Free Shipping... Extra free in Starter Kit... and 2 new Kits...

 1.    Free Shipping Tuesday 4^th October

Orders over £60 get free shipping… but for 24 hours only… starting in the UK at 11pm on Mon, 3 October and finishing Tues, 4 October at 10:59 pm

What perfect timing for those basic card and glue supplies for your Christmas makes!

For those of you local enough to collect…I will be placing an order… but please let me have your orders and payment by 10pm Mon 3^rd October.

For everyone else ordering direct online…don’t forget to add my current Host Code DADHCC2B for an extra free gift (arriving separately from me)… unless you order is over £150 in which case you should claim your own free Stampin Rewards -  you will still get a free gift from me as well…

2.    £24 more product free when joining our Stampin’ Up! crafting group during October!

Between 4 and 31 October, those who sign up can get £130 +£24more = £154 worth of products for only £99 + free business supplies + free shipping…

I would love you to join my team…even if you just want to treat yourself to a lovely box of crafty goods all for you! No further commitment is required…unless you want to!

3. Two brand new Kits

Quick and easy crafting with everything you need in the box… so perfect for gifting too… Both available from 4 October...

Birthday Card Organiser Kit    £24   Item Code 161056
The Birthday Card Organizer Kit has everything you need to plan ahead and never forget another birthday again!  Click HERE for the Unboxing video

Kit Includes:

·   One 8" x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) monthly planner with space to record birthdays each month as well as a pocket sleeve to hold birthday cards.

·   12 full-size birthday cards, 6 of 2 designs, and 12 coordinating envelopes.

·   Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Adhesive-Backed Embellishments, and Tear & Tape Adhesive

·   Die-cut florals and pieces ready for you to use—no prep work required!

·   Sticker sentiments and die-cut labels in Dutch, English, French, and German

·   Coordinating colours: Basic Black, Evening Evergreen, Petal Pink, Sahara Sand, and Soft Succulent

Christmas Gifting Kit £20   Item Code 160342
Create gorgeous gift tags to attach to presents and/or make the gift card holders to wrap your loving gift cards in! Give your friends and family gift cards to the places they love, while still adding a handmade touch.  Click HERE for an Unboxing Video

Kit Includes:

·   Kit includes 9 tags and 9 gift card holders—3 each of 3 designs

·   Includes the exclusive Christmas Gifting Stamp Set and a Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Spot

·   Sized to fit standard gift cards

·   Coordinating colours: Basic Black, black foil, Mint Macaron, Real Red, Shaded Spruce

Seasonal Sale is Live... and Join For Less...

 

Save 10% on cardstock, 15% on ink pads, and 20% on dies. 
From now, 11pm Mon. 15 Nov.  till 10.50pm Thurs, 18 Nov

Click HERE to go straight to the Sale items in the Shop... or HERE for the long list/flyer or simply flip through the 2021–2022 Annual Catalogue* to find your favourites... note the item codes... and treat yourself OR stock up for the year ahead! 

*Catalogue Pages:- Dies pg.162-166; Ink Pads and Card pg.122-123 (& 126)

And cough! This would be a good time ...

To Join For Less.... Order £130 product...pay only £75

And/or to stock up on those Alphabet dies, Layering Circles, Stitched Rectangles or Taylor Made Tags  some of you have been coveting!

Notes

No seasonal catalogue (aka July–December 2021 Mini) items included in this Sale 

Ink Pad collections and third party pads (eg Memento, Staz On) are not included 

12x12, A4 and multi-packs of cardstock are included

Get your Sale A Bration Co-Ordination products now...

Hello and welcome to March... Just a quick post from me this morning as I will be back with a creative share tonight as I join the Global Stampin Friends blog hop...

But before I start... hot off the press... click here for full details of the new 3rd release of Sale A Bration items shown below... Yes even more freebies available for your £45 order... for each and every £45 order... including the Painted Seasons papers on their own!

Excited to tell you that the Sale A Bration co-ordination products are now live... click here for all the information on those that I shared in depth yesterday! And don't delay... as there is a definite excitement in the air about all of these... so I hope SU! have lots of the dies in stock for us all...

