Thursday 25 April 2019

Two toned stamping

I love this technique, so quick and simple yet really effective.  Brilliant for new stampers as it is just ink, DSP and card.

Just use a sponge to add a second colour to your inked image to add a halo of colour, spots of colour or even a stripe!



See the video here:

Thank you for reading my blog, if you wish to order anything please click the appropriate links below or visit www.fis-papercrafts.stampinup.net.


If you have a long list or regularly spend £70+ a month on crafty supplies, maybe you should consider joining my team.  For £99 you can purchase £130 worth of crafty goodies. (Please note you can only join my team if you are based in the UK, France, Germany, Holland or Austria).  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/fis-papercrafts/jointhefun


Product List

Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Stamp Set
£20.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
£9.00
Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock
£8.00
Mango Melody A4 Cardstock
£8.00
Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack
£10.25
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad
£7.00
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad
£7.00
Stamping Sponges
£3.25
Rhinestone Basic Jewels
£4.75
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Monday 22 April 2019

Magical Make it May!

Today's blog is slightly different as I want to share with you two items that will cater to all levels of paper crafting and time.  

The first item is the Everything is Rosey Medley, a selection box of crafting items with a Rose Gold thread running through the items.  For £74 you get a whole lot of lovely for your money.

In the box you will get:
  1. Everything Is Rosy Photopolymer Stamp Set— 18 stamps; suggested blocks: a, b, c;
  2. Everything Is Rosy Dies—10 dies; largest die 2-7/8" x 1" (7.3 x 2.5 cm);
  3. 6" x 6" (15.2 x 15.2 CM) Designer Series Paper Stack— 48 sheets; 8 each of 6 double-sided designs;
  4. 6" x 6" (15.2 x 15.2 CM) rose gold foil paper—8 sheets;
  5. Printed die cuts—2 sheets;
  6. Rose gold die cuts—4 sheets; 2 each of 2 designs;
  7. Rose gold adhesive backed mirror embellishments— 60 embellishments; 1/4" (6.4 mm);
  8. Melon Mambo 1/4" (6.4 mm) Ruched Ribbon— 10 yards (9.1 m);
  9. Night of Navy/Rose Gold 3/8" (1 cm) Metallic –Edge Ribbon— 10 yards (9.1 m);
  10. Rose Gold Shimmer Paint—1/2 oz. (15 ml)


 This medley is different from other kits as there are no instructions or basic cardstock, glue or ink.  This is perfect if you want a suite of products that you can just let your creativity flow and make some wonderful cards, boxes, scrapbook pages and much, much more. 

In fact, once you have your kit I would love to see the samples you make either in a comment on this blog post or on my Papercraft for All Facebook Group

The medley is only available from the 1st-31st May - or while stocks last, so I would grab your creative goodies sooner rather than later.  Visit my shop to order.


The Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin kit is also a May exclusive.  Available from the 15th May until stocks last, this is a beautiful card-making kit for everyone, but particularly if you do not craft often or like to have step by step instructions for your projects.

Paper Pumpkin is a monthly subscription craft box that is solely for the USA......However, in May Stampin' Up! are releasing a special Paper Pumpkin that will be available for EVERYONE. It will only happen from May 15th while supplies last. With Paper Pumpkin, even demonstrators don't know what to expect of the box - I will be ordering mine with you!

What makes this box doubly special, is that it is designed by Shelli Gardner, the founder (and now Chair) of Stampin' Up! She brings her unique style to this craft kit, which will include everything you need to create 12 cards (3 each of 4 designs). It will include a unique stamp set, not available anywhere else, a Stampin' Spot (a 1" ink pad) and adhesive and embellishments for all 12 cards. You will only need to provide a stamping block. The cost of the kit is £20 + £4.95p+p.

What is also exciting is that the cards and products will coordinate with one of the brand new suites coming this June from the new Annual Catalogue.

If you wish to save on p+p, email me by 14th May via fispapercraft@hotmail.co.uk with your order and p+p will only be £1. (please note this offer is only for people in the UK, Germany, France, Holland or Austria. If you are based in any other Stampin' Up! market please contact a local demonstrator).


Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to make and cherish cards designed by Shelli Gardner.

To see more watch this Stampin' Up! video.

This is the perfect month to sign up as a demonstrator as you can get £130 of goodies for £99, and the Everything is Rosey Medley can be a part of your starter kit, or if you signup before it is released you will get at least 20% off the medley and the Paper Pumpkin kit.

Lastly, the Annual Catalogue is released in June, one of our many perks is that we can pre-order from catalogues a month before they are released, you can get your hands on brand new tools, inks and creativity a month before everyone else!


Thank you for reading my blog, if you wish to order anything please click the appropriate links below or visit www.fis-papercrafts.stampinup.net.

If you have a long list or regularly spend £70+ a month on crafty supplies, maybe you should consider joining my team.  For £99 you can purchase £130 worth of crafty goodies. (Please note you can only join my team if you are based in the UK, France, Germany, Holland or Austria).  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/fis-papercrafts/jointhefun

Thursday 18 April 2019

April 2019 Team Sampler

Well, you saw the amazing swaps and gifts I got from OnStage this year, well here is a video of how I created my team swap.  We all decided to create a sampler, so we designed one square each and replicated it 9 times.

