Crunchie Crafts: envelope Punch Board

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Do you believe ......................

Everyone once in a while you come across a stamp set that whittles its way into your affections. The stamp I have used today is one of these such stamps.

I am a firm believer that if you want something bad enough, and that if you work hard enough for it, you will eventually get it, and this stamp just sums that up beautifully.

I have a great friend (Via FB) whose little girl Abi, has just taken her Grade 2 Ballet Exam. I know from her mum the blood sweat and tears that went into the practice and more practice, right up until the day of the exam.

Abi looked gorgeous in her Mum's photos, and so I made her this card to wish her luck and to let her know that I was thinking of her.

The stamp says

"She believed she could and so she did."

This is of course from the Feel Goods set. Its so versatile. I will admit I was delighted to see it in the new catalogue, I would have been heartbroken to have had to part with it.

Heres the front/inside view

From the very front

and with the matching envelope

Isn't it pretty. I have combined Crisp Canteloupe, with white card stock for the card, and have made the layers stand out by distress inking the edges. The envelope is Baked Brown Sugar, and was handmade to match the card using the Envelope Punch Board. The flowers are all crisp cantaloupe and have been stamped using the Flower Shop set and punched out using the pansy punch. The little green leaves are using the petit petals punch and the long leaves on the card are from the bird punch. I finished it off with a few glimmer gold hearts.

Talking of gold, and silver there are some amazing offers on this week in our weekly deals.

You can get these by clicking the Shop with me button below and then going to weekly deals.

Just a quick reminder about my new Blendabilities Club.

All the details can be found here.

Don't miss out its a great opportunity to collect all the pens and get freebies along the way.

Have a great day. I hope wherever you are the sun is shining.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Boxing Clever with two ways to join - Stampin Up style ofcourse ..........

Hi everyone. Well today is an extra special day ........... and the reason is that Stampin Up! have made it even easier for you to make your dream come true.

Yes, you can have your own little craft business. You can earn whilst doing something that you love.

Stampin Up! are giving you the opportunity to join for £50 between 28th May 2014 until 30th June 2014. You get to choose £55 of product of your choice to start your craft stash off. You'll also get an additional £55 of demonstrator kit to get your business off to a flying start. This is am amazing offer. But even better you can still sign up for £99 and get £130 of product of your choice, plus the starter demonstrator kit. So which way are you going to join me?

I can remember the first time I saw Stampin Up! products. I felt like I had been shut in a box and finally set free. Here was all the great products I loved by one amazing company. No more going from one online site to another. No more traipsing around the shops only to find nothing I really wanted. No more wasted car journeys or nightmare parking, just lots of time to craft.

It was all here, in one place. The Stampin Up! place. For those of you who know me you know I only like good quality products and these are the best. So what did I do? I did what I am sharing with you today. I joined during a special offer. I got the best deal I could.

I love being a demo, I am part of a great Creative Family that shares and cares. We have a great support network and there is always someone sharing something new.

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Anyway here's todays quick project.

I demonstrated this lovely box at a hostess event recently.

It was a cross between two boxes that my friends Sam and Tracey had made. I took inspiration from both and created my box.

I used the wonderful envelope punch board and the butterfly from the gorgeous Papaya Collage stamp set.

The butterfly was stamped on all four sides of the box, the lid and the tag and then heat embossed. The edges of the lid and tag were also distressed using sponge and inks.