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  Tags made using the 'Something for everything' Ephemera Pack 22nd August 2024 I was just reading my last post and my Blog generally and realise it is terribly out of date!  The main reason I have written this post is that Stampin' Up have announced that they are going to be doing a scrapbooking offer. I am elated as I was missing my scrapbooking and workshops and generally getting together with people and having a fantastic day.  I have been travelling all the way to Purbrook where I grew up 3 hours drive away from Devon where I live now (and that it on a good day with the wind behind me and no holiday makers on the road! ) to take part in Creative Memories scrapbooking workshops. (There is only one person who you can buy products from in the EU and CM is quite expensive). I have been unable to run my own workshops by the fact that Stampin' Up do not have a decent scrapbooking offering - but it looks like starting next week they will!!  On this website I will need to

Tuesday 30th January 2024 Hello after such a long time!  I recently changed my full time job for a part time one and this has as a result left me some crafting time.  I got married in September and as a result I changed my surname so no longer Jo Penney now Jo Poulton! The same initials luckily so I don’t have to change my email or blog name Joppy ! You can probably see by the photos that I have been using a new stamp set that came out with the new Stampin’ Up spring/summer catalogue. It is called 'Thoughtful Expressions' It has a beautiful humming bird on it and I love the way you can curve it around your card sentiment. I bought it as soon as I saw the humming bird, as my daughter living in Canada has fallen  in love with these beautiful birds and sends me videos of them coming to her feeder.  I love a stamp set that has some main images and sentiments that I can use on a day to day basis. The sentiment ‘ there are no words’ is actually a good one despite the irony of it taki