SALE-A-BRATION...

Well sale-a-bration is upon us and this years exclusive sets do not disappoint we see 4 sets that are great and available to you with every order that is placed that is over £45.00 until the end of February...So for example if you spend £90.00 you get to chose 2 of these great sets as well as your goodies! If you would like to place an order please phone me or send me an email (details on the side banner)

If you host a workshop during sale-a-bration you and your sales reach £300 you get to chose a sale-a-bration set along with the normal hostess benefits that you will receive... Want to book a workshop and in the Tameside or Manchester area - please contact me!

Thinking of signing up as a demonstrator?? If you sign up during sale-a-bration you get to chose a stamp set from the 2010/2011 catalogue as well as your starter kit up to the value of £44.95... If you have any questions or would like further information please get in touch!

So more on the sets that are available...

Bliss

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So Happy for You

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Punch Bunch

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Sweet Summer

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So the card that I have to share with you today - yes a card! I have made using one of the sale-a-bration sets. This set I have had to keep quiet for a couple of months as we were given it at the recent Convention and as per usual with me I have only just mounted it!

I chose to use the in colours for the card so I have used concord crush and pear pizazz I have co-ordinated this with craft card and whisper white. I stamped the vine in pear and then decoupaged three flowers that I cut by hand. I stamped these in concord crush I then used my aqua brush to add some coloue to the flowers vary roughly and leaving some white to create a little shading, using dimensionals to create the height. I then layered this on craft and then white. inking the edges of each layer. 

I hope you like my card and thanks for looking - it is nice to be crafting again and have the time to play with ink and card! I have missed it! Debbi x x x 

JOIN MY TEAM...

Check out the new price for the Stampin Up! Starter Kit! This means that you can earn discount on your Stampin Up! stash and join the wonderful community of Stampin' Up! demonstrators... You will be joining at just the right time as we have just launched the new catalogue for 2010/2011 and with a reduction in the price for the starter kit... What do you have to lose??
For £50.00 extra you can add on the scrapping kit which is also a great price, so if you would like to join my team email me at debbitaylor76@googlemail.com or call me on 01613384183...
Debbi x x x

Recent Party...

I had a great morning on Saturday doing a Stampin' Up! party for 7 lovely ladies and we had fun doing the make and take - more on that later! I did a couple of demonstrations and the first one was masking. The theme of the party was Christmas so I had to use Old Fashioned Christmas - my favourite set and I use this the most at Christmas I love the images.
For this card I stamped the Santa Claus in the bottom right hand corner of the card and then coloured the image stamped in staz on and I have used my ink pads and an aqua brush to do this. I left the image to dry and then stamped the same image on a post it note and the ripped this image out with a border. I wanted to leave a subtle edge rather than using the straight lines of a scissor cut.
Once this was done I have placed the second image over the first. I have inked up the Christams tree stamp and stamped this over the post it note, then you simply life the stamp then the post it note to reveal the first image! I just love the effect and think I will be using this technique again! I then mounted the image on real red stamping the sentiment from the same set in the top left hand side and also in real red. The card blank is chocolate chip and the ribbon is the chocolate chip ribbon!
I hope you like the card that I made and thanks for looking! Debbi x x x
STAMP SET old fashioned christmas
CARD chocolate chip, real red, very vanilla
INK black staz on, soft suede, real red, garden green
ACCESSORIES chocolate chip striped ribbon

National Stampin' Up! Demo Support Day...

Many of you know that I am an SU! Demonstrator and on ILWS a couple of weeks ago we decided that we were going to send thank you cards to Demo Support - Chris and Eileen. The idea being that we all posted them to be in the post on the 9th June so that they would hopefully all arrive on the same day! Going off the thread we had going it is estimated they they would have received about 50 cards each. Chris and Eileen are the people that we contact if we have any queries in relation to our Stampin' Up! business whether that be the people, products or orders that we are making. They will always find the answer that you need and respond quickly to emails and phone calls. So I sent them cards to say a massive thank you for the support that they have given me since I signed up as a demonstrator and all the help that they gave when I signed my first downline earlier this year. 

