Find Out About Friday - New Imporved Hostess Benefits. Catalogue Countdown - ONE!

I have one final sneak peak for you today and then tomorrow I will be able to reveal all!

Everything on this sneak peak is new, apart from the Whisper White Card I used as a base! I love this image from one of the new hostess stamp sets and have lots of plans for it! I know you are going to love all the hostess sets this year – I want them all!

With the New Idea Book and Catalogue Stampin’ Up! are also introducing a new Hostess Scheme – offering our hostesses even more rewards. The new system is more flexible and offers you more choice.

There are still exclusive Hostess Stamp Sets which are only available to those who host a party, and everyone who hosts a qualifying party (with sales of £150 before post and packing) can choose any of the stamp sets and in most cases will be able to choose more than one! That said you can use your hostess benefits on any items in the Idea Book and Catalogue. 

If your party sales go over £300 before post and packing, you will also be able to choose any item in the Idea Book and Catalogue at half price.

Amazing!

To book your Stampin’ Up! Party email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk and let’s get you earning those exclusive hostess benefits

Happy Stampin'

Catalogue Countdown - TWO

The New Idea Book and Catalogue is so close now! Just two more sleeps – well I hope I can sleep given the excitement!

Today I am going to share another sneak peak with you that features more new products.

A wonderful border punch, a beautiful stamp set and an amazing sentiment stamp set that I have already used lots and lots!

Are you getting excited yet?

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Catalogue Countdown - THREE

I am so excited and really looking forward to sharing the New Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalogue with you on Saturday!

Today I am going to show you a sneak peak of three beautiful new products. A lovely new colour, an beautiful background stamp and some very lush new ribbon.

I have to confess I am in love with all three!

As well as only being three days left until the New Idea Book and Catalogue there are now only 3 days left to order from the old one – if you have not placed your last chance order yet now really is the time to do it. If you wait much longer it will be too late – email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

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Catalogue Countdown - FOUR

Did you enjoy yesterday’s sneak peak? Well I have another one for you today.

This sneak peak features two of the new in colours and a new stamp set. I love this image of a child on a swing – just beautiful. The stamp set it is from has lots of co-ordinating products and is going to be great for card making and scrapbooking. You can definitely expect to see more of it!

Today is the last day to RSVP for my New Idea Book and Catalogue Launch Party – join us in person or on line. Full details here including how to get your New Idea Book and Catalogue for FREE! To RSVP just email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

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Catalogue Countdown - FIVE

This Saturday the Stampin’ Up! New Idea Book and Catalogue will launch. I can’t wait to share it with you – there are 133 pages of crafting goodness packed full of inspiration, lovely projects and products I can’t wait to try!

One of the many great things about being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator is that I get to order some of the products from the new Idea Book and Catalogue before their official launch and this week I am going to share some sneak peaks of some of the projects I have been making with them.

Here is today’s sneak peak!

If you look very closely you will spot 5 new products...

Happy Stampin’

PS. If you would like to know more about the benefits of becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

Scrapbooking What You Enjoy on a Sunday

What is your favourite thing to do on a Sunday? Have you made a Scrapbook Page about it? One of my favourite things to do on a Sunday is go for a walk, a Sunday stroll, ideally somewhere beautiful! Its something we used to do as a family when I was little and something I still like to do.

When I visited the Wirral recently I had a lovely Sunday Stroll along the coast and seeing this mother and daughter out enjoying their Sunday bike ride reminded me of those Sunday Strolls when I was young.

Whatever you are doing today enjoy your day

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Scrapbook Saturday - Make the most of photo off cuts!

Today I am going to share a page I made for my album about the fantastic holiday we had in the Maldives a few years ago. It really is an amazing place and the colours and seascapes are just incredible. For someone who loves the sea and who loves turquoise blues as much as I do it is pure paradise!

This holiday was before I owned my ‘big’ camera and all the photos were taken on my little point and shoot which meant even at it’s maximum zoom there were some things that I just could not get near enough to take a good photo. This Heron was one of them. He seemed to spend all day just off the island fishing in the plentiful shallows unflustered by all the humans splashing around.

