sugar and spice

Here's a quick L/O using the Clever Handmade Papers. Always have and always will love Heidi Grace's work. The woman is FAB. The pic's not the best, (sorry Kirsty) :) To get the "ruffle" along the bottom, come and grab some of our gorgeous seam binding and simply pull the centre thread and there you have it.....Ruffles !!!! Now... For all of you QVC fans, here's the deets of all the up coming shows, so get your diaries out and make a note !!! Fri 29 June - 13.00 Crafting with Kirks Folly   Tues 03 July - TSV day with 5 hours at 0000, 0100, 1200, 1600 and 2000 Thursday 5 July - Early Brid Xmas Crafting - 2 hours at 1700 Wed 11 July - 2 hours 10.00 - Craft Outlet and 1600 - Crafting with Stephanie Weightman Tuesday 17 July - Crafting with Stephanie Weightman  Friday 27 July - 4 Craft Clearance hours at 0900, 1300, 1500 and 2000 Monday 30th July Sizzix ft. Quilting - 1400   I'll be on there on Thursday 5th July with Christmas Goodies :) :)...

Here's a card I made at Josie Levy's Stamping Up party.... It was her first ever party.... She's the new Stamping Up girl on the block. Good luck hunni Marion xxx

By all. The demo was F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C. Thank you all who attended, not only did you get to see some great demonstrations, but you got to share in the great prize giveaways, discounts and goodie bags.  Here's a few samples of the days makes. The lady did good :) :)  This leads me on to our next Sugar and Spice Summer of Special Offers - for the next 2 weeks we are giving 4 sets of stamps for the price of 3, so come and grab yourself a bargain and a few crimbo pressies while you're at it. For all of you who have been asking, here's a list of ALL the Craft shows coming up on QVC Fri 29 June - 13.00 Crafting with Kirks Folly  Tues 03 July - TSV day with 5 hours at 0000, 0100, 1200, 1600 and 2000   Thursday 5 July - Early Brid Xmas Crafting - 2 hours at 1700   Wed 11 July - 2 hours 10.00 - Craft Outlet and 1600 - Crafting with Stephanie Weightman   Tuesday 17 July - Crafting with Stephanie Weightman  Friday 27 July - 4 Craft Clearance h...

No... It's just a bit of shadowing, after yesterday's card, I fancied going for a shadow look, so just take your stamp, ink it up in one colour and stamp it down, then repeat in second colour, this time slightly offsetting it - oh the joy of clear stamps !!! I've had a bit of a fetish lately for greens and blues.....So I tried really, really hard to break away, didn't quite make it as I used the Aegean Blue and the Pixie Dust, both VersaMagic inks....LOVE them !!!! I will slowly wean myself off blues and greens, but it may take a while :) :)  Things are hotting up at Sugar and Spice, we're getting ready for our fabbi Demo Day on Saturday, all the yummy stock is arriving and we can't wait to see Lyn's creations...the woman is so talented...No pressure Lyn LOL !!! So if you're in the area, pop on in and be inspired, if you're not in the area, then what are you waiting for ... get in your car and drive !!! I will post pics on here of the days m...

You'd forgotten a technique, you read a mag and it all comes flooding back.....That's why we tell people in the shop, one of the most important purchases you'll make is a GOOD magazine and if you're like me you'll keep it forever !!! So this technique involved me getting out my trusty Scribble Flowers Stamp, it's out of production now, but I may just re-think that...I still LOVE it. Anyhoo's, all you do is turn the stamp over and ink up the solid side and stamp, then when you've done that in your choice of colours, turn the stamp back to the correct way and stamp onto the backgrounds....This works so well for this type of stamp. The leaves were from my "leaves" set, now there's a surprise!!! No they're not polka dot, but I wanted them to be so I just dotted with a pen. I loved making this card so much I made a few... I know I was lazy, I should have changed the colours, I can see that now, but I'm pretty much addicted to bl...

First off, apologies if I'm boring you with all the blog posts...I'm on a bit of a roll at the mo and can't stop making, posting, making, posting !!!! I may as well make the most of it :) This weekend saw us celebrate Ricky's uncle's 65th birthday, so off we trotted to Great Dunmow via Ford End, got to say if any of you live at Ford End...WOW what a beautiful village !!! to a gathering in the village hall all for the love of Derek, it was great seeing family again, but the funny thing was, there we were with our boys aged 22 and 19 and then there were all these little nippers whizzing around, there's a whole new generation come along. I managed to capture a couple (they were fast) I was trying out some KW photographic tips, but you know, they just wouldn't stay still !! This little cutie is Jackson, when I asked if I could take his photo he just looked at me as said "NO" LOL!! and this little one is Sophia...she's ALL lady...and I...

