Last chance to order from Autumn/Winter catalogue

The good news is that the Spring/Summer catalogue is released on Friday (1st February), so there will be lots of new products available for purchase.  However, that means the Autumn/Winter catalogue products are only available until Thursday (31st January)!

If you would like to get your order any items from the Autumn/Winter catalogue then this is your last chance - contact me at jadedcrafter@gmail.com or telephone 07968 951957 to ensure you don't miss out.  You can also take advantage of the Sale-A-Bration offer for orders of £45 (excluding P&P).

Here's a quick card to remind you about those lovely Festival of Prints papers from the Autumn/Winter catalogue.  The papers are great for a variety of occasions...

I've used a Very Vanilla base and then adhered the DSP for the background, before adding the image from the For the Birds stamp set.

A quick sentiment inked with Versamark and embossed with White embossing powder and set with a heat gun from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and it's done.

There are 48 sheets in each pad of the Festival of Prints DSP pack, with 4 sheets each of 12 different designs.... great for card fronts and mounting photos at a size of 11.4 x 16.5cm.  Check them out on page 20 of the catalogue:

Happy Christmas Sis

This is the second year in a row that my sister will be celebrating Christmas with my parents and the second year that I will not be there... in fact I can't remember the last time I did celebrate Christmas with her - when we were kids I think?!  

So, I'm missing out on her Christmas roast, but also the cold weather as I am off on my travels until January. In the meantime, here is the card I made for her.  Happy Christmas Lee x

This is another twist on one of the cards I made last Christmas, but with a variation or two.  The Scallop Circle die works so well as an easle style card base, I must remember to use this idea more often, especially as the bird punch can be used to create other birds for year round cards :).

Last minute Christmas card

Despite having quit my job last month, keeping up with daily posts isn't too easy... not being in Cambridge every week and not having evenings stuck in a hotel have meant no time set aside to blog :).  Although to be honest I haven't had any time to craft I've been trying to take it easy and catch up on a few things first.

Here's a quick card made with the Star Tree stamp that you can buy individually from the main catalogue.

I've used those lovely Festival of Prints DSP papers again and teamed Old Olive and Real Red card stock and Stampin' Write markers to co-ordinate.

The sentiment is not Stampin' Up!... sorry, just needed something else for the occasion.

Birthday bike

There are some lovely hostess stamp sets in the main catalogue, and I just love the Summer Afternoon set:

I've used the lovely bicycle image for a male birthday card, by teaming it up with some of the papers from the   Festival of Prints DSP pack in the Autumn/Winter catalogue...

The base is Basic Grey and I've used Island Indigo to matt the image to.  A few brads and it's good to go.

Scallop window at Christmas

Here is another card which uses the Joyous Celebrations stamp set that I shared with you yesterday...

I have punched out the image after stamping it onto Whisper White card, using the Scallop Circle punch and then punched the front of the Real Red card base and then stuck the image inside the card so that is peeks through the window.

A simple strip of DSP (from the Festival of Prints paper pack) punched with the Scallop Trim Border punch to finish.  This would be a good card to personalise with the name of the recipient.

Star tree card

Do you still need to make some Christmas cards?  Well don't worry, I still have a few ideas for you over the next few days which are designed to be quick and easy :).

I CASE'd this card from Amy:

The stamp is the lovely Star Tree which has been inked with Old Olive and Real Red Stampin' write markers in order to get two colours on the same stamp.  The DSP is from the Festival of Prints DSP pack.

Thank you flower

Believe it or not this is quite a quick card to make... if you have a Big Shot machine :)!

 



The base is Pink Pirouette and the Top Note has been cut out of Regal Rose and then a piece of DSP from the Festival of Prints paper pack (yes this pack is great for non Christmas cards too!).  The Fun Flowers die has been used to create the layers of the flower in Regal Rose and Pink Pirouette with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder run through the Regal Rose pieces.

 

You can just make out the leaves in the photo, punched with the Bird Builder punch from Crumbcake and then sponge daubered with Chocolate Chip ink.

