HELLO FROM THE CRAFT ROOM

Hi everyone, seems like its ages since I posted or did a newsletter.

Lots has happened, but everything is great now.

Ive been doing shows and one to ones and classes ……. lots of great stuff.

 

This was at the ICHF Stitching and hobbycrafts show at Westpoint.   It was an amazing 4 days and if you came and said hello, thank you.  I love connecting and chatting with you all.

I have today launched my newsletters again, with a fantastic new look

Lots of information about the special offers from Stampin’ Up! that could save you loads.

Not subscribed, then simply hit the subscribe button in the side bar, like the one below.

 

Lots of the great offers are in the side bar to your right.

Click on them for more information.

Designer Series Paper FOUR (4) packs for the price of THREE (3)

World Card Making Day.  Offers end on the 10th October 2017

Heres a free tutorial for you to have a go at.

I do hope that you will come back and say hi again

Here are some more images that can be made using that stamp bundle.

Here are the details of this stamp set bundle

To order simply click the picture above and you will be taken to my page.

 

HELLO FROM THE CRAFT ROOM

Hi everyone, seems like its ages since I posted or did a newsletter.

Lots has happened, but everything is great now.

 

Ive been doing shows and one to ones and classes ……. lots of great stuff.

 

This was at the ICHF Stitching and hobbycrafts show at Westpoint.   It was an amazing 4 days and if you came and said hello, thank you.  I love connecting and chatting with you all.

I have today launched my newsletters again, with a fantastic new look

Lots of information about the special offers from Stampin’ Up! that could save you loads.

Not subscribed, then simply hit the subscribe button in the side bar, like the one below.

 

Lots of the great offers are in the side bar to your right.

Click on them for more information.

Heres a free tutorial for you to have a go at.

I do hope that you will come back and say hi again

 

 

Big changes at Crunchie Crafts.

Hi everyone,

Firstly I just wanted to say Hello…….  I am still here, but Crunchie Crafts has moved.

My new website is www.crunchiecrafts.co.uk

Yay, please hop over and take a look.

Thanks to those of you who have taken the time to email, text, ring or pm me, making sure I’m ok.

Huge thanks to everyone who has ordered, I hope you all enjoy the extras you get in your parcels.  It’s only a small thank you, but I just wanted you to know I appreciate each and every one. 

Also thank you to all those who are joining in Sale-a-Bration. I hope you are enjoying your fantastic free goodies with every £45 order.

Excitingly, from today there are 4 new items you can get free, and they’ve definitely saved the best until last.  So beautiful.  

These are the new items.

I hope to speak to you all soon.

As always I would love to see your creations and look forward to creating fantastic thank yous for everyone who orders.  

Big hugs. 

Beautiful Bunch – 4 ways with this gorgeous Stampin Up stamp

In December, amongst the Christmas madness I ran a class for my girls that was completely non-christmas.

We decided upon the #BeautifulBunch stamp set and the girls wanted some different folds.

So here’s what I came up with.

 This is a gatefold card.

Love this fold.  It zigzags and is super cute

 This is an easel card thats sits on the edge of a shelf

 and lastly a simple card with a tag on it.

We used a variety of colours.  Sorry the lighting was a bit rubbish the day these were taken.  

Caravan of Love

Hi everyone.

Do you ever have times when someone does something so kind for you and doesn’t want anything in return.  You know those small random acts of kindness that make such a difference.

A couple of days ago this happened to our family.  I had asked lots of people for help in many official departments, and everyone had rudely refused.  Then on asking a local business they stepped in and helped.  Not their job, not in their remit, but as an act of kindness they helped, and in return wanted nothing.  Wow.  I was very touched and extremely moved.

I wanted to show my appreciation, so of course I turned to my craft.  (Oh and a couple of nice bottles of wine for them).

I sat and made this card using the new love stack in the Spring Summer catalogue.  And I love it.

How cute is that.

Don’t forget if you would like a copy of the new catalogue and the Sale-a-Bration brochure just email, text or pm me on Facebook.

Have a great day, and don’t forget just one small act of kindness can make such a difference.

18 ………. my baby is 18 ….

Hi everyone.

Firstly I hope that you all had a great Christmas, and a great New Year.  I hope that this year brings you all lots of lovely times and great health.

Yesterday was a very special day in our household, my baby turned 18.  (Boy do I feel old!!)

To celebrate I wanted to make something special for her and I have used some of the new Spring and Summer catalogue items.  Can you spot them.

This is the card I made for her.  I have heat embossed the background in vanilla embossing powder and then used sponges to ink it up.  I created the badge using a bigz die and then heat embossed 18 on it before adding dazzling diamonds glitter.  I have used a selection of stamp sets to do this. Metro type and then some from the new spring summer catalogue and the sale-a-bration catalogue.

