Fancy Fold Friday - Ever Eden Pop Out Concertina Fold Card

Loved creating this Pop Out Concertina Fold card for special birthdays... 

And so did everyone in classes... as we all love a shiny pop of foil... greens... as well as an interesting fold... 

Colours used are Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent and Gold Foil. Leaves care of Grove dies and flowers care of Floral Squares dies (both of which I absolutely LOVE BTW)

I also used the new Iridescent Rhinestones... which look really subtle compared to the usual Jewels and Pearls... 

And a quick tip... remember to die cut those Large Numbers out of your gold foil mat before sticking your paper on... waste not want not as they say!! And sorry those Large Numbers dies are no longer available to order...

But a couple of admittances.. 

You are going to see a lot of 60th birthday cards here over the next year... lots of my friends 60th birthdays coming up... so I need to be prepared...

The Ever Eden papers I used are not available anymore... I actually "messed up" and ordered them not realising they were a on-off just for a month and wouldn't be available to purchase the following month!! But they are far too nice not to use... and I just really hope they become available on the Clearance Rack one day!!! 

Double framed Daisy Lane card

CASEing me... as this has been one of the favourite cards of the year in classes... but using Daisy Lane this time instead of butterflies...

And spot the stunning Metallic Designer Elements daisy centre... looks gorgeous!

So then had to add gold embossed leaves and Gold Foil to my Gray Granite for the Stitched Rectangles to finish off...

Click here for the card tutorial...

And a quick update - my mother is still critically ill in ITU... so my life is there at present - normal blog service will resume as soon as possible... please bear with me...

Simple Saturday Card - Tropical Chic on Foil...

Not sure you can get much easier cards than this...

Nature... clean... simple... with a bit of shine...

And says all I want it to say...

Care of one die cut using the Tropical Thinlits dies... Gold Foil... and gold embossed greeting from the co-ordinating Tropical Chic stamp set... which is available in Wood Mount or Clear Mount

Stamps & dies available as a bundle with 10% off... again in either Wood Mount or Clear Mount...

And remember that the the co-ordinating Tropical Escape papers are available in July's 4 for 3 Paper Sale promotion... but only for 3 more days...

Click here to check all the papers in the promotion out...

Amazing You & Beautiful Peacock Thank You

A merger of 3 Sale A Bration freebies... Amazing You meets Beautiful Peacock meets Heartfelt Blooms... each of which can be yours for free with a £45 order until the end of March... so not long to go now...

Inspired by this beautiful card by Karolina Michna but simplified.... and set on a small square card blank... (10.5cm/ US Letter 4 1/4") 

Gold heat embossed flower & leaves main image and greeting... set on the largest of the Stitched Shapes die cut squares... which is mounted on a 7cm square Gold Foil Mat...

And the leaves from the Amazing You flower image and the flourish from Beautiful Peacock used to decorate around the frame...

All Gold heat embossed ...  

OR inked in Sahara Sand to simplify/speed up the job... 

To simply say Thank you...

When I need to say Thank You to friends and family... I really just like to do it very simply...

Stitched Shapes die-cut square... gold embossing of the Thankful Thoughts large greeting... mounted onto Gold Foil and finished off on a small square square card (10.5cm or 4 1/4" if using US Letter cardstock)

Says what I need them to say... in a perfect little way...

Merry Little Christmas Memories & More Foiled Gift Bags

Made some more of the Striped Treat Bags shared here earlier...

Again using the Memories & More Merry Little Christmas pack and the Foil Snowflakes for a very quick & easy ... but stunning in the flesh... make... 

So much better than popping gift cards and small gifts in an envelope... and 10 days ahead of time! That's a first!

    
Love all of them... even used a few of the stickers in the card pack too...

All finished off with the Quilted 1/4" Ribbon... as I realised that it co-ordinated with them all for an extra pop of colour,...

Champagne & Copper snowflakes... why not!?

As this card has been SO popular in the flesh... a re-make based on the champagne foil in a later class kit... 

See more details in the earlier "golden version" post shared here... but for this one... copper greeting heat embossing and small snowflake...and champagne mat and 2 larger snowflakes...

And oh my word... apologies... as my blog post scheduling has gone to pot! Lots of projects to share with you... but not enough minutes in the day to write the details... hope to be back to normal soon!

Just a lovely little diversion of the Stampin! Up On Stage Local event in Solihull (UK) from Friday to Sunday first!

I am so looking forward to time with crafty friends old and new... can't beat it... especially when there is a new catalogue and products to see... the Centre Stage event for leaders on Friday... a team meal out on Saturday... swaps to swap... and some crafting on the day thrown in too! Good times...

So really looking forward to seeing so many of you blog followers based in the UK again... And for UK followers that I have not met yet! Love to meet you there if you want to make yourself known to me... 

And I hope that I may have a swap for all of you too...

And for everyone else in the Stampin' Up world heading off to On Stage events further afield this weekend... have a wonderful time... and I of course have a virtual swap for you!!

Winter Wonder & Brightly Lit Christmas

Another card made with the wonderful Winter Wonder embossing folder... 

With a gold embossed greeting and bow from Brightly Lit Christmas... punched out with the 1 3/8" Circle Punch....

Placed on the largest snowflake cut in Gold Foil using the Seasonal Layers dies... yes seriously!

Snowflake embossed mat inked direct around the edges with Versamark... gold embossing powder added... and heated to add co-ordinating embossed definition to each edge... 

The card is a 5 1/2"/14cm square card blank... with a 4 1/2" square embossed mat... both Thick Whisper White A4 card...

Quilt Top embossing folder & snowflakes...

I had a few requests yesterday to show the new embossing folders in action....

So starting off with the lovely Quilt Top folder... something quick & simple for you... but a real WOW in the flesh...

A large square card (14.8cm aka nearly 6") decorated with a gold embossed greeting from Watercolor Christmas (available in wood and clear mount) This is the stamp set that co-ordinates with the Watercolor Christmas card kit...

Together with  Gold Foil die cut snowflakes using the Seasonal Layers dies (available as dies only or in the Colorful Seasons bundle with 10% off)....

And yes the snowflakes were cut from the Gold Foil mat I used on the card... waste not want not!

Finished off with large pearls

Beautiful embossing folder... beautiful snowflakes... and I love the greeting too.... a trio made in heaven...

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...