HAPPY 1 st of OCTOBER !!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!!! Finally the day where the new catalogue is launched is HERE, I was up bright and early this morning getting all my pre orders ready to be placed into the system by 11 am. So if you ve pre ordered something from me you need to know that the mission is completed order is with SU and I will update you as soon as the status changes to Shipped, also I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your support. Of course I can now change my picture in my side bar and start work on more inspiring projects using the fantastic new product!! And my God have I got a lot of new stash coming from the new catalogue due to my promotion bonus. ( yes you get money to spend on yummy stuff when you reach certain promotion levels) EXCITED!!!

So I m showing you a card I have designed for my downline organized shoe box swap at High Wycombe last month. Is a simple card( we had to allow 15 min/project) and it was inspired by the old catalogue cover, over this last year with SU I wanted to case a few of the cards in the catalogue and never did so now was the time, the colours used are very autumnal and one of my favorites. Really Rust, Old Olive and Choc. Chip and the set used is the ever so beautiful Simply Said.

My next card features one of the new sets *True Friend* and it was made for a German friend and demo Irene. Irene is the German dream team member for UStamp has won a prize in one of my weekly UStamp chats, she got in touch saying she would rather have one of my cards than the prize and said that she could buy any SU product but she coudn t buy one of my cards anywhere (isn't that so sweet?) So here it is the card I made for her, colour combo is So Safrron and Basic Gray, the ribbon is Basic Gray taffeta. Two background stamps were used to make the background of this card, Paisley was stamped in So Saffron over Whisper White and the Sanded was stamped in Versamark and white embossed over the saffron layer, try this if you have the Sanded background the effect is just lovely. Pearls from the Pretties kit finish the card off.

Ok now I ve got some exciting news!!!!

I am so excited to let you know that Heather and Dawn are going to be hosting another round of UStamp......UStamp 08 Holidays which is "The 12 Gifts of the Holidays"!!!!! You guessed it, Holiday themed projects, that of course can be altered and modified to suit your needs!
The classes will run from October 13th to November 7th. During this almost four week time you will receive at least 12 PDFs from Dawn and I, bonus projects from from the Dream Team Members, videos, photos, chats and prizes!!!! I had so much fun the first round and i m sure we will have the same if not more the second time round, I am definitely missing those weekly chats and I ve got to make so many new friends from all over the world, if you re one of those that joined my chats, mwahh to you!!!!

Like the last time I have put together a selection of *Hot Picks* for you to purchase from myself at a exclusive price to go along with those classes and here s the content ( I will upload photos as soon as my goodies arrive)

STAMP SET SEASON OF JOY( set of 8 wonderful stamps).....................24.95

EARTH ELEMENTS A 4 ASSORTED CARDS TOCK ( full pack)...................6.75

HOLIDAY TREASURES DESIGNER PAPER ( full pack of 12 x12 double sided)......7.75

GOLD ELASTIC CORD ( a full reel)..........................3.50

DOUBLE STITCHED CHOCOLATE CHIP RIBBON ( full roll)....................6.95

SCALLOP EDGE PUNCH ( MUST HAVE)...................10.95

DAZZLING DIAMONDS (every girls needs diamonds)........3.25

OLD OLIVE INK PAD....................4.25
RUBY RED INK PAD.....................4.25

CHOCOLATE CHIP INK PAD..........4.25

Grand total.............76.85 plus £3.95 p&p

ORDER FROM ME AND GET THIS WHOLE BUNDLE FOR A SPECIAL PRICE OF £ 66.00 PLUS POSTAGE, ALSO EVERY ORDER WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL PROJECT STAMPED BY MYSELF.

Also if you're part of one of my clubs you can order this towards your monthly minimum at the same special price and if you ve already have those ink pads or any items from the list you can swap and change them just get in touch. Email me to order one of those packs at telemech01@aol.com !! Hugs M xxxxxxxxx

MySTERY......................

Hello guys, well like promised here I am with my exciting news. Throughout march Stampin Up has got an offer on, for each workshop worth £350.00 or more (excluding postage) the hostess gets an extra £25.00 in free merchandise now this is huge as the hostess ends up with one free level 1 hostess set of stamps and £65.00 to spend as she likes. Now I know just what you re thinking, that sounds so good but I will need to not eat for 3 months to be able to afford to spend £350.00 at once. Well fear not you could still be in with a chance to get your hands of those freebies, this is how, place an order with me (no minmum spend required) by the end of this week and when we reach the £350.00 mark I will use a random generator to pick a mystery hostess( each order will get a number starting with no.1 and it will be alocated in the order I receive the orders) and she/he will end up getting those fabulos benefits. So if you ve had a catalogue or you ve seen the online one and you were thinking of placing an order NOW is the time to do it. What do you think, Could you be my mystery hostess for march?

Ready to place your order, or want to find out more? get in touch at telemech01@aol.com

I couldn t post an entry without showing you a bit of candy so here it is just for you

Stamps used- polka Dot background, Simply said and Wonderful words

Cardstock-Whisper white and Real red

Ribbon Real red

Misc.-white embossing powder, Su siver brads, Pearls from SU pretties kit, SU Crystal brad , some silver cord ( my personal stash), SU distressing tool.

I love sundays

Well I like the ones when there s no chores to catch up with and c****y jobs to be doing altho there s plenty of them I could find but nothing is desperate right now lol. So I ve played and managed to do nothing fit for showing hinestly everything I ve tried just went in the bin apart from one thing but I m not going to show you it today, you will have to wait till tmrrw. yeah I m planing on blogging tmrrw. as well only cos I ve got something very exciting for you. So I m showing you some older stuff this time, I m starting with the birthday card for the swap that I didn t have a photo off to show you in my last post.

