Hello everyone I think the last time i sent a news letter out to everyone i was commenting on what a mild winter we where having….well it appears i spoke to soon… its been freezing here… Just two weeks ago we had SNOW!!!!….

Still… it can only get better…. i must admit i am looking forward to seeing a bit of sun now. All the Daffs are up…tulips are out….all the baby lambs are bouncing about…it is a great time of the year.

Well we have just got back from Alexander Palace ….what a great show!!! lovely venue…one of my favourites. It was great to see you all there and speak to some of you in person… its always good for us to put a face to the voice or the emails we receive.

Well we had a very successful day on launching our NEW Face Book page at Ally Pally….. something i never thought i would understand and get into… but thanks to you guys popping over to the F.B page to say hello you have inspired me that this is such a great way to communicate, you have all given me the confidence to move forward with the times…. What a great way to share all your Knowledge , experiences and art work…you are all truly talented people. So please if you haven’t already come to say hello …please do . It would be great to see you. http://www.facebook.com/LaviniaStamps This is just the beginning…. we have some great ideas coming up for the future

This month i am working on card toppers using our lovely designs….which introduces another way of making cards without the Stamping or the Brayering!!!…. its all about building layers to create something totally different but unique. Some people have a real flare for using card toppers, its always good to experience new fresh ideas… its important to me to reach customers that like to craft in different ways, so the card Toppers will open the door to a new avenue…. exciting stuff…!!

Well the next show for us is in Liverpool http://www.ichf.co.uk/csh/?show=liverpool, check out our exhibition dates http://laviniastamps.com/category/exhibitions/… it will be great to see you there. Then we are off to our local show at Port sunlight  http://happystampersnorthwest.co.uk/FestivalMay2012_Details.aspx it is based on a ticket entrance only…. but there are still tickets left to purchase… so come and check it out….its a lovely friendly environment.

Just thought i would leave you with one of our tranquil scenes ….. i can almost feel that sun on my face..

Take care everyone and speak to you all very soon

Tracey and Kevin

xxx

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 

I am sending this announcement  out just confirming to all my customers that i have not designed for Katy Sue designs…..( Flower Soft)

The printed backgrounds are not mine , the silhouette Fairy stickers are not mine and the fairy silhouette stamps are not mine… although, as pointed out by many of you…. look remarkably like mine!!! ( Lavinia Stamps )

I have received a mass of emails which have flooded in during the last few days regarding these products, airing how you all feel…it is clear to me that people are not happy… (to put it politely)….with what Katy Sue has done.

I understand all your concerns and appreciate all your letters ..emails  posts, phone calls  etc. I thank you for your loyalty.  I am truly overwhelmed by all your support….

Blessings

Tracey

and now onto much nicer things……

Hello

Well Spring is just around the corner ….finally !! although we can’t complain can we?…we have had an incredibly mild winter.Although i have missed having a little snow this year.

Well lets hope the economy has picked up this year and things start moving in the right direction, there has been so much doom and gloom and the press don’t help.So here’s to a better year for everyone fingers crossed.

Thanks for all your support and patience in December and January… didn’t think moving house would be quite as stressful as it was…and although we still aren’t quite sorted things are looking better, at least my cats are happy.

Well we have been busy with more designs…more stamps….more Scene -Scapes…. I have created a fab new range of colourful scene -Scapes, a little different than the ones brought out last year …. these have been especially designed to fit different envelope sizes as suggested by you guys….so please take a peek http://laviniastamps.com/products-page/scenescapes/.Already they have been flying out.

For those of you who don’t know about  the Scene-Scapes  they are printed Brayer backgrounds on good quality card…. its to give people a head start….maybe help if you are struggling to use the  Brayer, or i just tend to use them if i need to make a speedy birthday card. What’s better is that this type of card allows you to add more colour if you want to change it a little…. pop another mountain or hill in… distress the edges of your card…. its limitless what you can do.Then of course once your happy with the final background ….just stamp away….easy !!

Our new stamps are a must have…. They go so well with our Scene-Scapes….i hope you agree…..http://laviniastamps.com/products-page/accessories/new-products-2012/

This one in particular was a complete sell out at the Make it Show in Farnborough…along with quite a few others, but they are all pretty much back in stock again now.

Something new and exciting that Kev and i are doing is putting a face book page together…. so we can connect with you guys ….see all your lovely work..and we can keep you all informed as to new products…new promotions…it will be great….. looking forward to that… i will keep you all posted as to when that will be happening …so watch this space….!!

Well we have a busy month ahead …Kevs in Glasgow next week…then its onto Harrogate and then the biggie at the NEC….please take a look at our exhibition dates http://laviniastamps.com/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-table/wp-table-admin.php&mode=edit&id=2 It will be great if you can pop along to see us…you can ask us any questions and learn so much from the demonstrations, so hopefully see you there…..

Buy for now and take care….xxx

Hello again,

I promised I would let you know our new change of address and telephone number….so here it is

Y’llethrau

Cyffylliog

Ruthin

LL151PH

Tel; 01824 710691

Thank you everyone

Happy Christmas…..

