Merry Patterns - Exclusive! - Find out how to EARN or WIN a FREE Stamp Set!

Helloooo

There are only 12 days left of October (11 days and the rest of this evening if we're a bit more accurate) meaning time is running out to take advantage of the two amazing offers currently running from Stampin' Up!  

The Designer Series Paper SALE! - Buy 3 packs of Paper and choose a 4th pack for FREE - click below for a list of selected papers included in this offer and add them to your basket now! 

and the Merry Patterns EXCLUSIVE Stamp Set promotion

Today I'd like to share a couple of very quick and easy cards made using the Merry Patterns EXCLUSIVE Photopolymer Stamp Set.  This set can be yours for free!  Full details of how to earn or WIN this exclusive stamp set can be found at the end of the post so keep reading to the end!! (or scroll down to the bottom now if you can't wait!)

My first card uses only the two stag stamps (one outline, one patterned body) from the Merry Patterns stamp set, two ink pads from the Neutrals Classic Stampin' Pads collection - Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad and Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad, and both cards were stamped straight on to Whisper White Note Cards & Envelopes (5" x 3 1/2", 12.7cm x 8.9cm)

For the second card I used Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad for the outline of the candles, Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad and Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad for the patterns, and Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad  for the flames.

As these are both two (or four) step stamping examples, I've done a step by step collage below of how I created my cards:

The cards could be left with the single coloured image in the middle, however, I felt they needed a bit more so added the outline image randomly over the rest of the card, overlapping onto Grid Paper when stamping off the edges of the card.  I love the finished look!  Even my other half said "ooh they look like those fancy posh ones you get in the shops!"  - best compliment I think he's given me so far ;)

Don't be afraid to test out on the paper first - I actually lined up my solid stamps with the image on the Grid Paper then put the Clear Block onto it so I knew that it was straight and would line up exactly! 

So, for the details you've been waiting for!  There are three ways to get your hands on this stamp set, you could:

1 - Place your own order of £250, before shipping and handling, on my Online Shop or with me in person 

2 - Club together with friends to place a combined order of £250, before shipping and handling, again on my Online Shop as one order, or with me in person (Note: only one Merry Patterns stamp set can be redeemed per order of £250 so you can fight among yourselves who gets the set or you can be nice about it and share it between you, I'll leave that up to you!)

Or, 3 - you could place an order of £25 (or more) on my Online Shop using host code K4BU9MA6 to be entered into a prize draw to WIN the set.  You will receive one entry for every £25 spent, before shipping and handling - i.e if you place an order for £50 of product, you will receive 2 entries into the draw! 

Terms and conditions:

• All orders placed in person must have completed order forms and payment to be with me by 7pm Monday 30th October 2017.  Please contact me for an order form on 07841518863, or via Facebook @Jenfielou.StampinUp
• For Online Orders :
• Orders of £250+ The Merry Patterns Stamp Set code 144973 will ALSO need to be added - add this into the Rewards section prior to checkout - It will NOT be added automatically, if you do not complete this step I cannot guarantee that you will receive the set! 
• Orders under £250, please use the host code K4BU9MA6, orders must be placed by 8pm Tuesday 31st October 2017.  Orders placed after this time will not be counted for the prize draw, but will still be processed!  

I will send all customers a thank you for entering!

Good luck and Happy Stamping!

Jenfie

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Quilted Christmas with a Cookie Cutter Surprise!

A little late...ok a week and a day late posting but we had a lovely afternoon last Sunday at our Christmas Card Create Class.  We had 4 lovely ladies attend and spent a few hours having a lot of fun creating three cards, whilst enjoying some delicious home made scones (mum made not me!) 

For the first two cards of the afternoon, 

we used the Quilted Christmas Suite:

• Christmas Quilt photopolymer bundle which consists of the Christmas Quilt Photopolymer Stamp Set and Quilt Builder Framelits Dies but saves you 10% of the cost!
• Stitched Felt Embellishments (5 each of 3 shapes - a tree, star, and holly - we only used the trees and stars for these cards)
• Quilted Christmas 6"x6" Designer Series Paper
• Quilted Christmas A4 Cardstock (a pack of 24 sheets, 8 sheets each of Real Red A4 Cardstock, Lemon Lime Twist A4 Cardstock, Garden Green A4 Cardstock)
• Inks used: Garden Green, Real Red, Lemon Lime Zest, and Powder Pink

This first card was cased from the 2017 Autumn/Winter seasonal catalogue (the one right in the middle there!).  

Here is my card:

We cut a sheet of Garden Green A4 Cardstock in half then folded in half to create an A6 card blank.  We used the triangle and stitched triangle dies from Quilt Builder Framelits Dies to cut out three triangles from a sheet of Quilted Christmas 6"x6" Designer Series Paper.  Using the Christmas Quilt Photopolymer Stamp Set we stamped two triangles (in co-ordinating colours) and added the stitched triangle around them in a contrasting colour, then again used the die to cut them out.  Lining these up across the card so they overlapped slightly, we stuck three straight to the Whisper White Card strip, raised two up on Stampin' Dimensionals, and then added one of the tree Stitched Felt Embellishments.  

