Another Mother's Day

Okay, enough with the Mother's and Father's Day cards I can hear you cry! This is my last Mother's Day card (for a while at least) and was actually made before the Father's Day one with the same design layout.

As my mum doesn't own a computer I don't really need to worry that she might see it, and as I'm so far ahead of the game I'll probably put it somewhere safe ready to give to her and then forget I've done it, so even if she does see it it probably won't be the one she actually ends up receiving! ;-)

Time to move on to something different, so please do pop back as I'll have some sneak peeks from the seasonal catalogue and Sale-a-Bration next. Off to try and be creative....once I've done the washing, ironing and housework!

Hope you have a fabulous weekend.
Thanks for stopping by.
Nikki
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Fathers Day odds and ends

Another odds and ends card today. As I'd done Mothers Day I figured Fathers Day was also a good bet. I'm getting a bit ahead of the game for a change :-)

The six sided sampler is great for men's cards. Change the colours and add some flowers instead of stars and you have a more feminine version, which I think would work equally well.

Hope you're having a great start to 2014.
Thanks for stopping by.
Nikki
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Mothers Day....

After appalling failures to remember birthdays and anniversaries in 2013 I'm going to try and be more organized in 2014! I still haven't really worked out how... putting it in my diary and remembering on the day is too late, but if I set an outlook reminder too early I'll also forget that! Not good for someone who makes cards eh!

In the same vein I'm also trying to be more organised with my card making for 2014, and have Valentines Day sorted...probably the only one I don't really need to be bothered about, so it's not quite going to plan just yet! ;-)

One that most definitely will work though is Mothers Day. I'm currently trying to use all my little scraps from previous card making sessions....you know, the bits that you made a few too many of while trying to work out what you were going to do the first time round (am I the only one who does that?), only to end up with lots of different odds and ends which would normally end up in the bin. This Mothers Day card is the first of a few cards using my odds and ends...I really like how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by.
Nikki
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Convention Swaps

Wow, what a busy couple of months it's been. You'd think I'd dropped of the face of the earth if my blog posts are anything to go by, but no, I'm still here and have been busy doing parties... and going to a party recently too, namely the fantastic Stampin' Up! European Convention, which took place in Manchester last weekend.

As usual when demonstrators get together we like to swap ideas. Here are my swaps - I got some brilliant ideas back and will certainly be using lots of the ideas for upcoming parties and classes, so a big thank you to everyone who swapped with me.




There was so much talent on display, both on stage and off, with lots of beautiful projects for us to take inspiration from. The demonstrators in the Stampin' Up! community are a very talented bunch and the staff who work for Stampin' Up! truly are a wonderful group of people who make absolutely everyone feel welcome and valued, whether you're amongst the top achievers or are enjoying demo'ing Stampin' Up! as a hobby.

I went with my Stamping Starlet team member Colette and it was lovely to spend a few days sharing in the Convention experience together.

Thanks for taking time to visit.
Nikki
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