Sharing Scentsy - want some in the post?

OK - today I'm going to tell you a bit about my new venture. Actually it's not so new as I've been busy with it for over a year now, but the time feels right to do more with it and share it here. So...what is Scentsy?

Scentsy core products are a safe alternative to scented candles.  

Our Warmers melt and warm specially formulated food grade wax  releasing the fragrance into the air which means – NO BURNING. This makes your home safer for you, your family and pets.  With Scentsy you say goodbye to soot, wicks and flames for good.

It's a simple three step system:

How Does a Scentsy Warmer Work?

 

Pop one cube of wax (from a selection of over 80 fragrance bars) into the dish on your warmer and switch it on. A secret combination of ingredients creates a pool of melted wax. Only the finest scented oils are hand-picked to give an array of aromas.  the wax is allergen free and does not contain soy.

 

When you use Scentsy you’ll no longer leave home thinking, “Did I blow out the candle before I left?”

 Our Warmer is safe to have around children and pets and, my boys even have a warmer  in their bedroom which doubles as a night light too. Blake also helps me when I'm making up samples to send out in the post!

Plug it in, turn it on and… walk away. Its that simple!

This new Vintage teapot is one of my favourite warmers.

Along with this Love Element warmer:

There are so many fragrances to choose from and I have made up some samples packs. If you'd like to find out more about Scentsy, you can visit my website:

Find out about Scentsy

or if you'd like to receive some information in the post along with some wax samples to sniff your way through please drop me an email with your name and address to:

bluejellystampin@sky.com

This is for UK only please. Once I receive your details I'll pop one of these pretty packages in the post to you:

Who knows, maybe you'll end up practising Safe Scents too.

hugs

Victoria

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Stash for Sale

I have lots of my Stampin' Up! stash for sale on my facebook page. I'm selling to UK only so if you'd like to take a look, everything is listed in photo albums along with the prices.

I've now removed photos of all sold items. If there is anything you'd like - please comment on the photo of the product and please only comment on photos if you want to buy it.

I can post out via Royal Mail or a cheaper option is My Hermes which takes a few days longer - happy to either. Payment is via Paypal or online bank transfer too please. 

Just click on this link:

Stash for Sale

Here are just some of the stamp sets I have available, also wood mount, Big Shot dies and Framelits, punches and accessories.

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Victoria

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Let the Christmas preparation commence....

Phew I'm not one for getting on top of my Christmas cards and every year it's a last minute rush or a shameful trip to the shop to buy them. 

This year...it's going to be different. Already I'm ahead of the game with a record number of five cards made in September, who knows I could be super productive and actually make them all this year. 

I got a free owl stamp set off a magazine and inked him up using StazOn ink on Stampin' Up! crumb cake card. Super easy to do this one, I used Baked Brown Sugar ink along with a blender pen to colour Mr Hoot and the white, gold and red colouring has been done with Galaxy markers. They're fab as they are like chalk pens and sit on top of card and don't seep through to the back which means the inside of the cards look nice and neat too.

Here's one close up - now don't pay too much attention to my colouring over the lines, who's going to look that close anyway when they get it (she said hopefully).

Cor - you can really see it on the next one!

Both me and my boys have caught our first cold of the season - typical when they start a new school year. Blake was adamant he wasn't well enough to go in this morning so I had to be a bad parent and resort to the only way I could think of to get him there (other than Calpol)...bribery! He is absolutely smitten with his cuddly toy cat Wasabi and takes it everywhere with him, except for school as the children aren't allowed to take toys in. I said he could take Wasabi in to class to meet his teachers but then Mummy would have to bring him home again to look after him. 

Here's a cute pic of Blake and Wasabi:

Do you think my bribery worked? Of course it did!

hugs

Victoria

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Introducing Scout and Stella Scentsy buddies

I think I should introduce you to the two newest arrives in my home. Scout and Stella. OK strictly speaking it's three new arrivals as I have two of Scout (they are for Zac and Blake for Christmas).

These gorgeous squishy and cuddly things are limited edition in the range of buddies available over in my Scentsy shop. They are CE tested and suitable for all ages from birth.

So what are they? Other than being super soft and adorable they actually have a hidden zipper in their backs where you can add your choice of Scentsy Fragrance Scent Pak.

