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Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Stampin Up Sale A Bration – Madison Avenue–Christmas in January!??

So to start my series of Sale A Bration (SAB) product projects. Here is a simple one for Christmas!!!! With the all year alternative below ( Thank You Anne) …….. This was one of the favourites of all of my ladies!!

Don’t those flower images just make the most beautiful snowflakes.

And spot the detail on those tiny snowflakes (flowers!) – I have used the Itty Bitty Flower Punch which appears to be the perfect size and shape for the job!! I just love it when that happens!! Life sometime gets easier……

And there is another new Spring & Summer Catalogue product here – the lovely Natural Trim 7/16” Ribbon – beautiful to use……

This is using the Madison Avenue stamp set you can can get free with a £45 order. Lots more to share using this set over the next 2 weeks….

More product pictures for you below. Supply List at the bottom of my post.

SU! Products used

Stamps – SAB Madison Avenue; Delightful Dozen/ Word Play

Punches – Itty Bitty Flower Punch

Papers – SAB Sycamore Street

Ribbon – Natural Trim Ribbon 7/16”

Embellishments - SAB Sycamore Street Button Pool Party

Inks & Cardstock – Pool Party; Sahara Sand; Whisper White

Sunday, 3 February 2013

Blog Hop to celebrate the new Stampin’ Up! Spring & Summer Catalogue

Welcome to The Craft Spa for you that have come from the beautiful Valentine card project on Yvonnes’blog and for those of you starting here..... just a few words to explain!!

A group of 17 extremely talented Stampin' Up! UK demonstrators in the Jules Jems team have set up a blog hop to show you projects using brand new products from the new Stampin' Up! Spring & Summer catalogue and the Sale A Bration freebies too……. Just press on the Prev… or Next… icons at the end of my post to travel round in whichever direction you prefer!! There is also a full listing of all the participants blogs right at the end!!

So my share for today is a card for Valentines Day….. I have used lots & lots of new products on this card as well as finally making the Scallop Square Card Easel card to add to my Scallop Square Die project collection!! I hope that you like the card… my ladies have thoroughly enjoyed making this card – not only is it a great card to reproduce in your own style – but it is one that can be easily adapted for any occasion – and as - they like grids!! But they did not see the easy grid in the Bingo background stamp that I used! Sorry ladies for making you pierce it before!!!!

So what new products have I used…. and what else do you get in the pack!! Scroll down below the Hop icons to see the full listing of products used.

That’s The Ticket. Something for all occasions… gorgeous to use with (or without) the co-ordinating Ticket Duo Builder punch!! I feel that I have been waiting for this stamp set for a very long time! And now it is here…. It is fantastic!

Hearts A Flutter These also come with matching Framelit dies as a bundle!! We like bundles….. great value….

Ciao Baby! Two co-ordinating punches used here… the new 7/8” Scallop Circle - and the Petite Curly Label - which is free with then SAB promotion until 22 March when you choose over £45 of product (and that will be available afterwards for £11.50)

And some of the free (with a £45 order) SAB Sycamore Street papers and Pool Party ribbon from the Sale A Bration promotion…..

Do feel free to contact me if you would like to order any products or come to a cardmaking or scrapbooking class located between York and Harrogate. I run fortnightly Monday night and Tuesday morning classes and some Saturdays too! See schedule here.

Want to see more projects – lots and lots of Sale A Bration projects made and ready to be shared with you all over the next 2 weeks– just follow my blog and/or I’ll see some of you at the next Jems training…. Also some Spring/Summer Catalogue projects too… but most of them will come a bit later!!

So Bye for Now…… just press on the Next icon to the right below to go to the next blog on the hop – the lovely Mel’s stunning chalkboard card….

SU Supplies Used (AC for items that aren’t brand new and in the Spring & Summer Catty!! They are to be found in the Annual Catalogue 2012-13)

Stamps – Ciao Baby!; Hearts A Flutter; That’s The Ticket; Bingo Card(AC)

Punches – Petite Curly Label *SAB ; 7/8” Scallop Circle; Ticket Duo Builder (AC); 3/4” Circle (AC); 1/2” Circle(AC)

Papers & Ribbons – Sycamore Street *SAB

Dies – Hearts A Flutter; Scallop Square(AC)

Embellishments – Gemstones(AC) *SAB - Free with Sale A Bration order over £45 until 22 March 2013 . See full details of the SAB promotion here.

