tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88317144537858169782024-03-05T07:16:18.594+00:00Make The Day Special Stamp Store BlogBringing you daily inspiration with the quality craft supplies we import in our store!Keren Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421465332759014595noreply@blogger.comBlogger1832125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831714453785816978.post-46830101350376193332016-01-08T09:01:00.000+00:002016-01-10T16:18:31.686+00:00NEW BLOG<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Make the Day Special Stamp Store Blog is now closed as we have a brand new blog to go with our new store and new name Seven Hills Crafts!<br />
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This blog will remain here as a historical record and so you can access inspiration on specific stamp and die sets but for all new product you will need to now visit and follow our new blog:<br />
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Tara Cardwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323902839923352075noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831714453785816978.post-80963792112731827022015-12-31T17:47:00.001+00:002015-12-31T17:47:31.869+00:00Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just thought I would pop by quickly to say work on the new website is going well and to thank you all for your patience whilst we get all this new shiny technology worked out!<br />
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In the meantime I thought I share a quick New Year card I made and wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous slide into 2016!<br />
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This came together really quickly - a quick spritz of Hero Arts ink, a layered champagne glass die cut from acetate (the colour comes from inking up the stick-it I used to join the layers together) and some glittery die cut sentiments from Lawn Fawn's scripty cheers and the new stitched number dies from My Favorite Things.<br />
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Hope you all raise a glass or two tonight ;-)<br />
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Tara Cardwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323902839923352075noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831714453785816978.post-77125423665872774452015-12-20T13:58:00.001+00:002015-12-20T13:58:51.832+00:00Farewell to Make the Day Special <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is potentially the final post we'll be posting as Make the Day Special Stamp Store which feels a little weird. We're not going far though so don't panic - we'll be back with the same great products and the same level of customer service you've come to expect in early January 2016 under our new name and branding!<br />
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The store closes at 8pm tonight to give us time to pack all your orders - yes on a Sunday night - that's how much we love you guys - and your orders in the post first thing tomorrow so they should be with you (UK orders only) in time for Christmas.<br />
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I will leave you with one final card for this year to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. There may be a couple of updates on here as we switch things over to the new site over Christmas but all the old sites should automatically redirect you to the new places you'll find us when we re-open. We are AIMING to re-open on the 8th January, but as with all things technological, you all find issues you can't plan for, so that date may slip a little if we hit a major stumbling block. Fingers crossed it will be all be fine and we'll see you in a couple of weeks. Do make sure you are signed up to the newsletter and Facebook pages for the latest news.........<br />
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I made a big batch of these cards using the Make a Santa stamp and die
set from Lil' Inker designs, an embossed Avery Elle rectangles frame and
sentiment from their Naughty or Nice stamp set. Super quick design
which was easy to replicate which was good seeing as I haven't posted
any cards yet! <br />
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Tara Cardwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323902839923352075noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831714453785816978.post-51627895422961695872015-12-19T09:00:00.000+00:002015-12-19T09:00:00.203+00:00Julia's Favorite Things of 2015Hi crafters! I am closing out our series on the DT's favorite products of 2015 – I hope you enjoyed the inspiration from the team throughout this past week. (Sorry, since I learned American English, you'll have to suffer through "favorite" instead of "favourite" :P ).<br />
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I admit, I can hardly point to a specific product that I love the most, mainly because I simply love all of them! But I have a few brands that I (re)discovered this year that brought me a lot of joy and I want to share those with you.<br />
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Most of you will know this brand well, and I was delirious with joy when Tara added them to the store since they are hard to get here in good ol' Europe. MFT have a huge variety of stamps and dies, and I fell in love especially with the little Witch of one of the Halloween sets:
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I used both the dies and the stamps on this set, and it's one of my favorite cards I made all year. I am happy that I got to send it to one of my best crafty friends and delighted her. If you want to see how I created this card, step by step, please hop over to my blog (link in the sidebar to your right) and then on to my Youtube channel.</div>
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Both of these cards feature the same stamp and die set! You can see just how versatile it is, and how you can use single elements from such a set to create very different cards.<br />
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To me, this brand was completely new. I had heard of them, but associated them mainly with super thin, stylish girlies. Being on the opposite end of super thin and stylish myself, I never really got into Stamping Bella – until I saw the <b>other</b> stamps that are also part of this brand. And then I lost my heart completely. I don't have a favorite, I love all of the images!<br />
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This was one of the first cards I created with SB images. Yes, the fussy cutting was brutal, but I just love this girl – she's just like me! I love to experiment and try new things, and yes, sometimes I leave a mess behind but if I had fun, it's totally worth it. This image would be perfect for girls in school, or for every adventurous crafty friend. With a bit of humor ;)<br />
