Stamparatus Blog Hop

BUY STAMPARATUS mirror technique from Stampin Up! 

 Stamparatus Mirror Technique 

Hello there and WELCOME to our Stamparatus Blog Hop.  It's an absolute honour to present a project for this Blog Hop organised by Stampin' Up! and I know you will love the amount of goodness the fellow participants have to share with you today. It's so exciting being part of this amazing group!

My assignment was to share a technique and I chose the mirror technique. It's really clever, taking one image and being able to flip it around while making sure your image is perfectly positioned, and the Stamparatus makes it so very easy.  

I made two examples of the same card one in Crumb Cake and one in Whisper White, both cute and extremely easy to put together. The cute doggy comes from the Bike Ride stamp set which can be purchased in my Online Store, and colour was added using our Stampin Write markers. 

And I have made a video for you to show you just how I got those cute doggies to face each other like that, and you can also check another fabulous technique with this tool, in this post here.

The Stamparatus is available to purchase in my online store so you can order yours HERE today !!.

I want to thank you so much for joining me today,  now hop over to the talented Nadine in Germany. 

Enjoy your hop

Love Monica xx

And a full list of all the participants. 

Allison Okamitsu www.nicepeoplestamp.com

Anja Luft www.lueftchen-stempelstudio-bergedorf.blogspot.de/

Aude Barbara www.missscrap.com

Cheryll Miller  www.senseofwhimsy.com.au/

Constanze Wirtz www.conibaer.de

Dawn Olchefske www.dostampingwithdawn.com

Dena Rekow  www.thecreativitycave.com

Erica Cerwin www.pinkbuckaroo.com

Jacque Williams www.stamphappy.co.nz

Jose Hoogeveen www.stampintreasure.nl/

Kylie Bertucci www.craftykylie.com

Linda Heller www.lindastamps.com 

Lynsay Mahon www.cloud9stampers.com

Marine Wiplier www.marineetstamp.com

Monica Gale www.monicagale.co.uk

Nadine Weiner www.stampinclub.de

Paula Dobson  www.stampinantics.blogspot.co.nz/

Rachel Tessman www.stampyourartout.com/blog

Samantha Hammond www.pootles.co.uk

Tanja Kolar www.tanjakolar.de/blog-2/

Stampin'Up 2018 Colour Revamp Rainbow Order

Stampin Up Rainbow Order for the ColourRevamp 2018 
Yiiikees, with the newly announced Colour Revamp from Stampin'Up! I was anxious to get my hands on the new colours and start revamping my existing colour rainbow in my studio.

I have always organized by colour groupings rather than families and I love my Rainbow of colour, is such a strong visual on my fab COMMAND WALL as I like to call it. Here's what it currently looks like *all the heart eyes*

We received a lovely colour swatch at our last On Stage Training Event in Telford so I have been busy this weekend trying to find me new rainbow. So I laid them all on the table and kept fiddling. Its not as easy as one would think LOL

Especially when you have two excited doggies with waggy tails at table height LOL. Here's a reality shot there for you as I was struggling to take a picture LOL

But then after a few goes I was all done .. I finally had my rainbow. 

And here it is my Rainbow Order of the new Colours for you to copy,  if like me you prefer to store by colour group rather than family. 

And to make it easy I created a Fancy Image with text to help you pin it to your Pinterest boards to find it with ease when your card arrives.  Enjoy !!! 

So here it goes :

WHISPER WHITE 

VERY VANILLA 

PETAL PINK

POWDER PINK

BLUSHING BRIDE

FLIRTY FLAMINGO

MELON MAMBO

LOVELY LIPSTICK

BERRY BURST

RICH RAZZLEBERRY

MERRY MERLOT

CHERRY COBBLER

REAL RED

POPPY PARADE

CAJUN CRAZE

CALYPSO CORAL

GRAPEFRUIT GROVE

PUMPKIN PIE

MANGO MELODY

CRUSHED CURRY

DAFFODIL DELIGHT

SO SAFFRON

PINEAPPLE PUNCH

LEMON LIME TWIST

GRANNY APPLE GREEN

PEAR PIZZAZ

OLD OLIVE

MOSSY MEADOW 

GARDEN GREEN

TRANQUIL TIDE

SHADED SPRUCE

CALL ME CLOVER

BERMUDA BAY 

COASTAL CABANA

MINT MACARON

SOFT SEA FOAM 

POOL PARTY

BALMY BLUE

PACIFIC POINT

BLUEBERRY BUSHEL

NIGHT OF NAVY

HIGHLAND HEATHER

GORGEOUS GRAPE

FRESH FIG

BLACKBERRY BLISS

BASIC BLACK

EARLY ESPRESSO

SOFT SUEDE 

CRUMB CAKE

SAHARA SAND

GRAY GRANITE

SMOKY SLATE 

BASIC GRAY

Phew,  now that this job is over and done with I CANNOT wait to get all my new colours and start filling up my rainbow wall. If you are a customer you will have a bit of a wait on your hands as they are released on 1st of June but you could sign up and gain early access to them and the new up coming products. You can choose your starter kit HERE or you can EMAIL ME to find out more.

