One of my new year resolutions that I made to myself was to update my blog on a regular basis......which so far I have managed to do on a daily basis.

But having now landed my self a full time temping job I am finding myself a little  pushed for time on this front......... so for the time being I will be updating my blog with posts on Tuesday's, Thursday's, Saturday's and  of course will keep up  my regular Scrapbookin' On Sunday posts (I know Amy likes to read these down in Portsmouth)

Well I must dash as I have loads to catch up with ..........namely 2 x 40th Birthday cards!!!

Happy Stampin'

Sue

Up coming Saturday Special Class!!

The date is Saturday 16^th March  and 2 sessions with 2 different projects……….

10-12.30pm  - Kindness Matters

Were you will make 4 cards and a co ordinating box

The cost of this class will be £15.00 or  £20 which will include the stamp set in clear mount.

1.30 – 4.30 pm -  Boutique Box Class

Were you will make 3 cards, 2 Mini Notes in Box, 1 Treat Box & Gift Card Holder

The cost of this class will be £15 or £20 which includes “the Boutique Boxes Bundle” allowing you to make other projects

Booking and payment for these classes will  close on the 6^th March. For more information please email sue@frankiesuestampin.com or call me on 07914 360625

Look forward to seeing you there.

Sue

Scrapbookin' On Sunday

Last Sunday I shared with you a picture off all the papers and card stock spread out on the floor for my class last week. The kit was made up with 1/2 a pack of Patio Party DSP, co-ordinating card stock and embellishments. 

Today I am going to share two of the layouts that the ladies could either make with their monthly kit or if they wished could change to their own designs. 

The main focus that I was trying to share with them is how they could make the most out of of one of the double sided papers (in the picture above its the third and fourth designs on the left hand side- lots of strips and pink diagonals). We not only made this one on the Midnight Muse back ground but another double page layout too. 

 

 I also chose these papers as I will need something for Heidi's photo's to go on when they come back from the developers. Hence why there are white pieces of paper where the photo's should be.

For this layout we have used to of the Big shot dies - Tasteful Trims, Perfect Pennants.  I don't have it but the new Pinwheel die would be the perfect finish to this page......its on my wish list.

Well must go as I am starting to plan next months class/kit (Wednesday 20th March),were we will be using the Divided Page Protectors and the Sycamore Street DSP from Sale a Bration.

If you would like a kit to play with at home then please do get in touch they will cost £15.00 plus P&P or free if collected, booking needs to be made by the 6th March.

Happy Craftin'

   Sue

Saturday............

I'm sitting here chilling with Frank at the moment.......first time in ages that we have both been free on a Saturday together!!  

Today I will share with you some photograph's that I took at my craft event last week.

Michelle went home and made her own scrapbook page's using the photograph's she took. Can you see the miniature versions of the cards she has made to decorate her page?   What a fab idea.....

Think I may persuade Frank that I need some retail therapy................

Happy Craftin'

   Sue

Happy Birthday!!!

Today's card is one that we made at class this month. It uses the Twitterpated DSP, along with the Labels Framelits.

As well as a variety of  punches for the flowers and leaves. I gave the ladies who attended the  class the choice as whether they stamped the "Happy Birthday" using Stampin' Up! s single stamp or make it into a Mother's Day card using another stamp set.  

Should you with to purchase the products used to make this card or any other Stampin' Up products then give me a call on 07914 360625.

Happy Stampin'

   Sue

A little reminder ......

