Stampin Up Retirement List

Just wanted to let you all know that the retirement list is up on th Stampin Up website (see link above) this is a fab opportunity to grab yourself some exclusive products which are for now retiring. Once they are gone they are gone, so have a look and see what is left.

The retirement list makes way for our fabulous new catalogue which launches on 1st June 2016. It is crammed with new and exciting products and I can't wait to showcase it for you.

If you are one of my regular customers I will be giving a free catalogue (priced at £4.95) however if anyone else would like one I am happy to post one out for £4.95 or if you live in the Farnham GU9 area then you can pick one up from me.

Exciting time of the year so pop over to the Stampin Up website, link above, and when ordering just use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Thank you everyone for your custom.

Stampin Up Number of Years Masculine Card

The old story of how difficult it is to make good masculine cards. Now for someone who doesn't like the old fashioned ships, planes etc, the Number of Years bundle is fab. Stamp set and matching dies 140811 bundle with a saving of 15% is £44 It is great for birthdays, anniversaries or any other special date.

So it is my son's 35th birthday next months so I made this card using the Number of Years and the Timeless Textures for the background.  It has come out really well and using various tones of blues really makes the card pop.

So don't ever get stuck with a masculine birthday card. Think outside the box and create something like this.

All products used are from Stampin Up. Follow the link above and when ordering use me Jane Allmark as your Demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Working with textures and colours.

Putting a card together can be great fun, but I bet quite a few of you have sat with a blank work table just wondering where to start and what to do. So where do you start? Some start with a colour, or a piece of designer series paper. Today I decided to start with some burlap.  I adore the natural texture of the burlap ribbon (it's retiring and is on the retirement list so grab it before it's gone )

So with the piece of burlap down the centre of the card, I toned in the background using Timeless Textures a must have series of background stamps and used crumb cake. However I wanted just a splash of colour, so teamed the balloon sentiment and background spots in rose red which tied it all together.  A few pearls and candy dots and voila a card with texture, colour and depth.

All Stampin Up products are available through the link above and when ordering please use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice. Retired products are going super fast, as there are some bargains to be had to do hurry.

Stampin Up Timeless Textures

This is one of my favourite stamp sets as the backgrounds you can create are just lovely. The flower flourish is just lovely in blues and yellows for a fresh Spring feel. I then used the small dots in smoky slate to just tie all the white space together.  Simply mounted on a white cardstock blank and then embellished with a sentiment and a butterfly, this makes an easy yet very effective professional looking card.

All products used are from Stampin Up so check out the link above and when ordering please use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Don't forget there are some retired products at the moment but they are selling fast so please do rush to order.

Stampin Up Retired Products - Selling Fast

Just a quick heads up. The Stampin Up retired list which is all products not being carried over to the new catalogue which launches 1st June 2016 is now available.

These retiring products sells out very very quickly. So if there is something that you would like then get in ther fast.

Follow the link at the top of the page and use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Hope you get what you want before it sells out and is gone forever.

Happy shopping.

Stampin Up From Land To Sea

This is a lovely versatile stamp set and I really love the lanterns so I decided to make a make card using them.  I tore round the card edges and inked to give a textured feel and then mounted on some coordinating designer series paper in smoky slate.  The burlap is a lovely rustic textures so put this across the card and tore a sentiment to go one top.  Mounting the whole think on night of navy cardstock added just enough colour and I think it makes a great masculine card.

Stampin Up products can be purchased through the link above and please use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Curvy Trio Punch & Timeless Textures

I thought I would show you a girlie card using the timeless textures stamp set with wisteria wonder ink to create a lovely pale lilac background.  This teamed up with rich razzleberry is a lovely combination and I used some rich razzleberry cardstock for the butterfly.

By punching alternate corners with the curvy trio punch, I did each piece separately to give a slightly asymmetrical look.

All products used can be purchased through the Stampin Up website, link above, and please choose me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Have a great day.

Stampin Up Using ribbon & embellishments

Cards are fun to make and receive in all shapes and colours and sometimes it is those finishing touches or embellishments that you add that really makes a card. The sense of touch is sometimes lovely to add to a card by way of a piece of ribbon or a few pearls.