Happy Sunday and thank you for visiting me today 

Love and hugs 

Monica 

Stampin Up 2018 Colour Revamp and Retiring List

Stampin Up 2018 Colour Revamp and Retiring List, New Stamoin Up Ink Pads and New Stampin Up Ink defoamer formula
Hello there,
Are you sitting comfortably ?? Stampin Up have just announced their new COLOUR REVAMP and Oh My Goodness is it exciting !!!

We are going to say Goodbye to these colours so my suggestion is that you are ordering your re inkers for the ink pads you currently have so that you can enjoy them in the future.

On the In colours column left,  you can see the new In Colours that will last from 2018-2020 and on the right are our existing colours that went live in 2017 until 2019 .

The New Colours are those that will replace the going colours. We also have some of our OLD colours that are making a combeback. Do you remember Poppy Parade, Mossy Meadow, Mint Macaron, Coastal Cabana and Blackberry Bliss ?? YES ?? well they are back baby *smile*.  I am so excited about all of these pretty colours coming back.

And below you can see our updated NEW Colour Families, they have had a little bit of a re-jig and now look like this : 

What do you think?? Aren't they just fabulous ??? I am deeply in love, every project I do starts with the colour combination, so to have all of these new fresh and exciting colours to play with honestly makes me so happy. I literally cannot wait. 

And do you like my Colour  Swatch? I am planning to make some of these to gift to my new team members or my customers who place an order with me this month for £40 or more, so if you SIGN UP to with me or spend £40 in My Online Store and I will send you one of these for free. If you want to purchase one you can for £7 including Uk postage. 

All of these will be available to purchase on the 1st of June unless you sign up and become a demonstrator. You can be one of the first to preorder and have these new goodies long before that time.

Having you in my team would be amazing, so if these exciting new changes are making you wanting to join I would love to welcome you. You can JOIN NOW or you can contact me and we can arrange a chat if that would work better for you. 

As well as the Colour Revamp announcement THE RETIRING LIST has been updated as well. You can see it HERE or by clicking on the picture below. 

Have fun shopping, much love 

Monica 

xoxo

Always and Forever Stampin Up!!!

Hello there :)
How is your week going?  I am excited as I get to spend this weekend in London, but goodness me I have some many balls up in the air at the minute its all bonkers, so tons to do before my lovely break.
We are renovating the front of our house with a complete new porch so tons of decisions to make for that, as well as endless cups of tea and coffee every day, add a bedroom renovation on top which we actually have to do ourselves ( insert not delighted here) as we left it too late to book a decorator and everyone is now too busy to undertake new work. We have been here three years now and slowly .... very slowly we are still doing rooms.

But let's cut the chatter and move onto my projects today. I had a little reprieve from Christmas makes this week and had to make a wedding ensemble for one of my sister's work colleague.

And like sisters often do, she called at 8 am yesterday morning to ask for this commission which had to be posted out to her by the end of the same day. Ahem.... thank you sister of mine for a bit of advance notice. I really appreciate it LOL

In fairness I was glad to create something else other than Christmas for a bit.

Wood, burlap, lace are all the rage in wedding decor and I love that Stampin'Up! are right on trend with our imagery. The Always and Forever set its fabulous for themed projects to fit in with this look and I was quite pleased with the result.  As well as the card I have made a voucher presentation wallet to match.

Crumb Cake cardstock for the bases, and the lovely Wood Textures Paper Pack married perfectly with the stamp set. Now because the stack is 6" x 6" I had a problem with creating a piece that was long enough for the wallet which was 8". So I created my own version by dragging the Crumb Cake ink pad over a piece of Whisper White card then feeding it through the Pinewood Embossing Folder which by the way it's the best folder in my whole collection. I cannot stop using it, you can buy yours HERE.

Here's a close up of the card and the lacey details 

The hearts and tiny leaves are coloured using the Pink Pirouette and Old Olive Blends. You can find the Burlap Ribbon HERE, the Lovely Lace HERE, Sequin Mini Trim HERE and the fabulous Metallic Washi Tape HERE. 

What do you think? Different as normal wedding cards go but vey classy looking don't you agree??

To buy any of the products featured head over to my Online Shop  or by clicking any of the bolded out links of the product that interests you. 

Thank you for joining me and if you are not following my Facebook Page yet, head there and give it a LIKE, then join me tonight at 8.30pm GMT for a LIVE crafting session. You will love the cute projects I am sharing. 

Much love 

Monica 

Stamp To Share Blog Hop - Colour Theory Suite from Stampin' Up!

Hello again :)

Its Blog Hop time again and this month we are playing with the Colour Theory Suite from Stampin'Up! Now this suite is just great and I really wanted to showcase a few projects but story of my life..... so much to do so little time after having all that time away, sad as I am I only managed a card to share with you. Its a pretty card if that counts more :)

The matching Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies have this comfy looking deck chair and I seized the opportunity to use it as my focal point for this Retirement Card. 