Heres the inside.  Again heat embossed in pool party and blushing bride.

Here’s part of the haul of presents she got …….

I bought and decorated a frame to mark this special day.

Again a piece of A4 whisper white was heat embossed before being ink distressed.  There are five stamp sets used.  

I then mounted the tags and some hearts before inserting behind the glass.

The front of the glass has tags, bows and butterflies added to it to give it some dimension.  

Its so pretty and the combination of Bermuda Bay, costal cabana, pool party and soft sky are amazing.

She loved it.

I also wanted to mention that from today our Sale-a-bration promotion is running.  During this time any order of £45 or more will qualify for free goodies.  You can order from the clearance rack, the main catalogue and the new Spring/Summer catalogue.    How exciting is that.

Look in my sidebar for the links to the new catalogues.  

I can’t wait to see what you create using all the lovely new products. 

I’ll be back again soon with more pictures using the new products. 

My final Sunday ………….

over at Sunday Stamps.  I am of course using Stampin UP products in this challenge.

I have loved being a guest designer this month.  Thanks again to Holly and everyone else for making me feel so welcome.

I would love to come back again.

Anyway here’s the final challenge for November …….. can you believe it, in less then 1 month Christmas will have been and gone and we will be looking forward to 2015.  

Anyway with that in mind …… and the fact that you may be Christmas’d out I focused my colours for this sketch on Autumn.

Here’s the sketch

Its challenge SSC 90

Isn’t this just a great sketch.  Now I love being able to create layers, so this was perfect.

Firstly tho, I chose my colours …….. for this card I have used Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Pumpkin Pie.  Not normally my colours but I used the Colour Coach to challenge myself even more.

Firstly I stamped the images in Chocolate Chip and Real Red, using the Bordering Blooms Stamp Set.

Then using the Banner Punch I cut the strips into banners.

Before matting and layering onto the cardstock.

I loved this effect so much I even put them inside.  Isn’t it nice to be able to decorate the inside to match the front.  Makes everything just that little bit more special.

As always all the products used today can be purchased in my online shop.

So pop over to Sunday Stamps and enter into this fortnight’s challenge.  I will be popping over to check out everyone’s entries.

Don’t forget to order your supplies today, because for the last time this month I am giving a free gift to everyone who places an online order of £50 or more today.

Big hugs

A Christmas Present that keeps on giving ………..

wouldn’t that be great.

Wouldn’t you like the feeling of Christmas every month?  Well now you can with Build Your Own Bonus.

Wouldn’t you like that excitment you feel when unwrapping a parcel.

Well now I can help you with that.

Until Tuesday 2nd December I have a very special joining offer.

If you wish list is £75.00 or more and you would like free postage on it, and then an opportunity to get between 20 and 30% on your next orders then read on.

By joining Stampin UP before Tuesday you can get £130 of goodies of your choice for only £74.25.  How awesome is that.

You get free postage

5% cashback on any orders placed in December

The chance to earn free stamp sets over the next six months.

30% discount on your first qualifying order

and

20% discount on each order thereafter.

So what are you waiting for.

Whether you want to purchase craft items for yourself, or just for friends and family or if you want to build a business I can help you.

My team is small enough to care, but big enough to be able to offer you huge amounts of support, inspiration and encouragement.

I’d love to be  able to have a chat with you to tell you more.

So if you live in the UK, Denmark, The Netherlands, France or Germany then please get in touch if you are interested in joining a kind, caring and inspirational Stampin Up Team.

I can be contacted in many ways

Tel:  07823 883769 / 01823 410087

Email:  craftybirdlisa@gmail.com

Please get in touch and lets get you the best Christmas present ever.

THANK YOU – DAY 2

As promised here is the second card we made at class.

Again using the LOTS OF THANKS stamp set.

And the Petit Petals Punch.  Some DSP and a little bit of co-ordinating cardstock.

How cute is that.

Anyway this card is also dedicated to the new members of my team.

Welcome guys.

I’m so thrilled you’ve taken up the great Build Your Bonus Offer.

Thanks yous all round plus a great Stampin UP UK craft offer ………. too good to mis

Hi everyone.  How are you today?

I just wanted to share the one of the cards I made for my class.  There are four in the class this month and I will be sharing them all with you over the next few days.

This month’s class was all about saying those important thank you’s after Christmas.

We used very vanilla, night of navy and a doily.  Stamped and punched and added some ribbon.  How cute it that.    I love the vintage feel to this one and can’t wait to share the others with you.

Now for some really amazing news, that I also can’t wait to share.  

Ive been bursting with excitement and really want you guys to be able to share in this with me.

