More Sneak Peeks.....

I attended a Stampin' Up! Training Day at Reading last Saturday and my wonderful downline Teri had made me this little box using new stash from the mini catalogue.....

and inside was two bottles of Sanctuary lushiousness which I have had my eye on for a while now and despite hinting didn't get any for Mother's Day or Valentines Day, so was doubly gorgeousness for me..

I just want to say thank you so much to Teri, it was a lovely surprise and it was absolutely brilliant to finally meet you at last...

 For this set Teri used the new Vintage Vogue Stamp Set and the new Very Vintage Wheel which I haven't actually bought yet.... I wasn't sure I wanted it until I saw this gorgeous box, now it is definitely on my wish list. But I do have the Vintage Vogue Stamp Set..... watch this space...

We all took swaps along too, and here is the swap I made...

I used the new Sweet Pea Paper Stack for the Patterned Paper and the little owl is from the Fox and Friends Stamp Set, all from the new catalogue. I used Whisper White, Taken With Teal and Rose Red Cardstock and grosgrain ribbon in More Mustard and Chocolate Chip... the sentiment is from the Trendy Trees stamp set....

Am sorting out some storage in my craft area this weekend, yet again, I really need to organise my stamps better and my nestabilities.... I also have a load of stamps to sell so keep your eye on here if you love Magnolia, KatzelKraft, Sugar Nellie, Autumn Leaves and a few other stamps.... I am also selling a hardly used Scor Pal which I bought but wasn't sure I liked.

Have a great weekend all xx

On a Roll Today.....

Well I have made another card, the creativity is flowing today. My 8 year old is going to a birthday party tomorrow so thought I had better make a card, I am trying to be more organised so dont want to make a last minute one at the last minute. It is for a little girl and I thought I would take part in another challenge so would kill two birds with one stone and combine the card and challenge. Well I cheated slightly as I already had the image coloured in, but thought it was quite an appropriate image, it is a Sugar Nellie Stamp and I think they are so cute. I used one of these designs on my daughters card back in August. Anyway, here is what you have been waiting for...

I used Basic Grey Papers and Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery and Rose Red Stampin Up Cardstock, along with the SU punches. I also used Stampin Up Old Olive Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and Tempting Turquoise Brad. The Stamp Set I used for the sentiment is again SU Circle of Friendship. I used a strip Cuttlebug Folder for the embossing on the left hand side of the card and sanded it slightly to bring out the white core and make it stand out more, and I lightly inked the edges of the paper in white. The border edge punch is Martha Stewart and flowers and gems are from my stash. And true to form, I have also decorated the inside to match...


Luckily my 8 year old is quite a neat writer so there should be enough room on the white cardstock to write his message. By the way, the Challenge I made this card for is the Papertake Weekly Challenge. I hope my card meets the criteria as I made it on a rectangle card and not a square one, but one of their DT made a cover for a rectangle notepad, so I guess it will be okay.

Have a great weekend everyone xx

Still For Sale...

I have updated this post http://purelystamping.blogspot.com/2009/08/magnolia-whiff-of-joy-sugar-nellie.html to show the stamps that are still for sale... please email me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net. I will accept personal cheques, postal orders, or gifted paypal payments. Will be back soon to update, but my daughter had a little baby boy, Cain Mitchell this afternoon at 2.38pm, and I have been running up and down the hospital like a loony and looking after my grandson who is 17 months old.... and my crafting space is a mess as I am re-organising it to incorporate my new Stampin Up Stash. If you would like to purchase anything from the new Stampin Up Catalogue, check out http://www.stampinup.co.uk/ and just let me know what you would like. I am offering a 10% discount for all orders over £35... take care and have a good weekend.

Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Sugar Nellie, Sarah Kay, Rachelle Anne Miller and More...Stamps for Sale.....

Well today I have sorted through my stamps and have decided that some of them just have to go.... so here is a rather long list of them... postage is included in the cost of the stamps, so the price you see is the price you pay (unless you want them shipped internationally, there will be an additional charge for shipping)... just e-mail me at LindaLloyd@gmx.net. If you double click on the photos it will bring the photos up larger so that you can see the stamps more clearly.



