Once a Crafter, Always a Crafter

Sometimes life can take us down a different road and it can be a little more exciting than the usual one. And that's exactly what's happened with me over the last year actually. Some of you may know that as well as being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator I've also become a Scentsy Consultant and I have a nice little business that runs parallel with Stampin' Up! Scentsy if you've not heard of it before are Wickless Warmers with wonderful Fragrance Waxes. Being a candle lover this has taken me and many, many more by storm but as this is my Creative Blog, I won't harp on about it but point you in the direction of where you can find out more information, and you know you can always email me too if you're interested. www.jodumbleton.scentsy.co.uk

 

So as the title says 'Once a Crafter, Always a Crafter', I am still being creative, just not as much on the internet as I have previously, and my Stampin' Up! business is still going strong too - there's no fear of me ever giving that up.

 

Right then, now I've got that out the way, how about some projects??

 

I shared this picture of some cute crackers I made with the NEW Envelope Punch Board on my Facebook Page at the weekend, aren't they adorable!

Now I'm just sorting and editing some better photos and I'll show them tomorrow along with the video I watched on how to make them. I'll also add the measurements for the size that I came up with, which is rather a handy size too.

 

So see you tomorrow for the details!

 

I'm back with a little Papillion Potpourri

What an AMAZING summer it's been! I've had a blast which started off back in July at the US Convention in Salt Lake City for 4 days, then onto the Incentive Trip for 5 absolutely fantastic days and then finally we extended our stay and went to Las Vegas for 3 days. The whole trip was an experience I will never forget. If you managed to follow my trip on Facebook you will have experienced some of it with me - especially the trip to Kanab which is the manufacturing plant of Stampin' Up! I was posting the whole process as we went along,and that was just a small part of the my awesome trip. 

And the rest of my summer holiday with my family has been wonderful too. This good weather makes such a difference to our lives doesn't it?

OK,  so now Jake is back to school and I've had my first All Day Stamp-a-Stack Event of the new crafting year, I'm back to share some projects with you.

First card from yesterdays Stamp-a-Stack was using Patpillion Potpourri with the matching Elegant Butterfly Punch and Bitty Butterfly Punch. The greeting is stamped in the Encore Gold Inkpad from the NEW autumn/Winter catalogue along with a hint of the Gold Foil paper from the catalogue too. I can see metalics is going to be BIG this year. I'm chuffed about that - I love of a bit of bling. 

Now this months SPECIAL OFFER from Stampin' Up! incudes the PAPILLION POTOURRI STAMP SET  BITTY BUTTERFLY PUNCH.

So if you fancy grabbing this bundle with a 15% discount, you can purchase instantly from my NEW Online Store HERE. Use the HOSTESS CODE 64RJKDEW to be entered in the draw for the September Hostess Draw where you could WIN the Hostess Rewards from all the online orders placed through my Online Store. It's simple straight forward and the Discount will automatically  be applied to your order and shipped direct to you. 

Of course you can add as much to your basket for a standard shipping price of just £4.95.

Ok, back tomorrow with another card from the Stamp-a-Stack.

See you then!

MOSAIC MADNESS #2

Another MOSAIC MADNESS from last weeks card class. Love the crisp cleanness of this one - the bright colours against the white really makes the mosaic tiles pop don't you think?

Same colour combo as yesterday - Bermuda Bay/Coastal Cabana/Strawberry Slush and don't forget the SPECIAL BUNDLE PRICE featured on page 123 of the new catalogue which includes the stamp set and punch.

Wood Mount - 132734- £33.50

Clear Mount - 132733 - £29.25

Time now for me to knuckle down and get organised for another class tonight and then my last one on Friday. It's then only a matter of days before I'm off to Salt Lake City for the 25th Anniversary US Convention - I can't wait!   Leave me a comment if you're going to be there too, you never know we may find each other and I would love to say 'hello'!

MOSAIC MADNESS

A bit of MOSAIC MADNESS for you today, from last weeks fortnightly class. I have to say when I first got this set I was a little puzzled how I would use it but once I started I really enjoyed it. Love all things that have a matching punch and the NEW ANNUAL CATALOGUE has plenty of  them this year.

Colour Combo:

Bermuda Bay

Coastal Cabana 

Strawberry Slush

When buying any of the NEW BUNDLES save 15%

MOSAIC MADNESS can be found on page 123 of the NEW ANNUAL CATALGUE

WOOD MOUNT - 132734 - £33.50

CLEAR MOUNT - 132733 - £29.25

To order yours email jodumbleton@aol.co.uk or for your own copy of the NEW ANNUAL CATALOGE, order via paypal on the right hand sidebar.

