Its getting near to the end of term and the school year. Our children have around four weeks left before they break up for the summer holidays. Hooray!! It is about this time that I start thinking about teacher gifts. I have three children, two older and one ten year old so I have been doing this for a few years now. I always try to find something that will show my appreciation but of course not cost a small fortune. There is however only so many candles , hand creams, chocolates and bubble ... VIEW POST

It was a beautiful day on Saturday and the perfect day to get away from it all and spend the day crafting. This is precisely what we did. I held my first Craft Retreat Day and I am so happy to say that everyone has told me they had a lovely time! The calm before everyone arrives. Everyone had a prepared kit full of the supplies they needed for the day to make 20 cards. Five designs to make four of each and also a gift bag. With lots left over to take home and play with too. I had ... VIEW POST

Goodness its been a whirl wind of a week! I was away at a team weekend away last weekend and had a fabulous time. I shall take some time to share that with you in the next few days.  Its been a whirl wind of activity since I returned, Coffee and Cards Monday and since then my feet have not touched the ground, I have been preparing for a very exciting event. Tomorrow I am holding my very first Craft Day Event. I am so excited. I have lots of lovely projects prepared and also a ... VIEW POST

Its been a fabulous week! Last Friday I had my Open House, Catalogue Launch Party - so much fun. I got to craft with all the lovely ladies who came. I served Prosecco and cake which went down well. The perfect accompaniment to a little paper crafting!  I am very excited about the event I am holding the weekend of the 17th too! I am holding a Summer Craft Day Retreat , complete with Crafternoon Tea.  A whole day of crafting, leave the kids, dogs, washing behind and have a little you ... VIEW POST

So excited for today! The new Annual Stampin Up Catalogue is launched today!!. As demonstrators we have been able to pre order for quite a while but a selection of items. Some of them have been popping up all over Pinterest and You Tube already but I cannot wait to see what amazing things are going to be created now the whole catalogue is released. I love it. I really think its the best one we have had. SO many lovely things inside, it full to bursting! Whilst at Stampin Up Convention ... VIEW POST

Stampin Up held a free card making event #makeacardsendacard  this bank holiday weekend at the Eden Shopping Centre in High Wycombe as part of the Wycombe Arts Festival. I was so happy to be asked to be part of this. It was a great weekend, we had lots of interest and loads of beautiful cards were created. Ready to start the day Just as our doors opened on Sunday  Setting up for live demonstrations. Lots of Creativity Fun for ... VIEW POST

We made cards like this at Coffee and Cards this week. I love this paper stack, its called Cupcakes and Carousels and the colours in it are gorgeous. Its such a simple card but I think it turned out well don't you think?! The stamp set used is Cool Treats and it is full of ice creams and sundaes and iced lollies and then all the embellishments' you could want, like cherries, topping and sprinkles and strawberries.  This is how I made it. The card base is  in ... VIEW POST

I have had so much fun with this! I originally saw a version of this card when a fellow Stampin Up demonstrator brought one to team training a little while ago. I was intrigued. I'm not a huge fan of fussy cards but I do like ones with added dimension , movement or  interesting folds. I watched an excellent tutorial on You Tube by Francine Martin which was excellent. thank yo Francine!  I had a couple of goes using the Cool Treats Suite from Stampin Up. I loved how they ... VIEW POST