Candy Cane Lane Trio

And to finish off my Candy Cane Lane Houses series for now... here is a tweak or two on this earlier one...

Different greeting (from Greetings From Santa)... love this greeting!

Tree cut from another of the Candy Cane Lane papers...

And then to finish off ... the addition of those mica flakes again... Sorry for bad photo...

And tomorrow... a break from Candy Cane Lane for now... and a bit of snowy mayhem maybe!

Candy Cane Christmas & Candy Cane Lane

So whilst I had the watercolor paper and aquapainter out... I had to produce another card...

Another cut out house from my favourite Candy Cane Lane papers...

Greeting same as on yesterday's birdhouse card too

Finished off with 3 trees stamped from the Candy Cane Christmas set... in Crumb Cake , Real Red & Early Espresso

Simples but very effective in the flesh...

Tweaking the Candy Cane Lane Birdhouse Card

Thank you for all your lovely comments about my birdhouse card yesterday... I am glad so many of you like it as much as I do...

So yesterday I admitted that I had already been tweaking my Candy Cane Lane Bird House card... so I think you may like this one too...

I just grabbed some watercolor paper, Pool Party ink and an Aquapainter...and gave it a good old random watercolor wash...

Everything else the same as yesterday's card... though I did forget to tell you a few details yesterday...

Greeting inked up with Pool Party ink pad, then inked up Christmas with a Real Red marker pen...and the rest with an Early Espresso marker pen...

The Seasonal Bells plant pot described in more detail  here... but I used Early Espresso card and ink...

And the Soft Suede wood post is wood-textured by stamping the Timeless Textures wood effect stamp in Soft Suede

And oh ... the inspiration for this card came when I was making this one...

Now which do you prefer? Wash or white!?

And oh... you may have noticed that the white version has had a little dressing up too... care of Fine Tip glue and clear Mica Flakes on the roof...

Candy Cane Lane Christmas Birdhouse...

Quick share today... birdhouse from Candy Cane Lane papers... greeting from Tin of Tags... birds from Thoughtful Branches... bow from Holly Berry Happiness... and pot from Seasonal Bells... Come back tomorrow for more details as to how...

Love it so much I have just made another on the same theme today... will be back to share that one soon when I have had a chance to take some photos!

Remember 56 houses in a pack of papers... that is a lot of easy cards!

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...

Introducing.... Candy Cane Lane Suite

Introducing my favourite papers from the new Autumn Winter Catalogue... Candy Cane Lane... gingerbread house, gingerbread men, stripes, mittens, snowy dots, and sweets... 

Actually I think these papers might just be my favourite Christmas papers ever... and many of them can be used all-year-round as well!

I love this simple little card... The houses on the card are just cut from a paper sheet... The house on the right hand side being cut out from the edge...so absolutely no waste! And you get 56 full houses from a pack of papers... now that delivers a lot of cards...

The greeting is from the new Tin of Tags stamp set...

This is designed to co-ordinate with the Tin of Tags kit to simply produce 30 tags... great tags...and I love the gorgeous little polka dot tin... But the greetings are just too nice to not use on cards too...

And before I go here are the other products in the Candy Cane suite... Just click on the photos to go to the product details...

And watch out for more details on my Candy Cane Suite Pack...coming soon...

Candy Cane Christmas stamps (in Wood and Clear mount)

Beautiful Real Red 3/4"Stitched Edge Ribbon

 Candy Cane Lane Washi Tape

 Candy Cane Lane Bakers Twine

 And ooh... a 20 sheet pack of 12x12 Real Red cardstock....

 And a great marker duo set... Crumb Cake and Real Red... just the 2 you need at this time of year...

And here are a few more product samples for you... I adore these simple tags...can't wait to make these...

NEW Catalogue & NEW Special Promotions too...

Few things to tell you about today...

Firstly, the 2016 Autumn Winter Catalogue is now live! Click here or on the above cover picture to go straight there... and products are now available to order...

Secondly... it is time for the first Special Promotions promotion. You can save 25% on select annual catalogue products from today until 21st September. Stampin' Up! will release a different list (Wednesday 11pm UK time) of select products each week for the 3 weeks promotional period. So yes that will be 3 lists over the 3 weeks... each list of products being at 25% off for that week only... Wednesday to Wednesday...

Here are the products for Week 1... which runs from today until Wednesday 7th September. Click here or on the list to go to the on line list with the pictures... I think those enamel dots are going to prove useful for snowflake centres and baubles on christmas trees!!

And lastly, the exclusive and wonderful Thoughtful Branches stamps & dies are still available but only whilst supplies last.

Stampin' Up! have now confirmed that it will not be coming back in the future... So now really is the last time to purchase this must have set... I don't think the last of the stock will stick around long...

Here is a quick collage of some of my makes using the set... but go here to my Thoughtful Branches Pinterest Board for loads more inspiration...