Choose Happiness - Stampin' Up! Artisan blog hop

It's Thursday and that means you're in for a treat because it's time for the weekly Stampin' Up Artisan Design Team blog hop! As always we've been working hard to inspire you, so come on - let's start hopping! I've gone vintage with my project this week:

This pretty notebook and card set was made for a lovely lady who joined Stampin' Up with my team last week. (I love welcoming new members to my team, so if you've been wondering whether joining might be right for you, check out my information page here!)

Here's the card. I love the 'artwork on bookprint' style and it's so easy to achieve with Stampin' Up's new blendabilities and the fabulous Typeset speciality designer paper. This paper is thinner than usual which make it really easy to manipulate. TIP: With its variety of designs in sophisticated black and cream, it makes a stylish gift wrap too - perfect for the guys!

There's nothing masculine about this project though! Here's the notebook. The stamped images are from the gorgeous Choose Happiness set, and the intense colour comes courtesy of the Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive blendabilities. I added a little sponging round the book print too.

I adore these elegant little kraft journals with their trendy grid pages. They come in packs of two and are great fun to cover in all sorts of styles. I thought this one would make a great 'happy journal', where you write down things that have made you happy each day!

If this were my journal, today's entries would start with:

• Made a fab gift set for a lovely new member of my team
• Enjoyed a fabulous Artisan Design Team blog hop!

Talking of which, the rest of the team have some amazing creations to show you too! Allison Okamitsu is next up, so click the button below to see what she's been up to:

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Kraft Grid Journal [135718]	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550]	Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper [133704]	Choose Happiness Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134198]	Choose Happiness Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134195]
Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Rich Razzleberry Assortment [131003]	Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Old Olive Assortment [130999]	Linen Thread [104199]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad* [122938]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953]

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We were in the north east of England last weekend and as we were driving through Newcastle city centre, I spotted the city's Artisan restaurant which has been cleverly developed round an old biscuit factory. "Hey look!" I said excitedly to my husband, pointing at the logo. "It's me!" He glanced over. "What do you mean?" he said. "A biscuit factory?" Hmm. I think it's safe to say that (a) my husband isn't quite as excited about my Artisan Design Team status as I am and that (b) he's perhaps a little concerned about my biscuit consumption!

There'll be lots more crafting fun here tomorrow so do come back and visit me then.