 

The lovely sentiment is from one of the Hostess sets - Wacky Wishes...

 

I will be placing an order at lunchtime today, so if you live close to me (GU16) and would like to save on postage costs please let me have your order by 12 noon.  To contact me just email jadedcrafter@gmail.com

 

It's another busy weekend for me, with the last week of work coming up as well, so more to follow on Monday.  Have a good one!

Gingerbread CASE

Here is another of my Christmas card club offerings, for which I have to give full credit to Julie, a fellow  demonstator as I saw this card ages ago on her blog and just had to CASE it.  Julie always creates such great cards, I just wish she would share them on her blog more :).

 



I've changed a couple of things, using the Scallop Trim border punch and Chocolate Chip ink for the gingerbread man.  The stamp set is Scentsational Season and Teeny Tiny Wishes was used for the sentiment.

Another robin card

Have you started your Christmas cards yet?  It's less than 2 months until Christmas so don't leave it too long!  I still have a space for my class on Thursday this week if you would like to joing us and make 12 post friendly cards (4 of each of 3 designs) for just £12.

 

Here is another card which we made last week.

 



The stamp set is a new one in the main catalogue, For the Birds and has a lovely collection of birdie themed images which are great for colouring in and a variety of occasions.

For the card above I've coupled a Crumbcake base with Real Red for the Framelits Labels Collection die cut frame and Real Red Taffeta ribbon over some of the lovely papers from the Festival of Prints DSP pack in the Autumn/Winter catalogue.

 



Punch art santa

I'm afraid I've sneeked my current favourite stamp set onto one of the Christmas cards that we made at my Christmas card club session last night :)!

 

Those little alpabets form the Occasions Alphabet stamp set are just great for everything...

 

The card features a punch art santa made from a variety of punches:

 

Scallop Circle

1 3/8 Circle

Word Window

1 1/4 Square (cut in half diagonally to create hat)

Owl Punch (nose and hat bobble)

 

The papers are from the Festival of Prints DSP pack... which is also great for no Christmas cards - check out the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue on page 20 to see for yourself.

 

And if you fancy some of those Googlies - googly eyes, they come in packs of 50 and are just £2.25.

 

I'm placing an order soon so you can also save on postage if you live close to me (GU16) and can collect your products.

 

Contact me at jadedcrafter@gmail.com

Christmas isn't Christmas without trees

Even as someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas I have to admit to putting up a tree last year, just so that I could admire it :).  Ok, so there was a bit more to it... I'm not completely against Christmas.  However it is a bit early to be sharing Christmas card ideas with you, but before you know it December the 25th will be here and you won't have time to craft, so I urge you to get a making your cards early.

 

Here's the 3rd and final card from this weeks Christmas card club session, using the lovely Scentsational Season stamp set again, but this time the trees...

 



The base is Real Red, I've then added a strip of the Festival of Prints DSP to the bottom and cut a Scallop Circle die from Whisper White which I have then run through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder to create the backdrop for the trees. 

 

The trees have been inked in Old Olive and then cut out using the co-ordinating dies.  I've added a couple of Basic Rhinestones to the top of the trees but think they could do with a few more scattered around.

More Christmas themed cards to follow after my next class on Thursday this week, but I promise tomorrow I will have something non-Christmassy for you.

Christmas countdown...

I have a few Christmas themed ideas to share with you today, from some fellow demonstrators...

 

... and despite not celebrating Christmas again this year, I am still running my Christmas card club - which is almost full, as they start next Thurday (18th)!  Check out my classes page for more details and remember you will get 10% off any purchases from the catalogues placed during the club sessions.

 

So, with just 77 (think I've counted them correctly!) days until Christmas, here are some nice quick ideas for you to start getting ready for December the 25th.

 

Made by Daniela, using the Ornament punch with some DSP and Dazzling Details

 

Made by Sara, using the Snow Flurry dies from the Autumn/Winter catalogue

 

Made by Erica, and full of jelly beans - yum!

