Pip's Cupcake Card!

Hello fellow crafters! How are you all? Are you having a good weekend?? I have had a lovely crafty day today with a bunch of Stampin' Up! demos creating lots of lovely cards using the sale-a-bration stampsets and papers that will be available for your crafting consumption towards the end of this month!!! I can't wait to share them with you!

Anyway, today Pip gave me a fab cupcake card which i just had to share with you instantly! (It seems that everyone is totally in love witht he cupcake stamps and punch in the new mini catalogue!!) So, here's Pip's card:

Pip has used the 'Create a Cupcake' stampset, she stamped the cupcake onto 'Whisper White' card. The cupcake case has been stamped using 'Island Indigo' ink and then Pip 'White Embossed' the bow over! (doesn't it look great!?) The icing has been stamped using 'Wisteria Wonder' ink. The sprinkles have also been 'Heat Embossed' using 'White Embossing Powder'. The sentiment (also from the 'Create a Cupcake' set) has been inked in 'Island Indigo' ink. Pip layered the 'Whisper White' onto some 'Island Indigo' and then onto a 'Wisteria Wonder' cardbase.

I just love this colour combo, don't you?! They are both in the new 'In-colour' range! Why not check out the new mini catty and start writing your wishlist because on the 24th January Sale-a-Bration is coming to town!!! Watch this space for more details - and if you would like a copy of the mini catty or sale-a-bration leaflet email me your address and i'll pop on in the post! My email is amyjtidd@gmail.com

Yummy Scrummy Cupcakes!!

For some reason Blogger didn't post this last night as scheduled ... so just had to prompt it now ... Sorry regular CraftyThINKer followers!! You'll get two for one tonight!

Hey all!

Today i have ANOTHER cupcake card for you - i have to be honest i think i'm addicted to the 'Cupcake Punch'!! So here you go:

So, today a 'Tempting Turquoise' cardbase with a strip of 'Tempting Turquoise' 'DSP' across the middle. The sentiment is from the 'Happiest Birthday Wishes' stampset, inked in 'Tempting Turquoise' onto 'Whisper White' card and then mounted onto some 'Daffodil Delight' punched with the 'Decorative Label Punch' and then positioned in the bottom righthand corner of the card. Next i ran some 'Daffodil Delight' card through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Perfect Pennant Die', layered up a 'Tempting Turquoise' '1-3/4" circle' ontop. The cupcake was created using the yummy scrummy 'Cupcake Punch' created from some 'Daffodil Delight DSP', 'Tempting Turquoise' card and some 'Whisper White' card for the icing on which i have added some sprinkle detail on using some 'Stampin' Write Markers'.

Hope you like this card and the cupcakes as much as me!! Check out the mini catalogue today. If you would like to make an order email it over to me: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Happy Birthday Hubby!

Today is my hubbys birthday!! So todays post is dedicated to him!

I couldn't resist making him a birthday card with my new crafting stash that i have just got in from the new mini catalogue!!!

The card i made him uses the brand new stampset 'Create a Cupcake' (which actually coordinates with the 'Cupcake Punch' that i featured in yesterdays blogpost!!)

Here's the card that i made for my lovely hubby:

So, i started off with an 'Old Olive' cardbase and layered a piece of 'Whisper White' card ontop. Next i ran a piece of 'Old Olive' 'DSP' through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Top Note Die' and glued that onto the white card.

On a seperate piece of 'Whisper White' card i stamped the cupcake out using 'Old Olive', 'Daffodil Delight' and 'Rich Razzleberry' ink. (I brought these stamps in clear mount - the fab thing about these is that if you stamp using a clear block you can easily line them up!!) I stamped the sentiment - also from the 'Create a Cupcake' set in 'Rich Razzleberry' ink along the bottom and then mounted it onto a piece of 'Rich Razzleberry' before gluing it onto the 'Top Note'.

I hope hubby likes his card - we're off out for a curry tonight with friends to celebrate!! Yum! Yum!

Have you looked through the new mini catalogue yet?! What products do you love? Don't forget if you would like to make an order then email it over to me anytime - amyjtidd@gmail.com - and don't forget i'm offering FREE P&P for all CraftyThINKer customers on all orders £50 or over.

Spring Mini Catalogue: 4th Jan - 30th April!

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So very exciting the new Stampin' Up! Mini Spring Catalogue launched today!!! Woo hoo! There are some fabulous new products - including new punches, stampsets, ribbon, paper and even jewellry making supplies!!! To view these new exciting products please click the image below or alternatively there is a link on the righthand side of this blog! :

For those of you who have requested a real paper copy i have popped them all in envelopes and addressed them and will pop them in the post for you to enjoy!!

