At Stately (or no 10 Downing Street) Home with you!!?

I thought I would give you a laugh for the weekend... this is a At Home With You card that did not quite work out as planned... some different ideas but the final overall execution... well you know... not quite what I had in my head originally!

It quickly got dubbed my Stately Home or no 10 Downing Street card (home of UK Prime Minister for those of you that don't know the address!)... or of course "another Tardis in the making" card... none of which were the original concept...

So I will just point out the details rather than comment on the whole...

Opening door this time as per the original concept of the At Home dies.... love that feature...

White picket fence care of chopped down Adirondack chairs from the Seasonal Layers dies... plus daisies care of one of the At Home With You stamp images...

And the crowning glory... Planter care of the Seasonal Layers Adirondack chair chopped down again ...and flowers from a different At Home With You pot...

So there you have it....  only taken me 4 months or so to share it!!!

Have I got news for you!

Couldn't wait to share some exciting news...

Not one...but two exciting new promotions coming up from 1st October.... and a reminder of a third one too...

First up... buy 3 of the following papers and get a 4th one of them for free... and you get to choose which one you want for free! Yes... you can buy three of the £9 packs and get a £11.50 pack for free!! Who would have thought...

Available for all the month of October... Do check out the images at the end of this post if you would like to see more of these papers...

Second up... to celebrate World Cardmaking Day (which is on 7th October)... a 3 part offer... but do note that these offers are available from 1-10 OCTOBER ONLY...

(1) 15% off note cards & envelopes... both in Whisper White and the new Very Vanilla... I know this deal will be very popular for many peoples' christmas card making this year...

(2) 15% off select stamp sets... these being the co-ordinating stamp sets to the papers on offer... clever!

And last but not least...

(3) Buy a Fast Fuse adhesive tool (£9)... and get 2 refills (£14s worth) for free! Wow... what a deal... got to be worth trying now...

And remember that October orders over £250 will also give you the host exclusive stamp set, Merry Patterns for free too...

 

And a bit more of a visual for you... check out 4 of the papers below ... or go to the end of this post which is a video rundown through the Annual Catalogue papers (not Christmas Around the World or Painted Harvest as they are in the Autumn Winter catalogue!)

Click the picture below for the video flicking through the other papers (note that some of these papers are not on the offer! Though most are!!)

And do remember to enter my October host code J7WDEP9W, for a free gift from me too... (for orders over £25) 

Though for orders over £150... please do not enter this code and claim your own Stampin Rewards when ordering... you will still get a gift from me too...

Background Bits & Polished Stone Technique

Well today was different! I finally got time to craft! Been a long while!

But then I got so carried away I forgot to take any photos and it is way too dark now to photo without more shadow than light!

So in the meantime...here are some a much more me-colour-combination of some cards we made earlier in the year... but that I forgot to share at the time...

So Sahara Sand meets Pool Party, Dapper Denim & Tranquil Tide... using the Polished Stone Technique on Gloss card... and the hostess exclusive stamp set, Background Bits for those gorgeous flower silhouettes...

Want to get your hands on the exclusive hostess sets without spending £150 at one go... then join my Craft Spa Rewards Club... just click here to contact me for more information

Quick cards...simple cards... but so effective... and I have to admit that they have been high in the favourite class cards this year ... 

Season & Year of Cheer Double Display Card

So a remake was on the cards for this one... something for Christmas this time... but using the same Year of Cheer papers, Foil Snowflakes, Clear Faceted Gems and the old favourite Large Square Double Display card fold... 

But a few other details changed as I went along...

Seasonal Layers snowflakes die cut from the Champagne Foil before assembly...

And if you look closely... some of the snowflake waste was used as pin/brad heads at the corners and centres... perfect little detail... so they are all getting saved now!

Die cut Stitched Frames circle used for the greeting.... which is from Watercolor Christmas...and heat embossed in copper... 

Large Foil Snowflakes cut and stuck the other way round...

Hearts Come Home... a bit of Bright & Sparkle!

As per an individual request... I have added something bright and something sparkly to one of the Hearts Come Home cards I shared a few weeks back...

