Open House 26.2.11

Hi everyone. What a fantastic afternoon my Open House turned out to be yesterday. I have to thank my lovely ladies for coming along and making it a very enjoyable afternoon crafting.

We used the fabulous Bliss set (I think this set has earned it's keep!) and Melon Mambo as the main colour.


I adpated it slightly to send on a birthday card to my sister in law for Tuesday.


I think I have a downline in training as Leanne demonstrated how to use the Stampin Scrub, did the drinks orders, dished out the cakes, drew the raffle, then got creative and made her own version of the card. She also requested that she held her own workshop!!
A few more years and who knows :-)


June, a lovely new customer, won the surprise raffle and bagged herself a Punch Bunch Set!
A perfect way of introducing the fabulous products that SU offer.

I also have to thank my wonderful SU Mum Jules for her inspiration and last minute rescue! I think the UPS man is overworked this week delivering all those last minute Sale-A-Bration purchases and didn't get to me on time!

So much happening in the land of SU and team Jems this coming week. Monthly training with the Jems on Tuesday, which I always look forward too (and am always late!) and then there's the SU Training Event in Leeds. So excited, but so panicking as have a lot of swaps to design and make before Friday!!! No pressure then :-o

Finally don't forget my next card class:-

Growing Green
Saturday, 12th March 2011, 2pm

If you would like to join me and a lovely group, drop me a line at rebw04@aol.com or 07917800310

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking time to read my blog.

Love
Becki
xx

So Many Thanks

Morning all, I'm very excited today. I have a Sale-A-Bration Open House planned for this afternoon and can't wait to get crafting with new friends and old (not that they are old!!)

This is the final weekend of the gorgeous Sale-A-Bration sets (sob sob). They are just divine and I love them.

Do you want to get your hands on one of these sets before they disappear??

Well you only have until Monday, then they are gone - no longer available to order. Don't miss out, email me today.

Do you order 12x12 papers? Do you throw away the extra thick packing sheet at the back? Then STOP!! Don't discard this because look what it can make............



A wonderful gift box. I used the packing sheet and have decorated it up. This box measures
17.5 cm x 15.5 cm and is 3.5 cm deep.

Now this is going to be for one lucky person who comes to my Open House today. I can't show you what's inside - but I guarantee they won't be disappointed!!!!

The box is mat and layered with Basic Black card stock & Love Notes DSP. A bit of Cherry Cobbler to mount the sentiment on, which is coloured in with (yes you guessed it) Stampin Write Markers and no gift would be complete without a bit of bling.

I am, as they say up North, "a bit chuffed" with how this turned out :-) Although hubby was less pleased. I was still crafting away late last night and the bed was nowhere to be seen - I had hid it under my craft stash!!

Right must dash and clean up ready for this afternoon. Will let you know who the lucky winner was and how the day went.

Thanks for stopping by

Love
Becki
xx

Bliss Mini Pizza Box

Morning, how is everyone? I can not believe it is Friday - where has the week gone?? I finally got to meet up with the lovely Thursday craft ladies, most I have not seen since the snow began! It was lovely to be back crafting with you.

I awoke early again today, so naturally set about crafting (forget the housework!). Not sure why but I had an urge to make a pizza box. This isn't something I have done before, so had a little trawl of the net for a template/measurements.

I even got a "Julie" bow to work :-)

Top View

Side View


Inside - just waiting for a co-ordinated card & gift wallet


Colour scheme Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White, with the main image stamped in Sahara Sand and plenty of bling in the form of the self adhesive Rhinestones. I am really pleased with how this has turned out, so much so watch out for co-ordinating wedding card and I might just get a gift wallet in there too!

Don't forget I have an Open House tomorrow, 26th February, at 2pm. It will be your very last chance to earn FREE stamp sets from the wonderful Sale-A-Bration. I shall be very sad to see these disappear after 28th February, but I think they will still be working very hard for me.

