Snow Saturday

Hi everyone.  Crunchie Crafts here with some more makes using Stampin UP UK products.

In today's post

• Snow Saturday
• Birthday offers continue
• Book your party to get your free stamp set & hostess credits -   

Snow Saturday

Hi everyone.  My class this month has been pushed forward to the middle of the month, as I am away at the end, so the ladies and I got together on Saturday and had some great fun, laughing and stamping and drinking coffee.  

A perfect way to spend saturday I feel.

Anyway we had voted to use the White Christmas set from Stampin Up Uk, and these are the designs that I came up with.

they are all using Lost Lagoon cardstock as well as whisper white.

The panel card to the left (above) also uses some brushed silver cardstock.  Have you seen this in the catalogue?  I bet you have because its on that page that most of us just skip by.  Its the pages after all the lovely colour family sections.  I was guilty of this too.  But its such a shame there are some amazing papers on there.  Go on have a look.  I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

Love this layed one, and isn't that box just darling.  Its the new curvy keepsake box, in the autumn/winter brochure.

If you havent got yours yet and you'd like a free copy please call me and I will be happy to help.

and finally the one with glittery stars and stars embossed on the lost lagoon.  

All the cards have been sponged and coloured using the ink pads and the stamp n write markers.  We have highlighted the snow using shades of grey and blending.  

The stars on this one are punched out of glimmer paper using the stars punch in the autumn winter brochure.   Love love love this punch.  And stars are not just for christmas, so its a winner in my book.

If you would like to be able to make these cards you can order your kit in the mail by emailing me.

Its £25 for this class and you get everything you need except glue and ink pads.  

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE WITH FIVE MORE GIVEAWAY DAYS

As I mentioned in my last couple of posts I have been blogging for three years now.  I can't believe how quickly that has flown by, so I am having a lovely fortnight of special offers - offered exclusively by Crunchie Crafts Independent Stampin UP demonstrator.  (Me).   

Each day there will be a new special offer - valid for that day only.  To participate please read the small print below and please make sure you use the HOSTESS CODE.

Today's special offer :  Simply spend £45 or more from either the annual catalogue, the autumn/winter brochure or the clearance rack ......... all can be found online here

Use the hostess code when placing your order online ..... and you will be eligible for this free gift from me.  Please read how to do this below:

The small print - in not so small writing so you can read it (Lol)

Firstly I must make it clear that this is not a competition.  There will be no one overall winner. 

Everybody who places an order online with me today, will get this offer as a thank you for your order.

Please do not add this item to your order - as I will be posting it to you direct at the end of the Two weeks of Celebrations alongside my regular thank you.  

Please use the HOSTESS CODE to participate in this offer. You can find it in the right hand bar of my blog.

Book your party to get a free stamp set

FREE GOOD GREETINGS

Wow, the offers just keep getting better and better.  As if hostess benefits weren't good enough already.  For a £200/€300 party you already get £30 of free product of your choice.  But now we are giving you this extra stamp set free, just for hosting a party with £200/€300 sales or for placing your single order of £200/€300 or more.

Aren't these just so cute.  I love the font and there is certainly something for everyone.

So how do you get yours?  Simple ........... either book a party/workshop with me and between yourself and your guests spend the required amount.

Do it yourself online.  Yes you can get this offer simply by popping over to my online shop and spending £200/€300.  Yes if you live in France, Germany or the Netherlands you can also shop with me.  It would be lovely to be sending more of my handmade thank you cards to you guys on the continent

Sneaky peak shown on Facebook ......

In today's post

• Sneaky Peak ...... what was on my desk .......
• Short and Sweet
• Big Shot, Big deals, going soon.

SNEAKY PEAK ....... so what was on my desk?

A few days ago I posted a sneaky peak of something that was on my desk.

Did any of you guess what it was?

Heres the pictures I shared

I love being creative and love gift giving but I also love drinking tea.  Rooibos in awesome, English Breakfast, Raspberry and Echinacea, the list is endless, and I love that they come in gorgeous little bags.  

Problem:  But how to store them, so they look pretty but can be easily accessible?