These are the cards that I made Chris's is made in Rich Razzleberry and for the lovely Eileen I used Melon Mambo - I used the thank you verse from curvey verses and I have stamped in the same colour as the card that I used I hope you like them! Have a lovely weekend and will post Father's Day cards tomorrow!... Thanks for looking your comments are appreciated Debbi x x x 

Are you sitting comfortably??...

Welcome to the ILWS Blog Hop for the new products that Stampin' Up! have released, on your journey today you will be seeing projects that are created with the three new colours that have just been released - Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo and Soft Suede. So you will see the card, the inks, the DSP, the ribbon and the velum. I am sure that you will enjoy your journey around the very talented Stampin' Up! Demonstrators blogs that have taken part and also hopefully have lots of inspiration to make some projects of your own - In todays hop there are three loops and here is where you will start loop one! Loop two will start with Papercraft Clare and Loop three will start with Stamping Caz - in total we have 46 people taking part so I hope you have some time to spare on this lovely Sunday morning... On with the journey!

So if you are returning to my blog from Carole's welcome back! and if you are beginning your journey - Enjoy...




The first project that I am sharing this morning is a set of three cards that I have made using the Its a Beautiful Life stamp set and of course the colours Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo and Soft Suede - I have used both ink and card in these colours and with the three cards swapped over the combination I have used to put the card together! I have stamped the back of the card with the same colour ink as the card. On the panel in the middle of the card I have again stamped in the same colour of the card but stamped this off so that the colour does not have as much depth. The elements to the card are in the thirs colour. I have stamped the flower from the same set and cust this out placed a brad through the middle and attached this to the card with a dimensional. I have stuck the ribbon with snail and added this to two sides of the panel and the sentiment is from the same set and I have inked the edges of this.
INK - rich razzleberry, melon mambo, soft suede
CARD - rich razzleberry, melon mambo, soft suede
RIBBON - rich razzleberry, melon mambo, soft suede
STAMP SET - Its a Beautiful Thing

The second project I have done today is casing a tutorial that Jo has done (her blog is mainly flowers) - great tutorial and easy to follow - a card holder and a set of cards! I have made the holder using soft suede and made the fastener using a length of ribbon that simply slips over the top of the box to hold it secure. The panel for the front of the box has three hearts stamped on very vanilla, this is matted onto soft suede then, rich razzleberry and melon mambo. This is then attached with dimensionals and syuck to the box with snail. I made 4 cards to go in the box and have made these using rich razzleberry and melon mambo. I have stamped the panel that is very vanilla using the speckle stamp from bird on a branch, stamped off with the same colour of the card. I have then stamped three hearts and cut them out, two are stuck with snail and the middle one is attached with dimensionals. I have chosen this simple design to try and not take away from the depth of the colour using the heart stamped on very vanilla card.

INK - rich razzleberry, melon mambo, soft suede

CARD - rich razzleberry, melon mambo, soft suede

RIBBON - rich razzleberry, melon mambo, soft suede

STAMP SET - i (heart) heart, bird on a branch

I hope you like my projects and your comments as always are much appreciated you will now hop along to the very talented Monica's blog again enjoy! and see you again soon x x x Debbi

Full of Surprises...

Stampin' Up! are offering a 10% discount on the starter kit for a limited time only... This means that you will receive an amazing £115 worth of free products for the discounted price of £125 (£139 normal price) This offer is in conjuction with Stampin' Up! having a stand at the Hobbycraft show and the offer is running until the 7th May 2010. So do you love crafting?, do you love great quality products? do you love fantastic bargains and great promotions? - if you are answering yes to the following questions then think about the advantages of this offer!
You are able to tailor the starter kit to suit your own tastes picking stamp sets, inks and card that you prefer and this gives you a great start to either be a hobby demo and have all the crafty goodness at a heavily discounted rate or allow you to start your own business with additional support available form me! Be warned though - once you see the products you are likely to be hooked (as most of us are)
For further details on signing up as an Independant Demonstrator or the support and additional products that are available from me when you do please contact me either by email debbitaylor76@googlemail.com or phone 01613384183 - Debbi x x x

Look what we have got...