The Yellow matting layer came from the Color Theory Memories and More pack, this is a perfect example how fabulously well and easy our products work for cards as well as memory keeping. Well I know,  I could have done a much better job at convincing you, IF I would have managed to show you a Memories and More layout. MUST TRY HARDER you just need to trust me on it for now :) 

Here's a closer look of the other small details 

The chair was cut from the Wood Texture Designer Paper Stack by Stampin' Up!, some Burlap Ribbon was laid across for extra texture, made a bow out of the the Gold Mini Sequin Trim tied with a few strands of linen thread. 

Thank you so much for joining me today, I really appreciate your visit now please hop to the adorable Amy Koenders in the US to see what delights she has ready for you this month, till next time 

xoxo

Monica 

 MonicaGale-UK -(you are here)
 Amy Koenders - USA
 Rochelle Block - Australia
 Sandi MacIver - Canada
 Paula Dobson - New Zealand
 Caroline Van der Straaten - Netherlands 
 BarbaraBecker-Austria
 Nadine Koeller - Germany
 MoiraMcllroy-France 

Gifts for my Team of Stampin'Up! Demonstrators

Woohooo,
By the time you are reading this I will be stress free and happily enjoying myself, being immersed in fabulous company at a Stampin'Up! On Stage Live event in Amsterdam.

Yes, I am writing this post from the past or from the future whichever way you want to look at it :)

I love nothing more than prepare little surprises for my team of demonstrators who choose to attend these events. Its my way of spoiling them a little and thanking them for investing in their businesses, there's no doubt that we always return from these gatherings inspired and with our cups overflowing with ideas and love.. they are good feeling inducing events, and one of the things I love most about being  a Stampin'Up! demonstrator. If you wish to find out more please ask me for a no obligation chat, I would love to present you the opportunity.

I was lucky this year, as the gifts I chose for my directs came in stylish looking boxes so all I had to do was simply add a bit of va va vhoom !! And that's just what I did, by choosing the gorgeous Botanical Builder Framelits dies from Stampin'Up! 

They've come out so striking, I think its the black background just sets everything off nicely.  I used Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry (all of these are from the Brights Collection) and Wild Wasabi in the card stock colours and it was quite easy as I literally cut all of the diecut shapes for one package with one big shot roll.

The sentiment is from the Watercolour Wishes kit , if you haven't seen this kit yet I would strongly suggest you check it out, its packed full of goodies inclusion a stamp set and ink and embellishments. 

And these were the gifts I made for my lower levels attendees.

I made quite a number of these ones but they did quickly come together as well. I started by embossing some of the plain Kraft bags with the Big Shot and the Hexagon Dynamic embossing folder. A strip of Flirty Flamingo paper was fishtailed and simply folded over the filled bag. 

Then a small length of Lace Trim and some Gold Sequin Trim was added, and they were all held together with a Gold Binder Clip.

For the main element, I layered two die cut shapes using the fabulous Stitched Shapes Framelits one cut in Crumb Cake Card to match the bag. and one in Whisper White card. I stamped the cute Love Sparkles sentiment in black and added a punched star in Gold Glimmer Card. 

Can you see the sparkly splatters on the bags? I used a Wink of Stella pen and tapped it against my finger to create lovely glittery splatters for an extra sparkly effect. 

Right I am off in bath to begin some sort of a beautifying treatment, although I am not sure I left enough time for it. This old bird looks a bit ruffled around the edges after the long winter LOL

Thank you for your visit and I wish you a fabulous weekend.

Much love 

Monica 

xoxox

Stampin'Up! Kinda Eclectic for a Silver Celebration

Hello there,

I hope your weekend is still going strong, yet again I have missed my regular blogging day this Friday, it seemed to have been a tough week getting myself organised with the hour changing, hope I will do better next week.

Then yesterday I celebrated my birthday and was too busy enjoying myself to do any blogging but I am here today and I want to share with you Alan's celebratory packaging.
Alan is one of my valued team members and he recently promoted to the Silver title so it was time to spoil him a little bit. He truly is a superstar and runs extremely successful all day workshops in Thorne, not too far from where I live.
Here's what I came up with..

I used to be a big fan of Kind Eclectic stamp set when it launched a few years ago and realised its been ages since I ve used it. Its such a versatile stamp set and I loved how the starburst seemed to resemble fireworks when stamped en masse, so I just went with the idea. 

I have used Basic Black, Tip Taupe Top and Basic Grey as my colour way all lifted with some sparkly Silver glimmer paper/card. 

For the gift packaging I have used the Lots of Labels framelits, and for the sentiments I have used the Hello You thinlits  and Crazy About You sentiment set.

The paper comes from the Neutrals Designer Stack  and the stars were cut out of glimmer paper with the Medium Star Punch  and the Confetti Stars Punch. 

I was so glad I got the opportunity to spoil Alan a little bit and the fact the he lives quite close to me means I was able to deliver his goodies in person and enjoyed a lovely chat.. Bonus !! .

Thank you so much for visiting me enjoy the last few hours of your weekend. 

Much love

 Monica 

xoxo