Sneak Peak

 

 The new spring catalogue comes out on February 1st celebrating 25 years of Stampin UP!  As demonstrators we are SO lucky to be able to have previews of the up and coming goodies.

It was my gorgeous niece Nancy's 18th birthday last weekend and I wanted to create her a special card as Summer and I were unable to attend her party due to dance commitments.

  

I made this extra large card for her - it measures 8" square and I embossed the top (which, sadly, you can't see very well in the photos)

You will LOVE the new catalogue but if you can't wait until February, why not order some of our goodies from the main catalogue, for every £45 you spend you can get a free stamp or paper set from the special Sale-a-Bration flyer on the left hand side of my blog!

I'm now off to brave the snow again and walk down the garden to my craft house.

Have a great day

Ruth

Sale a Bration

IT'S HERE!!! SALE-A-BRATION 2013!

JOIN - If you join our team during Sale-A-Bration (22nd January - 22nd March) you will get an extra 25% worth of product FREE in your Starter Kit! This means £162.50 worth of product for only £99! AND you also get a free business pack worth £45! Its the best deal on the Starter Kit out there! Over £200 worth of stuff for £99!! 

 

If you host a workshop with me of over £300 then in addition to your normal £50 Hostess Spends and a 1/2 price item you will also get this bundle FREE!! Together with a pack of Glimmer Card. This bundle contains 12x12 paper pack, buttons and ribbon pack and the Madison Avenue stamp set

 

 

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 - how cool is that??!

Email me now at ruthwareing@aol.com to take advantage of this fantastic offer!

I'm back again!

 

I wanted to start this post off with some good news!  My gorgeous 11 year old daughter has qualified for the WORLD Irish Dancing Championships to be held in Boston USA next March!  We are SO, SO Proud of her as she does not have the best of health but she worked her butt off and achieved her dream so I've been busy booking flights and hotels and trying to get some sponsorship for her!

 

I have managed to find some time for crafting though ;) and wanted to use the gorgeous snowflake embossing folder on my Christmas cards this year, it is so effective and so quick to use.

 

I then used the mittens punch and added a bit of glitter (you have to have glitter on a Christmas card!) and voila! I have been batch making them and they go together so quickly, only another 150 to go!

I hope you are all ready for Christmas, I still have wrapping to do but will be sending the cards out over the next couple of days.

Have a great day

Ruth

A card for Nicola

I'm back!  Apologies for the absence I've been in hospital with pneumonia!  Feeling a bit better now so starting to craft again :)

I made this card for my beautiful step daughter Nicola - very simple and quick.

I really like being able to create quick cards that look like I've put in a big effort ;)

I have the kids off this week for half term and it was my other daughters 13th birthday so I've been busy, busy, busy.

Hope you like the card

Ruth

Advent Calendar

Well Mr Brown finally arrived yesterday evening, he's a new UPS driver and one that clearly doesn't understand the desperation of a Stampin UP! demonstrator anxious to get her hands on her new stash :)

I spent most of the evening creating this advent calendar using the new Big Shot peekaboo dies and the 25 and counting stamp set.  I have a feeling that I am going to be making lots of these calendars as gifts as they are easy to make but really effective.

I tried to keep to 3 basic colours old olive, cherry cobbler and crumb cake, I then embosses and glittered to my hearts content! 

I stuck images behind the doors

This is the one for Christmas Day.

What do you think?  I will show you some different designs over the next few days and then we can pick a favourite!

Have a great day

Ruth

Christmas Mittens

I fell in love with the Make a Mittens stamp set in the new holiday mini catalogue.  You can buy the punch to match it and it makes such quick and easy cards!

I quickly put this one together using the framelits dies 

The card opens to reveal another framelit stamped with some more of the Make a Mittens set.  The mittens on the front are punched out and embossed and then they just kind of hang the way my mittens did when I was little and my mum put them on a string through my sleeves! - Ah the memories.

I hope you like the card, let me know what you think, I love to read comments

Ruth

Oh my! The new catalogue is live and ready for your orders!

I have to say this is my favourite time of the Stampin UP! Year, the new catalogue comes out crammed with must have goodies and this year I swear it's better than ever! 

It's much bigger for a start, crammed with over 200 pages of crafting lushness.  They have increased the Big Shot Range and the possibilities are endless!

Why not order a copy from me for £5.00 incl P&P or join one of my stamping clubs?  I am just about to start a new one in conjunction with the new catalogue - all you need to do is to agree to spend £25.00 per month for 10 months exc P&P and in one of those months you will be classed as the "hostess" and receive FREE GOODIES!

If you would "just" like to order some goodies, or have a wish list, let me know and I will make sure sure that your wishes do come true!

Have a great day

Ruth