And remember... we are now in the last month of the Sale A Bration promotion... so if you are thinking about joining us... with the incredible £170 value in your starter kit for £99... or £170 product plus the lovely tote bag for just £125... then this month really is the time... Click here to join... and/or here for more information...  or here to contact me with your questions... 

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If you are ordering today... do remember to add the Host Code shown below to earn yourself a gift and help support The Craft Spa at the same time... 

Please note that this host code is relevant to today's blog post date... it does expire and change over time... but the current code is always shown at the top right hand side of my blog...

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JOIN: £170 product for just £99. OR £170 product plus Tote Bag for £125

Sale A Bration Co-ordination products - available March 2019 only

Earn free Sale A Bration products for every £45 spent. Promotion ends 31st March 2019.

And there are a few more for you in here... 

Current Catalogues & Products

Fancy Fold Friday Tutorial for Double Z Joy Fold Card

You asked... and here it is!  The recipe and directions for the fully opening Large Square Double Z Joy Fold Card that I quickly shared earlier in the week here... And this is a SIMPLE one...

The card pictured today is exactly the same card... but the papers are flipped ie showing the reverse side... which meant everyone could choose their preferred colour way in classes... always like doing that when I can! Most people did this version...

And I know that some of you will laugh with me as you see how logical (aka obvious) - and simple - it is... still do not understand why my brain could not compute this when it tried to last year!!!

And this is a "tryer" girls (and boys) ... Too simple a Fancy Fold not to... I have made a few!!!

So it is the same card size whether you use A4 or US 8 1/2" x 11"... ending up as a 5 1/2" Square or 14cm Square card... so you are free to cut your panels & score in inches from A4 if you prefer ...  So cm measurements and directions are highlighted in yellow... 

Metric Recipe
A4 Thick Whisper White 28 x 14cm
A4 Thick Whisper White 23.5 x 9.5cm
A4 (Front) Soft Sky 9cm Square; (Insides) 6.5 x 9cm [x2]
Paper Gingham (Front) 8.5cm Square; (Insides) 6 x 8.5cm [x2]
Paper Flowery (Back)  13.5cm Square
Paper Olive Dots (Front) 6.5 x 13.5cm

Inches Recipe
A4 Thick Whisper White 11" x 5 1/2"
A4 Thick Whisper White 9 1/4" x 3 3/4"
A4 Soft Sky (Front) 3 1/2" Square ; (Insides) 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" [x2]
Paper Gingham (Front) 3 1/4" Square ; (Insides) 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" [x2]
Paper Flowery (Back) 5 1/4" Square
Paper Olive Dots (Front) 2 1/2" x 5 1/4"

Directions

1. Place large panel LANDSCAPE (long side along top) on trimmer
2. Score at 2 3/4" & 5 1/2" (7 & 14cm)
3. Z Bone Fold. Valley for halfway/centre fold... Peak for quarter-way/front fold
   
4. Place small panel LANDSCAPE on trimmer
5. Score at (wait for it!!!!) 2 3/4" & 5 1/2" (7 & 14cm)
6. Z Bone Fold. Peak for "halfway-ish" fold (ie front fold)... Valley for "quarter-ish"fold ie back fold
   
7. Adhere larger papers on card front & back
8. Adhere back section of top/smaller Z Fold onto square Back of main/larger card AND AN IMPORTANT TIP! Think about what needs to go where!!! Otherwise you will just stick your whole card together!! Suggest a dry run with no glue the first time... it should all become obvious!
   
   SO.... make sure the left/inside valley fold of the smaller Z section panel is behind your main/larger card front left peak fold
   
   ie slip the smaller Z in behind the larger left fold as you stick it down/square it all off on the front...
9. Adhere square front part of smaller Z Fold onto main/larger card front (think about where NOT to put your glue!?)
10. Decorate as desired

Stampin Up! Products Used
Papers - Succulent Garden (retires 31st May - but discounted!)
Stamps - Stylised Birthday; Big on Birthdays
Card  - Thick Whisper White, Soft Sky

Exciting News! British Craft Awards 2017

I am absolutely thrilled to share the news that Stampin’ Up! has won Papercraft Brand of the year 2017 and Papercraft Retailer of the year 2017 at the British Craft Awards 2017! The awards ceremony was held at the NEC on Sunday 19th February.

