Wednesday WOW!!!! Silvery Stars in Your Eyes... #6

 

Still simple in style and layout... but a glimmery WOW in the flesh...

And still simple to create... though the most difficult of my So Many & Stitched Stars series... series one! As yes... this is the last one of the first series...

Spot my snipping of that detailed star flourish again for those corners... 2 corners.. so just in half!

And got the Silver Foil and the Silver Delicata ink pad out this time...

And the gorgeous Greatest Part of Christmas stamp set for the beautiful and large greeting! This is a hostess exclusive set... but please contact me to find out how to get yours if your order is under £150... as there is more than one way!

Stampin Up! Products used
So Many Stars bundle (including Stitched Stars dies)
Stitched Rectangles dies
Cardstock - Thick Whisper White, Pretty Peacock, Coastal Cabana, Silver Foil
Inks - Delicata Silver, Pretty Peacock (marker pen)
Embellishments - Noble Peacock Rhinestones

Oh so simple Stitched Star #3

Carrying on with the So Many Stitched Stars series.... and going even simpler ... and one of the faves in my Stars class!

White embossed stamped star on Gray Granite... Stitched Star die cut around... finished off with a Noble Peacock Pretty Peacock coloured rhinestone at the centre...

Greeting inked up in Gray Granite.... ink on CHRISTMAS WISHES removed using a Blender Pen... then the Pretty Peacock marker pen used to over ink CHRISTMAS WISHES... and then stamped...

All set on a 10.5cm Square (US equivalent 4 1/4" Square) card blank...

Stampin Up! Products used
So Many Stars bundle (including Stitched Stars dies)
Cardstock - Thick Whisper White, Gray Granite
Inks - Versamark, Gray Granite, Pretty Peacock (marker pen)
Embellishments - Noble Peacock Rhinestones

So Many Stitched Stars in my Eyes #2

Ok... so the So Many Stars stamps and Stitched Stars dies are officially my favourite Bundle in the Autumn Winter Catalogue... and being honest with you... I wasn't even going to buy them!!!

But as they are so great for all year round use...  and can be used for virtually every occasion... it did seem rather daft not to get them!!!

And I am SO glad I did... This is like a bumper set of dies and stamps... there are so many... and there is so much that you can do with them!!

So the world is your oyster as they say... (or should that read galaxy or cosmos or something!)

So I have a few starry shares over the next few weeks for you... as once I started I couldn't stop!

Colour combination a combination of everyone's favourite colour in these parts (Pretty Peacock) and colours that weren't already out for classes... as I had to squeeze all my star stamps in just one stamping station! So Gray Granite, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Pool Party came to the rescue...

Though I hope to squeeze in some time for some more with other colour combinations now that this weeks classes are out of the way!!

But just keeping it simple for now... this card being a CASE of a CASE of a CASE of a card that I made over 15 years ago (probably with Caroline or Jayne or Debbie) when I first started card making! And one that has never left my mind!! In fact I think the first variant of this was my first hand-made christmas card that I sent out to everyone all those years ago...

But it had to be done... as that stitched aperture for the star is just ... gorgeous!

The "glitter bauble" being just a punched silver glimmer 1" circle popped behind the aperture... Simples!

And if you want more ideas along these lines... just Google (or search on Pinterest) "christmas star card" ... and you will see lots more....

Wishing You an Amazing Christmas...

So whilst I was creating yesterday's card... this idea popped into my head too...

Proving that Everything Amazing is what it says on the tin!! For all year round occasions...

Hope you find this useful in creating a strong festive message this year!

And yes the large greeting stamp is inked up in Versamark then Mossy Meadow... and then embossed with Clear embossing powder...

And be sure to see yesterdays post on how to create poinsettias with your Magnolia Lane papers

Bonus Days and Extra Extra Promotion...

Couple of promotions for us all this month... 

One for orders...

For every £45 you spend 1- 31 July (before shipping and handling) you earn a £4.50 Bonus Days coupon code that can be used 1–31 August. eg order £150 in July... get £13.50 in coupon codes to spend for free in your August order... 

And one for signing up as a Demonstrator...

From today, 1 July until 31 August, new demonstrators will receive an extra £25 product for free in their Starter Kit. THEN, they’ll also receive an £8 coupon code to spend the following month... 