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The Christmas Soldiers are perfect for your health! Why, you might ask? Well, tell me which other image will make you laugh as long and hard as this one! This is the perfect workout for your abs and belly muscles, and it will also give the recipient the same workout. Who says that stamping and cardmaking can't count as sport?<br />
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Last, but not least, these cute penguins are featured in many SB stamps. I love them. Love, love, love! If you are into coloring, these images are the best to have some creative fun or just practice. No matter what you do with them, you will certainly have great time.<br />
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I could go on and on and on, but I know that you only have a few hours left before the shop closes and maybe your wallet can't be stretched much further. But here are some random products I enjoyed immensely this year:<br />
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Now, I know a lot of you are wary of glitter because of the mess. I won't lie: after using glitter, I usually look like a fairy sprinkled fairy dust on me. But this particular glitter can be used with glue or adhesive sheets, and once you rub it, it sets and no longer comes off.<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Quilted-Stitched-Pattern-Die/p/36841314/category=9523022&forcescroll=true" target="_blank">Lil Inker Cover Plate</a></i><br />
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There are many companies that make cover plates – large dies that either die cut the entire size of a card front, or dry emboss a pattern on it. My favorite is the Quilted Stitched Pattern by Lil Inkers because it's very subtle but can add just the right amount of interest to an otherwise simple design. There are other patterns available as well.<br />
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<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Sunshine-Layers-Die/p/47155447" target="_blank"><i>Wplus9 Sunshine Layers Die Set</i></a><br />
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Alright, I'll be honest – I bought the entire die set for only the large scalloped die. That's the only one I wanted, and it's become one of the best investments I ever made. You might at first think that paying that much for a single die is crazy, but I've been using it on almost every other card! It's the perfect size, the stitching detail adds tons of interest, and it just looks perfect. If there is a large general purpose die you need, this should be the one you get!<br />
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That was my look back at my favorite products of 2015. I hope I didn't do too much damage to your wallet, and maybe some of these goodies will make it under your christmas tree in time for the holidays? ;)<br />
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Wishing all of you happy holidays, a great time with family and friends, and lots of good food. Cheers!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759925598631819392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831714453785816978.post-42625415157671136302015-12-18T09:00:00.000+00:002015-12-18T09:00:06.550+00:00Jill's favourite things of 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jill here, and today it's my turn to bring you my favourite products from the last year...talk about being spoilt for choice!! </div>
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First off, I'm gonna have to go with my all time favourite, Mama Elephant, and specifically, those darling cutie patootie Reindeer from<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Reindeer-Games/p/55766019/category=11373046"> Reindeer Games</a>. <br />
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These little chaps took our crafting community by storm this year, and have been flying off the shelves ever since! It is of no surprise however, I mean...look at them! </div>
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Next up, it's going to be Wplus9's<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Going-Places/p/53231087/category=3351881"> 'Going Places'</a>...</div>
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As soon as I set eyes on this set - I was desperate to have it in my stash. It's their little faces, they're just divine. I also love the fact you can use it for so much more than it's intended purpose, and bring the critters to life by placing them in alternate situations. Just soooo cute.</div>
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OK, so finally, I'm gonna give a shout out to a whole company who I think have rocked it this year, and it's gonna be...Paper Smooches! </div>
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For me, it's a little nostalgic, as they were the reason I stumbled upon Make The Day Special, a long time ago, when I first fell in love with stamping. They were the first 'American' stamp brand I started collecting, and I just loved them. But, after finding this amazing place, and so many other incredible brands, they fell from the top of my most wanted list, and I hate to say it, I kind of forgot about them. But my oh my, holy macaroni, I just think this year they have knocked it out the park with their releases! Their die designs are amongst my favourite's, and most used, of all time. Hat's off to them, I really think they're back with a bang and doing it in style!</div>
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Hi there it's my turn to share with you my favourite things of 2015. Now it was so hard to narrow down my favourite and most loved stamps down to three but I finally got there and here are my top 3 from this years releases.....<br />
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Altenew 'Golden Garden' has too be one of my most used set from 2015! I just love the style of these as they can work with so many different techniques to get so many different looks.<br />
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Winnie & Walter 'Merry & Bright'.....Swoon, this has to be my most favourite Christmas set in like forever! I love the cute and playful font that can also work for classy cards. The other like images in this set are great for creating wreaths or even stamped backgrounds.<br />
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Newton's Nook Designs 'Fox Hollow'. Fave fox set ever! I just love these little guys and they are just too fun fun to colour.<br />
