World Map - Lost in Indecision!

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Sometimes I stand at my craft desk to design a card, and it all goes perfectly. I don't lose anything in my heap of supplies, it don't stamp anything crooked and I love the design I come up with…..and then there are the other days! LOL

These designs happened on one of the other days. I had something in mind and I made about 4 versions and didn't like any of them. In the end I gave up and did something completely different - hence the two cards below.

Now because the design was for a class, I sent both designs to my team for a second opinion and what do you think? Half liked one, half liked the other! No help. :)

So I have decided to let my ladies choose on the night and have the supplies for both the flat, (left) and flip card (right) options.

So tell me - which would you choose to make?

(BTW I used World Map, Open Sea, and the Label Flipcard die).

Love Elizabeth X

Designer Paper Delight!

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I just love the new Designer Series Papers that are in the new Summer Mini Catalogue from Stampin' Up! This is the the little show-&-tell book I take with me to workshops to show them off. They come in 12" X 12" (30cm square) sheets and are double sided, so perfect for all sorts of projects.

So today I am going to share two projects featuring papers from the Sweet Shop DSP pack....and also tell you how you can recieve a FREE pack of any Designer Series Paper during June.

The first uses the fabby cupcake paper which I loved using with the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set which has been a long-time favourite of mine. I used a little swirl of Pool Party ink on the cake icing to help match the image on the paper.

Using paper from the same set, a completly different project, this time featuring the Sail Away a la carte stamp. As soon as a saw this paper I thought of waves on the sea...

I simply cut along the wave edge and stamped the yacht three time. I first stamped on the card, then on Whisper White and finally on Island Indigo cardstock. I cut out the sails and boat and stuck them on to the card image to make it pop.

The compass image comes from Open Sea, which is in the Summer Mini.

And now as promised....drum roll....here is the special offer from Stampin' Up! which runs throughout June...

When you buy any three packs of Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper, you can choose another one, valued at £9.95 absolutely FREE! It is the perfect time if you want to stock up on our beautiful papers. Look at all of those you can choose...

And if you would like to host a party during June or July we have another fabby offer for you. Should your party total reach £300 or more, you will even more hostess goodies than usual...here are some examples.

Now I know what you are thinking...my party will never reach £325 - but you know what? I have had more parties above £300 than below £300 in the last year - so why not book with me for a fun evening with your friends?

Your Party Sales*	Regular Hostess Benefits	Additional Hostess  Pounds	Total Hostess Benefits
£325	£50 plus 1 item at 50% off	£30	£80 plus 1 item at 50% off
£400	£65 plus 2 items at 50% off	£30	£95 plus 2 items at 50% off
£500	£80 plus 3 items at 50% off	£30	£110 plus 3 items at 50% off

Hope you liked today's projects.
Love Elizabeth X

Life on the Ocean Wave

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More from the new Summer Mini Catalogue from Stampin' Up! today. I was so happy to get the stamp set called The Open Sea that I have used in this project. It is perfect for a man card and also lovely for creating a distressed look like the one below.

All the images are from the stamp set and the greeting is from Party this Way and the scrap of DSP is from First Edition Speciality Designer Paper.

Do you see the scoring down one side and along the bottom - this is done with another new and fabby tool called Simply Scored. More about that coming soon.

Love Elizabeth X