This month the IDEAS Design Team are getting ready for Christmas! Can you believe we are already in October? Less than 3 months to go – wow! Our theme this month is Christmas Crafting.
The collage above is a sneak peek of the projects the Design Team have contributed this month.
This month I created a Book Treat Box decorated with the Gold Dipped Cards which contains a little stack of mini cards and tags. It’s a fun project!
My tutorial includes the full instructions and measurements to make this project. In the tutorial bundle there are a total of 12 full tutorials and the PDF is 60 pages long!
To get your hands on this file of tutorials, including the projects shown here plus all the tutorials from the Design Team, simply place a $50+ order of Stampin’ Up! products with me during the month of October 2024. This can be done through my online store, or by contacting me by email, by Facebook or phone. It is also available for separate purchase and is provided to my team members for free in our team forum and also to my stamp club members. Once you have received the tutorials, please remember they are for your personal use only, so that means you can’t distribute any printed or electronic copies of these bundles. CONTACT ME to order your tutorials.
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Now I don’t want to scare you but there are only 14 weekends until Christmas!
If you have friends to buy for, stockings to fill or little gifts to put away, this is the perfect time to get some Christmas gifts while FREE SHIPPING is on.
It’s been a big week in the world of crafting and creativity, with the launch of the NEW Mini Catalogue (“Christmas catalogue”), two new kits, and a HUGE scrapbooking range too!
I’ve got loads of info for you today, so grab a cuppa, get comfy, and read on for all the latest crafty news.
New September-December Mini Catalogue
Our favourite time of the year is coming soon…the warm days of Summer and Christmas!!! And you know what that means? New crafty products to play with.
If you’ve ordered any Stampin’ Up! goodies through me over the past year, then you should have received a complimentary hard copy of the catalogue in your letterbox. Didn’t get it? Reach out and I’ll pop one in the post for you.
You can view and download the catalogue online here – handy to have on your devices. (Hint: look for the download arrow in to the bottom right corner when looking on a computer).
All the new products are shown in detail in my online store, so if you’d like to see close-up images and learn more about the products, check them out here.
Some of my favourites are:
The gold dipped cards & envelopes on page 15 – so pretty
The tag sketches on page 16 – oh the inspiration!
The Book Treat Boxes on page 27 – can you find all the project samples in the catalogue?
The Drusy Adhesive-backed Embellishments on page 29. Ohhhh so shiny!
The Nests of Winter DSP on page 31 – gorgeous birds and woods
Regal Winter on page 35 – ok this one was a surprise for me because I thought it would be too ‘busy’ but no way! The papers and designs are stunning IRL
Christmas Labels dies on page 40 – what other sentiments can you fit in those dies?
Decorative Trees bundle on page 42 – I think this is a fave and will most likely be my Christmas cards this year 🙂
The Index on page 64 – everything is easy to find if you start at the Index!
New Scrapbooking Products
Well this is exciting! Stampin’ Up! are launching a new and improved scrapbooking line of products. If you are passionate about memory keeping and recording your stories, view the brand new brochure here. It’s digital brochure this time, due to Stampin’ Up!’s efforts to fast-track this line to better support the papercrafting community since the closure of Close To My Heart (not enough time to print it). Future releases will be even bigger and better!
View all the new scrapbooking products in more details, and with more project samples, in my online store here.
Stampin’ Up! will be hosting an online event where we can follow along as the hosts make simple cards. The event goes for an hour, and registration is FREE! You can order products so you make the cards at the same time, or just watch it for inspiration.
Each month Stampin’ Up! releases two new all-inclusive kits and you are going to LOVE the September ones!
Christmas Ornaments Kit
This kit will be high on the wish list for the crafty ones who love to do 3D projects or make ornaments for gifts or home decor. Let me tell you, these ornaments are really substantial in size at 3 inches and 4 inches in diameter! The Christmas Ornaments Kit is $44 and includes everything you need – even the adorable mini faux pinecones, pre-tied bows and berries – to make 9 ornaments. You will need a hot-glue gun to finish it off.
Card Keeper Kit
The Card Keeper Kit is also $44 and comes with everything needed to make 10 beautiful all-occasion cards. I think this would make the perfect gift too! You could make the cards up or leave them for the recipient to make. There are different sentiments including “happy birthday”, “thinking of you”, “best wishes” and “just because”, so it’s really a practical gift too. And don’t miss the coordinating card box! This cute storage option is perfect for keeping the cards organised and ready to go.
