Wednesday 31 December 2014

Last Day of 2014!...

… and it's a WEDNESDAY - which means…
Yes, a new selection of lovely items at reduced prices!!


THEN…. Tomorrow is the start of a whole new, big, exciting year!! 
Here follows a glimpse at what's coming your way, so get those calendars out ready to mark these dates…

TUESDAY 6th JANUARY 2015
* LAUNCH DAY *
2015 SPRING/SUMMER 
CATALOGUE !!
You are in for a REAL treat - this catalogue has some wonderful products it in, you truly will be spoilt for choice!

Not only that, but you will also be rewarded for your purchases as, on the VERY SAME DAY…
Something else launches too…..

2015 SALE-A-BRATION !!
The BRAND NEW SAB Brochure is yours to view,
any purchases exceeding £45 allow you to choose 
1 ITEM from the SAB range - for FREE!
AND
It works incrementally, so

SPEND £45 - get 1 FREE SAB item of your choice
£90 - get 2
£135 - get 3
                                                         £170 - get 4 (also get £25 hostess credit to spend!)
£215 - get 5  (plus £30 HC)
£260 - get 6 (plus £40 HC)
… and so on!!


SATURDAY 17th JANUARY 2015
* WORKSHOP DAY *

If you suffer with the January blues, then we've just the antidote…

Places are still available - Book yours HERE!
Last date for booking is on 4th January 2015,
include your contact details when booking and I will send you the 
NEW Spring/Summer & SAB CATALOGUES FOR FREE!!
(Usual cost £2)

Wishing you all the best for 2015…



Wednesday 26 November 2014

JOIN ME! For this offer is TOO good to miss...

… The following amazing offer is 
only available until
 10pm Tuesday 2nd December ...

For just £74.25
(25% off the usual £99)
You can choose £130 Stampin' Up! Product
and have it delivered to your door for FREE!

So… ask yourself… 
"Do I want £55.75 of FREE Stampin' Up! Goodies, of MY choice?"
To take part is this amazing offer, you simply need to click on "I DO" below, then 
 'join the fun' with Stampin Up! and choose your GOODIES!!! …



Joining as a HOBBY Demonstrator (which is exactly what I did) entitles you to the £55.75 of FREE product, as mentioned above, but also…
  • A huge 30% discount on your 'first' order, followed by regular 20% discount on all/if any subsequent orders. - Notice I said, "IF ANY"… you are not at all 'bound' to order any further items if you do not wish (yeah, like that's gonna happen!)  ALSO - as part of THIS PROMOTION ONLY… you will earn a further 5% cash back on any additional orders placed in December!! (this will be paid in January 2015)
  • As a demonstrator you will be able to place 'pre-orders' for items from the NEW upcoming catalogues BEFORE they are available to the general market.  
For example: On December 5th the online version of the new 'SPRING/SUMMER' Catalogue will be available to all SU! demos to peruse and write their lengthy wish lists… Then 'pre-order begins just the next day, 6th December!! - This gives you time to play and create wonderful masterpieces before the catalogue officially LAUNCHES on Tuesday 6th January 2015 - how cool is that!
  • You will also, as a demonstrator, be invited to attend SU! meetings - like the one I'm going to tomorrow evening in Leeds… THE SALE-A-BRATION TOUR!  We get the heads up on what is coming out in the fab SAB catalogue and hopefully get to play with some of the goodies that you'll have the chance to get for free - usually 1 FREE item per £45 spend!!  As a demo you begin earning these SAB rewards from your subsequent orders in December - while the OFFICIAL SAB LAUNCH isn't until Tuesday 6th January 2015!
  • IF, you wish to grow your own Stampin' Up! business, (or while you are active as a hobby demo) you will become one of my 'DOWNLINE MEMBERS'  and I will be on hand to help you get the most out of Stampin' Up! - Help you prepare classes, inspire you with ideas 'exclusive' to 'My Stampin' Stream' and in the NEW YEAR I will be inviting you to attend 'Stampin' Stream Downline Meetings' where we get together for some creative fun, share tips and ideas and naturally, eat chocolate!


If you have any questions regarding this or any other post - please leave me a comment below!

I can't wait for you to the fun in the 'Stampin Suse Stream!





Friday 21 November 2014

Two words sum up my week….

… EPIC FAIL!

