Cookie Cutter Paper Clips

Very quick share today... my Christmas family of Cookie Cutter paper clips ...

A few Santas...

A few gingerbread men...

Need to make a few teddys and eskimos... as they are actually my favourites!! Oh and Rudolph of course...

Not got your Autumn Winter catalogue yet... well one of these could be yours too... just contact me here

New Autumn Winter Products Blog Hop Today

Hello and welcome to The Craft Spa for the Jems Monthly Blog Hop featuring new products from the Autumn Winter (aka Holiday) catalogue.

Now really I should have called this post... Here are a Few of my Favourite Things... as in true Amanda style I have combined my 3 favourite new stamp sets! And all on a wreath...

So the wreath is produced using Holly Berry Happiness... perfect 2 step stamps for the job... and comes with a matching punch...

Gold embossed very large greeting from Wonderful Year... available in wood and clear mount

White embossed Seasonal Bells on gold foil... available in wood and clear mount...with a matching punch too 

See that shine on the bells....

Then back to Holly Berry Happiness for the stamped and punched holly leaves and berries to finish off the bells

All mounted onto an Extra Large Square card to keep it simple but to give the WOW factor... 

And now it is time to pass you onto Julie... who has something special in store for you...

Or if you are going backwards... here is Sarah's blog for yet more loveliness...

Introducing.... Candy Cane Lane Suite

Introducing my favourite papers from the new Autumn Winter Catalogue... Candy Cane Lane... gingerbread house, gingerbread men, stripes, mittens, snowy dots, and sweets... 

Actually I think these papers might just be my favourite Christmas papers ever... and many of them can be used all-year-round as well!

I love this simple little card... The houses on the card are just cut from a paper sheet... The house on the right hand side being cut out from the edge...so absolutely no waste! And you get 56 full houses from a pack of papers... now that delivers a lot of cards...

The greeting is from the new Tin of Tags stamp set...

This is designed to co-ordinate with the Tin of Tags kit to simply produce 30 tags... great tags...and I love the gorgeous little polka dot tin... But the greetings are just too nice to not use on cards too...

And before I go here are the other products in the Candy Cane suite... Just click on the photos to go to the product details...

And watch out for more details on my Candy Cane Suite Pack...coming soon...

Candy Cane Christmas stamps (in Wood and Clear mount)

Beautiful Real Red 3/4"Stitched Edge Ribbon

 Candy Cane Lane Washi Tape

 Candy Cane Lane Bakers Twine

 And ooh... a 20 sheet pack of 12x12 Real Red cardstock....

 And a great marker duo set... Crumb Cake and Real Red... just the 2 you need at this time of year...

And here are a few more product samples for you... I adore these simple tags...can't wait to make these...

NEW Catalogue & NEW Special Promotions too...

Few things to tell you about today...

Firstly, the 2016 Autumn Winter Catalogue is now live! Click here or on the above cover picture to go straight there... and products are now available to order...

Secondly... it is time for the first Special Promotions promotion. You can save 25% on select annual catalogue products from today until 21st September. Stampin' Up! will release a different list (Wednesday 11pm UK time) of select products each week for the 3 weeks promotional period. So yes that will be 3 lists over the 3 weeks... each list of products being at 25% off for that week only... Wednesday to Wednesday...

Here are the products for Week 1... which runs from today until Wednesday 7th September. Click here or on the list to go to the on line list with the pictures... I think those enamel dots are going to prove useful for snowflake centres and baubles on christmas trees!!

And lastly, the exclusive and wonderful Thoughtful Branches stamps & dies are still available but only whilst supplies last.

Stampin' Up! have now confirmed that it will not be coming back in the future... So now really is the last time to purchase this must have set... I don't think the last of the stock will stick around long...

Here is a quick collage of some of my makes using the set... but go here to my Thoughtful Branches Pinterest Board for loads more inspiration...

Autumn Winter Catalogue live soon! And major video Spoilers!

1st September sees the go-live of this year's Autumn Winter Catalogue... full to the brim of new products for Christmas, Autumn and Halloween... and some great new All Occasion ones too...

There are a number of ways you can see the catalogue...
(1) The on-line pdf version will be released here at 1am UK time on 1st September (this Thursday!)
(2) Come and collect a hard copy from my Launch & Grand Sale events. So much to show you!

Mon 5th September 10-12am 

Wednesday 7th September 1-3pm

(3) Come to a September Christmas Cardmaking or Project Life/BYOP Class. Dates here.
(4) Request a postal hard copy if you can't make my Launch/Class dates ...

But in the meantime... Stampin Up! have provided us with some wonderful videos of up and coming products... so if you can't wait till Thursday... here you go!

And 3 of my favourites... Just click on the picture to go and see the products in the video... the first 2 videos are just 3-4 minutes (and for those of you that know me and my attitude to watching videos... yes even I have managed to watch them!!) The last one is somewhat longer (13mins) as it shows you how to make the project too

Oh how me is this!!!!?
Make tiny houses using the Home Sweet Home Stamp Set. Stamp on cards or memory keeping pages. Or combine it with the Sweet Home Framelits Dies to create 3D packaging or home décor! Learn how you can combine these products to make fun projects all year long.

Create custom tags for gift giving using the Here’s to Cheers Stamp Set. Combine it with the Cheerful Tags Thinlits Dies for simple crafting! Learn how you can combine these products for quick tags.

Decorate your mantelpiece with festive trees and seasonal decorations. This kit makes three trees in two sizes—one 13" (33 cm) tall, two 11" (27.9 cm) tall—each individually trimmed with handmade ornaments. See for yourself how kits make for easy creativity!

Ombre Stamping

Keeping on my ombre theme...which means more in Bermuda Bay as the other pads haven't arrived here yet!

I inked up the large Wonderful Year greeting stamp with the Bermuda Bay ombre pad... pale at the top... dark at the bottom.

I also ombre-inked up the gorgeous large snowflake from the Tin of Tags stamps set... and the little snowflake trio from Greetings from Santa... so some pale and some dark... All these stamp sets coming soon... 1st September...

And then I finished off with a few small snowflake trios in Smoky Slate and the Fancy Frost Sequins again

Simple, quick and easy card with the help of the Ombre pad... so much so I had to order more!

And Some Like it Hot!

Same card as yesterday... but a completely different bright and vibrant look...

As this time I was having a play with my Bermuda Bay Ombre ink pad.... starting off with the Direct to Paper technique... This ink pad is great for this technique as you have 5 shades to work with in the one pad...

I swiped my ink pad with the palest end to the centre (darker to bottom) and then repeated from the other side (palest to centre again, darker to top) ... I then swiped the darkest portion again at the very top and bottom... hence the not so smooth graduation of darker colour to the top and bottom edges...

The graduation is really smooth but again I could have got an even smoother effect had I used  my normal Whisper White cardstock (or no doubt even better with Shimmery White) but that will have to be for another day... another series!

Now watch this space...as once that Ombre pad was out... I had a good play!!

So do you like it hot? or cold?

Oh and before I go... not a Bermuda Bay lover... well also available in Rich Razzleberry and Calypso Coral... and shhh.... I am going to let the cat (or rather ink pad!!) out of the bag.... coming soon in Black and Emerald Envy

Rich Razzleberry

Calypso Coral