Free Stampin’ Up! Paper – Last Few Days…

Hi! Ah, Wednesday! The end of the week is in sight! However, this also the point at which I realise, I haven’t got as much done as I would like!! Hubby is home this week as well as the kids, so we’ve been looking around at some jobs that need about the house. A new sofa maybe, and definitely a new mattress. Many room in our house are still painted builders magnolia, so it might be time to think about decorating some of these too! Ah, fun!

Anyway, I’m popping in with a quick reminder today about the current Stampin’ Up! Paper Promotion: Buy 3 packs, get a 4th for FREE! This deal is only available through until Monday 31st October, so don’t wait any longer if you want to take advantage of it.

It’s a great deal – especially since it includes some of the current Christmas papers too:

This promotion is available until 31st October, so don’t miss out – grab yours now!

This one above is totally my favourite paper! I used it my Candy Cane Packaging Class, which you can still enjoy – it’s all online! Over 2 hours of fun video tutorials and written instructions to create 5 fabulous bags & boxes for you festive gift giving:

I also have a tutorial for the gorgeous Star of Light Card Class available too:

Both tutorials cost just £10 each and are bursting with fun projects and techniques – and you can take part no matter where you are in the world – love that! Please note, these tutorials are sent manually by me, not automatically, so there maybe a slight delay in receiving it. I try to send them daily in a batch around 9pm my time. If you haven’t received yours within 48 hours, please email me to chase.

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll be back tomorrow with my entry for this weeks Global Design Project challenge – the theme is about animals/pets! See you then.

Crafty Hugs, Val. XX

Everything You Need For A Stampin’ Up! Halloween…

Hi! So, it’s half term here with my kids, and we’ve been to the cinema this morning to catch a movie we’d been hoping to see – The Secret Life of Pets! It was so funny! I know we’re late to see it, but at least we got there in the end. Our cinema is offering some special Children in Need screenings this half term, where the proceeds from certain showings are going to the charity, and this was one of them – so that was another great reason for seeing it now.

With just one weekend until Halloween, I thought I do a quick round up of all my recent Stampin’ Up! Halloween projects. That way, if you’re on need of some last minute inspiration, you won’t have to hunt for it – because I’ve collated all together for you! All my projects are quick and easy too, so you won’t need a lot of time to whip some of these up! Some of the projects have videos too!

You can also check out all my Halloween Posts ever by clicking HERE!

Hope you find something to inspire you there – have a spooky week!

Crafty Hugs, Val. XX

Always Grateful For The Artisan Design Team Blog Hop

Welcome to the Artisan Design Team Blog Hop for October! The Artisan Design Team is a group of 20 demonstrators worldwide, chosen by Stampin’ Up! to share their creativity. For this hop, we are focusing on a theme of ‘grateful’.

This post’s title kind of says it all really. I will always be grateful for my time on the Artisan Design Team. It has been a total dream to work with some of the best designer demonstrators out there, and to have made new friends all over the world!

When asked what makes Stampin’ Up! for me – I always reply ‘the people’. I love the product, but for me, the people are what make this little business of mine all worthwhile. The customers, all of whom are now my friends. The staff from local and global home offices. The other demonstrators, both in the UK (can’t wait to meet up with lots in a few weeks) and all over the world as we get to know each other virtually. The people who follow the blog and leave kind comments (wink, wink!). I’m grateful for ALL OF YOU!

For this blog hop, I kept things kind of simple – and focused on another thing I’m grateful for – cake! I am always grateful for cake! I wish I could send you all a cake!

For this project, I created a ‘tray’ for my cake using the Stampin’ Up! Paisley & Posies Designer Series Paper. I simply used my baking tin as a kind of template to draw on the back of the card, then cut out and stick together.

I always bake my cakes in liners so they don’t stick to the tin, but they also help with minimising the grease staining onto the card tray too.

I then popped my cake into one of the new Gusseted Cellophane Bags then tied it all up with ribbon from the Ribbon Trio Pack in the Stampin’ Up! Autumn/Winter catalogue.

