Trying to Finish all Christmas Posts...

Well I am desperately trying to finish up all posts to do with Christmas, but still have a few days left to go yet.... lol! Then we will move on to pastures new....

So today I will show you the little gifts I made for my Stampers 10 Clubs, if you would like to join a Stampers 10 Club or a Stampers 6 Club, both starting in February, email me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net for more details, or click on the links at the top of my blog to find out more details... each month I will include a little something in your parcel, either a tutorial, a little gift or even some SU samples. I am also starting up a special forum where all my Stampers Clubs can meet and we can have fun one evening every now and again crafting and winning prizes... I will let you know more when you sign up to the club.

Anyway, here is the little gifts my Stampers 10 Club got for Christmas...

Aren't they cute? I used all my Stampin' Up! Cardstock for this, but did use a sizzlits die for the antlers that I bought recently, I think they made perfect antlers.... just had a bit of trouble packaging them so the antlers didn't get bent. They were filled with bars of chocolate. I got the idea from this blog... http://www.staceystamps.com.

Last Sunday at church the children did a Nativity play, I have only included photographs of my children as I dont want to put other peoples' children on my blog without asking the parents first....

This is my little boy Elijah dressed up as an angel.... wow you can almost read the words on the page in this photograph... lol

And this is my little boy Malachi dressed as a Shepherd, can you see the sheep at his feet? Lol

He is always the clown and this is him posing before the play started.... I have sorted out a photograph of all the children from church and will print them out and put them in a photo frame so all the parents can have a photograph as a reminder of the Nativity Play 2009. I will be able to give them out on Thursday evening as me and DH are running our Church New Year's Eve Party.... we are going to have a quiz, dancing for the children to things like Time Warp, Superman etc, and then (hopefully our Pastors and Assistant Pastors don't read my blog) we are having a Mr and Mrs Game Show with our Pastors as the contestants... we have warned them we are doing a game show but haven't told them what it is so that they dont spend the week asking each other their favourite food, favourite place etc.... should be a good evening...

This last photograph is of my son Jared, he is 13 and is at the lectern, he was telling funny stories about Health and Safety along with our lady Pastor, but I haven't included her in the photograph as I haven't asked permission, so here he is...

Hope you all had a great day, we went out for lunch with most of my family as it is my son Joseph's 18th birthday tomorrow. He always comes round for dinner on a Sunday after Church with his girlfriend, so I told him this week we would go out for lunch, what I failed to tell him was that 3 more of his siblings, their partners and children would be there waiting for us... lol. Oh yes, and we obviously had to embarrass him by having a birthday cake brought to our table with all the candles lit... thanks to his sister Ashleigh.... I forgot my camera so will steal some pictures from Facebook once my son puts some of his photographs on there....

Take care all xx

Snow, Snow and more Snow.....

Last night we went to give blood, it was not snowing when we left home, but whilst we were giving blood the snow started and didn't stop.... it was so cold and snowy when we left the Blood place and was very slippy on the way home. Luckily DH had brought all the stuff home from work that he needed to work from home today so he didn't have to go to work. The younger boys finished school yesterday and the secondary school children didn't have to go to school as it was shut today, so all had a really good time playing in the snow, first of all at 9pm last night and then again at 6.45am this morning.... they loved it. The guy over the road took a load of the children from our street over to the hills with our sled and they all had goes sliding down the hill and after coming home and warming up, off they went again to build snowman, play snowballs etc in our cul de sac. This afternoon I faced the snow and walked to the post office to post my Stampers 10 parcels and took my camera (always an excuse not to have snowballs thrown at me) and took loads of photos on the way there and back...

How cool is this snow.... poor DH obviously got the brunt of the snowballs... there is more snow forecast tonight and below freezing temperatures, so a bit worried about tomorrow. We had our cat spayed on Wednesday and she has a follow up appointment at 10am tomorrow, lets hope the main roads are clear.

Well here is a photograph of the cards I made for my Stampin Up Customers who purchased from me this year...

These were nice and quick to make using the Simply Scrappin! Kit from Stampin' Up! but they looked very effective, I was really pleased with the way they turned out.