Thats the theme for this months Blog over at Fantastic Ribbons ....So when I heard that was our task, I knew exactly what I wanted to show you, you see, I'm a bit of a fanatic for making my own flowers, and these are the quickest, easiest flowers you'll ever make.....So grab yourself some yummy Fantastic Ribbon, I've used the Gingham Col 64, it's THE most gorgeous olive green, in fact I should get my hand smacked as I used it last month as well....You could say I'm addicted to it !!! I started of by punching out 3 card stock circles (1") and apply your favourite fabric glue, mine is Tear Mender, I've never come across anything that works so quickly and uses such a small amount so a little goes a long way :) :) then tie a knot in the end of your ribbon and snip off the sticky out bit... Then place the knot end in the centre of your circle and start twisting the ribbon as you turn and stick it down.. Keep twisting and sticking till you get to the ...

That's all we've got to wait before to wonderful Lyn Gilbert joins us all day and inspires us all on our FREE demo day...just pop along to see Lyn's creative juices flow !!! For all the details on the day, including ALL the offers going on, just click the link "Events" above and read all about it.  Our Summer of Special Offers has kicked of with a real bang...LOTS of you taking us up on our WOW Embossing Powder Offer...well, you know it makes sense :) :) there's one more week of that offer then on Sunday 24th it changes to a new one...we do like to spoil you, you deserve it after all !!  I may just take Nina up on her Scrap 30 challenge...I just need a clear month where I'm not jetting off anywhere...I'm thinking August could be a good one, I'll let you know, then maybe you could scrap along with me, and it would make me post everyday AND use some of the 93 photos I've just ordered from SnapFish Hugs Marion xx

When you can Emboss... Here I've taken a 20" x 7" canvas, randomly put Versamark over it and sprinkled WOW Neutral Ultra Shimmer Embossing Powder on, then heat set. Then painstakingly punch out a gazillion butterflies, or ask a very dear friend to help you :) :), I randomly embossed some of the butterflies as well, then attach to 3 blank cardstock hearts, and attach to the canvas. It's still not finished, as I'm searching for a sentiment to place along the bottom. I'll think of one "one day" !!! Why Emboss instead of glitter....you may well ask...Simple really, once the powder is heat set you're not going to get any irritating bits of glitter falling off. Perfect !!! Hugs Marion xx

What do you think ????? Kirsty Superstar Wiseman has only gone and giving our blog a makeover. I don't know about you, but I for one think it's AMAZEBALLS !!! Take a look at the links at the top, you can whizz in and out for inspo, have a leisurely view of our You Tube Vids in Tutorials. Go straight to our Facebook Page and "Like" us ... of course ;)  See what Blogs we love  See what Events we have in AND out of the shop Be kept up to date with QVC appearances (oooh that sounds so lardy dah !!!) And most importantly go straight (via an iddy biddy link) to our SHOP If you fancy looking all posh like us, why not give Kirsty a nudge, you can catch her HERE It's now waaaaaaayyyyy past my bedtime, so I'm off to dream of other things of inspo to fill these pages. I've made a promise to myself that I will, I must, I'll try and blog more regularly ;) ;) Hugs Marion xxx

Genius..... AND rather lovely also. She's made us our own little watermark, she's also in the process of making our blog look "Non-Bloggy" why don't you check her blog out .... http://limegreenbogiegirl.blogspot.co.uk/ and don't forget her website...it's pure lush.... http://www.kirstywiseman.com/ But her skills don't stop there Oh No !!! the gorgeous photo above was taken by Moi, with the aid and assistance from Ms. Wiseman, so we're having her down to us in September for a one day photo course, spaces are very limited and filling up fast, so get in there, we're also trying to arrange a day of classes with her, so check out her talent and then give us a call to book, we know you'll want to. I hope you all have a gorgeous relaxing weekend.....let the celebrations begin. A quick reminder to say that the shop is open on Saturday and Sunday BUT CLOSED on Monday and Tuesday, then from Wednesday it's all back to normal :) :) Oh lo...