Finally, I created a tag using a 3×4 card from the All Year Long Project Life Card Collection. I added the sentiment, cut from another PL card, and finished it off with a couple of the cute Copper Mini Pinecones.

Let me know if you’d like more detail on how I created the ‘tray’ for my cake, and I’ll see what I can do.

If you live in the UK, and need any Stampin’ Up! supplies to make this, or any other project, you can get everything you need in my Online Shop. For this project, the items I used are listed below and you can click on any product image to add them to your shopping basket:

What I Used For This Project:

Petals & Paisleys Specialty Designer Series Paper £11.75	All Year Long Project Life Card Collection £14.50	Mini Pinecones £6.75
6″ X 17″ (15.2 X 43.2 Cm) Gusseted Cellophane Bags £6.00	Ribbon 3/8″ (1 Cm) Trio Pack £10.00	Linen Thread £4.25

Many thanks for stopping by. Please hop onto the lovely Allison in Canada who I’m sure will be grateful to see you!

If you any reason, you find the blog hop breaks at some point, please bear with us and try again in a short while. We do our absolute best to have the hop correct at ‘go live’ time, but sometimes mistakes happen. We aim to fix them ASAP, but we are all at different points in our day (it’s 2am for me so I’m asleep, for example) so it might take us a little while to sort it depending on where the problem is.

Crafty Hugs, Val. XX

 

Stampin’ Up! Paper Promotion – Buy 3, Get 4th FREE!

Hi! Middle of the week – nearly time for my little break! Well, I say break – but that may be debatable! The kids have a week off school, so does hubby. The in-laws are visiting for a few days. Did I say break? Hmm!

Anyway, I’m popping in with a quick reminder today about the current Stampin’ Up! Paper Promotion: Buy 3 packs, get a 4th for FREE! It’s a great deal – especially since it includes some of the current Christmas papers too:

This promotion is available until 31st October, so don’t miss out – grab yours now!

This one above is totally my favourite paper! I used it my Candy Cane Packaging Class, which you can still enjoy – it’s all online! Over 2 hours of fun video tutorials and written instructions to create 5 fabulous bags & boxes for you festive gift giving:

I also have a tutorial for the gorgeous Star of Light Card Class available too:

Both tutorials cost just £10 each and are bursting with fun projects and techniques – and you can take part no matter where you are in the world – love that!

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll be back tomorrow with the Artisan Design Team blog hop – and our theme is all about being grateful. See you then.

Crafty Hugs, Val. XX

Star of Light Card Making Class Kits & Online Tutorial – Now Live!

Hi! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week? Mine, as always, has been busy. Amongst providing a taxi service for my children which has become my recent life – I’ve been getting everything ready for the Star of Light Tutorial that is available from today!

I am particularly pleased with the Card Keeper Tutorial that is included. The supplies for this box are not part of the card making kits, but a video tutorial is included with the Online Tutorial sent to everyone purchasing – with or without kits. Would you like to see what it looks like?

This box is designed to hold 12 cards & envelopes – perfect for the Star of Light class. I’ve included a full step-by-step video tutorial for this box in the online class – all 45 minutes of it! It is worth it though, the box looks stunning when finished.

Do you know what else? Because many of my blog visitors and class purchasers are from the US, I have included a full re-design of this box, in inches, to suit your card & envelope sizes!! There is of course, a metric version, for those using EU/SP sized cards/envelopes – no one is left out here!

I can’t wait to share this tutorial with you. If you’d like to purchase your copy, click the button below, and for just £10 (with the rubbish exchange rate right now for the £, this is a bargain in all countries!) the tutorial can be with you in time for some weekend crafting! I’ve sent one batch out today, but I’m happy to send another batch late tonight or early tomorrow morning for those purchasing today so you won’t waste a minute of your weekend craft time!

If you live in the UK, you can purchase a Card Making Kit for this class. The kit included the Star of Light stamp set, plus supplies to make 12 cards (2 each of 6 designs) & envelopes. These will be posted out at the beginning of November, and you’ll receive the tutorial for FREE! You can also choose to add the coordinating Starlight dies at a reduced price – just £20 more!