Have been busy today again, making crackers for our Christmas Dinner table and finishing little gifts for my Stampers 10 Group, also putting together a newsletter for them, packaging their stash into parcels and posting it to them so that they get it before Christmas.... and I also had some new stash too... looking forward to using that now my Christmas projects are finally finished. Got a couple of birthday cards to make, it's my sons 18th birthday on the 28th and my nephews 17th on the 30th, so would like to finish these before Christmas...

Have a good safe and warm evening, take care all xx

Long Time No Blog......

I have been so super busy as you all have trying to get stuff finished in time for the big day. I am glad to say I am now on top of it, just have a few things to finish off tomorrow, and fingers crossed my Stampers 10 order will arrive before Christmas and I will be able to send that off too so everyone gets their scrummy stash to use once the big day is over. I am starting a Stampers 6 Club in Jan/Feb so if you would like some great stash to look forward to for the next 6 months, contact me for more information or click on the link above this post. Lots of clubs starting next year with lots of goodies for free too.

I still cannot post some of the things I have made as no one has yet emailed me to say they have received it, so not wanting to ruin the surprise I will just post a few things that I can share with you. These are my Christmas cards that I made for the people in church...

I stamped onto the Stampin' Up! Window Sheets with White Staz On, using the Snowburst Stamp Set (I just love this set, it is so versatile...), I left it to make sure it was really dry and got to making the image. I stamped the image onto Whisper White Cardstock and embossed it with Black Embossing Powder, I then inked around the edges and over a large part of the card using Close to Cocoa and then distressed the edges using the Cutter Kit (great bit of gear... lol). I mounted it onto Always Artichoke and then stuck the Real Red Cardstock inside the card making it look like it is matted under the Always Artichoke so that you cannot see the glue holding the Always Artichoke Cardstock in Place. Using a Martha Stewart Punch I punched the edge of some MME Patterned paper, I made two of these for each card so that I could stick the second one directly onto the other side of the acetate inside so there were no unfinished edges. I then tied the Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon all the way around the front of the card securing with a double knot. I cut more Whisper White Cardstock to stick inside the card to write on placing it directly under the Real Red so that you cannot see it when the card is closed. I then matted that using Always Artichoke again, but sticking the Always Artichoke onto the back of the card, again so that you cannot see the glue. The Poinsetta is a Spellbinders Die and the leaves are a Martha Stewart punch. Unfortunately acetate cards do not photograph well and look much better in real life.

I have lots to tell you so hoping to be back tomorrow with some catch up news and some more of my makes.... have a great (if not snowy) evening everyone...

Take care xx

A Black and White Day......

Well this afternoon we are off to see The Specials... woohoo, another group from my youth, like Spandau Ballet who we saw last month.... cannot wait to see them, we are seeing them at The Cliffs Pavillion in Southend, so a nice small venue, and of course you cannot sit down if you are seeing a group like this, so standing it is..... and because when they were around in the 80s it was all black and white SKA music I decided that today I would have to make a black and white card, albeit not a very happy one though, but the idea came to me and I just had to make it...

I used the new Whisper White Craft Ink to stamp the image and then embossed it with white embossing powder, all from Stampin' Up! and the new White and Black Thick Grosgrain Ribbon... the sentiment is from the new Trendy Trees stamp set and the main tree image is the Lovely As A Tree stamp set. The pearls are from my stash.

The inside I stamped with the middle image of the stamp on the front of the card, I just coloured that particular tree in with the Black Stampin' Up! marker, and the sentiment is from one of their retired sets.

My bookworm counter has now hit 2000, but I dont have time today to make the draw, but I will be drawing it tomorrow at 10am UK time.... I am also expecting a huge box of Stampin' Up! stash as my Stampers 10 Stash is arriving and will be making the trip to the Post Office tomorrow afternoon hopefully. If you would like to join my new Stampers 10 Club starting in January, contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net, you can choose the month you would like to be hostess, plus you will get a free 6 x 6 paper pack with your first order. Check out my left hand sidebar for more details.

