Stampin' Up!'s Weekly Deals Extended Throughout May

Stampin' Up!'s New Weekly Deals

Great news! The Stampin' Up! Weekly Deals are being extended through May! 

These are the products on offer this week (w/c 30 April): -

Some great products there - do I NEED the Tasteful Trim Die?!

Remember you can now order online - if you would like to order any of the products in this week's deals please click on the button on the right hand side and you will be whisked to my online shop where you can pop them into your basket! If you would prefer not to shop online please either email me or give me a call on07530 368466 and I will be happy to help. 

Stampin' Up! Etcetera Dress Form Card

Stampin' Up! Etcetera Dress Form Card

Another card using the gorgeous Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper for you today. This time I have used Etcetera with Baked Brown Sugar, Pool Party & Night of Navy card. I cut out the dress form as the focal point and then cut shapes from the co-ordinating papers using the Banner Framelits and Circles Collection Framelits Dies to mat it on. 

The background was stamped onto Very Vanilla card using En Francais and all the edges sponged with Crumb Cake ink. A Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon bow and some Pearl Basic Jewels finish off the card.

A quick and easy card to make - and I know just who I am going to send it to!

Here are the main Stampin' Up! supplies used to make today's card. Remember you can now order online if you prefer - if you click on the image you will be directed to my online store where you can pop them into your shopping basket. If you would prefer not to order online please either email me or give me a call on07530 368466 and I will be happy to help.

Gift Boxes with Stampin' Up! Soho Subway

Gift Boxes with Stampin' Up! Soho Subway

I made these gift boxes ages ago but never shared them with you.  I absolutely love this Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper - it is called Soho Subway and and this pattern is probably my favourite of all the the DSP in the catalogue!  

To make the box I started with a tutorial from my fabulously talented friend and fellow demonstrator Sam Donald - aka Pootles.  I had to alter the size of the box to fit the contents - bars of chocolate - but that was simple enough.

I used Early Espresso & Crisp Cantaloupe card as they match the paper perfectly - don't you just love that about Stampin' Up!?  The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set, cut using the Big Shot and Bitty Banners Framelits Dies. Two Scallop Circle Punches (1 3/4" & 1 1/4") were layered with a Very Vintage Designer Button tied with Linen Thread. The box is tied with a length of Victoria Crochet Trim.

So what do you think? I think they were well received - I know the contents were!

Here are the main Stampin' Up! supplies used to make today's card. Remember you can now order online if you prefer - if you click on the image you will be directed to my online store where you can pop them into your shopping basket. If you would prefer not to order online please either email me or give me a call on07530 368466 and I will be happy to help.

Project Life by Stampin' Up! & Becky Higgins

Project Life by Stampin' Up! & Becky Higgins

Stampin' Up! have released some very exciting news - they are partnering with Becky Higgins, the creator of Project Life, to bring Project Life by Stampin' Up! We will have Project Life products in a range of exclusive and co-ordinating Stampin' Up! colours and designs - WOW!

If you're not familiar with Project Life, it is a super simple, totally affordable way to get your photographs into albums. It is a pocket-based scrapbooking system that allows you to file your photos and journaling cards quickly and easily so that you spend more time making making memories and less time scrapbooking them!

There will be a complete Project Life product line on offer in the New Annual Catalogue that launches here in the UK on 1st July 2014 but there will be a small selection available earlier. Here is some more information to temp you from Shelli Gardner, Stampin' Up! CEO and Becky Higgins herself:

How fabulous does that look?  And why not also check out what Becky has to say on her blog 

I can't wait to see what Project Life by Stampin' Up! will involve! Don't forget that Demonstrators always get to order products before the general public at a discounted price so why not consider joining my team so you can get this product range early? 

Washi Tape & Stampin' Up! Just Sayin' Stamp Set

Washi Tape & Stampin' Up! Just Sayin' Stamp Set

The Stampin' Up! Team I am in "The Pinkies" have a fortnightly Creative Challenge and the current one is to use Washi Tape. Now obviously I have all the Stampin' Up! Washi Tape but never really know what to do with it!  I needed some cards to send out with orders so this project kind of morphed from that.

