Buttons, buttons, buttons! It had to happen sooner or later...May Scrapbooking Kit

I've just completed Stampin' Start which is the incentive for new Stampin Up! Demonstrators during their first six full months. I'm keeping my product bonus for #PLxSU or Project Life for those slightly less excited than me, but I still think it's important to celebrate my achievements. So what better way to celebrate than include my favourite thing in this months scrapbook kit!!!

May's scrapbook kit contains one 12"x12" sheet of Whisper White Card, one 12"x12" sheet of Sahara Sand Card, one A4 sheet of Whisper White Card, two A4 sheets of Wisteria Wonder, two A4 sheets of Elegant Eggplant and 36 Buttons!!! There will also be an instruction sheet on how to use this kit to create a beautiful layout. The Buttons contains a mix of Subtle and Regal colours, in three differnent types. Your buttons will include Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder to coordinate wonderfully with this kit but also Island Indigo, which will feature heavily in next months kit!

How to get hold of this kit? You just need to contact me...

I will be running this as a class on Wednesday 21st May, in Wellington, Somerset, at 7:30pm. If you would like to join in, please let me know before the 15th May so that I can ensure your kit is ready for that evening. 

The kit costs £7 and can be collected from me, or posted for an additional £3.50.

Keep checking back to see what I've done with it!

#weloveDS #Stampinup My MDS Pages dedicated, with thanks to demonstrator support, without whom, I could not have the life I live.

Today is Demonstrator Support Appreciation Day! So in honour of the wonderful demonstrator support, who are there at the end of a telephone and email when my Stampin' Up! ship hits a mountain or a mole hill, here are my latest two pages of my MDS album. 

Notice the lovely #numbers paper created to match the & paper on the opposite page! I'm really proud of that, and i'm really proud of you Demo Support!

Stampin' Up! Really does allow me to live my life, often hitting the work/life balance I crave, if you'd like to join Stampin' Up! and get to experience first hand the wonderfulness of Demo Support ... you can CLICK HERE!

The first Scrapbook Club layout finally revealed

Scrapbook in Somerset's first club night on January 17th 2014 has come and gone, which means I can finally reveal the layout! 

The kit contained two 12x12" sheets of Very Vanilla Cardstock, 2 sheets of 12x12" Double sided Designer Series Paper from the Afternoon Picnic range and 13" of Wisteria Wonder Ribbon. Also included were the instruction to create this page.

I then used the label love stamp set and coordinating artisan label punch, with our hostess banner greetings stamp set, to create the beautiful title. 

Finally, I added my photo's and included lots of journaling using my stampin markers to explain what the photos are all about. 

What do you think? 

I'd love your opinion on the kit and layout!

This kit is still available for £7 including postage within the uk. If you'd like to order, or find out more about joining my scrapbooking club, contact me here!

What is Scrapbooking?

As you may be aware, during 2014 I'm running a scrapbooking class each month. It includes a kit and full instructions, it can be done on the night, where you also get use of a variety of Stampin up goodies or can be posted for those unable to make it.

But what is scrapbooking? 

Well, essentially, it's using pretty things to record memories, moments, milestones. 

Usually a scrapper would use photos to add impact but there are some great examples out there without any photos. Sometimes postcards, leaflets, letters or other paraphernalia are much more effective at capturing a moment or mood. The thing I love most about scrapbooking is there are no rules, you can use what you like, record anything and importantly it can be any size! I generally work in 12" square but 8" square is fast becoming quite a favorite too! In the past i've scrapped in A4, A5, A6, 8.5" by 11" (America's version of A4!) and squares in a variety of size. I've made whole albums of certain occasions, weddings, holidays, university but generally I scrap page by page. Working on what ever I fancy, fluttering between subjects, and then I just group the pages by years. 

In my latest page (shown above) I've used the Afternoon Picnic Designer Series Paper, with Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder and Pear Pizzazz Card. I used the hexagon punch and the apothecary art framelits. I also used the coastal cabana stampin write marker for my journaling, our rhinestones to add some detail and some stampin dimensionals to give the page depth. 

Finally, I stamped the title from this months selected stamps Yippee-Skippy

Remember if you order this set, in digital, wood or clear from me during January 2014 you get a free card making kit.

This months scrapbook class is on Friday 17th January 2014, in Wellington, Somerset at 7:30pm and costs £7. For more details, or to book, please get in touch.

Love Katy x x x