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That's all for me for this year, I'll see you all again in the New Year. I'd just like to say Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year and also thank you so much for your lovely comments, it means a lot to us all.<br />
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Its no secret that i have the biggest craft crush on anything Winnie and Walter. </div>
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I went with <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/In-Bloom-Addies-Garden/p/50173481/category=9316076" target="_blank">In bloom Addies garden</a>.</div>
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I have used this set a lot and i don't think i could ever get bored with it. </div>
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Whether its water colouring embossing you can always change how each image looks making it so very versatile.</div>
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Second up on my favourites is <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Gleeful-Gardens/p/47605456/category=2717768" target="_blank">Gleeful gardens from Lawn fawn</a>.</div>
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Although it has really simple images you an really pack a punch by layering them up changing the colours or making scenes.</div>
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If i was gonna be naughty and share a fourth it would be <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Caffeinated-Cups/p/54640013/category=11867162" target="_blank">this</a> and <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/For-The-Love-of-Latte/p/54640012/category=11867162" target="_blank">this</a> and <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Caffeinated-Cups-Confetti-Cut/p/54640008/category=11867162" target="_blank">this</a> honestly that counts as one :) ...just saying.</div>
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Sorry guys - with Christmas and the new website, things have been a little busy around here so the challenge winner kept slipping to the bottom of my to-do list.<br />
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Wow! What a challenge.<br />
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First up; the company that got me into flowers again. It's not one set but a couple from Winnie & Walter. Their floral sets are gorgeous without being overstylised. You can create something more simple,watercoloured or life-like.<br />
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My second choice is the most perfect unisex set; 'Playful Pups'. I know it's popped out of stock presently but I had to include it! You can do 'what dogs might get up to scenes'</div>
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Turn them into Ninjas...<br />
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Go super simple..<br />
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or have them climbing a balloon ;-)<br />
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Your imagination is your only limit!<br />
My last choice was more difficult. I, like Jenny, (see yesterday's post), love 'Take A Bough', So I <br />
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or maybe the usual doughnut, or just<br />
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a plain iced biscuit!<br />
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Well, I hope you enjoyed my favourites. I'd love to know what the highlights of your crafty year have been!<br />
I'd love to say thankyou for being supportive of this blog. I know all of us DT girls, really appreciate you reading and commenting.<br />
Can I say a big Happy Christmas to you all and look forward to seeing you back in the New Year with an exciting line-up of more gorgeous new supplies!<br />
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<a href="http://www.kerenbaker.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Keren xx</a><br />
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.Keren Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421465332759014595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831714453785816978.post-40597920456782647492015-12-14T09:00:00.000+00:002015-12-14T09:00:04.023+00:00Jenny's Favourites of 2015 <img height="320" src="https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlf1/v/t1.0-9/11225735_10153799951956052_5995762580757542283_n.jpg?oh=495dad997051601a4768e65048a27f2c&oe=571DB8D7" width="320" /><br />
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I'm continuing this weeks theme of our fave crafty items of 2015 with a couple of stamp sets and a die set... you're probably not surprised to know that my first choice is<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Garden-Grow/p/53585024" target="_blank"> Garden Grow </a>by Altenew which I used<a href="http://makethedayspecialcards.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/garden-grown-birthday-wishes.html" target="_blank"> here </a>a few weeks ago but back in the summer I used it for this card too...<br />
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My next choice is <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Super/p/47736175" target="_blank">Super</a> by Avery Elle..... I love the hand-drawn skyline which is so useful for making backdrops or taking centre stage on your design...<br />
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My choice of fave die goes to a recent purchase.. it's the <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Take-a-Bough-Dies/p/56974468/category=15435057" target="_blank">Take a Bow</a> dies by Concord & 9th which makes the most adorable Christmas tree and I'm wondering if it can be used for other projects year round too :)<br />
Here are a couple of trees I made with my dies.... <br />
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The ice blue tree is so pretty and glittery whilst the green one is a more traditional theme. I used plasticine inside a small terracotta pot to push the skewer into and just sprayed one of them with silver glitter paint :) I'd love to see how your Christmas trees turned out if you bought the die too... add some photos to the comments on our facebook page :)<br />
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I could've included many more stamps and dies on my fave list... lets face it the companies keep bringing out such great products but I hope you've enjoyed my selection :)<br />
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I'd like to thank you for all your lovely comments over the year and wish all our readers a Happy Christmas and New Year, look forward to seeing you in 2016 with a shiny new blog and website :)<br />