Have a great day all, I am sure I will xx

Mojo Monday Challenge Card

I am sadly lacking in card making at the moment, but the children have gone back to school today, and I have a 12 card order to fulfill so thought I had better get stuck in. I have stamped lots of images today, now I just need to colour them and make some cards.... definitely need to start on some Christmas Cards for myself and for the small boys to give to their classmates.

Anyway, I used some of my new Stampin' Up! stamps called A Flower For All Seasons... if you want to be the last person to sign up to my Stampers 10 Club then you can get this set free on your Hostess Month. I used Taken With Teal Cardstock and the sentiment is from Verve Stamps, I just love their scripture stamps. The Patterned Paper is Cosmo Cricket Early Bird.

And here is a photo of the inside, just used the same papers as on the outside to give it some continuity. I find it easier to make cards from a sketch so thought I would make this card using the Mojo Monday Card Sketch which you can find here.

Thanks for looking everyone... have a great evening. xx

Would You Like To Join My Stampers 10 Club?

This Stampers 10 Club will start in February 2010.

With this club you can choose the month you would like to be virtual hostess, so first come first served.


What Is This?
This is a monthly club run for 10 people for 10 months.

How Does It Work?
Each month each of the 10 people spend £15 or more in the Stampin' Up! Catalogue. If 10 people spend £15 each this adds up to £150, which equates to a virtual party, and this means that you are entitled to a Hostess Level 1 Stamp Set plus £15 of free goods of your choice out of the catalogue. Each of the 10 people take it in turns to be the virtual hostess.

What Do I Need To Do?
Just let me know you are interested and I will add your name to my list as we need 10 people to start a club. Once we have 10 people I will send out a catalogue to you and you can decide on what you are going to buy for £15 or more in your first month.

What Do We Get Out Of This?
You get a free Stampin' Up! catalogue worth £4.95, at least a free Level 1 Hostess Set plus £15 of free goods of your choice from the catalogue (you can get Level 2 plus more money to spend if your sales are higher). You also get to buy some of the things on your Stampin' Up! wishlist. You will also receive a free 6x6 pack of patterned paper in your first order. And as if this isn't all enough, you will occasionally receive a step by step project in your monthly order.

When Can We Start?
We can start as soon as 10 people are interested. Just contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net to either be added to my list or for more information.

The new Stampin Up! catalogue has just come out and is full of really lush new stamp sets, punches and other embellishments including ribbon and buttons. Everything colour co-ordinates making it really easy to make cards and other projects. I look forward to hearing from you.

Whew, Nearly The Weekend....

Well it seems like it has been a long long week this week, although it has been really nice to have some sun on most days, a pleasant change, even if it has been frosty in the morning. Have done a lot more walking this week in an effort to lose weight and I have only lost 1/4 lb, less than ever, what is going on, and tomorrow we are taking the boys to London and will be eating out and my willpower is virtually nil in these situations, so will have totally blown it for Monday. Plus husband and I have decided to cook another nice meal this Friday, he is cooking main course and he wont tell me what it is, but 2 parcels have turned up this week from Lakeland... should be interesting. I am cooking starter and dessert and he doesn't know what it is, but I guess he will once he looks in the fridge... lol Plus I have bought a nice bottle of white wine, we normally drink Hardy's of some kind but this week I have opted for Jacobs Creek Pinot Grigio or something like that... (DH is the australian one).... lol

Anyway, have been busy today packing up my Stampers 10 orders for my first group, and their parcels are whizzing their way to them at this moment, so hopefully they will get them tomorrow. They also have a little gift from me in their parcels too, hope they like it. Dont forget team, I have posted K Werners Colour Challenge on my Member's Forum and if 5 or more people submit a card for it and post it on my forum I will be giving away a free stamp set to one lucky randomly picked winner, so if you think I am not good at this, it doesn't matter, I wont be judging anyone's skills, just picking a name out of a hat... but, you've got to be in it to win it.

If anyone is thinking of becoming a Stampin Up Demonstrator, please e-mail me (LindaLloyd@gmx.net) for a great offer coming up soon, and all the goodies you can get free. You can sign up as a hobby demo just to get your own Stampin Up Stash at a discount, so contact me with any questions with no obligation to sign up...

