A Rose is a Rose....

Isn't this card beautiful?? This stamp set is absolutely wonderful and I just knew that if I did it in blue, it could become a Christmas Card for someone who doesn't really celebrate Christmas...


I used A Rose is a Rose Stamp Set, Brocade Blue Ribbon, Brocade Blue Cardstock and Inkpad, Bashful Blue Patterned Paper, and Bashful Blue Inkpad.... I used the clear gem brads from the Pretties Kit. I used the Dazzling Diamonds to bling up the rose and its petals which I think just makes it more magically Christmassy....

And if you would like to become a demonstrator and you sign up with me during October and November you could pick this Stamp Set and receive it FREE along with any other stamp set of your choice too.... problem is, I only need 1 more person to sign up, and then all the stamp sets will be gone. If you would like more information about becoming a Stampin Up Demonstrator, e-mail me at LindaLloyd@gmx.net

And I have survived the first day of half term...... a miracle in itself...

Have a good evening all x

Do You Want A Bargain...

Then why not sign up to one or all of these clubs....

CLUB 1 (PATTERNED PAPER) (8 PEOPLE PER GROUP)To view the patterned papers check out pages 70-71 of the current catalogue) or click on the catalogue picture on the left hand side of my blog.
You will get 1 6x6 sheet of each patterned paper which makes a massive 84 sheets of 6x6 paper.
Price £14.75 including postage.

CLUB 2 (GROSGRAIN RIBBON) (6 PEOPLE PER GROUP)To view the ribbons check out page 80 of the current catalogue)
You will get 2 metres of 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon in the following colours
Whisper White
Very Vanilla
Chocolate Chip
Pumpkin Pie
More Mustard
Real Red
Elegant Eggplant
Night of Navy
Tempting Turquoise
Certainly Celery
Always Artichoke
Price £7.25 including postage (22 Metres of ribbon)

CLUB 3 (5/8" GROSGRAIN RIBBON) (6 PEOPLE PER GROUP)To view the ribbons check out page 80 of the current catalogue)
You will get 2m of 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon in the following colours
Very Vanilla
Chocolate Chip
Bravo Burgundy
Real Red
Regal Rose
Brocade Blue
Certainly Celery
Old Olive
Price £8.50 including postage (16 metres of ribbon)

CLUB 4 (GINGHAM RIBBON) (6 PEOPLE PER GROUP)
To view the ribbons check out page 80 of the current catalogue
You will get 2m of 4.76mm wide Gingham Ribbon in the following colours
Black
Red
Light Blue
Light Pink
Moss
Caramel
Price £5.50 including postage (12m of ribbon)

CLUB 5 (TAFFETA RIBBON) (4 PEOPLE PER GROUP)
To view the ribbons please check out page 80 in the current catalogue
You will get 2m of 9.52mm wide Taffeta Ribbon in the following colours
Whisper White
Very Vanilla
Kraft
Chocolate Chip
Basic Gray
Mellow Moss
Bashful Blue
Pretty in Pink
Price £11.25 including postage (16m ribbon)

CLUB 6 (DOUBLE STITCHED GROSGRAIN RIBBON) (4 PEOPLE PER GROUP)To view the ribbon please check out page 80 in the current catalogue
You will get 2m of 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon in the following colours
Rose Red
Bashful Blue
Chocolate Chip
Price £5.50 including postage (6m of ribbon)

If you join 3 groups, you will get a discount of 2.5%
If you join all 6 groups you will get a 7.5% discount (£52.75 - 7.5% (£3.96) = £48.79

SPOTS AND MARKERS CLUB (4 PEOPLE PER GROUP)
How does it work?
4 people sign up for 4 months and each month they receive a set of markers in 1 colour family and a set of ink spots in 1 colour family.

How much does it costs?
It will cost £45 per month including postage.

What do I get out of it?
You will each get a free level 1 Hostess Set plus £15 of free goodies of your choice from the current catalogue. I will pick names at random and allocate a month to each of the 4 people, they will then need to pick the Stamp Set and Goodies that they want. You will also get the awesome storage for the markers, as each month I will puchase a full set of markers and they come packed in the storage container (which you dont get with single purchases of the markers) and each month 1 person will get their one set of markers in a storage container, so by the end of the 4 months, you will have all Stampin' Up! colours in the inkspots and all the Stampin' Write markers in the awesome storage container without a huge single layout.

If you are interested in any of the above clubs, please e-mail me on LindaLloyd@gmx.net.

I was tagged on my other blog... www.agaggleofgadgetsandscrappingtoo.blogspot.com

Right Belinda has tagged me on my other blog and I need to tell you 7 things about myself and tag 7 other people...

Here are the rules:
1. Link your tagger and list the rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of the post by leaving their names as well s links to their blogs.
4. Let them know that they have been tagged, by leaving a comment on their blog
5. Link your tagger and list the rules on your blog.

Things About Me:-
1. I have 10 children ranging in age from 25 down to 5.
2. I have a Great Dane the size of a horse and she is only 9 months old.
3. I am an Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator who can order you anything you would like from the catalogue.
4. My husband is 14 years younger than me.
5. I absolutely love cream cakes, but try to avoid them where possible.
6. My Fave Groups are The Killers, Queen (when Freddie Mercury was with them not now), The Who and U2.
7. I studied Interior Design for 2 years.


Check out my other blog to see if I tagged you...

Getting Ready For Halloween.....

Even though we dont really celebrate Halloween in our house, but my little boy has a Halloween Party to go to this year and I am expecting some small children from round our way to knock on our door, so thought I would knock up a few things for Friday....

First of all, I bought some little test tubes from e-bay and filled them with some Skittles, I also managed to knock together a little box to hold the test tube in and decorated them in (hopefully!!) Halloween colours from Stampin Up, namely Elegant Eggplant and Pumpkin Pie, I then punched the scallop circle out in Pumpkin Pie and stuck a circle of Elegant Eggplant over the top, this was topped with a little bat made from Stampin Ups scallop circle with some little stick on eyes, I then tied a bit of Pumpkin Pie ribbon round the top of the test tube and voila.... a small gift for a lucky little child.

And the next little Halloween gifts are not made from Stampin Up UK items as we dont have any Halloween Stamp Sets in our catalogue, we are hoping to change that for next year, so if you would like to see some Stampin Up stamp sets in next years catalogue, just contact SU themselves and ask for them...

They are little Jubilee packets and the halloween set used comes from US but the cardstock is Stampin Up again in Pumpkin Pie and Elegant Eggplant, they are filled with little sweets and my own children are after them already, (I will make them one each, I'm not that cruel... !!).

Oooh think DH has arrived back with our Kebab as too drained from yesterday to do much today, and no cooking sounds good to me, although we did have sausages, beans egg and toast for breakfast and my DD who is 15 cooked this for us even after her operation on her mouth yesterday..... and to all my family who asked.... I'm afraid the surgeon wouldn't sew her mouth shut....

Have a good evening all xx

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...