Hello and WelcomeToday another group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators are taking part in a Global Blog Hop featuring Sale-A-Bration products which went 'Live' this morning.One of my New Years Resolutions is to Blog more consistently.  Here we are three days in and already I'm on my 2nd Blog Hop of the year, plus the one on Boxing Day !! We have lots of exciting products to share with you, featuring products from Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration 2018. For my cards today , I've used the...

Celebrating two friends birthdays this week, I made two similar cards using the **NEW** Petal Passions Designer Series Paper #145589 and Petal Palette stamp and Die bundle #145973 wood-mount or #145974 clear-mount, all available to order from tomorrow 3rd January.I love that there are several nice co-ordinating Dies with this bundle.  I don't mind fussy cutting but having a Die makes it so much easier !My base cards are Night of Navy with a mat layer of Bermuda Bay.  The Petal...

Welcome back for another card created recently, using the Half Full stamp set from Stampin' Up!David is one of those unfortunate people who celebrates his birthday on Christmas Day.Knowing how he loves his glass or two or vino, I couldn't help but use this set all over again.I'm hoping you are loving this set as much as me.  Don't worry if you haven't bought yet.  This set will not be retiring at the end of December....... it is one of the lucky ones, rolling over into the Spring...

Happy Christmas Eve !!For once I'm ahead of the game ........ everything's well underway, our dining table was fully laid this morning, complete with all the covered dishes for vegetables and accompaniments etc.  All the cooking timings have been worked backwards from serving time, so we both know what's being done when.  David's Auntie was collected from Manchester on Wednesday for her two-week holiday with us, plus we have invited another elderly couple of friends to join us...

Yesterday, I attended a local Christmas Fair in Attleborough for the first time   Having had two requests on the same day, it's safe to say I will be booking the other event next year !!Despite the venue being extremely cold (as door open all day), my main aim for the day was to advertise classes at my Stamp & Craft Studio about 3-miles away. As always at these type of events, I have to keep busy to make my time there productive, whilst chatting to potential customers and other...

WOW, what a fabulous weekend !!Last night Val and I had a final count of the weekends charity cards, packing in boxes with envelopes as we went. I'm so proud of everyone who came helped over our 3-day charity weekend.  Together we have created 1045 cards for Stampin' Up! UK Christmas Cheer Challenge, donating to Ronald McDonald House Charities. 1045 Charity cards for Ronald McDonald House Charities Another big thank you to Helen for suggesting using www.ipostparcels.com to...

Welcome to our latest Alaska Achievers Monthly Blog Hop, with fellow Demonstrators who have also earned the prestigious Stampin' Up! Incentive Trip, that only a limited number around the world achieve. We will be hopping together every month to show you ideas and designs using current Stampin' Up! products.  I live in a small village just outside Attleborough in Norfolk, UK and would love to help you if you have any questions. Today I'm sharing some gift wrapping ideas I have made in...