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As we begin to wind down for our Christmas closure, we thought it would be fun for each member of the DT to share their 3 favourite products from 2015. Some of these may not currently be in stock, but as always, you can click to register your interest which will trigger their re-order in 2016!<br />
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We have well over 4000 individual products to choose from so picking my 3 favourites was quite hard - my favourites do tend to change from release to release. However, there is one thing that was new this year that HAS to make my short list and that is the miracle that is <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Stick-It-Die-Cut-Adhesive-Sheets-pack-of-5-Large/p/47225235">STICK-IT</a>! If you haven't tried this stuff yet, I promise you it will change your life. I am a very messy gluer and no product has really worked for me until this one. It is so versatile and for working with fiddly die-cuts, foil and glitter there is NOTHING better out there. These are 4 projects I had in the last edition of Die Cutting Essentials magazine and all featured stick-it quite heavily.<br />
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Another item which is going to be a firm favourite for a long time to come has to be the <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Hoop-Die/p/50558309">HOOP DIE</a> from Neat and Tangled. My first real craft was cross stitch. I still have a lot of kits waiting to be stitched (maybe when I retire lol!) so the ability to incorporate my first love into my current crafting made this die a must for me. It comes in two parts so you can cut it out and make it realistic and I love to use it with our own brand wooden veneer sheets and grey card for the screw. Here's my favourite project using it with a floral stamp and a thin pen to create the look of stitching.<br />
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My final pick was much harder. I knew I wanted to pick a Stamping Bella stamp as what first drew me to stamping was my love of "colouring in" and for me this range is the most fun to colour as the stamps are so detailed. In finally settled on <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Senior-itas-Gladys/p/53818139">Senior-ita Gladys</a> as she reminds me of my Nannan! This card I made using her is a simple panel of copic colouring stuck on a base card with a tiny hint of patterned paper to add balance to the design.<br />
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So that's my 3. Hope you liked my choices. I can't wait to see what the rest of the DT pick as their favourites. We'd love to know what yours are too so let us know in the comments or on our Facebook page.<br />
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<u><b>Don't forget -the store will close for Christmas next Sunday at 8pm</b></u>. The last orders will ship on Monday and then the website will close over the whole festive period and into early January to allow for year-end stock taking and for us to transfer all the stock to the brand new website!<br />
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There will be little activity on the blog over this period as the DT are taking a well deserved break. I will pop in from time to time with updates but your best port of call to keep in touch is on our Facebook page. Do sign up for the newsletter too if you haven't already. We mostly do one or two newsletters per month so you won't get fed up of seeing us in your in-box ;-)<br />
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I'll see you next Sunday for a final post , but in the meantime enjoy the DT's favourite things everyday this week!<br />
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Short anecdote: in my family, the tree is usually put up the weekend before christmas only, and since I've moved away, my parents wait to put it up with me the day before christmas. Last year, I didn't make it home because I was sick, and my parents left the tree standing until mid-February when I could finally come and see them! I hope that this year, I won't catch a last-minute cold that will prevent me from flying and I'll be able to enjoy decorating the tree with my family.<br />
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Sorry for the German sentiment – I was in dire need of a card with a German "Merry Christmas", otherwise I'd have used one of the fantastic sentiments included in the My Favorite Things "Trim the Tree" stamp set.<br />
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And since I am a traditional gal, I went with gold "ornaments" for my tree and red presents. I just love the color combination and I've already decided to wrap all my presents this year in metallic red paper. Now, if only I had a clue as to what to give to my parents. They already have everything … I think I need to go onto another Amazon safari ;)<br />
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I hope you enjoyed today's simple project. Have a fun weekend and see you again soon!
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Hi there, it's Lydia here with you today!<br />
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I have been playing with a stamp set from one of the newest brands in the store 'Concord & 9th'. The <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Shine-Brighter/p/56974388/category=15435057">Shine Brighter</a> set is so fun and it has something on there for every occasion- even Christmas. I decided to play around a little and come up with a fun, snow globe-ish idea.<br />
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I stamped the lightbulb into place on my card and then cut away the middle to create my snowy shaker scene. I used the tree from the stamp and stamped this into place on my card base and added some green coloured pencils before adding in the lights (dots) to the tree in red which are also in the set.<br />
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Jill here, and this week, I've got some cute piggy kisses for you...<br />
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Using the new awesome<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Hogs-&-Kisses/p/57684059/category=8451765"> 'Hogs and Kisses'</a> set from Avery Elle.</div>
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So I started by stamping out my little piggy, twice, as I knew I wanted to build the heart up a layer, and coloured using Copics. I then took a panel of card and die-cut it into sections using <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Grassy-Border-Die/p/33080928/category=5302074">Lawn Fawn's Grassy Border</a>, and the cloud from <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Landscape-Trio-Creative-Cuts/p/34012594/category=8719335">Mama Elephant's Landscape Trio</a>, to build-up a little background scene. I coloured the grass and the sky, again, using Copics. I cut <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Say-Cheese-Die/p/23337804/category=5302074">Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese die</a>, and, using foam adhesive for dimension, added it around my little scene.</div>
