Hope you all had a great weekend and managed to achieve whatever it was that you wanted. My Saturday was spent holding a joint training session with my fellow demonstrator Pip Todman. Over the last few years we have held quarterly training days for hers and my teams. It’s a great chance to meet and catch up with other demonstrators, and furthermore, we get to swap ideas and talk about all things in the Stampin’ Up! world.
Like all Stampin’ Up! get togethers there is usually a bit of swapping going on. Swaps are fun to make and receive. They give you ideas on how to use a particular stamp set or technique. What’s more, they quite often make you look at a particular set in a completely different way. Potentially, this is really dangerous because more often or not things end up being added to the the wish list!
This time around there was only five people making swaps and these are the ones received.
My card was made using the Pick A Pennant stamp set. All of the birds were cut by hand because at the time I made the cards I did not have the coordinating Playful Pennants Framelits Dies. I do now!
Barry used the Delicate Lace Edgelits as the key focus for his card. The smooshed Lovely Lipstick ink was applied to some Shimmer Card. Smooshing is a technique I need to try.
Pip used the Animal Outing Bundle for her card along with the Garden Impressions 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. Everyone who came to training or who purchased the kit received a full pack of this paper.
Catherine used the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set (with coordinating dies) along with a sentiment from the Petal Palette stamp set.
Katie used the Painted Glass stamp set to create her card. You may recall from last week’s posts that I love the gothic sentiments in this stamp set.
That’s it for today.
Happy stamping
Fiona xx
Here are ways to shop and save this month
Add the Acorn Club Code 7VGRMVRM when checking out of my Online store. Do this, and you will receive a free gift from me in July along with my Thank You card. DO NOT use the code if your order is £150 or more. This is because you will get to choose your own rewards before you checkout.
Save 10% on Bundles from the new 2018-19 Annual Catalogue. There is something for everyone, because there are an amazing number to choose from and it includes the bundles used for the training swaps.
Join my Team – For £99 (includes free P&P), you get to choose £130 worth of product from the current catalogue. Furthermore, you will then receive a 20% on future orders/purchases for at least the next 3 months. Not sure what £130 worth of products looks like? Check out last Monday’s blog post for some ideas. Of course, as a member of my team you are automatically invited to attend any training events too.