Lockdown Organisation - are you in the club?

It seems that a lot of people, like myself, are taking advantage of the lockdown to sort out cupboards and bedrooms etc. Are you one of them? If so, how cool would your cupboards look with labels like these on the boxes?

Available in three sizes:-

Small (letters approx 1/2cm x 1 1/4cm) @ 4p per letter

Medium (letters approx 3/4cm x 1 1/2cm) @ 7p per letter

Large (letters approx 1 1/4cm x 2cm) @ 10p per letter

Colours:- Black, White, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Pink or Orange.

Finished labels will be sent via first class postage in a board backed envelope charged at cost plus packaging.

To order just send an email to studioat316@gmail.com with a list of words including the size and colour you want. Payment details will be included on the invoice.

It's Time For A Lockdown Prize Draw!!!

Hi guys - how are you all doing with this lockdown?  I'm being 'shielded' due to my health conditions so I'm starting to climb the walls now!  I don't know about you, but I'm really missing social interaction - Zoom, FaceTime, Skype etc just isn't the same.  But, needs must.

I thought it was time I did something to help cheer us all up - so I'm have a Prize Draw during April.

How would you like to get your hands on THIS??  Little Ladybug was the absolutely gorgeous Host SAB Stamp Set which was awarded when a Host's order reached £275 or over during Sale-A-Bration.  Well, I have one to GIVE AWAY to one lucky customer.  All you need to do to be entered into the draw is place an order through my online shop at www.magiclady.stampinup.net which is over £25 before shipping during April 2020 (any orders already placed in April will also be included).  Your name will be put into the hat, and a winner will be drawn BY HAND in a Facebook Live Broadcast on 1st May 2020 - watch out nearer the time for announcements of exactly when that will happen.

Happy Stampin' & Stay Safe!
Babs x

PS - don't forget to use April's Host Code when you checkout - you'll find it in the sidebar over there →

This is NOT an April Fool!!

I know that it's the 1st April, but this is NOT an April Fool!  We really are bringing you the chance to buy a GORGEOUS floral Suite from the upcoming 2020-21 Annual Catalogue TWO MONTHS EARLY!

The Ornate Garden Suite contains not one but TWO Stamp Sets and TWO Die Sets, which can both be bought as Bundles, saving 10% on the individual price!  You also have a 3D Embossing Folder, stunning Specialty Designer Series Paper which is accented with Gold Foil, a two reel Ribbon Combo and a pack of Gilded Gems.

You can buy the entire Suite for £127.75/165.50€, or buy select items for their individual prices.

For more details, or to place an order, you can visit my ALL NEW STAMPIN' UP! UK SHOP - yes, I have even more exciting news!!

Over the next few months, all Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Shops are going over to country specific domains and are having a make-over - and the UK is the first to undergo this process.  You can still access my shop via https://magiclady.stampinup.net/ then click on SHOP NOW - just double check that my name is at the top of the page when you get there 😉  Regular visitors will notice a distinct difference with new filtering capabilities, more concise category groupings and less 'lingo' - for instance, 'Designer Series Paper' is now called 'Patterned Paper', hopefully making the shopping process a bit less daunting for Beginner Crafters.  You can even mark your favourite products by clicking on the ♡ icon! I'd love it if you could take a few minutes to check the new shop out, and if you get a pop-up asking for your feedback, it would really help us if you could take the short survey.

Lastly for this update - I've set up a new Host Code for online orders from 1st-30th April 2020 of NHG9H46H - you will also find this over there 👉 at the top of the sidebar 😏.

Stay safe during this COVID-19 virus outbreak and as always - Happy Stampin'!

Our New Service Is Almost Here!!

Just before Christmas I had a test run of our new service for a fabulous seamstress, Tina, who makes and sells Dance Costumes through her business, Dash Dancewear (you can find her on Facebook).

I produced some personalised T-Shirts, Water Bottles and Gym Bags as promotional gifts for her Dance Divas.  I just love the colour of these!!  

I can’t take credit for the logo design though - this was produced by my super talented eldest son, Joe Maynard, who is studying for a Degree in Games Art Design at Plymouth College of Art (but more about that another time 😜). If you do want any logo design work done though, he would be more than happy to help.  Just drop me an email and I’ll pass on his details 😜

So - where is all this leading and what does it mean for the future of Studio@316?

Well, at the very end of 2019 we took possession of a 6 colour embroidery machine!  This is in addition to the Vinyl Cutting Machine and a Heat Press!  I can tell you, my living room currently looks more like a factory than a home 🤪🥴. 

Studio@316 is still going to be the place to come for your Stampin’ UP! supplies if you live in the UK, France, Germany, Austria or The Netherlands, and I will still be running classes and workshops in the Bexleyheath area.  But IN ADDDITION to all that, I will also be taking orders for, and producing, personalised garments, home decor items and promotional materials with vinyl and/or embroidered lettering and images.  Prices and available services will be added to the website this week, so watch this space for the official launch on Saturday 1st February 2020!! 