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My background is the <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Sketched-Chevron-Background/p/55586366/category=13602176">Sketched Chevron Background stamp</a> from My Favourite Things, and is stamped outo white card using <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Soft-Pool-Shadow-Ink/p/38780709/category=10168042">Hero Arts Soft Pool Shadow Ink</a>.</div>
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I added a little banner of vellum which I had stamped the 'XO' from the<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Hogs-&-Kisses/p/57684059/category=8451765"> Hogs and Kisses</a> set onto, and added a couple of pink enamel hearts. I added a twirl of <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Pink-Lemonade-Single-Twine/p/22066006/category=2717767">Lawn Fawn's Pink Lemonade Twine</a> behind my Polaroid scene, before adhering everthing in place, matting onto black card, and then onto a white card blank.</div>
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I'm not normally one to mix stamp companies not sure why i just don't but for today's card i wanted to use the <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Little-Santa-Girl/p/43980214/category=9220782" target="_blank">little santa girl</a> from neat and tangled but she need some thing extra for a background. </div>
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Winnie and Walters <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Winter-Wonderland/p/44295101/category=9316076" target="_blank">winter woodland</a> proved to be just what was needed</div>
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I stamped the girl in momento black ink and coloured with copics. </div>
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I made the background directly on to my card base using distress inks with some torn paper and the image from winter woodland.</div>
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It makes a simple but effective background and adds some extra detail.</div>
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With the flurry of crafting going on around, I thought I'd do some repeated stamping. </div>
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One small image- giving a bigger impact.</div>
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I've used this stylised image from the Winnie & Walter set <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Comfort-and-Joy/p/56463200/category=9316076" target="_blank">'Comfort & Joy'</a></div>
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There's rather a lot you can do with these images. The wreaths are great around the reindeer's heads, the wording is great for a background.</div>
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I've wanted to dress up Rudolph/Rudolf!!</div>
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I have a couple of cards today bearing gift cards of the beverage kind so I have used a new stamp set from Concord & 9th called <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Lets-Chat/p/56974381/category=15435057" target="_blank">Lets Chat</a>.... I love the way you're looking down on the cup and saucer which makes it so different from anything else I've seen from any stamp companies :)<br />
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The set comes with some scripty sayings to stamp inside your cup but as Christmas is coming, I thought I'd try to be a creative barista myself and use the <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Holly-Dies/p/55265546/category=2717737" target="_blank">Paper Smooches Holly dies</a> to make my own seasonal design on this cappuccino!! I made a stencil using a piece of scrap acetate and inked through it with brown distress ink. To take away the sharp edges I turned the stencil over and gently brushed the inky side against the watercolour card to highlight the texture of the card and make it look more like a dusting of chocolate :) The checked tablecloth is made by inking through this<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Candy-Cane-Stripe-Stencil-6x6/p/53818019" target="_blank"> Candy Cane stripe </a>stencil.<br />
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The body of the card is made using the really useful<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Blueprints-16-Die-namic/p/56428537" target="_blank"> MFT Blueprints 16 dies.</a>.. this set has some great components for gate-fold cards... you can see the<a href="https://youtu.be/mCEfh3TT1v0" target="_blank"> MFT video here </a>about this set and how to use the components. I have used two different coloured card bases to make my card and used the<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Gift-Card-Groove-Die-namics/p/52400088" target="_blank"> MFT Gift card Grooves dies</a> on the inside to hold the gift card in place :)<br />
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For my second card I have used the same cup image but I was determined to use one of the circle stamps from the<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Lots-of-Blots/p/56974382" target="_blank"> Lots of Blots</a> set by Concord & 9th in my coffee cup!!<br />
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The circular blot stamps are smaller than the space in the cup so I found it easier to use a damp brush to add some ink around the rim of the cup before stamping the solid blot. I then over stamped the whole lot with the solid coffee stamp in the Lets Chat set with a light brown ink which takes the stark white lettering away and helps to blend the stamping and water-colouring... I hope that makes sense!!<br />
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I love this stamp set and I will have to have a search through my stash to see what else I can use to be a creative barista for other occasions too ;)<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04775730618873226561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831714453785816978.post-5895968446079742452015-12-06T12:09:00.001+00:002015-12-11T11:42:32.355+00:00Christmas Trees, Elves and Vikings!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So today I have another eclectic mix of projects for you. A couple of last minute gift ideas plus a card using my new favourite stamp!<br />
