July offers

And it's straight back to my latest Christmas card because Stampin' Up! have some offers for you this month.

The first one is that if you spend £45 this month you get a Bonus Days code for £4.50 that you can spend with Stampin' Up! during August (this applies to each multiple of £45 you spend).

The most exciting offer though is a joining offer, we all want to join again.

For your £99 joining fee you get £195 worth of Stampin' Up! goodies, how fab is that?

Firstly you get to choose £130 worth of whatever you want from the catalogue, then you get a free Carols for Christmas stamp set which is brand new and will be in the Autumn/Winter catalogue, this a card I've made from my set:

These are the stamps in the set:

There is also a co-ordinating thinlit set and you can buy this within your £130 or get it from next month.

The other pack you get free contains a pack of grid paper, a bone folder, 2 x 'D' blocks for your stamps, a pair of paper snips and a snail adhesive.

It's pretty good isn't it?  So if you need to add to your stash and want lots extra for your money this is the way to do it.  

If you have any questions let me know - remember there is no obligation to do anything at all after 'joining' you can just buy your initial pack and that's you done so there is nothing to lose.

New Products!

A box of goodies has arrived to play with.

The back of this card uses a new large stamp called 'Marbled'.  I have used Soft Sky to ink it to keep it subtle but I already think I will be using this a lot.

The stamps and framelits are from the 'Ribbon of Courage' bundle which was inspired by Million Sales Achiever Patty Bennett.  More on this set to come another day.

I think these flowers are lovely.  I've also added a touch of Lemon Lime Twist Ombre ribbon.

This card was based on one in the catalogue - don't forget how much inspiration there can be in there sometimes.

Introducing ...

This weeks Christmas card is brought to you by the new colour 'Tranquil Tide' (apologies for the picture quality):

This is rather a nice shade that looks more blue or green depending on what other colours you team it with.

The Seasonal Bells stamp set and matching punch are in the new catalogue too.

More Eastern Palce

A couple more Eastern Palace examples.
Just a simple one which shows off how lovely this die is:

And then I've done similar but slightly different and nominate this card in Dapper Denim and Tranquil Tide as Christmas card of the week!
I've used Glimmer Paper for sparkle and a couple of extra dies to the card above - loving this Eastern Palace Suite!

Enjoy Today

Stampin' Up! have provided some card designs to start us off with the Eastern Palace Suite, you can have them too if you purchase a bundle, this card is one of them:

This card uses a Fresh Fig card base (rather nice isn't it?) and paper, stickers, ink, stamps, thinlits and tassel from the premier bundle currently on offer.

Hopefully by the time you read this I will have ordered new catalogues and be on my way to deciding which other items to pre-order and get working on to share with you!

Happy Easter

I hope everyone has a lovely Easter Sunday whatever you are doing today.

Another Christmas catch up

Keeping up with blogging still isn't going very well!

Just to let you know the retiring list for all the current Stampin' Up! catalogues will be available Monday night (I will add a link on here asap).  If you want any of the retiring colours in card stock, ink pads, ink refills etc you really need to order them before this as I can guarantee they will be gone almost straight away - the colours retiring are Watermelon Wonder, Tip Top Taupe, Cucumber Crush, Delightful Dijon and Mint Macaron.

Other items will be available while stocks last so if there is something you've been holding out for bear this in mind!

As I've got behind again I'll do another Christmas card catch up.

This card uses some of the 'This Christmas' Speciality DSP.

A Night of Navy and Whisper White combo on this one with the Holly Jolly Greetings stamp set.

This is the latest featuring Mine Macaron which is a retiring colour and the Embellished Ornaments stamp set.

All in blue

Another little catch up - sorry!  Much cutting out for next weeks High Tide stamping day.

This weeks Christmas card uses the Flurry of Wishes stamp set with a hint of Pacific Point:

I also had a party this week and did some paper piecing and masking which went down well.  This is one of my samples:

This sample is in Dapper Denim.  I need to take the picture off my phone which I will come back and share as I took a snap of all 9 ladies cards and they looked great!

It went down well as the techniques were new to some of them.

The lady is from the Beautiful You stamp set and the background is from Mediterranean Moments.

Just for you

A lovely subtle card that we made at On Stage in Telford.

This card uses some of the Falling In Love Designer Series Paper and one of the So Detailed thinlit dies which cut beautifully.