And on to todays card...


The cardstock used is Stampin Up Really Rust and Blush Blossom, and the stamp I cannot remember who it is, but the sentiment is from the Stampin Up Set One of A Kind. And that is it for this week, I am now off to start our starters..... have a really great weekend and take care of yourselves... xx

No snow here, but I have been productive...

So the rain in Spain has come to my home town and it is miserable, and the rain is melting the last of the snow, guess that is what happens when you live on the coast.

Today I have been quite productive, I have actually made 4 cards and packed and posted another Stampin' Up! Stampers 10 Club order out to all the girls. But I am only going to show you one card, so that I have some to post when I dont make any.... lol

I got a lot of inspiration for this card from the Stampin' Up! catalogue. The Cardstock I used is Really Rust, Whisper White, Old Olive, and the Patterned Paper is Cosmo Cricket. The Stamp Set I used is Baroque Motifs, with Very Vanilla Taffetta Ribbon and pearls etc from the Pretties Kit. I used the same Cardstock for the inside but used my Martha Stewart Punch for the edges. The circles were cut using various sizes of the Stampin' Up! circle punches.

And that is about it for today, need to go cook a roast for dinner and maybe I will get time to sit and read my book whilst it is cooking. Have a good evening all xx

Stamper's 10 Club....

Hi everyone, just recently I have had several people approach me about my Stamper's 10 Club and so I am looking to start one during February, but I do not have enough people yet, so if you are interested or want to know more, contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net and I will answer all your questions. But in the meantime, this is what it is all about....

What Is This?
This is a monthly club run for 10 people for 10 months.

How Does It Work?
Each month each of the 10 people spend £15 or more in the Stampin' Up! Catalogue. If 10 people spend £15 each this adds up to £150, which equates to a virtual party, and this means that you are entitled to a Hostess Level 1 Stamp Set plus £15 of free goods of your choice out of the catalogue. Each of the 10 people take it in turns to be the virtual hostess.What Do I Need To Do?Just let me know you are interested and I will add your name to my list as we need 10 people to start a club. Once we have 10 people I will send out a catalogue to you and you can decide on what you are going to buy for £15 or more in your first month.

What Do We Get Out Of This?
You get a free Stampin' Up! catalogue worth £4.95, at least a free Level 1 Hostess Set plus £15 of free goods of your choice from the catalogue (you can get Level 2 plus more money to spend if your sales are higher). Plus you get to join my Stampers 10 Forum, only for my club members plus every other month you will find a little freebie in your box of goodies, it could be a make and take, a step by step project guide, or just a little gift from me. You also get to buy some of the things on your Stampin' Up! wishlist.

When Can We Start?
We can start as soon as 10 people are interested, at the moment I have 2 people on the list so need 8 more people. Just contact me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net to either be added to my list or for more information.

So get your name on the list fast....

In the meantime I have been making again, this time I have made myself a Birthday Book, I found it on here and thought it was an excellent idea, so made myself one using Stampin' Up! Stash.



I used Rose Red Cardstock to make the pages and Whisper White to print the months onto, I then used Stampin' Up Patterned Paper to run a line along the bottom of each page, I used the Forever Flowers Wheel with Chocolate Chip Ink to run along the edge of the page, and I lined the envelopes with Rose Red Cardstock edged with Forever Flowers also in Chocolate Chip. The envelope can then be used to put the stamps and address labels in, so you never have the excuse that you couldn't post the card as you didn't know the address or have a stamp handy... as I layer up my cards quite a lot, I have to stock up on the large stamps otherwise the recipient would end up paying postage on their own cards.... lol

So this evening I have to take the cards and presents to my son (the 18 birthday ones) and then we can relax with a bottle of wine, and I will snuggle up in bed with my hot water bottle also... not sure what we are up to tomorrow other than the housework and washing first thing, I did get some new stamps today, but they have to be stuck onto Kling-On first (I have done one as I wanted to see what it would stamp like)... so maybe in the next few days I will get to make some cards using these. I am also hoping to complete 10 cards for a swap I am running at http://www.inlovewithstamping.com/ and then that only leaves me 10 more to do.... plus it is my little boys birthday next week, so will need to get a card made for him, I also need to get him a birthday present, but every day he has a different idea of what he wants.... boys eh!! So what I really need to do is get off of here and get making...