There are 27 different scents available in this range, including Newborn Nursery which smells just like baby talc! My personal favourite is Pima Cotton which to me is the ideal smell of crisp clean washing. I have one of these hanging in my wardrobe and I love the fragrance that greets me each time I open the door, also love how the fragrance somehow clings to my clothes too. The Spark always has a Scent Pak in his van - you know to get rid of the whiff of smelly electrician!

Fans of dragons and unicorns will love these beauties. They are very limited in availability however, so if you'd like to order one, please visit my Scentsy Shop for a look or message me or email me at bluejellystampin@sky.com to find out more.

Here's a close up of Scout - isn't he adorable?

If anyone local would like to take advantage of collection and not paying P&P, I am popping an order through this evening.

Hugs

Victoria

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Colouring on Kraft Card Photo Tutorial

Ah, it's been a busy morning for me, parcelling up craft goodies to send out and also Scentsy fragrance packages too - all go! So I wanted to do a spot of creating to chill out once my jobs for the day were done.

Do you know I sat down and wasn't sure what to do! Since I resigned from my Stampin' Up! demonstrator role, I just create for me as and when I want rather than to showcase new products etc. Sometimes I'm finding Jelly gets a little bit stuck! Then I remembered before the likes of Pinterest what I used to do when I got stuck.....join in a blog challenge. I turned to one of the ones I really used to enjoy taking part in Less is More and saw today's challenge is to create a one layer card featuring a beverage. Fabulous.

I have the perfect stamp, I got it free with a magazine and at last a reason to ink it up:

I've used Crumb cake card and rounded off the corners and stamped my image and sentiment too. I thought I'd show you how to create the look so if it's new to you, you can have a go too.

Stamp the image and then use a craft white ink pad and a blender pen to colour in the image and wait to dry (or cheat and use a heat tool if you're an impatient so and so like me).

Use any pens to colour the image, I've used a mix of markers and alcohol pens.

I wasn't quite happy with the finish so I used a chalk pen to add some polka dots to the tea cup - much happier!

Of course thanks to them inspiring me I'm popping in to the Less is More challenge too, why not join in?

I'm off to watch a Thomas the Tank Engine film now and get plenty of snuggles, Zac and Blake both have colds and coughs and aren't up to much today, the joys of a new school year.

Hugs

Victoria

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Thank You cards and a photo tutorial

Happy Friday everyone, cute as can be, I've just sat down in the Room of Craft - which is on the first floor and I sit facing the window. Just as i looked up a blue tit was on a tree branch looking in, I just wasn't fast enough with my camera - maybe another time?

So today I have some thank you cards to share with you. When I make one I figure it's easier to just make a whole batch up as I'm always needing them:

I've used Summer Silhouettes from Stampin' Up! I LOVE this set as it's so versatile. Here are some of the cards together:

Want to see how to create them for yourself? It's really simple and you could use any stamp set really too. These are 3" square cards to I cut square of white card measuring 2 3/4" and covered up two thirds with a piece of scrap paper. The inks I've used are Coastal Cabana, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Pistachio Pudding and Elegant Eggplant.

Pick a stamp at a time and stamp each card in roughly the same place, there's no need for accuracy - unless you're really fussy about that sort of thing!

 Just keep going, layering the images over each other until you're happy with the end result.

I added a thank you sentiment and then using a marker, drew a border around each layer before popping them on a card base. Simples.

Looking forward to sending these cuties out. Got a packed day today, I have parcels to send out, chores to do (yawns!), then I need to sort out some Scentsy fragrance samples to send out and most exciting of all I have Scentsy delivery coming and it's all stuff from the new Autumn / Winter catalogue. 

Will be posting about that next so if you're feeling curious as to what Scentsy is - please pop by again.

hugs

Victoria

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Recent fabric makes

What a morning so far, started with a meeting with Zac's new teachers at school to find out about his life in Year 2, all very exciting and then I nipped with my friend Kay for an impromptu cheeky breakfast at the pub. It amazes me, sitting there at 10 in the morning, us drinking tea and cappuccino, the amount of people sitting there with pints of beer. Seriously - yuk!

Anyway, back home and lots of chores done, I figured I should share some more of my recent makes with you. I mentioned I'd set up my own sewing business and one of my favourite things to make are Jelly's Shelly's. Erm what? Seriously here are a few for you to ogle at, starting with a pretty pastel one:

LOVING the bobbly pom pom style trim. Next is a floral and buzzy bee one:

Next in one of my current favourite fabrics. just love the images on the shell.

