A Little Trick That is a Real Treat! How to Clean Your Clear Mount Stamping Blocks

For this week's Find Out About Friday I have a little Halloween Treat for you - a quick and easy trick for keeping your Clear Mount Stamping Blocks clean so your Clear Mount Stamps will stick to them easily.

There are few things ore frustrating than having a clear mount stamp fall off your stamping blocks and onto your beautiful project spreading ink everywhere you don't want it - and one of the main reasons this can happen is having dirty stamp blocks.  The blocks slowly accumulate ink and sticky residue as you use them - and yes keeping them quite clean by using your stamping scrub helps a lot but eventually you will need to really clean them.  This does not have to be difficult as I hope this short video shows you.

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Happy Stampin'

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Getting Ready for Halloween - Stampin' Up! Style!

So Halloween may not be a big celebration here but this year I am going to a Halloween Party so I thought I should have some Halloween Treats ready and when I found some cute wrapped chocolates I knew what I was going to do.

The cute bats stamped on these are from the Holiday Cheer Stamp Set and the wraps were punched with the Scallop Topper Tag Punch.

Then once I got going I decided to make a gift for the hostess too ... I hope she will like it!

I used the Simply Created Halloween Wreath Kit and played a little - and check out this monster ...

What are your Halloween Plans?

Happy Stampin'

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Fast and Fabulous Christmas Card using Endless Wishes from Stampin' Up!

Christmas Cards - most of us send quite a few of them and many of us (myself included)  wish we had more time to make them, so they need to be quick to make and still look fanastic!  Oh and they need to be easy to send without costing a higher rate of postage.  Today I am going to share the first of a series of videos showing you how to make a fast and fabulous Christmas Cards.

This first one features the wonderful Endless Wishes Stamp Set

and here is the video showing you just how fast and fun it is to make

If you would like to purchase any of the things used to make this card just pop over to my shop here when ever is convenient, its open 24 hours a day!

Happy Stampin'

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Can you guess how old the recipient of this Birthday Card was?

Special Birthday's require a special card and today I am going to share a card that was made for a young man's special birthday - I think you will be able to work out how old he was!

The card features the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set and the Star Framelits.  The numbers were cut with the Perfect Print Numbers Die from Silver Glimmer Paper.  The patterned paper is from the All is Calm Specialty Paper Pack.

The colour combination of Smoky Slate, Lost Lagoon and Pear Pizzaz works well on this male card - what are your favourite colours to use on cards for men?

Happy Stampin'

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MDS Monday - A Birthday Card Ready to Send

OK I admit it - I don't always get cards in the pot in time for people's birthdays.  Disgraceful I know, but I want my friends to know I am thinking of them and sending them birthday wishes so on those occasions I send a digital Birthday Card that I have designed for them and today I am going to show you one such card.

This one features the digital version of the Color Me Autumn Papers and they are just as lovely digitally!

What crafting emergencies do you think a digital card could help you with?  If you want to try it for yourself you can download a fully functioning 30 day FREE trial here.

Happy Stampin'

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Stars for my Super Stars

This time last week I was enjoying a sunny walk around some of the sites Brussels has to offer, having spent a wonderful few days with some of my Stampin' Up! Super Stars at the European Convention.  We had an amazing time and I am looking forward to the next one already!  I took the chance to spoil those who were there a little and today I am going to share another of the little gifts I made for them - a star charm to go on their bags.

I used some wooden stars as the base as I wanted these to be really robust and then decorated them using some of the beautiful Under The Tree Speciality Papers, some Vellum Card Stock and some Gold Glimmer Paper.  I added their initials using the Metro Type Alphabet and then finished them with some Gold Bakers Twine.  The shapes were cut and punched using 2 1/2 inch Circle Punch, the 1 3/8 Circle Punch, the Modern Label Punch, the Apothecary Accents Framelits and the Starburst Framelits

I loved seeing these being used while we were there.  Many of the team were not able to be in Brussels with us so in a couple of weeks we are having a team mini convention to share some of the fun - it's going to be fantastic and if you would like to know more about this and how you can get involved please email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk

Happy Stampin'

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Autumn Scrapbook Page featuring Color Me Autumn Papers by Stampin' Up!

I love autumn and the wonderful display of colours Mother Nature puts on for us.  Today I am going to share a page that I have made ready to showcase an Autumnal Photo.  This is my first autumn in my new home and I am looking forward to going out exploring its autumn offering.

The page features the Color Me Autumn Papers from Stampin' Up! along with the Color Me Autumn Washi Tape and the Autumn Wooden Elements.  If you would like to add any of these to your collection, just click on the names to go right to them in my shop.  I look forward to seeing what you create with them.