Well after the announcement of the new colours we have been lucky enough for the May promotion to be given the chance to buy some of the new products and look how beautiful they are - I love the colours and ribbon, those of you that know me will know all about my ribbon passion! So this is a must have promotion for me!
I cannot wait to get my hands on these products and I bet that you cannot either! Stampin' Up! have done well offering these I think... So for anyone that places an order of these products for the month of May I will be offering FREE postage and packing - contact me for further details... thanks for looking Debbi x x x (and don't forget the offer on the starter kit! the perfect time to sign up as a demo!)

Sheffield Training Swap Swap!

When we got back from demonstrator training in Sheffield one of my good friends Deb O'd had the great idea that we do a swap incorporating our favourite and just changing the colour combination that we used. There were 5 of us that signed up and we had to have them in this week. I have made this one by Kelly Austin and she has used the Bird on a Branch... She used the combination bashful blue, basic black and stamped on whisper white.
I have made the card in the same way but changed the combination to taken with teal, basic grey and stamped on whisper white. I think that you will agree Kelly has done a great job! One of the great things about being a demonstrator is the swaps that we get involved in - this is only one that I am in this week. My second being Cards for Men - more on that later though.
To make the card I have stamped the image in basic grey on whisper white with the flowers of the tree stamped in taken with teal and I then rounded the top corners, this is then mounted on taken with teal card stock which also has the corner rounded at the top. I have used the stamp from love you much to stamp the sentiment and then punched this out using the window punch I have stamped on taken with teal. I have added a brad to decorate - as on the original and a piece of grey taffeta ribbon stapled to the card blank to decorate the left hand side of the card.
I hope you like the cards and the colour combinations chosen - more crafting to be shown later! Debbi x x x

Recovering from Hop...

Hello! So how did you enjoy the blog hop over the weekend that I took part on with some other demonstrators?? There were some great projects weren't there?? I managed to get around everybody I think and spent a lovely morning commenting on all the great projects - but will definately be casing some of the projects that I saw in the hop!!
So I have this evening made a box for one of the guys that I work with - he has been married years and when he found out I was a crafter asked me to make her a little gift! He chose the colours and what he wanted making and I just chose the stamp set.
I made a 3x3 box and four cards to go inside it - I have used the colours chocolate chip, close to cocoa, summer sun and old olive - I chose the stampset circle circus as you can just random stamp and it always looks good! I have added brads and some ribbon to decorate the cards and left one plain. For each of the cards I have used the same stamp and colour for each of the cards - stamping on whisper white and inked the edges of the cards and the layering to add some definition. For the lid of the box I stamped on whisper white and matted this on close to cocoa and then summer sun.
I hope you like this little box - as it is just random stamping it only took me about an hour to make the cards and the box!
I hope you like my project and thanks for looking - Debbi x x x

DEMONSTRATOR'S STAMPIN' UP! MINI BLOG HOP...

Morning everyone, and are we having fun on our hop this morning?? There are some amazing projects that we are seeing from the new Stampin' Up! mini catalogue that is released on the 1st April (next week!) If you don't already have a copy of the catalogue please email me if you would like me to send you one!

Well you have just joined me from Linda's Blog and she always manages to make fantastic projects, I love the colours that she has chosen, her work always looks stunning - check out her blog on a Tuesday for a colour challenge as well!

