Stampin' Up! have introduced their first UK 'Clearance Rack'  You can view all the bargains by heading over to my ONLINE SHOP. There are some great discounts available, Ink pads at £1.99 and  Papers from £2.39!! There is up to 80% on papers, card stock, embellishments, fabric, dies and lots more. You can buy these items through my online shop in the right hand column of my blog or just follow the link here. Click on SHOP (as shown in the picture above) and it will take you to...

We had a couple of fabulous crafting days last week teaching some lovely ladies how to make a beautiful decorated candle with co-ordinating box and card    We started by decorating one of the kraft gift boxes. These are available in packs of 4 for just £2.75 and are great for decorating and stampin on.   We used a colour combination of 'pool party' and 'so saffron'.  The pool party panels were embossed with the argyle embossing folder and the bow was created from the...

Last Saturday the annual produce show was held in our local village hall.  Our family entered several exhibits from photos, baking cakes and handicrafts.There were a lot of entries this year and some quite stiff competition but I was lucky enough to win a share in a trophy for jointly receiving the most points in the handicraft section. I was shocked when my name was called out, as I have never won a trophy before!   I entered a scrapbooking page, a greeting card, and two plaques My...

I am SO EXCITED to say that the online Stampin' Up! shop is now available. This means you can now browse the catalogue and order products from me, any time of the day or night, at your convenience by clicking the Shop Online Here button at the top right of my blog. The icon button is shown below Alternatively,  follow the web address here: www.lindagilbert.stampinup.net  and click on the 'SHOP  tab as red circled in the picture below. The page will automatically open up with my...

I have some great news for you this morning, The Big Shot Magnetic platform is now available to purchase from today. It was so popular that Stampin Up sold 13 weeks worth of stock in 3 weeks and had to remove it from the system. A full shipment of the magnetic platforms have now arrived WHY DO I NEED ONE? The magnetic platform replaces your normal multi platform when you are using the wafer thin dies like the Framelits and Edgelits. It has magnets within the platform that hold the framelits in...

I have some more news for you. My digital studio is now available to download from Stampin' Up! and what's even better, you can download a 30 day trial for FREE! The full product is just £13.95 and contains lots more.  My Digital Studio or MDS for short, is an intuitive, fun and easy to use software that features exclusive Stampin' Up! colours and images. It allows you to express yourself quickly and easily and create beautiful projects on your computer. You can create alsorts of...

Stampin' Up! have announced two new promotions Best of... another very best of Stampin' Up to celebrate their 25th year .... and with the launch of the autumn winter seasonal catalogue, it had to be a best of Christmas -    The best of sets are £13.95 and come in clear mount only, they all feature what  is considered the best of a previously released stamp set plus one original and new stamp in each set. They are all available until the 31st March 2014 15% off bundle ...between...

The NEW Stampin' Up! Autumn/Winter 2013 catalogue has been launched. It is jam packed with lots of gorgeous products and ideas for the seasons ahead. Just click on the picture below for the online version or if you would prefer a hard copy send me an email and I can organize this for you Maybe you would like to host a party with a group of friends, have fun and make a card send me an email to find out how you can earn FREE hostess £££'s, I'd love to hear from you.

Our house was full of celebrations this week, as well as our daughter's birthday at the beginning of the week, it was our 26th Wedding Anniversary last Thursday.  I can't believe how quickly time passes  it is a whole year since we celebrated our silver wedding! As I had so much fun making Leanne's card I made another cascade card but a larger version. Colour combination is Soft Sky and Smoky Slate which are both featured in the  new catalogue, I haven't used these colours...