Last Chances and a Special Birthday

Tomorrow we find out which products are not going to be in the next Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalogue. I know there are a few sets I am really hoping not to see on that list! How about you – which stamp sets and accessories do you want to make sure are in your collection before it’s too late?  I will be emailing a copy of the Last Chance List to newsletter subscribers as soon as it is available.  You can subscribe to my newsletter on the top right hand side of this blog.

Today I am going to share a card with you that features lots of different stamp sets – all of which I love! I hope they are not on the last chance list tomorrow. The stamp sets are Party This Way, Cheers to You, Plane and Simple, Circle Circus, Perfect Punches and the Musical Notes Wheel. Can you spot them all?  This card was made for a special friend who recently celebrated one of those birthdays that end in a zero!

The colours are Soft Suede, More Mustard, Rich Razzleberry and Baja Breeze.

It also features the wonderful Rich Razzleberry Wide Striped Ribbon and today is your last day to benefit from the special offer from Stampin’ Up! which gives you a roll of this ribbon, a tub of clips and the wonderful exclusively designed cosmetics bag for free when you spend £75 or more on the Stampin’ Up! goodies of your choice.

Email me (bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk) NOW to place your order and get your free gift.

Happy Stampin’

What are you going to do when School's go back?

For me the August Bank Holiday marks the end of the summer, certainly this year the weather has become more autumnal! One of the things I love about the transition to autumn is the excitement of the new school year – new starts and new things to learn, even though it’s been many years since I was in school!

I know for many Mum’s this time of year is a whole mix of emotions, the return to school a reminder that the kids are that bit older and the expense of the new school year mixed with the promise of time to dedicate to something else.

Why not use that time to build a business and make a positive contribution to the family’s finances on the run into Christmas and beyond? Joining Stampin’ Up! offers you a great business opportunity that you can work around your other commitments. There are good financial rewards available and when you join my team I will help you achieve your personal goals.

Email me today (bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk) to find out how joining Stampin’ Up! right now can help you and your family have a great autumn.

This card seems to fit the bill today – autumnal leaves and an invitation to do something amazing!

I look forward to your email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

Happy Stampin’

Christmas Crafting Day - Get Ready for Christmas

A quick reminder from me today that you only have until Sunday to book your place at the Feeling Crafty Christmas Craft Day and Get Ready for Christmas.

The projects are looking stunning and its going to be a lot of fun - so if you have not already done so email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk TODAY are reserve your place

Happy Stampin'

Springtime Vintage No Stamping Card!

Today I am going to share a card with you that was inspired by one of yesterday’s scrapbook pages! I love the colour combination and the clustered embellishments with butterflies so decided to make some more and pop them on a card.

The base card is River Rock, the papers are from the Springtime Vintage Collection. There is also some Baja Breeze Card and Designer Series Papers. The butterflies are cut from the wonderful Beautiful Wings Embosslit. The edges of everything have been inked with Always Artichoke.

I love the papers in this pack and am going to really miss it at the end of this Mini Catalogue Period. If you want to make sure you get your Springtime Vintage Papers email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk to order yours today.

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Scrapbook Saturday

I am really enjoying scrapbooking at the moment so today I am going to share not one but two lay outs with you. Both were made with my August Scrapbook Kit and both feature a friend’s daughter eating!

The base card for this first page is Baja Breeze and it has been teamed with some River Rock and papers from the Springtime Vintage Collection. The embellishments were made from punched circles, Butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit and some Springtime Vintage Buttons.

All the edges were inked using Always Artichoke giving everything a coordinated and pulled together look.

This second page was made with the same kit and again featured some layered embellishments.

My friend and I had met for coffee at one of our favourite coffee shops. Rather than waiting for her Mum to pass her a small part of the croissant the whole thing was picked up off the plate and an amazing discovery made – the seam of chocolate! I was in stitches as the rest of the croissant split as she made her way down just the chocolate seam with a look of total glee on her face!