Well, as it’s now 3am, I guess I should go to bed!!  It’s all so exciting that I can’t stop ideas and things to add to my To Do List popping into my head long enough to sleep 🥴

Night, night 😘

Some Exciting News!!

Our Jan-Jun 2020 Mini Catalogue is now LIVE on both my normal website and the Beta Site.

But something special is happening during Sale-a-bration (3/1-31/3).

Stampin' Up! UK have been testing out our new Beta Store, which means that when you visit there may be some pop-up screens asking you for feedback on how you find it and if you have any ideas for improvements.  I know some have had a go at the beta store and giving it a test run really helps us to find out how it is working for you, my customers.

Since it is still in the testing stage, it does not support the Sale-a-bration promotion which starts on 3 January BUT what you can do is get a discount of 20% off your entire order during Sale-a-bration (3 Jan-31 March).

Therefore, from tomorrow (3 Jan) if you want Sale-a-bration products, shop at my online store here www.magiclady.stampinup.net 

  

Or, if you would rather have 20% off your entire order, visit the beta store at www.betasite.stampinup.net 

Of course, you might want a bit of both so shop at whichever site you want the benefits from!

Note also that the Sale-a-bration host offer for the ladybug stamp set is also not available through the beta site.

To get the 20% discount, you will need to place your order through the beta site and you can still use the current host code - Q97XARPX (for orders under £150, for orders of £150+ you earn the rewards).

If you are choosing to get the 20% discount, visit the beta store and then select me as your demonstrator.  Don't forget to create an account, if you haven't already visited the beta store.

Under My Umbrella/Glucksregen Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog and to the Under My Umbrella Blog/Glucksregen Hop!

You may be starting with me, or you may have hopped here from Germany with Daniela Scholz's (Stempela) Blog.  Either way, you will find a link to the next blog at the end of this post.

I have created a couple of cards using our gorgeous new stamp set Under My Umbrella from the Jan-Jun 2020 Mini Catalogue, which launches on the 3rd January 2020.  I was lucky enough to receive this as my Prize Patrol gift at OnStage in November.

 For my first card I've combined the Under My Umbrella set with one of our Sale-A-Bration offerings for 2020 - The Gang's All Meer (I'll tell you how to get your hands on these SAB items at the end of this post).

I made my card base from Smokey Slate Cardstock cut to 8"x6" (score the 8" side at 4" and fold).  I stamped the umbrella, it's handle, the Meercat Gang and the Chameleon onto a piece of Whisper White Cardstock using Jet Black Stazon and coloured them using our Watercolour Pencils and an Aqua Painter.  The umbrella and handle were punched out using the co-ordinating Umbrella Builder Punch and I used my Paper Snips to fussy cut the gang and Chameleon out.  Using a piece of Whisper White Cardstock measuring 5 3/4"x3 3/4" I used the Lily Pad stamp from another SAB set - Lovely Lily Pad with Pool Party Ink to stamp 3 'puddles' for our Meer Cats to sail their umbrella on (these stamps are made as 'reversible' stamps - a two step method using the back of the stamp to add the filling to the line image).  The line image was stamped at full strength and the filling was stamped off once before stamping over the line image.  My last bit of stamping for this card was to add the sentiment 'no matter the weather we're friends forever' at the top of the panel in Pool Party.

To build the card, attach the stamped panel to the front of the card blank using SNAIL or liquid adhesive.  Attach the Meer Cat Gang to the umbrella dome using Stampin' Dimensionals, then attach another layer of Dimensionals to the back of the Meer Cats, doubling them up for the bottom of the umbrella (ie two pads on top of on another).  Before attaching this layer, lay it in position so you can work out where your handle should go, then attach that to the backing with liquid adhesive.  Now you can attach the umbrella ensemble.  Finally, attach the Chameleon to the umbrella as shown with liquid adhesive.

My second card features a pair of Glittery Yellow Wellies filled with bright flowers.  Yellow Wellies have a special place in my family - my Mum had a pair when my Brother and I were little, and she ALWAYS took them with us when we went camping.  One year she forgot to bring them and it poured down with rain all week!  We blamed it on the wellies and made sure they were the first thing to be packed in the car from the next camp on!!!  It became a long running family joke - seeing these wellies reminded me of my Mum who we sadly lost 18 months ago to the dreaded Cancer.

I used a piece of Highland Heather Cardstock (one of my absolute favourite colours) measuring 8"x6" scored on the 8" side at 4" and folded to make a card base.  Using Jet Black Stazon I stamped the 'life's showers bring love's flowers' sentiment on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock then punched it out using a 2" Circle Punch.  I punched another circle out of Pool Party Cardstock.  These were stuck together using Liquid Adhesive so the Pool Party circle peeks out from behind the White one as shown.  I also stamped the Wellies and a selection of the flower images with Stazon onto another scrap of Whisper White Cardstock, colouring them with our Watercolour Pencils and an Aqua Painter.  I also added a little Clear Wink of Stella to the wellies to give them a bit of sparkle.  The flowers were 'arranged' to fill the top of the wellies and attached using liquid adhesive.