Happy Stampin' 

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Find Out About Friday - How I Put My Hello December Album Together and a Special Gift for You

Hands up who loves Christmas... I love seeing the pretty decorations, I love how everyone makes time to see people they love, I love the fun, I love the festive spirit, I love choosing gifts for people, I love making Christmas treats and I love all the traditions etc etc etc

I also love to record what is happening around me as I go along so I can remember the details and as soon as I saw he Hello December Project Life Kit from Stampin' Up! I knew I had to have it to capture this year's Christmas.  If you are a fan of December Daily or Journal Your Christmas you will know what fun this is and how a kit like this can make it really easy.

As soon as my kit arrived I could not wait to put it together and now I kinda want it to be December so I can keep playing with this album!  Would you like to see how it looks right now?

If you would like to make your own album ready to capture Christmas here is the list of the things I used - just click on them to go to them in my shop

Cherry Project Life 6x8 Album

Hello December Project Life Cards

Hello December Project Life Accessory Pack

Variety Pack 6x8 Project Life Photo Pockets (I used two of these)

Project Life Envelope Pages

Project Life December Wonder Stamps

When you place your order on line using the hostess code at the top right hand side of this blog I will post a little gift out to you.  The gift will be a combiation of some Stampin' Up! goodies you may want to use in your album and some embelishments I will be making by hand.  Please don't leave it too long to order your goodies as they are only available while stocks last!

Happy Stampin'

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Thursday Treat - Team Gifts from Stampin' Up!'s European Convention

This time last week I was headed for Brussels to spend the weekend with some of my team and several hundred of our Stampin' Up! friends and what a weekend we had!  I love spending time with my team and took the opportunity to spoil them a little and today I am going to show you one of the gifts I made for them.

I made some decorative packaging for these sparkly hand bag hooks from Crumb Cake Card, the Scallop Tag Topper and 1 3/8 inch Circle Punches, the Six Sided Sampler and Point & Click Stamps along with Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Venetian Lace Trim and Baked Brown Sugar Thick Bakers Twine.

Would you like to see some of the things we got up to?  Well check out this highlights video - so many happy memories and if you don't blink at 1.10 you will even see me on it.  

I am looking forward to doing it all again next year and if you would like to join us please get in touch, bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk or click here.  If you join my team today or tomorrow you will even get six packs of Designer Series Papers for Free!  Brilliant - I look forward to welcoming you to the team.

Happy Stampin'

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Just Because I love the Kinda Eclectic Stamp Set!

I love the wonderful Kinda Eclectic Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!  It is so versatile and so much fun to use.  I am really looking forward to featuring it at November's Card Making Class.  Each month we feature a different stamp set and try all sorts of different styles and technique with it.  I think the hardest thing for me for this class will be choosing which cards to make with it as I have so many ideas - and I do love a stamp set that keeps sparking new ideas as they are such good value for money.

So, as you may have guessed, today I am going to share a card which features one of the stamps from the set, combined with some gorgeous Beach House Washi Tape and a sponged background created using the Dotty Mask.  The sentiment is from A Dozen Thoughts.

If you would like to take this card making class you can join us in person in Leighton Buzzard on Saturday 8 November or you can join us from the comfort of your own home at a time that suits you.  Full details are here, just email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk to book your place

Happy Stampin'

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Even More Christmas Crafting Goodies Available from Stampin' Up! UK

I am just starting to get in the mood for Christmas Crafting - and am very excited about some additional Christmas Crafting Products that Stampin' Up! UK released yesterday.  You can check them out here.

I am very excited about several of the goodies in there - these Many Merry Stars are amazing.

And the Hello December Project Life Kit arrived yesterday and well rather than doing my chores I just had a little play!

This supplement is packed with quick and easy project ideas and all the products in it are only available while stocks last so please click here and order yours today!

Happy Stampin'

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MDS Monday - Stampin' Up! European Convention 2014

Oh My!  What a wonderful weekend I have had in Brussels with my Stampin' Up! Team of Stampin' Super Stars and hundreds of our favourite Stampin' Up! Friends!  We had and amazing time at the Stampin' Up! Convention, we laughed until it hurt, then we laughed some more, we learned loads that I can't wait to share with you all and Stampin' Up! spoiled us with crafting treats as well as the sweet kinds.  Brussles was amazing too and provided us with some stunning weather to enjoy it all in.

As you can imagine I took hundred of photos too, but even before I have edited them I wanted to start scrapping the whole event - so many precious memories I don't want to loose, so it was a case of MDS to the rescue! Here are two cards I have made to go into a Project Life By Stampin' Up! Page - I think there will be lots of those to come about this wonderful weekend.

