GSF - The wait is over!

Well, yes the wait is finally over. The new Stampin' Up! Annual catalogue is live for you to order from.


It is an amazing catalogue, with some sets carrying over. I am so thankful for this as there are some still on my wish list!  There are also lots of new stamps, dies, ribbons and also new inks (as well as some returning ones!) plus lots more.


I CASED the catalogue in making this card. However, as I couldn't order the stamp set used until today I used the new Rooted in Nature set - I adore this set and had such fun making this card with it.

However, I need to apologise as the mat card is retired - I am sorry but I pulled it out and did not realise that the colour is no longer with us!  BUT there are so many other colours that this would work with that I am sure you will forgive me.


I also used the new Swirly Frames stamp set. This is going to be a really useful set and I love the fact that it is photopolymer so you can manipulate the shapes. Check back soon for a project showing just that!

The ribbon is the copper trim and I am so happy that it is carrying over as I've yet to maximize it's usage. The sentiment is from the Climbing Orchard stamp set, another carry over.

I hope you are enjoying looking at all the new products and hop on over to Jenn's page to see her fantastic creation.

Happy Crafting 

Sarah

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BLOG ROLL CALL

1. Jenn Curtis Charles

2. Karie Beglau

3. Libby Dyson

4. Kimberley Anne Morris

5. Tricia Butts

6. Anastasia Radloff

7. Anja Reuss

8. Sharon Dalton

9. Vicky Wright

10. Marieke Bart

11. Mary Ann Kay Rossiter

12. Jan Musselman

13. Amanda Farlinger

14. Angelique Stempelkeuken

15.. Sarah McDermott

Global Stamping Friends Bloghop - Design Sketch Challenge

Welcome to the 21st Bloghop of Global Stamping Friends. 

This month we are doing Design Sketch Challenge based on this design - and what an amazing design it is.

This is Take 1 of my design

 Take 1

I then did Take 2 because I really wasn't sure about the red spots or how it was working together. That's the great thing about giving things a go - you just never know how you feel about the finished project until it is done. 

I have to say I really love Take 2 and in fact am keen to try the design in other colours.

Take 2

I am in LOVE with the Petal Palette stamp set and matching dies.  I am so excited they are carrying over into the new catalogue.  Unfortunately the Designer Series Paper isn't carrying over BUT there is still a chance to get it so don't miss out as once it's gone it's gone!

Hope you enjoyed my card and please hop over to see Kimberley's lovely design.

Kimberley's Project

Happy Crafting

Sarah

xx

If you get a little lost please use the list below

Bloghop 21 Rollcall

1. Jenn Curtis Charles

2. Tricia Butts

3. Anastasia Radloff

4. Anita Wifladt

5. Anja Reuss

6. Jan Musselman

7.Lisa Ann Bernard

8 Angélique Stempelkeuken

9. Sharon Dalton

10.Vicky Wright

11.Marieke Bart

12. Mary Ann Kay Rossiter

13. Sarah Mcdermott  - YOU ARE HERE

14. Kimberley Anne Morris

Share What You Love - Bundles available NOW!

Stampin' Up! love to treat their customers and for May there is an early release just for you!  There are 3 bundles plus the new incolour inks available for you to order before the full catalogue goes live on 1st June.

It is a gorgeous suite and in each bundle you get some free products so it is too good to miss.

Watch the video below or pop on over to my shop to see the suites contain - any questions just ask.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPHInF9q41Q&feature=youtu.be

Global Stamping Friends - Extraordinary Bloghop - Exciting times

Welcome to this extra little bloghop of Global Stamping Friends.  We've popped this one in so as you can get some sneak peeks of the new goodies that are coming in the new catalogue, as well as maybe showing some returning favourites.

I have seen the new catalogue!  That's a perk of being a demonstrator you get to see things a bit early and I just fell in love with this box - so my project tonight isn't so much a project as a product! It's the delightful Share What you Love embellishment kit.

Isn't it just gorgeous!  So pretty and the sentiment is an amended Statement of the Heart from Stampin' Up! - amazing.  Best yet?  The Statement of the Heart stand alone stamp plus the Embellishment Kit plus lots of other goodies are part of one of the bundles available 1st May!  Come back for more details on that.  Exciting!!!

Best of all it's not only a pretty box it holds amazing delights as well!

Just look at those teeny tiny paperclips and those rose embellishments - divine!