Following a lovely weekend, where I was able to join my Stampin' Up! Upline and other SU! colleagues at the Ross Papercraft Show last Sunday - and had a lovely day!
From left to right…
Jan Jones, Sara Rayner, ME! (yes, I really am THAT tall!)  Joanne Friend, Hazel Ford

Monday - was exhausted, slept until 2:50pm!!  Had a very 'emotional' night with the girls when they returned from a weekend with their father - very draining.
Tuesday - attempted to prep some projects to film, but then realised it was my brother and friend's b'day - so quickly scrambled to make cards for them - it didn't occur to me turn hit record on the camera while I was doing them and only remembered to take a photo once one was already sealed in it's envelope!  
Needless to say - this one was NOT for my brother!


 After taking the girls for their swimming lessons, I then stupidly decided (after consulting with the teacher about my Fibro - Leigh, brilliant chap) to return to the gym to try a spinning class… So, I dosed up on pain killers and think I may have actually enjoyed it had I not had a horrific panic attack while stuck on a very uncomfortable bike, in a steamy, sweaty room, which I couldn't stop pedalling, so hung my head in shame, gasped for breath then quietly sobbed my way through it - the music was thankfully that loud that no-one noticed.

Wednesday - having spent most of the morning laid up on the sofa as sitting was too painful, partly Fibro, partly bruising from the seat on the spinning bike (truthfully, the pain resembled that from Poppy's forceps delivery - and at least I had a baby to show for it then!)  Friends were due over for dinner - so I found I was actually OK standing by 4pm and got cooking, thankfully, that want well and all 3 courses were consumed happily and none have died from food poisoning since - so I guess that was a small victory!

Thursday - I just couldn't get motivated to do anything… and I had the dropsies, 2 cups of tea went for a burton before they even touched my lips - I knew I ought to do some filming for BCN but my mojo was a no-show.  It wasn't until the girls were tucked up in bed that I got some crafty bits from the conservatory (now too cold so sit in there unless the heater has been on for an hour - winter is here) Sat at the dining table I put together a 'Hanging Stars Garland' ready for the 'FESTIVE GIFTS & DECOR' show - it really is rather pretty…sneak peek…

Friday - which leads me into today… girls happily off to school, table set, lights ready, camera on… CAN'T FILM!  ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!
Technology & I do not mix well!! - We have a serious LOVE/HATE relationship!
It's now lunchtime and I haven't accomplished anything except a few tears!!  Just spoke to one of my bestest buddy's - AKA , Mike from Kraftyhands and he's pointed me in the right direction - apparently all my SD cards need re-formatting as despite deleting the content (or so you think) the chips retain 'shadow files' - clever little blighters to say they're smaller than my finger nail!   Anyhow - now I've vented about my week - I'll go and follow his instructions (Fingers crossed!)

Oh, great - just something else to add - It's a good job i'm an animal lover as my mum has just informed me she's found mousey poop on the back of my sofa - I feel a lounge dismantling session coming on - followed by a bottle of vodka!!

Happy Weekend to you all!
Mwah!




Wednesday 12 November 2014

Catch Up In Your Own Time!!

I am totally thrilled with how my shows are being received on BRITISH CRAFT NETWORK, and send out a HUGE thank you to all those who have contacted me 
with such lovely feedback!
I can now tell you that if you have missed any of my shows they will be available on the CATCH UP page of the BCN site, to view in full, at your leisure!
(click on the logo above to visit BCN!)
Also - as the original footage is being returned to me at the end of the week I am going to re-edit the footage into 'bite size' chunks and upload to my YOU TUBE channel - This will be available from the middle of next week.
Again, I thank you all for subscribing, and for your patience in awaiting some crafty content!!


Now, as today is Wednesday, we have some NEW...

Grab these fab products at the reduced price until midnight next Tuesday!

and finally…

… being the airhead that I am, at times, I had totally forgotten that my daughter needed a birthday card for her friend…, so as I was about to head up the wooden hill at 23:05 on Monday night I suddenly remembered - arghhhh!….

BUT - I managed to put this together and still be in bed by 23:25!!
(I actually impressed myself!)

The recipient, Grace, is an adorable little munchkin of a girl (I can say that as she's so much shorter than both of my girls - despite turing 10!)  BUT not the girliest of girls…
She doesn't do pink… or flowers!


I used Perfect Plum as my base, standard A5 scored horizontally to make an A6 landscape card, mats and layers of Whisper White and Perfect Plum with Daffodil Delight Seam Binding Ribbon.
The images are from the HOSTESS stamp set 'HELLO LOVE' 133928, the bird was coloured with the 2 lighter ' Night of Navy' Blendabilities, wit the tummy coloured with 'Daffodil Delight' Blendabilities.  Final accents of Candy Dots and a stamped insert… see below!


It was a hit with Maddy - she was very pleased with it and wants me to make more in alternative colours for future birthdays… What do you think??!!




Monday 10 November 2014

It's been a little quiet...

… on the Stampin' front?