Solution:  Stampin Up supplies to the rescue - use the scoreboard and your papers to build a caddy.

Simple

What a cute gift.  I found a similar one by Vicky, but her measurements were way to small for the brand of tea I wanted to store, so I set to work with my grid paper and worked out all my dimensions.

I then cut my card stock and scored.  Before finally getting to play with the new Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack.  

I cut the panels to the right size.  Stamped the gorgeous image from the hostess set, Blooming with Hope and then got out my water colour pen.  

I love this tool, using this I can create great water - colours using my Classic ink pads.  Awesome.

So each panel is hand painted.  There are four on each box.  

 Lastly I created a handle on the lid using an Antique Brad, and then cut the letters using the oh so cute and totally must have-able, in fact, you can't live without, little letters framelits.  Aren't these just so adorable.  The letters were sponged in co-ordinating inks.

  

and what gift is complete without matching tag.

Having made one in Blackberry Bliss I was inspired to try

Hello Honey (from the Moonlight DSP Stack) and the Lost Lagoon card stock.

But if that wasn't enough,

How about Hello Honey card stock with Moonlight DSP and water coloured Butterflies from the Papillon Potpourri Set stamped in Tangello Twist.  Lush.  The box was cut to dispense the bags in along the longer side in this version.

Cute.  Aren't these adorable.  Yep Love em.

Talking of cute and adorable, how about something Short and Sweet.

To find out more follow the link here:

Big Shot Big Deals, ending soon.

To purchase yours simply call me, email me or click this link

Remember the beautiful boat reflection ..........

Morning everyone ..........

yes, thats right the boat reflection I did a couple of weeks ago, and I asked what would you like to see it turned into .....

Here's the link if you missed the post  Reflection technique

At that stage the image had been stamped and coloured and water coloured but was a flat piece of paper ...... there were so many lovely suggestions and I thank you all for taking the time to stop by and leave your comments.

Anyway are you ready ...............

From this 

To this Easel reflection card

I used the lovely polka dots embossing folder to emboss the top of my card before turning it into an easel.  I stamped the bottom layer with lost lagoon and the gorgeous Gorgeous Grunge stamp set.

I matted and layered and distressed (vintage style) the edges of Tangello Twist and Lost Lagoon card stock

And stamped and cut with the Banners Framelits the gorgeous Flag.  

It says ......... "now go change the world" and is part of one of the sayings from the Something to Say stamp set.

I hope you all love it.  I love that the reflection is not flat and has the three dimensional feel that it would in real life.

Anyway thanks again for taking the time to stop by and huge huge thank you's for all your comments and support.  

As always hugs, 

Workshop for my SIL .......... ＃a beautiful bunch

and they were truly a beautiful bunch to spend a fantastic evening with.

There were lots of fun and giggles and much competitiveness.  But it was great to see a group of friends enjoying themselves so much.

It was a great workshop with lots of spot prizes along the way, and a quick demo from me.  Unfortunately I gave my SIL the card and forgot to photograph it.  (Silly me!!)

I demonstrated the reflection technique that you can find in this post ...........  TRAVELLER

For the make and take that everyone got to do this was my basic design ....

  

For the card I have used the gorgeous Beautiful Bunch Stamp set.  Inked it in Lost Lagoon

and created my own background on the card base.

Next I punched out a tag, using the tag topper punches, then inked the edges and stamped the sentiment (from the Something to say Stamp Set).

Added the ribbon and popped on the card.

Finally I stamped two more flowers, one on very vanilla card stock and one on lost lagoon.

Punched them out using the coordinating punch and popped on with stamping dimensionals.

Here's the card from the side.

Below are the cards the 6 girls made ..... what do you think?

 a side view of the set below

I just love the fact that they bounced ideas around and each created something truly unique.

The colours used were from the new In Colour range.

If you would like to get crafty and have your own in-house workshop please give me a call.  

All these products can be found in my online shop, or you can order direct from me.

Pinkies Blog Hop - Tape It ........

Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We're showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from the new Stampin' Up!® Annual Catalogue. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping.


TAPE IT.

When I saw this set in the catalogue I have to confess that I wasn't a great fan.  I didn't like Washi Tape much, so why would I like this.  Oh boy, have I ever changed my mind.  