I cannot wait to get crafting with these goodies and then using the box as a gift box - wonder who the luckily recipient will be?


I hope you have enjoyed this little sneak peek and now hop along to see Libby's sneak peek.  I'm hoping the next button is working if not just click the link below (Blogger was having a few issues sorry)

Libby's Blog

Happy Crafting

Sarah

Bloghop Roll Call – Exciting Times

1.Libby Dyson

2 Courtenay Heuston

3. Sharon Dalton

4..  Anastasia Radloff

5. Karie Beglau

6. Amanda Bates

7. Rebecca Urban

8. Lisa Ann Bernard

9. Anita Wifladt

10. Mary Ann Rossiter

11. Kimberley Morris

12. Jenn Curtis Charles

13.   Angelique Stempelkeuken

14. Vicky Wright

15. Amanda Farlinger

16. Marieke Bart

17. Sarah McDermott

Wow.....more sale-a-bration goodies

A wonderful surprise this morning to hear that Stampin' Up! is releasing another great selection of Sale-a-bration goodies - available from 15th March

Here they are

 Don't forget all the existing SAB products are still available, subject to availability.

Happy crafting

Sarah

Global Stamping Friends - Colour Challenge!

Welcome to the 19th Bloghop of Stampin' Up! lovers from around the world.  It is hard to believe that I asked some strangers at the time to join me and look where we are now!

This month's bloghop is a colour challenge.

Just gorgeous colours and I was excited as Lemon Lime Twist and Island Indigo as two of my all time favourite colours.  I also only used those 2 are I realised my colour caddy is missing Early Espresso - might need to rectify that one!

My project is inspired on one Tracy May, did some time ago. I happened to come across it by chance and fell in love with it. She used traditional pink but I decided to take some liberty with the flamingo - I'm sure if they ate blueberries rather than shrimps they'd be blue!

Here is my Island Indigo and Lemon Lime twist Flamingo!

I adore it!  In this version I just let the water bleed naturally whereas in the one below I used a tissue after the water was spritzed. Two different looks and I love them both.

The, how I did it, is right at the bottom, but I don't want to stop you from hopping around all the fantastic projects so feel free to leave me here and hop onto Jan's project and come back if you'd like more information.

Happy Crafting

Sarah
xx

2018 FEBRUARY BLOG ROLL

1.       Jan Musselman 

2.       Karie Beglau 

3.       Libby Dyson

4.       Lisa Ann Bernard 

5.       Anastasia Radloff 

6.       Tricia Butts 

7.       Amanda Bates 

8.       Mary Ann Kay Rossiter

9.       Claudia Perry

10.   Jenn Curtis Charles 

11.   Amanda Farlinger 

12.   Courtenay Heuston 

13.   Angélique Stempelkeuken

14.   Kimberley Anne Morris 

15.   Marieke Bart 

16.   Georgia Missy Aubrey-Gaydos

17.   Amber Thompson

18.   Sarah Mcdermott You are Here

How'd I do it?

I stamped first in Lemon Lime Twist and then on top with Island Indigo and pressed a little harder on one side of the stamp to let some of the Lemon Lime come through.  I also masked the bottom the legs so that the Lemon Lime was the only colour on those. To line them up of course I used our famous Stamp-a-ma-jig, a wonderful tool.

It took me a few goes to get to right and my top tips are;
Use watercolour paper, not shimmery white- the water just spread too much for me on the shimmery white
Use a little spritzed water first, the ink spreads further then you think
Use a tissue if you want to stop the water spreading and pooling in places
Finally, have fun with it!

Cats...

As some of you may know I have cats, three to be exact.  It started with the kids wanting kittens and when we went to see them the Mummy cat was there, so you probably guessed it I couldn't leave her behind!   I've told a few people and apparently I'm not the only one to have done this....

So when Stampin' Up! brought out the Cat punch I was in heaven. Isn't it cute!  At the time it was bundled with a more Halloween based stamp set, unfortunately that it now retired.  So when someone was looking at a face to add to the punch I asked some fellow demonstrators and we decided that if you coloured the face on one of the Pretty Kitty stamps it works so well. Plus Pretty Kitty is a delightful stamp set in it's own right!  Win all around

So dilemma solved if you want the cat punch and a face - just get the Pretty Kitty set and you also have a great fun stamp set - of cats! You couldn't ask for more!

Happy Crafting

Sarah