Weekly Deals and Clearance Rack News :-)

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I'm here with great news! First, the Clearance Rack has been updated with a load of fun new products, at bargain prices! My favourites are:  

Seasonally Scattered stamp set (c) just £9.59 and 

Lost Lagoon Silky Taffeta ribbon (it's always the ribbon!) reduced to £2.19, this ties gorgeous bows ;-)

All is Calm Washi reduced from £7.25 to just £2.89 

and then the Holiday Framelits which are now £11.99! - I used these a ton, click the label at the end of this post to see my designs

 And my last two top picks are the Frightful Wreath kit reduced to £9.99 from £24.95 - Bargain! I will be grabbing this, for sure!

and Endless wishes Photopolymer stamps, just £8.39 now - again, I used these loads, including on my swap for convention. Again, click the label to see.

You can visit all these products via MY SHOP

Whilst You're there, take a look at the Weekly Deals too, there are 13 this week! Including the Magnetic Platform (brilliant!), The Banner Framelits dies and this Summer Silhouettes stamp set (w) which is much loved by me! available this week only for just £16.46.

I used this stamp set to create this card that has proven to be one of my most visited posts here via Pinterest!! 

View the full post HERE 

And also a fab deal is the Circle Card Framelits, which is the proper name for what I call the circle flip card framelits ;-) Reduced for one week only to £22.46. 

See THIS POST for 5 ways with this die; with 5 full photo tutorials, it's such a multi-tasker! 

And remember this card which I blogged just a couple of weeks ago?

See the FULL POST HERE :-)

Please visit the WEEKLY DEALS PAGE here.

Some great bargains, I'm sure you'll agree but please hurry as once they're gone, they're gone!

To see more of my designs using some of my favourite products here please click on the label at the end of this post or pop the name of what you want to see in the search bar on the right hand side of my blog to see examples.

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Hardwood with Summer Silhouettes by Stampin' Up!

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I have a class this morning making mens cards which I will share with you soon but today I have this rustic style card made with the hardwood background stamp along with Summer Silhouettes this is a fab set and really easy to get great results because the stems and flowers are all separate (2-step stamping) making it easy to get this multi coloured effect, want to see? OK....

 I always seem to be using Linen thread with both of these stamps sets, I think it's because they remind me of being in the garden then the thread is like garden twine :-) 

See the Silver Dazzling Details dotted around? Pretty huh?

 This sentiment is from a retired set but I think you could use this card for lots of different occasions just change it up!

OK, that's me done for today.

Please don't forget these offers...

STAMPERS CLUB (starting now, join today!)

and

WEEKLY SPECIALS (great ribbon deals this week)

 and 

FREE PHOTOPOLYMER STAMPS OFFER (see my Facebook Page for a card made with these fab stamps)

only 'till the end of May, with just three designs left to choose from while stocks last so please choose soon...

And loads of goodies have been added to the CLEARANCE RACK, remember to take a look before they sell out!

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Products Used to create this project:

Summer Silhouettes	Hardwood	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad	Primrose Petals Classic Stampin' Pad	Raspberry Ripple Classic Stampin' Pad	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock	Raspberry Ripple A4 Card Stock	Silver Sparkle Dazzling Details	Linen Thread

Cork Pendant General Swaps for Convention '13 with Top Tips!

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Today I have some different General Swaps I created with the Cork pendants as the feature, these were easy to make with a few Top Tips which I will share as I go!!

So, to make the pendants I simply purchased new corks online and a small vice to hold them, then I took a sharp(ish) kitchen knife and sliced them into circles. This takes a bit of practice to get them all the same width (mine weren't) and staraight (mine were not that either, but I did try ;-))

 So, First TIP: Sand the cork circles after cutting and before colouring and stamping to get the best coverage and neaten the whole charm.

TOP TIP 2: I inked the whole cork round by pressing it into an ink pad, I tried using pens but didn't like the effect. Also you need to choose pale colour as the cork darkens the colours, the darker colours are nice but I found it was too hard to see the stamped decoration on these. 

So, I coloured mine with Soft Sky, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette, So Saffron and I did make just one with Pear Pizazz  too ;-)

So, this was the basic layout for all the cards. I did also add small eyes to the top of the cork pendants so they can be removed and made into necklaces, pendants for bracelets or even earrings if you'd like.

