Owl Punch

Today I thought I would share a card with you that I made last weekend, using  the Top note Die, my beloved Owl punch and sentiment from a  level 2 Hostess set from the Mini catalogue.

The card stock colours used are Wild Wasabi, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo and Early Espresso.

Back of to put my feet up still suffering from the effects of the sedation I had yesterday.

Just Beleive

Today I held one of my "Sataurday Special Classes" where my ladies get the chance to either just pay for the class or purchase a bundle and get the class free. This time we used the "Just Beleive" stampset to make a total of 7 cards.

River Rock is a colour that I hardly use and I was pleasently surprised at how well it went with Marina Mist and Basic Black.

This was my ladies favourites!!

We used Shimmer Card stock stamped with Crumb Cake, then added Heat n Stick Powder and Dazzling Diamons using the "Stamp a Jig". The sentiment is from a level hostess gift in the Mini Catalogue.

My next Saturday Special is on the 25th June, which is also my Charity Event raising monies for both Breast Cancer Research and Harris Hospice Care.......so be sure to contact me to book your place!!

Charity Card Making Event

25^th June 1 pm-5pm, St Mary Cray, Kent                         £25.00

All profits from the event and a minimum donation of £2 per person who attends will go to Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Harris HospisCare. During this fun packed session we will be making cards not only for ourselves, but also for Harris hospice care and cancer charities.


Each participant will receive a Strength and Hope Stamp Set which is theirs to keep at the end of the event. If you already have this stamp set, let me know when you book and I will arrange alternative product(s) for you to take home.

Light refreshments will be provided as will everything you need to make the cards, along with as much or as little tuition as you need. This would be a great event to bring your friends to even if they have never made cards before, we will make sure they have a lot of fun and enjoy trying this hobby of ours!

We will also have a raffle. Booking is essential so contact Sue on 07914 360625 or email me at frankiesue@ntlworld.com to reserve your space, booking closes on 11th June.

Off topic for today.........

Last night was Heidi's prom nite so being a proud mum I thought I would share a couple of photographs with you. This is Heidi with her friend Rachel.

And this is an awful photo of me BUT a fab one of Heidi, yes there were tears in my eyes as I dropped them off at the Prom.....my baby is all grown up!!



1st Birthday

knowing that I'm a demonstrator  and make cards, my daughters friend asked me if I would make her daughters 1st Birthday Card. The only requirement she asked for was it should be "PINK", I then gave my daughter a third degree and found out that the cake was to be themed  and was going to be a castle.

I then put my thinking cap on and this is what I created using Blushing Bride cardstock, ink, designer papers and the sanded background stamp.

and when you open the doors you can see the birthday girl 

My demo

I'm really proud to be the owner of a Stampin' Up! Big shot.....(Thanks to my hubby) I did get some comments saying "Ohh I like it in Black" " not seen a Black one"


So here's a quick picture of the items I demo'd on Sunday at Biggin Hill using the Big Shot and some of Stampin' Up!s Exclusive dies and embossing folders from Sizzix.

The first item I demo'd was a book mark, using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit  Die (£10.50) which not only cuts the butterflies out but embosses them at the same time.

The second item I demo'd was the Elegant Bouquet Embossing Folder (£6.95) having run it throught the Big Shot and just using a dauber to add colour to the embossed areas (Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery) Ladies where very impressed at how quick and simple it was to make a simple but elegant card.

The last item I demo'd was "Fun Flowers" a Bigz L Die (£28.95) I even run some that I cut out through some of the other embossing folders to add texture to them. This is great for making flowers of all different colours and sizes especially for your scrapbook pages.

I do have to say that I got the idea for the bookmark from another demonstrator but unfortunaltey I don't happen to remember her name.

Biggin Hill

Well what can I say but a BIG "Thank You" to all of you that popped by and visited our stall on Sunday. It was great to catch up with old customers, meet new people and of course other demonstrators that made themselves known to us.

I thought I would share with you today some of the pictures we took at the event ~

This is the "Frank" half of frankiesue ~ he was a there on both days and a great help both setting up and packing up as well as ensuring that we were all fed and watered, especially as it was sooo hot in the venue.

 (This is Vanessa and Frank taking a tea break on Saturday)

Here are the display's, every thing was ready with 15 mins to spare before the doors opened, we were all a little nervous by now as it was our first event.

but we all managed a smile before the doors opened!!

It got sooooo busy that I forgot to take pictures of Vanessa and Chirs doing their Demo's they both did a fantastic job and I do know how nervous they both were!!!!

I also need to say thankyou to 2 other people and that is Bekka, for all her support behind the scenes (she's my adoptive SU mummy) and to Maraget my other downline who helped out with our "make n take" so the girls could have a break........ THANK YOU  ladies

Ladies.....

I'm so SORRY that I haven't posted anything on my blog for well over 2 weeks now, but I think I can be excused as I've been really busy with my team "Paper Daises" preparing for this weekend as we have a stand at "Sincerely Yours" papercraft show this Sunday at Biggin Hill.

So if your popping along remember to come and say "Hello" to us and in true Stampin' Up! style we have a lovely "make n take" for you to participate in. I promise that we'll take photo's of the day and share these with you next week.


I do have some other news to share with you...... Fancy the chance of winning a free stamp set then why not hop on over to the Stampin' Up website (here's the link) to answer a quick question. Thequestion changes every Monday so remember to pop back every week throughout the Month of May.

This weeks question is "What’s your favourite part of the Stampin’ Up! starter kit?" to view the contents of the starter kit have a quick peek on page 8 of the catalogue.