Here I have 3 Magnolia Stamps... the first one and last one have never been used. They are all mounted and ready to stick to your acrylic block. I would like £4 each for the first and last one and £3.50 for the middle one, this includes postage. The last one is poor Edwin in a sorry state, perfect for a Get Well Soon card. ALL SOLD




As you can see these 2 have never been used and are still in the packet. Mounted and ready for your acrylic block, I would like £4 each for these, the little girl sits on the edge of the glass, if you would like both the cost will be £7.25. Dont forget this price includes postage. SOLD



This is the Christmas Set, the little girl sits on the tree branch, again, never been used or even out of the packet. Mounted and ready for your acrylic block. £4 each or both for £7.25. SOLD


These stamps have been used, are by Rachelle Anne Miller and are acrylic, would like £3.25 each please. ALL SOLD

This Sarah Kay stamp has never been out of its packet, is acrylic so will cling to your acrylic block and I would like £4.25 for this one please, postage included. SOLD

These stamps have been lightly used and are mounted so they will cling to your acrylic block, I would like £3.50 for each of these please. The middle stamp is perfect for all your baby girl cards.... STAMP ON RIGHT SOLD. MIDDLE AND LEFT ONE STILL FOR SALE

These stamps have never been used either (are you noticing something here... lol) and are from the Farmyard Tilda (Magnolia), here you have the horse, a bale of hay and tilda all ready to sit on the bale of hay. I would like £5 for the horse, £4 for Tilda and £3.75 for the bale of hay, if you would like all 3 I will sell them for £11.25. SOLD


Again Magnolia, again never used. I would like £4.50 for this one please. SOLD


Again Magnolia, yet again, never been used, ideal for teacher cards, I did even think of teacher cards for Christmas, just stick a little Father Christmas Hat on their heads. £4.50 each for these, or all 3 for £12.... just a reminder, postage is included. If you have an apple stamp, Edwin and Tilda would be excellent stamped out and seated on an apple... (or even an apple die cut). ALL SOLD

These are Sugar Nellie Stamps, which I think are no longer available. They have been used and I would like £3.50 each for these or £20 the set. SOLD

More Sugar Nellie stamps, they do stamp really well, nice clear sharp images. These have been lightly used, £3.75 each. SOLD

More Sugar Nellie, again, these have been lightly used, £3.50 each or all 3 for £10. THESE THREE STILL FOR SALE

The first one is a Magnolia Stamp, the Second is a Leanne Ellis Stamp (from Funky Kits) and not sure of the name of the third one. I would like £3.50 for the Magnolia Stamp, the Leanne Ellis one has not been used but has been mounted on Kling On and I would like £4.25 for that, the third one I would like £4 for, this has been used once. The first stamp Edwin doing DIY is perfect for those hard to make men cards... MIDDLE AND RIGHT HAND ONE SOLD EDWIN WITH DIY TOOLS STILL FOR SALE


More Sugar Nellie, the first two have been used and the third one used only once.... I would like £3.50 for each of these or £10 for all 3. Dont think these are available anymore. The third stamp is Maggie dressing up in her mums clothes... these would make gorgeous young girl cards. ALL SOLD


I have only used this stamp once, and I won the competition I entered using it.... can you believe that... lol Anyway, I would like £4.25 for this one, I think it is a Ladybug design by Rachelle Anne Miller. SOLD

These are Leanne Ellis Designs from Funky Kits, these have only been used once and I would like £4 each for these.... they have been mounted on kling on so can be used right away.ALL SOLD
And last but not least, Whiff of Joy stamps, these have been used once only, but are mounted on Kling On ready to use on your acrylic block. I would like £4.75 each for these, this includes first class postage to UK, and I will post out to you the next working day. ALL SOLD

Dont forget all prices include first class postage to UK only, if you would like them shipped internationally, then you will need to contribute to shipping costs. All stamps are already mounted onto EZ Mount or Kling On ready to stamp, except for the acrylic ones. Thank you for looking and I will be back with some more items for sale tomorrow.... take care all XX

Selling Some Stampin' Up! Stamp Sets....

I have decided to sell some of my stash as I have way too much, thought I would advertise it for a week on my blog before listing it on e-bay. So todays bargains are Stampin' Up!s Saleabration Sets. I have way too many of these and need to sell some to the unlucky people that didn't manage to get their hands on them when they were on offer. You are now unable to purchase these sets as only the people that bought a certain amount of Stampin' Up! managed to get their little crafting mitts on them, so am selling these....


The above set is called Botanical Blooms, it is brand new, never been used, not even mounted and I would like £15 for this which will include postage. Click on the picture to see a larger version of it.

This set is called Yummy, again £15 for this including postage, if you would like to purchase 2 of the sets, the cost will be £28 including postage.