So today I am showing you 2 cards using ribbon in different ways.

The first card was one I showcased yesterday. I cut two pieces of totally different ribbon and used them as a banner cutting an inverted "V" from the bottom. This become the focal point for the card and all the other elements colour coordinated accordingly.

The second card is using a wide piece of ribbon across the bottom of the card and then tying a thinner piece across the middle.  Again both pieces of ribbon are totally different contrasting colours yet by thing everything in to the ribbon it coordinates perfectly.

My favourite stamp set for doing this is Timeless Textures and if you are a Gorgeous Grunge fan then this will just take backgrounds to the next level. I could use this set all the time.

So to buy products by Stampin Up follow the link to the website and use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Timeless Textures & Ribbon Clearance Rack

Something you may not be aware of Stampin Up has a Clearance Rack ( click on link above and when ordering use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice) The Clearance rack is updated with all sorts of bargains and I recently picked up some gorgeous ribbon at just a few pounds, absolute bargain.

So today I thought I would use the Timless Textures background stamps and create a lovely backdrop for this card.  I stamped the sentiment using the oval dies and dimensionals to make it pop. I used two different coloured ribbons for added texture and the effect was gorgeous.

Love these fresh Spring colours, I used crushed curry which matched the ribbon and various shades of blue marina mist and island indigo and the sentiment was in night of navy.  

Have a look at the Stampin Up website as there are some many lovely things to buy. Again Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice when ordering.

Thanks for dropping by

Stampin Up Timeless Textures

This is a wonderful stamp set for creating some lovely backgrounds

I used pool party, island indigo and calypso coral for the different elements and then stamped the sentiment in night of navy and mounted on a piece of night of navy cardstock.

I used the confetti hearts punch to add some interest at the top of the card.

Click on the link at the top of the page and when ordering use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Have a great Friday.

Stampin Up Butterflies

There are some really lovely butterfly punches, dies and stamps that you can purchase through Stampin Up. Butterflies are always lovely to add to a card, make the focal point, stamp as a background and many more other ideas.

This card is using the butterfly dies which are beautiful and intricate and make for a lovely card.

Layering to the dies on top of each other gives great dimension.

Follow the link above to purchase Stampin Up products and when ordering use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

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Stampin Up From Land to Sea

Morning. This stamp set is really lovely as it has a turtle and other nautical stamps which are good for those make cards which can be so difficult to do.

I coloured and cut out the turtle to give a bit of depth and set it on some of the now retired sale a Bration dsp which is really quite sea like. The trio corner punch gives a good finish and I put a couple of pearls in the corners, although these could be removed for a really masculine look. With a piece of ribbon and a nice sentiment, this makes for a different card, but works really well.

Follow the link at the top of the blog for ordering and when you purchase choose me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up hearts embossing folder

Using an embossing folder adds a lovely texture to a card and the Stampin Up hearts embossing folder is fab. I've made the is CAS clean and simple card by colouring in one of the hearts with coordinating pen adding a small heart and a pearl ten coordinated the birthday sentiment. With a little piece of Stampin up ribbon it makes for a lovely card.

 For all your Stampin up orders click on link above and use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

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Stampin Up From Land To Sea fusion

I love using a variety of stamps and the By Land and Sea stamp set has a lovely lantern stamp which I used in this project. The greetings thinlets are great for this Thanks and the the embossing folder with the hearts on again just adds another level. Combined with some lovely Stampin Up ribbon and you have a delightful thank you card.

I sponged the lower half of the hearts in crumb cake making the division between the two halves of the card more defined.

All Stampin Up products can be purchased by using the link above and when ordering please use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

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Stampin Up Swallowtail

This is a gorgeous large background or focal stamp 131943 wood mount priced £18 and is great for colouring, whether sponging, watercolours, blender pens or washes.

This example I have used the Stampin up ink pads with a blender pen in lovely earthy tones. Just add a sentiment the teeny tiny sentiments set is perfect and you have a stunning card.