Click here to contact me for more information... or here to order your Starter Kit... 

Details

• The bonus at initial sign-up allows new demonstrators to pick up £25 more than usual. They will pay £99 to sign up and choose £155 worth of Stampin’ Up! products in their Starter Kit... with no P&P.
•  The £8 coupon code will be sent to the e-mail address listed in the new demonstrator’s profile.
• The £8 coupon codes will be sent between the fifth and seventh business day of the following month the new demonstrator signs up. ie Sign up 1-31 July... code emailed 7-9 August OR sign up 1-31 August... code emailed 6-9 September.
• Demonstrators can pre-order Christmas and Autumn products during August... so now is a popular month to sign up! Especially as we can view the online catalogue from 8pm 24 July... Contact me if you would like to find out more... 
• New demonstrators who submit their Independent Demonstrator Agreement (IDA) after 31 August will not be eligible for this promotion.
• Coupon codes may be redeemed only once; they will reduce the commissionable amount of orders.
• Coupon codes expire 31 October 2019; after this date, they will no longer be valid.

And don't miss my Dinoroar Kits which are now available by popular request (UK only)... closing date Friday 5th July...

See yesterdays post for more details... and a Shopping Cart option... 

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Current Catalogues & Products

Sale A Bration Product of the Week - Home to Roost Trio and more...

Here is a new trio of projects for you... using the Home to Roost stamp set ... which is a wonderful stamp set for all-year use with versatile sentiments and line-art images perfect for lots of colouring techniques. 

But wait there's more... scroll on for four more project samples... making 7 project samples for you today ...Which I hope gives you a good idea of its versatility... 

And just scroll to the end of this post for a list of the products used to make these first 3 samples...

I personally will get lots of use out of this set... as my mother has a thing about roosters!! And I have a thing about grasses!! And the greetings are just fabulous too! In fact this set is in my Top 3 of the free Sale A Bration products...

And I can see a set (or two) of cards... using these coming soon... and then some more special projects planned for Mothers Day! 

So... for example...  I can't wait to make some of these small copper tins pictured below for her! Copper embossing on a copper tin... how cool is that!?

Though I do have to admit to a few cuts on my fingers causing me a few creative problems at the moment... ie not being able to create without causing myself pain!!!... but hopefully beginning to heal... so I should be back with you... as normal... sometime very soon!!

Like this stamp set? Well here is an idea to get it for free whilst purchasing the products required to makes these cards... just one item code (151040) required... what's not to love?

Home To Roost Cards Kit 151040 Price: £59.75

Purchase the products detailed below to make these projects and you’ll immediately qualify for the  FREE Sale-A-Bration item, Home to Roost Cling Stamp Set (code 149736) used to make these projects

Items included
* Wood Textures 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper

* Nature's Poem Cardstock Pack

* Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

* Watercolor Pencils

* 3/16" Braided Linen Trim

* Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

* Stampin' Dimensionals

Products used for the first Project Trio

Home to Roost Stamp Set; Buffalo Check Stamp; Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Tranquil Tide, Very Vanilla, and Whisper White Cardstock; Needlepoint Nook Designer Series Paper; Watercolor Paper; Early Espresso, Old Olive, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, and Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pads; Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill; Tuxedo Black Memento Pad; VersaMark Pad; Cajun Craze Combo Pack, Crumb Cake Combo Pack, Daffodil Delight Combo Pack, and Soft Suede Combo Pack Stampin’ Blends; Watercolor Pencils; Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush; White Stampin’ Emboss Powder; 5/8" (1.6 cm) Burlap and Crumb Cake 3/8" (1 cm) Classic Weave Ribbon; Linen Thread; Mini Pizza Boxes; Metallics Sequin Assortment; Stampin’ Dimensionals; Aqua Painters; Big Shot; Rectangle Stitched and Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies; Tailored Tag and 1/8" (3.2 mm) Circle Punches; Stampin’ Spritzers

Shiny Sunday Copper & Ombre Dandelion Wishes

I already have quite a few Dandelion Wishes cards to share with you over the next few weeks... but I thought I should share this one earlier rather than later... as it was created and sent to celebrate a big moment in my team member, Caroline's life!!