I decided to use a simple grid lay out for this page so the small focal part of the photo would not be overwhelmed.

When I came to trim the photo down to scrap it I could not bear to throw away the pretty off cuts from the photo so I have used them as an additional patterned paper.

The non photo patterned papers I have used are from the Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper Pack which is only available until the end of the month. To get yours email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk It was part of this month’s Scrapbook Club Kit. Click here to find out about the Feeling Crafty Scrapbook Club.

Happy Stampin’

PS – Just a week to wait now until the New Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalogue ...

Find Out About Friday - How to make a Spring Fold Card

For this week’s Find Out About Friday I am going to show you how to make this lovely Spring Fold Card.

It folds lovely and flat and then when you let it out of the envelope up it pops.

When I say show you – I really mean show you! Yes its the first ever Feeling Crafty Video Tutorial!

What do you think? I hope you enjoyed it. Would you like me to do more video tutorials?

Happy Stampin’

September Christmas Card Club

I really enjoyed this month’s Christmas Card Clubs – we are meeting once a month to make 10 cards each session and are all hoping to be ahead of the game when it comes to our cards this year! This month we made cards with some of the products that are on the retiring products list (and a few that are not!)

Firstly there were these cards made using the stunning Elegant Engravings Cards – these beautiful foil embossed cards really don’t need much doing to them and we just added a focal point using the lovely Gifted Stamp Set. Both the stamp set and the cards are only available while stocks last or until the end of the month.

We then went on and made another 6 cards – two each of three designs. All featured the wonderful Winter Post Stamp Set which is in the New Idea Book and Catalogue.

This first card also features the lovely Seeing Stars Stamp Set and Designer Label Punch, two items I am sad to see retiring.

Then there was this lovely Reindeer card, again featuring the lovely and now retiring Designer Label Punch which coordinates with the Do Not Open stamp in this set.

Lastly we made this card – all the products we used on it will continue to be available.

I have a few spaces left at the Christmas Card Club, find out about it here and email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk to join us next month.

Happy Stampin’

How are you going to pay for Christmas this year?

Autumn is well and truly here and the shops are already starting to tempt us with the Christmas Goodies. Even if you have not started to plan your gift lists yet you are probably thinking about it and about your Christmas Budget for this year.

I don’t know about you, but my budget is never as big as I would like it to be, and things seem to be more and more expensive each year.

Would you like me to show you how you can earn more money to spend on Christmas this year? Yes? Well join my team of Stampin’ Superstars and you could be doing just that. If you made an additional £100 a month what extra presents would you be able to get? How about if you made an extra £200 or more a month?

To Find out more email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk and lets talk

Happy Stampin’

Goodbye Plane and Simple

Hmmm – it looks like the gremlins have been at work on my blog and that the posts I scheduled for the weekend and yesterday have not appeared. As soon as this is posted I will try and restore them so please check back for Scrapbook Saturday, A Special Birthday Card and a Mini Book Featuring the lovely Springtime Vintage Papers!

One of the Stamp Sets in the Mini Catalogue which will not be in the New Idea Book and Catalogue is Plane and Simple. This set has rapidly become a go to set for me and not just for cards for men. The background stamps are so useful on so many occasions.

Today’s card makes use of several of my favourite elements of this stamp set.

If you want to order this Plane and Simple Stamp Set or anything else please email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

Happy Stampin'

Mini Book Monday - Springtime Vintage

Now I make no secret of the fact that I LOVE the Springtime Vintage Papers that are in the Mini Catalogue and I am very sad that they are only available until the end of the month. The papers are so versatile and so pretty. For me they conjure up images of Laura Ashley dresses and Cath Kidson goodies!

Today I am going to share a mini book which features just some of these lovely papers

If you would like to order these papers please email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk as soon as possible, I would not like for you to miss out!

Happy Stampin’

Birthday Boy

Today someone in this household celebrates a birthday. Can you guess how old he is?

The colours on his card were chosen to match the store gift wrap on his present. The patterned paper is from the Greenhouse Gala Paper Pack which retires at the end of this month, as does the yummy Early Espresso Wide Striped ribbon I have used. The lovely Motocycle Stamp will continue to be available in the New Idea Book and Catalogue!  To see the latest availability of items on the retiring list click here.

