Cardmaking-Companion-Blog

I've just got back from a really good day out at the North West Happy Stampers Spring Stamp Festival. The show is held twice a year and I also went to the Autumn show last October.

As you can see from the photograph the event was very busy. It is a ticketed event and was completely sold out. Most stalls had demonstrators and it was just a case of being patient and gradually working your way to the front so you could see what was going on.

I went with my friend, Jean, who is relatively new to card making, and we both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

I had set myself a budget before going but there were so many good offers the budget just went out the window!

Among other things, I bought quite a lot of miniature floral bouquets embellishments so I think you'll be seeing them on quite a few cards in up and coming blog posts.

With regard to actual rubber stamps I was very controlled - I bought a bargain set of Penny Black baby stamps, 3 wooden sentiment stamps, and 1 really cute  character stamp!

I also treated myself to a couple of new punches to make some grunge flowers with -  so as soon as I've finished writing this I'm going to have a play!