Here is the finished Sampler:


And here is the square I created with the Tropical Chic bundle.  This set will continue into the 2019-20 Annual Catalogue, however, it will not be at the 10% discounted bundle price.


Check out the video of the project by clicking on the image above.


Thank you for reading my blog, if you wish to order anything please click the appropriate links below or visit www.fis-papercrafts.stampinup.net.


If you have a long list or regularly spend £70+ a month on crafty supplies, maybe you should consider joining my team.  For £99 you can purchase £130 worth of crafty goodies. (Please note you can only join my team if you are based in the UK, France, Germany, Holland or Austria).  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/fis-papercrafts/jointhefun



Product List
Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle
£40.50
Stamparatus
£46.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
£9.00
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock
£8.00
Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock
£8.00
Pool Party A4 Card Stock
£8.00
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad
£7.00
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad
£7.00
Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels
£6.50

Monday 15 April 2019

#OnStage 2019 - Telford

What a weekend!  I love Onstage, I get to meet some wonderful, creative and caring people and get to see and play with new goodies!

Now, I am going to be a bit mean and not show too much from the 2019-20 Annual Catalogue that will be released in June as there is plenty of gorgeousness in the current Annual Catalogue and the Occasions Catalogue that run until the end of May.

The Retiring List will be coming out today/tomorrow, so make sure you check it twice and make sure you have everything that you want before it disappears at the end of May (or sooner - it is until stocks last).

If you are wondering what you like from the current offering, check out these amazing swaps I got from the weekend, I am so honoured that other demonstrators shared their creativity with me, lots of ideas to share, case and re-create (with my own twist of course!).



The first ones are 3d gifts, mainly from fellow team members full of lovely treats and goodies!


Secondly, some card fronts full of inspiration and ideas.

I hope you liked looking at these swaps and if you feel like joining in, then join my team to be a part of something amazing.  The next Onstage will be Onstage Live in Dortmund, Germany from the 14-16th November.

Thank you for reading my blog, if you wish to order anything please visit www.fis-papercrafts.stampinup.net.

If you have a long list or regularly spend £70+ a month on crafty supplies, maybe you should consider joining my team.  For £99 you can purchase £130 worth of crafty goodies. (Please note you can only join my team if you are based in the UK, France, Germany, Holland or Austria).  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/fis-papercrafts/jointhefun

Monday 8 April 2019

I do love my monthly classes

I thought I would show you the projects we made this month for our Simply Fun Classes.  The Simply Fun Classes are designed to show at least one technique, but be simple and straight forward so my guests (well...they are all friends now) can just get on with the enjoyment of good company and making a lovely project.

I was particularly pleased with this month's projects (even if I do say so myself) because I felt I managed to create three quite different looks with the same stamp set - Incredible Like You - just by switching colours.

The technique I used was to stamp and emboss with the same colour.  The Incredible Like You stamp set has two step stamping, and it adds a different texture and dimension if you can stamp the base layer in ink and the detailed layer with the same colour embossing powder.  The 2018-20 In-Colours have a set of coordinating embossing powders that allow for this technique.  I hope you can see the effect in the images below.




I also used the retiring colours from 2017-2019, these will leave us forever in June.  I believe stocks are running low already, so if you want any of the products you had better grab them sooner rather than later.  The retiring list is published at the beginning of May, and generally, popular items do not stay around for long.

This card uses all the 2017-19 in-colours in one go!  I love how it has turned out and feel that it gives the stamp set a completely different feel.


And, again, by changing the colours and using the Happiness Blooms DSP, it feels like a completely different stamp set.

Thank you for reading my blog, if you wish to order anything please click the appropriate links below or visit www.fis-papercrafts.stampinup.net.

If you have a long list or regularly spend £70+ a month on crafty supplies, maybe you should consider joining my team.  For £99 you can purchase £130 worth of crafty goodies. (Please note you can only join my team if you are based in the UK, France, Germany, Holland or Austria).  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/fis-papercrafts/jointhefun


Product List
Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp Set
£16.00
Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies
£33.00
Celebrate You Thinlit Dies
£21.00
Everyday Label Punch
£17.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock
£9.00
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock
£9.00
Basic Black A4 Card Stock
£8.00
2017-2019 In Color A4 Cardstock
£8.00
In Color 2018–2020 A4 Cardstock
£8.00
Happiness Blooms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper
£10.25
In Color 2018–2020 Stampin' Emboss Powder
£23.25
In Color 2017–2019 Classic Stampin' Pad Assortment
£31.50
Classic Stampin' Pad Assortment In Color 2018-2020
£31.50
Happiness Blooms Enamel Dots
£6.50
Clear Faceted Gems
£4.75
Calypso Coral 3/8" (1 Cm) Satin Ribbon
£5.50
Powder Pink 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon
£6.50
Blueberry Bushel 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon
£5.50
Call Me Clover 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon
£5.50
Linen Thread
£4.75
2" X 8" (5.1 X 20.3 Cm) Cellophane Bags
£3.25