That I am offering Product shares from the

SPRING/SUMMER CATALOGUE 

You can have as many shares of each group as you would like – If you order all three shares, then postage will be a flat £2.50

Paper Share

24 sheets designer paper (6 – 6x6 sheets of 4 different designs)

12 sheets Print Poetry paper stack(4 1/2 x 61/2)

£6.25 collected OR £7.25 posted

Accessory Share

1 strip - Approx 25 roses – Roses Ribbon Trim

6 paper doilies

3 of 2 designs Crepe Filter Paper

10 large Rhinestones

4 Designer Builder Brads

4 Soda Pop Tops (2 of each size)

12 Cute Clips (2 each of 6 designs)

4 Basic Designer Buttons (2 each of 2 designs)

£9.50 collected OR £10.50 posted

(Why not add on the Artisan Embellishment Kit for £8.95)

Ribbon Share

Strip of Roses Flower Trim (approx 25 roses)

2m of Two Tone Ribbon – 1m (rose/pink) 1m (grey/black)

6m of 3/8” Striped Organdy – (2m Marine Mist, 2m Melon Mambo, 2m Old Olive)

1m of 7/16” Natural Trim

£11.25 collected OR £12.25 posted

As always with my shares, please contact me to secure your place.  Once each group is full, I will notify you for payment.  

Contact sue@frankiesuestampin.com  or call me on 07914 360625 to secure your place in the share group

Happy Craftin'

Sue

 Wow!!!   were has this week gone??   I missed a post for today.........so busy settling to my new job.

as the saying goes normal service will be resumed.

Catch you all later



Sue

Vintage Verses all smooched up

Today I'm sharing with your the boxed set of cards that I made for my hostess last night. It uses three of the items available during Sale a Bration - Vintage Verses, Madison Avenue  stamp sets and the Sycamore Street DSP as well as other Stampin' Up! items.

As you can see from the photograph to give it the little something extra I have spritzed it with the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, which can be found on page 158 of the 2012/2013 Annual Catalogue.

The hostess of the party was very pleased with her gift and on achieving sales that earn't her a Free pack of Glimmer Paper and a  Hostess Spend of £30.00, all on top of receiving the Sale a Bration item that she earn't for her own personal spend.

I do have some dates free in my diary so why not host a  Stampin' Up! party of your own, where you get to have fun with your friends, crafting and shopping at the same time. What could be better.

Don't worry if your friends are new to stamping I will introduce them to the basic and share to hints and tips to others in the group. Then we will all make a card together. 

To book your party email sue@frankiesuestampin.com  or give me a call on 07914 360625.

Happy Stampin'

 Sue

Perfectly Penned meets

White Embossing powder, after my mishap of spilling nearly half a tub of this when preparing for the class on Saturday, there was more than enough left to do a couple of extra cards for my stash, I always run out of the ones I'm looking for.

Both of these cards use the International Bazaar  Designer Series Paper,  Perfectly Penned stamp set, 1/4 " Stitched Ribbon, Scallop Edge Border Punch,  Silver Glimmer Paper and the new Butterfly punch. 

I'm not sure if you can see in the picture but the Thank You card is mounted on Natural White Card stock which is slightly heavy than Whisper White making it an ideal card base for  cards with extra weight on them.

The Silver Glimmer gives this card that something extra.......and don't forgot that if you host a party and sales reach over £150 then you'll receive a pack Free.  

If you would like more information about hosting a party and what it entails then please click here  or give me a call on 07914 360625.

Well I must get my skates on as I need to make my hostess a gift for this evening.... be sure to pop back to morrow and see what I created.

Happy Stampin'

 Sue

Scrapbookin' On Sunday

On Wednesday night I have my monthly Scrapbookin' Club, as I was out last weekend celebrating Heidi's birthday and catching up with friends........I'm still putting together the last inspiration page for my ladies to work from.

Can you tell which papers we will be using??   Its the Patio Party Designer Series Papers.

right must dash got to finish this page otherwise Frank won't get any dinner this evening.

Happy' Craftin'

 Sue

Perfectly Penned

Today's card that I am sharing with you is one that  the ladies will be making at my all day event today to go in  their "Birthday Books" that they will be making as well.

As you can see we will be using the sentiments from the Perfectly Penned stamp set and the International Bazzar DSP. 

Be sure to pop back and see the other cards that my ladies will  be making next week.

