Eleanor feels the heat - Stampin UP style

CRUNCHIE CRAFTS - Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator

IN TODAY'S POST

• everything eleanor feels the heat
• Two weeks of celebrations starts today
• Good Greetings to you

Everything Eleanor Feels the Heat

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your lovely kind comments about my bag and cards yesterday.  It means so much.

Today's card was a bit of a rush job, my lovely friend Meg had a knee replacement and has been very down since, so I decided a bit of cheering up was in order.

I also have some new stamps that I was just dying to ink up .........

Everything Eleanor and I love lace background stamp.  Initially I didn't want either of these stamps.  But they have grown on me and now I love them and couldn't wait to use them.

I stamped the I love lace stamp with versamark and heat embossed with Pool Party.    I then matted and layered crushed curry and old olive card stock.  The lovely flourish is from Everything Eleanor and this was again heat embossed with crushed curry.  The flowers were heat embossed in Pool Party.

Again, this is a colour combination that I found using my Colour Coach.  So an amazing tool. I love it.

These are the products that I used.  Just click any of them and you will be taken to the shop.

I Love Lace Wood-Mount Stamp Set

£15.95

Everything Eleanor Clear-Mount Stamp Set

£25.95

Crushed Curry Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Embossing Buddy

£5.25

Pool Party Stampin' Emboss Powder

£4.50

Old Olive A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

£6.25

Versamark Pad

£6.75

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TWO WEEKS OF CELEBRATIONS


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 :

For anyone spending £35 or more with me today online you will receive from me a free bottle of God Glitz Dazzling Details.  Perfect for your Christmas Cards.   So what are you waiting for, hop over to the shop, place your order and look forward to receiving your free gift.

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.

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FEEL GOODS FOR EVERYONE

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.  

 

A special book for a special family .................

There are lots of aspects to being a crafter that are fun.

Then there are the times when it doesn't go right and we wonder why we ever started.

And then, there are those special times,  when you get asked to create something very special for some very special people.

This week was one of those times.

I was given the brief of a book to hold family photos to give to a little boy.  His Nanna loved it when she saw it and I hope that he did too.

I am immensely proud to have been asked to do this and loved choosing the papers, stamps and inks to create this.

So for a little boy, well cars and bikes, trains I was told, and then animals.  So ok, here goes.

 The side 

The first page featuring Rev it Up

 The second page featuring Boys will be Boys

Ah, the ever so cute Zoo Babies on page 3

 Traveller Train on page 4

Lastly Rev it up Bike on page 5

The pages are the repeated throughout the book.

As you can see there are tabs at the right hand side

These tabs pull out to reveal a matching extra photo mat inside each page

I will be honest I have used some retired stock in this project, but I am sure you could re-create it using current stamps and papers.

The papers I used were from the Winter Catalogue and can be found here on the clearance rack.  Its called Sweater Weather, and I thought the colours were just perfect for a boy.

I used four stamp sets including Rev it Up, (which is retired), Zoo Babies, Traveller and lastly Boys will be Boys.

The colours used were Pool Party, So Saffron and Chocolate Chip.  I love the combination and look these have given. They blend with the papers perfectly.

I finished the book off by making lots of journaling tags, using the angled tag topper punch and cutting lengths of Island Indigo ribbon to attach to them

The cover has been decorated with Island Indigo ribbon and it has a matching tie closure.

Finally I have cut out the little boy's name in chocolate chip card stock and have placed this in an envelope for his new Mum to put on the book.  Along with a punch art frog.

Hope you're having a great weekend wherever you are.  I will tell you what Ive been up to on Tuesday.

Also have you checked out all the information for the New Exclusive Blendabilities Club.  Its a great way to get all the new pens, spreading the cost, and getting freebies along the way.  Whats not to love.  You can find all the Blendabilities Club details here.

So long farewell, # Stampin UP Retiring Products

Morning, 

I can't believe we are nearly half way through the month.  Sadly that means there is only about two weeks to go before the retiring list closes and these products are no longer available.

Which stamp set am I going to miss the most........

Probably En Francais

I love this stamp.  Its a brilliant background stamp and I know that in the wood mount version it is already sold out. 

Here's a card I made for my baby brother a while back using this stamp set.  

I have used Pool Party and basic black.  I heat embossed the Beautifully Baroque Stamp Set in Black embossing power.  

The sentiment was cut using the Banners framelits and the sentiment if from Petite Pairs.

Beautifully Baroque

£12.95

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad

£4.95

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

£6.25

Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

£3.95

Petite Pairs - Clear-Mount Stamp

£20.95

Banners Framelits Dies

£22.95

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