Have a great weekend all, take care xx

K Werner Colour Challenge.....

So here is this weeks K Werner Colour Challenge.


And here is my take on it, I have had to use Sage Shadow instead of Baja Breeze as the UK does not have Baja Breeze (unfortunately... all the colours we dont have are so lush)...





For this card I used all the colours above, A Rose is A Rose Stamp Set, and God's Blessings Stamp Set, the Ribbon is Pumpkin Pie too....

If you are a Member of my Stampers 10 Clubs, this challenge is listed in the Forum, as from next week (and the new Colour Challenge) every member who enters will be in with a chance to win a small prize...

To check out the K Werner blog click here.

Have a great weekend everyone xx

Little Gifts For My Stampers 10 Clubs...

As it is Christmas, I included a little extra in my Stampers 10 Club parcels.... as well as their normal bi-monthly gifts that they get.... and here they are, very non-traditional Christmas colours...

And I am so excited because tonight I got to order my free 12 Stampin Up Stamp Sets, that I managed to achieve by being a Stampin Up Demonstrator, and 2 of my downline will get 2 each of these sets...

If you would like to be a demonstrator, even if you want to be a hobby demo and only buy items for yourself at discounted prices, ask me about the great deal you will get by signing up in January (2 Free Sets)... (e-mail me at LindaLloyd@gmx.net)...

Have a great evening all xx

More Lucky Winners

Unfortunately I have nothing I can show you at the moment, I am busy busy busy making stuff I haven't sent out yet, so cannot post it until then as I know a lot of the people read my blog....

I have just drawn 2 more of the raffles taking the total to 3. The first was for my Ink Spots and Markers Club, I gave all 4 girls a number and used a Random Number Generator to pick a number between 1 and 4 and it came up with 3, which is Tracy's number. Tracy, you will receive the following....

Cold Play (page 91 of the current Stampin Up Catalogue)

1 Real Red Ink Pad

1 Bashful Blue Ink Pad

6 x 6 Designer Paper

1m Real Red Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

1m Bashful Blue Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

4 Sheets Bashful Blue A4 Cardstock

4 Sheets Real Red A4 Cardstock

and last but not least, I numbered my second Stampers 10 Club and using the Random Number Generator again it picked out number 8. This is Clare, so you will receive the following...

The Wondrous Gift Stamp Set worth £19.95 (page 17 of the catalogue)

1 Real Red Ink Pad

1 Always Artichoke Ink Pad

Designer Paper 6 x 6 (including the Real Red and Always Artichoke Colours)

1m Real Red Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

1m Always Artichoke Thin Grosgrain Ribbon

4 Sheets Always Artichoke A4 Cardstock

4 Sheets Real Red A4 Cardstock

I am so sorry that everyone cant win, but there will be a little Christmas Present in all 24 of the boxes when they arrive with you soon.... Have a good Christmas Girls xx

November Stampers 10 Club...

Hi to my November Stampers 10 Club, I decided that as the order will go off tomorrow I would draw the raffle for a winner of the following goodies tonight...

The Wondrous Gift Stamp Set worth £19.95 (page 17 of the catalogue)

1 Real Red Ink Pad

1 Always Artichoke Ink Pad

1/2 Designer Paper 6 x 6 Pad (including the Real Red and Always Artichoke Colours)

1m Real Red Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

1m Always Artichoke Thin Grosgrain Ribbon

4 Sheets Always Artichoke A4 Cardstock

4 Sheets Real Red A4 Cardstock

As it is nearly Christmas I put together a little package like this for both my Stampers 10 Groups. I have given everyone a number and used a Random Number Generator to pick the number and it picked out Nicola's number... so congratulations to you Nicola, I will get your parcel in the post to you tomorrow.

