Stampin' Up Reason For The Season Tutorial - making it easy!!

Good evening!

I hope this post finds you all well?

I have been busy crafting for my upcoming stall at the Worsley URFC Christmas fair recently, and I wanted to show you one of my new makes tonight. 

PLUS, how to line up the Reason For The Season stamps and punch bundle for quick and easy Poinsettias!

First of all, here is the finished project....Oh yes, this involves some clever upcycling too...

This gorgeous tealight/candle holder is made from an empty tuna tin and 22 wooden clothes pegs! I simply glued strips of Gold Glimmer Paper to each peg and clipped them to the can, then wrapped it all with some Natural Cotton Ribbon and Linen Thread. I then added the Gold Cording Trim and the stunning Poinsettia, complete with an Iced Rhinestone, coloured with a gold Sharpie.

Here's how it looks when lit...

Isn't it beautifully sparkly?! 

So, I promised to show how to line up the stamps and die to make this all so much easier right? Ok, just check out my little video below...

I think you'll agree that it really is a doddle right? I sometimes think that Stampin' Up! design products deliberately for us Demos to work out easier ways of using them! ;)

So would you like to have a go at making one of these? Well here is a list to all the Stampin' Up! products I used. Please just click on them to order direct from my online shop, or click on the link to the right >>>>>

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And don't forget, if you use this month's hostess code you will receive a free gift from me in December!

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I hope you enjoy making yours...I'd love to see them so please do leave a link to yours in the comments! :)

Video Tutorial for Wondrous Wreath and NEW AUTUMN/WINTER CATALOGUE!!

Helllloooo!!

Ooooh can you tell I'm excited??? Well I have a VERY good reason to be! Today sees the launch of the much anticipated Autumn/Winter catalogue, and you are going to LOVE it!!

click picture to view

To celebrate, I have a little video tutorial for you, to show you the revolutionary new way Stampin' Up! have made it even easier to line up your stamps and matching Framelits!

This is the card I have made, which I blogged last week...

It is created using a 3 step stamping technique, and uses 2 Framelits to die cut it. Now while that sounds complicated, I can promise you it isn't! 

Check out my tutorial and you will see...(it's only just over 11mins long, and some of that was spent stroking the new catalogue...yes I know, I need help! ;)

Isn't the new system great?? I hope you found it easy to follow and will have a go yourself!

If you would like to order any of the items from the new catalogue, please click on the link to my online shop, over there on the right>>>>>>

or do contact me and I will be more than happy to help!

Have a lovely day and see you soon! :)

Origami Treat Pouch using Stampin' Up! Designer Series paper, with video tutorial!

Hello everyone!

I have had the most awesome day at Stampin' Up! training yesterday, and a wonderful weekend catching up with so many other demos...Paula, Caroline, Michelle, just to name a few, and also meeting so many new friends!

Part of the fun of these events is the 'swaps'...we each design a project, make lots of them, then we swap with each other, which not only gives us lots of different samples for ideas, but also gives us the opportunity to meet and chat to each other. 

So today I am going to show you my swaps, and also a little treat...

I have a video tutorial on how to make them!

So here is a picture of one first...

These adorable little boxes look a lot like Fortune Cookies don't you think? They would be just perfect for a very special chocolate, wedding favours, some jewellery, or just to give a special message to someone!

Here are the all the ones I made to swap...

Aren't they colourful? These are each made with just one piece of 6x6in Designer Series Paper, with just folding...no cutting and no glueing!

A couple of close-ups...

I used the Label Love bundle to make the little tags and tied each together using various ribbons and Baker's Twine. Inside are some little sweet treats ;)

Ok so, as promised, here is the tutorial...

(if you can't view it, try viewing it on my Youtube Channel here)

I really love these little pouches, but they work really well as a larger version too, made from 12 x 12in DSP...you can see mine in the video...they end up much larger than you'd think and would be great party favours at kids' parties!

I hope you enjoy my tutorial and even more, enjoy creating your own little 'fortune cookies'!

Cute gift bag

Good morning!

I am so pleased to welcome another new follower...Linda Parker! We have been inc contact on Facebook for a while now so it's lovely to have you here hun!

Today I have something different for you...a little video tutorial!

I have been looking for different things to make for my stall when I do craft fairs and 3D items seem to be popular, so I have made little gift bags using Designer Series Paper. They are pretty simple and fairly quick to make, and can be made in lots of different sizes.

This one is made using a piece of 6in x 12in DSP so you can get 2 out of one sheet, making it pretty economical.

I used Natural Composition Speciality Designer Series Paper for these and it's really quite strong!

I decorated with a flower from Flower Shop and punched using the Pansy Punch. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments, stamped in Coastal Cabana and punched with the word window. The rest of the embellishments are listed below.

Stampin' Up! products I used

Please click on the pictures to find the items easily in my online shop.

So as promised, here is a little video tutorial for this gift bag. I apologise in advance for the slight waffling...it's been a while since I made a video!

I hope you enjoy it, and please do let me know what you think!

See you tomorrow!

Video Tutorial for Peachy Keen camera and On Film Framelit bundle

Good morning!

I'm back from a fantastic week in Cambridge with all my fabby girlie friends! We had a really great time, even if I was completely plagued by a rotten cold! I am still suffering as I type this but it'll be gone soon, I'm sure!

Anyway, if you came by on Saturday during the Pinkies blog hop, you'll have seen the card I made using the Peachy Keen and On Film Framelit bundle, and I promised you a video on how to cut the camera out. (In case you didn't see it, it's here)

So here it is...I hope you find it useful!

Thanks for coming to visit today!

Tutorial to change the covers on a spiral bound notebook

Hello!

As promised this morning, here is a tutorial on how to change the covers of your notebooks to get them ready for your own fabulous design!

I hope you find this tutorial helpful and I'd love to see your finished notebooks too!