My next Saturday Special Class will be on the 16th March so be sure to pencil the date in your dairy and watch out for more details next week....

Happy Stampin'

Sue

Oh Happy Day!!!!

Just a quick post today of a card that I cased using  two of the stamp sets available during Sale a Bration -  Madison Avenue  and Bloomin' Marvelous 

It also uses the Sale a Braiton Designer Series Paper  and Ribbon from the Sycamore collection.

For every £45 you spend you can earn one of 17 different items for FREE and this year you can select 6 different existing catalogue items - You can view them HERE or see below!

Should you wish to place an order then please email me at sue@frankiesuestampin.com

Happy Stampin' 

Sue

Happy Valentines Day!!

Today I am going to share with you the card that I made for Frank for today........ using the new That's the Ticket  and Hearts a Flutter stamp sets with their matching Framelits and punches - Heart and Ticket Duo.

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The Picture doesn't pick it up very well but there isn't a White Heart stuck onto the card, it is showing through from where I have used the large heart punch on the grey card.  I then arranged the  other 2 hearts on to the card one is from the Hearts a Flutter set cut out using the matching framelits and the other is punch out with the small heart from the Red Glimmer Paper . Then  I stamped the sentiment from That's the Ticket in versa mark and then embossed it with white embossing powder.

Well I must dash.......as  I have got to run to work 

Hope you all have a lovely valentines day and are spoilt rotten by your loved ones.

Sue

WOYWW#193

Its that time of the week for WOYWW......and its really early on a Wednesday morning........about 1 am that I took this photograph as I have a class this evening and had left the prepping again to the last minute......

Although my Hubby understood last week leaving the table a mess I daren't leave it like that again this week.......well at least I'll have all day to tidy up this time.

My Daughter bought me the lovely flowers, which inspired me to make the cards using Stampin' Up!s Wild Wasabi and Daffodil Delight colours with the Bloomin' Marvelous Sale a Bration stamp set.

Thanks for passing by I'm off to have a nosey at whats on your work desks.

Happy Craftin'

 Sue

Sweet Threads

Today's post is showcasing one of the two cards that can be made using the Sweet Threads Simply Sent Kit that can be found on page 22 of the Spring/Summer Catalogue. 

This kit includes 8 printed cards (4 of 2 colours), 8 white envelopes, 8 die cut patterned pieces (needle holes prepiereced, embroidery floss, needles and some Stampin Dimensionals.

For this card I used a sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Sentiment set but if you don't have any small sentiments this does come with a complimentary stamp set called Essentials as a bundle which has a 15% discount taken off the items if purchased individually.  Making it a great gift for those who love to cross stitch.

I'm off to make the other one now 

Happy' Sewin'

 Sue

Friend to Friend

On Saturday I talked about the friendships that are made between demonstrators  these are not only made within in teams but through various events that we attend. Today I am going share with you a card that was waiting for me when I got home last week

I had been talking with Charlie (aka Mrs C) the other week about the new  Oh Whale!  stamp set and matching die and mentioned that I hadn't got it and it was towards  the bottom of  my wish list .......and yes there where tears when I opened it up to know that someone had  be so kind and thought of me!!

Now having seen these in the flesh,  they are now awaiting to be shipped to me from Stampin' Up! should you wish to purchase these or any other Stampin' Up! products then please email me at sue@frankiesuestampin.com 

Happy Stampin'

Sue

Scrapbookin' On Sunday

Scrapbookin' On Sunday is having to  take a break this week as I'm playing catch up with myself..........

This is due to the fact that I planned to spend Saturday afternoon Scrappin' but found myself having to tidy up  the front room after the man from Virgin had been  to look at the little black box ........and guess what No fault could be found so we're still trying to work out whats going on with our TV!!

But I can share some pictures that were taken Friday Evening when we went out to celebrate Heidi's birthday.......