The reason being, I took my girls on a very last minute, much needed, total surprise (for them) holiday abroad.
We have in fact spent 12 days in Turkey, the resort of Marmaris, at a hotel named the 'JULIAN CLUB' - which for those of you with young children, needing fabulous Kids Clubs/Entertainers and All-Inclusive facilities - I would highly recommend!


My girls had a wonderful time, much of it off being entertained or playing with friends they made there, allowing me to relax, totally!  While I still had symptoms of Fibro, the days that were hot, certainly helped - with no phone, no e-mails, no updates on my continuing saga at home AND I didn't pick up my Stampin' Up! catalogue once - I managed to completely absorb myself in reading 4 entire books and spend some fun times with the girls (when they wanted me - that was!)

It's always difficult to get a nice photo of us together, but someone kindly took this for me - despite looking like I was having a wardrobe malfunction - It's the best photo I have!!



Now we're back home in a very cold England - I'm thinking of tasks ahead and items I need to share with you…

The products above are currently featured as 'WEEKLY DEALS'
and are available to purchase through my Stampin'Up! store at the reduced prices!
The reductions expire at midnight on Tuesday 11th November.


NOT THAT I WISH TO SCARE YOU… BUT!!!…..

(correct at time of creating this blogpost!)

So, if you haven't started any preparations yet…

 If you made a card a day - would you have enough?
If you bought/made and wrapped one gift per day - would you have enough?

I don't wish to alarm you! …. I actually want to help!

In order for me to offer some assistance, I'm now going to get busy preparing and creating and filming a gift wrapping tutorial…
 "IT'S A WRAP!" Will debut on The British Craft Network on Sunday 16th November
(a sneek peek of just one element…)


followed by…

"FESTIVE GIFTS & DECOR" debuting on Sunday 23rd November!

















Monday 13 October 2014

My baby!… & You won't 'be-wreath' it!!!


… in amongst the lovely chaos of celebrating (my baby) Poppy's 8th birthday this weekend - I was a bad girl and didn't let you all know of a NEW show on BCN - It was aired on Saturday at 4pm ( I was supervising the un-wrapping of copious amounts of gifts and trying to keep tabs on what was from whom!)

The show - 'You won't 'be-wreath it!' featured the Wondrous Wreath Stamp Set and Wonderful Wreath framelit dies  - as usual I tried to cram in as much information and a wide variety of ideas and uses!  
Here is a sneek peek of one of the projects…


If you missed the show - don't worry… it's 2nd showing is on 
Tuesday 14th Oct at 7pm
and I will have the PDF on the BCN page by then, and, my interest boards updated!
The FULL schedule for my shows this week on BCN are here!

Now I'm off to finish filming a show I started yesterday - which was hi-jacked by my girls! - Look out for 'Get Your Santa On!' and all will become clear!!

Don't forget, if you are wishing to place an order before midnight on Tuesday, these are this weeks weekly deals…








Monday 6 October 2014

Gorgeous! - Now Blurghhh = Santa!!

… Yesterday, despite feeling a bit 'off' I had a lovely day out with a group of girlfriends as we were lucky enough to get FRONT ROW seats at a Cookery Demonstration at Denby Pottery, here we are waiting patiently!!


The GORGEOUS part came in the form of that delicious Yorkshire Pudding - JAMES MARTIN - never mind his food - he, just on his own is totally YUM! 

He was on top form - doing the things he'd LIKE to do on 'Saturday Kitchen' but knows he'd have his knuckles severely rapped if he did!! - He had us in stitches, laughing so hard I cried, so much so, mascara having gone for a burton, come 'photo op time' I looked shocking! - But what the hell - he was brilliant!



With the highs, come the lows - feeling rougher as the evening went on I've seen the doc today - and I've a Blurghhh chest infection - whoop tee doo dar - NOT! 
BUT, I'm now dosed up with steroids and antibiotics etc  etc.  However, my hands and arms don't ache and I'm determined to get some crafting underway in preparation for future BCN shows - SO, wrapped in my blanket at my desk in my conservatory/craft room - I'm writing this then going to see how I go!

Looking over at my Stamp shelves for inspiration, I think, to cheer me up - a mug of hot chocolate and a bit of 'Get your Santa On!?'

135761 - £13.95

My girls chose this set from the Autumn Winter catalogue to make their Christmas cards this year - what they don't know yet is that I'm going to film them doing it on Sunday! (fingers crossed!) 
Having already made a couple of cards with the set 
I'm going to play some more and create some more samples for the 
"CHRISTMAS WITH KIDS" Show! 

I'll share some sneak peeks tomorrow!




Friday 3 October 2014

So far, so good...