Have you heard??

....I'm sure you have. The NEW ANNUAL CATALOGUE 2013/14 is now available to order from!

To view the online version click HERE or to purchase your very own crisp sparkly NEW one to take everywhere you go, follow the link on the sidebar on the right. The price of £4.50 includes postage and you will receive a voucher to claim against your first order.*

Email jodumbleton@aol.co.uk for more info.

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JO DUMBLETON, 

INDEPENDENT STAMPIN' UP! DEMONSTRATOR

STIPPLED BLOSSOMS

For this weeks class we've used STIPPLED BLOSSOMS Stamp Set

A few years back there was a set called 'A Rose is a Rose' which I really liked and then there was 'Baby Blossoms' - a miniature version of roses - another firm favourite which I've kept, so I'm pleased we have more roses in the current catalogue, and one that will be staying for the NEW too.

Love the effect of 2 step stamping which brings images to life, don't you?

All done with such a simple gadget called the Stamp-a-ma-jig!

101049 - £10.95

If you would like to purchase any of the items to make this card, please email me at 

jodumbleton@aol.co.uk

Punch Art Lion

I love a bit of punch art...do you?

A card from last weeks Technique Class...isn't he cute!

After the class I stamped 'DAD' underneath the greeting so my little lad could give it to his Daddy for Fathers Day - it was a thumbs up from Dad. 

Fathers Day on THE OPEN SEA

Have you made your Fathers Day card for tomorrow? 

My Dad and my hubs both like being on the sea (although not in a sailing boat) so THE OPEN SEA was apt enough for their cards.

The colour combo is - Sahara Sand, More Mustard, Gumball Green, Pool Party & Midnight Muse.

This one was one of 3 masculine cards made at last weeks card class - I'll show you the rest later in the week. 

THE OPEN SEA has to be the most versatile set for masculine cards and the good news it's NOT on the Retirement List!

£23.95 for Wood Mount

£18.95 for Clear Mount

To Order email jodumbleton@aol.co.uk

2012/13 STAMPIN' UP! ANNUAL CATALOGUE RETIREMENT LISTS

It's all a bit weird this year, the RETIREMENT LISTS aren't usually available until September, but we have a short year this year. The NEW 2013/14 ANNUAL CATALOGUE has been brought forward to 2nd July, and that means there are some bargains to be had from the current

2012/13 ANNUAL CATALOGUE!

There are 2 RETIREMENT LIST to view

STAMP SETS

&

ACCESSORIES

Some of the STAMP SETS have been reduced up to 40% OFF (those with a red dot) and others at 25% OFF (with an orange dot), PLUS up to 50% on some items on the ACCESSORIES LIST.

Grab them while you can as they will no longer be available from 2nd July or until stocks last.

Please send an email if there's anything you'd like to order. 

'LOVE & LAUGHTER' WEDDING CARDS

I have to show you how beautiful the Pewter Embossing Powder looks - a cross between gold and silver.

PEWTER EMBOSSING POWDER

£3.95

And here's the other 2 cards made at last weeks Card Class with a wedding theme.

Not so easy to photograph but the colours are Sahara Sand and Whisper White.

The Stamp set is 'LOVE & LAUGHTER'.

£20.95 - wood

£16.95 - clear mount

To purchase any of the supplies used in the projects shown, or to find out more about Stampin' Up! please email jodumbleton@aol.co.uk.

Stampin' Up! Wedding Card

I think it's about time I updated my blog, don't you think? 

So, this weeks classes were on the theme of weddings. We're well into wedding season right now and one of my customers had requested making a wedding card but one that was bigger than the standard C6. It actually didn't take me long to design this particular one, you know how you sometimes get flashes of inspiration and you're off? That was me this week. We also made 2 smaller cards during the classes but I'll show you those over the next couple of days. 

This particular card is A5 in size. Twice the size of normal cards and as we don't have large envelopes we also made our own using the Diagonal Plate.

I've been really into heat embossing over the last couple of classes - it never stops giving me that 'wow' factor as it melts. This time we used the Iridescent Embossing Powder which is a clear EP with glitter, and boy does it sparkle!

Although we were only using Whisper White and Basic Black, to make it sparkle and give it more of a luxury look I spritzed the whole card with Shimmer Mist made from mixing the Champagne Shimmer Paint with rubbing alcohol. The card now looks like it's been made with Shimmer Paper....gorgeous!

