Pretty wings..

Another quickie today ...

this is another of the set i've been making... love the embosslits quick and easy to use and so pretty...

i may be going a bit pink crazy :)

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I'm still here! honest!

Hi everyone thanks for the emails I am still here baby hasn't popped yet!

4 weeks to go, i've just been so busy getting ready for the baby and my son's 8th birthday that i forgot to post!

so this week i'm sharing some pretty thank you's that i've been making in preperation for the grand arrival

I used the Baby blossoms set from the mini catalogue with the beautiful wings embosslit, in pretty in pink, pink pirouette and regal rose with river rock which is absolutely gorgeous can't believe i've not used this more.....

and just thought i'd share this one with you too.....

this is our baby from the last scan we had, I have another booked for 2 weeks time just to check her growth but by that point she's going to be too big to get a good picture, the itching so far is under control, the swelling is well... swelling and i now look like i have a giant beach ball shoved up my top....  but on the bright side 4 weeks to go!  woop woop!  can't wait to meet her, I'm working on a few fabric projects so as soon as i get done with them i'll share those too!

will keep you all posted!

Abi

Passionately pink

I got asked recently to make some mini suitcases here's one of my sample ideas

I had loads of fun playing with my bigshot making the flowers and i love the colours!  I may have gone a bit pink crazy right now...... I'm putting that down to the fact that the baby is a girl  ... yay at last i can play with pretty things :)

so i'm indulging my self a bit and may have bought all the pink red and girlie colour ribbons in the Stampin' Up! catalogues just in preparation for future uses :)

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Abi

Quick n cute

My eldest is turning 8 and getting baptised in the next couple of weeks and he wanted me to make some invites for the important people he wanted there so i had a little think and came up with this REALLY old stamp stamp set which Stampin' Up! sold and i found in a rummage sale......

( see i'll always get around to using all the stash i have eventually)

I wanted to keep it simple so made a stencil with my 1 3/4" circle punch then used my sponge daubers with  Marina mist and wild wasabi ink to make the background, the image was stamped in early expresso and coloured with my markers.

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Abi

Monsterous invites

Well it's that time of year again.... kids invites coming out of my ears.....

however apparently we are too old for a "party" now so a trip to the movies will do instead!

MY baby is getting all grown up!  scary

I had a go at some punch art as directed by my 8 year old ( he's suddenly got very opinionated!)  and the invites had to "altered" to his requirements lol

But he's happy with them and i had fun making them.

I used the make a monster stamp set along with a long list of punches! :

spiral border, Extra large oval, word window medium and small circle punches and  the square lattice embossing folder.

Thanks for dropping by!

Abi

Extra hostess benefits reminder!

Extra! Extra! Stampin’ Up! hostesses get extra hostess rewards 1 June-31 July, in addition to the already fantastic hostess benefits! 

From 1 June-31 July, Stampin’ Up! hostesses can earn an EXTRA £20 to use toward Stampin’ Up! products of their choice when they host a workshop totaling £250 or more in product sales!
This extra benefit is in addition to the standard hostess benefits they receive when they host a workshop.


so what are you waiting for  contact me today to book your workshop!  my dates are limited due to the upcoming baby arrival and i'd love to fit you in and help you choose your extra hostess benefits before she arrives!!!!

Tagging time!

here's a really simple gift idea.. one of my girls JAYNE has been doing amazingly with her sales and achievements recently, so over the coming month as well as earning her self some fabulous goodies from Stampin' Up! she's also going to be receiving a few little surprises from me in the post too....

and here is just one of them!

If you would like to know more about the benefits of becoming a demonstrator then drop me a line at

abi4380@gmail.com and i'd be happy to help :)

This years European convention is being held at Disney land paris and for the first time nearly all the girls in my team are hoping to attend including me with the little bundle as long as all goes well in the coming months!

would you like to join us??

ask me how!

Elegant invites

clean and simple elegance..

Wedding invites,

I used the water colour paper for the basic invite and punched out the window with the 1 3/8" square punch which i combined with rose red card stock and ribbon.

very pretty.

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Quick notes...

Sometimes you just need some pretty little notelets to send out...

and this time i decided to make them a little different..

I'm trying to get into the habit of using all my scraps and off cuts rather than storing them for a couple of years and then running out of space so these cute little notelets were made with the circles i cut from the front of my swap cards last week,

which i combined with the butterfly embosslits and a couple of flowers.... quick simple and cute.

Thanks for stopping by.

Abi

Fascinating paper crafts!

HI, just thought i'd share some of my teams fab creations!

last september we participated in the creative stitches show in exeter it was a great fun and we met some really lovely and fun people!

I blogged last October about the Fascinators made by the lady who we will always know as the fascinator lady ( she does have a name just no one could remember it sorry! )  you can see that post here 

any way we thought we would give it a go our selves with our card stock...

this one is by Hayley and I just love it very cleaver!

and this one is by kathy, very elegant....

and this last one is by me :)

although my butterflies wires got a bit squashed in transit but i think you get the idea!

I used the bigz flower die from the mini catalogue and i used the same tutorial as i did for the dress which we displayed at the show last year, you can see the tutorial here

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Thanks for stopping by!

hope we've inspired you to try something different!

Extra hostess benefits!!!! woop woop!

Extra! Extra! Stampin’ Up! hostesses get extra hostess rewards 1 June-31 July, in addition to the already fantastic hostess benefits! 

From 1 June-31 July, Stampin’ Up! hostesses can earn an EXTRA £20 to use toward Stampin’ Up! products of their choice when they host a workshop totaling £250 or more in product sales!
This extra benefit is in addition to the standard hostess benefits they receive when they host a workshop.


so what are you waiting for  contact me today to book your workshop!  my dates are limited due to the upcoming baby arrival and i'd love to fit you in and help you choose your extra hostess benefits before she arrives!!!!

window wonders

Hi

keeping simple today...  i just love my embosslit butterflies so here's some more!

I used my 1 3/8" square punch to create the windows and of course that gorgeous paper from the mini,

if you haven't checked out the UK mini yet click here

Abi