Click on the link at the top of the page for ordering and use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice. Thanks

Stampin Up Rose Garden thinlets Day 3

Today is the final day of a trilogy of the Rose Garden thinlets from Stampin Up. Today is using the die cut as a mask.

First cut out the Rose and leaf die the just using the flower sponge through using Stampin Up sponge daubers. I used primrose petals, blushing bride, and a little rich razzleberry for depth.

Click on the link above to order and choose me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Rose Garden Day 2

Die cut rose in light dsp, mounted on velum and mount on black cardstock, cut around image and mount on white. Add sentiment of choice.

See yesterday's blog for details of this set and click on the link to order. You will be ask to choose a demonstrator so Jane Allmark is me.

Have a good day, and catch you all tomorrow for day 3

Stampin Up Rose Garden thinlets

Morning everyone and a lovely sunny morning it is. Love the lighter days as rise early with sunshine and not dark now till nearly 8pm. So with Spring really on its way and Summer just round the corner the roses will soon be out for such a short time, but the smell is always lovely.

My recommendation for today is the rose garden thinlets by Stampin Up. See the link above to order and use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

140619 priced £28 for 5 dies

As you can see they are big and versatile as you can cut into them to give colour variation.

First example cut the die out in black and colour in to give a stained glass effect.

Come back tomorrow for other examples and ideas to use the fab die set.

Stampin Up Happy Days

Happy days and it is a really happy day. Have some fantastic news I'm adopting a gorgeous little spaniel cross girl on Friday this week. It has been a long year since I lost my beloved Labrador from old age and it has taken me a long time to find a special companion. So very excited and today's card is a lovely scene builder set.

It takes three element stamps the bench, the child & kite and tree, put together to make the scene. Simply sponged with daubers for a muted look.

All Stampin up products are avilabkenthrough the link above. Use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Creating your own backgrounds.

Morning everyone. What a lovely weekend it is proving to be. Weather has been really spring like with sunshine and the lighter evenings are really fab.

Today I thought I'd talk about backgrounds. Creating a background is fun, easy and totally unique. It is a great way to colour coordinate or to just add a different dimension or texture to a card.

I have recently bought some burlap ribbon. It's a huge one and a quarter inches wide catalogue number 132140 is 4.6m long so if perfect as a border or wide trim on a card. As I'm not too much of a ribbon person as is a little twee for me this burlap is right up my street.

The background I used crumb cake probably the best neutral colour as goes with everything. Primrose petals added the colour accent to tone with the balloon. Pearls and candy dots added the final touch.

Simple, pretty with loads of texture a really fun card to do.

To order follow the catalogue link at top of page to go to Stampin Up official website and when ordering use Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Stampin Up Botanical Blooms most popular

Morning everyone on this bright and sunny morning.

When you love what you do it rubs off and my favourite stamp set bundle is Botanical Blooms as I just love all the gorgeous flowers you can make and they are gorgeous for all sorts of projects. A bundle is a great way to buy as you get 15% off and get the stamp set, coordinating die and a pack of coordinating designer series paper.

I have been showcasing this set on the blog, Twitter and Facebook and my workshops and classes and it has proved my best seller, as a lot of you like me have bought this fab bundle.

140757 stamp set containing 17 stamps £15

140583 designer series paper £10 for 12 sheets of double sided 12"x12"

140625 framelits containing 14 dies for £30

Bundle of all three 140819 save 15% is £46.75

Click on the catalogue link at the top of the page use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice to order.

Gorgeous example of recent card I made using the stamp set and dies.

Stampin Up Greetings Thinlets

Just a quickie to say a big thank you to everyone who bought from me during The last three months of Saleabration. Your custom is very much appreciated and I'm so glad that I have been able to introduce some of you to the wonderful world of Stampin Up.

The card is a mixture of the old and new. A lovely piece of dsp which was one of the freebies together with the Greetings Thinlets "thanks"

Ordering is simple as many of you know. Click on the catalogue link at the top of the page which will take you to the Stampin Up website and when ordering use me Jane Allmark as your demonstrator of choice.

Have a wonderful golden day.