If you would like to join the Scrapbook Club the details are here, we would love you to join us either in person on by post.

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Find Out About Friday - the 2011 Feeling Crafty Christmas Purse Planner

For the last few years I have had a lot of fun designing and sharing a Christmas Planner with you all and why would this year be any different? So this week’s Find Out About Friday features the 2011 Feeling Crafty Christmas Planner.

When I use my planner each year it spends a lot of time in my handbag and this year I took inspiration from that and the planner looks like a purse / clutch bag.  I have always wanted a red polka dot purse and now I have one!

Lovely and simple on the outside so it does not get too damaged in my bag, it would also look great with more decorations on it.

Then when you open it up this is what you see

A refillable custom notepad, a pocket for receipts and two pockets for lists. 

I have added a couple of labels since this photo.

Edited:  Unfortunately, following some computer problems I am not able to send out a tutorial for this project.  However if you sign up for my newsletter you will get free tutorials as well as hints and tips.  Its free and will be delivered direct to your inbox.  Just pop your email address in the box on the top right hand side of this page.

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Clearly for You - Bookmark Gift Set

Today I am going to share a gift set made with the lovely Clearly for You Stamp Set. This gift set would be ideal for a book lover as it contains a beautiful bookmark, coordinating packaging and of course a coordinating card.

I love how striking this colour combination of Early Espresso, Tempting Turquoise and Rich Razzleberry is.

The bookmark is made from one of the Beveled Windowpanes and some of the delicious Rich Razzleberry Wide Striped Ribbon which I got free from Stampin’ Up! You can get a whole role of this, along with a tub of 24 assorted clips and an exclusively designed cosmetics purse for FREE when you place an order with me for £75 of Stampin’ Up! goodies before the end of this month. Email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk to place your order now.

The bookmark fits beautifully inside the double length pillow box. Subscribers to my newsletter received instructions on how to make this in the last newsletter. If you would like instructions too subscribe before the end of Monday and I will send you a copy on Tuesday. Newsletter subscribers get regular hints, tips, exclusive projects & tutorials as well as being the first people to know about any special offers so pop over to the box on the right hand side of this blog and subscribe now.

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Clearly for You Spring Up Card

Today I am going to share a fun card with you which features the lovely Clearly for You Stamp Set and the gorgeous Blueberry Crisp Papers. This card folds flat to be posted but when you open the envelope it springs up which always makes me smile!

Here is a picture of the card from the side.

This is one of the cards we made at last months Card Making Class. You can find details of upcoming classes here. When you check the link you will see that I have not confirmed what the theme will be for September’s Class yet – there is a reason for this! At the start of September we will find out which products are not going to be in October’s New Idea Book and Catalogue. I Have several stamp sets I would like to use in class and if any of them are on the list they will be the September Class - so I will confirm the class as soon as we see the list.

So if you want to be one of the first people to know what Stampin’ Up! goodies are not going to be in the October Idea Book and Catalogue make sure you are on my newsletter list – there is a sign up box on the top right hand side of this blog. On 1 September (that is next Thursday) subscribers will get a copy of that list, along with details of the September Card Making Class and details of how they can get their personal copy of the new Idea Book and Catalogue for FREE. What are you waiting for subscribe now ...

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Have you got yours yet?

Your Free Gift from Stampin’ Up! that is ... the Exclusively Designed Cosmetics Purse which is not available to purchase, the free roll of Rich Razzleberry Wide Striped Ribbon and the Free Tub of 24 Assorted Clips.  Beautiful and even more scrummy in real life!

No? Don’t Panic – there is still time! You will get one of these beautiful gifts when you either

• Place an order for the Stampin' Up! goodies of your choice totallying £75 before post and packing
• Host a workshop with orders of over £250 before post and packing.  This can be with me coming to you or by you collecting orders from your friends.
• Or (from me and not from Stampin’ Up!) – when you join my team this month

So email me today and lets get one of these beauties winging its way to you.

