What's Up - Bird House

Following on from my previous post, here is another idea for the new What's Up punch from Stampin' Up, a little bird house .....

To make the bird house: 

Punch one shape from Pool Party card and trim the sides at an angle, then cut another shape from Melon Mambo card and trim the roof to stick over the base shape. Punch a small circle and line the house at the back with a different colour. 

The stamped swirl and bird are from Everything Eleanor and the speckles are from Gorgeous Grunge.

Back soon with my final card idea using the What's Up punch. 

Julia   

What's Up - ideas with this versatile new punch

Hello, as those of you that follow my blog will know my posts lately are fewer due to the fact that I mostly show images of cards I make on my Pinterest 'Made by Me' board, accessed via the link on the right of this blog.

However, I came up with a few different ideas for the new 'What's Up' punch and wanted to show them here with a little explanation.

As soon as I saw the image of this punch in the new catalogue I knew you could do more with it than just use the two shapes as directional arrows, and in fact it shouted little house to me.

I was really pleased with my beach hut design and this also uses the new Kinda Eclectic stamp set for the sun and the sand. For stripes on the beach huts I used the the striped image from the Six-Sided Sampler stamp set and this is just big enough to punch the shape from. Punch some more shapes in a different colour to trim the roofs from, and cut little doors. A bit of fun!

I have two more cards to show over the next few days.

Julia

New Stampin' Up 2014/2015 Annual Catalogue & Weekly Deals

At last! The new catalogue goes live today and the long wait for me to order some of the fantastic new products is over.

Also the weekly deals are continuing and this week there is a good deal on the Angled Tag Topper punch, check out the deals here.

The card I am showing in this blog post actually uses products from the 2013/2014 catalogue but they have all been carried over to the new one, which is great as Summer Silhouettes is still one of my favourites.

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Summer Silhouettes, Wetlands and Sassy Salutations

Inks: Calypso Coral, Tangerine Tango and Soft Suede

Card: Calypso Coral and Very Vanilla

If you would like to place an order for anything from the new catalogue, which can be viewed at the side of my blog, my contact details are above.

Happy crafting.

Julia

10 Days and Counting ...

Hello,

Only 10 days and counting down to the launch of the new Annual Catalogue 2014/2015. New colours, new product lines, new stamp sets, new punches and plenty of exciting things to look forward to.

I now post most of my card designs onto my Pinterest boards (there is a link on the side bar to the right) so please have a look regularly. However, today I am sowing a card with a sneak peek of one of the new In Colours for 2014/2016.

I have used Blackberry Bliss ink to stamp the first step of the flower from Stippled Blossoms. On the second step I have used Basic Grey, Rich Razzleberry, Perfect Plum and Melon Mambo inks.

To colour in the background layer, I used a baby wipe that had been used to clean Rich Razzleberry ink from a stamp and dabbed this onto the Whisper White card.  Use light 'dabs' and you can quickly and easily add a background effect to some card. 

Happy crafting.

Julia 

Retired Lists

As promised here is the link to the retired lists. Please remember any products are only available while stocks last so if there is something you would like to order please act quickly and let me as soon as possible.

Have a great weekend.

Julia

Weekly Deals, Clearance Rack and Retired Lists

Today there is a card idea at the bottom of this blog post, but firstly a reminder that the link to check the latest Weekly Deals from Stampin' Up is here.

The Clearance Rack now has a large number of reduced products and the link is here.

The new Stampin' Up catalogue launches on the 1st July with many new and exciting goodies. To make way for the new products, some of the current items will be retired and I will post a link to the RETIRED LISTS on the 30th May. This is your chance to stock up on any favourite retiring products, some of which will be at reduced prices, while supplies last.

And finally for the card, which uses a set of Photopolymer stamps Eye-catching Ikat.

There are 4 sets of Photopolymer stamps available from Stampin' Up for a short period and you can choose one set free with every £60 spent. This offer is only available until the 31st May or while stocks last. The link to details of these stamp sets is here.

The colours I have used to create the above pattern are Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo and Coastal Cabana.

As always my contact details are above and I would be happy to place an order for you.

For more card ideas please click the link to my Pinterest boards.

Julia

Weekly Deals continuing and Flower Shop card

Hello,

Just a quick post to let you know that the weekly deals from Stampin' Up are continuing throughout may and will change every Wednesday until further notice. The link to take you to the Weekly Deals page is here. My contact details are above is you would like to place an order. 

A card for today.....

using stamps from Flower Shop and Stippled Blossoms (leaves). Colours are Summer Starfruit, Primrose Petals and Smoky Slate.

Have a good Bank Holiday weekend, I am giving a workshop on Saturday so very much looking forward to a get together with friends.

Julia