Happy Stampin’

Scrapbook Saturday - Friends in Prague

Today I am going to share a scrapbook pages which is going to go into my Prague Scrapbook Album. Today I am also going to see two of the lovely ladies who are in the photo featured on this page at our Stampin’ Up! Training Day. I love the great support we get from the company and can’t wait to see lots of my Stampin’ Up! friends there. I feel so lucky to work with such a great company and if you would like to know more about working with Stampin’ Up! email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

The papers I have used are all from the Elegant Soiree Paper Pack which is only available until while stock last or until the end of the month, whichever is sooner, so if you would like to order some please let me know as soon as possible.

Since the pages in my Prague album will use lots of different patterned papers I have chosen a few design elements to include on every page to give it a more coherent feel. The background card is Very Vanilla for the whole album and each page will have circles and butterflies somewhere.

I hope you have as much fun today as I expect I will have!

Happy Stampin’

Find Out About Friday - The Feeling Crafty Idea Book and Catalogue Launch Party

While it is sad to say goodbye to lots of lovely Stamp Sets and Papers it is important to remember that the reason why we are doing this is to make room for lots of lovely new products! You do however still have two weeks left to buy items in on the retiring product list and in the mini catalogue (not everything carries over into the new Idea Book and Catalogue). Check here for the latest availability of the last chance items – and then email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk to place your order.

Now I mentioned the new Idea Book and Catalogue – it launches on Saturday 1 October and to celebrate I am having a party and you are all invited!

There are two ways you can attend

Firstly, you can attend in person at Chews House, in Dunstable between 2pm and 5pm. The first hour is reserved for members of the Feeling-Crafty Customer Club and then between 3pm and 5pm everyone is welcome.

Secondly you can attend on line! Especially for those who can’t be there in person on the evening of 1 October you will get a link to an exclusive on line site where you can enjoy lots of the same things as those who attend in person. I will also be available all evening to answer any questions you may have.

At both parties there will be the chance to drool over, I mean look at, the New Idea Book and Catalogue, fun games, projects to look at and for those there in person a chance to use the new products. Don’t worry if you can only make the on line party I have a special treat in store for you too.

Everyone from the UK who lets me know that they are coming will get a free goodie bag and an Idea Book and Catalogue. Everyone else is also welcome to come and enjoy the party.  To book your place just email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

I look forward to celebrating the launch of the new Idea Book and Catalogue with you

Happy Stampin’

Goodbye Gifted

No Christmas Present is complete without a wonderful Gift Tag and the Gifted Stamp Set is idea for making fast and fantastic gift tags – but that is not all! The images also make great focal images for cards, as my Christmas Card Club members will be finding out on Monday! 

This lovely stamp set is on the retiring list so is only available until the end of the month or while stocks last so order yours today by emailing bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk and make sure you don’t miss out! What is even better is that there is 25% off the list price for these stamps so a wood mount set will cost you just £20.21 and a Clear Mount Set will cost you just £16.46 – what are you waiting for?

Happy Stampin’

Goodbye Love You Much

Love you Much is a wonderful stamp set for those moments when you want to tell someone you care. This set contains 5 large images (two of which have coordinating punches) is on the retiring stamps list so will only be available until the end of the month or while stocks last.

To get your Love you Much Stamp Set email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

Happy Stampin’

Goodbye Big Bold Birthday

Big Bold Birthday was one of my first Stampin’ Up! Stamp Sets – I got it in my starter kit. When you join Stampin’ Up! you can customise your kit to make sure you get the products you love so it’s easy to start sharing them with others and to get your business off to a great start.

This great stamp set has 13 stamps in it and a whopping 40% off its price tag  so it can be yours for just £16.17! But do hurry to order your set as its sure to sell out soon. The images include balloons, cup cakes, presents, flowers, hearts and candles making it a very versatile set not just for birthdays!

I love the Make a Wish sentiment and have used that a lot with other stamp sets too!

To order your Big Bold Birthday Stamps or to find out more about the Stampin' Up! Starter Kit email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

Happy Stampin'