Would you like to see the ribbon in action?

How delicious is that! Oh you want to see the whole project ... here you go

The colours are Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink and Old Olive. The stamps are all from the lovely Clearly for You Stamp Set.

Please don’t forget to send me your email so we can get one of these gorgeous free gifts on its way to you. bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

Happy Stampin’

Strength and Hope

Today I am going to share a card with you which features the Strength and Hope Stamp Set – this is the Stampin’ Up! Charity Stamp Set. For every set sold Stampin’ Up! will donate £1 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Most of us will know someone whose life has been impacted by this horrid disease, so why not purchase this stamp set and help research into a cure.

This card has a more masculine feel to it. The colours are Peach Parfait, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso.

To order this stamp set please email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk and help to Stamp out Breast Cancer.

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Stampin' Superstars - Could it be you?

Well yesterday’s page now has a story! And its a great story – my treat was to be taken to London to see Mama Mia – I have wanted to see this show live since it first opened and I was not disappointed at all! Yes I did dress to match the page just in case (please tell me I am not the only person who chooses clothes to go with scrapbook papers when they think they may be photographed!) I will update the page soon and show it to you when it is done.

For today I am going to share a card I made for one of my lovely team of Stampin’ Superstars. She has only been in the team a few months and has already achieved so much. I am so excited for her and so proud of her. This card celebrates her latest achievements and I know she is going to enjoy all the 11 free Stamp Sets she earned from Stampin’ Up! as an additional reward for her efforts. Her business is off to a great start and I know it is going to continue to grow and flourish.

I had to include stars on the card as Carole is a total super star on every level and given that her crafting mantra is ‘if it has an edge ink it’ I have done just that!

The Designer Series Paper was also stamped with Stars and then everything given a sparkle with some shimmer paint which I hope you can see in this picture.

If you would like to turn your hobby into a business there are great rewards available from Stampin’ Up! for doing so (not just free stamp sets but let’s face it free stamp sets are never bad!). Contact me today and find out how I can help you get your business off to a great start and how I can support you in experiencing business success just like Carole when you become a member of my team. You certainly could be the next of my Stampin' Superstars to get a card like this. Email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk and lets chat.

Happy Stampin’

Scrapbook Saturday

Just a quick post from me today, to share a scrapbook page with you. This is one of the pages I made from this month’s Feeling Crafty Scrapbook Kit. If truth be known I have loved this kit so much that I have treated myself to a second one!

This page does not have a story or a photo yet – quite appropriate for my day today – I am being taken out for the day but I don’t know what we are going to do or where we are going! Who knows I may have the photo and the story by the end of the day. I also want to put a title overlapping the patterned strip at the top.

The papers are from the gorgeous Springtime Vintage Pack and here it is teamed with Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla and River Rock card. The journaling panel is also stamped using the lovely flowers from the Baby Blossoms Stamp Set.

If you would like to know more about the Feeling Crafty Scrapbook Club and Kits click here.

Got to dash – hope you enjoy your day

Happy Stampin’

Find Out About Friday - Stampin' Up! Corner Rounder Punch

Following this week’s theme of neglected stamps for this week’s Find Out About Friday I am going to share something with you that reminded me of another thing that I have rather neglected recently – the Corner Rounder Punch.  I love the look of rounded corners so I am not quite sure how this happened :-/

This week’s find out about Friday is also a first for this blog – I am going to share a video with you. This is a video Stampin’ Up! in America made showing how to get the best results with the Corner Rounder Punch.

The Corner Rounder Punch is item number 119871 and costs just £6.25. To order yours just email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

Right I am off to dig out my Corner Rounder Punch! Let me know if you would like to see more video’s here.

