A quick catch-up

Nearly time for bed, but I have realised I have LOADS of things to show that I must do before I can start sharing pics of projects made from the new mini catalogue when it comes out in April. And I have already done quite a few, so if I don't get blogging I will never be on top of things!

So here are two pics from Convention last November.



These are some of my swaps. With 100 card fronts to do I decided on four different designs. These are the flowery ones using the Two-Step Bird Punch and Cute By The Inch hostess set.



And I decorated these little bottles then filled them with bath salts. One was for my roomie Joy and the other for mummy Jules.

Two down ...

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A challenge card

This evening I decided to do a bit of stamping and made this card for a challenge set by a fellow demo called Helen in Warrington. You can see the details on her blog http://helending.blogspot.com/2010/10/challenge-1.html and join in yourself!
I really like these colours - Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist and Regal Rose. The background stamp on the pink section is the beautiful Bella Toile and the flowers were stamped with the Punch Potpourri hostess set and punched with Boho Blossoms punch. Other punches here are Scallop Oval and Scallop Square and the sentiment is from Oval All. I pierced the scallops too for added effect.
I also managed to prep for most of a class I'm doing for Chapel Pie WI a week on Monday, so am finishing off my mega busy day with a brew before bed!

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A very special thank you card

This evening we had our last Buns & Roses WI meeting at Mojo. The group was formed there 18 months ago but is now way too big so we're moving to a new venue. It's sad as Mojo plays awesome music and serves fab cocktails, but will be good to have more room for workshops (including my card making one next February!).
So, to say thanks to Mojo, I made a card.


This was really easy to do. The stamp set is Cheers To You, which is fab for celebrations of any kind for anybody! I stamped them randomly on to strips of card and coloured in using the Blender Pens. The sentiment was punched with the Scallop Square and I pierced the four corners for added effect.
It went down well. As did the cocktails and cake!

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Cutie cards

Here are a couple of cards using my favourite new stamp set Cute By The Inch. There are nine gorgeous little stamps and I just can't put them down! This is one of the new hostess sets so it can't be bought but you can get it FREE if you hold a workshop with sales of £300. Get all your friends round for an evening of crafty fun and earn yourself some freebies!

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Will it ever end?!

My mega busy life is continuing and looks set to carry on for at least next week as well! Still shattered and definitely going to sleep well tonight!
Today, as well as having a job interview and doing loads of work, I have been sorting stuff for the craft fair, doing more cards and waiting for the UPS person! All went well and I have most of what I planned for the fair sorted (although as I type have remembered something else!) and received more goodies from the new Stampin' Up! catalogue. I also finished off all my swaps for training and booked in to teach a craft class for a lovely lady who emailed me out of the blue.
Here are some quick but really effective cards I did this evening. I just love this design so expect to see many more variations on it!


Time for some much-needed sleep now before another hectic two days. Well, a hectic few weeks really when I think about it!

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