If you would like to book a class, bookings close this week - so contact me as soon as you can.

 

 

 

 

Christmas card club starts next month

Just to let you know that my Christmas card club starts next month and I still have a few places left.

 

The club will run on a Thursday night from the 18th October for 3 weeks, commencing at 7pm.  You will be able to make 12 cards during each session (4 each of 3 designs).  Check out my classes page for more details. 

 

So by the first week of November you could have 36 handmade cards, and also there will be more pre-cut cards available to purchase if you need them. 

I also have a Christmas accessories class planned for Saturday 27th October at 10.30am, and if you book all 3 sessions of the Christmas card club you will get the accessories class for FREE.  Booking deadline is 7th October and subject to availability, so contact me to day to book you place.

Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to design the cards yet so do not have a sneak peak to share with you... but instead here is a Christmassy themed card using the Joyous Celebrations stamp set from the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue.

 



The base is Old Olive and I've adhered a piece of one of the papers form the Festival of Prints DSP pack to the front and then added a strip of Whisper White, stamped with one of the sentiments from the Joyous Celebrations stamp set before adding a Real Red Decorative Label punch with dimensionals.

Finally I have stamped the 'reindeer' image from the set with Chocolate Chip ink onto Whisper White and then using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, lined up the frame and stamped this in Real Red ink before cutting out.

Very quick and simple... and perfect building up your stack of Christmas cards.

If you would like to book to attend one of my Christmas Card Club sessions, please email me at jadedcrafter@gmail.com , bearing in mind places are limited.

 

 

Motorbike

It says Motorcycle in the catalogue but how does that differ to a motorbike?  Well, the bad news it's retiring and as my most used individual stamp and ideal for men it will be sadly missed from my stash.

 

There are items dropping off the retiring products list every day and more discounts being added - so if you haven't already checked it out I encourage you to do so (see it here).  More importantly I am offering FREE postage on orders of £45 or more until the end of the month so contact me to place your order and take advantage of these great offers.

Here's a card using the Motorcycle stamp to bid it farewell, although I may just squeeze in a few more ideas with this one ;)!

 

I've teamed a Old Olive card base with Marina Mist and then added strips of DSP from the Subtles collection and the new Festival of Prints DSP, which is fast become my new favourite paper pack.

 

I've inked the Motorcycle in Early Espresso and then coloured with a blender pen using a Marina Mist Stampin' Write marker.

 

Quite a quick card in the end.

 

I was supposed to be having a day off today at at the craft show in Esher... but sadly I have had to work (extremely frustrating, but unavoidable), and after getting back home very late last night from Cambridge I'm anticipating my plans for tonight are going to leave me exhausted, so hopefully I can squeeze some crafting in over the weekend at some point and get some more ideas created to share with you :).

 

Last chance cards class and mini catalogue launch

Today I have my last chance cards class where we will be using products that retire this month.  Sadly, in the time between when I prepped for the class and the drafting of this post, the stamp set featured on one of the cards we are making is no longer available :(.  I hope the ladies won't be too disappointed, as it is an adaptable card layout.

 

It's the Fox and Friends stamp set, which I am so sad to see go from the main catalogue.  Here is the card we will be making...

 

I was going to make an alternative card with this layout, using the Bird Builder punch to create little birds in place of the monkeys, but I have got completely distrated this morning dealing with an unexpected delivery (!), more about that another time.  So, apologies that I haven't got another card to share with you instead.
 

Thankfully most of the other products we are using today, still (currently) remain on the retiring products list which you can see here.  If you haven't already looked and want to order something please don't leave it too late, as these products are only available whilst stocks last.

 

I'll be sharing the other cards with you over the next few days so check back soon.

 

As well as the class I have my Autumn/Winter mini catalogue launch event this afternoon from 1pm.  I can probably still accommodate a few more crafty people if you fancy coming along, just give me a call on my mobile on 07968 951957 to let me know.