And I couldn't resist this web fabric, despite my fear of spiders I was so drawn to it!

I sell these Shelly's at £12.50 plus postage and packaging. If you'd like to order one you can leave me a message or drop me an email at:

bluejellystampin@sky.com

Currently I'm only offering delivery within the UK.

Hugs

Victoria

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Jelly's in a bit of limbo right now

Hey - long time no blog!!

This post will stay at the top for a bit - so help yourself to a scroll down to see what's new!

Well, for those that don't already know and I kind of guess most of you do, I resigned my position as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator recently.

So - am I going to stop blogging? No way - I'll still be right here sharing crafty creations, but now more than just Stampin' Up! For Stampin' Up! lovers - fear not I am still buying and using Stampin' Up! and will still share projects and tutorials - I promise!

What else can you expect to see here? Well I plan on some cheeky non Stampin' Up! crafting, some sewing, some organising tips and tutorials, some nice smelling things and general lifestyle stuff - hope to make it lots of fun to visit!

So please hang with me whilst I go through my slight identity crisis and change my blog about a bit over the next few weeks!

Hugs

Victoria

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Project Life First Day Back at School

After six weeks off school my little dudes were well and truly ready to return to school. I kinda wanted them to go too but now they're gone the house is too quiet and I feel at a loose end! I had planned a day of nothing but couldn't quite manage it so a few chores and then to help me feel like I wasn't home alone I figured a little Project Life was in order.

The Spark went into work late today so he could walk the boys in on their first day of Autumn term and I of course was armed with my camera. Normally scrap booking would take me hours to create a couple of 12x12 layouts but I have to admit - I love the quickness of using the Project Life stuff - not quite the same end result but a great way to capture moments and pop them in an album quickly.

So....here are my back to school creations starting with the left page:

Blake started back in Year 1 and Zac is Year 2 at Pinewood Infant and Foundation Unit. It really doesn't seem that long ago that Zac started in nursery there and Blake was still a baby - time apparently flies when you're a parent. 

Blake was absolutely thrilled to see a train number counting system on the wall in his classroom and even more delighted to see the wooden train track and train set out on the carpet to play with - he won't want to come home later.

Here's the right side layout, as you can see I was a bit keen to get as many pics as possible. Zac didn't hang around getting settled back in, straight onto the computer to have a play.

Both layouts together ready to go in the album:

And a few close ups of the detail.

Want to see my desk mid create?

Mwah ha ha. I'm looking to reorganise the Room of Craft shortly, promise to share the process with you.

Hugs

Victoria

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Scentsy Packaging and a fun weekend

Oh my word, we have just had the BEST family weekend of the Summer holidays. Before I share that with you I'm going to show you a pretty little package I created:

Do you like it? I designed it to fit perfectly around a Scentsy fragrance wax bar, I thought it would make a super gift for one of my party hostesses. 

I made it with a circle window to give a sneak peek of the contents, it's nice to tease - although here I'm letting you see the wax bar.

I adore pretty packaging, I think it makes a gift so much more exciting to receive and adding the sparkle and bling makes it loads more appealing.

 Did you know you can use your alcohol pens to colour rhinestone gems, pearls and even glimmer card? I coloured my sparkle here to coordinate with the card I used.

If you'd like to know more about Scentsy and you're in the UK - please drop me an email at

bluejellystampin@sky.com

or visit my facebook page

 

We celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary on Friday and following on from our adventures last year we returned as a family to celebrate at Legoland Windsor. I adore these photos of Zac and Blake taken in the car when they realised where they were - we had told them we were travelling to a wedding!

 

And here we are outside the Legoland hotel - we booked in to a pirate room for the night, ooh aaargh!

I always end up buying some of the photos from the rides, especially now as you can download them too, here we are on the magical Story Brook boat ride.

Waiting in line here to go on the Atlantis submarine adventure:

 

Finally a shocker of a photo but so funny I just had to have it - Zac and I on the Pirate Falls log flume, Zac's hood fell back just as we descended the last flume and he got absolutely soaked, he was not a happy chappy I can tell you. The poor ride attendant gave him a Lego badge to cheer him up. he soon dried off though as we were so fortunate with the weather.

I took over 200 photos so I promise not to bore you with them all but I will be creating lots of scrapbook projects with my favourites.

Hugs

Victoria

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