Showing posts with label Artisan Label. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artisan Label. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 April 2015

How I shall miss thee! Retiring List Stamps Review

As promised…here is my review of stamps on this years Retired List that I shall sorely miss using…. click on the product picture to go straight to my store or click on the project picture to go to the relevant earlier blog post…

So not in any particular order…..

Around The World. Gosh this has had a lot of use for mini books & Project Life. Think this will probably be a keeper… Still available in wood and clear.

Around the World

Around the World, Flashback, Flip n Fold Mini Book, INSIDE, Amanda Bates, The Craft Spa, 2014-07

Apothecary Art. Used this set so much over the years…really sad to see it go… still available in Wood & Clear. Ooh… Wood only £2 more than clear. Though the co-ordinating Labels Collection Framelits now out of stock so gone forever… Can’t believe I didn’t blog these Diorama cards before…

Apothecary Art

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Memorable Moments. Really great Numbers and Words set. Hope there is a good “replacement” for me in the new catty…… or these will have to be another keeper! Still available in both wood and clear – again wood mount less than £2 more than the clear now….

Memorable Moments

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@So Social. Just really really surprised to see this go so soon… We have had great fun using this is in our Project Life sessions and on quite a few cards too… Think this may have to be a keeper for me actually!! Still available in both Wood & Clear.

Sorry no projects to share as I can’t find them in my Pictures folder… but I can share one of the cards in its previous form… and note that the Make Note Rotary stamp in that one has also retired… and now I have just realised why all my customers have rushed to buy this little stamp at just £2.75!! I think there may be a few of you that will need the Word Window punch now too!!

(@)Sosocial Clear-Mount Stamp Set by Stampin' Up! Make Note This and That Rotary Stamp (English)

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Embellished Events. Many of you will be surprised to see this on here… but I use this stamp set for my “Beginners” classes…as there are great images and words too… so one stamp set, a couple of inks and a bit of card mean ladies go away with a simple kit they can make cards etc with for so many occasions straightaway….and then forever more… Only left in Wood…

It really is a great little set… and used for some of my favourite cards – whether the very very simple ones or the easy but fancier… none of which I appear to have blogged before…..

Embellished Events

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Label Love – still available in Wood & Clear. Artisan Label punch retiring too…. but punch has already gone forever…

Label Love

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Petite Pairs… EDITED TO ADD… Appears this has had a reprieve – I can definitely see it in the new catty!!
I used this one SO much over the years. Though I am sure SU! will give me a good replacement in the new catty….. Still available in Wood and Clear mount. But no reduction on this one!

Petite Pairs

Wildflower Meadow So Sad! Still available in wood , clear and the embossing folder is still there too…

Wildflower Meadow

2013_06,Jems Team New Catty Swap,Happy Day, Wildflower Meadow (3)

And lastly my one definite keeper – Dictionary – gone for good in stamp form – though still available as a MDS download… I really hope that there is a great new alternative to this stamp….

Dictionary Stamp Brush - Digital Download

Remember my Convention swap card… which I naughtily nicknamed the car tax disc card!

2014_01, Amanda Bates, The Craft Spa, SAB, Jems Blog Hop, Too Kind, See Ya Later (1)

And  the Too Kind stamps used here are also on the Retiring List… still available in Wood only… Definitely one I will miss…

Too Kind

And here was a CAS Christmas Santa’s List card that I don’t appear to have shared on here before…

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So another bit of a trip down Memory Lane here… and as a result - unfortunately for me - now a few more stamp sets moving over to the Keep Box… Maybe Memory Lane is not such a good idea for me after all!!!

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Remember these and...Weekly Deals… finishing Tuesday

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When I saw this weeks’ Weekly Deals – these concertina cards came flooding back to me… as they use the Artisan Label Punch and the co-ordinating stamp set, Label Love ( as well as a now retired alphabet!)

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So here are all of this weeks’ Weekly Deals…Press on the small image below to go straight to the web site to see what’s there…. Also spot those fringe scissors…. great for crafting and for security (paper shredding) purposes!!

2015_03_08 Weekly Deals

And I have an order waiting to go in on Tuesday night – or just go here to my Online Store and get them for yourself!
Remember that a £45+ order still earns you a Sale A Bration freebie…but only 2 weeks left of that promotion now….

Wednesday, 13 August 2014

Weekly Deals 13-19 August

Here are this Weeks’ Weekly Deals – I know the Artisan Label Punch and the Rosettes die at 25% off will please a few of you….!

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More information on Weekly Deals here

And next….. oh a creative share with Tutorial coming very very soon…….

Sunday, 2 March 2014

Envelope Punch Board–Mini Series #4

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And these were the last projects we did with our Envelope Punch Board this month – though I took a bit of a risk here….. I had 2 ladies make 16/18 Christmas crackers in our last session before Christmas – so I thought they may not be happy with me at this point!!!! But I left the room unscathed….. it was OK……

I will admit that this was the first project I made with my Board when it arrived – it was noticeable during our demo pre-order month that we all went cracker mad with it – but it is just SO GOOD for making lovely little crackers…… or bon-bons as they are called elsewhere in Europe….

I used this brilliant step by step picture tutorial of Sara Rayners – as you get 4 crackers from a piece of 12x12 paper… which seems to make sense to me!! Thank you Sara…. The only thing I changed was Steps 3-5 as I added a quick short cut!! I lined up & punched each section at the 1 1/2” score –mark…. and then moved the paper across to the left and lined up at 4 1/2” & punched. Then I unfolded and refolded and repeated for the next section…. then I didn ‘t need the separate Step 5…..

The shaped ends were also made using the punch board…it was a bit of a Eureka moment for me at the time…though I am sure that it will have been done before…. I just made up the cracker…. put the ends up into the punch… the 2 paper thicknesses at a time… lined up the section in the centre of the punch and punched… then repeated for the other side… and then the other end. Hope that makes sense!! If not – please feel free to comment below and I will make another, photo those steps – and add to the post another day…..

And a few other views/alternatives….. Again the decoration was kept as simple as simple can be…. all about learning how to use the Punch Board in this class……

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SU! Products Used

Envelope Punch Board!

Stamps – Label Love

Punches – SAB Banner Punch; Artisan Label

Thread – SAB Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack – Pool Party or Crisp Canteloupe

Paper – Sweet Sorbet