On a piece of Whisper White Cardstock measuring 5 3/4"x3 3/4" I stamped the small Lily Pad from the Lovely Lily Pad SAB set using Pool Party in the two ink strengths as before in the lower left of the card.

Using Stampin' Dimensionals, attach the flower filled wellies over the lily pad puddle, then attach the sentiment panel to the top right corner, ensuring that it goes over the edge of the panel.  Cut off the overlap using a pair of Paper Snips.  Finally, attach the panel to the front of the card base using SNAIL or Liquid Adhesive.

 I hope you liked my projects, and that you will give them a go once the Mini Catalogue launches on 3rd January 2020.

I did promise to tell you how you can get your hands on the gorgeous Sale-A-Bration sets I used.  Well, for every £45 (60 Euro) you spend on any Stampin' Up! Products (before shipping & handling), you can choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product.  There's no limit!  Choose something amazing for free with every £45 (60 Euro) or spend £90 (120 Euro) for additional options!  There are loads more products to choose from.  If you don't have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator already, and live in the UK, France, Germany, Austria or The Netherlands, then I'd love to send you a Mini and SAB Catalogue - just email me at studioat316@gmail.com with your name and address and I'll get one in the post to you.

Thank you for joining our Blog Hop - your next destination is Germany with Monika Hamm (Stempelpunkt)  Don't forget to leave some love before you hop on, using the comments form below 😍

Happy Stampin'
Babs xx

1. Christiane Knapp - Germany - StempelPalast

https://stempelpalast.de/2019/12/14/bloghop-zur-onstage-prize-patrol/

2. Shelly Shuttleworth - Germany - Crafts & Co
   https://craftsundco.blogspot.com/2019/12/adventskalender-tag-14-glucksregen.html

3. Emma Goddard - UK - Coastal Crafter

https://www.coastalcrafter.com/under-my-umbrella-blog-hop

4. Caroline van der Straaten - The Netherlands - Caro’s Kaartjes

https://carooskaartjes.blogspot.com/2019/12/under-my-umbrella-glucksregen-bloghop.html

5. Corine van Wijk - The Netherlands - StampinCronelia

6. Daniela Scholz - Germany - stempela 

            https://stempela.blogspot.com/2019/12/internationaler-blog-hop-prize-patrol.html 

7. Barbara Maynard - UK - Studio@316

https://studioat316.blogspot.com/2019/12/under-my-umbrellaglucksregen-blog-hop.html

8. Monika Hamm - Germany - Stempelpunkt 

 https://stempelpunkt.com/?p=15767

9.  Rochelle Blok - Australia - The Stamping Blok

https://rochelleblok.blogspot.com/2019/12/on-stage-prize-patrol-under-my-umbrella.html

10. Lotte Noordzij - The Netherlands - A Lotte Stamping Fun

https://alottestampingfun.nl/?p=4902

11. Paula Dobson - New Zealand

https://stampinantics.blogspot.com/2019/12/under-my-umbrella-blog-hop.html

12. Cheryl Taylor - UK - Stampin n Crafting with Cheryldiana 

http://cheryldiana.co.uk/under-my-umbrella

13. Maaike van Geffen - The Netherlands

https://www.ariejo.com/?p=967

14. Eva Pointinger - Austria -Allerleikreatives
    http://www.allerleikreatives.at/stampin-up-stempelset-gluecksregen/
    
15. Janneke Dijkstra de Jong - the Netherlands
    https://happystampin.nl/?p=16696

Christmas is coming!!

Morning all!  How are you doing?  I still can't quite believe we are in December already but it's true - I know because I have eaten 4 chocolates from my Advent Calendar 😁

Speaking of Advent Calendars, I made two of our Countdown to Christmas kits for my boys this year - they still want one of Mum's Calendars even at 16 and 19!!  We all love a countdown, don't we.  And of course, the sweets and chocolates have a bit of a draw as well 😋

Here is our youngest, James with his calendar.  Sadly Joe's is somewhere in the Royal Mail system on it's way to Plymouth where he is in his second year at Plymouth College of Art studying Game Art Design.  I don't suppose he will be too upset at having to catch up all in one day 😉

Are your kids enjoying their calendars - or are you, like me, enjoying your own? 

Well, the calendar tells me that we are on the 4th December - a bit of a heads-up here.  If you are placing an order at my Stampin' UP! Shop and need the items for Christmas Day, you need to place your order by 15th December at the latest.  If you have a wish list and want to have a surprise on the big day then send me your list and pass my details to your significant other, or whoever else you'd like Stampin' UP! goodies from, and I'll help them to place their order if needed.

We've got some gorgeous goodies coming in January, but don't forget that lots of our items in the Autumn/Winter Catalogue will be retiring at the end of the year (if not sooner if they sell out).  We also have our Year End Clearout running throughout December where you could bag yourself a bargain from your wish list.

Well, I think that's enough from me for now - I'd better get on with making my own Christmas Cards otherwise I will not be popular 😉

Happy Stampin'
Barbara 😚