; Cherry Cobbler; Wild Wasabi; water colour card

Marker Pens: Not Quite Navy;Almost Artichoke;Bashful Blue;Cherry Cobbler;Pear Pizzazz

Other: Old Olive grossgrain ribbon; Su buttons; linen thread; Colour Spritzer

I am going to make a New Years Resolution -to keep up to date with my blog & to join in more blog challenges in 2011, as I let work take over and lost my Mojo this year. I keep looking at everyone else's blogs & seeing their wonderful creations, but just do not have the inclination to do anything myself! Well, we'll see what happens!

Hope you all have a super New Years eve & day..... and keep crafting!

Teresa xx

Yeah........ Its finished!!!!!!

Yeah....... the extension is all done(almost)

Hubby's office almost finished, furniture here,Christmas tree up & decorated- check!

We carried the wallpapers through to the new extension, so that it made it feel like one larger area rather than 2 separate rooms.

The sofas & chair arrived from DFS at 4.30pm yesterday(they did promise delivery before Xmas!!). All set up & tried out for comfort & TV positioning(hubby!). Now its all in its feels more cosy & like a room to live in rather than a big space to fill!

If you look closely you can see my chair- didn't realise how close the pattern match was to the wallpaper!

The cats love the new suite and were straight in investigating all the comfy sleeping spots(only one is ours- we inherit next doors 2 cats during the day & they go home when its time for bed!)

Next year- the garden!!!!!!

Best Wishes for a Very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to you all....

Keep Crafting..

Teresa xx

A Few Crafty Makes......

I thought I would show a few piccies of the things I made for the craft fair that I was going to attend, but got cancelled due to the snow. I held a mini fair at mine instead the following weekend and sold a few things.

I made some handbag treat

bags which I put mints in, but looked great hanging on my Christmas tree and could be also be used to put a small gift in. I also made up some notepad, ruler & pencil sets, covered notepads, paper-bag albums, Magic Reindeer food holders and cards.

The instructions for the Reindeer bags can be found here at Chic'n'scratch, which is a brilliant blog for ideas by a very talented lady. I did tweak the design to suit as I didn't have the SU Sparkly & Bright stamp set & used a photo download from here called Printable Heaven, which has loads of great downloads.

Hope you are all ready for the big day tomorrow! Have just last minute gift holders to make & prep to do for lunch tomorrow, then that's it- if I have forgotten anything now- too bad!

Merry Christmas to everyone & hope you have a great time. Hope Santa brings you everything you asked for.....!

Teresa xx

Teresa xx

Nans Card..

Here is the card I made for Nan for her 90th birthday.

I made an album card(I think that's what its called), the same as the Scrap club class that we did. It was from a class by Andrea Walford, who always comes up with some brilliant class/workshop projects.

I was quite chuffed with how it came out and used lots of bling on it to make a bit more special for her, and I also made a voucher holder to match.

Items Used:

Card- Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso.

Ink - Baja Breeze

Papers- Elegant Soiree

Stamps- SU- Happy Everything

Penny Black - Every Day

Punches- SU-Bird on a Branch, Scallop circle, scallop circle, Scallop border punch. Quickutz lettering and dies.

Misc- SU- filigree brads, Very Vanilla ribbon, pearls.

Other- rhinestone swirls

Hope you like it- might have to make some more of these- but only for special occasions, as it seemed to take ages to make!

See you soon.. happy crafting..

Teresa xx

Nans 90th Birthday....

Good morning to one and all on this fine Sunday morning- most of the snow has now gone from here, with only a few remnants left to show now!

I thought I would show a few piccies of my Nans 90th birthday party the other weekend, as I have been so busy with work, that I haven't got around to doing so before now.

Mum organised everything beautifully, with help from Dad and some family friends that were staying with Nan for the weekend- thankfully it was the weekend before we had all the snow!

It was nice to see lots of family friends that we hadn't seen for a long while, and it was nice to see Nan enjoying herself & laughing as much as she was!

She had loads of lovely presents and I think there is a trip to the garden centre is on the horizon with all the gift vouchers she got- Dad had better hire a lorry I think!!

Mum made some of her scrummy cupcakes, which went down well with everyone, and as usual there was so much food that most took a doggy bag home!