For my first project I have chosen Vintage Vogue this a a set of 8 stamps and is £19.95. I have decided to make a scrapbook page. It is 6x6 and I have used basic black card. I have inked the egdes of the layout with craft ink, once I had done this I stamped the vine from the stamp set in the corners. I stamped three in each corner and then the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner, I also stamped this in craft ink. I then added a picture that I left a white border on and mounted this on black card stock and inked the edges in craft. In the top left I added a large flower detail also from the stamp set and used the smaller flower as the centre, sticking them down with dimensionals. In the bottom right of the picture i just used one of the smaller flowers and stuck this w ith a dimensional. For those of you that don't know my wedding day was very rushed - In the true sense of the word it was a shotgun wedding - I was five months pregnant! and I organised the whole day in 12 weeks! I believe this a) saved money b) saved a lot of stress and c) kept me slim! Although I was in and out of hospital beforehand and was not fitted for my dress until the Saturday before the big day! I love this picture as instictively John reached out to touched my belly as he kissed me, where our little man was hiding! This is only my third attempt at a proper scrapbook layout so I have kept it very simple and not added much colour - especially as it was a wedding shot. I hope you like it and I think that the Vintage Vogue set is perfect for something like this - it looks so classic!

The second project that I have made is a matchbox treat holder and a set of cards I have adapted a swap I received at regional training from Deborah O'd (you have already visited her this morning on your travels!) A really simple design and closed with a simple filigree brad to secure it. For this project I have used the Sweet Pea stamp set £9.95 for a set of 5 - not everybodys cup of tea but I love it. I have used this set more than any other since I unpacked my order! The colours that I have chosen for the cards and the holder are all from the brights family - needed colour after the other project LOL I have chosen yoyo yellow, gable green, orchid opulence and tempting turquoise! I have first of all stamped a basic black bird on the yellow card and mounted this on orchid and then on green card, for the top of the holder I did the same and stamped the flower from the set in yellow.

The four cards are 3x3 and I have done one in every colour. The turquoise one I have stamped three birds on whisper white in tempting turquoise ink and inked the edges. I have then mounted this on orchid card and used the wheel to decorate the card blank. The second card is made using the flowers from the set the middle stamped in yellow and cut out, this then added to the second layer stamped in ruby red and cut out, this then layered onto a punched circle 11/4' in chocolate chip - you cannot see it very well but I have wheeled the card blank in yellow also. The green card is using a totally new product to us in the UK - felt and yes it did ever so slightly remind me of the fuzzy stuff! This set is £6.50 for 52 pieces - bargain. So for this card I have wheeled the card blank and inked the edges I have added two brads in the bottom right hand corner and then punched a 11/4' circle in chocolate chip. I have added the leaf decoration to this and then matted the flower centre to this and stuck it to the left hand side of the card. I haven't added anything else as I didn't want to take away from the felt. The final card is the orchid one - with the wheel on the card blank and the edges of the card inked. I have added a green panel with the stamped flower on and the stamped three of the birds in green, orchid and turquoise at opposing angels onto whisper white and inked the edges of this panel in orchid. Phew longest post ever for me!!

Joanne - who again has made beautiful projects using the new products and I hope you like what you see... So thanks for stopping by and I hope you liked my projects - if you would like to purchase any of the new products email me debbitaylor76@googlemail.com. Of course any comments are appreciated and thanks again for looking enjoy the rest of your weekend and happy stamping! Debbi x x x

STAMPIN' UP! MINI BLOG HOP...

there is only one more day to go until the mini blog hop - this is where some very talented demonstrators and myself! will be show casing the new products that are available in the new mini catalogue that is available from the 1st April. The idea of a blog hop is that you will travel from blog to blog in a loop until you eventually get back to where you started - having hopefully seen some great projects that will have dying to get you hands on the products that will soon be available!See you tomorrow bright and early - 10.00am and hope you like what you see - Debbi x x x

Set Two...

