Training Fun at Bicester with Stampin' Up!

After a rather busy weekend, I am pleased to be able to share with you my cards which I made as swaps at Bicester for our training last weekend. Our larger Stampin' Up Team called the 'Pinkies' and run by Michelle Last get together throughout the year to share ideas, inspiration and spend some fun time together.

Last Sunday 30 of us gathered at Bicester (Oxfordshire) with ladies coming from all over the UK, including York, London, Worcestershire and the South Coast.

Here are the samples of my swaps - the idea is that you make 30 small cards with your own idea, and then swap with each of the other Pinkies, so you go home with 30 new, inspired ideas. This is JUST ONE of the things I LOVE about Stampin' Up.

I used the new Six Sided Sampler and the matching Hexagon Punch to create these quick and easy cards.

All my samples ready to pack

Detail of one of the samples

As always, the quality of the samples were excellent, and once I have permission from the creators, I would love to share some more samples with you.

Here is the lovely Suzette from my team, who made some stunning little gifts - glass jars which she stamped onto and added a cute little label. Perfect to hold the Mint Imperials for my card classes!

If you would like to visit Suzette's BLOG, you can find her here: Suzette
Suzette has some stunning projects to have a look at and one of her latest postings tells you how she made the lovely decorated jars.

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Six Sided Cards

The title of this posting may be rather mis-leading, as the card itself is not six-sided, but it is the name of the Stamp Set I have used. Sorry if you thought you were going to see an amazing six sided card.

There is a fantastic new stamp set out in the new catalogue which features some very easy to use stamps, that work on a hexagon design. Hexagon shapes are so 'in' this year, we have been seeing them everywhere.

Here are the finished cards, they are for my customers who placed orders with me last week, and I enclose one with each order by way of a thank you. 

 What makes these cards SO easy to make, is that there is a co-ordinating hexagonal punch that will punch out the different stamped images, including the 3 sentiments.

Here is the stamp set in full... when you buy the set with the punch, you can get them both at a discount by buying the complete bundle, saving you 15% off the individual price. There are 11 stamps in the set, which you can mix and match as you like.

The complete bundle price in Clear Mount is £29.25, the punch on its own is £15.50.  I have used some Designer Series paper (Epic Day This and That) for the background of the card - and I chose the matching ink colours - all that information is provided in the catalogue so if you are not good at choosing colours, the information is all there for you.

Finally a close up of two of the cards. By using Dimensionals to lift the punched out hexagons, it gives a more detailed look to the finished card. Some white baker's twine or linen thread finishes the card off. I hope you like these quick and easy projects - let me know if you wish to order anything or you would like any more details on the above products/projects. I would be delighted to answer any queries you may have.


Watch out tomorrow as I am taking part in my FIRST EVER Blog Hop - I have joined up with other team members to showcase a range of products from the new Annual Catalogue - it's easy to join in... view my website tomorrow and there will be links there to take you forward and backward between each blog - as easy as that. Look out for this sign:

See you then :)

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