Stampin’ Up! are running an awesomely jaw dropping amazing joining offer over the next week. It started Tuesday 25^thNovember and finishes on 2^nd December.

This is the first time that Stampin’ Up! has ever offered any kind of joining offer of this type.

It’s a 2 part offer, let me explain.

Firstly Joining Stamping Up!

The usual price to join Stampin Up is £99 and you can choose £130 worth of product from any of our current catalogues for this.  Also included is £45 worth of business basics, such as catalogues, order forms and other business basics.  This is also delivered direct to your chosen address for free.  No shipping costs on this order whatsoever.

Having joined Stampin UP you get 20% discount on every order, but on your first order over £150 you get a massive 30% discount if you place it within 45 days.

THE OFFER

BUT for one week only, Stampin’ Up! have reduced this price of the kit by 25% to just £74.25. This means that you will receive a HUGE £55.75 worth of product for FREE!!!!  (And lets face it we all love FREE) 

 You get everything I have mentioned about for £74.25.  How amazing is that.  If I wasn’t already a demonstrator I would be joining today.

You can completely customise your kit to suit your individual needs and taste. You get to choose what products you want to start with and they are shipped to your door for FREE.

WAIT THERE’S MORE

In addition ………. if you decide to purchase or sell anything further during the month of December, you will receive a 5% Bonus on the total bought/sold that month (payable in January). This is in addition to your normal 20% commission/discount. So imagine getting together with your friends and family and placing that £150 order within 45 days, you would get cashback in January on that as well.  Amazing.  That would be the equivalent of 35% discount in December as well as getting this joining offer.

What are you waiting for……

If you need further information about this offer or about joining Stampin’ Up!, please contact me.

I have an amazing team who support each other.  I am proud to call each member a personal friend.  We get together regularly, chat on the phone, email, text and nothing is too much trouble for anyone.

We have a dedicated facebook group, we share our projects, inspire and create together.

My team and I would love to welcome you and would be proud to work alongside you.  Whether you want to make this a business or just fancy the free goodies to start with that’s ok.  You will receive the same support from me whoever and wherever you are, however you want Stampin UP to fit into your life.

Please call me 07823883769 or text or email me to find out more.  I am always happy to help, but don’t forget you’ve only got until 2^nd December to get this great offer.

I just love what I do, and love to share and inspire and create with other craft people.

Its awesome, and apart from my kids, the best thing I have ever done.

To join my team simply click here and you will be taken to the joining page.

I can’t wait to welcome you to my team.

GET STARTED HERE

All is calm convention table cutlery holder goes to a wedding with Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso coral

Morning everyone.

Do you remember the gorgeous pictures of my 2014 convention table.  

Here’s a close up of the cutlery holder

Isn’t this just cute.  Lots of people have asked how I made this.

I was also asked to do an inspiration station at our team training on Sunday with the lovely Michelle.

If you would like to be part of an amazing and creative team then do get in touch or go to

my join my team page to find out more

We discussed what she wanted me to do and we decided that recreating the above table would be great, but for another occasion.

So I have remade them, in lovely Wedding colours.

Crisp Cantaloupe meets calypso coral.

I used the box board for the table favours and the napkin rings this time.

The gorgeous flowers have been inked in matching colours and to set of these gorgeous tones i have used Pistachio Pudding and gold glimmer paper.

And here’s what you need and the instructions.

CUTLERY HOLDER

Ingredients:

Park Lane DSP

Calypso Coral Cardstock

Crisp Cantaloupe Cardstock

White Organza Ribbon

Glue Dots

Tombow

Dimensional

Tools:

Scoreboard

Trimmer

Envelope Punch Board

Instructions

Cut Calypso coral cardstock to 10” x 4”.    Using a sponge edge the cardstock with calypso coral ink.

Cut the crisp cantaloupe cardstock to 9 15/16ths” x  3 7/8^th”.  Using a sponge and calypso coral ink distress the edge.

Stamp the sentiment on the top

Adhere the two bits together, making sure there is a border on both sides and at the top.

Cut the DSP to 6” x 5”

Using your score board score 3 sides at ¼ “ and ½” .  Burnish

Score the other side at ½”

Using the Envelope Punch Board.  Punch on the side scored at 1/2 “ by lining the paper up at 1” mark.  Turn the DSP over and again punch at 1” mark.

Using your trimmer cut the edges away on each side to form a tab in the middle.  Fold over

Cut away the three outer small squares at the bottom 2 corners.  And cut the along one edge of the last remaining small square.  This will leave a small flap.  Fold edges in to form a small box shape.

Using tombow glue this to the back of your cutlery holder, taking care to line up the bottom.

I hope you enjoy making these for your christmas tables etc.

But I would ask that if you case this project you please link back to me.