Last Chance for Mini Catalogue Orders

Who doesn't love Easter?  Well today's post are all about Easter. Here's my gorgeously cute Bunny Basket.  Made using the punches from Stampin' Up! I saw this on a post from another demonstrator on deliaspaperworld.wordpress.com and just had to get my punches out to try it. I did not have all the punches used, but used a little alternative to the decorative bauble punch, but it worked. I filled them with mini egg goodies for my nieces and they were super impressed!


The following two are the lovely Easter makes I made at a workshop recently. 



The stamp set of course for the card, is the Easter Blossoms set from the mini catalogue.  The colours are Elegant Eggplant and Perfect Plum a fabulous combination.

I loved using the scallop edge ribbon which made such a quick difference to a simple stamped card.  The eyelet border punch also made a delicate edge to layer the card. You cannot see so well in the picture, but the middle egg has a pearl in it to decorate the egg; you could even add a second layer on a dimensional pad to raise the middle image if making this for yourself.

I am a perfectionist at heart and so the eggs on the card were lined up using the Stamp-a-ma-jig tool  to make sure they were straight.  I probably should have used a glue and a ruler to secure the ribbon as it has slipped slightly on the glue dots under it!

 Another project I demonstrated to the group was the gift bag shown here.  It was cut and scored from a simple template I found online (sorry I have lost the link to credit it). Just one sheet of card and of the oval punches were used to create the handles and again some decoration added with the You Are Loved and Easter Blossom stamp sets.

The corner punch, which I could not be without, makes the corners look softer and gives a professional finish to the top of the bag.  This is just the right size for Easter goodies or sweet treats at other times of the year too!

Both stamp sets are featured in the mini catalogue and are available only until end of April so if you want these sets, be quick! You will need to order them without delay to make sure you get them!  I have used them for Valentine's, Mother and Easter makes to show how versatile they are.

Don't miss out, to Place an order, email me at craftyinkbuds@sky.com

Free Designer Papers!

What a fantastic March celebrating with my customers with their free product, I hope you are all enjoying your new stamps and designer paper.  Great news! Stampin' Up! are still treating  you for spring as from 1-30 April 2012, you can get one free pack of a selection of the gorgeous Designer Series Papers when you spend £45 on Stampin’ Up! products*.

Choose from the following:

Item	Description
122350	Berry Blossom Designer Series Paper
122342	Beyond the Garden Designer Series Paper
122347	Nursery Nest Designer Series Paper
122354	Pocketful of Posies Designer Series Paper

*Limit of one gift with purchase for every qualifying order.

Contact me TODAY to get FREE Designer Series Paper with your qualifying purchase of £45 in Stampin’ Up! products. To Place an order, email me at craftyinkbuds@sky.com

Only 5 more Sale-a-Bration days to go!

Don't miss out, there's still time to place an order and enjoy a Sale-a-bration!  Last order date for this exciting order time is this Saturday 31st March. Remember, the exclusive stamp sets and paper pack that are part of this years Sale-a-bration offering will no longer be available after this time. Some of my customers have been enjoying their free product through this month and some, more than once!  Don't forget to look through my previous posts to see the lovely stamp sets and papers in action.

If you don't have a wish list long enough to benefit from the Sale-a-bration (hard to believe), but want to order something and save yourself the normal delivery cost (£4.95 per order) by picking up from me in Church Crookham, Fleet then don't delay, get in touch.  Have you wanted a new marker pen or some ribbon to co-ordinate with paper you already have in Stampin' Up! colours? Then just let me know as no order is too small.

Remember too, this is the last few weeks to order from the Spring Mini Catalogue!  The products from this are only available until the end of April.  The Easter Blossoms and You Are Loved are two of my favourite stamp sets and I just had to order them when I saw them.  As you can see from my posts they have had some use these last few weeks!
 
So, sit down with a cuppa and your latest catalogues and email me at craftyinkbuds@sky.com with your order.

Happy Mother's Day!

What a fabulous Mother's Day I have had!  A lovely time has been spent with the family today.  Whilst I am here I thought I would share the cards I made with some of the current stamp sets for the 3 mother's lucky enough to receive them from our household on this day - yes, that was 3 cards to make!

The first will look very familiar to you all who have seen the mini catalogue already as I have used the catalogue for inspiration.  That is the great thing about the Idea and Catalogue it really is full of inspiration and I love flicking through to see what catches my eye.  When I am not sure where to start from I just look there and play around with one of the ideas using it as a template. 

This time I loved the card so much I made almost an exact replica (what a cheat!). The stamp set is the Easter Blossoms from the mini catalogue for Easter, but I loved the blossom background and the little girl silhouette for this card so I changed the sentiment to make this a Mother's Day card.  The 'For My Wonderful Mother' stamp is part of the Delightful Dozen set - this stamp set is full of useful greetings for the year and I am working my way through them!

I changed the designer paper to Beau Chateau and used the Seam Binding Ribbon ruffled up too as a change to the original design.  To create the ruffle you just need to cut the Seam Binding Ribbon then catch a single thread from the end and pull it to gather the ribbon up.


Colours for the card are Rose Red, Crumb cake, Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla.  The flower is from the Boho Blossoms punch with Certainly Celery and some River Rock scraps, finished off with some pearls for that extra special feel.
 
The second card I made was with the Sale-a-Bration Fresh Vintage stamp set and using Baja Breeze and the 2012-2013 In Colours.  This is a card layered with the Sale-A-Bration designer papers Everyday Enchantment and the Fresh Vintage stamped images.  I used the marker pens to colour the stamps to match the paper design.  I have stuck the images with dimensionals to give the card layering.