Friday, 1 February 2013

The Stampin’ Up! Spring & Summer Catalogue is here

Here it is! These products are available from today, 1st February through to 30 June 2013.

Just click on the picture above(or to the top of the left hand bar) to go to the page turning version on the web.

Or GO HERE to find the pdf version. Or just contact me for your copy….. in the flesh….

Combine your need for these gorgeous new products with the Sale A Bration promotion which runs through to 22nd March. 1 free item for every £45 you spend. See my SAB Special Offers on the tab above for all the details!!

Some of my projects to share coming very soon….. but in the meantime,4 of my Top Picks ( which was VERY hard as I love so many!!)

Paper Doilies and Flowers Trim Tulle. Use the Tulle as a ribbon or cut off individual flowers. Colour the flowers or leave white… Your choice!!

Tea For Two Designer Paper – papers that rock my world!! So pretty….. Fabric and stamps to co-ordinate too!!

And the Honeycomb Embossing Folder. A have to have girls!!

Put them all together…. and you get projects like these….. spot the trinkets here too!!! Gorgeous….

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Coming Soon… Stampin’ Up! Spring/Summer Catalogue, Sale A Bration projects and Sunday 3rd February Blog Hop …

Come back on Sunday afternoon, 3rd February to trip the blog hop fantastic!! Lots of new Spring/Summer Catalogue products to be seen….
Did someone tell you we have a new catalogue coming out tomorrow!! Yes it is time for the Stampin’ Up Spring / Summer catalogue… come back tomorrow! All will be revealed…. All I can say for now is…. LOVELY!!!
Also starting tomorrow… I will be sharing the many samples I have been busy making using the Sale A Bration free stamp sets and papers…. one free for every £45 you spend…... 17 to choose from!!
Need a reminder of what the Sale A Bration freebies are.. go to the end of this post for the easy pictorial!!
Need a reminder of my Special Sale A Bration offers… see the tabs at the top of my blog…. or just go here….
Thinking about getting your £162.50 product for just £99… again see the Join My Team tab at the top.. or just go here

Really hope you pop by again soon!!!!

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Favourite time of the year!! Stampin’ Up! Sale-A-Bration 2013. Lots for free!

The time is here. Lots of free stuff with your orders and when you join my team of demonstrators!!

Spend £45 and get a free product**.

Place three £45 orders between 22 Jan & 22 March 2013.....get* £15 of free product in April 2013.

Note though.. it is still the best value to join my 3 month Hostess £50 Club running from January to March. Commit to a £50 order for each of the 3 months and I give you a further £10* product for free each month... and you get your one free SAB product each month too!! So c£75 product pcm.

** Spend £90, get 2... and so on....... Free products shown BELOW or go to SU site here….. SU! SAB LEAFLET !!

Choose from 17 products. 11 exclusive to the SAB promotion. Choose from Stamp Sets, Patterned Papers, Ribbons & Buttons, an Embossing Folder, a Punch and more.........

Select up to £162.50 of SU! Products and pay just £99. Also over £45 of SU! business supplies...... Get 25% more for your money. That is another £32.50. (usually £130 for £99)

And for the first 3 joining my Craft Therapists team during Sale-A-Bration..... get 2* free SAB products too (worth up to £30). So £230 supplies for your £99.

Really amazing... and unrepeatable ... value.

Get your friends together and gather orders over £150.... get 3 free SAB products, Silver Glimmer Paper plus choose another £25 of catalogue product for free.

Over £300.... get 9 free SAB products, Silver Glimmer Paper plus another £50 of catalogue product for free.

Just contact me BY PHONE OR EMAIL for further details...

Amanda Bates Email: thecraftspa@gmail.com Tel: 01423 331562

Blog: http://thecraftspa.blogspot.com

* These offers are not from Stampin’ Up! They are exclusive to orders and new team members via Amanda Bates at The Craft Spa.

Friday, 2 November 2012

Happy Halloween–a few days late!!

Just a very quick post to share some Halloween projects I did this year.

Firstly a wreath and secondly some treat bags that were made very simply using the Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit in the Autumn Winter catalogue.

I had some of the tags left from the kit so I just had to add to a wreath!!

You will soon see this wreath again…. as lurking under its Halloween disguise here… it is a wreath for All Occasions……

Stampin’ Up! November Promotions

Well have I got news for you!! Not one, not two but 3 promotions on for this month. Thank You Stampin’ Up!

