{Christmas Stampathon September Home Decor challenge}

Welcome to the...

9th Round of the
Christmas Stampathon 2019

Be inspired every month with a Christmas Challenge on the 25th of the month.

The challenge this month is to make one or more Home Decor items.

When you have made your creation, please photograph it and add it to the Facebook group here.

I am joined by the 3 other demonstrators from around the world

Denise Kepple Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin'  from America

Ellen Woodbridge  and Rosalie Desmond from Australia

I made these vintage inspired decorative pegs.  I love playing with different textures and seeing how they sit together.

Stamp Sets: Crackle, Pop of Petals, Itty Bitty Christmas
Colours: Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Merry Merlot
Tools: Christmas Layers Dies, Four Petal Punch, Leaf Punch
Embellishments: Linen Thread, Burlap Ribbon, Glimmer paper

These little darlings would make great craft stall items, I've sold numerous pegs with a strip of magnet on the back at craft fairs and stalls.  They're a useful and pretty gift.

Don't forget, if you would like a copy of the new Autumn/Winter catalogue you can drop me a line and I'll pop one in the post to you.  If you can't wait that long, you can see it here.

If your wish list is quite long and reaches near the £99 mark then it's worth considering signing up to Stampin' Up! as there is a fantastic sign up offer at the moment.  For £99 join up fee you will receive £130 of product.  Contact me for more details.

S H O P for Stampin' Up! products here 

To ensure you get a free gift for shopping with 

Ruth Trice, Independent Stampin' Up! Demontrator

please remember to use the following hostess code when spending up to £149.99, it's on the top right hand side of my blog.  If you are viewing on your mobile then switch to web view and it will be there.

To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

F A C E B O O K 

Y O U T U B E

T W I T T E R 

I N S T A G R A M 

P E R I S C O P E 

J O I N For free products and discounts on further purchases  

Info and rules about the Christmas Stampathon 2019

• This is a collaboration between Stampin' Up! Demonstrators in the US, UK and Australia. 
• Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge.
• The Challenge will be set on the 25th of the month (January-October) on each of the organisers social media. The deadline for submission is 11pm on the 24th of the following month in your respective time zone.
• Join the Facebook group for up to date announcements and to submit entries https://www.facebook.com/groups/569826780020011/
• Challenge Rules
• To be entered into the Prize Draw in November you need to complete 1 or more of the challenge. You will earn 1 virtual ticket entry every month you complete a challenge and an addition 10 virtual tickets if you complete all 10 months.
• Photos of your projects need to be posted on the Facebook group post for that month or emailed to one of the organising demonstrators to be shared, please state your country of residency.
• To be eligible to win a prize you need to live in the USA, UK or Australia.
• All entries must use at least one Stampin' Up! product - ideally a stamp.
• The winners will be randomly selected by an online generator from all the eligible participants.
• By submitting a photo you give the organisers permission to use the photo on their blog and social media.
• There are prizes available for each country. The first prize is US $60, UK £50, AUS $88 of product that the organisers will choose and ship free of charge. The second prize is a sample of each of the items the organiser/s from your respective country makes.
• Everyone who participates will be allowed to use our specially designed badge that can be displayed on your blog.
• Please use the hashtag #christmasstampathon2019 in any social media you post your entries to.

{Christmas Stampathon 2019 - March Challenge}

Welcome to the...

3rd Round of the
Christmas Stampathon 2019

Be inspired every month with a Christmas Challenge on the 25th of the month.

The challenge this month is to create projects using mainly W H I T E and use it to make 4 items, they could be cards, bags, tags or whatever will help you with your Christmas crafting.

When you have made your creation, please photograph it and add it to the Facebook group here.

I am joined by the 3 other demonstrators from around the world

Denise Kepple Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin'  from America

Ellen Woodbridge  and Rosalie Desmond from Australia

I really enjoyed this challenge, and will try to do it more often, it was really liberating not to have to think hard about colour schemes and matching.  I know that might sound crazy coming from me as I love colour!



Here is my video tutorial...

The new Spring/Summer catalogue is available now and can be viewed here

We are also in the wonderful season of Saleabration.

If you are new to Stampin' Up and are wondering what one earth that means, I'll briefly explain.  To reward you for purchasing Stampin' Up! products you can choose a fabulous free gift for every £45 spent.  To see the choices of free items have a look here.