 

Here is the very quick make and take project that we will be doing using some of the new products from the mini catalogue...

 

This card features the lovely 'gingerbread man' from the Scentsational stamp set.  The great thing about this set is that there are co-ordinating dies for cutting out each image so you can create a batch of card very quickly.

 

I have also used some of the papers from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper pack on page 20 of the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue.  And as I keep saying... these papers are great for other occassions, not just Christmas so well worth including on your wish list :).  You will see that I have also added a strip of Old Olive card stock embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and then added a sentiment in co-ordinating ink from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set...

 

 

Gift tags with box

It's always handy to have a few gift cards around for when you have a last minute present or just want to leave someone a little note.

 

These gift cards fit inside a box created with the Scalloped Envelope die and are so quick to make, and also make great gifts too.

 

You will see the box is made with Marina Mist card stock, from 2 die cuts and I've added a piece of one of the papers from the Festival of Prints DSP pack to the front, along with some Very Vanilla Seam binding ribbon.

 



Sorry about the above photo being so dark!  Here are the little gift cards, embossed at the bottom with the Stripes embossing folder and then embellished with a variety of images from the Clearly for You stamp set (retiring this month).

 

Materials:

 Clearly for You stamp set;

Scallop Circle punch;

1 3/8 Circle punch;

Eyelet Border punch (retiring this month);

Boho Blossoms punch;

Stripes embossing folder;

Very Vanilla seam binding ribbon;

Basic Rhinestones;

Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon;

 

 

Festival of prints patchwork

I have to show you some more of the new papers in the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue! 

 

Festival of Prints DSP, which comes in packs of 48 sheets measuring 11.4 x 16.5cm has so much variety, as they will work for non Christmas cards too :).

 

I've created a little patchwork card here, CASE'd from Saffire, as I was struggling to come up with something suitable for a 'quilting' themed commission.

 



 

I've used different products than Saffire and the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set which is going to be gone after this month.  Yes my favourite sentiment stamp set :(

 

Materials:

Festival of Prints DSP - current Autumn/Winter mini catalogue;

Top Note die;

Curly Label punch;

Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set;

Designer Buttons;

Cardstock - Rich Razzleberry and Chocolate Chip;

Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon

 

Don't forget GBWR (Wheelchair Rugby) in the paralympics today - I'll be at the game at 3pm so look out for me... if not my sister is one of the support team on the sideline :)!

New Autumn/Winter mini catalogue

Yes, it is finally here and you can order products from today!  Just contact me to place your order and during September, if your order is £45 or more I am offering FREE postage.  Alternatively if you live close to me and can collect your products I can combine with other orders and save on postage (normally £4.95).

 

There are lots of festive stamps and designer papers... so I thought I'd share a card with you using some of these items. 

 

The base is Rich Razzleberry (an old favourite) which I have combined with some of the new papers from the Autumn/Winter mini catalogue - 'Festival of Prints' on page 20.  What is great about these papers is that although they have a Christmas theme there are lots of sheets you can use for other occasions.  What's even better is that they come in 11.4 x 16.5cm sheets and you get 4 each of 12 double sided designs...

 

For this card I've used a strip cut at 5cm and then snipped into it.  I have then adhered a piece cut with the Labels Collection Framelits dies onto a larger framelit cut from Daffodil Delight card stock and placed this over the paper strip.

 

The 'mug' image is from the new Scentsational Season stamp set on page 16 of the catalogue.  I have inked it in Rich Razzle berry and then die cut a star from Daffodil Delight and run this through the Square Lattice embossing folder.

 

The stamp set has 6 stamps which are of a Christmas theme and they have co-ordinating framelits dies so you don't have to cut them out:

 

Absolutely adorable!  And as you can see they could work on non Christmas cards too :).

 

As well as the new mini catalogue products the retiring products from the current main catalogue were announced today.  I'll have more details tomorrow but if you can't wait until then here's the link to the list.

 

Retiring products

 

You can contact me today to place an order for any of these items, and remember they are first come first served.