So... take this card... add an extra 1 3/4" Circle punched Silver Glimmer moon and a bright Real Red house to make it pop... and she is very happy now!

And of course a quick change to the sentiment to sum it all up!

Floral Statements oh so simple...

Simply white embossed on Crumb Cake... on a Whisper White panel... onto a Crumb Cake card... you really don't need to do anything more with this beautiful greeting!

Though I do highly recommend colouring in the flowers if you have a bit more time... click here for details on that... 

The coloured version was so popular I thought I should share the even simpler one!

And a couple of tips for you if you like "looking" around my blog... 

I couldn't find the coloured flowers version by searching in the Search box on here... but I remembered my Pinterest board onto which I pin all my projects... and it took me seconds to find it on there! Click here for the "Made at The Craft Spa" board... 

Or click here for my "Tutorials at The Craft Spa" board... I am adding to that one somewhat more ad-hocly at the moment... but they will all get on there eventually! 30 or so on... 100s to go!

Or just click here to follow me on Pinterest.... 

And finally.... I should be back to normal service very soon... been such a busy few months... my feet will be so glad to see the ground for a change!

At Home With You New Home Card

Another card that slipped through the share net.... although I did share the Christmas version... 

The 2 cards are very similar... just a Tranquil Tide door on this one.... a sign on the door and different flowers & pots 

More details for the Christmas card can be found by clicking here... 

Year of Cheer Anniversary Cards

Remember this card... well here are a couple of alternatives made by friends...

They were so happy to get some anniversary cards made when they were expecting all Christmas makes!  Especially Heidi whose 26th Anniversary was that day!! Phew...

Click here for more details on the card including the links to the Tutorials for the Card Fold... 

Bath with Champagne... Sunken Bench Fold Card!!

Can't believe I didn't share this card with you ages ago....  This is the alternative card I came up with for Karen's 50th birthday as another of our friends, Andrea had already made the Red Aga (Kitchen Range!) card for her.... click here for that card and the back story...

So I have more to tell you about Karen today.... not only is she a master baker... but she is rather partial to a glass of Champagne (or Prosecco when needs must!)

Hence the add of the champagne flute to both the Aga and the Bath card....

And yes this card does "sink down" so you get the bottom of the bath at the bottom of the card.... fun!

And then I had so much fun.... and went a bit mad... care of images I came upon on the Internet... a true one off in decoration!

As Karen likes a spot of Limoncello with her Prosecco...

But her first love from the bar is actually Bacardi and Coke!!

And she loves here Jo Malone... so on it all went... too much fun on my part....

Needless to say Karen loved her bespoke card... and the Bath Card and the Red Aga Card took pride of place at Karen's 50th Birthday party... though I am not sure all the other party goers understood the excitement over them!! But they did all learn a bit more about Karen!!! LOL...

I haven't completed the tutorial for the details of this version yet... but the tutorial for the Bench Fold Card Series ONE set of Aga, BBQ and Tool Bench can be yours by clicking here... it is the same card/fold...

Stamps used are Mixed Drinks for the glasses and Milestone Moments... Tap & shower spray care of the Adirondack Chair in the Seasonal Layers dies... unfortunately no close up photo taken at the time...

And yes it does all fold flat to fit in an envelope...

Alternative Watercolor Christmas Kit

Subtle difference... but one that adds a real pop as it "anchors" all the gold sequin trim...

Just the use of gold embossing for the greetings... compared to the black ink as recommended and as can be seen by clicking here.... have to admit that there was a real queue for the heat gun once one was embossed...

All the details for the cards here too...

And some more close ups of the embossed versions for you... made by friends... 

Card Front Builder dies meet Lovely as a Tree

A further little play with one of my favourite cards made so far this year.... click here for the original card details... 

After demoing at a lot of my classes.... I had quite a few of the misty panels made up and ready to go... so I thought I would try something different... so the Card Front Builder dies came out and the Lovely as A Tree stamps went away... 

So Tranquil Tide for the trees duo die cut... Silver Glimmer for the die cut little deer.... and a punched Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer circle to finish...

Tranquil Tide greeting from Half Full... which happened to be out at the time...