If your wish list is quite long and reaches near the £99 mark then it's worth considering signing up to Stampin' Up! as there is a fantastic sign up offer at the moment.  For £99 join up fee you will receive £170 of product.  Contact me for more details.

S H O P for Stampin' Up! products here 

To ensure you get a free gift for shopping with 

Ruth Trice, Independent Stampin' Up! Demontrator

please remember to use the following hostess code when spending up to £149.99, it's on the top right hand side of my blog.  If you are viewing on your mobile then switch to web view and it will be there.

To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

F A C E B O O K 

Y O U T U B E

T W I T T E R 

I N S T A G R A M 

P E R I S C O P E 

J O I N For free products and discounts on further purchases  

Info and rules about the Christmas Stampathon 2019

• This is a collaboration between Stampin' Up! Demonstrators in the US, UK and Australia. 
• Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge.
• The Challenge will be set on the 25th of the month (January-October) on each of the organisers social media. The deadline for submission is 11pm on the 24th of the following month in your respective time zone.
• Join the Facebook group for up to date announcements and to submit entries https://www.facebook.com/groups/569826780020011/
• Challenge Rules
• To be entered into the Prize Draw in November you need to complete 1 or more of the challenge. You will earn 1 virtual ticket entry every month you complete a challenge and an addition 10 virtual tickets if you complete all 10 months.
• Photos of your projects need to be posted on the Facebook group post for that month or emailed to one of the organising demonstrators to be shared, please state your country of residency.
• To be eligible to win a prize you need to live in the USA, UK or Australia.
• All entries must use at least one Stampin' Up! product - ideally a stamp.
• The winners will be randomly selected by an online generator from all the eligible participants.
• By submitting a photo you give the organisers permission to use the photo on their blog and social media.
• There are prizes available for each country. The first prize is US $60, UK £50, AUS $88 of product that the organisers will choose and ship free of charge. The second prize is a sample of each of the items the organiser/s from your respective country makes.
• Everyone who participates will be allowed to use our specially designed badge that can be displayed on your blog.
• Please use the hashtag #christmasstampathon2019 in any social media you post your entries to.

{Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Wrap it Up}

Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop!

I'm so grateful and honoured to be part of this wonderful group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators and creatives.

The theme is "Wrap it Up" - to get you inspired for wrapping up your Christmas gifts.

I decided to make some highly decorative and textured tags, and use them with the fabulous packaging Stampin' Up! has to offer.

To be quite honest I love snowflakes and wanted an excuse to use a lot of them.

Here is a video tutorial with a few tips.

Click on the links below for some more inspiration to wrap your gifts.

S H O P   N O W  for Stampin' Up! products HERE 

To ensure you get a free gift for shopping with 

Ruth Trice, Independent Stampin' Up! Demontrator

please remember to use the following hostess code when spending up to £149.99, it's on the top right hand side of my blog.  If you are viewing on your mobile then switch to web view and it will be there.

To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

F A C E B O O K 

T W I T T E R 

I N S T A G R A M 

P E R I S C O P E 

P I N T E R E S T

J O I N For free products and discounts on further purchases  

{Christmas Challenge Stampathon 2018 - Pop Up or 3D}

Welcome to the...

9th Round of the
Christmas Challenge Stampathon 2018

Be inspired every month with a Christmas Challenge on the 25th of the month.

We are now onto the 9th challenge and its to make at least 4 cards  using the

Pop Up or 3D card technique

Before you start to panic the team have come up with some fab examples that you can copy and adapt to the supplies you have, to see the other ideas go to

Denise Kepple Garrison 'Lady Bug Stampin'  from America

Ellen Woodbridge  and Rosalie Desmond from Australia



When I first saw this design a number of years ago, I didn't know where to start to make this.  However I found a tutorial online and realised how easy it was to make.  I looked on YouTube this week to see if there where any recent videos and found a really helpful one by Heidi Smith which can be seen here.

Have a look at my tutorial and you will see how easy they are to make.

I love the glimmer paper leaves and how easy it is to spruce up a project with some punch outs.

Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge and it's not too late to join the fun, please read the rules below and head over to the Facebook page.