Hello everyone,

I cannot believe Christmas is just a month away now, the weather has been so mild!! ( although i dont want to speak to soon )…it just doesn’t feel like winter….not that i am complaining …we have had some beautiful sunny days haven’t we?

Well i hope you have all been busy making your Christmas cards….unlike me who always leaves it to the last minute ….infact i haven’t even thought about Christmas shopping yet….since arriving back from the N.E.C its been all systems go here as alot of you already know we are moving house/business….. it has been slightly stressful to say the least…but all very exciting too.

We have had a date put forward in which we hope to be in our new premices, around the 5th Dec fingers crossed so although the website will be open to take orders it maybe a week before you recieve them, but we will do our up most to get these orders out to you as soon as possible, so i am thanking you now for your patience.

We have tried every which way we can to keep our business line but unfortunately due to us moving to a different exchange area we can’t, so i will be sending out our new details to you all just as soon as we are in, but please dont be mithered by this as ghere will be a message on our old number redirecting you to our new.

Our new Calendars are now available to buy online…while stocks last anyway !!. These calendars are all based on our NEW background papers, take a closer look on our website, click on the image to enlarge.They will make great Christmas pressies as well as practical ones…..i know thats what my family and friends will be recieving of me this year..!! Talking of Background papers, i have just this second posted them up on the website, so they are now available to buy… take a peek, for those of you who aren’t keen stampers, these papers are perfect …great for scrapbooking, ideal to make a quick card….brilliant if you are a cutter and a sticker….they are so versatile… im a stamper myself but these papers have opened up another door for me and i have had great fun using them for some new projects…so much so… i will definately be designing some more.

I will be using January to start designing again….plenty more ideas in the pipe line just not enough time to get them all down on paper as of yet…. hopefully they will be worth waiting for, i will be sending out another news letter just as soon as they are available.

As for shows…we will be attending a few new venues which i will be posting up on the website shortly…we have a couple of one day shows with Ross Papercrafts in January which are proving to be increasingly popular, Bluewater with I.C.H.F in Febrary and we are back at the” Make it” show in Farnbrough in February as well. We will also be attending the new show been held at Manchester with the I.C.H.F. So exciting new venues for you to come and see us at if you are in the area.

Well thats all for now.. Dont forget we will update you on our new address and phone number just as soon as we are in.

Thanks so much for your time and patience and supporting us over this last year and we look forward to seeing you you all in the new year.

Have a wonderful Christmas and peaceful blessings for the new year ahead.

Take care for now

Tracey and Kevin x

Hello,

Well Autumn is here, my favourite time of year. Hope you all had a wonderful summer, we did get some sun didn’t we ?? but its time to get the winter woollies out now.

Well as usual its been a busy time for us over the summer holidays… i have been doing lots of new designs, some of them have been  for my friend Lucy from the Craft Station .. She wanted me to do a range of Stencils for her…. so please check them out tell me what you think ??http://www.sweet-poppy.co.uk/catalog/… so if you like Stencils …hopefully you will like these.

I am working on 2012 Calendar …. so hopefully i will have this in stock around about October /November…so again watch out for it ….they went so well last year i am going to try to do one every year.

I am also working on creating some backing papers to go along side my French Fairy range, i think these will compliment the stamps well. It will open the door to Scrapbookers and to people that may just prefer working with papers as oppose to stamps… so this is another thing in the pipe line to watch out for.

Amongst all this we are also in the process of moving house…so just to let you all know now we will be closing for two weeks in November sometime after the N.E.C…. So a big sorry for any inconvenience, but please bare with us, we intend to get up and running A.S.A.P. So any Christmas orders ,please order as soon as possible to save any disappointment.

We will put a notice up any how just to remind you when it happens.

This is just a quick news letter as the main reason i am writing this is to let all you patient people know that  our new DOUBLE D.V.D is now out !!!!!!!, i will be posting it up on the website in the next day or two.

 Price £19.80. Each disc comprises  of six different cards….so that’s twelve cards in total for you to learn how to master. I will take you through each card from beginning to end…i can promise you by the time you get to the end of the D.V.D you will have learnt how to  master the Brayer and the Cut ‘n’ Dry..more info will be up on the website just as soon as i post it up there.

Thanks for your time and patience …look forward to seeing alot of you towards the run up to christmas hopefully at the shows we will be attending.

Take care for now

XX

Hello everybody,

Thanks for being sooooo…. patient with my next news letter… so many shows , just haven’t had time to sit down. more…

Hello everybody,

Sorry about the delay on updating you with all our news its been a particularly busy few months, we have had a fantastic response from our features in the Craft Stamper …so thank you to all my customers that have been a part in that

Well Spring is almost here and I think we are sooo… ready for it, its nice to have a bit of sun after the cold spell we have just encountered.

We are in for another busy year with all the shows we have lined up   full list of all the events here. We will be doing a couple of extra shows this year as you see from our exhibition list, hopefully we will see you there.

