Happy Birthday Mum!!

I will probably get into trouble for this post, but my mum recently turned 60! This is going to be a year of milestone birthdays as we have two 60th, one 40th and one 30th birthday in the family coupled with the upcoming birth of my second child and my mum is getting married this year too! Lots of exciting stuff to share with you over the coming months, so having been round the houses with blogs recently, I've come back to my original one...I hope everyone manages to find me.

So here is the card I made for my mum….

I’ve used the Amazing Family stamp set, Memorable Moments stamp set, Pistachio Pudding cardstock and ink, Crisp Cantaloupe ruffle ribbon and ink, Venetian Romance DSP, Apothecary Accents Framelet dies, Hearts a Flutter framelet dies and the big shot

We're now well and truly into Sale-a-bration, Stampin' Up!s biggest party of the year! One of my favourite parts of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator is that I get to pre-order from every new catalogue and have a play! Bump has made me somewhat rather tired (and sick) and whilst I've ordered lots of lovely things, the play time has been somewhat limited - boooo! Would you like to get your hands on lots of crafty stash before everyone else? Drop me a line if you'd like to know more about joining my lovely team of Sticky Elves Sale-a-bration is the best time to join as you get even more craft supplies in your starter kit :-)

I've got a couple of hours home alone, so here's to playing with new stash - yay!!!!!
Nxxxx

I've been neglecting you

cause I've been rather busy with my Stampin' Up! site. I hope you have been popping along to see me there instead :)

I have just 3 spaces left in my club 10, get yourself some hostess benefits for just £15 per month! www.thestickyelf.co.uk

I actually made this card a wee while ago and didn't get round to posting it. The theme over at Simon Says Stamp is anything goes, So here you go!

I've used the lovely teddybella stamp and coloured with my copics. I've added some ribbon from my stash and my fav Memory Box Gossamer papers and the sentiment is a stamp from LOTV.

Don't worry, I wont leave it quite so long next time, but you know you can see me anytime in my wonderful world of Stampin' Up!

Nxxxxx

Fancy some Stampin' Up! products?

I'm offering all of you lovely peeps out there free shipping if you place an order either today or tomorrow?

Feel free to drop me an e-mail (thestickyelf@gmail.com) or call me on 07908 652154.

Maybe you're thinking about becoming a demonstrator, if you are, now's the perfect time as we have a special offer for you if you join before the end of May. Details will be on my Stampin' Up blog (www.thestickyelf.co.uk) by the end of this evening.

Nxxxx

Reorganisation in progress!

Hello!!!

I made the decision yesterday to have a bit of a sort and to reorganise all of my craft stuff, no mean feet, but as it's WOYWW I thought I'd show you how things looked this morning...Can you guess where the cat lives?

 

 

The inside of the wardrobe that I'm fitting shelves to so that I can store more of my stash

And well this is what my lounge floor looks like today...really should invest in that TV...Like how I prioritised crafting over putting Ben's toys away...

 

Fingers crossed project reorganisation will be complete tomorrow and I can show you the new and improved craft zone.

Nxxx

Why do I spend more time crafting than cleaning?

Because crafting is fun! I hate cleaning and to be fair its not hard for me to do more crafting than cleaning, but with Jeannie poping in tomorrow, I really should leave blogland alone and tidy up a bit!

So without further a-due today's card is...

I'm so in love with Warren from CWC. I really wanted to buy the stamps, but my spending has been so high with my Stampin' Up! business costs that I really couldn't justify it! I'll just make do with the printed versions that are ready for me to colour.

I've used some of the gorgeous CWC cottontail papers and coloured with my copics. The sentiment is by High Hopes.

As it's Wednesday and I'm talking about my disaster zone, do you want to have a peak as part of WOYWW??? Ok here goes.... eeek!

Creme eggs - nom, thanks mum!


Well you'll probably remember from my previous post that my stuff has a tendancy to migrate out of my craft room. The net result is it then migrates off the living room floor and is dumped on the dining table away from little hands. Oh well, lets see how much I can clear up in the morning as I'm totally pooped! (I work with too many Americans!)

I'm waffling a bit today, so hopefully you've not completely lost the will to live!

I just wanted to let you all know that I've just announced the date of my first workshop and the theme is Men's Cards!!! oh yes!!! I'm already nervous, but it should be a fabby day and I hope some of you can make it. If you'd like to come, just pop on over to my Stampin' Up! blog for all the details (www.thestickyelf.co.uk). 

Nxxx

I've had my eye on this stamp...

since the very first previews and held off purchasing until my visit to Ally Pally.

I had a lovely crafty Ben free weekend and got to play with lots of my new toys. I have a few cards to share with you this week that I'm quite pleased with. Maybe the mojo is starting to return - yippee!!

Last week I was pre-occupied with making a cake for a friend of my son's first birthday party. I have only covered two cakes since he was born. It's amazing how rusty your skills get!

You can never have enough birthday cards and luckily the theme over at LOTV is birthday, so who am I to refuse that kind of challenge!?! Today's card features Birthday Fairy and has been coloured with my copics. The DP is CWCs Cottontail (you'll be seeing more of this paper too)and the sentiment is also LOTV.

I've die cut the leaves using my Stampin' Up! exclusive little leaves die and finished with some WOC flowers and lace.

You know one of the best things about Stampin' Up! is that all of their products are colour co-ordinated and I now always have the perfect shade of cardstock for matting and layering (something that's always been a problem for me!) Today's matted cardstock is Pretty in Pink.

And well here's the cake, I clearly need to practice but Sally was pleased and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the cake and were trying to have seconds.




See you soon.
Nxxx

You are special

Yes you are! You don't believe me do you???

I made this card using some of the amazing goodies I picked up at Ally Pally. Not surprisingly I spent a small fortune and really have to stop splurging. My credit card will not be able to cope with much more.

The stamp is a gorgeous creation from Fizzy Moon and is called Little Messages. I've teamed it with some Paper Salon DP mounted on some SU espresso cardstock. I've made the flowers using my new Marianne Creatables die and used SUs Rich Razzleberry cardstock and SU Designer Series Paper Pattern's Stack from the Subtles collection.

Now I've somehow managed to become a follower of my own blog!?! I know that my numbers are somewhat on the shy side, but artificially inflating them seems a bit wrong don't you think?!? HELP! how do I stop following myself?

Nxxx