Even the inside of the card was finished off to make it an extra special card.

Product List

Everything Eleanor stamp set, p.112 

You are Loved Stamp Set, p.24

Love & Laughter stamp set, p.38

Iridescent Embossing Powder, p. 159

Champagne Shimmer Paint, p. 158

I'll be back in the next few days to show you the other two wedding cards that were made during class.

If you would like to ask me a question please email me at jodumbleton@aol.co.uk or pop over to my facebook page and and check out the Photo Gallery. There you will see lots of inspiration, not just from me but also fans that share their creations on my page too. 

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

Have a great day!

Easter Bunny Punch Art

It was the Monthly Technique Class last night and this morning. Three more Techniques were added to the list of many we've been doing over the last 6 months and much more to come too.

 

With Easter only 2 weeks away I thought we'd go for a bit of punch art. The bunnies were the same as the ones made a few years ago at one of my all day events. I've had a computer crash since then so I haven't got any photos of what we made but they were baskets to hold mini eggs, and very cute they were too. Anyway, I've taken the bunny and popped him on a card this time.

The NEW Clouds Embossing Folder from the Spring/Summer Catalogue is just perfect for this card.

 

Right, a flying visit from me today. It's my all day Stamp-a-Stack on Sunday and there's a full house so I need to get on and prep those kits.

 

I'll be setting the FRIDAY CHALLENGE on Facebook tonight at 7pm if you'd like to join in?

 

The rules are very simple, upload your card/project to my facebook page by Sunday evening and I will showcase them from 7pm. At 10pm I will pick a random name from my pop up bin for someone to receive a little gift.

 

We always have plenty of fabulous entries each week so please don't be shy, just use the theme for the Challenge and run with it.

 

Hope to see you there!

 

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

ALL A FLUTTER & MORE AMORE SUITE SCRAPBOOKING

It's been quite a while since I last did some scrapbooking. Last weekend I spent with my crafting buddies on our 5th visit to Tincleton, it was the perfect opportunity to get stuck in.

 

It's my Mother-in-laws Birthday tomorrow and she loves receiving scrapbook pages as a gift. She has a large 12x12 frame on her wall that we bought her a few years back so each birthday etc. all I now need to do is a layout for her and she's over the moon!

 

I love all things with hearts on so I was drawn to the More, Amore Suite in the Spring/Summer Catalogue and the colours are so lovely - Pool Party, Primrose Petal & Crumb Cake.

 

This wasn't how the page was planned in my head, the banners were an after thought which came to me whilst shuffling the papers around - I'm sure I've seen something similar somewhere. 

 

I'm a bit rusty at the old scrapbooking but I'm pleased how it turned out, and I'm sure my MIL will love it.

 

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Don't forget you can find me on Facebook at

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

Get to know me and interact with other fans on the page with the FRIDAY CHALLENGE.

PLUS there's more inspiring projects, offers and get to hear of all the current offers available - like my page and say 'Hi'.

Hope to see you there!

Starter Kit Promotion & NEW Spring/Summer Catalogue

It's busy times in the Stampin' Up! world at the moment!

 

So you already know about the current Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration promotion with tons of selection of FREE goodies to choose (well 17 actually), when you place a qualifying order. Well, did you know there is also an amazing opportunity to purchase the Starter Kit too?

 

Because it's Stampin' Up!'s 25th Anniversary they are giving another 25% product value in the kit during the Sale-a-bration period!

 

For £99 you can choose £162.50 worth of product from any of the current Catalogues as your kit.

 

Totally your decision in what you include PLUS all the business supplies like catalogues and order forms etc.

 

Now you may have heard...the NEW SPRING/SUMMER CATALOGUE will be available as of tomorrow, 1st February.

 

It's luuvely!

 

You could choose your Starter Kit from the SPRING/SUMMER Catalogue so if your list is as long as your arm, why not treat yourself.

 

Would you like a sneak of what's instore?

 

And would you like to receive this as a little gift from me as part of your welcome pack?

 

I'm actively looking for new people to join my team - whether to build a business or purely for the discount.

 

Of course you wouldn't marry someone without getting to know them first, so I'd be happy to have an informal chat - either by phone or email so we can get to know each other. It can be daunting making that decision but together we can work out whether it's right for you.

 

I've a wonderful team of Demonstrator who love the products too so whatever you decide, it's not just me you have to support you - you have a whole group of new friends that will be right there with you.

