Last Chance List - with up to 50% off

Starting Tuesday night, 30 November at 11pm in the UK... with some fantastic discounts... up to 50%...

We have the Last Chance Products List for the Autumn Winter Seasonal Catalogue... last chance to buy these items... with many discounted... just in time for your christmas makes this year...

Sifted UK only list shown here... 

And/ or CLICK HERE to load up the full list in Excel format... or the PDF HERE...

And for those of you that like to know which seasonal products carry over to 2022...CLICK HERE for that (much shorter) list... 

Come back for the direct Online Store list come 11pm Tuesday, 30th November... but I thought I should let you plot in advance!! 

And don't forget to add the current Host Code if, as and when you order for that extra gift from me...

Please note that this code will change shortly... but in that event... the then current code always shows in the SHOP NOW page and to the top right hand side of this blog page...

Wednesday Wideos for the Autumn Winter catalogue

Sharing all three of the Autumn Winter product videos created for us by Stampin Up!

And don't worry... I will come back to each of these products over the coming week or so... particularly for those of you that prefer the visuals all in one place to these flickering versions... 

First up... the introductory video to the whole Autumn Winter Catalogue... Just click on the arrow to play... 

And now the videos for 3 of the new Suites... click on the product image or highlighted title to play.... 

Poinsettia Place Suite 

Snowflake Splendour Suite

Heartwarming Hugs Suite

Christmas is coming!! Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue now live...

Earlier than usual... in fact a whole month earlier... so no excuses to leave all those cards till last minute this year..! And I have a Shopping List form for you too... 

The new Autumn Winter catalogue is now live... covering all things Christmas, (other seasonal) Holidays, Halloween and all things Autumn...

Click here to download your copy... You won't be disappointed...

And/OR click here to email me to order your own "hard" postal copy if you would like me to be your Stampin' Up! demonstrator...

And here is a short video for you... sure to give you a good feel for the new products... Just click on the arrow to play.... 

And here is a Shopping List... yours to download, print and use to your heart's content... 

Ordering today...? Click here for my Online Web Site... and click on SHOP NOW to enter the Store...

Firstly... don't forget to use any Bonus Day coupon codes you had emailed to you...

Then ... don't forget to enter the current Stampin' Rewards Host Code 9NUEAAKE... for a card and gift from me for orders £25+  ... 

Though don't use this Host Code if your order is £150+... you should claim your own Stampin Rewards instead... I will still be sending you a card and gift... 

Stampin Blends are making me happy!

Re-make of this incredibly popular U Bridge Fold card with the Stampin Blends in my hands! Coupled with the colouring concepts used in this card with the Many Marvellous Markers! But the Blends made those roofs so much easier!

Can't tell you how many times I have seen that original card CASED (Copy & Shared)... thank you to all of you that have so honoured me and my creation ... particularly those that  CASE+C (CASE with credit when sharing on-line)... it makes my blogging and sharing so worthwhile... and brings such a creative smile to my face!

Definitely prefer the ease and coverage with the Stampin Blends alcohol based blending markers... lot more subtle which is right up my street!

Live in the UK? Want your own Stampin Blends... then click and go here to see my November offers... just one last space in my first Stampin Blends Club...

Card tutorial here...

And just leaving this here...

 

This made me so so happy right in the middle of running a class!!! But more on that another day...

Introducing Detailed & Graveyard Gate...

Had to pop on and introduce my second favourite product in the Autumn Winter Catalogue, Graveyard Gate stamps & Detailed Gate dies ... available separately or as a bundle in both Wood Mount and Clear Mount.

You will understand more why shortly!

In the meantime... this is such an incredibly versatile product... and I have to say that I am cutting these beautifully without the Precision Plate.... just an extra couple of layers of paper with my replacement Big Shot platform is doing the trick... I know a few of you were worried about that!

So here is the product image... check out the lock and key dies... and all those chess pieces in the stamps!

And here are a few projects the Stampin Up! concept artists made for us.... I LOVE all of these... and I don't even make Halloween projects as a rule...

And click on the image below for the direct link to the video showing you much more...

Back with more on this product very shortly... 

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!

Hearts Come Home U Bridge Fold Tutorial - Fancy Fold Friday

A Fancy Fold tutorial for you today.... and it had to be for this Bridge U Fold Card as its popularity on Pinterest tells me so! So here you go to save you having to work it all out... as it really is rather simple in principle...

Please note that my card is sized to fit in a standard A6 envelope with the full width of die cut houses showing in the front central area... and that the US/inches measurements are a direct conversion from the centimetres.

Craft Spa Recipe
Night of Navy card 21 x 10.5cm H (8 1/4" x 4 1/8" H)
Thick Whisper White card - Front 16 x 7cm H  (6 1/4"x 2 3/4" H); Middle 13 x 10.5cm H (5 1/8" x 4 1/8" H) ; Back 10.9 x 9.5cm H (4 1/4" x 3 3/4" H)

Directions
1. Night of Navy panel LANDSCAPE (long edge along top). Score at 2.5cm and 5cm (1" & 2")
2. Turn 180 degrees
3. Score at 2.5 & 5cm (1" & 2")

4. Stamp as necessary (using Craft Whisper White Ink)
5. Fold as Mountain, Valley, Valley , Mountain

6. Score LANDSCAPE Middle panel at 1cm from each side
7. Die cut 3 house borders as necessary  (TIP:- note the position of the left hand tree and the church on the Middle section as you position the die... I actually cut the front and middle sections together so I knew the church was where I wanted it in the gap!)