Top Tip 3: Ink the whole charm using SU! classic ink pads but only stamp with Staz On for the images, I tried stamping the images with the classic pads but the colour bled overnight, so I had to re-sand and re-stamp!  

The pink version used the cute little butterflies from Make a Cake

 The Pool Party version used a Papillon Potpourri butterfly

 So Saffron colour used En Fracaise and Summer Silhouettes, 

 and the Soft Sky pendant (teamed with Island Indigo card) used Betsy's Blossoms, I think this was my favourite, I liked how the flowers looked stamped on the charm :-)

 finally, the Pear Pizazz with old Olive version, I made this but thought it might be too dark but as I had finished it I made it up into a card anyway ;-)

TOP TIP 4: Add your rhinestones then coat in Crystal Effects, the stones won't adhere well on their own and also the ink will rub off  too, Crystal effects will seal both the ink and gem!

And finally here they all are together...

 Well, that's me for today, I have a boat load of things to do for tomorrow's class so I'll see you back here soon :-)

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Special Team Swaps, Lavender Bags made from 1" Ribbon

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Well, I'm back from the most amazing time at Stampin' Up! convention in Manchester. It was so great to meet up with old friends, make new friends and of course be totally inspired by wonderful projects and products ;-) I would 100%  recommend this experience to anyone and everyone who loves to create!!

So, as I was going I decided to join in a Jem's team swap (32 of us decided to go one better and make special swaps) and I decided to make lavender sachets with the Cherry Cobbler Stitched edge Grosgrain ribbon (this is actually on offer with boxes this month too! see HERE)

I cut pieces of the ribbon to 18cm lengths and sewed up each side, stuffed them full of yummy smelling lavender (with the help of Zoe) and added a hand made/stamped cork charm to each bag (more on these charms tomorrow).

Each lavender bag was then added to a co-ordinating (to the charm) card base, the background on this first one was embossed with the Honeycomb Folder and stamped using Versamark using Make a Cake stamp set

This design uses the Betsy's Blossoms set and the Chevron Folder, the card behind is actually Island Indigo, not that it looks like it here!

This one uses Papillon Potpourri

Erm, not sure what happened to my colours on this photo either but the base card was actually Old Olive!! Anyway, the stamp set used for this was Summer Silhouettes with some En Francais too :-)

OK, that's all for today but I will be back tomorrow with more details on the rest of my general swaps including how to make your own Cork Charms too!!

Thanks for looking and I hope you'll be back tomorrow for more ;-)

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Using Summer Silhouettes by Stampin' Up!

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It was my friends special day a few weeks ago and I wanted to share the card I made for her with you today. Unfortunately this DSP is retired now (Tea for Two) but the new Afternoon Picnic paper is the same pattern but in a new colourway! Yay! Especially as I have used nearly all my Tea for Two up! ;-)

So, back to the card...

 I stamped straight onto the newsprint paper after making this card in class back in May and loving the effect  it gave ;-) a few rhinestones add a touch of sparkle...

 as you can see here I stitched around the edge changing to zig zag along the ribboned section

 plenty of depth and some of the yummy burlap inspired ribbon, I am going to be doing more ribbon shares starting teh middle of August, see THIS POST for more details :-) and email me to reserve yours

 and finally a lot of decoration inside this one too..

OK, that's all from me for today,

A quick reminder about classes

For all new class details please follow

this link to my on line store 

including my 

NEW ALL DAY KICK START CHRISTMAS CLASS 

coming at the end of September... 

Back soon with cards though...

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Summer Silhouettes

Hello there!

I hope you all had a fab weekend! and enjoyed a wonderful Father's Day with your nearest and dearest ;-)

We had a lovely weekend as a family which was lovely and a bit of a rarity these days!

So, today I have a card I made for a friend which I sent as a New Home card. It uses the very pretty Summer Silhouettes in a yellow and green colour combo, very summery.

The DSP is Tea for Two from the spring/summer catty and I was playing with the finishing touches edgelits on the white card

 I love that although you can use the flowers with the stamp-a-ma-jig you don't actually have to with this set!

 and I added a pretty bow using the stitched grosgrain ribbon and a button to top it off

Just a quick reminder before I go. I have a NEW stampers 6 club starting now, I also have the NEW 2013-2014 catty in my hands which I will send out FREE to all stampers club members,

Please message me to join the fun or 

go HERE for more info

Right, I have a load of cards to make so I'm going to dash off now :-)))

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