I love the fact that It is so versatile, that I can create different looks by varying how it is stamped, with which colours it is stamped and with what other stamps and punches I team it with.  Its a great main feature or just a little added extra.

So here it is stamped with Mossy Meadow and Hello Honey.  An elegant Butterfly has been punched out and distressed with Mossy Meadow along with some of the gorgeous new flowers from the Itty Bitty Punch pack this year.  Finished off with a few pearls and the lovely new sentiment from the Say Something Stamp Set.  So cute.

Hello honey and Lost lagoon, are such a divine colour combination.  Again a simple Say Something sentiment and a few flowers to finish off.

You can even stamp inside to match.

Has anyone spotted the two deliberate errors yet?

No, thats good.

I loved doing these two cute cards and hope that you have enjoyed them.  Don't forget all items can be purchased from my shop, just click the link in the left hand side bar.

Not a follower yet, then please join me by clicking the link in the right hand side bar.

If you would like a copy of my newsletter then please fill in the link and I will be in touch shortly.

Lastly don't forget the new Blendabilities club that starts soon.  

Don't forget just follow the arrows, so if you missed someone you can go backwards or you can go forwards to see the next project.

Happy hopping.

Sending big hugs your way.

Traveller reflection ....... what would you like to see this turned into?

Hi everyone.

I have been playing in the craft room again and am really adoring this wonderful set.  Its so versatile. But I particularly love the boat and the train.

I used the reflection technique again to create this gorgeous picture.  

At the moment it is just a flat uncut piece of card with the stamped image on it.

My question to you guys today is

WHAT KIND OF CARD WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS TURNED INTO?

I would love it if you would leave you suggestions at the bottom of my post.

When I have a few I will pick one and turn this into that particular card.

Perhaps you have a special occasion that you need a card for .......... suggest how you would like it used and I may well send it to you.

Reflection technique recipe:

Boat from Traveller Stamp Set

Tangello Twist Stamp N Write Marker - to do the orange colouring with

Lost Lagoon Ink pad

Water Colour Pen

Black Stayzon Ink Pad

Stampa Ma Jig

to do this technique:

Stamp your first image onto your card base (Where you want the top image to be)

Next stamp the image onto your plastic sheet from the stampa ma jig.

Turn this image over and line up under your stamped image - ideally they should be touching at the point of reflection

Then rub the back of the plastic sheet evenly all over the image so that the ink is transferred to your card stock.

Using your Stamp n Write marker colour in the orange areas and blend with the blender pen.

Then using the Lost Lagoon ink pad, squeeze pad together before opening to create puddle of ink on lid.  Take you water colour pen, and pick up a little of the diluted ink at a time and create the sea.

Leave to dry.

When finished you will have a gorgeous reflection.

Have a great day.

So what are the last two Stampin UP 2014/16 In colours ..........

Here's another sneaky peaky into the lovely goodies you can expect to find in the new catalogue.

I can't begin to tell you how excited I am.  There is so much loveliness inside the covers of that book. Its probably one of the best reads Ive had in ages.  (Could also turn out to be the most costly, lol)

I wanted to do something a bit different with these two colours, so I did make a card, but I also made two ........ yes two, gift bags.

Anyway unveiling the final two colours in my individual colour showcase this week .........

Lost lagoon and Tangello Twist.

Aren't these just the cutest.  (I first saw these in 2013, by American Demo Twilla.)

I have adjusted the design and used framelits instead of a bigz die and voila, two matching bags to hold lovely little goodies.

I made rectangular bags to go in between the flowers.   The flowers were cut using the Floral framelits dies.  I used three in total.  The middle of the big flower is a scallop punch. 

The lovely embossing folder is in the new catalogue as well.  So are the teeny flowers inside the Petit Petals flowers on the card.  

I am just loving this colour combination, really reminds me of sunny days by the sea.

Anyway talking of colour, there are some amazing deals in this week's Weekly Deals, including Calypso Coral Chevron ribbon, Wisteria wonder ink pads and both gold and silver ink pads.

But don't forget these deals won't be around for long.