The Final Countdown!

The new Stampin’ Up! Catalogue goes live tomorrow – and its fantastic – full of lovely things that will have you drooling. That means from tomorrow you will be able to order the products I have been giving you sneaky peaks of and many more things beside.

Check back tomorrow for more details.

So one last sneaky peak for you – yes its a stamp set you wont be able to get from tomorrow (Garden Silhouettes) but what is that you can see in the corner – yes beautiful stitched ribbon! This was made from a small scrap of ribbon so as you can see even the scraps are lovely and can make all the difference to your cards

Don’t forget to stop by tomorrow to see the new catalogue

Happy Crafting

love

Bekka

Seeing Stars

Oh and Sneak Peak Number 4!

Look who I met last night ...

What a lovely man - we had a great conversation about dyslexia, personal development and of course crafts! I was at an awards dinner and he had lots of people to meet and what amazed me was how much time he had for everyone.

Today's sneak peak is of a set I am really excited about. I have wanted a set with stars for ages and this set is amazing! Great for male cards, my theatre friends, Christmas an of course for days when you are as star struck as I was yesterday!

The catalogue launches on October 1st - contact me for details

Thank you for stopping by, please visit again soon for more sneak peaks!

Bekka

Sneak Peak Number 3

I hope you have all been enjoying a lovely weekend - we have been having some lovely sunshine for the first time in quite a long while!


I promised you another sneak peak and a tutorial this weekend so here goes ... This Christmas Card is very quick and easy to make. It uses the new Season of Joy set - I adore this tree and the swirl so I think you may well see lots more of both of them!

OK so if you want to make one of these here is the tutorial:

If you would like a larger copy of these instructions please email me by clicking here. I hope you are enjoying these sneak peaks - there are more to come :-)

Thanks for stopping by


love


Bekka

Sneak Peak Number 2

Another Sneak Peak for you - again using the new True Friends stamp set - available in just two weeks time!

Check back at the weekend for another sneak peak and a tutorial for a very quick Christmas Card ...

Thanks for stopping by

Bekka

Sneak Peak Number 1

In my last post I mentioned that there were lots of exciting new things for you in the new Stampin' Up! catalogue... Things like the scalloped punch and some wonderful new stamps.

This card was made for Taylor Vanbruggen's Cupcake Challange and uses the new True Friends Set which will be available to buy in October ...

Dont forget to check the previous post for details of the produts that you will only be able to buy for a little while longer. If you want to know anything more about the new catalogue and stamps drop me an email

Thanks for stopping by

love

Bekka

Last Chance to Buy ...

Its another rainy Sunday Afternoon here but its not all doom and gloom! As you may know the new Stampin’ Up! Catalogue will be out on 1st October. To make way for some exciting new stamps some of the current products and stamps will be retiring.

Check out the list of products which are being retired here. These items are only available while stocks last. If you look closely you will see that the price of these sets has been reduced – here is some more great news - you can expect more price reductions in the new catalogue too!

If you have always wanted one of the hostess sets in the current catalogue (pages 14 to 20) they are only available until the end of this month – so hurry and book your workshop or place your order with me.

You can see the current full idea book and catalogue by clicking on the picture below.Here is a card I made using one of the retiring hostess sets – I think it is my current favourite – Garden Silhouettes (page 17). The card base is Bashful Blue, with Certain Celery stamped with the Scratched Background (page 57) using Always Artichoke Ink. The sentiment is from the Sincere Salutations Set (page 61).

If there is anything you have been meaning to get on the retiring list please don’t delay – order it today to ensure you are not disappointed.

I love reading your comments so why not let me know what cheers you up on a rainy afternoon

Thanks for stopping by

Bekka

PS Dont forget to check out the post below to see if you were a winner!

And the Winners Are ...

So I hope you all enjoyed the Lighthouse Party! Sorry its taken me so long to wrap things up – we could call it a hangover but it was more an interruption by life!

