Tips & techniques on how to sell your handmade crafts easily, confidently & successfully : Pinkies Spring/Summer blog hop

Welcome back and thank you for stopping by today for Part 2 of the Pinkies Spring/Summer Blog Hop.

We are showcasing lots of new gorgeous projects today, using products from the new Stampin’ Up!® Spring/Summer Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep on hopping. We love comments, so please tell us what you think!

If you have arrived here from Dawn's blog, a big hello and welcome to you.........

My card for today showcases the gorgeous new Dress Up framelits dies (130101 £20.95) from the new Spring/Summer catalogue but with a vintage/retro twist.

The card itself is in Whisper White cardstock (106550 £7.50 for 40 A4 sheets) which was run through the Big Shot die cutting machine (113439 £87.95) using the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder (117335 £7.50) to give some definition to the background.

I used crumb cake cardstock (121685 £6.25 for 24 A4 sheets) for cutting the tailors dummy framelit and then used one of the two dress shape framelits ( 130101 £27.95) combined with the Tea for Two designer series paper (129311 £9.95 for 12 x 12"x12" sheets) for the dress itself. I just love the spring feel of the yellows and blue hues in this set of designer series papers!

The dress was finished off with some new vanilla Flower Trim (126869 £6.25 for 1.8m) along with a few Pearl basic jewels (119247 £4.50 for 150) at the neckline.

The new cute clips provided the hanger clip (129389 £4.50 for 24 - 8 of 3 designs) to add some more detail.

As ticket sentiments are sooo fashionable at the moment (and so very versatile!) I have used two from the new That's the Ticket stamp set which includes 8 all year round ticket sentiments (wood mount 128072 £20.95/clear mount 128075 £16.95) and punched these with the new cute Ticket Duo Builder punch (126883 £15.50).

That's all from me for today - from here you can hop over to Nicky's blog to see what crafty creations she has made for you to enjoy!

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You really have become my guiding light and I've shared your page several times with my fellow Etsians. Sound and smart advice and guidance! Know you are appreciated.

- Paula Wasiluck Doan, BeDotted

Just popping over to say a huge thank you for all your tips recently. I've picked up loads of things that have been very handy. Big, big, thank you.

- Kate Moore, The Literate Stitch

A couple of months ago I asked you about increasing interaction on my page & you gave me advice around engagement and asking questions to my customers building up trust. Since doing this I have noticed that my interaction talked about figures have gone up people are engaging more in my posts and we are building up trust which had resulted in a few more sales!

- Vaishali Mcmillan, The Little Treehouse Children's Boutique

I started to make jewellery as a hobby in 2010 since then i have gathered various skills, which has caused customers at work, friends and family to say "oooh you should sell your creations". I fumbled around with advertising, a single fair and a couple of car boots. I found i wasn't doing very well and started to get frustrated and looked for help. I immediately found Marketing Creatively and since then everything has changed for my business and I! Using the 50 "cardinal rules" (as i call them) and every single piece of information i can suck from your blog, I am starting to expand my reach ten fold, i am finding networking much easier and much more focused, I am now blogging, which to my surprise is a big hit, and i am also planning to do tutorial videos and contact my local newspapers and such to get a bit of coverage. All in all I can't thank you enough. You have been such a great inspiration and help and I know I couldn't have done it without your support, and the support.

- Freya Lucy Elizabeth, Serendipity Jewelery

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