As she finally promoted to being a Bronze Elite demonstrator... which took a bit longer than initially expected... so I am delighted that she now gets her 25% discount on all her Stampin Up supplies... Congratulations again Caroline... very proud of you...

So another card featuring my 3 favourite stamp sets in the Annual Catalogue... Bokeh Dots with Dandelion Wishes... and Friendly Expressions...

But as it was for a special event this time...

The Bokeh Dots image stamp was inked up in 3 different colours to achieve an Ombre effect... starting with Pool Party at the bottom... then adding RETURNING Coastal Cabana  in the centre and finishing with Bermuda Bay at the top...

I started off my series of samples using Sponge Daubers to achieve this effect in a smooth fashion... but actually I just went at it with ink pads for the one you see here... as it gave a more distinctive colour variation...

And finally the dandelion trio and greetings were stamped & embossed using Versamark & Copper Embossing Powder 

Simple but effective I think... and all the more special with the shine of the Copper Foil and Copper Embossing Powder! And finished off with Copper Trim...

And what do you think of my piece of architecture!!?

Another Share What You Love Tag Topper Concertina Card

Another class... another demo... means another card version... and I LOVE this one...

Though I will be honest... this piece of paper with pearlescent Petal Pink flowers was my least favourite pattern... but I have now definitely changed my mind!!

Click here for the original EIGHTEENTH card and/or here for the Tutorial....

Large Letters die cut from more of the Share What You Love papers...

 And flowers fussy cut from another piece (s)...

Always like doing these cards in classes... as they always please... and are pretty simple to make... 

Retiring Stamps I am going to miss Part 2....

A purposefully shorter round up post today!

Though still with the projects over the years round up for you too... Just click on the project photo to go to that project for more details... and/or click on the product photo to go straight to the product in my Online Store... 

See yesterday's post for the first 5 in the series... 

Garden in Bloom
Not bad for a set I won in the Team Training Raffle... Whilst this has always been a very useful floral & fauna set... it has suddenly become a firm favourite!!! So I will deal with it first... thanks to fellow demo, Jo Hooper for spotting this one... and for sharing what she loved!

So product picture up first... spot THE flower... yes the large 2 step one at the bottom left & right...

And here is a sneaky peek of part of a stunning sheet in the brand new and coming Share What You Love papers... which are definitely wanted by all my ladies that have seen them so far...

Ooh look at the top... same flower!! And can you spot the pearlescent sheen on these papers too... (though note that the glittery Old Olive flowers are care of my Wink of Stella...)

As an aside... don't miss the early release Share What You Love bundles coming from 1st May... click here for more details (including how to get them now!) ... or  just here for the Flyer ...

And some more CAS Garden in Bloom samples for you...

Hopeful Thoughts (aka Thoughts & Prayers in the US I believe)
This one has been around for a very long time... but still a keeper for me... always had a soft spot for blossoms... and I love the tree!


 
And gosh these 2 are from 2011... and all the rest ( as I know that there have been a lot more made using this set) must have been pre-blogging days... or maybe prior to using Tags that can be used in the Blog Search function...

Available in Wood mount and Clear Mount

Charming Cafe

Not been around for so long... as made its debut in this years Spring Summer catalogue...but a really useful set of stamps and dies... for which I loved the samples in the catalogue... and has had a lot of other use ...

Available as stamps or bundled with the dies.. in both Clear Mount & Wood Mount

No Bones About It...

This is one of those sets that has always had my heart... even though son and friends & family etc definitely too old to be into dinosaurs... and no-one wanting them to be used for projects in my classes... but a keeper for when our friends start on grandchildren!!! 

But I loved the few cards I made just because!!

And this one that fellow team-mate and friend, Anna made using my Shadow Box Frame card tutorial...

 

Text Ya Later

And last but not least... for a bit of fun... and great for young, old, teens, tweens and male/female cards etc!!!

Gosh I had a long list of ideas for this one... but guess the timing was just not right... 

Though I will also share the card that should have been quickly remade... as there is a tutorial there for you too... Same idea in the other orientation.... and somewhat less bright!.. 

Now I found it hard to select just 10 stamps that I am most going to miss most come 31st May (or sooner if they go out of stock before!) What about You? Which ones will you most miss?