The second set that I chose for my free sets from my sale a bration for being a demonstrator and achieving sales and recruiting! was Bloomin' with Beauty. I have often looked at this set but never purchased it and after the last couple of days having a mess about with it I am wondering why! I love it. So for this card I have used the colour combination used in the IBC and have kept the design of the card similar to that shown - with the main image stamped and not coloured and the words from the set stamped over the image. I have stamped the image onto very vanilla card stock and inked the edges in both close to cocoa and then again in pumpkin pie. I have then mounted the image onto pumpkin pie card stock and added one of the turquoise buttons from the playground set to the bottom right of the mount. I have used a close to cocoa card blank and inked the edges to this up the left hand side of the card blank I have added a tempting turquoise panel that I have stamped the words on from the stamp set. In the top right of the card I have stamped the word bloom in close to cocoa.

I will show another card with this set that shows how the image looks coloured on card stock and on velum.

Thanks for looking and I hope you like the card - your comments are appreciated! Debbi x x x

Second Post - finished cards

Hi Again! Here's hoping you are having a lovely Sunday we have had a relaxing day so far and I have sorted out loads of craft stuff - I officially have way too much! and need to make some space for my ever growing Stampin' Up! collection (another upside to being a demonstrator!) So here are the finished cards!

I have mounted the images onto pink passion card blanks and then inked the edges of the card. I have then stamped the swirl on the inside of the card and decorated this with the same small flower. I think that you will agree simple yet effective.

Both these cards have taken me no more than 20 mins to make - simple stamping, trimming and colouring to create something that looks great. With a bit of ribbon to add some detail. For details on what I have used please see above post!

Thanks for looking and I hope you like the cards - more in the next couple of days with the other two stamp sets! Debbi x x x

SAB redemption...

One of the great things about being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator are the awards that you can earn - as you will know the Sale a Bration promotion has just finished this has meant that from both sales and recruitment you could earn free stamps sets - During this promotion I have earned 3 yippee! As a crafter there is nothing better than earning free stamps! So the next couple of posts that I will do, will be using these free stamp sets - for the the first one I have chosen Baroque Motifs. I have created two panels using the swirl from the set stamped in opposing colours. I have then stamped the random flowers over the image. To the left hand side of the image I have added some of the Stampin' Up! ribbon and added a knot for detail. Later on today I will post the finished cards so you can see the versatility of the stamp and how great it looks in different colour combinations!

Thanks for looking and see you later today with the cards! Debbi x x x

STAMPSET baroque motifs

CARD whisper white

INK basic black, pink passion

ACCESSORIES white satin ribbon

MINI BLOG HOP!

On Sunday the 28th March I will be taking part in a blog hop with lots of other talented demos to showcase the new products available in the mini catalogue due to be released 1st April 2010. I will be completing a couple of projects with the new stamps, papers and accessories that are all beautiful! Stampin' Up! are due to release their second mini - which is very exciting and you will be amazed at what is available!

Also to celebrate the launch of the mini catalogue I am also planning to have an openhouse - if you live in and around the Dukinfield area (8miles outside Manchester)and want to know more about Stampin' Up! the products available and the new mini catalogue contact me to reserve your space - there will be a couple of demos and a couple of make and takes and maybe a competition!... order forms at the ready!

Sheffield Training Swap

OK so here is the card that I made for the Sheffield Regional Training day last week. There were about 25 of us there and one of the greatest things about these days are the swaps that we make eachother - I will post piccies of some of the fantastic work I received later in the week. So the card that I made is again craft - sensing a theme anyone?? I have used the fresh cuts stampset - this looks so good stamped in any colour! I love it, I have inked the edges of the card

blank in craft ink using a dauber. I have inked the edges of the image and mounted this on craft card stock and again inked the edges but this time I have chosen basic black ink to add a little depth to the mount. I have added a basic black panel with whisper white ribbon across the middle with a knot detail to the right hand side. I have stamped the sentiment from the stamp set in the bottom right hand side of the card - and for this I have used a stamp a majig.