 "Yes now I can drink legally"

 "Uncle Banana Head" and Frank

Here Heidi is laughing as she only just realised after 3 attempts that the candles Amy and Lucy had put in the cake were the ones that re-ignite........

One thing that I have learn't through scrappin' and taking photos is to take 2 pictures one landscape position and one portrait,  that way you can use which one suits your layout best.

Well must dash loads still to do especially as I have a job for the time being so early to bed for me tonight got to get back into commuting by train now.

Happy Craftin'

Sue

Sharing what you Love

Today I am going to share with you a picture of some decorated notebooks that I made for my new team members last month, as part of their welcome gift from me. The DSP is from the Patio Party Series.....I  so need to use this some more

Sale-a-Bration is a wonderful time to join my team - you get an additional 25% in your kit!  This means you can choose the products you want to the value of £162.50 for just £99. You also get business supplies worth £45 and free post and packing on your kit.  Once you have joined you will also get

• a great career plan enabling you to reach what ever financial goals you set yourself in your new adventure, be this a substantial income or a discount on your own supplies
• the chance to earn as many free stamp sets as you would like in your first six months, and lots of chances to earn free product after that
• as much support and advice on how to get what you want from your business from me 

I love being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator and I  find it exciting when someone  joins my team and experience all the wonderful things this brings for them, the friendships they make, the fun and of course the chance to make money doing something they love (all ways a bonus)

for more details then please email sue@frankiesuestampin.com 

Happy Stampin'

Sue

Happy 18th Birthday.............

Heidi

I can't believe that my baby is 18 today.........

This was taken last year at her School prom which is one of  a series of photographs that I am just about to put onto a scrapbook pages........ I can't find any really embarrassing baby photo's of her (they're packed in boxes)  but I would like to share these with you as well.

Well must get on and make myself look presentable as we're out for a slap up meal to celebrate.

Patterned Occasions Card

After having a rather busy day at work yesterday, being moaned at by Frank for leaving the table messy I then quickly tided it up before rushing out to my card class. I managed to create a quick card to share with you  using one of the Sale a Bration stamp sets. I can't show you any of the cards we made as I have another class next week and I don't want to spoil their surprise.

I used the same colours that I did last time I used this image, as my uncle is recovering from an operation and all the cards that I have made up for these occasions are all for ladies....... The image from the Patterned Occasions has been stamped in three shades of blue - Bashful Blue, Marina Mist and  Not Quite Navy. I have used some Natural Trim Ribbon from the new Spring/Summer just to finish it off.

If you wish to purchase any items used to complete this card or any other current Stampin' Up! products then please email sue@frankiesuestampin.com remember for every £45 spent you can earn 1 Sale a Bration product.

Happy Stampin'

Sue

WOYWW #192

going to have one moaning Husband as I have been called into work and have had to leave my desk (kitchen table) like this........

I was so looking forward to getting messy after I had finished prepping this class..........oh well there is always tomorrow.

Have a fun day craftin' where ever you are

Sue

Delightful Dozen Collection

Today I am sharing with you the cards that we made at my last Saturday special class using the Delightful Dozen Stamp and Natural Composition DSP

As the Natural Composition  has a variety of different   embossed patterns, we used different techniques to colour them with inks. 

For this card we used sponges and blended the colours together.

Here we applied colours using blender pens to the flowers and for the brown on the fleur-de -lis we used sponges for this mother's card.

For this Valentine card we used daubers and made a mask for the hearts (I'll have to make another one for Frank as he saw me making it)

And for this the last card we used a brayer to achieve a more intense, deeper colour. 

There are still spaces available for my next event " Frankiesue's Craft Day", details can be found here. Hurry as booking closes tomorrow evening, it would be great to see you there.


