sugar and spice

It's that time again, actually I'm a little late ....whoops !!! For my Jones Design Team project, and I've got to be honest here, I kept putting this project off, "why" you ask...well, quite simply because when I opened the package from Jones, I gave out a little squeal followed by a sigh... a squeal because of the stash I received, a sigh because I looked at it and thought, "when am I going to get time to do this"? It looked so complicated and there were so many little bits to the Candy Box Crafts Rotary Craft Storage Unit, but seriously it takes longer to say than do LOL !!! These guys really know their stuff, the "building" of it couldn't have been simpler, in fact I got it all out and put it all together in no time, so much so that i forgot to take a picture of all the bits. There are so many gorgeous papers out there that will compliment this product, and Sandra, in her wisdom, sent me the Kaisercraft Mister Fox collection, nice one...

Not sure if you know, but now that Scrap 365 has gone out of publication it doesn't mean it's gone...... Oh no.... You can still get tons of inspo from their regular blog. I was very honoured to be part of that blog just the other day when I got to be a guest designer on there....thank you Scrap 365. This is the layout I created for them, I was completely inspired from the wonderful Teresa Collins and her gold reign that's going on at the mo, with a little Heidi Swapp'ness' also :) :) You can get full details on how this was created by just popping over to their blog HERE .....AND.......... that's not all, if you leave a comment you'll also be in with a chance of winning the 6 brand NEW WOW Embossing Powders, It's as simple as that !!! Hugs Marion xxx   Another great post bought to you by Sugar and Spice Crafts

Hi Guys, I'm pleased to announce that I'm on the Layout-A-Week Design Team in the USA. Its a really inspirational blog bringing you weekly posts on scrapbooking layouts only, no cards, no albums just layouts and full of ideas and hints and tips. AND here is my first ever post for them.....Drum roll please ........................ http://layout-a-week.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/week-42-my-rock.html Hugs Marion xx

That's where I've been these past 5 days, Orlando, in fact..but no, there was no Mickey Mouse for me, it was all work work work, well, nearly ;) I was at the Collins Education and Trade Show, teaching and well, educating the American retailers on the wonderful WOW ! Embossing Powder Brand. After all the teaching, we do a mini trade show on the Sunday. Here's a few picci's of some of the fabulous manufacturers there. Here's a little snippet of just a tiny bit of our stand, well, I had to put that first didn't I !!! Canvas Corp were our neighbours and lovely they were too The Elizabeth Craft Designs stand was so long, I should have done it on a panoramic, to here's Els lovely daughter ready to take orders. Here's the fabulous Craft Dee Bows, this lady is just adorable :) :) although you can only see her arm :) . The guy in the background is the lovely Tim, said owner of the Collins Group Company. Here's the lovely Lou and photo b...