Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stampin' Up! Glimmer Papers are tops!

I know you've wondered where I have been, but here's a quick pictorial explanation.  Firstly above is my project for this fortnights Christmas Card Club.  Not quite a card, but they do open like cards and hold a lovely treat of tic tacs inside.  These cute Santa treats are great for young and old and fit with the challenge set by Carol   as they have no patterned paper.  The eyes are really easy to create with pearls coloured with a sharpie pen.  This will also go in the Crafty Hazelnut Anything Goes Monthly Christmas Challenge.

Also here's the picture of more ornaments that I promised way back long ago.

Stampin' Up! DSP makes fabulous ornaments!

So just a the Christmas hols loomed Charlie ran into another boy in the playground at school. Cheek bone hit eyebrow bone and cuts requiring attention were the result.  That was two days out in A&E Louth and the Facio Maxilliary Dept at Lincoln. Thanks to all the fabulous staff for a great job repairing him.

I was very brave and held his hand whilst trying not to look at the flesh! I managed not to faint.

Then some of you know we got a new dog back in Aug 2012 and he's gone from being very quiet and unassuming to a very large character.

Ben

He's discovered that sofas are rather comfortable, but also that he needs to vacate them at speed!

He enjoyed bringing in the Christmas tree.....

and also removing the ornaments!

Playing in the snow..............or eating a broom is fun!

We had a fabulous Christmas avoiding all the bugs, but sadly food poisoning took me out for over a week earlier in the month and life has just been one steep behind since visiting A&E.  I cautiously say I'm back on track and am grateful that my recent hiccups are just that hiccups when so many others have had to endure real sadness, loss or hardships. 

Last weekend saw my quarterly training event for my team and other demonstrators joined us and are always welcome.

Now I'm ready to tell you about our biggest annual promotion, Sale-a-bration (SAB) and the launch of our Spring/Summer catalogue as well as classes for the coming months.  Check back soon for the details. 

But here's a quick SAB card.

A perfect quick, simple elegant card with the opportunity to get your hands on a complimentary punch or stamp set and more.

Petal Cone Die exclusively from Stampin' Up!

Valentine's day is fast approaching so I have a project to share with you made with Stampin' Up! 's petal cone die in the big shot.  It uses the gorgeous glimmer paper from our Spring Mini  ( click spring mini to view the catalogue) and also the stamp set You Are Loved.

To create the scalloped border around the heart I used a straight strip of cardstock (basic black) and the scallop border punch along one side.  Then cut from the opposite side small slits towards the point between each scallop making sure not to cut too far. This then allows you to shape the piece of card around a curved border.  I've added some pearls to the heart design and using a versamarker was able to mark and heat emboss the bird with clear embossing powder to give some texture. 

The top is tied closed with some of our basic black striped grosgrain ribbon which I cut in half along its length and then sealed the cut edge with a heat gun.  I didn't want to use the full width of the ribbon and now have a spare piece for another project.

Hope your day of love is filled with just that..........

Zx

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Simon Says - Love is in the Air