Free Tutorial Bundles
A quick reminder that when you place an order through my online store, or through me directly, you’ll get a free bundle of written tutorials! This is a collaboration I do monthly with about a dozen other crafters from around the world. You’re eligible whenever you place a $50+ order, and there is a new theme each month. It’s also free for team members.
The September bundle went up on my blog earlier this week (check it out here). And as I always say, if for any reason you don’t get your bundle emailed to you after you place an order, please reach out to me!
Thanks for stopping by today and catching up with all the news. Life is busy but I hope you can grab some time this week to be creative, it’s so incredibly important for us in many ways.
This month the IDEAS Design Team are all about Family Celebrations! These include milestone birthdays, new baby, any birthday, Christmas, New Year – anything you celebrate with your family.
The collage above is a sneak peek of the projects the Design Team have contributed this month.
This month I created a card that would work well for the men in our lives – birthday, Father’s Day, etc. It features the Country Woods designer series paper, which is my favourite in the current annual catalogue.
My tutorial includes the full instructions and measurements to make this project starting with either our A4 cardstock here in Australia or the US Letter size cardstock.
To get your hands on this file of tutorials, including the projects shown here plus all the tutorials from the Design Team, simply place a $50+ order of Stampin’ Up! products with me during the month of September 2024. This can be done through my online store, or by contacting me by email, by Facebook or phone. It is also available for separate purchase and is provided to my team members for free in our team forum and also to my stamp club members. Once you have received the tutorials, please remember they are for your personal use only, so that means you can’t distribute any printed or electronic copies of these bundles. CONTACT ME to order your tutorials.
Would you like to see some more sneak peeks? Join our blog hop by clicking on the links below.
This month the IDEAS Design Team are looking at the fantastic Online Exclusives that are available with Stampin’ Up!. The name “Online Exclusives” doesn’t mean you can onlybuy them online, just that the products are not shown in the latest catalogues . They are exclusively shown online!
You can still order them through me (if you are in Australia and choose to shop with me) in the usual ways, or from your own demonstrator if you live outside of Australia.
I’m a big fan of these products, as they are often really interesting and unique product, and best of all we don’t have to wait until the next catalogue comes out to get them! Yes, I’m a little impatient at times 🙂
The collage above is a sneak peek of the projects the Design Team have contributed this month.
This month the Online Exclusive product that I focused on is the incredible Changing Leaves bundle. It includes my #1 favourite item which is a hybrid embossing folder with coordinating dies!
By using the dies and 3D embossing folder at the same time you can cut and emboss with a single pass through your machine! Soooo clever.
You can also use the embossing folder on its own, without the dies.
My tutorial includes the instructions to make this project plus four other cards for inspiration.
To get your hands on this file of tutorials, including the projects shown here plus all the tutorials from the Design Team, simply place a $50+ order of Stampin’ Up! products with me during the month of August 2024. This can be done through my online store, or by contacting me by email, by Facebook or phone. It is also available for separate purchase and is provided to my team members for free in our team forum and also to my stamp club members. Once you have received the tutorials, please remember they are for your personal use only, so that means you can’t distribute any printed or electronic copies of these bundles. CONTACT ME to order your tutorials.
Would you like to see some more sneak peeks? Join our blog hop by clicking on the links below.
Don’t forget to redeem your Bonus Days $9 coupon codes if you earned them last month!
Each month we are treated to new all-inclusive kits by Stampin’ Up!, and they are absolutely gorgeous!
Even though I’ve been crafting for many years, I still love to get these each month – it’s like a gift in the mail with everything you need to complete the projects all contained in the box… even the adhesives.
Some of the kits include inks and stamps, and others have pre-printed sentiments, but often I’ll change the greetings to fit my needs.
You can also be creative with these kits if you don’t want to follow exactly how they have been designed. The card bases are often printed on the front and back, so sometimes I’ll cut them in half and mount them on co-ordinating cardstock that I already have and that way the supplies go even further! The prices are brilliant too, with most of them being between AUD$25 and $41.
Such a fun project to remember your holiday, or prepare it in advance and take it with you to record your journey. I love that there are little pockets and extra flaps where you can store ticket stubs or photos.
Watch the video here, but keep in mind it’s pretty fast paced so if you are creating along you’ll want to pause and create as you go (that’s what I did!). The kit can be found in my online store here.
Don’t forget that July is “Bonus Days” month – get a $9 credit voucher that you can redeem in August, for every $90 spent in July! Now that is a VERY lovely bonus.
Of course, as always, when you order with me you’ll also get the latest Ideas Tutorial Bundle which includes at least 50 pages of tutorials and loads of ideas to keep you inspired all month.
The sun is out today on this lovely winter’s day. I hope it’s shining for you today.
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