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Firstly I wanted to share a Christmas decoration idea which is very giftable - I am gifting this one to myself! It does use the reindeer which are out of stock and won't be back before Christmas - sorry I did try to get them but they are not avaiable on the wholesale site at Mama Elephant. I have been wanting to share it though and as the tree die is now back in stock I thought I'd go with it as you could use other Christmas stamps in place of the reindeer.<br />
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I started with a white box frame (I get mine from The Range for a fiver so they make very inexpensive gifts) and used a sheet of <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Lets-Bokeh-In-The-Snow6x6-pad/p/53952005">bokeh</a> paper for the background along with some snowy hills using the ever popular <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Stitched-Hillside-Borders-Lawn-Cuts/p/39872487">Lawn Fawn hillside die</a>. I made two tiny trees using the snowflakes and smallest bough from the <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Take-a-Bough-Dies/p/56974468">Take A Bough</a> die and stuck them into a couple of blobs of plasticine on the edge of the frame, hiding those with another snowy hill ;-) I added the reindeer and then the sentiment that was my inspiration for the whole frame - "Its Time to Jingle" from Mama Elephant's <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Jingle-Greetings/p/55766016/category=6534689">Jingle Greetings</a> and then filled the frame with lots of jingle bells (we have some in stock in <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Basic-Supplies/c/10392517/offset=0&sort=addedTimeDesc">basic supplies</a>). You can see I really love the bough dies - my house will be covered in miniature trees this year!<br />
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For my second gift idea, I've returned to one of my former craft making skills - I used to do lots of craft fairs selling handmade jewellery and when I saw the <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Elves-by-Lia/p/53818070">Elves by Lia</a> stamp they just screamed earrings to me!<br />
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I turned to my friend shrink plastic for these and you can see on the image on the right just how much they shrink! If you want to play with shrink plastic then you need alcohol inks or markers to colour them. For these I stamped the image onto the FRONT shiny side and then coloured with copics on the BACK rough side. You can't do too much shading as you start to lift off ink if you go over it more than once. I cut these by hand and added a border so there was enough room to punch the hole at the top of the hat before shrinking. Make sure your hole is big enough as that shrinks too! Then just add <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/8mm-diameter-1mm-thick-strong-silver-jump-rings-20/p/55882340">jump rings</a> and <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Silver-Plated-Earring-Hooks-pack-of-8/p/57554053">earring posts</a> and you're good to go!<br />
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Finally this week, I could not wait to play with the new <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Viking/p/57684051">Viking</a> stamp from Avery Elle's new release. I am a bit obsessed with Vikings at the minute as we are watching the new BBC drama The Last Kingdom. For my card I wanted to use it for a birthday so didn't want to use the punny sentiment in his beard (although I love that too!) so I carefully trimmed it out using a craft knife - I can put it back in anytime I do want it, but this way I get more use out of a stamp designed for Valentine's ;-) What's more, I went even further and turned him into a spinner......<br />
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I stamped him as normal for the front and coloured him in with copics. For the back view, I inked up the stamp again but only on the outline (using a momento pen instead of the ink pad) and then I just drew some rough lines to create his trousers, shirt and hair. Trust me - I am no artist but this was just a few straight and wiggly lines so is very easy! Colour in the back to match, add some string in the middle and sandwich together and he presto - a spinning Viking! The sentiment was stamped in white and was spelt out using <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Milos-ABCs/p/28361545">Milo's ABCs</a> but any alphabet set you have would do. <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/~/search/keywords=alphabet&offset=0&sort=relevance">This link shows you all the alphabets we stock.</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">NEWS FROM THE STORE</span></b><br />
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<li>We will be getting the new release from My Favorite Things early this week. We have got all the restocks we could too but a lot of the Christmas items you've been waiting for are STILL out of stock at their end so there will be no more Jingle or Elves before Christmas. Sorry - I tried but I can only get what they have!</li>
<li>Both Mama Elephant and Wplus9 have decided not to release in December. I tried to restock both but Mama Elephant didn't have anything we needed in stock so there will be deliveries from them now until January. I have some items coming from Wplus9 early this week but again they were out of stock on lots of the things we needed.</li>
<li>Lil' Inker Designs have a new release on 9th December which will be live here with us that day too.</li>
<li>Lawn Fawn's mini release is on the 10th and again we have that ready to go. We have all the restocks we could get from them live in store now.</li>
<li>After that, there will be NO MORE NEW STOCK UNTIL WE RE-OPEN IN JANUARY.</li>
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Tara Cardwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09323902839923352075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831714453785816978.post-53569949220516823782015-12-05T09:00:00.000+00:002015-12-05T09:00:04.509+00:00Scooting DoloresHowdy, folks! No christmas card today from me – it's my mom's birthday on Monday, and I made this fun card for her. I hope she appreciates the humor, or I might be facing an unpleasant surprise when I come home for christmas this year ;)<br />
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I combined watercolor pencils and markers on this card. The pencils allowed me to lay down a light wash of color across the entire image, and the markers were great for adding intense shadows here and there for more dimension.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "bitstream charter" , "times" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sorry for using a German sentiment – since it's for my mom, I skipped the sentiment which is included with this Stamping Bella image. The sentiment says "How old?" on the front and "How time flies by" on the inside.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "bitstream charter" , "times" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day!</span></span><br />