Then, of course there are matching stamps and embellishments!

Peekaboo bookmarks

I'm still rather liking the Avant Garden set which is a freebie if you spend over £45 during Sale-a-bration.

The Peekaboo Peach is nice and cheery too on what turned out to be a rather grey and wet day today.

This also means that the latest orders are doing the rounds this week!

Christmas Wishes

Still keeping it simple with Christmas card of the week!

This card shows off the 'This Christmas' DSP which is in the main catalogue.

The card base picks out the Cherry Cobbler in the design and I've added some matching enamel shapes in the corners.

The sentiment is from the co-ordinating stamp set, cut out with Stitched Shapes Framelits and finished with some gold ribbon.

Another catch up

Oh dear, because I haven't kept up with Facebook you didn't get to see last weeks Christmas card!

This card uses the Detailed Santa Thinlits which are still available to buy and ideal for a quick but very effective card.

Then there is another Beautiful You stamp in Flirty Flamingo which I have paper-pieced:

Followed by another egg box.  I have kept this one natural again (I will colour the next one) and added the Hey Chick stamps as promised.  This was the hostess gift for the party I did last week.

Beautiful You

This is a card I've CASE'd from Pinterest which is credited to www.scrapinium.blogspot.com.
I loved the subtle colouring on it.  The base colours are Very Vanilla and Sahara Sand, the other products used are:

Falling in Love Designer Series Paper
Gold Foil Sheets
So Detailed Thinlits
Stitched Shapes Framelits
Beautiful You stamp set
Special Reason stamp set
Classic Label Punch
Metallic Ribbon (SAB item)
Rhinestone Basic Jewels
Black Memento ink
Sahara Sand Ink

Special Day

A little bit of spotlighting today on the 'Inside the Lines' DSP which is a freebie as part of Sale-a-bration.

The part of the image I have punched out is coloured with the new watercolour pencils and a blender pen.

The sentiment and 'dots' stamps are in the set Dragonfly Dreams.

A Special Reason

A nice bright card today cased from a 'Juana Create' one I saw on Pinterest.

This uses the 'Special Reason' bundle which has 14 stamps in the set and 11 framelits.
I've seen lots of lovely combinations of the stamping and use of framelits.

I've used Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Cucumber Crush for the colours which also matches the ribbon.

A Teeny Tiny Sentiment and the Classic Label punch to cut it out.

Anniversary flowers

A little look at items in the Falling in Love Suite today with this card:

I've used Very Vanilla and Smoky Slate card and layered this very lovely thinlit from the So Detailed set to show it off - it cuts beautifully.

The sentiment is from the co-ordinating So in Love set and the satin ribbon and embellishment are also part of the suite.
Lots more samples of all the other items to come.

Beautiful You

New products are coming thick and fast now!

The stamps on this card are from a gorgeous new stamp set called Beautiful You.
The set contains several ladies, a couple of arty squiggles and some lovely words.

I've stamped these on a 'Lots of Labels' framelit which is layered on some Blooms and Bliss DSP from the Annual Catalogue.  I have sneaked in a bit of ribbon from the Winter Catalogue too as it went so well with the Rich Razzleberry background.

Warmth and Cheer

A couple of cards using the Warmth and Cheer product suite today.

This card uses some of the 6"x6" Designer Series paper stack which has 48 double-sided sheets in and is currently only £4.50 instead of £9 until stocks run out - a bargain - let me know if you 'need' any.

I've used strips of it and cut the end with the Triple Banner Bunch and finished with some co-ordinating ribbon.

This card uses a stamp from the co-ordinating set and the lovely embossing folder.  The paper is used with the Bow Builder Punch for this card.

Snowman

This is the card I made for all the Bloomin' Buds this week - another Pinterest find.

I've embossed a piece of Old Olive with the Softly Falling embossing folder and then the snowman is made of Swirly Scribbles thinlits, Snow Friends Scarf and Jolly Hat builder punch (the buttons are from the Cookie Cutter punch).

Finished with a bit of ribbon!

Secret Projects!

These are the 'secret' projects that I made for Stampin' Up! OnStage at Telford recently.

I'll share them individually eventually and as the new products get introduced.

I was lucky enough to get some new products to play with and have also used a few current items to highlight the new additions.

This card uses the Detailed Floral Thinlits already in the catalogue but uses a new Peekaboo Peach ombre ink pad that will be available in January.