Stampin' Up ... and patience!

Earlier in the year I read somewhere that a company called Stampin' Up were coming to the UK. And quite a few people were quite excited about it! Now I had never, ever heard of Stampin' Up, so fired up the old tinternet and looked them up.

They are a direct sales company that started in America some 20 years ago. Their forte is rubber stamping, and they have branched out in accessories as well, mainly for cardmaking, but obviously incorporating scrapbooking, and other paper crafts too. Think Tupperware, but stamps!

So, I then had to wait for the date that all this was going to happen by. Eventually it was released that it would be 15th November. *drums fingertips* Rumours that the catalogue would be online prior to that date never actually came to fruition, so on the long awaited Glorious Fifteenth the catalogue was viewable. Yummy yummy gorgeous themed stamp sets, and the most amazing ideas of what you could create with them, so I signed up. I'm now official ... and still waiting! For my starter kit so that I can play and start ordering some more.

Prisca's Book

Earlier this month, my daughter and I were very fortunate to be able to spend a couple of hours at the Scrappers Unlimited retreat. We weren't able to do the whole weekend sadly, but had a very enjoyable afternoon. Chrissie had arranged for Prisca to fly over from France to teach a couple of her fabulous classes, and this is the one that we did.

Magnolia Stamps

I grew up with magnolia coloured walls, being in the forces, we weren't allowed to paint our quarters with any colour other than magnolia, so it doesn't hold the fondest memories for me. Until that is I discovered Magnolia stamps, what little sweeties these are!

These are two of the first cards I made with them, using the gorgeous BG Mellow 6x6 pack.

I'm thrilled that I have been bitten by the stamping bug, now I can finally get to use all the stamps I have been hoarding but not using for years. I'm counting the days til 15th November when I can sign up as one of the very first demonstrators for Stampin' Up in the UK.