To register for a card making kit for this class, just click the button below, fill in your details, pay for your class, then sit back and wait for a gorgeous box of Christmas crafting to arrive at your door!

Any questions, please just ask. X

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll be back tomorrow with another fun Colour Combination – did you like last week’s? You can see it here.

Crafty Hugs, Val. XX

Stampin’ Up! Star Of Light Card Class – Card Making Kits Or Online!

Hi! I hope you had a great weekend? I was lucky enough to have a fairly quiet one, which was lovely. I rejoined my local gym last week though, so I spent a few days aching, and not really getting much done. I’m back and raring to go this week though, and I’m super excited about the news I’m sharing with you today!

I have a brand new class launching using the Stampin’ Up! Star Of Light stamp set. But the really exciting thing is that for the first time ever, I am also offering card-making kits! Check out all the details below:

Star Of Light Christmas Card Making Kit

£40 including delivery (1st Class Signed For) – UK only.

Add on the Starlight Dies for just £20

Online Tutorial only – £10

Deadline to Purchase the Kit: Monday October 24th 2016

Get started on your Christmas card making with the gorgeous Star of Light stamp set from Stampin’ Up! You can’t fail to create stunning cards with this stamp set!

Your Christmas card making kit will include the Star of Light stamp set, supplies to make 12 cards (2 each of 6 designs) and envelopes. You will also receive emailed PDF and video tutorials for all 6 card designs, plus a stunning card-keeper box to store/gift the cards in (tutorial only, no supplies).
You can add on the coordinating Starlight dies for just £20.

Just click the order button below and fill in your details.

You’ll then be sent an email asking you to confirm and pay for the card-making kit you would like.

In order to create the cards exactly as I have, you will also need the following ink pads: Crumb Cake & Marina Mist. The class also utilises Versamark ink pad, white embossing powder and a heat tool. However, you can substitute any of these items for products you already own, or you can purchase anything you need here:

Purchase additional card making supplies here:

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad £6.00	Marina Mist Classic Stampin’ Pad £6.00	Versamark Pad £7.75
White Stampin’ Emboss Powder £4.50	Heat Tool – Uk Plug £27.00

Class Kits will be posted on 1st November. They will be sent 1st Class Signed For, and should arrive in 1-2 days.

Sadly, at this time, I am only able to offer card-making kits to those living in the UK.

However, regardless of where you live in the world, you can still make these projects!

Just purchase the online tutorial below, then purchase the necessary supplies from a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator in your market. All my tutorials come with a full supply list, and I can point you in the direction of a demonstrator in your market if you don’t already have one.

If you would just like to purchase just the Online Tutorial for this class, you can do so using the button below. Classes will be emailed on Friday for all those purchasing between now and then, and then within 48 hours after Friday.

I hope you are as excited about this new adventure in my business as I am – let me know what you think! If you have any questions regarding this class, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Crafty Hugs, Val. XX

Halloween Week – Jar Of Haunts for Artisan Design Team!

Hi! Have you been feeling the spooks this week on the blog? Haha! I’m back with another Halloween treat for you today as part of the Artisan Design Team hop. I was worried about created two treats with the Jar of Haunts set this week, but it turned out fun!

Today’s Treat Bag Topper is an idea I played around with over a year a go, but then never turned it into anything! It was fun to revisit an old idea, improve upon using all the new products now available and then share it with you!

Ah! How cute is that?! Even the little spiders are cute! In fact, the cute rather detracts from the scary! Oh well! Would you like to know how I made it? I thought you might, so I made you a video:

And like so many things, totally not just for Halloween – you could so easily recreate these for birthday treats, wedding favours and more!

Thanks for stopping by today. Tomorrow is my final project as part of Halloween Week, I hope you’ll pop by for it. In the meantime, please hop to the delightful Allison in Canada who will blow you away with her scary talents!!

If you need to purchase any supplies to create this project, please click on any of the product images below to add them to your basket in my Online Store.