So where shall I start….

Product Promotion - Free Piercing Pack

Promotion Details: It’s only November, but Stampin’ Claus is coming to town! Get a FREE Festive Paper-Piercing Pack (RRP £7.25) when you purchase the Ornament Keepsakes Stamp Set and Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper Bundle. Dates: 1-30 November 2012

Click icon for more details…..

Hostess Promotion – Free Ink Pads

From 1 November through 16 December, host a minimum £325 Stampin’ Up! party and get a FREE collection of ink pads*—a £44.50 value—in addition to our other fantastic benefits! That is £50 more product for free plus one item at 50% off for your £325 order.

*Neutrals Collection not eligible

Click icon for more details

And last but definitely not least….

New Demonstrator Promotion – Free Paper

That’s right! Get FREE Designer Series Paper for SIX MONTHS when you become a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator during October or November.

Click icon for more details

As a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, you’ll enjoy exclusive benefits such as

A 20 percent product discount!
A free subscription to Stampin’ Up!’s demonstrator magazine!
Access to a thriving online community of stampers and paper crafters from around the world!
An open invitation to fabulous Stampin’ Up! events! Some local, some nationwide,some European and opportunities for other exciting incentive trips worldwide too!!

Please do not hesitate to contact me for further details on all of these exciting promotions. I have kept it brief as I didn’t want to get an award for the longest blog post ever…..Something to suit everyone….

And my next order will be going in 13th November …….

So for you ladies that do classes here at The Craft Spa …this is really in your interest…… please help me get to the £325 order level so you can use all new ink pads in future classes……. Remember it is Christmas soon!! There are lots of great Christmas presents for crafters and non-crafters in the catalogues!!!

Friday, 5 October 2012

New Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue – Some Products to Highlight - PART ONE…. Embossing Folders

For those of you hopping on the ILWS blog hop – go here…..

And for the rest of you – just a first post of a series to highlight some of my favourite new items in the new 2012-13 Annual Catalogue that has been released. Today it is the turn of the Embossing Folders… which I know are a big favourite of many of you too!!

If there is anything that you fancy – please do not hesitate to contact me to order. For those of you that are local and can collect to save yourself the £4.95 postage …. I have an order going on next Thursday 11th October.

Today’s Product Feature - Embossing Folders

Oh we have lots and lots now….. difficult to pick just one out of the 19 or so we have in the Annual & Autumn/Winter catalogues ... so I won’t…. I’ll show you 4 instead… One for Christmas, one perfect for Christmas and all year and two for anytime!!

Now if you like these – go and check out my Special Offers page – Buy 3 and Get a 4th for Half Price. Note that this offer is not just for embossing folders…!

Northern Flurry 120902 for Christmas used in the project to the left….

Oh how I love thee!! And how long have I wanted you to travel across the miles….

Don’t you just love that script greeting I have used too – it is hidden in the Delightful Dozen stamp set…..

Chevron Folder 127749. As most of us crafters know… chevrons are the pattern of the moment… they are in use everywhere… so I am SO happy to see a brand new embossing folder to satisfy my every chevron whim!! Check out the larger size too – this one is 10.8 x 16.2cm – so covers all that A6 card blank….

Petals A Plenty Folder 116824 Beautiful for Christmas – especially with those Poinsettia images – but can be used all year round as we all love flowers don’t we…..

Used in the Watercolor Winter card here with white or with the sanded Cherry Cobbler CoreDinations cardstock – makes a stunning background

Elegant Lines Folder 119277 Just simply beautiful!! Don’t know what else to say…..

It just adds so much to a project – particularly anything for a wedding…..

And here I am going to be a bit naughty…. I am showing you yet another embossing folder…. my excuse is that I can then show the full set of my embossed Watercolor Winter cards in the same post!!

This folder is the Woodgrain 127821 one which was released last month in the Autumn/Winter catalogue – isn’t it just stunning using the sanded Early Espresso Core’Dinations…. and that is from someone that doesn’t do grungy….. well not very often……

And finally…. I have to thank Dawn Olchefske for her beautiful Watercolor Winter card that I CASED here for my set of 4 - and Jen Sannes for the gorgeous tall Northern Flurry card that I CASED here.

