#Beautiful Bunch meets embossing folders

Hi everyone.

Gosh, did it ever rain yesterday.  I hope you had a better day than we did, but there was some good out of it.  I got to stay in and craft with friends all day. Coffee, chat and crafting ............. notice no cake, were all supposed to be dieting.

Bit of a shock when I went to walk the dogs. The surrounding fields were flooded. Shocked and worried for our local area yet again!  On a good note, the swans were enjoying it.

#Beautiful Bunch Card

As promised yesterday I am showing you the card I made to go with those gorgeous journals.  Aren't they just so cute.

I have used embossing folders to create the texture on the plain colour cardstock, before matting the Designer DSP paper.  I have added half a doily and then the gorgeous flower and finally the sentiment.

This one has the chevrons embossing folder and is in melon mambo.

How about the lovely dots and daffodil delight.  And like it says you can never have too much happy.  

I have used all the same ingredients as yesterday ......... you can see them in this post. 

http://crunchiecrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/beautiful-bunch-gets-journaled.html

And now for some more news. 

#Crafty Artisans Design Team

Crafty Artisans Challenge Blog

I am so proud to announce that I have been selected to be on this design team.

There is a challenge blog and every month there will be challenges for you guys to get involved in.  We have some amazing sponsors listed and the rest of the team are super talented too.

Why not pop over to the page and take a look.

I would love to see you entering your projects and taking part.

Being part of a design team is great fun and I have made lifelong friends along the way.

Our first challenge launches on the 1st January and I am very proud to announce the #CrunchieCrafts will be sponsoring the challenge.  I have a great prize lined up for the winner.

I do hope to see you there.

#Stampin Up Weekly Deals

Its that time of the week again when we have new weekly deals.  Whats going to be falling into your basket this week?

Please don't forget these discounted prices are only available for a limited time, so be quick and get yours before they're gone.

I shall be adding the borders board, the daffodil delight ribbon and the smoky slate embossing powder.

What are you going to get .......

So don't forget and get your new goodies at a great price.

Simply click shop with me in the left hand column.

A bag of loveliness .......... says something the Stampin Up way.

Morning everyone. I am here with some more inspiration for you using the lovely Stampin Up products.

In today's post

• A bag of loveliness
• Greetings for everyone
• Its been three years ......

A bag of loveliness

Earlier in the year I went to Stampin Up Regional training, and had an absolute blast.  Met up with all my lovely team mates and friends from other Stampin Up teams from all over the UK.  It was amazing.

During the day we got to try lots of new products, play and experience them just like you do as customers.  We also got to do a make and take, designed by the lovely Julie, just like you guys do when you have an in-house workshop.  It was great fun.

So for this month's class I decided to alter that make and take slightly, but to still use the basic concept.

Here's what we came up with.  Its using Say Something stamps combined with the Itty Bitty Punches and the artisan label punch, and love lace embossing folders.

So how did I get the colours?  Well I decided to step out of my comfort zone and used the colour coach to choose my first colour.  This was crushed curry. 

The base of the bag and the notelets is Crumb Cake.  I love this colour.

I teamed the crushed curry with pumpkin Pie as well.

Added in some very vanilla embossed card fronts

and stamped and punched

to create 5 notelets with matching envelopes 

perfect for Thank you's, birthdays or any other occasion.

This is all from one stamp set and a set of matching punches.  

How cute are they?  

Do you want to be able to create these?  Yes, If you would like to purchase the class by post, please email or call me and I can arrange to do that.  In the class kit you get everything you need to make these lovely cards.

Free Greetings 

You know you could recreate my class project using the fantastic free stamp set that we have on offer at the moment.

Its got lovely sayings, something for everyone and every special event of the year.  Giving thanks, telling someone they are special, and some of the ones that are just timeless and for any thing.  You know those days when you know someone needs a lift and a hand made card is just the thing.

So remember to get this set all you need to do is host a party/workshop where the orders total £200/€300 or place a single order yourself of the same amount.  

Whats even better is you also get the normal hostess benefits as well, so its win win.  You get extra just for saying YES to a party or placing an order.

To order online simply click SHOP WITH ME in the top left hand corner. 

To book a party or workshop, if you live in Devon, Somerset, Dorset or Cornwall then please email or call me.  All details can be found at the top of the blog.

As I said yesterday, I recently realised I have been blogging three years.  That's quite a long time and I wanted to share and celebrate with you.

From tomorrow there will be lots of special offers coming your way, but you need to check back every day to see what they are and how you get them.  

Ok.  Right, I'm so excited and so looking forward to seeing you guys tomorrow.

Hope you enjoyed today's make.

Thanks for stopping by.

Daffodil Delight meets Blendabilities

Hi everyone.

Are you well?  I hope so..........

Todays card was a joy to do, not only because of the lovely sunny colour, but also because I was again able to sit and colour using the amazing new blendabilities.

I just can't begin to tell you how much I love these pens.  Its because of them that I have rediscovered my passion for colouring ............. I'm now 45 going on 5 (hee hee)

Anyway I used one of my favourite stamps - The swallowtail and stamped it in momento ink and got out my pens .......... sat under the tree in my garden with a cold glass of juice and away I went.  My stress levels went down and all my cares melted away.  Bliss .......

I just love that my crafting takes me somewhere else ......... its a wonderful relaxing hobby which creates something amazing at the end.  Brilliant.

Isn't this gorgeous.  I just love love love it.

And here's a close up to show you how smooth and blended the inks are.  The highlights done with the blender pen come through really well and its all so easy with these pens.

Do you want to see the finished card?

Of course you do ...........