The decorative label is an off cut from another recent project, my wedding invitations - it is a decorative label made from Very Vanilla, embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder for the Big Shot and then inked on the edges with Crumb Cake ink  using a sponge dauber.  Watch this space to see pictures of the wedding stationery at a later date!

The third card again came from inspiration from the catalogue.  This is using the You Are Loved stamp set.  The background is Baja Breeze and and I have then used marker pens again to ink the flower and stuck it with a Dimensional pad to lift it from the card. 

Again, I have used the 'For My Wonderful Mother' from the Delightful Dozen set on the tag.  The Satin Ribbon is Certainly Celery and fixed with glue dots in the gathered effect.  Of course, a few pearls here just accent the flower and ribbon to finish the card off - a simply lovely design!

I hope you love the cards, and for all you mother's I hope you have been made to feel truly special today too!

Remember the Sale-a-Bration is only until the end of this month, March and the Mini Catalogue sets featured here are also only available until the end of April. Email me at craftyinkbuds@sky.com to place an order or see what dates I have available for a hostess party with you.

Elementary Elements Sale-A-Bration Time

It's a celebration time!  My customers have been celebrating already with the gorgeous free products they have been earning during this fabulous sale time at Stampin' Up!

If you haven't been tempted already here are a couple of cards I have produced with the Elementary Elegance stamp set and the new 2012-2013 In Colours Card Stock. 

The background is my old favourite Crumb Cake, but the accent cards used are Calypso Coral and Pool Party from the new In Colours selection.  The In Colours match up with the Everyday Enchantment Designer Paper from the Sale-a-Bration products - perfect!  I love the vintage prints on the papers too they are so gorgeous!

I just had to use the little stamps as part of the stamp set for the borders.  There is a little bird, a key and butterfly on my card, but the set also has a crown stamp as these all tie in with the new charms and jewellery offerings in the mini catalogue. 

The Happy Birthday Greeting is a fantastic font which I have stamped in the middle of the lovely decorative label.  Don't forget this border stamp also co-ordinates with the curly label punch too for even easier project work!

 There's still some time left to host your own party to earn these and other free Sale-a-Bration products, just give me a call and we can set up a date!  You don't need to host a party either, you can just place your own order and earn the products for yourself.

Remember to email me at craftyinkbuds@sky.com

Vatlentine Hearts

Yesterday I tried the stepped card for the first time for my You Are Loved card and then as it is Valentine's Day today I used the card layout again.

This time out came the Small Heart Punch and the little heart from the Owl Builder Punch to make this lovely confetti heart card.

The treat cups I bought for a Christmas project to fill with treats, but they don't need to be filled with goodies to be the centre of attention.


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Love is all Around

I thought it was about time I tried another card format, so here it is, my first attempt at a stepped card.  It wasn't as difficult as I thoughtonce I had the measurements and of course my trusted paper cutter to cut and score in the correct places.  Thanks to my Stampin' Up' upline Amanda Fowler from Inspiring Inkin' for the inspiration.

To decorate the card I used the You are Loved stamp set and the co-ordinating wheel stamp.  Perfect for Valentine's, but just as easily to send love to loved ones at other times of the year.  I definitely am planning on a Mother's Day card with this set!

Au Beau Chateau - beautiful!

There's nothing worse than checking the calendar and realising you had overlooked a birthday for someone and there's no guarantee even with a 1st class stamp it isn't going to get to them in time.  That's what I love about making my own cards, just sitting down and putting together a lovely card and then sending it.

It might arrive a little late, but if it's this lovely and handmade surely it can be forgiven!

I just love the Fun Flowers die for the Big Shot. Some designer papers and a run through the big shot and you have an instant beautiful flower to top a card or project.  I have used the Vintage wallpaper emboss folder with the Big Shot to make the vintage style background and finished off the card with the new Victoria Crochet Trim. I think you will agree this card is simply gorgeous!

To place an order or request a demonstration of the Big Shot and what you can do with this tool, email me at craftyinkbuds@sky.com

You are Loved

Today I have been playing with my new stamp set from the Mini Catalogue.  It's called 'You are Loved' and of course, it is very apt for the near to coming Valentine's Day to send sweet messages, but I think it is great for other occasions too.  It could just as easily be for a Mother's Day project (18th March) or birthdays or friendships all year through.  I love absolutely love it!

I made a card perfect to fit in the new square envelopes (thank you SU for providing square envelopes this catalogue!) with dimensional pads to raise the Valentine sentiment overlaying the lovely background heart stamp.

I stamped with the lush deep red ink of Cherry Cobbler and added lovely Whispher White organza ribbon and pearls to complete the look. The background card was Always Artichoke and I created the stitching with the piercing tool and using the piercing template mat set.  I then used stitched by hand - it didn't take as long as it sounds, but you can always cheat and use a white gel pen to make the stitch effect!

It's a bit of a shame as the sentiment placement covers some of the lovely features of the heart stamp as it has a bird and butterflies too, but don't worry I will be sure to be stamping some more and posting  pictures with this stamp set.

Watch this space as I have another exciting project with this stamp to show you..............


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Quick Birthday Pennants

Just a quick note to add to today's postings to show you a couple of cards I made quickly to celebrate birthdays for relatives this last week.

These are made using the Pennants Builder Punch as an another alternative to making a banner with them. I have just used the middle triangles stuck together to make the diamond shapes and an additional row along the top.  A really simple design which takes minutes.

The 'happy' lettering is the 'Just perfect' alphabet stamp set and the 'Birthday' badge is from the 'Happiest Birhday wishes' set.  Background cardstock and ink used is a favourite of mine, Early expresso. 

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