Black Friday Sale!

Hi everyone

 

It seems Black Friday is popular here as well as in the US

so to make sure you don't miss out I'm having a Black Friday Christmas sale!

 

 

That's 20% of all items in the Christmas category

for today only. I've moved across anything that I think is Christmassy
so it is worth taking a look...

 

There is a special coupon code:  black20

please enter this in the coupon box on the view shopping bag/cart page.

 

Happy shopping!

 

 



Christmas Wall Hanger by Carole

Hello everyone

Today Angel Carole is back with a brilliant idea using the
Etched Alphabet die set.

A glittery wall hanger spelling out the word Christmas.

Here you can see the addition of snowflakes and alphabet.

Carole is sharing with us her thoughts on making her projects.

When I had the idea for this project, I didn’t even consider 

how tricky it might be to photograph it. 

Maybe I should have done! 

I’m really pleased with the end result of this, 

but don’t feel the pictures do it justice.

I tried to make each snowflake individual, so had to send to 

Elliott for an emergency snowflake die order! 

I used one 12x12 sheet of glitter paper and the silver lame ribbon 

came from John Lewis.

I used foam tape in between each layer so there’s a nice 3D effect 

and added a few crystals for extra sparkle.

I attached my cards to the ribbon with the extra strong double sided tape 

and used a curtain ring with a clip at the top – also from John Lewis. 

Happy crafting! C : ) xx

Ingredients used:

Etched Alphabet

Holiday Greetings 

Create A Flake Three (although Create A Flake Six would also work!)

Classic Hearts

Shining Star

Matting Basics - Squares
Variety of cardstock

Cosmic Shimmer Adhesive
Crafty Foam Tape
Extreme Double Sided Tape

Etched Alphabet is still in the mad sale!
And please check out the other products used - just click on the names
to take you there.

Thank you Carole, you can read more about Carole and visit her blog here.

Back with more inspiration very soon.

You Mean The World To Me

Hi everyone

Pleased to have Yvonne van de Grijp as a guest on my blog today.

Yvonne is a Spellbinders Ambassador for the Netherlands.

Yvonne has created a beautiful card using one of the Spellbinders card front dies

You Mean The World To Me

And Yvonne has kindly provided all the instructions too!

Materials:

Spellbinders: S4-560 You Mean The World, Platinum Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Cardstock: white, silver, Satin bow, washi tape (or removable tape), silver inkpad or silver pen Distress inkpads: Shabby Shutters, Tumbled Glass, Mustard Seed, Ink Blending tool Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D foam squares, Crafty Power Tape

Instructions:

1. Stack both You Mean the World dies and use removable tape for exact positioning of the dies.
2. Ink the debossed parts of the die with silver ink. 
3. Cut/emboss from white cardstock. Leave the dies on the paper and use silver ink for stencilling.
4. Cut the text "world" from a piece of silver cardstock and glue the the die-cut text onto the card.
5. I made the coloured background myself using distress ink and an ink blending tool, but you can also use patterned paper.
6. Glue the die-cut upon the coloured background using 3D foam squares.
7. Mat upon silver cardstock and a white cardbase.
8. Add a satin bow.

Thank you Yvonne and keep visiting, Yvonne will have more 

projects to share with us soon.

You Mean The World To Me is available on the website here.

Bye for now.

Beautiful Heirloom Ornaments by Donna

Hello everyone

Today Angel Donna is back with another idea using
2012 Heirloom Ornaments.

Using the negative and placing behind some Christmassy papers,

a good idea for using up those scraps of paper that apparently you

have boxes of - according to Mum!

Sequins add extra sparkle!

Piercing the edge of card looks effective or you could also use

Pierced Rectangles.

Ingredients used:

 2012 Heirloom Ornaments
First Edition Paper - Stocking Fillers
Centura Pearl Card
White Card
Ribbon
Sequins

 2012 Heirloom Ornaments is available on the website here -
it's also in the Autumn sale!

And please check out Donna's blog here.

Back soon with more projects and website news.

The 25th by Rachel

Hello everyone

Angel Rachel is here today with another great idea using the
Holiday Greetings die and also incorporating Victorian Numbers.

Holiday Greetings is a solid card front die that can be used as
a whole stencil-like design or just using the fall out pieces works perfectly
for creating too.

Victorian Numbers is a 13 piece die set, along with the numbers
there are also useful symbols and punctuation.

Rachel has matted green decorative card onto a card base,
cut Holiday Greetings from kraft card,
wrapped twine around, added Lacey Circles and Victorian Numbers.

 The Victorian Numbers coordinate beautifully.

Ingredients used:

Holiday Greetings

Victorian Numbers

Lacey Circles
White, red, kraft card and green patterned card
Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn and Fired Brick
Baker's twine
Corner rounder punch
3D Foam Squares
 Crafty Power Tape

Don't forget to check out Rachel's blog here.

Thank you for all your comments and back soon
with more Angel inspiration.

Mad!!

Hi everyone

Quick...while Mum is busy and doesn't suspect a thing

I've decided that some of the Spellbinders stock really should

find a new home so I'm offering low prices, definitely LOW prices 

on the following dies:

Candy Cane Card Front

Etched Alphabet

Tiny Dancers

Just click on the die names to take you to the website.

Keep checking back for more mad offers!

Have a great weekend.

Cubes by Teresa

Hello everyone

Today sharing a project by
Angel Teresa who has been using Victorian Letters.

 

These are lovely letters with a deep patterned embossed.
The set also include punctuation, very useful -
a total of 29 dies in the set!


Teresa made a bargain purchase with these cubes and has
been waiting to decorate them.
She has combined 6 x 6 Matting Basics for
the side panels and then added the Victorian Letters.

This idea would work really well with the word NOEL for Christmas cubes.

As usual, just click on the die names to take you to the dies on the website.

Ingredients used:

6 x 6 Matting Basics
Victorian Letters
Brown cardstock
Patterned papers

Thank you Teresa and please check out Teresa's blog here.

Back with more Angel inspiration soon.

Back with an offer!

Hi everyone

If you read Mum's blog you probably know she's been away at 

the NEC Birmingham demonstrating Spellbinders.

She said the most popular item was definitely the Platinum machine,

all visitors to the show got a chance to see other machines 

demonstrated but were definitely favouring the Platinum.

Not surprising with its solid steel core construction and

that you can cut up to 8 layers in a single pass.

Also when used with the range of Contour Steel Rule Dies you can cut through

thin to thick materials from fabric to metal and balsa wood.

And when the machine is folded it's only a fraction larger than the Grand Calibur.

Right now on the website the Platinum is on very special offer

and don't forget it is free postage too.

There are also accessories for the Platinum,

larger plates, magnetic platform and of course the 

Contour Steel Rule Dies. 

Take a look!

All the best.

Holiday Greetings by Rachel

Hello everyone

Angel Rachel is here today with a stunning Christmas card featuring
Holiday Greetings.

This is a card front die with so much versatility.

Rachel has chosen to use the snowflake element of the die,
not only can you use the negative but the fall out die cut pieces too.

The beautiful Create A Flake Six for extra embellishment.

A fresh modern Christmas card.

Ingredients used:

Holiday Greetings

Create-a-Flake Six

Spellbinders Holiday Magic M-bossabilities Folder

Navy, white and silver card

Silver embossing powder, Versamark ink and a heat tool

Let It Snow sentiment stamp

Bling

Don't forget to check out Rachel's blog here.

Back soon with more inspiration.