If you would like to join this wonderful group and make loads of Stampin' Friends you can!  We would love to welcome you to the team and to the best craft club in the world.  You could come to our next meeting and even join us in Brussels next year.  If you decided to join us before the 24th Stampin' Up! will even give you six packs of 12x12 Designer Series Paper for free too ... so contact me, bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk to find out more now or just click here and order your starter kit right away.

Oh and while we were there we saw some lovely products which were released today ... I will tell you more about them tomorrow but you can grab a sneak peek here.

Happy Stampin'

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Flowers in the Window with Pictogram Punches from Stampin' Up! UK

Sometimes inspiration literally comes from the things you see around you and the card I am sharing today started when I noticed a pretty vase of flower in the window of one of the houses I can see from my craft room window.

I love the vase and flowers in the Pictogram Punches Stamp Set so decided to use those.  I love that there is a matching punch for the flower! The pretty blind was made from some Color Me Autumn Paper.

The greeting is from the Four You Stamp Set and here is the whole card

What is inspiring you today?

Happy Stampin'

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Scrapbook Saturday - Color Me Autumn Flowers Page

Today I have a start point page for you featuring the lovely Color Me Autumn Papers.  This page would make a lovely base for pictures of autumn flowers and other autumnal scenes but would also work well for a  number of other occasions.

Here is a close up of the flowers - using the Fun Flower and Pansy Punches, Flower Shop Stamps and the Wooden Autumn Accents coloured to match the papers.

This was one of the pages we made at last month's Feeling Crafty Scrapbook Club.  If you would like to know more about joining us and making cute pages for your albums you can find the details here.  You can either join in person or get the kit and use our pages as the start point for your pages as you scrap in the comfort of your own home. 

Happy Stampin'

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Find Out About Friday - How to make a Desk Tidy for for Project Life Cards

I love the 3x4 inch Project Life Grid Cards and find that I use them for just about everything from writing notes I want to keep, lists of ideas, complement slips, messages inside cards or parcels to jotting down phone messages and contact details.  I have some in my handbag and a pack on my desk.

There was however one problem with having them on my desk - keeping the pile of them together!  So I decided to make myself a desk tidy for them and today I thought I would show it to you and share the instructions on how I made it.

Here is the holder all decorated and ready to sit on my desk.

If you would like to make your own this is what you need to do.  Start with a piece of card stock measuring 5 1/4 inches by 9 inches.  

Score 1 inch in from each of the long sides and at 4 and 5 inches across the card, your score marks should look like this.

Next cut where the red marks are on this diagram.

Then use a die or a punch to cut an opening on one end ensuring that your cut stay inside the outer score lines.  I have used one of the dies from the Apothecary Accents Framelits from Stampin' Up!

Next add a piece of card measuring 3 1/4 by 4 inches to the end of the card you have not cut your opening into.  Make sure it sits just inside your score lines.  This will ensure your box is nice and strong and does not wobble too much when you use it.  Now fold up your box and stick it together.

  You can decorate it as much as you like.  I have used Blackberry Bliss Card, papers from the Moonlight Paper Stack and some Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper.  Of course mine is decorated with Butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit and the Elegant Butterfly Punch.  I also made some dividers by putting some card over three of the cards.

Your desk tidy is ready to use just pop in your Grid Cards.

Enjoy using your Desk Tidy

Happy Stampin'

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Autumnal Treat Bags using Color Me Autumn Papers by Stampin' Up!

Today I am going to share some treat bags I made for a recent event for the lovely ladies and gentlemen who are part of my Stampin' Super Stars Team.  I made loads of these and almost forgot to take their pictures but luckily grabbed a quick picture before I gave the last few out! 

I used the Polka Dot Tag a Bag Bags as the base and decorated them using the gorgeous Color Me Autumn Papers, some Venetian Crochet Trim, Gold Foil Card and some Pear Pizzaz Cotton Ribbon.  The Just for You greeting from the Tag Talk Stamp Set and has been punched out with the coordinating Label Bracket Punch.

I love being able to get together with my team - they are a wonderful and diverse group of people who are united by their love of crafting.  They are friendly and inspiring and love to share their ideas with each other and with new people.  If you would like to join us you would be most welcome.  I feel so grateful that because of Stampin' Up! I have these people in my life, and to think I only joined to get my crafting goodies cheaper ...  If you join us before 24 October, on top of your amazing value starter kit you will get 6 packs of Designer Series Papers for Free!  Brilliant.  Click here to join now and get £130 worth of Stampin' Up! goodies of your choice for just £99, or email bekka@feeling-crafty.co.uk for more information.

I look forward to stamping with you soon

Happy Stampin'

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