Today I'd like to share with you, a very simple way to make a £1 Terry's Chocolate into a more attractive gift. This box has been created perfectly to fit a Terry's chocolate orange inside, with complete box construction using just one 12" piece of card.  Simply add mat layers and Designer Series Papers of your choice.   Remember, these can make great little gifts at any time of the year, so why not make a few to store flat but ready decorated, for quick assembly when you...

Welcome back !Today I've been well and truly in the festive spirit again, creating Christmas cards with some of my Stampin' Up! UK Downline team.These are my swaps created using the NEW Hostess exclusive set, Merry Patterns, available purely for hostesses holding a qualifying workshop/party during September and October. This is a gorgeous stamp set and customers are already asking if it's available to purchase ...... sadly no, not even for Demostrators.  However, I am looking to...

Let me be one of the first to wish you the compliments of the season, with today's release of our 2017 Stampin' Up! Autumn/Winter catalogue, valid from today, right through until 2nd January 2018.Several customers I see regularly, have already received their copy, but if you wish to have your own copy, please contact me and one will be in the post to you straight away. In the meantime, it can be viewed by clicking on the icon at the top of this blog, or by clicking link below in red to...

Christmas is coming! Let's start with some extra shopping fun! WHO WANTS TO WIN A SHOPPING SPREE?   1. Just email me ASAP but by Wednesday 23rd August that you want to participate. I will make sure a ‘hot off the press’ NEW Autumn/Winter catalogue will be posted to you immediately.  You will need to place an order of at least £100 from the current 2017/18 Annual Catalogue and/or 2017 Autumn/Winter catalogues. 2. I need 10 people to sign up for this incredibly Special Offer.  ...

When it comes to our crafting stash, there's nothing better than getting something for FREE, especially when we can choose free items ourselves !Since finishing my part-time job at the end of March and being purely self-employed, I have been setting myself goals to ensure I continue to stretch myself each month.I have been extremely lucky to move to such a wonderful property and Studio and, for the next two-months, I am sharing fabulous "Special Offers" and giving my customers FREE...

The Autumn / Winter catalogues will be launching shortly, but look what arrived yesterday ....... In the meantime, a quick 'sneak peak' of a NEW Winter Wonderland Textured Impressions Embossing Folder #144686, that you will find on page 36 of the new catalogue and available for you to order from 1st September. Here, I have simply embossed a square of white card and attached to centre of a Fresh Fig base card. A thin strip of Silver Glimmer card was added to top and bottom to cover...