I also had great fun playing with my new embossing folder as well.  I inked one side in Early Espresso and then put in my whisper white card stock and ran it through the big shot.  Look at how cool that is.  I matted and layered the butterfly on Early Espresso card stock and added some ribbon to finish.

What do you think?  I love getting your comments and questions and always try and reply, so please do leave them.

Want to know more about how to get these great pens, or would you like to take part in a monthly class that comes straight to your home?

Yes

Then have a look at my brand new Blendabilities club.

But be quick tho, I have filled one club and am only three spaces short of filling the second club.  Everyone is so looking forward to receiving their monthly parcels, and I am looking forward to seeing all your lovely creations.

Don't forget this offer in this format is exclusive to Crunchie Crafts, and i'd hate for you guys to miss out.

Watch out for more sneak peaks of September's projects.  You can see August's projects here.  They are at the bottom of the post.

I'm really excited about this club and I know that you guys are gonna love these pens as much as I do and I can't wait to show you the up and coming projects over the next few months ......... birthday, anniversary, christmas etc etc....... there's a bit of everything ....... so what are you waiting for email or call me or text me to confirm your place before their all gone.

Lisa Cornwall - 07823 883769  (Text or call)

                           craftybirdlisa@gmail.com  - email

or find me on Facebook :  www.facebook.com/LisaCornwall.IndependantStampinUpDemonstrator

Punch your art out .....

to create something super super cute.

Last night, some lovely ladies and I got together for a little craft group.  We meet the first Tuesday of every month and it's fab.

Last month we did lots of stamping, but this month our little class was on punch art.

Here's the samples of what we were making .........

We used the lovely beautifully baroque embossing folder as well to create texture for the background.

The punches used were the Owl Builder Punch, The elegant Butterfly, The Bird Builder Punch, the small heart and lastly the 2 1/2" circle.

I just loved these, but we also used the Envelope Punch Board to create special envelopes for the cards to go in.

Here's what some of the girls came up with.

Cards are stood on their envelopes.  These are Megs cards.

The owl fronts were coloured with the Stamp'n'Write markers

Gorgeous double hearts

Again more lovely colouring using the Stamp'n'write Markers.

I had great fun last night, and am always made to feel very welcome.  Whats more fun that a few of you getting together, some tea and biccies, and a great evening crafting and laughing.  Nothing is more refreshing for the soul.

Anyway, imagine my surprise when I checked the Weekly Deals list today and found the same embossing folder now reduced.............

There are some brilliant bargains to be had this week.  

The Heat embossing tool and the embossing folders are absolute bargains.

So don't forget these are only available until Tuesday evening at these prices.  So don't delay.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit today.  Don't forget you can get all your crafting products through 

my online shop 

or you can contact me on 07823 883769  or email me :  craftybirdlisa@gmail.com

A little romance ........ leads to .............

A wedding acceptance card.

My gorgeous landlady requested this card for a close friend of hers who is getting married next month.

The brief was silver, rings and something that didn't look shop bought .............. wow, that left the field wide open.

I wanted the card to reflect the bride's invite - which had silver rings on it.  I also wanted fairytale romance.  Here's what I came up with

From the side

inside

the front

I used Coredin'ations card stock to emboss a Couture Creations figure, and then sanded this lightly.  The circular image and co-ordinating corners are from Kanban.  I layered these onto Kanban papers and pleated a Papermania ribbon, adding a glitter buckle and heart charm.  All the paper edges have been distressed using the fantastic Tim Holtz distress tool.  Lastly I added a little pearl necklace to the beautiful embossed dummy.

Thanks for looking and all your wonderful comments, they always mean so much to me.

Hugs to you all

Wizards, bears and christmas all in one day

Hi everyone

Firstly can I thank all my lovely followers for their fab comments and welcome any new ones.  I am still new to this and really appreciate all your lovely comments.

I have had a crafty few days, but have only just managed to get round to photographing them so here they are:

Forever Friends Christmas Bear

I love these cute bears and this one is stamped and then coloured with promarkers and glittered with Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue.  Then mounted onto Papermania Glitter Card.  The backing paper is forever friends and the embossed strip was done using my cuttlebug.  To finish I added a FF sticker sentiment and three card candies which I then finished with glossy accents.  Quick and simple but quite effective.  

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations Paint- Embossing

Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Boys/Men

Teddy Bea - this is the first Teddy Bea image I have used and I am thrilled with the results.  I have always admired them and have finally taken the plunge.  I think she looks gorgeous in pinks and lavenders.

Bea was of course coloured with promarkers and then matted and layered using pink papermania cardstock and a candy stripe pink paper from Craft Creations.  The other two ink papers were from the First Edition Sweet Owl collection.  I made the double bow using ribbons from my stash.  The LOTV sentiment was stamped and then coloured with promarkers, the circles were then cut on the cuttlebug using nesties and layered.  Anitas gems were used to finish this off.  The final touch a few co-ordinating card candies.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge

Paper Sundaes

Craft your passion

Tuesday Throwdown - Think Pink

Crafty Boots

Creative Inspirations - Friendship

Papertake weekly - get in shape 

and last but not least a child's birthday card.

Wizard  This little chap is an LOTV stamp.. I love this one.  What do you think??????

The outside

The inside

Purple cardstock used as a base, then spider web orange ribbon, black and white dotty papermania paper, which I coloured orange.  LOTV image coloured with promarkers, cut using X-cut dies, layered onto papermania glitter card.  The word "Wizard was cut using the Cricut.    The inside was stamped again with the LOTV image and a happy birthday sentiment. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

My Craft Spot - Orange, Green and Purple

I love promarkers

Cupcake Craft - Halloween

Paper Creations: Black & Orange

Cupcake Inspirations

Scrap Creations - Halloween challenge