Spring has sprung!

Could spring finally be here?! I don't want to jinx it, but now the sun is making an appearance and I have seen the first lot of crocus and daffodils poking their heads out into the world I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy!

It is my mum's birthday today, so yesterday I journeyed back down to Chester for a few days with the family. Nightmare on the trains, but worth it.

Here's the card I made for mum.




She likes daffodils, so I think this will go down well!


I created the flowers using the Growing Green stamps and a the 1/4" Circle Punch all folded and squashed up. Inspiration from the lovely Vicky once again! The stems are from Just Believe and I added bees from the SAB Sweet Summer set. Mum loves bees - she is known as Nanna Bee to the kids!

So for the rest of the week I will be working and spending time with the rellies. Tea at my bro's tonight to meet his new daughter, lunch with nanna and granddad tomorrow, tea with mum at the farm to see Bodd, then time with my dad and step mum.

Will be good to get back to Leeds on Friday for a rest!

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Last few days to get FREE Stampin' Up! goodies

Well it's nearly the end of February and that means not only am I wiser and the days are going too quickly, but also that you don't have long left to get some FREE Stampin' Up! goodies.

Hopefully you have been inspired by the beautiful Sale-A-Bration sets this year and have enjoyed my projects. I have a couple more cards to show you with these stamps, and here's the first.



I CASEd this design from my good friend Vicky. The stems are from the Sweet Summer set. I added little punched hearts with Pearls on and "cut" the grass using the Scallop Trim Border Punch and layering Certainly Celery and Old Olive grosgrain ribbon.



Pretty cute I think!

So, you have until Feb 28th to get free Stampin' Up! products here in the UK. Just order £45 of goodies and you get to choose one free set. And if you sign up to become a demonstrator before the end of the month, as well as getting amazing goodies at a very good price and sharing the fun of creativity, you will get an EXTRA FREE stamp set of any value from the catalogue. Just drop me a line to order, sign up or find out more.

Amazing!

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Two weeks left of SAB - FREE Stampin' Up! products

Last night I had a mega craft session. I was feeling rather crafty and had lots of cards to make for my friends as well as a huge order from my mum. She goes through her calendar and tells me what she needs!

However, I can't show you any of those just yet, so here is another Sale-A-Bration idea!

Remember, these sets are only available until the end of February and you get one FREE with each £45 order. Or if you host a workshop with sales over £300.

This is the yummy Sweet Summer.



It's a slight variation of others you have seen because I adore the Sweet & Sour DSP! It is so bright and cheery.



To order or book a workshop just get in touch by phone or email!

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Buns & Roses card class

Last night I ran a card class for Buns & Roses and I have to say it was brilliant!

There were 21 ladies signed up, as well as my fellow WI committee members who helped out with the tutoring. My mum came up to join in too and we all had lots of giggles.

Here are the cards we made ...



For our Valentines!



For little monkeys!



For blokes!



And one for our girly friends!

Today mum and I have shopped and lunched at Yo! Sushi. She's now taking a nap while I had a bath then tonight we're off to Diva Italiana in Pudsey then back to Armley to a pub that says it has karaoke!

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SAB ideas - flowers in a vase

Here's another awesome way to use one of the Sale-A-Bration sets you can get for FREE!
It's the Sweet Summer set and I have made a little vase of flowers. The vase is actually the Ornament Punch with the pointy bottom chopped off!
The flowers were stamped on an extra bit of card and stuck on with Dimensionals for a lovely 3D effect.
I'm quite taken with this free Stampin' Up! stamp set as I get to colour in! And it doesn't even matter if you go outside the lines!

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More ideas for your FREE SU stamp sets

Here's another yummy card using the FREE Sweet Summer stamp set available only until the end of February in the Sale-A-Bration Stampin' Up! promotion.
This was one I did at training with mummy Julie last month, using the wonderful Brights DSP and Stampin' Write Markers to colour in.
Just a quickie today, as I must crack on with crafting and packing!

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SAB card - How to use your free stamp sets

Here is my first SAB card, featuring the gorgeous Sweet Summer set. It contains nine images, with a stem and different flower heads and a cute little bee, bird and butterfly. You can really go wild with this set and create all sorts of pretty flowers and it's a particularly good one for creating your own patterned paper and doing one-sheet wonder cards.
To get your hands on this set, check out the details over there >>> or see my main SAB blog post (which should hopefully stay at the top of my blog until the promotion ends!).
Oh, I forgot. Happy New Year! I am going to start 2011 as I mean to go on - in my PJs, drinking tea and crafting!

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