Launch Party & Blog Hop

Hello Everyone

And welcome to those of you who are joining me for the New Catalogue Blog Hop - you have probably just clicked here from the lovely Julie. I promised to share pictures of my New Catalogue Launch Party displays today - but first a project made with goodies from the New Stampin' Up! catalogue.

I made this card using the new Perfect Pennants die. As well as three pennant shapes, it cuts two beautiful scalloped circles, which layer beautifully with other punches.

Here I layered the two scalloped circles, then punched with a circle punch in the middle to create my wreath shape.

I made the berries with the smallest circle on the Owl Punch and topped them with Crystal Effects to make them pop. I added a ribbon, tied through the bottom two scallops and my wreath was done.

I wanted to hang it on a 'door' - and my front door is shiny and white with Georgian panelling - so I thought my card should be the same!

I used glossy white cardstock and the large square punch to punch the panelling - all popped up on dimensionals and hung the wreath on the front.

Now if you would like to pause here a while and have a look at my lauch party pics - there are all below. If you are off to continue on the blog hop, click here to visit the lovely Michelle.

So for those of you lingering a while - I have some pictures to show you... (link to Michelle at the bottom too!)

I am SO blessed to have such wonderful customers, who have become such wonderful friends and it is always great when we get together to share our love of crafting - and I had so many new things to share....this is my maid display area - some close ups coming up below....

I was set up half an hour early, (first time ever) - so time to pose for a photo with my events file - I have everything organised in here!

And I couldn't do these events without my lovely husband Michael - he is a star with the drinks and biscuits!

OK - so off we go - my lovely ladies starting to arrive....

OK - some close ups of my main display...I have had SO much fun playing with the new In Colors - they are just FABULOUS...

Here is the central part of my main display.... GROW was my theme, (as is the Stampin' Up! convention this year), as I said today, our friendships, my business, our creativity and our crafting abilities are all growing together!

We have some beautiful new stamp sets and wonderful new Big Shot dies - I have loved creating with those I have so far - my wish list is a mile long!

Now I made all my lovely ladies wait until we started before peeking in their catalogues - so at last I allowed them to open their bags....

...and there was a good reason - on page 7 is my lovely customer and friend Tracey! I am SO VERY proud that she has been chosen to feature in the UK catalogue as a hostess. (Oh and she booked her next workshop today!)

I only found one photo of her today - taking pictures of the display stand...

NEW in this year's Stampin' Up! catalogue is FABRIC. Now I don't sew - so I am delighted it works with the Big Shot and we have some great fabric adhesive - but for the display I did use my great grandmother's sewing machine to produce a couple of items...

Now we had lots more - like make & takes and the raffle and my demos - but I think you have had enough pictures for today. I will just say for my American visitors - I asked them yesterday what the difference is between our catalogue and theirs....

....well I only realised this year that we spell it catalogUE and over the water it is is spelt catalog! Our spelling is so different isn't it - with our colors and colours and our favorites and favourites?!

Anyway - click on the picture above to look inside or CONTACT ME, if you want your very own copy.

Thank you for getting to the end of this mammoth post - I will be back in a couple of days with some lovely new catalogue projects.

For those of you blog-hopping - off you go to Michelle - she has lovely things to show you :)

Love Elizabeth X

Owl Thinking!

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This was such a fun card to make! It was the first card I made with my Owl Punch when it arrived. The sentiment is part of one from Hopeful Thoughts, (called Thoughts and Prayers in the US). I love that you don't have to use all of a stamp - just ink up the part you want with a marker and stamp!

I hand-drew the think-bubble and punched a range of circles with my circle punches and those that make part of the owl punch.

The background uses the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder in Sahara Sand, brayered over with Early Espresso ink.

Hope you like him - I do!

Owl Punch Ideas

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Do you love that little Owl punch? I have been making all sorts of critters and other things with the Owl punch - it is so much fun to use. I did all my lovely ladies a handout recently showing lots of owl ideas. Not many of these are my original ideas - there have been many talented people out there thinking up owl projects before me...but I take credit for the robin! :)

Here is one of the owl cards I have made...

I did the eyes with Crystal Effects. My non-crafty friends all shook this card because they thought they were goggle eyes! LOL