Sale-a-bration: Snow You Make My whole Face Smile!!

Woo hoo! Can you believe how much it has snowed over night!! I have absolutely NO intention of leaving the house today - i'm planning to stay in the warm, catch up on loads of TV and of course do a spot of crafting!!

So if you're trapped in the house because of the snow today why not get your craft stash out and get creative and if you've got a little bit of time why not have a browse through the catalogue, mini catalogue and sale-a-bration leaflet and jot up a wishlist... you have until the 31st March to get your sale-a-bration orders in and earn your FREE stampsets and paper!!

So it's no suprise that at the moment my blog is completely devoted to the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration promotion and at the moment i'm sharing with you cards that have been made using the fab 'Sprinkled Expressions' set. So here is todays card and it features my most favourite sentiment of the set: You make my whole face smile! Who wouldn't love a card with this sentiment on!:

This card started life as a 'Very Vanilla Card base. I cut a strip of 'Soft Suede' card and then edged it using 'Scallop Edge Border Punch' and ran this along the edge of the card.

Next i punched three 'Fancy Flowers' from 'Soft Suede' card and three 'Fancy Flowers' from 'Baja Breeze' card and layered them ontop of one another. On a piece of 'Very Vanilla' card i stamped the flower stamp twice and the 'You make my whole face smile!' sentiment and then punched them out using '1-3/8" Circle Punch'.

I just love the images and sentiments in this stampset - don't you?! Don't forget i'm taking sale-a-bration orders all the time so if you would like to make an order then drop me an email: amyjtidd@gmail.com - If you need an extra incentive i'm offering FREE P&P on all qualifying Sale-a-bration orders!! (P&P is usually £4.95)

Sale-A-Bration: Fresh Vintage

Hello all! Have you managed to look at the Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration promotion yet! It's a great deal which means that you can earn a FREE stampset of pack of 'DSP' with every purchase of £45! There are some fab sets up for grabs and over the next few weeks i plan to showcase these on the CraftyThINKer blog!

So to start off the Sale-A-Bration i want to share with you the 'Fresh Vintage' Stampset:

So over the next four days i will be showing you a range of cards that have been made using this beautiful stampset:

So here is the first 'Fresh Vintage' card:

A 'Basic Grey' cardbase, which has been stamped three times with 'Basic Grey' ink using one of the 'Fresh Vintage' stamps. On a piece of 'Whisper White' card i stamped the swirly foilage stamp on the diagonal in 'Pear Pizzazz' ink, and mounted this onto some' Pear Pizzazz' card. I punched a 'Fancy Flower' from 'Blushing Bride' cardstock - scrumpled it up a bit and then placed a lovely 'Antique Brad' in the centre. Finally the sentiment (from the 'Teeny Tiny Wishes' set) has been inked in 'Basic Grey' onto a strip of 'Pear Pizzazz' which has been handsnipped at the edges. I placed two teeny tiny 'Basic Pearls' such to finish it off!!

Check back tomorrow for another card created using the lovely 'Fresh Vintage' stampset!! Don't forget if you want to make a Stampin' Up! order and earn this stampset for yourself then email me today: amyjtidd@gmail.com

A Flower Notepad...

Good evening everyone! Today i've been on a training course at the Royal Holloway University - such beautiful grounds and now i'm just on my way to zumba! Busy day! But before i go i want to share with you a little notepad that i have made:



This notepad started life as a 19p notepad from Wilkinsons. I simply covered it in some 'Melon Mambo' cardstock. I then stamped some 'Whisper White' cardstock using the 'Dots, Dots, Dots' stampset and some 'Daffodil Delight' ink. The flower was created from a variety of different 'Brights DSP' using the 'Fancy Flower Punch' and the '5-Petal Flower Punch'. I have placed a 'Brights' ' Designer Button' threaded with some 'Silver Elastic Cord' in the centre of the flower. Finally i tied some 'Grosgrain Ribbon' around! All of a sudden a 19p notepad looks much more attractive! Great to give away as a little gift to a friends, to pop in childrens party bags, as a stocking filler or to pop in your handbag!! I'd love to know what you think...

Hello Cranleigh Girl Guides!!

Hello everyone, and a special hello to anyone visiting today from Cranleigh Girl Guides! Yesterday i visited the guides and demonstrated some Stampin' Up! products and taught them how to make Mother's Day Cards! It was totally chaotic and so much fun! The girls were so enthusiatic and very creative! It was lovely to see that every single one of them made the design their own and i hope their mum's are very pleased with their creations!!

So today, instead of sharing one of my crafty creations, i'm going to show you some of the girls designs! I hope you are as impressed as i was!! The cards featured are using the 'brights' card stock. To create the flowers the girls used the 'Fancy Flower Extra-Large' punch and the '5 Petal Flower Extra-Large' punch out of 'Brights DSP', the buttons featured are Designer Buttons - Bright. The girls also used a range of other stamps which are all available from the current catalogue (apart from the Happy Mother's Day stamp, which has sadly retired).

Any Girl Guides who are visiting, i would love to know what you thought of our crafty workshop yesterday, so feel free to leave a comment underneath this post! Enjoy the slideshow!