• The Challenge will be set on the 25th of the month on each of the organisers Facebook pages and will then have followup information on their blogs and YouTube channels.
• The deadline for submission is 11pm on the 24th of the following month in your respective time zone.
• To be entered into the Prize Draw in November you need to participate 1 or more of the challenges, the first month you enter you will recieve 1 "ticket", the second month you enter you will recieve 2 "tickets and so on for every month you participate.
• Photos of your projects need to be posted on the Facebook group or emailed to one of the organising demonstrators to be shared, please state your country of residency.  
• To be eligible to win a prize you need to live in the USA, UK or Australia.
• All entries must use at least one Stampin' Up! product - ideally a stamp.
• The winners will be randomly selected by an online generator from all the eligible participants.
• By submitting a photo you give the organisers permission to use the photo on their blog and social media.
• There are prizes available for each country.  The first prize is US $60, UK £50, AUS $88 of product that the organisers will choose and ship free of charge.  The second prize is a sample of each of the items the organiser/s from your respective country makes.
• Everyone who participates are will be allowed to use our specially designed badge that can be displayed on your blog.
• Please use the hashtag #christmaschallengestampathon2018 in any social media you post your entries too.

Click here to head to the Facebook Group

S H O P for Stampin' Up! products here 

To ensure you get a free gift for shopping with 

Ruth Trice, Independent Stampin' Up! Demontrator

please remember to use the following hostess code when spending up to £149.99, it's on the top right hand side of my blog.  If you are viewing on your mobile then switch to web view and it will be there.

To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

F A C E B O O K 

T W I T T E R 

I N S T A G R A M 

P E R I S C O P E 

J O I N For free products and discounts on further purchases  

{Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Embossing Folders}

Hi there, and welcome to another Stamping Sunday Blog Hop, today we are focusing on embossing folders from the holiday catalogue.  I am fortunate enough to have been able to play with two.  The Corrugated and the Tin Tile Dynamic Textures are extra deep so create amazing deep patterns on your card stock.

To make this card, I swiped ink onto the embossing folder before placing my white card on it and running it through the big shot.

The tag is made up of various scraps, I brushed some Craft White ink over the tag base before adding the torn up scraps and embellishments.

To see the other fab contributors to this hop click on the links below.

S H O P for Stampin' Up! products here 

To ensure you get a free gift for shopping with 

Ruth Trice, Independent Stampin' Up! Demontrator

please remember to use the following hostess code when spending up to £149.99, it's on the top right hand side of my blog.  If you are viewing on your mobile then switch to web view and it will be there.

To receive a paper copy of the current catalogue, contact me here 

and to see more inspiration from  

UK Independent Stampin Up demonstrator Ruth Trice please go here

F A C E B O O K 

T W I T T E R 

I N S T A G R A M 

P E R I S C O P E 

J O I N For free products and discounts on further purchases  

{Autumn Days}

Well after a fun packed summer, I have certainly began to feel the chill of the change of seasons.  Don't get me wrong, I am not grumbling, I'm rather looking forward to the hues of autumn, and living surrounded by hills and trees the display will be beautiful.

Have you seen the new catalogue?  This Painted Harvest stamp set is already proving popular.  

I have used it in classes and am very impressed with it's versatility and the ease in which something quite impressive can be quickly created.  Now that's just the stamp set!  There is also a leaf punch to match.  Some of you may already know that I have a bit of an obsession for flora and fauna, they seem to make their way on to a lot of my cards. So when I saw this punch I let out a wooop!

Here is a card that I have made.

For anyone local to me who would like to play with this set and learn lots of different techniques with it I am running a class that will include this bundle.

Tuesday 17th October

the Royal Oak Hotel

10.00am 

To include Painted Harvest Stamp Set and Punch (£32) 

Class only (£10)

Monday 23rd October

The Crafty Pixies Art Studio

7.15pm

To include Painted Harvest Stamp Set and Punch (£32) 

Class only (£10)

To reserve a place contact me before the 7th October as I need to allow time to order the stamps and punches.

My online shop is open 24/7 - 

To ensure you get a free gift for shopping with me 

please remember to use the following hostess code when spending up to £149.99, 

DSA7SXWR

Do you love Stampin' Up! products so much that you would like to make your pennies go further? Call me for a no pressure chat about how signing up to Stampin' Up! could help you do that and more!

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