 

Email jodumbleton@aol.co.uk to find out more.

SALE-A-BRATION 2013

It's that time of year again.....

 Stampin' Up! 's most Exciting Promotion that gives everyone the opportunity to receive FREE products!

 

And this year is an absolute corker with 17,

yes 17, FREE SALE-A-BRATION products to choose from!

 

So how does it work?

With every £45 order you can choose one of the following absolutely FREE!

 

This offer can be done multiple times too so if you spend £90 you can choose 2 or if you spend £45 this month and £45 the next, you can keep coming back for more. There's no limit.

 

 Now there's a lot to choose from and it's not always easy to see excactly what you're getting so if you would like me to send you a larger version on the above then please email me at jodumbleton@aol.co.uk or for your own hard copy to drool and ponder over please request one and I'll pop one in the post to you.

 

I love this time of year...

 

If you're also on Facebook, I've already started to share some Sale-a-bration projects so please pop over and 'like' my page for current updates and ideas or even if you'd like to ask me a question.

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

 

See you tomorrow with another amazing Sale-a-bration offer from Stampin' Up! and some ideas that might help you decide what you'd like from this years offering.

 

 

Love & Sympathy

Have you got snow today? Living on the very south coast of the UK we don't get very much snow at all. In fact we I get very excited when we do but it does bring us all to a bit of a standstill. I had to cancel this mornings Technique Class because of it but hey, we can all stay safe and warm at home and craft there instead, right?

 

I've another card from the bereavement class to show today.

 

So simple in design and colours.

 

Love & Sympathy - £13.95 (wood), £10.95 (clear mount)

 

ColourCombo...

Sahara Sand

Lucky Limeade

Summer Starfruit

 

Simples!

 

If you'd like to join in with the Facebook Friday Challenge I'll be posting it about 7pm tonight at

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

There is a little prize for a randomly picked winner on Sunday evening so there's plenty of time to have a go over the weekend. Post your entry on my page and I'll showcase it too.

Hope to see you over the later or 'Like' my page and you'll see more frequent updates and project ideas.

 

Last day for the January Sale items too which you can find here.

 

Stay safe and warm and see you soon!

Summer Silhouette Thank You's & Facebook Friday Challenge

Back to showing Summer Silhouettes again today.

 

On Friday night I set a Challenge on my Facebook page to make a CAS card (Clean & Simple) using favourite Stampin' Up! supplies. These 'Thank You' cards are my version of clean & simple with Summer Silhouettes - £21.95 (wood), £17.95 (clear mount).

 

Anyway, all that had to be done was create a card and post it to my page, I would share it with my fans and I'd then draw a random winner to receive a prize of a little bundle of goodies at 10pm on Sunday evening.

 

There was some fabulous entries from Jill, Fiona, Sandie and Di. I couldn't simply choose a favourite because they were all fabulous so names went into a hat and Jill was the winner!

 

Here's Jill's CAS card.

 

 

I shall be setting a Challenge on my Facebook page every Friday and I'd love you to join in.

 

Visit my page at

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

to see regular updates from me

or 'Like' my page from the badge on my lefthand side bar.

 

Hope to see you over there this Friday coming for the next Challenge!

Hopeful Thoughts Stampin' Up!

Bereavement cards aren't exactly a card we enjoy making, but I had a request last year to do a class for them and we made 4 different cards which actually went down very well.

I also taught how to use the Scallop Trim Corner Punch for perfect results - a short video will be coming real soon.

Once you know how to get it right you'll be amazed and it's such a pretty punch too at a bargain price of just £8.95!

Hopeful Thoughts - £21.95 (wood), £17.95 (clear mount)

Scallop Trim Corner Punch - £8.95

 

Colour combo:

Sahara Sand

Raspberry Ripple

Lucky Limeade

To order email jodumbleton@aol.co.uk

 

FINAL INSTALMENT OF
 FURTHER REDUCED STAMP SETS
IN THE
JANUARY STAMP SALE
TONIGHT @ 7PM!

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo
 

 

Summer Silhouettes Stampin' Up!

A slight change of plan to the card I was going to show you. I couldn't find the one I was looking for, I think I've hidden away in my new storage space above my NEW Craft Studio so I've gone for Summer Silhouettes instead. Equally as beautiful don't you think?

This is a CaSE from the card they show in the Annual Catalogue on page 83 where you'll also find this set. This is my version anyway.

 

Summer Silhouettes is another 2 step set - love that you can build a picture with all the different stamps in different colours. Ok, you're going to hear it again..it's another of my faves.