To stamp the greeting "Christmas" we used the "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" stamp...but to only ink up the word Christmas we used the Real Red marker from the Old Olive & Real Red Stampin' Write Markers pack!  This was stamped onto a strip of Powder Pink A4 Cardstock trimmed to a banner using Paper Snips and again adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals.  Stitching was added underneath the image using the xxx stamp in Garden Green.

The second card was a quick and easy card, and again was cased from the catalogue but ended up a cross between the two cards shown:

Cutting a 10cm square card blank (20cm x 10cm folded in half along the long side, just to clarify!) in Real Red A4 Cardstock.  A 9cm square of Quilted Christmas 6"x6" Designer Series Paper was adhered to the card front.  Another small strip of stitched DSP was adhered to a piece of Whisper White Card.  The sentiment "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" and the button hole stitch stamps were used in Garden Green and Real Red leaving a space for the star Stitched Felt Embellishments.  All adhered using Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue.  A small bow in Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine was added to the middle of the star just to finish it off using a Glue Dot.

For the final card of the day, we swapped sets and used the Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set and Cookie Cutter Builder Punch.  I actually cased this card from fellow demonstrator Barb Conway, her gorgeous and elegant card is shown below:

Below is my cased version (in my opinion no where near as elegant but still cute!)

I stamped the reindeer in Early Espresso, and using Blender Pens coloured in using Early Espresso for the antlers and Crumb Cake for the faces.  I added a Real Red nose for one to be Rudolph!  I added three ribbons - Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler 1/4" Double-Stitched Ribbon, Quilted Christmas 1/4" (6.4 mm) Ribbon - to the card blank using Fast Fuse Adhesive.  A length of Old Olive Baker's Twine was attached using Glue Dots.  The reindeer were attached using Stampin' Dimensionals.  The sentiment "Wishing you a season as sweet and joyful as the friendship we share." was stamped straight onto the card blank in Cherry Cobbler.

All our ladies were very happy with their card creations, all adding their own creative edits to their cards making each one of them unique!  I'm looking forward to seeing you all at a future class! 

Happy Stamping

Jenfie
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October 2017 Offers

Hi Everyone

I can't believe it is the 1st October already!! However, this date marks the start of the new Stampin' Up! year - and what better way to kick it off is with a whole host of AMAZING offers! 

On Saturday 7th October it is World Card Making Day - to celebrate Stampin' Up! are offering 15% off selected card making essentials for 10 days ONLY! Click the image below to have a look at all the discounted stamp sets, note cards & envelopes, and if you're a fan of Fast Fuse there is a fab offer - for every Fast Fuse adhesive bought before 10th October, you'll get TWO refills absolutely free - saving a massive £14!  

World Card Making Day - Special Offers

Some of the fantastic stamp sets included in the offer are the Daisy Delight Photopolymer Stamp Set, Coffee Cafe Photopolymer Stamp Set, Wood Words Clear and Wood Stamp Set, and the Oh So Eclectic Clear and Wood Mount Stamp Sets (look out for the next offer for savings on the co-ordinating papers!)

To mark the World Card Making Day occasion, the monthly Christmas Card Create class will be held on Sunday 8th October at 2pm in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.  There are a few places left if you would like to join us, please contact me to secure your place asap!  You can contact me by calling/texting 07841518863 or through my contact me form on my website jenfielou.stampinup.net or through Facebook @Jenfielou.StampinUp

For the whole of October there is an incredible saving to be had with our Designer Series Paper Sale - you can choose any 4 packs of paper from the selected packs, and you only pay for 3! Best part is - you choose which one you get free so you can save yourself the most money!! 

Designer Series Paper Sale

You'll see on the image above a selection of the papers included in the offer - these co-ordinate to some of the discounted stamp sets on the World Card Making Day offers so why not stock up and get the collections together before 10th October to make the most of the great savings?!  

Some of the fantastic paper packs included in the sale are Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper, Coffee Break Designer Series Paper, Wood Textures Designer Series Paper, and the Naturally Eclectic Designer Series Paper!

Finally, there is still the Merry Patterns Host Promotion available throughout October - Do you fancy getting your hands on an exclusive stamp set not available for general purchase? Would you like to host a creative get-together with like-minded people? If so, you should become a Stampin' Up! party host in October and, with qualifiying orders, you will receive our amazing Merry Patterns stamp set for free, as well as your Stampin' Rewards!  Contact me now to check availability and to secure your preferred date before the end of the month!

Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to place an order or book a party/craft class - I look forward to stamping with you soon!!

Jenfie
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