This set is called Congrats, I would like £12 including postage for this set. If you would like to purchase all 3 sets the cost will be £38.


This set is called Polka Dot Punches. I would like £15 for this. The scallop edge punch and flower punch from Stampin' Up! can be used for punching out these designs. If you would like all 4 sets, the cost will be £50 including postage. I will also include some Stampin' Up! 6 x 6 inch sheets of patterned paper with your Stamp Sets. If you are interested, just click on the link above which says CONTACT ME and let me know. I think I have 4 of each set up for grabs.

Once I have sorted out all my craft stuff and sold it, I will be starting up my blog again as I will then have room to work.

Tomorrow I will be selling some of my Magnolia and Sugar Nellie Stamps, so look out for that.

I will also have some giveaways over the next few weeks so look out for that also... Have a great evening everyone.

I thought I would get a lot done today....

But then I realised I had to take 2 of my boys to the dentist for fillings, and then my Stampin' Up! parcel arrived which I needed to pack and take the parcels to the post office, then I had to go and get worming tablets for my 3 dogs and give them to them, oh yes, and the 3 loads of washing I have had to do, the forms I needed to print off and explain to someone and the school run, and here we are, nothing has been done and I have a great big pile of ironing to do... well I guess I could start a card now, but by the time it is finished it will be too dark to photograph, so I may as well get the ironing out of the way whilst it is dark which gives me a day tomorrow to make..... or so I think at this moment in time!! lol

So I thought I would show you a card I made a while ago, I used to do a lot of Sugar Nellie and Magnolia images, until I started selling Stampin' Up! of course and now I rarely get to use my old stamps, so here is today's card...


Sugar Nellie Stamp, Basic Grey Patterned paper, leaves are quickutz die cuts and flowers and brads are from my stash.

So that is about it for today, nothing exciting to report, quite boring really... hope you all have a good evening, take care xx

Thought I Would Go For Something Different....

Yep, I was getting bored with those colours, so thought I would try something different today, and stamped and coloured some images... It is my little boys birthday on Saturday, so thought I would be really prepared and make him a card, didn't use too much Stampin' Up! today either...

I used my Prismacolor Pencils, Sansodor and Paper Stumps to colour in the Sugar Nellie image. The patterned paper is Basic Gray, I also used the Stampin' Up! Hodgepodge Hardware, and tied a piece of Kraft Taffetta Ribbon (also Stampin' Up!) to a piece of the Hardware. The big eyelet is surprisingly enough also Stampin' Up!. The sentiment is from the stamp set A Bit of Birthday Cheer. I used Kraft Cardstock for the card blank.

I again used Basic Gray Paper, the card blank and red cardstock is Real Red from Stampin' Up! as are the brads and the ribbon. The image is from Leanne Ellis which I bought from Funky Kits and it is coloured in using my Stampin' Up! waterbrush and Tim Holtz Distress Inks. The flowers are Prima and the sentiment is the same as the last card from A Bit of Birthday Cheer Stamp Set. For the inside I used Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray and Whisper White Cardstock... I dont have anyone in mind for this card so will put it in my very depleted card basket.

My son's basketball team lost their tournament yesterday, in fact they only won one game, so better luck next time guys....

And today is also my little Pug's birthday, Happy Birthday to you Belle, she is 2 today.... this is a rare photo of her sleeping on her own, she normally sleeps on top of our Great Dane...

Have a great evening everyone.. take care xx

How Expensive is This Christmas...

Well not only do we have tons of prezzies to buy but my 7 year old threw a strop Thursday night, run away from the dinner table into the lounge and then sheepishly came back saying "I accidently threw a sweet and it cracked the fish tank and there is water coming out".... aaaarrggghhh, and yes there was not just water coming out, it was spraying out everywhere and the crack was about 2 inches from the bottom from side to side.... quick grab of the biggest storage boxes we could find, luckily I only have 2 large fish and they were fished out and put in one of the storage boxes, then we rescued the water into the other storage box too.... managed to track down another fish tank but we were about to go to see my daughter in her Christmas Concert at school, so fish tank had to wait until Friday afternoon, and it cost £125!!!! because it is part of a cabinet/fishtank set, we need to get the same fishtank, but unfortunately it comes with the filter, heater, lights etc which we do not need.... ho hum.......



For this I used Basic Grey Urban Prairie and a Sugar Nellie stamp....

Have a good evening all xx