… to say Wednesday was a little nerve wracking and fraught is an understatement!!  With the misfortune of the initial 'crash' of the BCN website, we were all relieved when the 12noon - re-launch went smoothly! 

I've been busy taking photos of all my sample cards and projects and am slowly uploading them to my PINTEREST PAGE -- so please take a look when you can! (it is a slower process for me as I can't sit in the same position for long)

I'm also trying my hand at creating downloadable PDF's to support each show, these have the featured project images and a full list of the supplies used - 
Each available on the BCN page.
Again, a learning curve!! I do not claim to be the most  technologically gifted!!  Each available on the BCN page.

It's almost 6:30pm and the week has definitely caught up with me, once I got the girls off to school I've slept for most of the day, only to be woken by my lovely UPS man delivering some extra Stampin' Up goodies - so he was forgiven… a) for it being a SU! parcel and b) as he's very handsome and chatty which always cheers me up!


Anyway, time to make a cuppa and get comfy to watch my 2nd hour go live on BCN at 7pm - tonight it's "SNOWLETTERS" (sneak peek above!)


(click above to watch)

If you miss the original showing tonight, you can always see the repeat on 
Sunday 5th Oct at 12noon!
Hope you enjoy ..

Wednesday 1 October 2014

A little overwhelmed!...

STATEMENT FROM THE BCN GEEKS…

… The BRITISH CRAFT NETWORK website was a little shocked this morning when hit with a 'FREAK' occurrence of over 500 users 'clicking' the SAME link at the VERY SAME MILLISECOND (had it been within the same second - it would have been fine! - & they informed us that even the BBC site spat its dummy with the same thing happening last week!!)
Despite this minor set back - all issues have now been dealt with to ensure this shouldn't happen again and the Website will resume 'NORMAL' activity at 12 noon.  


Due to the set-back the schedule has been altered slightly and my 1st show will now be…

1pm - Wednesday 1st October (TODAY!)

CLICK TO WATCH


AND EVEN BETTER NEWS…


To celebrate 'WORLD CARD MAKING DAY' on Saturday 4th October
Stampin' Up! are offering…

 15% discounts on selected Card and Ink
20% discount on Selected Stamp Sets

Woohoo!!!

Already placed my order - and you can too, simply click on the image above or HERE to view what's on offer!




BCN - going LIVE today!!...


My Schedule has been given to me and my shows will be appearing at the following times…

SCHEDULE 


Wed 1st Oct 10am            Show#1    "FUN FALL FEST - Really?!"
Thur 2nd Oct 2pm           Show#2   "SNOW LETTERS"
Thur 2nd Oct 5pm           Show#1    "FUN FALL FEST - Really?!"  (repeat)
Fri 3rd Oct 7pm                Show#2   "SNOW LETTERS"                    (repeat)
Sat 4th Oct 7pm                Show#1    "FUN FALL FEST - Really?!"  (repeat)
Sun 5th Oct 12noon         Show#2   "SNOW LETTERS"                    (repeat)

You will see that each of my first 2 hours will be repeated twice, this is to allow those who missed them on their original airing to 'catch up'!

To accompany each show I have created a PDF file containing the Project Images and the full list of products used in the show.  These will be available on the British Craft Network page of my blog.

I really hope you can tune in at 10am - I'd love your feedback, so please leave comments below!



Monday 29 September 2014

EXCITING NEWS...

… you may have heard about the launch of a new internet craft demonstration website…


…well it launches at 9am on 
Wednesday 1st October 2014
 and I, as an Independant Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, 
will be contributing to this website!!
(read 'My Story' to see how this came about!)

In fact, my 1st hour will be shown at 10am !!


CLICK HERE to view my promotional advert !!!


Please tune in if you can!




Wednesday 24 September 2014

WEEKLY DEALS & CLEARANCE RACK!


…available from today until midnight Tuesday 30th Sept…


and, for even more great products at utterly silly prices, CLICK BELOW to visit the 'updated'...

… I can't believe my most favourite Stampin' Up Designer Series paper of ALL time is on SALE…

YES! Gingham Garden is on the clearance rack at just £5.29
- BUY IT while you can - you'd be crazy not to!!!


Happy Shopping!.. 

and please don't forget
spend £150, and YOU get HOSTESS CREDITS 

- that's £25, free! - 

to spend on catalogue products INCLUDING the EXCLUSIVE HOSTESS Stamp Sets 
(page 236 of Annual Catalogue!)
What better excuse to gather your crafting friends, place a joint order, and share the freebies!!!


Alternatively, when placing an order less than £150 please use my 
current HOSTESS CODE of 
CGHA6SEH 
valid until Midnight Tuesday 30th September 2014!