Pass the Parcel winners…

I hope you enjoyed playing along as much as I enjoyed reading all your lovely comments and emails. A big thank you to all of you who took the time to enter

So without further ado here are the winners …

Catherine (email 15 August)
Fiona (comment on 10 August posting)
Ann Christine (comment on 26 August posting)
Emma (email 16 August)

And the main prize winner
Jakey (comment on 10 August posting)

Would the lucky winners please email me their postal addresses by clicking here

I will be back soon with lots of exciting things to share with you – a tutorial, some Christmas Card ideas and kits and some sneak previews of the new Stampin’ Up! Catalogue so please check back soon

Congratulations to the winners and thank you all for stopping by

Bekka

Just a note

Don’t you just love getting a card in the post – that pretty handwritten loveliness - it makes such a welcome change from those horrid brown envelopes demanding money!

Well I was lucky enough to receive this lovely card from Monica for my birthday – isn’t it gorgeous!

Well all this got me thinking – and this was the result …

This set of note cards was made using Whisper White Love Notes, stamped with stamps from the Garden Silhouettes and Warm Wishes sets using Rose Red and Tempting Turquoise Inks and card stock. I did tell you I love this colour combination!

The cover was made from an oval of the lovely Rose Red Designer Papers, folded and then sealed with some Tempting Turquoise ribbon.

I am pleased with how these came out and think I may make some sets for people as presents. If you want to make a set for yourself or as gifts don’t forget that until the end of this month the Stampin' Up! Papers are on special offer (four packs for the price of three) and that I am offering free post and packing for this period – so hurry and place your order.

I have also been busy making lots of Thank You cards – about 30 of them – I have a lot of people to thank for their support and kindness as I have moved away from my old life.

Thank you for stopping by

Bekka

PS – don’t forget to enter the party game for your chance to win – details here

I'm not dead yet!

I have had a very lazy week so far and have enjoyed it a lot! It was my birthday on Wednesday and I became member of the Wii owners club – what took us so long? Well now I can prove that I am useless as virtual sports as well as at the real thing!

In the evening we went to see this.
It is brilliant – if you find Monry Python even vaguely amusing you will find this really funny. We had a great evening and coming home our sides hurt with laughing – and no we are not dead yet!

I have been feeling a little unfocussed this week so I decided yesterday to make myself a nice book to write my to do lists in. Does anyone else feel lost without a to do list? I am odd to feel pleased that I lasted almost a week without one :-/


Anyway I took a little notebook I have had for a while and covered the front and back with some very pretty turquoise and red papers – one of my favourite combinations at the moment! Inside I have put some diary pages printed from my computer and mounted on more of the papers. The pages that follow will be my to do lists. The papers are from Stampin' Up!


Don’t forget there is a special offer on Stampin' Up! Papers this month – order three packs and get the fourth for free. If you combine this with my Post and Packing Party offer you will also get your packs of paper delivered to you free. The papers are beautiful, good and heavy and fantastic to work with – you can see the full range by clicking on the picture of the catalogue on the right of this blog and turning to pages 72 and 73.

I have also made a card this week – we have a friend who is in hospital and this is to wish her well.
The Stamps used are from the Stampin' Up! Roses in Winter Collection. They were coloured with my Stampin' Up! Marker Pens which meant I could use more than one colour on each of the stamps in the smaller roses, still giving them a really nice depth. The colours used are Perfect Plumb, Pale Plumb, Pretty in Pink and Sage Shadow. The ribbon was originally white but the markers soon changed that!

I hope you are having a great week too. Thanks for stopping by.

Bekka

PS Don’t forget it is not too late to join in my Party Game of Pass the Parcel – just leave a comment or send me an email for you chance to win a special prize! You can enter as many times as you like.

Changes

This has been the week where everything changes for me – lots and lots of goodbyes, some very kind comments from what are now ex colleagues, a strange mix of excitement and tears and lots and lots of beautiful flowers!

Yes there really are three very large bouguets! There has been lots of packing up and moving of boxes and a little bit of unpacking (still lots of that to do!)

This weekend I also found a copy of September’s Crafts Beautiful – as well as some lovely projects inside there is a free copy of the Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalogue. The catalogues are normally £5.95 each making it worth getting the magazine just for that! Now my offer to you is that if you find the magazine without the Stampin' Up! Idea book and catalogue email me by clicking here, letting me know where you got your copy of the magazine and I will send you a copy f the idea book and catalogue free (limited stock available). Don’t forget if you then place an order with me before the end of August post and packing will be free!

Its not too late to join the game of virtual pass the parcel - see the post below

Thanks for stopping by

Bekka