Piercing with Work of Art …. as 25% off Piercing Packs on Weekly Deals

Had to pop on and share this Clean & Simple card this week. As… there are 3 Paper Piercing Packs with 25% off this week on the SU! Weekly deals. All down to £5.44 from £7.25 RRP. The Occasions pack was used here….
This is a card we made in classes back in July – a few ladies had bought the Work of Art stamp set – so I set to and made some cards with it! And developed a love for the Work of Art & Fabulous Four stamp sets …but more on that another day…. But also a love for the new In Colour Lost Lagoon paired with Soft Sky… which is definitely continuing on till Christmas!!
And here is another version…. which actually came first… as I created this card to showcase the amazing ability of the new In Colour Blackberry Bliss to keep stamping as no other colour can!! The chevrons were not re- inked between stampings…it just kept going and going…. easy peasy!

Spot the piercing around the heart aperture…… that is where the piercing pack comes into its own….

But the Lost Lagoon one is definitely my favourite version…it has a dream like appearance in the flesh…… love this card!!!!

And here are the 3 Paper Piercing Packs….. just click on the pic for a better view & more details
Occasions

Essentials

And the new one on the block… Eclectic

And here are all this weeks Weekly Deals – some great products there….. check out all those dies too…. those Window Frames have been my most used for the past few months…..

Free Postage…. Clearance Rack updated today! And new Weekly Deals too….

Just a very  quick share….. Stampin’ Up! have just updated the Clearance Rack. Up to 80% off… Check it out here…

And new Weekly Deals from today until next Tuesday 30 September too….

But…. as I am pretty much out of action for the next 48 hours or so… so I cannot do my usual Clearance Rack “DANCE” ….. and as I know that the BEST Clearance Rack deals disappear fast!! Here is an extra deal for you…. go here, press SHOP & place an online order for more than £50 and enter the  current hostess code  A6GZQ64W (be it products from Clearance Rack, Weekly Deals, Autumn/Winter Catalogue, 2014-15 Catalogue, My Digital Studio…and anything else you can find that can be ordered!!) – and I will refund that £4.95 postage for you! (via paypal if you let me know the order number and your paypal email address-  or in the flesh when I see you!!)

However if you have birthday money or are otherwise feeling flush and are placing an order over 150….. Don’t enter that hostess code… claim your Stampin Rewards instead… and I will still refund that postage for you….

Note – this extra deal is from me, Amanda at The Craft Spa – NOT Stampin’ UP!

Wondrous Wreath with more WOW!

Before I got my Wondrous Wreath set… one of my ladies commented that the wreaths appeared “flat”on the samples she had seen on the web… so I set to to give my wreaths a bit more life….

The process started off with the berries or just a few leaves being randomly glossed up using Crystal Effects as per these cards shared earlier in the week…

But then I went the whole hog…  so this card has every leaf glossed up… and boy does it shine and pop off the card! Definitely not flat! You just need a bit of patience – but it does makes great therapy!

In fact I didn’t stop there… even some of the flowers are “glossed up” too….

SU! Supplies Used

Stamps – Wondrous Wreath, Pictogram Punches, PL Holiday Cheer

Dies – Wonderful Wreath

Punches – Itty Bitty Accents Pack

Colours – Old Olive, Garden Green, Blackberry Bliss, Pink Pirouette

Embellishments – Crystal Effects, Basics Gemstones

Stamping Tip for Wondrous Wreath

A quick tip for you today…..

After spending time peering carefully through my clear photopolymer stamp to line up the “few leaves” over the “lots of leaves”  - and having watched this video released by Stampin’ Up! showing us tips on how to use these stamps & framelits (which explains the fab new feature of alignment tabs to be found on both the wreath stamps and the dies to make lining up a breeze!)  - but then deciding that I was not going to do a 2 die-cut pass…

A lightbulb moment hit me… obvious really but…. stamp the “few leaves”… then overstamp with the “lots of leaves”…. really easy to line everything up that way…. a lot quicker – and a slightly softer effect too….