Product List

Jar Of Haunts Photopolymer Stamp Set £15.00	Halloween Scenes Edgelits Dies £22.00	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock £7.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock £7.25
Basic Black A4 Card Stock £7.25	Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock £7.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad £5.50	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies £32.00
Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies £24.00	Glassine Gift Bags £3.75

Crafty Hugs, Val. XX

Halloween Week – Party Anyone?

Hi! Thanks for joining me during Halloween week, here on the blog. Do you have a party to celebrate Halloween? Get all dressed up, invite the neighbours? If you do, then you’ll be needed some invitations right?

These invitations are super easy to create using the new Halloween Scene Edgelits. I’ve just die cut the tree and fence, and mounted them onto the Perfect Plum card base. I then stamped the sentiment from Confetti Celebrations, ombre-style onto white card and cut out with a circle die. Finally a couple of stamped bats finish it off. Pretty quick, perfect if you need to make a few of them.

If you need any supplies to create this project, please click on any product image below to add them to your basket in my Online Store – Thank you. X

Product List

Confetti Celebration Clear-Mount Stamp Set £16.00	Halloween Scenes Edgelits Dies £22.00	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock £7.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock £7.25
Basic Black A4 Card Stock £7.25	Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock £7.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad £5.50

Join me again tomorrow when I’ll have more treat packaging for you as part of the Artisan Design Team blog hop.

Crafty Hugs, Val. XX

Halloween Week – Hanging Halloween Treats!

Hi! Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed the Stamp Review Crew blog hop yesterday? I had fun seeing all the spooky ideas! And if you need more spooky ideas, then you’ll want to join me here all week, as I share a project for Halloween every day Mon-Fri.

Today I’m sharing my Hanging Halloween Treats. I originally shared these on Saturday on my Facebook page as part of World Card Making Day, and I’m happy to share them here with you today too:

So much fun! Check out the video below to see how I made these:

Do you like to create fun treats for Halloween? I admit it’s not a big tradition here, but I’d love to hear all about how you celebrate it.

If you need any supplies to create these treats, please click on any of the product images below to add them to your basket in my Online Store.

Product List

Spooky Fun Photopolymer Stamps £14.00	Halloween Scenes Edgelits Dies £22.00	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock £7.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock £7.25
Basic Black A4 Card Stock £7.25	Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock £7.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad £5.50	2″ X 8″ (5.1 X 20.3 Cm) Celllophane Bags £2.75
Cheerful Tags Framelits Dies £28.00	Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set £19.00	Duet Banner Punch £16.00

Back tomorrow with more,

Crafty Hugs, Val. XX

Halloween Week – Jar Of Haunts For Stamp Review Crew

Hi and welcome to the Stamp Review Crew blog hop. First up, don’t you just love the banner Tanya made for this hop? The little bones in the corners add a great touch! As you can see, we’re focusing on Jar of Haunts today. We’re just a little blog hop today, so I hope you’ll be able to pop round the whole thing and see all the fun inspiration we have for you.

Halloween treats can be hard to get hold of the UK, and we certainly don’t have the range and selection that the US/CAN enjoy. Usually, ours is the regular sweets, just in larger multipacks! So, I created these Matchbook Treats for one of those that can can easily get hold of – and all year round, so these could easily be made for other occasions.

I’ve made a very quick video showing you how I created these – it is super quick as I was running out of space on my camera card!

Made using a variety of colours and jar fillers! I hope you’ve enjoyed my project today, please hop on to X and see what she has created for you using Jar of Haunts.

To purchase everything you’ll need to create this project, please click on any of the product images below to be taken directly to my Online Store:

Product List

Jar Of Haunts Photopolymer Stamp Set £15.00	Halloween Night Designer Washi Tape £7.25	Halloween Night Baker’s Twine £5.50	Halloween Scenes Edgelits Dies £22.00
Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock £7.25	Old Olive A4 Card Stock £7.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock £7.25	Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock £7.25
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad £5.50

I’m celebrating Halloween all week on my blog, so please pop back each day and see what spooky fun I have created!

Crafty Hugs, Val. XX