Contact me if you would like to know more about the products featured on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Love
Becki
xx

Punch Art

Hi there, how is everyone? What a wet and miserable half term week! I am off this week, although still working a few days from home. Why is it that even though you know you don't have to be up early you are still wide awake at the crack of dawn? This morning was no exception, so I grabbed a cup of tea and got back under the duvet.

I have been browsing our European SU colleagues blogs and came across a lovely little bit of punch art. It makes a really quick and simple card.

My card base is 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm, layered with 10 cm x 10 cm DSP. The petals are punched out using the large oval then curled for effect.




Card Stock: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink & Whisper White
DSP: Brights
Ink: Melon Mambo.
Stamp Set: So Happy for You & Punch Bunch
Punch: Large Oval and 1" Circle

Finished off with a little bit of bling :-)

Well that's my break over with, back to work now.

Thanks for stopping by

Love
Becki
xx

Get Well Chris

Morning, a quick post today all about the Chris's!!

I'm taking my Chris today for his university interview. All excited and nervous at the same time. Will let you know how it goes. Fingers and everything crossed!!

Our lovely SU sister Chris is going in to hospital today for surgery. My little get well card, is from a stamp set not often used, nor does it appear much on the blogs, but I love it and need to get it out more. The design is one of Jenny Moors'.



Card Stock: Early Espresso, Whisper White & Pear Pizzaz
Ink: Early Espresso to stamp the image
Stamin Write Markers: Wild Wasabi, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink and Rose Red
Brights DSP
Punch: Scallop Trim Border

I can not leave today without showing my two youngest Scrapbookers!! I looked after my friends little girl yesterday, Lucy, although Leanne did most of the looking after. She even made an itinery for the day, which included making cookies, brownies, drawing, and of course mummy set them on crafting (although my SU stock did stay upstairs!!)


Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by.

Love
Becki
xx

Scrap Book - Party This Way

Morning, still a miserable weekend, weather wise that is! Very cloudy and damp today.

The snow kept away yesterday for me to travel up to Julie's for scrapbook class. However, what a surprise at the amount of snow there was in West Yorkshire. Certainly nothing like that down my way.

The theme was birthdays and it was bright and bold. I have this paper stack, but not yet got round to using it, think it will be making an appearance more now.

As Leanne came with me, she chose the colour schemes for both her and Chris and naturally she had to be the first page :-) The photo she chose was from her 7th Birthday where she had a very grown up Hair and Nails Party in a Salon! Chris's are more traditionally birthday parties!

Sorry about the flash reflection, again the light isn't very good this morning.




Leanne's page had to have a bit of bling!!


I used the rub on numbers for the punched stars


Both pages together

My babies will be celebrating their 18th and 10th birthdays this year. Where has it gone?

My blog is under a bit of a transformation at the moment, so sorry that is a little bland. Hopefully it will be all colourful soon.

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Love
Becki
xx

In Colours - Sweet Summer

Morning, what a miserable morning it is out there. Do you have snow? We are having a mixture of sleet, then rain, then snow. I hope it doesn't continue as I'm heading up to Julie's this afternoon for a couple of hours scrapbooking.

Today is my niece's birthday and I decided to go with an easel card, using the gorgeous Sale-a-bration set Sweet Summer. The sentiment is from So Happy For You. All the images were created using Stampin Write Markers - I know these are featuring a lot, but I just love them!

Sorry the light was poor, so the pictures are not as clear as I would have liked. The little butterflies and bees were stamped in Chocolate Chip and coloured with Blushing Bride and Daffodil Delight


Side view

Card Stock: Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzaz, Concord Crush and Whisper White.
Stamp Sets: Sweet Summer and So Happy for You
Punch: Scallop Border, Large Oval, and Scallop Oval
Ribbon: Old Olive

All of these sets will disappear after 28th February - don't miss out on your chance to earn Free stamps sets. Come join me for my Open House next Saturday.

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

Love
Becki