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Jill here, and this week, I'm getting bright and bold...<br />
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This is a my first ever purchase from Stamping Bella, and as soon as I set eyes on this set, <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/I-Love-You-Hoppy-Poppy/p/53818152/category=13430786">'I love you Hoppy Poppy</a>', I fell in love - so was really excited to get going. I started by stamping out my image in Versafine Onyx Black, and clear heat embossing. I then made a mask using a heart die, and placed it over my image. I took this AMAZING <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Sketched-Chevron-Background/p/55586366/category=13602176">Sketched Chevron Background</a> stamp from My Favourite Things, which I am obsessed with, inked it up in Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, give it a good spritz of water and stamped it out onto my panel, Once my background was dry, I carefully removed my mask, and set about colouring these little cuties - which I did using more Distress Ink as watercolour (the weird thing is - it was only after colouring, I realised I had done it exactly the same as the example on the packaging! ...damn sub-conscious!).</div>
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So this card is a bit of a 'none-one-layer', 'one-layer-card' haha - I have obviously matted and layered, but the top panel, where all the fun stuff happens, is all one-layer, (which is very 'un-me'), so I added a quick layer of Glossy Accent onto their sweet little noses, and the wee little love heart, and left it at that.</div>
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Hi there! Lydia here with you today and I'm in a Christmassy type mood today. I wanted to share with you that any floral set can be a Christmas floral set if you use the right colours, I find if you stick to red, green, white and gold it always tends to have a Christmas feel about it.....<br />
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I have used <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Golden-Garden/p/53585025/category=10103006">Altenew 'Golden Garden'</a> set to stamp my floral cluster but instead of using the loose second layer for the images I have just coloured them in using Copics and coloured pencils.<br />
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I then took I sentiment from <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Lyrical-Script/p/44466305/category=10103006">Altenew 'Lyrical Script'</a>, I just love how these are lines from Christmas carols, some of them actually make me want to burst out into song ;)<br />
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I'd love to see what you come up with making a non-Christmas floral into a Christmas floral!<br />
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I'm still making my Christmas cards and today I reach for some <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Paper-Smooches/c/2717737/offset=0&sort=nameAsc" target="_blank">paper smooches stamps</a>.</div>
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I still haven't got a Santa stamp can you believe that? So i had to use Jerome the gnome from paper smooches instead.</div>
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I have kept this very simple as I'm planning on making a few.</div>
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I made the background using a Lawn fawn stitched rectangle die and some distress inks. </div>
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My favourite mix at the moment is peacock feathers and chipped sapphire.</div>
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I have Jerome as a single stamp but he is now available in the<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Forest-Whimsey/p/11991572/category=8459851" target="_blank"> forest whimsey</a> set.</div>
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The sentiment from joyful greetings is heat embossed in platinum.</div>
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Hi! Hope you're all enjoying the beginning of DECEMBER!</div>
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Wahoo. It's finally here. In lieu of having actual calories, I thought I'd just take photographs of some, or more precisely, capture some and save them for later!</div>
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Well, a plain packet of sweets is not up to much, but create your own sweet filled tag or even something to hang on the Christmas tree or adorn your table. It's really easy, when you've got the perfect die!- (or <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Ready-Set-Snow-Lawn-Cuts/p/53952038/category=5302074" target="_blank">this one</a> if you want the dies that cut out the stamped characters from the matching stamp set too!)<br />
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I wanted to add some glimmer and sprinkled in some edible lustre. It went everywhere!! I had to open it up, wipe out the lustre and re-seal. Fortunately, there was enough left to give a shimmer. Once I'd finished, I had the rest of the sweets to use up!</div>
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This was really easy to make. No faff, no foam pads ;-) Here's what you need.<br />
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The tag set by Lia Griffith is perfect for this treat box. Simply make up a simple box shape. I just took the width measurements slightly wider than the tag shape.</div>
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I found a small acetate bag, added in the sweets and sealed it with the <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Candy-Cane-Lane-Washi-Tape/p/42462537/category=10168055" target="_blank">Candy Lane Washi tape</a></div>
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Add the bag to the bottom of the box and then stamp out the 'Noel' and add to the tag.<br />
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Pull the tops together with twine and you'll find it makes a lovely shape.</div>
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Hope this gives you a push to creating your own favours, tags and decorations. If you don't like calories, just add a diamond ring or two ;-)</div>