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Vintage Vogue - Thank You

On Monday I started showing you some cards made with the lovely Vintage Vogue Stamp Set which had been a bit neglected until this last weekend. I find it is the kind of stamp set that once I have it out I just want to keep stamping with so the answer to the question from Tuesday is no – I did not stop at just two cards - there were more!

Lots more and today I am going to share a card I made lots of! It also features one of my new favourite colour combinations – River Rock, Pretty in Pink and Rich Razzleberry.

Most of the stamps are from the Vinatge Vogue Stamp Set and here I have teamed it with one of the sentiments from Wedding Sweet Stamp Set.  I love how the two different stamp sets work together!

The card also features some of the gorgeous Rich Razzleberry Wide Striped Ribbon which I got free from Stampin’ Up! Check out this post to find out how you can get yours and then email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

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Would you like a Free Stampin' Up! Punch?

Read on to find out how you can get yours.  I left you yesterday with a differnt question which I just wanted to answer first ... when I had the lovely Vintage Vogue Stamp Set out would I have been able to stop at two cards made with it? The answer is no, there are more to come but today I wanted to remind you all about this and tell you how to get your Free Stampin' Up! Punch ...

I am really excited about our Get Ready for Christmas Craft Day – the projects are adorable and I am looking forward to sharing them. Everyone who comes along will get a goodie bag which will contain everything they need for the day including a Stamp Set which is theirs to take home, as well as some other Stampin’ Up! goodies. The Stamp Set is the scrummy Contempo Christmas. Details of the day can be found here. Booking will remain open until 4 September but if you book by FRIDAY 19 AUGUST, that is this Friday, you will get the coordinating Ornament Punch for FREE!

If you are unable to join us on in Dunstable on Saturday 10 September and want to take the class don’t worry – a postal version is available and if this is booked and paid for by this Friday you too will get your coordinating punch for free!

For those of you who already own the Stamp Set or the Punch (and who can blame you they are fabby!) substitute products can be arranged.

So book your places NOW and benefit from this early bird bonus. You have just 2 days left ... Email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

Happy Stampin’

Vintage Vogue Birthday Card

As I mentioned yesterday I seem to have neglected the wonderful Vintage Vogue Stamp Set recently. Now once the stamp set was out I found once card using it was just not enough! Today I am going to share a birthday card featuring both the Vintage Vogue and Wedding Sweet Stamp Sets.

For this card the wonderful large swirl in Wedding Sweet was stamped in Pear Pizzaz and decorated with flowers from the Vintage Vogue Stamp Set. The sentiment is from the Curly Cute Stamp Set.

The flowers have been stamped in Melon Mambo and Concord Crush. If you would like to learn how to achieve this look why not book a Stampin’ Up! Party and I can come along and show you and your friends. We will have a lot of fun and as hostess you could also earn some exclusive Stampin’ Up! products for free – find out all about it here.  Oh and don't forget this month's special offer which means you and your guests can get a special free gift - details here.

Now the question is did I stop at 2 cards or are there more Vintage Vogue cards to come – stay tuned to find out!

Happy Stampin’

Neglected Stamps - Vintage Vogue

Do you sometimes find that you have neglected one of your favourite stamp sets for a while? A little while ago one of my lovely customers (Hello Ellie!) happened to mention that she had noticed that I had not used the wonderful Vintage Vogue Stamp Set for a while. I thought that seemed odd but when I thought about it I realised she was right and it was time I did something about it!

So today I am going to share a card which teams the Vintage Vogue Stamps with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.

The colours are Riding Hood Red and Early Espresso. The butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit and the the Beautiful Butterflies Die are cut from Very Vanilla card. The central butterfly is decorated with the delicious flower and leaf swirl from Vintage Vogue. The sentiment is from Wedding Sweet.

So I hope I am forgiven by you all and of course by the lovely Vintage Vogue Stamp Set – which will be inky again very soon!

Are there any other stamp sets in my collection you think should get some inky love? Email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk or leave a comment below.

Happy Stampin’