All you have to do is scribble down your wish list and then simply make an order! (Little bit of advice - you may want to wait until the 24th January to get an extra free stampset or paper collection with qualifying orders over £45)

If you simply cannot wait until then i am willing to offer FREE P&P for all new and regular customers on orders over £50. (Usual cost of P&P is £4.95) THIS IS A CRAFTYTHINKER CUSTOMER EXCLUSIVE OFFER)

I recieved a scrummy package of new goodies in the post the other day and can't wait to start creating and sharing with you all the new bits Stampin' Up! has to offer.

For those of you who are regular visitors to my blog - i have been hinting about one new product that i am especially in love with - THE CUPCAKE PUNCH! It is awesome and a complete bargain at £15.50!

Here is another card that i have made with it:

This card is a 'Real Red' cardbase. I punched out three '1-3/4" Circles' from 'Daffodil Delight' card. Then punched out the cupcakes using the new punch from 'Real Red DSP', 'Whisper White' card for the icing and 'Real Red' card for the cherries. The sentiment is from the 'Happiest Birthday Wishes' stampset, inked in 'Real Red' onto some 'Daffodil Delight' and then handsnipped to create the flagged effect. I'm not joking this card literally took me 5 minutes to make! It's official... I'm in love with the cupcake punch!

Email over your postal address if you would like me to send you a copy of the mini catalogue and saleabration deal: amyjtidd@gmail.com

Launching Tomorrow: Spring Mini Catalogue!!

Oh, i'm so very excited to announce the launch of the very first UK Spring Mini Catalogue!!

It is simply full of lots of scrummy new Stampin' Up! products - including stampsets, punches, ribbon, papers and dies and is A MUST SEE!!

This card features just one of the fab new punches (although i'm afraid until tomorrow i can't give you any specific details - can you work out the new product?!)

A 'Whisper White' cardbase, this card uses a strip of 'Pacific Point' 'DSP' has been layered across the middle. Three '1-3/4" Circles' punched from 'Bashful Blue' cardstock and then the lovely cupcakes have been layered ontop.

The sentiment is stamped in 'Real Red' ink using a stamp from the 'Happiest Birthday Wishes' set and mounted onto a rectangle of 'Real Red' cardstock.

I hope you're as excited as me about the launch of the new products!! I'm in the process of organising a crafty coffee morning for all my local customers so you can all have a play - watch this space for details.

I will put an electronic copy of the new mini catty up tomorrow for you all to browse through! If anyone would like their own 'real' paper copy to flick through email me your postal address and i'll pop one in the post for you! My email is: amyjtidd@gmail.com

See you back here tomorrow!!

Embosslit Butterflies Card

Hi all, hope you have all had a fabulous long weekend. Lots of visiting family for us - it has been lovely!

Today i have a card to share with you that uses the 'Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die'. This die is amazing as not only does it cut out the tiny little butterflies but also embosses them!!

I used a 'Whisper White' cardbase and stamped in 'Melon Mambo' ink the birthday sentiment from the fab 'Happiest Birthday Wishes' hostess set. I glued a piece of 'Cheerful Treat DSP' across the card. One this i glued a 'Whisper White' 'Scallop Circle', then layered a '1-3/8" Circle' of 'Cheerful Treat DSP' in the centre. I created the three butterflies by running a different piece of 'Cheerful Treat DSP' through my 'Big Shot' and the 'Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die'. Finally i placed some large 'Basic Pearls' in the centre of the largest butterfly. You can of course change the colour combo to suit the recipient.

If you back to work tomorrow hope it goes ok... only 4 more days until the weekend! I have one more day before i'm back to reality!

Happy New Year!

Hi everyone! I hope you celebrated the end of 2011 well! Can you believe it is 2012! Wishing you all a very happy new year! I have a feeling that this year is going to be a good one!!

Today i have a lovely birthday card to share with you, where i have used up some of the remains of 'Holly Berry Bouquet DSP' i still have lying around - it's such a versatile 'DSP' and not just for Christmas!!

This card is a 'Very Vanilla' card base. I have layered some 'Holly Berry Bouquet DSP' over half of the card base. I punched a strip of 'Cherry cobbler' card using the 'Eyelet Border Punch'. On a seperate piece of 'very Vanilla Card' i stamped two butterflies using the 'All in A Flutter' 'A la Carte' stamp, using 'Cherry Cobbler' ink. I stamped the birthday sentiment (from a retired stampset' in the corner).  layered this onto some 'Cherry Cobbler' card and then glued this onto the cardbase.

Why not dig out your Christmas stash and see if there are any alternative ways of using your Christmas crafty goodies!!

Don't forget if you was lucky enough to get some crimbo money from friends and family why not save it to spend on the upcoming sale-a-bration promotion - details to follow on this blog very, very soon!!