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Monday, 1 October 2012

New Catalogue Blog Hop – Snow Festival Papers - aka Scallop Square Die #20-22

Welcome to The Craft Spa for you that have come from the beautiful projects on Carolyn’s blog - and for you starting here..... just a few words to explain!! A group of nearly 40 extremely talented Stampin' Up! UK demonstrators have got ourselves organised (via the forum In Love with Stamping) in the form of a blog hop to show you some projects using products from the new Stampin' Up! Annual & Autumn/Winter catalogues. These products are all available from today….. 1st October.

I have used quite a lot of products in the Autumn & Winter catalogue as I LOVE these Snow Festival papers – so it seemed rude not to…. see my Special Offers page to see how you can pick up a Snow Festival kit to make these projects for yourself….. or just the tutorial if you already have lots of these papers!!

So I have 3 projects to show you today…..

Firstly my Gingerbread House – complete with gingerbread men and candy canes from the new Scentsational Season stamp & Framelit bundle. As well as a Scallop Square die cut roof and base - of course!

This is based on the House Mini Book that Michelle Last demoed at Stampin’ Up! Convention 2 years ago… I made one earlier in the year but couldn’t get my ribbon to lay flat at the side – which resulted in my sides “gaping” when closed… so … a die cut scallop square came to the rescue…. to make a base that the book/house fits into nicely!! So it ends up as a box come mini book I suppose.

And here is the inside of the “book” – all ready for some photos to be added…..

And don’t you just love those felt snowmen!! Big thanks to my good friend Alison for these – I just wish I was SO clever!!! They are just SO cute!!

Secondly, my After Eight Dispenser Box.

I have seen lots of similar tea caddies around the Web – but we don’t have a tea drinker at Christmas – so with a quick tweak to the dimensions and a Scallop Square Base and lid – my dispenser box for After Eights was born. This will get a lot of use in my house at Christmas…… And quite a few friends will be getting these as gifts… so there will be more versions to show here later…..

And last but – but very definitely not least – my Chocolate Smarties Penguin Exploding Box.

This is a CASE of my own Easter Lindt Chocolate Bunny project . I have been desperately wanting to find chocolate penguins ever since – and voila – Smarties have done me proud!! I just needed to tweak the dimensions again as the penguin is taller. I love that it is “mature” on the outside of the box… and then so cute on the inside…..

The Polar Party stamp set was superb for this project – though you could use Owl Punch Art Penguins instead….

And how perfect is the new Sweater Trim ribbon for a little scarf!!!

Both of the catalogues are linked to the top left of my blog – but go here to go straight to the BIG Annual Catalogue released today!!

If you would like to make up these projects for yourself – I have the tutorials available for purchase – or if you need the products as well – I have put together a special Snow Festival kit - shown here on my Snow Festival Kit Offer page - which includes all the card, paper & ribbon etc that you need to be able to make these…. and the tutorial for free.

And now it is time to pass you onto Pat's wonderful creations . EDITED TO ADD…. there appears to be a glitch with this link – please come back and press the link again if you get passed into a webring the first time!!

http://stampinbeckscraft.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/new-catalogues-blog-hop.html

New Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalogue Released Today

Here it is… the 2012-13 Annual Catalogue - which is released today.

Just click the image or go here to the on-line Catalogue. Or it is also linked at the top left of my blog….

If you want your own hard copy – for just £3 collected or £5.20 posted - just email/contact me via the box on the top right hand side. I will also include a voucher for you to get the £3 back in free product on your first order of £30+ during October/November - or £7 free product for an order over £60.

And - if relevant – to save yourself some postage costs ( £4.95 direct from SU!) – my next 2 monthly orders will be going in on Wednesday 3rd October and 1st November. Note that - even if you can’t collect - I can often post you goods on for cheaper than that £4.95….

The catalogue has grown enormously this year – by over 70pages - now 205 pages of stamps, dies & embossing folders, wheels, tools and storage along with colour-co-ordinated papers, accessories, card & inks….. And there is our Autumn/Winter Catalogue too – another 39 pages – so 244 pages in total – that is 50% more pages of product to choose from since last October!!!!

Too much to summarise here….. but come back after 10 am today 1st October for a blog hop to show you lots of new products – or on Thursday 4th October for a post highlighting some new key products….. though I will be posting some quick project posts in the meantime…..

I am blown away… we now have everything that Stampin’ Up! are selling worldwide…….. Yay!!! My only difficulty now is choosing what I can afford to order for “myself”….. good job I have learnt lots and lots of free stamp sets this year…. great year to be in this position!!

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