Jems September Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to the Jems September Blog Hop !!!

September brings back to school, X Factor and Strictly, cooler autumnal days and of course, the Autumn and Winter Seasonal catalogue ! And that's our focus for this month's hop - the countdown to Christmas really has begun !

I decided to use the new Cookie Cutter bundle as the focus for my projects. This is a fab photopolymer stamp set with a very clever matching punch for only £31.50. I am running an All Day Class using these products as they are so versatile.

Isn't it clever how the reindeer is an upside down version of the Cookie Cutter shape ?

The gorgeous paper is from the Candy Lane suite and the little house is cut directly from a sheet ful of houses so there is opportunity to make plenty of cards.

And the sweet little bear would be perfect for baby cards too - not just for Christmas !

And finally this is a photo frame I purchased for 25p......

And decided to 'Stampy-upify ' to make it Christmassy.......

Check out those tiny little jingle bells, love them.

Hope you enjoyed my first batch of projects from the new catalogue and if anything caught your eye you can purchase directly from my online store www.juliewade.stampinup.net or get in touch

Now continue with the Hop and enjoy what the other Jems have to show you 

Happy Stampin x

Another colour combo idea

Hello all,

I'm back today with another example using the same colour combination, this time using the fab hostess set Love you Lots.

This is a really useful set and one of my favourite hostess sets.....

Sweet aren't they ? I would love to see some of your makes over on my Facebook page so please leave me a photo.

Back soon with another project in these colours x

Bella and friends

Morning all,

Here's the first of my cards made using the colour challenge combination. I saw a gorgeous 'How much is that doggy in the window ' card by Sandy Hancock at www.sandystamps.com and knew I wanted to recreate it.

Bella and Friends is a very cute set and works perfectly teamed with the Hearth and Home dies to make the window and the Brick Wall embossing folder is so versatile . If you would like any more details about any of these products please ask or take a look at my online store www.juliewade.stampinup.net

Cute isn't it ? I'd love to see some of your makes using this colour combination so pop over to my Facebook page and leave me a photo in the comments x

Colour Challenge

Morning all, and it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day ! I'm waiting in this morning for my new Christmas goodies to be delivered so I may be crafting outside in the sunshine later !

I'm often asked about colour combinations so I thought I would try a little challenge this week, please feel free to join in.

The colours I've chosen are Soft Sky, Whisper White, Night of Navy and Tip Top Taupe.....

Pop back during the week and I will show you what I've made with them but please feel to use these colours ( or something similar ) and pop over to my Facebook page ( link on the side) and leave a comment with a photo of your makes - I might even pick a random winner and send out a small prize

Happy stampin  x

August Jems Blog Hop

Hello , and welcome to the Jems monthly Blog Hop again !

You could be forgiven for thinking I had disappeared off the face of the earth, but things have just been a little hectic. I had a lovely holiday in Florida but came home to find the tank in the loft had leaked through the upstairs ceiling , through the carpets and down through the ceiling downstairs too ! It has affected several rooms and we are still awaiting the schedule of works to put it all right, BUT on the positive side, my craft room was unaffected !!

The theme of today's Blog Hop is boxes/gift packaging and the first of my projects is a little gift box for a hand sanitizer. I bought one of these for all my class ladies on holiday and then in this weeks class they had to make their own packaging lol ! The shop had lots of different 'flavours' to choose from but I knew I wanted to use my Fresh Fruit stamps so I purchased lots of Fresh Strawberries  (and a few others for myself). It's a good job I didn't get stopped by Customs- they may have wondered why I needed $50 of hand sanitizer !

I used a tutorial I found at www.sweetpiecesbyme.com,  so thank you Charlene for sharing.

I have also made a bag using the Gift Bag Punch Board. For those interested in the colour combination it is Real Red, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi.

The flowery stamps are from the Fresh Fruit set too and are very useful.

 Hope you like my summer themed packaging - let's hope we get some sunshine to enjoy this
weekend !

I have provided the links to hop on over to Sarah or back to Kylie  -Happy Hopping ! x

         

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July Jems Blog Hop

Welcome to the July Jems Blog Hop !

Firstly, I need to apologise for the lack of blog posts. No excuses, I've just been really busy and unfortunately the blog gets put on the 'tomorrow ' list - every day lol.
I can't see things changing for the next few weeks but after that I think things will settle down and I hope to get into a regular routine.

The theme for this month's hop is animals so of course I immediately reached for Baby Bear !
I teamed it with the easel stamp from Painter's Palette, another new favourite that I have lots of plans for....

Isn't she sweet ? And Sweet Sugarplum too. You may have noticed I've got a bit of a thing about making my own paper at the moment, this time I used the flower and leaf from the Jar of Love set. This set is so versatile and there are loads of lovely elements apart from the jars.

I haven't added a sentiment to this card yet, and it would make a very sweet baby card but I know a lovely little girl who has a birthday coming soon,

Today is also a sort of birthday/anniversary for me too as it was exactly 6 years ago today that I became a Stampin Up demonstrator. How time flies when you are having fun ! I can honestly say I am so glad I did - I still love all the gorgeous products but have also made some special friends, so a big thank you to Julie Kettlewell and all the Jems for all their support. 

If you have any questions about joining Stampin Up please get in touch, I would love you to join my team. Now, please continue the Hop and checkout all the inspiring projects from the other Jems

 Enjoy ! x

Tip Top Taupe

Hello all, hope you've had chance to enjoy the sunshine again today, it's been very hot here.

I've now received all my On Stage Local display samples back so I thought I would show you them together. My ' mission ' was to showcase the old In Colours ( yep, I was gutted not to get the new ones lol ! ) and we had to make a variety of projects predominantly that colour.

This was particularly difficult for me - I like my colour combos - and using one main colour was a lot more challenging than it initially sounds. Anyway, here's what I came up with for Tip Top Taupe....

A scrapbook page of my two girls and an anniversary card with Timeless Love.

Isn't that die cut heart just so pretty ? My faux book you've seen before.

A close up of the scrapbook page....yes, it is that flower from Fabulous Flora again ! And look at those cute frilly socks - my now teenagers would just roll their eyes !

And so all of them together....

Back soon with another colour x