Christmas wishes - I have started..!

Hi all and happy Sunday

Well, having been out for most of the day for round no. 2 of my Christmas shopping - am certainly  glad to be home - and by way of relaxing had a go at this week's Mojo Monday challenge - realising there was still a few hours left and so still time for me to enter.

I opted to use Winter Frost DSP coupled with the toning colours of Pool Party, Island Indigo and Whisper White.  

Not quite sure why the background seems to have cast a reddish tinge on the first one, when both photos were shot with the same settings.. the mysteries of photography!

Simple matting and layering for the card top, finished with a punched band, silver ribbon bow and punched sentiment, completed the look.

I hope it fits the bill.

What do you think?

Things I used to make this card:

Stamp set: Beautiful Season (sadly retired - but still a favourite!)
Inks: Island Indigo
Cardstock /paper:  Pool Party, Whisper White,  Winter Frost DSP
Punches: Dotted Scallop ribbon border, Decorative label
Other Essentials : Stampin' up dimensionals, candy dots, silver taffeta ribbon

I can order Stampin' Up products for you, shipped straight to your address and am
happy to answer any questions you have  - if you would like to find out more or would like to place an order you can email me or phone me on 01438 820829

or why not visit my on-line store

uhm.. despite my 2nd venture out - am still not quite finished it all - but at least I made a lot more headway today and feel a little calmer about it all.. and tomorrow am off out for a girlie day,  with an old school friend.  Our first stop is the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park.. followed I think,  by a  tour of all those  lovely shop windows we keep seeing the adverts for.

Will wait til we have seem them for real before judging which is our favourite - and will report back.

until next time - very best wishes
and thanks for stopping by.

Jan
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My first ever Stampin up Event .

hi all 

Happy Saturday - well am not too sure how you write 'whooo hooo'' ie  that well known phrase of enjoyment but imagine along with me!

This week saw me at my first ever Stampin Up event - one of their UK Creative Tours. The venue was lovely - well the 'little' bit  I saw of it - our meeting room - so can only think the rest of the place must be stunning.

 I felt at a bit of a loss really to start with, as only managed to sidle in a couple of minutes after it had all started - which was a real shame as missed out on all the pre-meeting get-togetherings, introductions, swapping frenzies that would have taken place am sure. . but the table I joined made me ever so welcome and answered my questions as we went along. 

I can honestly say I was absolutely amazed at the huge mount of enthusiasm, inspiration, the display tables and boards of samples, demonstrations, presentations .  (A very very tiny sample snapshot of the main display board below)

 and not forgetting the very famous Stampin Up 'prize patrol' ( I cannot believe it,  I actually won a prize -  as  historically am one of those people who never win anything!)

 and my prize  - a lovely goodie bag of Christmas/Winter themed goodies containing a pack of the Winter Frost DSP paper stack, silver ribbon and buttons.

... mind you, winners had to then stand up and enter into a rendition of 'That's Amoré ' in honour of of Paula's (one of the lovely Stampin Up hosts) Italian heritage.    

Am not quite sure what Dean Martin would have made of it all - but it certainly gave the rest of the audience a few laughs!          

 I had made a very very modest number of swaps of my own - one of the batches below.

 













and at a suitable break went and sought out the lovely Michelle Last to introduce myself as a very new member of her group, the 'pinkies' - and she very kindly not only took me under her wing - but presented me with a  lovely welcome treat chocolate bar! Thanks Michelle. After all, a girl can never ever have enough chocolate!! 

..and then introduced me to some of the others in both hers and her down line's teams. Thank you Lynne,   Lucy,  and everyone else!

There were a few ladies who were not yet 'swapped out' so did finally pluck up courage to do some swapping of my own and got some really nice ones ones back - thanks so much everyone... 

All in all it was a fantastic evening.. and a really nice introduction to what goes on at a Stampin Up event.. and with November's Convention in Manchester approaching at an alarming rate - a really brilliant taster am sure of what will be something quite special.


Things I used to make my Creative Tour swaps:

Stamp set:  Sassy Salutations
Inks :Island Indigo
Cardstock  and paper: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Quatrefancy DSP
Punches: Scallop circle and circle punches
Embossing Folder: Perfect Polka dots
Other essentials: Stampin up Dimensionals, Bakers twine, sponge daubers

I can order Stampin Up products for you, shipped straight to your address and am
happy to answer any questions you have  - if you would like to find out more or would like to place an order you can email me or phone me on 01438 820829

Well did not intend for this to be such a long post - so hope you are having a great 
weekend and 'See you' all soon

Jan
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