The notelets were easy peasy. I cut Very Vanilla card card bases (7.5cm x 15cm) so they fitted into the Stampin' Up Square Envelopes, a Coastal Cabana mat (7 x7 cm) and more Very Vanilla (6.5 x 6.5cm) for the top layer. I stamped Baked Brown Sugar splodges with Gorgeous Grunge and added stripes of Retro Fresh Designer Washi Tape. The sentiment is from the Just Sayin' stamp set cut out using the Big Shot and the Word Bubble Framelits.

Well then I obviously had to make a box for them - so grabbed the Simply Scored Scoring Tool and came up with this to fit the notelets. The slope was a "happy accident" as I added up my measurements incorrectly - I quite like it!  I love the Ruffle Stretch Trim for making belly bands and zig-zagged two pieces together on my sewing machine (so it still stretches).

So what do you think? Quick and easy to make - and would be a cute gift to give to someone.

Here are the main Stampin' Up! supplies used to make today's card. Remember you can now order online if you prefer - if you click on the image you will be directed to my online store where you can pop them into your shopping basket. If you would prefer not to order online please either email me or give me a call on07530 368466 and I will be happy to help.

Eastern Elegance with Stampin' Up! Apothecary Art

Eastern Elegance with Stampin' Up! Apothecary Art

I made this one a while ago when I was using my "A" stamps and forget to share it with you - sorry!  So today's colours are Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana and Crisp Cantaloupe. I stamped the image from Apothecary Art stamp set onto Naturals White card, using the Stamp-a-ma-jig to lie up the sentiment. The image was cut out using the Labels Collection Framelits and Big Shot. I added some colour to the flowers using a Blender Pen. 

The Designer Series Paper is from Eastern Elegance - they are such tranquil colours. The oval was cut using the Big Shot and Ovals Collections Framelits.  Whisper White Baker's Twine, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack flowers, Pearl Basic Jewels and lots of sponging finish off the card.

I like the "wishy washy" feel of this card - even I can colour when it doesn't have to be accurate!

Here are the main Stampin' Up! supplies used to make today's card. Remember you can now order online if you prefer - if you click on the image you will be directed to my online store where you can pop them into your shopping basket. If you would prefer not to order online please either email me or give me a call on07530 368466 and I will be happy to help.

Steampunk & Cogs with Stampin' Up! Clockworks

Steampunk & Cogs with Stampin' Up! Clockworks

So Clockworks was ANOTHER Stampin' Up! stamp set which I had bought as I loved it and then NEVER used as I wasn't sure how to use it......  Steampunk is bang on trend and is defined as "a genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powdered machinery rather than advanced technology" - well this card fits the bill perfectly.

As soon as I saw the Starburst Framelits Dies I knew they would make perfect cogs when combined with the Circles Collection Framelits. The picture below shows how to layer up the framelits before running them through the Big Shot:

So to the card. I  used Soft Suede and Crushed Curry ink and the Clockworks stamp set to stamp the background and added Old Olive & Crumb Cake splodges and splashes using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.  I then sprizted the card using Crumb Cake re inker and rubbing alcohol.  I cut out several cogs as shown above and built them up - I am not sure an engineer would approve of my configuration though!  

The sentiment is from the Perfect Pennants stamp set and cut using the Banners Framelits Dies (don't forget you can save 15% buying these as a bundle)  I layered it on Linen Thread - I seem to be using rather a lot of this at the moment!

I have to say I was really pleased with how this turned out - I am loving the distressed grungy style right now and this was fun to make.

Here are the main Stampin' Up! supplies used to make today's card. Remember you can now order online if you prefer - if you click on the image you will be directed to my online store where you can pop them into your shopping basket. If you would prefer not to order online please either email me or give me a call on07530 368466 and I will be happy to help.