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Happy Sunday ...... I do hope you've enjoyed your weekend. It's been a little crazy here, trying to get back to normal after our trip across to the UK.  We're almost there though ..... just the ironing mountain to conquer now.  That can wait until tomorrow I think! It was workshop day yesterday ....... the annual festive crafty get together.  A little early I know but, December is getting pretty booked up already! I haven't done a workshop for a while so it was nice to see everyone.  We had a full house too, with a couple of new faces,  so it was a busy day ...... full of glitter and sparkle and lots of fake snow.  We had  Christmas tunes playing, lots of mince pies and of course ...... chocolate!  We were definitely in the festive spirit ...... I definitely was at the end of the day ..... I'd earned it!! We made pretty Christmas baubles using products from Lavinia Stamps  ......  these were the ones I'd made as samples ........ They are...

Happy Thursday ...... It's party time!  Welcome to Day 8, of the 8th annual  Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags! Yes ...... that's 25 days filled with amazing Christmas tag designs. Are you feeling festive yet? Each day Tracey is joined by the DT from one of the event sponsors, to share lots of inspiration for gorgeous Christmas tags.  Just look at the line up ..... Today's guest with Tracey is ........... the fabulous  Uniko   (Whoo Hoo!!) I'm thrilled, and so proud to be joining Bev and the rest of the DT, to showcase fun tags designed using the fabulous Uniko products. I couldn't resist using this little guy ...... Ho! Ho! Ho! He's from the Jolly Christmas set which was released at the end of October, and how cute is he! I stamped him onto white cardstock, coloured him using ZIG Markers and then fussy cut the image before attaching him to my tag ..... The background was inspired by my lovely Uniko team-mate  Sarah G , from one of her designs whi...

Happy Tuesday ...... Yeah!! it's here ........ brand new Uniko Release Day .......  whoo hoo!!!! I hope you've enjoyed the last few days when we've been introducing the four BRAND NEW stamp sets, along with two re-released ones, and the three BRAND NEW stencil designs.  Well today, it's time for the New Release Blog Hop and GIVEAWAY. Join in the fun with Bev and the Design Team and hop along with us.  There's an amazing prize up for grabs so don't forget to comment along the way.  You could win the entire new release .... yes all of it!  You have until midnight(GMT) on 9th November to play along, so plenty of time. Here's a few more ideas for you using some of the new stamps and stencils ......... BIG & BOLD Merry stamp set with the  Folk Snowflake stencil ........ Perfect Pearls Mist sprayed through the stencil onto black card.  The result was this gorgeous, shimmery background The sentiment was then stamped over the top and heat embossed .... lo...

Whoo Hoo!!!  it's Friday ...... I hope you've had a good week. I had all sorts planned for this week but, has anything got done ...... no!!!  I've been enjoying what's left of the summer.  It's not quite as warm as it has been but hey! the sun's still shining. As it's the first Friday in September that means there's a new Craft Stamper Challenge . It's the usual Anything Goes theme ....... but remember, you MUST include some actual rubber stamping on your projects .... no digi images please. The project is up to you ..... cards, tags, journal pages.  Canvases, home decor or even an ATC maybe.  The choice is all yours. I've got a tag for you this month, using a recent Stampin Up! purchase ....... Follow Your Dreams, with the coordinating set of dies I coloured a piece of white cardstock using Fresco Finish Acrylic Paints, and a damp baby wipe to spread the colours (Sky, Candy Floss and Smurf) I then cut it down to size to create my tag. Using the ...