It's Finally Here!

 

The NEW main catalogue has arrived!

 

Over 200 pages of lushness!! There are some great additions to the catalogue this year:

• Wider variety of stamps, accessories and therefore even more coordination.
• Ink pads have been reformulated, keeping the same colour range, but now with even better quality stamping.
• Beautiful close up photos of the products so you can really see the product.
• Almost identical products to the USA - no more lusting after products that aren't available over here!

Come along to my BOGOF Event at Aldershot & Fleet Rugby Club (GU12 4BP) at 7.30pm tonight to get your paper copy of the catalogue.

 

If you'd like to place an order but cannot attend, you're welcome to send me an email. I will be putting through orders regularly throughout October.

Now is a fabulous time to join my team too! Join as a Demonstrator for just £99, choose £130 worth of goodies AND get a free pack of paper EVERY month for 6 months. That's an additional £58+ of products!!! Plus there is no commitment beyond the original fee. Contact me for more information blueangelcrafts at gmail dot com

Here are the lush new In Colors for this year! From the top left going clockwise: gumball green, Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Must, Primrose Petals, Summer Starfruit. All extremely lush and even better in real life!!!

Leadership training!

Did you notice there was no post on Saturday?

I was a bit distracted by Leadership Training. 84 demonstrators from around the UK met up to share their passion - Stampin Up!

We were lucky enough to have make & takes, guest speakers and freebies! Very fun indeed.

Here is a photo of us having a talk from lovely Michelle Last:

 One of the bonuses of any gathering of Demonstrators is that we do swaps! I got this whole box of inspiration:

A new set I am looking forward to playing with is Perfectly Preserved. Stampin' Up! have brought out bundles of stamps with matching framelits that you can buy at a discount and this is one of them!

Aren't the images cute?! Below are some swaps I received made with this set:

This first card was made by Sarah Pigott who made this cute card paired with the Pool Party card and patterned paper.

This next swap is super sweet featuring the apple image. It was made by Elaine Harding on Crumb Cake cardstock.

To go along with the stamp set and framelits is a gorgeous Designer Series Paper set called Orchard Harvest. Since it's September I've already got that warm fuzzy feeling that is full of apples, chutney making and cosy nights in and this paper captures that perfectly.

 Below is a swap made by my upline, Natalie O'Shea. It shows you 4 of the lush designs and is such a cute idea.

 This next one reminds me what a giggle training is! I didn't realise these were Jenny Moors' swaps - I thought they were too posh and must have been made for her team!!

They are a cute little business card holder tin but could equally be used for a small gift. What a neat idea!!

So as you can see there has been plenty of inspiration. If you are considering becoming a demonstrator or would like to know more (no pressure, I promise) I'd be happy to meet up for a chat or even on the phone. Contact me at blueangelcrafts at gmail dot com

Check back again soon for more ideas!!!

Stampin Up!'s Gift to You

As if getting your Stampin' Up! order was fun enough, when you place a £75 order or host a £250 workshop during August, you'll also get a FREE gift from Stampin' Up!

Your gift includes a beautiful, exclusively-designed cosmetics bag, along with Rich Razzleberry 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon and a 24-piece clip assortment.

This offer from Stampin' Up! is only available during August, and I'll be placing regular orders each week throughout the month so you won't miss out on this exclusive offer!

Mini Catalogue Launch Party

***Please note this post will remain at the top until the 9th April, scroll down for new posts***

Stampin' Up! are releasing a mini catalogue on the 1st April. Come and see lots of the new products, have a play, create 2 make & takes and lots of laughs

When: Saturday 9th April

Where: St Peter's Centre, Ash, Gu12

Time: 2pm - 4pm

Cost: £3 per person

Please book to ensure you receive a goodie bag!

blueangelcrafts@gmail.com

Regional Training

Hello all - did you miss me? I've not been myself in the last week but I think I've turned a corner and normal service should soon be resumed.

Today was the regional training in Hounslow. It was very exciting to see my upline, Natalie, AND 2 of my lovely downline! There was laughter, ink, photos and chatter. Excitingly I got recognition for my sales in January! I had to stand up in front of everyone which a surprise!! If you'd like to join me at the next Stampin' Up! training event, why not join my team? Contact me for more information blueangelcrafts@gmail.com

A tradition at all events where demos meet up is to do "swaps". This is where you get to take home a little piece of other people's creations. Above is a copy of my swap card. Sadly i took the photo in artificial light so the colours look a bit odd, but the combo is Real Red, Whisper White and Basic Black. The stamps I used are Growing Green (in black) which I coloured with a red marker. The sentiment is from Simply Said - I just love the curvy script - and stamped it in red.

Hope you are well and I aim to be back posting regularly on here so see you again soon!!

Convention 2010

Hooray I'm home from Convention 2010. There were highs (stamping, chatting and getting ideas) and lows (no hot water and being locked out of my room!) but all in all it was truly an experience!

The best part for me was meeting so many lovely people and seeing how creative they are - hello to you ladies if you are reading this! I was lucky enough to gather around 150 swaps. Below is my swap that I gave in return:

It was stamped using Ornate Flowers. The main image was stamped using markers - Real Red and Pear Pizzazz on Very Vanilla CS. This was layered on Chocolate Chip & Pear Pizzazz CS. The background was stamped in the same colour as this CS - in this case, Real Red.

Considering I only gave myself a week to create the swaps, I was really pleased with the outcome. Before I settled on Real Red for my swaps I got a bit carrided away with my new In Color markers and cardstock and you can see the result, alongside the Real Red ones, below:

My favourite is the Conchord Crush combo. That colour has really grown on me and now I've had to order myself a whole pack of it so I can create so many more projects with it.

In the coming days/weeks I hope to replicate and share some of the ideas and swaps that I saw so watch this space!