8.Trim Front border to ends by hand
9. Ink up & Stamp greeting on Front border

10. Assemble all parts (Tip: I stuck the back, then the centre, then the left hand side of Front and finishing off with the Front right)

Please see my Full U Fold Card Tutorial here if you need more guidance and visuals as to what goes where for this card fold...

Enjoy!

The Simplest of Them All... Hearts & Hometown #8

Finishing off the series (as made so far) with the simplest of them all.... definitely one for the glitter and shine lovers!

But before I start...  please think "Get Better Quick" vibes for my son today!! Yes it is finally Knee Op Day... we have had to wait a long time for this cruciate ligament repair! 11 months since it was damaged... Just hope everything has healed and he is walking normally by the time he goes to uni in 4 weeks time... how much nagging will there be about his physio programme....

So back to the card... die cut house panel in Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper... harder to cut through than standard card but worth it! 

I place the die cut face down over the up turned glimmer paper ... roll through twice... then I turn over the paper and the die intact and roll through twice again... as I do find that the turnover does make a big difference to the standard of the cut...

Note that the Glimmer panel is narrower than the Night of Navy panel...

Glimmer panel stuck in place... 

Smoke trails stamped in Whisper White craft ink... 

Greeting white embossed to finish...

Joy to the World... Hearts & Hometown #7

Decided I should keep my makes using the Hearts Come Home and Hometown Greetings dies altogether on the blog after all... so another CAS card for you today...

White emboss resist sleigh & smoke then Night of Navy brayered night sky

Straightforward die cut front white panel with Smoky Slate stamped and hand cut house added... note that the front panel is the same width as my night sky panel...

Night of Navy stamped greeting... oh I do like a large greeting!

Finished off with plenty of Dazzling Diamonds glitter over Tombow glue on the roofs, trees, snowman and horizon...

Simples...

And a little tip for you... the white embossed smoke trail & Santa's sleigh were simply positioned by laying the die cut houses temporarily over the white panel for my night sky, stamping the trail & sleigh in Versamark... then heating to melt. Finished off with plenty of Sponge Brayer action. 

I do find that the Sponge Brayers give me an easier and neater (as less hard lines/streaks)  finish than the old rubber version... though I do have to brayer over more times to build up the depth of colour as in this case... 

Tri Fold Hometown Greetings card #6

Remember this Tri Fold card from 2 years ago... Well I had to make another with my new -very favourite- Hometown Greetings houses dies didn't I!! 

Front layer finished off with silver foil behind the church and house to the right... though that was a bit tricker than first envisaged!!

A just Score, Fold, Cut and Go card... tutorial here if you fancy a go... Though I did pop this one onto a Night of Navy card blank I happened to have laying around...

And did I share the Hearts Come Home & Hometown Greetings video with you!? Well just in case I didn't... here you go... click on the pic...

Now I might just have something different for you tomorrow!! Though I do still have more Hearts Come Home projects to come at some point as I had such a good creating session with them!! Think I made 10 designs in total with a few more ready to assemble... 

Simply Coloured Hearts Come Home!! #5

Now this is one of the simpler ones with Hearts Come Home and Hometown Greetings... but one that had my ladies jumping for glee looking at the display from across the room!

Die cut houses border quickly watercoloured with a blender pen and ink... Spot the details...

The Smoky Slate roof on the white house...

The pop of the red doors (by marker direct for those)...

And the texture on the tree... which unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of... but I used short strokes of my blender pen with Garden Green ink to get a layered effect going down the tree... looks quite lifelike!

Popped onto a Night of Navy mat and finished off with a Whisper White smoke trail and a Tombow and Dazzling Diamonds glitter snow line underneath

And an admittance... this card will have to be made again... as I had a major boob... the house on the right was supposed to be the same Smoky Slate as the house on the left ... but
(a) I picked up my Aquapainter by mistake and
(b) I was using the scrap paper that I had been sponging lots of Pear Pizzazz on for my Dino Rama scene...
(c) I didn't realise until just now

So the house ended up as a funny shade of green grey! Good job it really doesn't take very long to make..

Hearts Come Home & Hometown Greetings Bridge U Fold card #4

A Simple Fancy Fold in the Navy & White series for you today seeing as it is Fancy Fold Friday...

A perfect Card Fold for this set of dies.... whether you call it a U Fold, a Bridge Fold or a Centre Box Card Fold.... or even a Bridge U Fold Card that I used for the title!

So the one today has been tweaked in size a bit to fit the full length of the border die cuts across the central section... and still fit in a standard C6 envelope... but I think I want to further tweak so I will be back to this fold another day!

EDITED TO ADD - Tutorial now available. Just click here...

Or click here to see my Hearts Come Home chalets in the snow version posted earlier... the chalet one being based upon the U Fold Card tutorial I posted here... though using just one box insert...

So 3 simple borders die cut for the 3 main elements of the scene...

A bit of Whisper White stamping on the background to create the starry night scene... Spot the smoke in the centre!

A couple of Smoky Slate stamped and hand cut houses to add some interest at the back and finished off with a couple of die cut trees using the Card Front Builder dies...