I hope you didn't mind me showing you a few piccies of my Nan, as I am very proud of her- she is a very independent lady, especially as she still lives on her own- she does have a very good support network, who without I don't think she would be able to do so- Mum & dad, neighbours & friends who keep an eye on her & do jobs for her.

Well off to get some breakfast & a nice cuppa. I will post some piccies later of the cards that Mum & I made for Nan.

Happy crafting.....

Teresa xx

Convention 2010

Wow.... what an exciting couple of days have been had by everyone that went to the SU Convention. It was the turn of the UK to host this years event- at Addington Palace in Croydon.

It has been fun packed, exciting, tiring, inspiring & a great opportunity to make new friends,over the past couple of days.
There were over 300 Demos from the UK, France & Germany and a couple from the US.

Some of us met up on Thurs eve for a pre-convention evening, arranged by Natalie & Monica, for their downlines, at the hotel, with Create & Takes, Raffle prizes, started exchanging our Swaps. There were so many fantastic swaps going around and even more when we got to the convention on Friday. These ladies deserve a medal for all their hard work & for putting up with over 100 rowdy & excitable ladies, most of whom had never been to Convention before!!

Here are some pictures from the Convention....

Natalie with some of her Stamping Stars Team.. we knew where we all were as we wore fluffy stars head bands!
Natalie, Justine, Gill, Cary, Jenny

The table set up for the Awards evening meal...

Natalie & Zoe

Front- Sue, Cary, Gill
Back- Justine, me,

Jackie

Make & Takes on Saturday

Kim, Natalie, Zoe, Jackie, Sue, Gill, Cary

Everyone there had a brilliant time - as well as the Make & Takes, we had Prize Patrols, where you could win a stamp set that had been used to demo a class(guess what..... lucky old me won!! I never win anything usually! I couldn't believe it when my name went up on the screen!).

We had demos, classes & training sessions. There were swaps going on for various different projects- I have never seen so many fantastic ideas! I have taken loads of pictures so I could remember some of the samples & projects, and have loads of fantastic swaps from some very talented crafters!

I can't wait to go to next years conference.... it was announced it is to be held in France at none other than .......DISNEYLAND PARIS! OMG!! I am going to start saving up now.. and set some goals( Natalie will be pleased!)

Will pop back later with some more pictures of some of the fantastic swaps I received...

In the mean time.. happy Crafting

Teresa xx

Sneak Peek......

Woohoo!
Have finally finished my swaps for next weekends SU Convention at Addington Palace! I made 170 in the end as I was getting carried away with cutting & sticking and couldn't stop till had run out of various bits n pieces!
Here's a sneak peek at what I have made...
You will have to wait till after next weekend to see what I made & hopefully the swaps I am looking forward to receiving to get more ideas for classes.


Off to do my homework for work tomorrow as have a Training Day at work & have my SLA & SAR to write!

Enjoy your Halloween evening tonight..

Happy Haunting......

Teresa xx

Serene Snowflakes Class..

Here's the piccies from the class I held on Friday.

We made a couple of cards & a sweet treat holder, using the Serene Snowflakes stamp set & the a couple of the new SU colour inks pads.

Items Used:

Serene snowflakes; Snow Flurries & Occasional Sentiments stamp sets
Pacific Point; Bashful Blue; Marina Mist & Platinum Inks
Whisper White; Pacific Point; Bashful Blue & Marina Mist cardstock.
Stick & stamp, Dazzling Diamonds; Oval circle & Scallop punches;ribbon etc.


The treat bag was from one made by the talented Makeesha Byl, who is a very talented SU demo in Australia.
I am afraid you will have to imagine what the square card looked like, as I cannot find my sample, so I think one of the ladies must have an extra card! However you get the idea from the worksheet I gave them to take. With this card we stamped the snowflake 3 times & cut out to build up the design, rather like a medallion stamp.
I am so loving this stamp set and these new colours...

Am off now to finish my swaps for the SU Convention next weekend & to try to get Bella in, as we have been trying all night to get her in for the past couple of hours, as there have been fireworks going off here. We manged to get next doors 2 cats, but no sign of Bella yet.

Happy crafting....

Teresa xx