NEW Autumn / Winter Catalogue

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Well I can't believe it is September already - where did the summer go? But I am still smiling because here in Stampin' Up! land it is all excitement.

Firstly we have our first 'seasonal' catalogue - not a mini - this is an A4 size catalogue with a wonderful range of Autumn, Halloween, Christmas and Valentines stamps and beautiful accessories.

Contact me for your very own catalogue or click here to see it right now.

Secondly we have our Last Chance List out. This features all our retiring products - so get them now before they go! Let me know if there is anything you need from the retirement list.

You can see the retiring stamps by clicking HERE and the retiring accessories by clicking HERE!

The butterfly and the flowers are on the retirement list....ahhh! The butterfly is one of our individual stamps - All a Flutter - and the flowers come from Vintage Vogue.

The butterfly was stamped using Stazon ink, I then coloured the wings using markers. Next cut out the image and inked the whole thing using clear Versamark Ink. I added Heat & Stick powder, heated and topped with Dazzling Diamonds to create the pretty effect.

Back soon with more in with the new and out with the old posts!


Love Elizabeth X

Growing Green Two Ways

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Today I am sharing two cards made with the Growing Green stamp set. This is an outline set allowing you to colour in or leave a very simple outline effect.

I have used a co-ordinating designer paper, (retired now), on this card and also included a single a la carte stamp called All a Flutter.

The second card I made quite recently. Here I used an Aqua Painter and ink to paint the leaves. For the rose I used two pieces of watercolour paper from Stampin' Up! Once again I painted using the Aqua Painter. I cut out the centre of one of the roses and layered up with a dimensional to make the rose pop.

I hope you like today's cards.

Love Elizabeth X

Glass Glitter Butterfly

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When I saw the new Glass Glitter in the mini catalogue, I was intrigued to try it. I had a few experiments with a range of adhesives to see what worked best and found the easiest was sticky strip.

To make this card, I first stamped the background using two butterfly images. One is the single stamp called All a Flutter and the one with closed wings is from Nature Walk. I wanted to focus to be on the 'bling butterfly', so I used black stazon ink for a monochrome background.

Next I covered a small rectangle of of cardstock with sticky strip, (note: we don't have the adhesive sheets in the UK, or I would have used them!) I then cut the butterfly with the Beautiful Butterflies die, before removing the sticky strip backing.

I always keep my glitter in tupperware type boxes, so I was able to press the butterfly firmly down into the glitter and then shake off the excess.

I made his body with a piece of 1/4" black taffeta ribbon, snipped at the top to create antenae, which I topped with rhinestones. How blingy is that butterfly? LOL

Now in the catalogue it says that these glitters, (they come in 3 colour choices), are designed to tarnish over time to give an a vintage look. Well I made my first projects with it about 3 months ago - and no tarnishing has taken place yet! :) So if any of you U.S./Canadian or Aussie demos can tell me how long we wait for tarnishing to occur - I would be delighted to know! LOL

Pretty Gift Box

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At Stampin' Up! convention my lovely upline Amanda achieved a whole heap of top awards, but the one she was really proud of was the Heart of Stampin' Up! award. The Heart of Stampin’ Up! award recognises demonstrators from the EU who truly exemplify Stampin’ Up!’s Statement of the Heart as they make a difference in people’s lives. The award winner is chosen by Stampin' Up! CEO Shelli based on nominations sent in prior to convention.


We were all proud of her, so after convention we sent her flowers and chocolates and then secretly bought a special Pandora bead for her braclet which we presented to her at our quarterly team training.

I made a box for the bead a while ago and now that Amanda has recieved it, I can share the pictures with you.

I used so many stamps for this project, I am not sure I can list them all. I see I used Greenhouse Garden in Soft Suede and Crumb Cake on the box. The top layer is done with Fresh Cuts and Just Believe in Baja Breeze and Marina Mist. The butterfly is a single stamp called All A Flutter and I stamped it in Stazon and coloured in using markers. Don't the little pearls looks sweet?

I also made a little holder for the bead, which we didn't use in the end, (the bead came in sweet Pandora packaging), but I thought I would show you what I made here:

I stamped the tissue paper and created a closure with the butterfly stamped on Window Sheet and a diamonte brad to hold it closed.

Because I never know when to stop, I also stamped the inside of the box...

The interior is stamped with the Ornate Bloom stamp, using the rock n roll technique to add a variation in colour. I also had fun creating the belly band closure, with lots of stamping and daubing and finishing with the Marina Mist 1/4" taffetta ribbon.

I hope you like it as much as Amanda did!