I will draw the December Club on 29th just before your order goes in, so watch this space for another lucky winner... and girls of my Ink Spots and Markers Club.... watch this space... I haven't forgotten you....

Take care all xx

Sympathy Card....

Here is a Sympathy Card that I made for one of my Stampers 10 Ladies.... not going to mention who, but she will know... hope you like it sweetheart and sorry about your news..

I'm Hoping This Will Work As......

My daughter is going into hospital today to have an operation on her mouth, she has been waiting 15 weeks when she was told she would wait no more than 12 and then only got this appointment because I rang on Tuesday to find out how much longer she would have to wait and lo and behold there was a cancellation for this Friday, unfortunately we have not received a letter (although one was promised on Tuesday) and so we have no idea what we are supposed to take only that we should be there at 7.30am. By the time this posts we should hopefully already be there.



This is the first time I have scheduled a posting so whether or not it works remains to be seen, I will check this out when I get home tomorrow. I will not be around on my Member Forum either for obvious reasons.


Anyway, yesterday I decided to make a little something for my DH who helped with the tricky bits of re-vamping my blog, and listened sympathetically when I rung him at work and told him I had lost everything (luckily this wasn't true and I found where I had backed it up to).... so here is what I made him.... just a little something, mustn't spoil them too much must we... lol

So I made the little box, it has a base and the top slides on, like a matchbox (Look Out Stampers Club Girls, I will demonstrate how to make the box only in my Members Forum).... The base of the box was made from Barely Banana Cardstock and the top is made from Le Jardin Patterned Paper, it is retired, but still available to buy. The Hershey chocolates were wrapped in little pieces of patterned paper and I stamped a little embellishment from the One Of A Kind Stamp Set. The cardstocked used on here was again Barely Banana and Always Artichoke, the ribbon used is Always Artichoke too... and voila a little gift for darling hubby who confessed he has never had a Hersheys Chocolate before.

If this posts, have a good day girls, take care xx

Stampers 10 Club

I am hoping to start another Stampin 10 Club as soon as I have enough people, I need 8 more to start. All you need to do is commit yourself to the club for 10 months and spend a minimum of £15 a month. For this you will get a free stamp set (or maybe more depending on the sales that month) and at least £15 of free stash from the NEW catalogue. You will get a free catalogue posted to your door. You will also get 5 freebies included in your parcels during the 10 months, including make and takes, project ideas, and other little gifts. So this is how it works, to receive the free stamp set and goodies I need to put in an order of £150 or more, 10 people spending £15 meet these requirements so each month one person will play "hostess" you dont have to do anything for this it is a virtual party, just let me have your order (remember if you have a big wishlist, order some of it on your hostess month as your rewards go up with the sales) and you will receive your free items in with your parcel that month. I need to have 8 more people before I can start this, but just think of all that gorgeous stuff you can stock up on from the new catalogue in the next 10 months. E-mail me if you are interested at LindaLloyd@gmx.net

Christmas Folder..... + Exciting News For My Club Members

I made one of these for each of my Stampin' Up! customers which I included with their orders last week..... they said they liked them very much, so thought I would post some pictures....

This is what I started off with, last years Christmas Designer Paper, (still available to buy) and Old Olive and Real Red Ink Pads, also Real Red and Always Artichoke in the Grosgrain Ribbon and Real Red 12x12 textured cardstock.

I used the Stamp Set Season of Joy to embellish it with...

More Designer Paper to decorate the back, then I ran 2 long length of ribbon along the outside so I could tie it shut....

And here is the finished article, with cards to note your Christmas Card List, your Shopping List, Menu etc.... why not make one for yourself and be super organised this Christmas.

I have very exciting news for my Club Members (that Stampers 10 and Spots and Markers Club).... if you click on the Member Forum button above the post it will take you to a Member Only Forum where you can chat and show off your cards with your fellow members. There is also a place where I will be posting exclusive projects and a place to ask any questions you might have.... hopefully it will be a chatty and inspirational place for us all.... All you have to do is register and I will accept your registration if you are one of my team members... couldn't be easier, so pop on their today and lets get chatting...