Sale-A-Brate good times

Good morning it's January 3rd and FINALLY I can share the new Spring/Summer catalogue with you.

Click here to take a look

The new catalogue is jam packed full of new stamps, kits, dies, embellishments and of course, new DSP.  Over the coming weeks, I will be sharing pictures of the products and samples of what can be made with them.

Now if that isn't enough to tempt you to take a look Sale-A-Bration 2018 starts today as well.

For every £45 that you spend you will be able to chose a level 1 free gift and if you are spending £90 or more (This could be an order from you AND your friends that you organise) you will be able to chose a level 2 free gift believe me, they are worth having.  

Click here to see the level 1 gifts and here to see the level 2 gifts.

Check out this video to see just some of the new items.  At the end of the video I show you both of the level 2 gifts.

I'm so excited to share all of this with you. 

If you haven't already, please follow my blog to stay up to date on all of the news as it comes in.  If you are a new customer to Stampin' up, please chose me as your demo.  You can find out how here.

I have a number of tutorials planned for this year and new challenges.  This year is already off to a flying start and I can't wait to show you what I have been making.

Enough from me.  Enjoy the new catalogue 😁

Ny x

A little bit of what you fancy

Hi Crafters,

Some times a little bit of what you fancy does you good and for me today that was a fancy fold card.

For this card I worked mostly with the Eastern Palace suite.  All of the designer papers that were used are from Eastern Palace as is the tranquil tide cardstock.

I wanted a pop of colour in the middle, so I went for Berry burst which is from the In color 2017-2019 collection. 

I just had to have a play with the Eastern gold vinyl stickers.  This is a really easy card to make and it folds flat for posting.  I made mine to fit into a 6x6 envelope, but you could make taller or bigger versions.

Items used:

Eastern Palace designer series paper - 144147
Tranquil tide A4 cardstock - 144252
Berry burst A4 cardstock - 144249
Eastern gold vinyl stickers - 144150
Thankful thoughts clear mount stamp set - 141522
Elegant eggplant stampin' pad - 126969

Thanks for stopping by

Ny x

But I want it all...

When I first got my hands on the annual catalogue I started putting post it notes on all of the pages that had items on that I wanted.  It got to a point where I couldn't get back to pages that I wanted to look at because of the forest of tabs sticking out from the top and side of the catalogue.  I now have a spreadsheet with it all on lol

So how do you go about deciding what to order first?  Because most of us live on a budget and spending a months income on crafty stash, just isn't going to happen in one go lol

This is my advice.

Very Vanilla Solid Baker's Twine - 144224

This is very versatile as it can be dyed using ink refills to match your current project.

Whisper White 3/8" Classic Weave Ribbon - 144159

Again, this can be dyed to match your creation

Pick a product suite and work on collecting all of the pieces that you like.  This way you are guaranteed that every thing you have will coordinate.  Click here to take a look at the videos that I created talking about the Color Theory suite.  I am currently collecting the Eastern Palace suite.  I will get a video up for that soon.

The hardest thing for me was buying cardstock.  I wanted ALL the colours NOW.  What I have been doing instead of buying the individual colours of cardstock is to buy the cardstock packs that go with each of the product suites.

Eastern Palace A4 Cardstock Pack - 144149

This pack contains 24 sheets of A4 card stock.  You get three different colours in the pack and there are eight sheets each colour.  This allows me to build up my colours whilst working out which  I will use the most and will need to get a  pack of 24 sheets of.

Another way forward with the cardstock is to buy the assortment packs for each collection.  You will receive two sheets of each colour in that collection. 

Bundles are great.  They typically consist of a set of stamps and either thinlit dies or apunch.  This is one that I have.

Tabs For Everything Photopolymer Bundle - 145364

Pick a bundle that can be used for a variety of different occasions and projects.  I picked this set because I can use it in a planner that I am working on, cards for all ages and also mini albums.  Also buying bundles is cheaper than buying the items individually.

So this is my advice on getting started on your Stampin' Up WANT list.

I haven't talked ink on this post as there is a fair bit in my head that I want to say and I think it will need a WHOLE other post lol