(1) “Few leaves” in Garden Green…

(2) “Lots of Leaves” in Old Olive

Ah…easy perfection…

And so onto today’s card…..

 

OK OK… the more observant of you will have spotted that the “to the world” greeting is from a retired set from last year… and some fellow Jems will recognise this card from my Inspiration display a year ago! Yes…new year…new wreath… that is all I am going to say!!!

So the other details…

The large letters are sponged through the alphabet masks in the Build A Banner Simply Created Kit  which was re-released in this years Annual Catalogue. Great banner – but this kit is highly recommended just for the masks!!

Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details adds some glimmer to the berries

The flower is in the Wondrous Wreath stamp set – along with the matching die in the Wonderful Wreath die set….

The wreath on the card was created before my lightbulb moment…. oops…. lining up not quite right!!!

Come back tomorrow for another tip to give this wreath some extra dimension…..

Another Wonderful Wondrous Wreath….

Very quick share today! Following on from yesterdays post…. here is another Clean & Simple card using the Wonderful Wreath & Wondrous Wreath stamps and matching Framelits. Not only do the Framelits cut the wreath… but the words Joy and Noel too… as well as the lovely red glimmer bow used here….

Come back tomorrow for some tips on using these stamps …. I discovered an easier way of lining everything up…..

Clean & Simple Wonderful Wondrous Wreath - One for Christmas, One for a Birthday

This month’s workshops & classes focus on cards that are suitable for Christmas – or suitable for another occasion – given just a change in sentiment or colours….

Lots of my ladies have the school summer holidays off from papercrafting… which results in 2 requests for September… Firstly, to keep the cards simple to allow them quickly & easily back into the swing of things!! Secondly, even though my September classes are all about Christmas cards suitable for mass production - their stocks of birthday cards & other occasion cards run out  … so this year I thought I would plan around their requests!! Less running upstairs for me!!!

So here is a clean & simple card that does just that - using the Wondrous & Wonderful Wreath stamps & matching framelits.

Spot the detail…. Crystal Effects is applied to the red berries for the Christmas one – and to random leaves for the birthday one… little thing…big difference…..

Weekly Deals 17-23 September

Here’s the snapshot! Click on the snapshot for more product information. Or here for more details on Weekly Deals.

Some great items at 25% off this week. Have to highlight the 2013-15 In Color Markers as there are so many favourite & much used colours in there and I know that many of you have been itching to add them to your stash! So now you can for less! Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Canteloupe, Baked Brown Sugar & Strawberry Slush.

And we have 2 stamp sets this week….. both in the Wood Mount option… Some of the wording from Yippee Skippee has been really popular and Happy Hour was a favourite for Christmas cards last year – though useable all year round…. So here are a few projects using these stamps from the archives!! Though typically I can’t find the Happy Hour christmas card I was looking for…..

And don ‘t miss the boxes whilst they are on offer…. here a few we made last year….

Right onto sharing wreaths now….

Holiday Home for a New Home

Following on from the Christmas version I posted yesterday…here is a New Home version that I needed to quickly make for good friends just settling into a New Home. Delighted to say that this accompanied some SU! crafting goodies – so yes Alison… I will quickly move onto some cards using the Wonderful & Wondrous Wreath very soon!!!

As it was SO important that I got Alison’s crafting goodies off in the post quickly….. I made myself keep it very Clean & Simple – but I did get the chance to use my new FAVOURITE background stamp….. I Love Lace…oh yes I do!!! It is SO beautiful stamped in Whisper White craft ink on any cardstock colour – albeit very subtle when stamped on the more subtle colour ways…. I think everyone has picked up my display cards using it…there is almost a texture to feel….

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

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Holiday Home Photopolymer Bundle	I Love Lace Wood-Mount Stamp Set	I Love Lace Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Banner Punch
Banner Banter Wood-Mount Stamp Set	Banner Banter Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock	Card Stock A4 Soft Sky
Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad	Aqua Painter
Blender Pens