The Craft Room, Derby: October 2022

Monday

Happy Halloween

Good morning. Up as normal today so lots of energy and raring to go. I am having a week on Christmas cards this week and am so looking forward to it. I cant wait to get all inky and sparkly.

Before I bombard everything with Christmas just look at this stunning card that Ruth made. She has used the In The Moment stamp set from Stampin' Up! I just love the idea of it being a tag card and one I will certainly case.

The pretty elements on the back of the image have retired but keep your eyes out on the Clearance Rack, I am sure they will be on there soon.

Off to make a start, enjoy your day and have a wonderful start to a brand new week. Tracey x

Today is the final day to join the stamping up family with this wonderful Starter Kit plus promotion.

You can pick your £154 worth of products starter kit for £99, get FREE delivery to your door, FREE business supplies and become a member of the Stampin’ Up! Community. I am free today if you would like to have a chat about this.

Some of the current promotions from Stampin' Up! are below.

Did you know that Stampin’ Up! have released this brand new kit and I must admit, mine is on its way to me and should be here today. I cant wait to share it with you.

The kit includes
One 8" x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) monthly planner with space to record birthdays each month as well as a pocket sleeve to hold birthday cards.
12 full-size birthday cards, 6 of 2 designs, and 12 coordinating envelopes.
Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Adhesive-Backed Embellishments, and Tear & Tape Adhesive
Die-cut florals and pieces ready for you to use—no prep work required!
Sticker sentiments and die-cut labels in Dutch, English, French, and German
Coordinating colours: Basic Black, Evening Evergreen, Petal Pink, Sahara Sand, and Soft Succulent
It is priced at £24 and with the offer of FREE postage, an ideal time to order one. I think that it would make an ideal Christmas present too

There is also another kit that has been launched and I totally missed it. Well I have been rather busy so I think its acceptable,

* Christmas Gifting Photopolymer Stamp Set
* Acrylic Stamp Block
* Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Spot
* Pre-designed projects
* Step-by-step instructions
* Pre-cut pieces (No prep work! Get right to crafting)
* Makes 9 sets: 3 each of 3 designs
* Sized to fit standard gift cards
* Enough adhesive to complete projects
* A 9-7/8" x 6-1/2" x 2-3/4" (25.1 x 16.5 x 7 cm) printed designer box for storage or crafting on the go

How about some Christmas tags and Gift Wallets? This kit comes with everything listed above and at the price of £20 I think it is something well worth having. I am just about to order mine. I am sure that once I have made up the tags and wallets in the kit, I will be getting out my Double Sided Christmas Papers and making up a few more.

Should you place an order with me via the online store, pop in the Gift Code under the area it asks for a host code.

If you fancy having a browse through the Stampin' Up! Shop, here is a direct link to it.

Any queries, please do get in touch

Here is the Mini Catalogue from Stampin' Up! If you click on the picture below, it should take you straight to the catalogue to have a browse through

Here is the Annual Catalogue that you can click on and it will open up in a new window for you to have a look through. Please do let me know if you would like to purchase anything if you are not confident in ordering yourself on line

Should you wish to order any of the products we used, by clicking on the image below it should take you straight to the shop. If you need any assistance, please do get in touch as I shall be happy to order for you x

Sunday

An early start to Sunday with In the Moment from Stampin' Up!

Good morning. I know we put the clocks back last night but I was up at silly o clock. It was injection day yesterday and I never have a good day with that. The side effects arent the best but I just chill, relax and nod on and off most of the day. I went to bed around 10pm after watching The Voice final, did you see it? Then at 3am *ping* wide awake. So what is a girl to do? I certainly cant get the hoover out and start cleaning and I am too scared to go to the craft room (it is outside). So I have answered all my emails and deleted all the rubbish. Instagram updated, now to update the blog. Then it will be facebook to be updated followed by a shower and a nanny nap.

Last week lots of lovely ladies came over to make some cards.

I am learning how to post on Instagram as that seems to be a really popular platform. Do you use this? If you do, let me know and I can follow you. It is all a learning curve.

Didnt everyone make some smashing cards. Everything used will be listed below but I cant tell you how good it was to see everyone and catch up. We certainly had some laughs.

For the brightly coloured cards we used an A4 sheet of coloured card which was cut in half. The colours were Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Balmy Blue, Calypso Coral and Rich Razzleberry.

A piece of cardstock, in the same colour as the base card, was run through the die cutting machine sandwiched in the embossing folder "Timeworn Type". This gave a lovely texture to the card behind the main image

The card with the pretty scalloped edge and a stitched border was created using the Scalloped Contours Dies and Shimmery White card. All three main images from the stamp set "In The Moment"fit on to this size (second biggest). As mentioned, Shimmery white card was used as this is perfect for a little watercolouring, as you can see.

The images were stamped on to the card using Stazon Ink and left for a few minutes to completely dry before colouring in with the Watercolor Pencils. A slightly damp water painter (paint brush) soon blended in the colours. Some of the images were raised with dimensionals (3D foam pads) and other were stuck flat onto the embossed piece which was raised.

There were two types of sentiments, the first was created using versamark and white embossing powder on Basic Black card using the new embossing tool kit. Oh how it made life so much easier, no mess was made at all, phew. The little brush in the kit gets rid of the excess powder and the tweezers ensured that no fingers were burnt. These sentiments were then fussy cut.

Alternatively, we stamped the sentiment in the same colour ink as the card (this is the just one of the reasons that Stampin' Up! works for me, the ink, the card, the embellishments, the ribbons all match perfectly and co-ordinate so well). So the sentiment was stamped and punched out using shimmery white card, I do feel it needs to be the same card as the main image. Then a new punch was used to create a border for the circle, this is called a Decorative Circle Punch. All details of what we used are below.

If you would like a little more information about how we made these cards please do let me know. I will explain how we made the other cards later in the week.

So there is only today and tomorrow left to join the stamping up family with this wonderful Starter Kit plus promotion.

If you sign up before 31st October you can pick your £154 worth of products starter kit for £99, get FREE delivery to your door, FREE business supplies and become a member of the Stampin’ Up! Community. I am free most of the day today if you would like to have a chat about this.

Well I had best try and get a little more sleep otherwise I will be fit for nothing today. Thank you so much for having a read and if you need any help with anything crafty, please do get in touch. Tracey x

Some of the current promotions from Stampin' Up! are below.

Did you know that Stampin’ Up! have released this brand new kit and I must admit, mine is on its way to me and should be here today. I cant wait to share it with you.

The kit includes
One 8" x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) monthly planner with space to record birthdays each month as well as a pocket sleeve to hold birthday cards.
12 full-size birthday cards, 6 of 2 designs, and 12 coordinating envelopes.
Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Adhesive-Backed Embellishments, and Tear & Tape Adhesive
Die-cut florals and pieces ready for you to use—no prep work required!
Sticker sentiments and die-cut labels in Dutch, English, French, and German
Coordinating colours: Basic Black, Evening Evergreen, Petal Pink, Sahara Sand, and Soft Succulent
It is priced at £24 and with the offer of FREE postage, an ideal time to order one. I think that it would make an ideal Christmas present too