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To my Stampin’ Up! New Idea Book & Catalogue Launch Party Join me for a celebration of the launch of the New Idea Book & Catalogue 2011/2012Saturday 1 OctoberGolden Green, Village Hall, TN1111-2 Or Saturday 8th OctoberSt Mary Cray Church Centre, BR3 5NL11-2 For everyone there will be a chance to browse through the new Idea book & Catalogue, touch and stroke the new papers, punches and ribbons. There will also be some launch party special offers. If you join me in person there will...

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Say Goodbye to Sparkly n Bright…………

I must admit this is one of my favourite Christmas sets and I will be very sad to see it go from Stampin' Up! s collection at the end of the month. Here I've used it with some of the retiring papers from the Jolly Holiday collection, Very Vanilla and Real Red Card Stock. Also some Taffeta Ribbon in Real Red again which is retiring at the end of the month. I made him sparkly by adding glitter to his nose and added a Gem to the wording from this set. Don't forget to check out the retiring list...

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Another Stamp Set Retiring……

Today I'm going to repost an old photo of a Stamp Set that is Retiring at the end of this month  (the papers are a few years old too and already retired) ~ Fun and Fast Notes...... Its such a sweet set, that you can grab and whizz a card up quickly with!!!  It's a set that I have  used quite a few times but unfortunatley not taken photographs of the projects. This one was a class I did and was found some where out there in blog land sorry can't remember where it was when I first...

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another retired Stamp Set!!!!!!

Tart and Tangy......Here's a couple of cards that I have made using this stamp set. Unfortunately this Stamp set has now sold out, along with these items Sense of Time Choo Choo Antique Pewter Jumbo Eyelets Brass Jumbo Eyelets Silver Cord Jolly Holiday DSP Tart n Tangy to check and see if that stamp set or accessories are retiring or have sold out please check the here and email me at frankiesue@ntlworld.com to place your order ASAP.

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Sad to say goodbye to….these stamp sets!!!

Today I made a card for my nephew's 1st Birthday........time just flies seems like yesterday I was visiting him for the first time. Happy Birthday Henry!!!!!! I used 3 of the stamp sets that are sadly on this years retiring list from Stampin' Up! "Occasional Greetings" set of  12 wood mount stamps discounted by 40% so now ONLY £18.57 "Animal Stories" set of 4 wood mount stamps at £14.95 "Sanded" a wood mount back ground stamp £16.95 To view an up-to-date list please...

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Stampin’ Up!’s Last Chance List for 2011

As the New Stampin' Up! catalogue is soon to be with us along with new goodies, (really looking forward to sharing these with you) Stampin' up Sadly has to say goodbye to some of the sets in the current catalogue.  You can view an updated list of these items here, because these items are being retired they are on a stirctly first come first served basis..........so to be sure to get that  stamp set, punch, roller or accessories  before thier sold out  make sure you...

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Birthday Blog Candy………..(this post will stay at the top until 29th Aug for newer posts please scroll down.

As promised I'm back today  with some blog candy, up to share with people is a Strength and Hope Stamp set, a pack of pattern papers and 1 metre of eachv colour of the taffetta ribbon. I like to share with other people on my birthday so for the chance to win these gifts tplease leave me a comment  so I know you've passed by and for an extra chance then why not become a follow on my blog. Closing date 29th August!!!!!! I'm must dash as I'm getting ready to spend the day and...

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Congratulations……………..

As you know today is the day the GSCE results were released to the pupils and Heidi was one of those who was a bag or nerves last night and a bear with a sore head this morning until she received her's. I'm so proud of her she got an A*, an A and the rest were B's.......so I just had to rush home and make that card for her (something else that didn't get done on my to do list in time) It uses the Owl Punch, Scallop Circle Punch (for the wings), lattice embossing folder, taffetta and satin...

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Birthday wishes…….

Here is a card I made on Saturday using one of the hostess sets "Because I Care"  from the main Catalogue. I stamped the image with Versa Mark and then used my stampin pastels to colour the image and fixed with hairspray so it wouldn't smudge. I've then mounted it on Rich Razzleberry Cardstock and Pear Pizzaz Designer paper another Gift thats avaliable for hostesses of a Stampin' Up! workshop. The sentiment is from Sincere Salutations. So why not book a workshop before the end of...

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Birthday celebrations have……….

started a day early!!!!!!!! The post man woke me up about 8am with a ring on the door bell and gave me a long package and wished me a " Happy Birthday"  Amy and Victor sent me this lovely bunch of caranations for my birthday tomorrow..... and had addressed it to the "birthday girl Sue" Thank you both very much and I'll enjoy the choccies tooooooooo. Be sure to pop back tomorrow and see the treats I have up for grabs as "blog candy" to celebrate my birthday!!!!!!!!

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Stampin’ Up!’s got a Gift for you………..

should you place an order for £75.00 or host a workshop with sales over £250.00 This month Stampin' Up! are rewarding customers and Hostesses with this lovely gift...... an exclusively designed cosmetics bag that is only available this month and which you cannot purchase, some stunning Rich Razzleberry 1 ¼ Striped Grossgrain Ribbon ribbon and a 24 piece clip assortment. Workshops are FREE, I do not charge anything for coming and you get to make and keep fabby projects. Contact me to place your...

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Christmas came early……..

I've been a really bad blogger recently and something just have to give, but hopefully things have calmed down and I'm back home so you should see regular postings from me........ and for those of you that don't know its my birthday month so please be sure to pop back for my "Birthday Blog Candy" Another reason I haven't blogged was because I have been busy preparing for my "Christmas in July" Saturday special class.  Lots of fun was had by the ladies, they came into Mickey & co...

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