Happy Craftin'

Sue

Fancy a little of everything.........

in the new catalogue?? then I may just have the answer for you 

SPRING/SUMMER CATALOGUE SHARES

You can have as many shares of each group as you would like – If you order all three shares, then postage will be a flat £2.50

Paper Share

24 sheets designer paper (6 – 6x6 sheets of 4 different designs)

12 sheets Print Poetry paper stack(4 1/2 x 61/2)

£6.25 collected OR £7.25 posted

Accessory Share

1 strip - Approx 25 roses – Roses Ribbon Trim

6 paper doilies

3 of 2 designs Crepe Filter Paper

10 large Rhinestones

4 Designer Builder Brads

4 Soda Pop Tops (2 of each size)

12 Cute Clips (2 each of 6 designs)

4 Basic Designer Buttons (2 each of 2 designs)

£9.50 collected OR £10.50 posted

(Why not add on the Artisan Embellishment Kit for £8.95)

Ribbon Share

Strip of Roses Flower Trim (approx 25 roses)

2m of Two Tone Ribbon – 1m (rose/pink) 1m (grey/black)

6m of 3/8” Striped Organdy – (2m Marine Mist, 2m Melon Mambo, 2m Old Olive)

1m of 7/16” Natural Trim

£11.25 collected OR £12.25 posted

As always with my shares, please contact me to secure your place.  Once each group is full, I will notify you for payment.  

Contact sue@frankiesuestampin or call me on 07914 360625 to secure your place in the share group

Happy Craftin'

 Sue

Scapbookin' On Sunday

Yay  I managed to get on to my laptop found out what the problem was so hopefully things will be OK now (she says finger's crossed)

For this week's Scrapbookin' On Sunday I'm going to share with you a Hidden Gem in the Annual Catalogue and that is the 12x12 Divided Page Protectors and can be found on page 169.

You get 10 assorted pages which hold a variety of photo sizes and they really do make scrapbooking effortless and quick as well as allowing you to create beautiful pages. 

And are great for when you take lots of photos of particular events such as weddings, parties or in my case "Elephants" on parade around London....now I have some where to scrap my 400 odd photo's with out having to do a similar number of layouts.

Hope you have a great Sunday, what ever you may be doing...............

Happy Stampin'

Sue

Opps!!!

Typical I wanted to up load some photo's of some cards that I made using the stamp sets from the new Spring/Summer Catalogue,but they're on my laptop and its playing up.

So instead I'm going to share with you a couple of my favourite things from the catalogue which are the Honeycomb Embossing folder and the New Colour Co-Ordinations cardstock - Real red, Primrose Petal and Pool Party.

Here's a photograph taken from the catalogue showing these items being used with the Heart a Flutter stamp set which has matching framelits to go with it.

Stampin' Up! have coordinated products into bundles which they have discounted......for more information on which bundles Stampin' Up! have put together for you see page 2 of the Spring/Summer Catalogue.

Another of my favorite stamp sets is Rain or Shine, this set has some co-ordinating Designer Series Paper Sunshine & Sprinkles

Sorry once again for having to use the images from the catalogue, I'm hoping that tomorrow things will be back to normal.... I'm off to play with these stamp sets again.

Happy' Stampin'

Sue

New Spring/Summer Catalogue

Ladies and Gentlemen today I can share with you this years Stampin' Up

Spring/Summer Catalogue 

Its fully of lovely goodies if you click on the image in the side bar this will take you to the on line version, if you would prefer a copy then please email sue@frankiesuestampin with your name, address and telephone number and I'll pop one in the post to you.

Here is a card that I have cased using just a few of the new items in the Spring/Summer Catalogue - Ciao Baby and Collage Curious stamp sets, 7/8 scallop circle punch, Poetry Print designer paper stack along with the new small curly cute punch that is available during Sale a Bration.

Remember through until the 22nd March you will qualify for a Sale a Bration item with every £45 spent............either in this New Spring/Summer catalogue or the annual catalogue.

I'm going to stop now as I know that your itching to go and have a look at the New Catalogue enjoy!!!!!!!! 

Happy Stampin'

Sue