So happy to be a small part of this journey! And I look forward to the next part of the voyage... I have to love that I have so much Papercraft Brand of the Year stash to work with!

Want to start your own creative journey with Stampin' Up!... click here for more details... as this month is a very good time to start!

Back soon with a creative share .. but I had to share!

And don't forget to check out the new Sale A Bration promotional items you can earn for free! Click here.

Oh my Word... Join me and Stampin' Up! in June...

Wow... what a promotion for you if you sign up with Stampin' Up! in June... get an extra 2 stamp sets for FREE... 

That could be worth up to £92, depending on which stamps you choose. So you can get up to £222 of product for £99... plus all the business supplies and catalogues too... great deal!!

It’s an even better deal as that’s the same month Stampin' Up! launch the new 2016-17 Annual Catalogue and all those fabulous new stamps inside it...

Quick note: Bundles and kits don't apply!

In the meantime... please do not hesitate to contact me if you want to know more or just have a no-obligation chat about how being a Stampin Up! demonstrator could suit you!! Best thing I ever did... Certainly expanded my creative world! And social... and financial... and I could go on...

Only 4 days to go to end of Sale A Bration

Gosh how it creeps up on us!! But here we are... only 4 days left to make the most of the Sale A Bration promotion... ends 31st March...

You know the one .... an exclusive freebie for every £45 spent (as the summary pictured above  - or full details here and here *)... and an extra £20 in free Stampin Rewards for an order over £200... and/or an extra £30 in your Stampin Up! starter kit (£160 product for your £99 investment) 

No time to waste now... order online straightaway here or via email to me here... or go and sign up here

Or here for some creative inspiration... here are todays' 3 projects... all using Sale A Bration freebie products as they are now no longer avaiable for long!!!

* Thanks so much to the clever American demonstrator ( I am sorry I do not know who you are - but I would love to add your name here!) that put this pictorial together... so great to have such a summary...

Birthday Bouquet Swing Easel Card Twins

Another duo of cards designed to allow the class attendee to create for boys or girls from the same prepped kit... proved so easy this way!

Swing Easel Card this time...

Original flowery version posted here...

Balloons version shown here...

Swing Easel card tutorial posted ... here for A4 card version...and here for 12x12" version...

And I have now reminded myself that I haven't written up and posted the US standard card version... 

Though now if you google Swing Easel cards - there are already a few re-writes/re-sizes of my tutorials around! Think I have spotted 4 or 5 so far... So you are covered!

Birthday Bouquet Pop Out Swing Cards - Twins!

Now I can show you the true versatility of this pack of papers...

One piece of paper (well 2 actually) - but 2 cards! One for the Boys and one for the Girls...

Flowers/Mint Macaron dots on one... Balloons/multicoloured dots on the other...

So everyone could make what they wanted! All prepped and ready to go... Just flip the paper and choose!  The only difference being the glimmer card to cut the numbers from...

So there you have it... twins!

Earlier version shared here...  So which version do you prefer???

Oh and don't forget to check out this Weekly Deals... squeals particularly at the Berry Basket Basket die!!!  Only £26.25 instead of £35... for one week only!

Be prepared for Easter early... Think it might be time for a Berry Basket round up tomorrow!!

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Birthday Bouquet Large Pop Out Swing Card

Pop Out Swing card time! New larger variant... 6" Square... 

Tutorial for the slightly smaller  5 1/2" Square one here...

Looks stunning in the Birthday Bouquet papers... along with the Blushing Bride Glimmer paper...

This is the one of the cards in my Number of Years/Birthday Bouquet 54321 Card Class. Make 15 cards... 1 of the most time consuming... 5 of the quickest! And it will be 2 of this one! 

Classes scheduled here... Don't hesitate to contact me for more information or to book yourself in! 

Or ... not so local... if you would like my Number of Years/Birthday Bouquet Class in the Mail kit...