 

The colour combo is...

Crumb Cake

Pool Party

Summer Starfruit

Primrose Petals

 

Summmer Silhouettes - £21.95 (wood), £17.95 (clear)

 

If you would like this set or you're interested in purchasing any of the Stampin' Up! supplies shown in the catalogues, or to just purchase a catalogue, please get in touch at jodumbleton@aol.co.uk, I'd be happy to help you and if you're a NEW customer to me, there's an extra special gift but you will have to place an order to find out what that is. ;)

 

The final instalment of my January 2013 Stamp Sale was last night and it's been a great succes! Thank you everyone that came over to my page at www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo during the last week and I hope you managed to grab yourself some real bargains. You can still view what's available in the Sale here. All you then need to do is comment under the item you wish to purchase and I will be in touch with postage costs.

 

Sale items will remain until next week and there may be some FURTHER REDUCTIONS COMING SOON so keep popping over and having a look.

 

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

Final Stamp Sale Tonight

FINAL STAMP SALE TONIGHT AT 7PM!

 

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

Betsy's Blossoms

The sun looks like it going to come out today amongst the haze of a few clouds up there. I'm so looking forward to Spring and it's not that far away now is it.

With Spring in mind here's a bright Birthday card from a class last year using the 'Betsy's Blossoms' stamp set and matching Designer papers - Floral District.

Betsy's Blossom - £25.95 (wood), £20.95 (clear)

Floral District DSP - £9.95

Window Frames, Framelit Dies - £22.95

 

Back tomorrow with another card from Betsy's Blossom.

 

If you haven't checked out my facebook page and what I've got available in the January Stamp Sale, you can find me at

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

There's still plenty of bargains to be had!

More Stampin' Up! Sale items

Field Flowers

Ok, so at long last I've got something to show you. These gorgeous cards were designed for one of last months card classes using 'Field Flowers'.

Field Flowers is a 2-step stamp set that brings the flower images to life by stamping one image on top of the other to give that 3D effect.

 

 

Absolutely love this set. So easy to use and the finished results are stunning. Lets just say it was a popular choice for those that did the class.

 

The Stamp-a-ma-jig is the secret weapon to giving you precision stamping - an easy gadget that allows you to align each image perfectly.

Stamp-a-ma-jig

101049 £10.95

 

 The colour combo used was Marina Mist, Night of Navy and Lucky Limeade

 

Field Flowers is on page 78 of the Annual Catalogue priced at

£17.95 for Clear Mount and £21.95 for Wood.

 

My January Stamp Sale is still going on at

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

View all the stamps sets available in the

January 2013 Stamp Sale

Photo Gallery

Plenty more stamp sets will be uploaded for sale at 7pm on Sunday night!

 

STAMP SALE STARTS TONIGHT AT 7PM!

 

Facebook Stamp Sale

 

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

 

See you there! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

Happy New Year from the missing person!

 

I know, it's been almost 3 months since I updated. Long story but the short of it was I was working hard, then got ill, then working hard again, then got ill again, and right at the very end, Christmas happened.

 

So here we are, 2013 has arrived!

 

This year is the 25th Anniversary for Stampin' Up! so there'll be lots of celebrating going on over the months including more FREE stuff, more promotions and loads more NEW PRODUCTS!

 

Now I'm not making any promises to how often I will be posting on my blog, I'll be taking everything day by day, but this year I'm making changes with my business and most importantly my family are going to come a little higher on my list, as well as my health. I'm sure you will all understand but don't worry, I am still around and I will still be posting projects.

 

My classes are also going very strong and although I may not get chance to upload everything here, you can always find me on Facebook and more than likely the projects I've created for them. It's not intentional to move to facebook, it's purely a time thing which can be done in an instant and I lack time every day so this is an alternative for the days I'm not blogging - which could be quite a few. 

 

So, if you want to check out and 'like' my Facebook Business page and be up to date with things that are happening in an instant, projects I've created, new classes I've added, then you can find me at..

 

www.facebook.com/JoDumbletonSUDemo

 

Tomorrow evening I start my own JANUARY SALE of Retired Stamp sets, I've boxes of them! It's only on Facebook though so if you fancy a bargain, pop on over and 'like' my page. The sale will be going on over the next week or so, so don't panic if you can't make it tomorrow, there will be quite a lot to list and it will go on in stages plus I'll give you an indication of what time 'ish each night they'll start appearing.

 

Hope to see you over there!