Diamond Wedding

The 24th May is a very important day in my diary....its another double celebration with my youngest sons birthday and my mum and dads wedding anniversary. This year though is a special year....18 years ago today I gave birth to my son and 60 years ago today my parents got married. To see my card for Andrew pop over to my other card blog. My parents card was made with Stampin'Up products except for the 60th and the diamond wording, only because I dont have anything suitable in my Su stamp stash.

First of all the stamps....Apothecary Art from the new mini catalogue. I stamped this simply in Silver pigment ink and then I stamped the "Congratulations" stamp from Curly Cute. My orginal idea was to stamp and emboss with silver embossing powder but after a quick rummage in my bags remembered "its a box" somewhere all packed up for the move....{ I would be very rich if I had a pound for everytime I have said that already these past few weeks!!}

The stamp was then cut out with the framelits dies and I cut another on in Silver mirror card. The diagonals on the back was done with a scoring board. I do not have the SU one yet but its on my wish list as its got a diagonal plate which would have been much easier for me to use.

Finally I used some of the white satin ribbon to make a bow and I used the word window punch for the diamond sentiment. Each cross over had a diamond gem attached....I know its abit ott buts its not often I make a diamond wedding card..lol!! I also found some hat pins which I attached behind the ribbon...these can be brought at most good craft shops.

Hope you are all enjoying the fab weather, back soon before I loose touch for a while.

New Mini Catalogue

Today sees the launch of the new Summer mini catalogue, a link is on the side bar. If you would like a paper copy please email me.

There is plenty of new goodies to play with including new stamps, papers, material, fab Sizzix embossing folders and die, scrumptious new ribbons and brads and loads more. The biggest new item to hit the european Stampin'Up market is the scoreboard, a huge hit in the States its now available to buy over here.

I have been having a little play with my new products and I am loving so many of the new stamps but Bordering on Romance could turn out to be one of my favourites.





•  Stamps: Bordering on Romance, For my Family {sentiment}
• Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade
• Paper: Twitterpated Designer series
• Colouring: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo,Lucky Limeade and Pool Party Marker pens
• Embossing /dies: Textured Impressions Embossing folders/Edgelits dies Adorning Accents
• Extras: Watercolour card, Water brush, Pearls, Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon.

So why not grab a cuppa and download the pdf and see what new things we have. If you would like to place an order email me.

Berry Blossoms Paper and Blossom Party die

Another card I made using different elements of the Blossoms Party Sizzix die in the Spring Mini catalogue. This time I die the the largest flower in some of the paper, then middle die was cut in Lucky Limeade cardstock and then I cut another flower from the patterened paper. The small 4 petal flower is cut in Calypso Coral and then another little flower from the paper to finsh ...topped off with a pearl.

Products used:

• Berry Blossoms paper 122350
• Sizzix Blossoms Party die 115971
• Scallop Trim Border die 118402
• Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder 117335
• White Grosgrain ribbon 109025
• Pearls 119247
• Lucky Limeade 124388 , Early Espresso 121686 cardstock
• Curly Cute stamp set 120510
• Calypso Coral ink pad 129939

Dont forget this paper is free on for any orders over £45.00 this month.

Hopefully I will get another chance to play this week, have a great Easter Sunday....enjoy your choccies!

Aprils Promotion

With Sale-a-bration now over, Stampin'Up have a new promotion this month with a free pack of papers with all orders over £45.00. My pack came this week so I have been having a little play using the papers and a new Sizzix die from the Spring Mini catalogue that ends on 30th April. I choose the Berry Blossom paper and I have to say I am loving this colour combo. The flower die is fab as well, I cut 3 layers of the biggest flower and then cut away some of the petals on the second and third layers  to give the flower some form and then folded the tiny flower die to make the centre.

Products used:

• Berry Blossoms Designer paper pack 122350 {mini}
• Blossom Party Sizzix die 115971 {mini}
• Designer Frames Embossing set 123120
• Embosslits dies Beautiful Wings 118138
• Embossing folder Perfect Polka Dots 117335
• Sincere Salutations stamp set 105156
• Calypso Coral Ruffled ribbon 122976
• Cardstock: Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade,Wisteria Wonder and Calypso Coral
• Inks in matching colours

These are the papers you can choose from and you get 1 pack of your choice free with orders over £45.00.

Back over the weekend with another card using other elements of Blossom Party die.



Last few weeks of Sale-a-bration

With everything else going on recently I have not had time to play with anything from the mini catalogue let alone the SAB promo but I have had a couple of birthdays this past week and decided it was time to play with the fab papers that are free when your order over £45.00. They are similar in design, I have just used different stamping techniques.

First one...

uses the My friend stamp set from the mini catalogue and I have stamped with white pigment ink and then embossed with white embossing powder. First time I have played with the ribbon punch and check out the dotty brads in the In colours collection. The colours in the papers are Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla and Soft Suede. The patterened papers are called Everyday Enchantment. The sentiment is from the Curly Cute set. All finshed off with some seam binding.

The second one ......

was going to be sent abroad so I did not want to add brads so I added some of the Sizzlet Button dies instead. I just stamped the main image with Luck Limeade ink and I added the Hello wording from the My Friend set. Really love this colour palette, so fresh looking!

If anyone wants to order anything I am placing an order this weekend.

Christmas card

I hope you all had a great Christmas, unfortunately Stampin'Up had to take a back seat for the last few months due to family problems but hopefully in 2012 things will improve.

I did mass produce 1 Christmas card using Stampin'Up products, not using a Christmas stamp set as such but I think the Lovely as a tree works for so many occassions and with a bit of glitter makes a great Christmas scene.

The paper on the top is from the paper stack, Neutrals collection Chocolate Chip. I teamed with some Cherry Cobbler cardstock and cut both with the scalloped border punch and wrapped some seam binding across the panel. I secured the bow with one of the beautiful antique brads from the new catalogue. The trees were stamped in Pear Pizzazz, the largest tree being stamped onto a seperate piece of card and cut out and attached with foam pads.  The sentiment is from the Contempo Christmas set, stamped and embossed with Cherry Cobbler embossing powder. I add some glitter to the trees for the bit of sparkle from a frosty morning!!

There is a new mini catalogue launching in the new year, if you would like one drop me an email and I will get one off to you. We also have Sale-a-bration promotion kicking off on the 24th January, there are 4 fabulous stamp sets and a paper pack to earn free with any order over £45.00, this runs until the end of March.

Have a great new year and I wish you all a very happy and healthy one!

Anybody interested in a days cardmaking

My lovely new downline Sam, has an all day crop in South Woodham on Sunday 6th November, so if you are local to her, why not have a fabulous day out and get started on some Christmas projects.

Woodham Ferrers Village Hall

Main Road, Woodham Ferrers

Sunday 6^th November

10am to 3pm

£16 per person

Includes Stampin Up Idea Book

& Catalogue and a Raffle Ticket.

Are you a keen card maker? Or a complete novice that would like to know where to start!?!  Why not join us for a day of card making and paper crafting using Stampin Up products.

All materials are supplied for each project.

For more information or to book a place, please contact:

Sam Tyler

Tel: 01245 426644 or email: cropswapandcraft@yahoo.com