You may have noticed that Kev (my partner) will be attending a few of the shows without me this year , but a good friend of ours, ”Phill” will be helping us out, so Kev will be doing the demonstrating …just to show you how easy it really is, as he has only picked up a Brayer Roller in the last few months and he doing a fantastic job. This way i can concentrate on more designs, but i will still  be attending the majority of the shows.

Well you will be excited to know we have just completed our next range of stamps. They will be on sale……, ”fingers crossed” at the Harrogate show on March 19th-  20th

I hope you like them , I have had a wonderful time designing them and cannot wait to start playing, they are French themed and a little different to what I normally do but I am quite sure they will inspire you , I can’t wait to see your cards on the customer gallery from this new range, there are some truly talented people out there if you haven’t seen our customer gallery check it out and click here     Readers Gallery.

I have uploaded a couple of the new stamps ( see below) so you can get a feel for whats coming up.

We are still working on our dvd….i dont like to speak to soon but we will hopefully taking orders at the N.E.C in March for our double dvd ….. we decided to go with producing a double as we failed to produce a dvd  last year due to major technical problems, we really needed to catch up with all the new designs so thought this might be a good idea, i am sure you wont be disappointed.

So all in all its going to be another exciting year….fresh ideas …new designs….and now a new double dvd.

Thank you to all our customers…and you know who you are!!!! for all your help ,support and all your creative ideas….keep it up

Hopefully see you soon at one of our shows

Take care xx

Hello and welcome to Novembers news letter, well the shows have come to an end for us this year but I will be posting up more show dates for next year very soon….so keep checking the website for updates.

I just wanted to take this time to thank all you lovely people for supporting us over this last year  its been lovely to see so many faces visit us at all the shows up and down the country.

I am amazed at the followers we now have, its been quite an over whelming year for us. We will try our up most to continue on with new designs , more ideas and new products next year. We have lots in the pipe line so you wont be disappointed. We are passionate about what we do, and its great to meet people with that same passion.

Thank you for sending in your lovely card samples, please keep up the good work .The gallery wouldn’t be the same without your fab ideas.

Craft Stamper Magazine

Thank you for all your lovely comments on our projects in the recent Craft Stamper magazine. We have got more projects coming up in Craft Stamper in the next few months, so keep a look out, the projects will be featuring all our new designs.

Workshops.

I have a couple of dates for workshops in January, we don’t have many spaces and it will be based on a first come first serve. If you are interested please give us a ring on  01824 702057. Our two dates are 14th and 15th January, don’t worry if these dates are not suited to you more workshops will be organised  in the not to distant future

New Designs

We have a fab new calendar with 12 inspiring card images see below.

Calendar Cover

Back of Calender, all twelve images appear inside our Calender, one for each month

Peel-Offs

The other product we have which will be available to you in the next few weeks are a range of Peel- offs.  We have many customers who love our range of stamps but unfortunately due to arthritic conditions are unable to use stamps. Peel-offs are a great way forward to help people who cannot stamp, or  just don’t want to stamp, kids will love these to, no mess just peel and stick, how easy is that. we hope you like them and they prove to be as popular as our stamp range.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read our News letter, I am hoping to get another one in before Christmas, just to bring you up to date with everything.

So bye for now and speak to you all very soon

Lavinia x 

Our next show Alexander Palace is the 25-26th of Sept so we will be away from the 23rd and back on the 27th,any orders made during this time will be posted just as soon as we are back.

Thank you

Well another month has passed…..how quick was that.

Well we have been designing like mad and now have a really nice new range of stamps out, that I hope you like.

I am in the process of putting some new images up in the gallery so you can have a look at what you can achieve with the new stamps, so its defiantly worth taking a peek. Just click on the link below and it will take you straight to the new stamps.

For those of you who haven’t seen our new product ranges click here  New Products section

Exhibitions

The next show we will be attending is ”The Big Stamp and Scrapbooking show” held at Alexander Palace, please check the website out if you would like more information on this show www.bssbs.co.uk .

You can see all our other shows we are attending if you click here    full list of all the events here

Craft Stamper Magazine

Thank you for all your lovely comments on the Autumn leaf project in the October issue Craft Stamper magazine.

There is another project due out in next months Craft Stamper, the November issue, its worth taking a look if you are a fan of the Brayer Roller or even if you are just crazy about stamping.

Workshops

A lot of customers have been asking when and where I intend to have my next workshop, well I am hoping in the next news letter I will have some dates for you, At the moment I am looking at a few  weekends during January but need to clarify this first, so watch out for your next news letter,then it will be a case of contacting me if you are interested.

Next designs

Believe it or not we are already working on our next lot of new designs,these will be so different from what we usually do , but you wont be disappointed…far from it .I am really excited about the launch of these hopefully in January,but will keep you informed.

Thank you for taking the time to read our news letter,I hope you enjoy looking at our lovely new range of stamps and look forward to seeing you at some of our future shows.

Take care for now

Tracey Lavinia