I hope you like the card and thanks for looking - your comments are appreciated! Debbi x x x

Tackle it Tuesday...

Over on ILWS there was a list circulating of all the challenge blogs that are available for you to take part in... Set out day by day one of the new ones that was posted was Linda's also known as Gadget Monkey and a talented ladyand a fellow Stampin Up! demonstrator! The colours that we had to use were basic grey, rarely rust and really rust. At first I wasn't keen on the combination - but they look great together. I used one of the flower stamps from good friend, stamped this on very vanilla first in barely banana and then again in rarely rust inking the edges with this colour also. I used the good friend stamp stamped in black but stamped off - as I don't have grey adding this to the card with dimensionals. I used a basic grey panel for the back of the card and inked this in craft to make it stand out more, also adding three card candy and finally rounded the corners of everything!

I hope you like the card and thanks for looking - all your comments are appreciated and take part in lindas challenge its great! - Debbi x x x

Sale-a-Bration Blog Hop...

Over on ILWS we have organised a sale-abration blog hop so that you can see the wonderful creations that can be made with the limited edition stampsets that are available until the end of February. There are four sets to collect and you qualify for one when you spend £45.00 or more from the catalogue... Email me debbi_corfiemailto:debbi_corfield@hotmail.co.uk to place yours today!

For those of you who have hopped on from Vannessa's blog welcome I hope you liked her projects.

My first project is using two of the sale-a-bration sets that are available whimsical words and vintage labels. I have made a bagalope decorated using the small wheel watercolour joy, for this I have used taken with teal ink, I used a brown envelope so that I could then incorporate craft card and also used whisper white card. The decoration for the front of the card is stamped on whisper white in taken with teal ink, the edges are inked and this is mounted on craft card and then again on taken with teal cardstock. I have rounded the corners of the card stock. (I have never used my corner rounder as much as I have this week - I think you will be able to tell!) I have topped the bagalope with cardstock and added whisper white ribbon to the top. I created the fastening with whisper white ribbon and the tag is also tied with ribbon. For the tag I used one of the stamps from whimsical words are also stamped a frame around it using on of the stamps from vintage labels.

My second project is a set of cards that is made using each of the cards from the Happy Moments set. The first card that I did was using the flower stamp I did this in taken with teal and double mounted this on whisper white and taken with teal. I inked the edges and rounded the corners. I also stamped the first layer of the mount with the flower stamp.The second card was using the birthday present stamp where I have coloured the image and then decoupaged a second image using dimensionals. I have rounded the corners and added ribbon to the side of the card. There is also a piece of DSP added to the card to bring out the whisper white. I love the striking colour of brilliant blue and with how bad our weather has been of late its nice to see some colour! The third card that I made was using a craft card blank and I stamped the birdcage stamp onto cardstock using the craft ink pad. I punched the cage out using the small tag and punched out the larger tag to mount it on in whisper white. I stamped the trees along the bottom of the card from the final set good neighbours also stamped in whisper white. I inked the edges of the card and have stamped the sentiment in basic black. The final card is using the same materials as I used for my make and take at my SAB openhouse on Tuesday I stamped the cake and then cut a second one out and painted the image I stamped the base image in black so that the colour of the cake stood out. I added some of the SU! gold thread to the side of the card and the image is mounted on a piece of regal rose card stock the sentiment is stamped also in regal rose, I have inked the edges and rounded the corners. The card base is bashful blue and I think this makes a lovely contrast with the depth of regal rose.

I hope you have liked my projects and I am now sending you on your way to the lovely Sara's blog I know you will enjoy what she has created - I always do!

Thanks for stopping by your comments are appreciated and don't forget you only have until the end of February to place your order - Enjoy the rest of your journey! Debbi x x x
Thanks must also go to Helen for getting us all organised - another talented demo!