I cannot stop using *Simply Said* I just love the versatility it provides. Firstly I ve stamped the heart sentiment outline in Cert. Celery and I used the same ink to stamp my birthday wishes sentiment form *Sincere Salutations* set, then for my blue heart I took my solid heart stamped in Versamark pad first then in Basful blue pad then I ve stamped on a piece of whisper white, I took my heat and stick powder poured it over the image then heat it with my heat gun until it changed then I ve sprinkled ultrafine glitter all over and heat again to fix it. This powder is amazing it is not like an embossing powder altho it works in the same way it is like a glue that grabs your glitter and then when heat gently it just melts the glitter into that glue and this means that there is no shedding of the glitter, like there would be when you would just use glue. I love it and i find myself using it all the time. PP papers are from the Cutie Pie collection the white layer was punched out using the spiral punch from SU.
Next is a card I ve had to send to a dear friend.

I ve used the truck from * Loads of love* and my *loads of love accesories* to make this bright card. The papers were from Cutie Pie set Certainly Celery and Old Olive cardstock and heat and stick treatment was added to the flowers. I ve coloured the truck using ink pads as I wanted a softer look and coloured the flowers with markers. Hope it brightened her day.
Now my next one I should not post today really as it was made for Trisha my teamie and her birthday is not till tmrrw. but will go and warn her not to look on the thread as soon as I m posting this.lol



I know this is not a SU set hee hee, but I just wanted to use this Bella as I so like it. I did add a SU sentiment so that counts lol. I ve used papers from either Dovecraft or Papermania ( can t honestly remember and I ve had since january and only got round to use them) Love the brightness of this card I ve used Prismas to colour the image and yep you guessed it more heath and stick for the frosting on the cupcake. I ve left this image big so you could click on it to see the shimery effect better.
Ok I ve git something to share with you, I m seriously considering adding some video tutorials to my blog, I m not sure what you guys think? Is just that i know many crafters out there are quite visual and you know what they say a picture is worth a thousands words, and I always love watching tutorials and I know you guys would probably do too. So I will do some reaserch on this and keep you posted. That s it for today see ya !! M xx
ps How good it is that that little girl have been found alive an well? I was so happy when I found out altho only God knows what she might have experienced over those weeks. God bless her xxxx

Mid week posting

Hey guys!! Hope every one of you that visit me is well, here I am on a wednesday night bloggin! woohoo how good I m I getting? lol

Before I show you what I ve been up to recently I need to tell you how I ve had a really nice suprise that really touched me recently, my blog was nominated as being inspirational I mean WOW!! talk about getting that warm glow feeling. Check out this blog it is fabulos I ve found so many talented crafters because of it. Oh and thank you for thinking my work is inspirational.

Right then, like promised in my last post, I will share with you some cards I ve made for a swap I m hosting on UKS. I ve joined in four groups (the themes for me were, male cards, get well cards, wedding cards and birthday cards) I ve only got 3 to show cos I haven t photographed the birthday ones but I will do. Ok so my first one is the wedding card.

Because of the number of cards I had to do I ve decided to keep things simple as you can see altho it looks quite simple it is not as there s quite a few layers and detail. I ve used lovely textured blanks made form PaperMill cardstock, SU very vanilla and so saffron was used for the layers and long tags, I ve embossed the vanilla layer with the CB swiss dots folder and every time I use one I thank God they exist, love them. Now for my focal image I ve used the heart from the *Simply Said* set from Stampin Up this is such a versatile set I must have used it so far for all occassions going( I m getting my moneys worth lol), I ve stamped and embossed the heart in gold then I ve coloured the flowers with my SU markers ( I ve used Barely Banana and a touch of So Saffron) , I ve punched the heart out with the 1 3/8 circle punch and layered it onto a scaloped layer a trail of glitter adds some sparkle. The long tags were cut with my Expression form the tags bags and boxes cart, and the sentiment is SU from the * Ocassional Greeting* set, all this is topped off with some wide grosgrain ribbon ( my most favorite) in Very Vanilla.

The next card is my Get Well Soon card, and I ve choosen a pink and green combo definately a nice fresh bright combination, just what you ll need to brighten someones day if they re under the wheather.

I ve used the gorgeous paisley background stamp as I just love the effect and you get instant result and fast, I ve used a Pretty in Pink base stamped with Pixie Pink , a green scalloped border was cut on the expression from the Accent Essential cart, the white layer was stamped using a cute little stamp from the Shapes and Shadows set from SU with certainly celery ink , and the sentiment from the Sincere Salutations set, was stamped in Pixie Pink ink. The floral embelisment was made by first stampin into the versamark pad and then into the pixie pink ink, heat and stick powder was poured all over the image heated and then glitter was sprinkled all over, heat again and you end up with a shimery image that is quite textured and best of all theres no shedding of the glitter. Added more texture with some trim that i ve bought from one of my trips to Romania and a crystal brad for extra sparkle.

Last one for today is my male entry and of course I just had to use my beer mug from the *cheers to you* set from SU.

Chocolate chip card base embossed with the CB distressed stripes folder, More mustard cardstock and some dotty paper from PM for the layers, the mug was coloured using the markers and then diamond glaze applied over the image. I ve used my stamp a ma jig to stamp the sentiment in a continuos line as it didnt work for my layout the way it is placed.

I m not sure if you d realised by now but I ve used the same layout for all those cards and I just wanted to show you that if you sell your cards and you need large numbers this is an easy way of doing them so you dont spend hours devising layouts. I will hopefully see you again in a couple of days with some more projects till then hugs ans stamping kisses. See ya!!!