Weekly deals - 10/12/14 Stampin' Up! deals

Hello all

I hope you're all enjoying the run up to the festive season and have been busy with all your Christmas crafts.

Here's another generous helping of weekly deals for those of you that fancy treating yourself!

See them all here. What will you choose?

Esther xx

Mini Milk Carton with instructions

Hi all

I made some mini milk cartons for a Stampin' Up! event I attended on Thursday. It's always fun to meet other demonstrators and swap ideas.

I've prepared a quick tutorial for those that I swapped with and the lovely ladies who requested it on my Facebook page.

Credit goes to Jose from Treasure your memories for giving me one of these cute cartons at the European convention in Brussels and I knew I had to make some myself.

I used the following items on my swaps:

Tools

Stampin' Trimmer 129722

Simply Scored Scoring Tool 122334

Bone Folder 102300

Handheld Stapler (Autumn/Winter catalogue) 135850

Paper Snips 103579

Stamps

A Round Array 129090

Paper, ink and Card

All Abloom Stack 133703 

Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Pistachio Pudding and Strawberry Slush.

Punches

7/8" Scallop Circle 129404

1" Circle 119868

Adhesives

Sticky Strip 104294

Multipurpose Liquid Glue 110755

I welcome your comments, feedback and questions! All items available to order from me or by clicking my online store button, top right of this page.

Thanks for stopping by!

Esther xx

Weekly deals - 3rd December 2014

Hello all

I have some fabulous weekly deals to share with you all today:

Perfect for all you embossing fans. The Texture embossing machine would make a great Christmas gift for the crafter in your life (or you!) and affordable enough to add an embossing folder or 2. 

The Lucky Stars embossing folder is one of my all time faves and I use it on so many projects.

I think it looks especially beautiful on this Curvy Keepsake box which I made from vellum. The tags come with the Curvy keepsake die which makes it super simple to make a quick and elegant gift. I popped a battery tea light in this one which shows off the vellum and the stars really well.

Other items used were:

Blackberry Bliss ribbon

Blackberry Bliss ink pad

Itty Bitty Accents punch set

Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set

Whisper white card

Silver Glimmer paper

Happy stamping!

Esther xx

For one week only!

We have a great set of weekly deals for you. Check them out here.

And, drum roll please!!

Stampin' Up! are offering 25% off the starter kit for one week only. That means you choose £130 of products from any of the current catalogues AND free P&P to your home for only £74.25! That's not all, you will also receive 5% cash back on all orders placed in December 2014 which you will receive in January 2015. Other demonstrator benefits include: 30% off your first order over £150 placed within 45 days of joining 20% off all orders The opportunity to see new catalogues and purchase pre-order items before they go on sale to the general public Invitations to Stampin' Up! events A ready made business or a way to fund your hobby - it's your choice Access to fun and informative online communities Receive ALL the benefits with no penalty to drop until March 2015, if you want to remain active then £225 per quarter (commisionable sales) is required.

Offer ends 2 December 2014! Join today!http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampwithesther/jointhefun Esther xx

A little spot of Bokeh

You  know when you see a  new crafting technique and just have to work out how it's done and make it?

That's how it was for me with the Bokeh technique. The best part of this project is that it was EASY! Yay! I can be a bit of a lazy crafter and prefer things that aren't too long winded.

So here it is, my first (of many) Bokeh cards.

Did I mention that this is easy??

Start of with Watercolor Paper secured with masking tape to piece of cardboard.

Wet paper thoroughly

Choose your ink pads (2 or 3)Squeeze the pad leaving colour in the lid and use that as your palette and apply colour with an Aqua Painter Let the colours merge together. I used Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon and Hello Honey.

Leave to dry completely.

I used a full sheet so that I could get 2 cards out of it.

Make a mask using Window sheet  and cut at least 3 sizes of holes using punches or circle dies.

Use Sponge Daubers  to apply white ink. I used Stazon to cut down on drying time!

The sentiment is from Kinda Eclectic and stamped on to a piece of whisper white card cut with a  Deco Labels framelit. The project was finished off with a Bitty Butterfly and a rhinestones Of course!

I'd love to know what you think and hope you  give it a try! 

Esther xx