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I have a few extra decorations to add to my Christmas tree this year thanks to the<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Pierced-Snowflakes-Die-namic/p/56428545" target="_blank"> Pierced Snowflake</a> dies from MFT. They are just gorgeous dies, there are three different shapes and sizes with beautiful pierced detail patterns on them.... I made two sets to show you just how lovely they are...<br />
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The first set are cut and layered brown card stock with the top layer of the stack cut from the <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Peel-&-Stick-Real-Wood-Veneer-Pack/p/39846264" target="_blank">Peel and Stick Wood Veneer </a>paper in store... these are my favourite as the colours and texture are what Christmas is all about to me :)<br />
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I think I layered at least four brown snowflakes plus the wood paper layer... this gave them enough thickness and of course they are super lightweight too :)<br />
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I have inked the edges of the wood paper with dark brown ink but you could easily go to town with white gel pen highlights instead and give them a very Scandinavian feel. The greenery at the top is made using the <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Under-The-Mistletoe-Dies/p/29036300" target="_blank">Under the Mistletoe </a>dies from Wplus9..... I cut a few branches from card in two different greens, trimmed them into smaller segments and arranged them on the tops of the snowflakes. The red berries are dots of red liquid pearls but glitter glue or small gems would work too :)<br />
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The second set are more traditional snowflake colour and texture......<br />
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...for these I cut and layered white card with a glitter paper as my top layer..... if you wanted you could have a glittery layer on the back too... easy to do as they're symmetrical :)<br />
To stick them together I used little spots of wet glue as it gives you extra wiggle time to line the layers up ;)<br />
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For these, I just felt a white ribbon bow and silver bells finished them off perfectly... I used white thread and a needle to attach the bells to the bows.<br />
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This little project was a whole lot of die-cutting but totally worth it... oh and be prepared for your desk and floor being covered in all those little waste shapes that pop out of the snowflakes too!!</div>
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I'm sure you can think of lots more materials and themes for these dies and of course you can easily match them to your own Christmas colour scheme by making them yourself ...... or how about making them as a gift for friends and family on the run up to Christmas :)<br />
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Thanks for stopping by :)<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04775730618873226561noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8831714453785816978.post-43507960301826586162015-11-29T11:52:00.000+00:002015-11-29T11:52:43.795+00:00Concord and 9th<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been having fun with our new brand this week - I know you all want the trees and we're hoping to get them back again in time for Christmas, but in the meantime, I wanted to highlight some of their stamps which are fabulous quality and have some unusual quirky designs.<br />
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I wanted to focus on <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Love-You-Mean-It/p/56974383/category=15435057">Love You, Mean It</a> as I adore the wreath base in that set as it is so versatile. So I have four projects using the wreath as a base. Two for Christmas and two for all year round.<br />
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For the first one, I went as simple as you can with just black stamping, and introduced colour using another one of Concord and 9th's innovative products - "paper route". These are sheets of newsprint style paper (huge sheets!) with fabulous designs printed on them. This one is a double sided "<a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Washes-Edition-Paper-Route/p/56974476/category=15435057">washes edition</a>" with lots of interesting patterns - you could cover about 15 cards from a single sheet and you get 4 per pack.<br />
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The second one I did back wreath again and used some of the flowers also in black with the trend of stamping the colour deliberately off centre for the retro look. I stamped the wreath less times here for a cleaner finish.<br />
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For the Christmas versions I added some extra sets. The card uses the wreath stamped 3 times in brown onto kraft with baubles from Mama Elephant's <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Jingle-Greetings/p/55766016">Jingle Greetings</a> stamped and embossed in red. The greeting is from Jingle Greetings too.<br />
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Then finally - I give lots of bottles of wine at Christmas and hate wine bottle bags so I am always looking for interesting ways to add a gift tag and I thought the wreath would make a fun tag to just sit over the bottle. Here I started with embossing the gift sentiment from another Concord and 9th set called <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Jingle-Greetings/p/55766016">Lots of Blots</a> in gold, masking it off and then stamped the wreath 4 or 5 times until I had a nice thick circle. I trimmed the centre with a craft knife and cut the outside with scissors. To finish I added a sprig of holly using my favourite <a href="http://www.makethedayspecial.co.uk/shop.php#!/Holly-Confetti-Cuts/p/55633010">holly die</a> from Reverse Confetti - its a great size for decorating presents and the dotted fold line gives the leaves lots of extra dimension.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NEWS FROM THE STORE:</b></span><br />
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<li>We have Altenew restocks in transit - should be here this week at some point.</li>
<li>Avery Elle have a new release on 3rd December - we have it ready to go as soon as they release in the USA.</li>
<li>Lil' Inker Designs have a new release on 9th December - again we'll have it on release day.</li>
<li>We have ordered the last two releases from PaperSmooches and hope to receive them this week too. </li>
<li>There will also be new releases from MFT, Mama Elephant, Lawn Fawn and Wplus9 before we close for Christmas.</li>
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