Hokey Pokey

Hi everyone.  It's me, Annette, here again today.

Yup, I know it's Sunday and I was only here yesterday, but I got a bit carried away with my goodies from The Stamp Basket, and have made another card to share with you today.

I didn't overload the card with embellies as I wanted to show off the backing paper and image, both of which are gorgeous.

All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Nellie Snellen Hokey Pokey
• Card base - Elegant Square
• Papers - Nitwits Joyful Hearts Holly White
• Holly dies - Nellie Snellen
• Ribbon - Vintage Style Limoges
• Gems - Rhinestones
• Pearls - White
• Glitter - Glamour Dust Crystal
• Liquid Pearls - White Opal

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer.  Don't forget there's currently 10% off embossing folders at the moment, and the offer ends tomorrow at 9am, so get your skates on while the sale is still on.

Happy crafting

Hugs

Annette

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Christmas Birdie (and a bit of red!)

It's Saturday, so it's Annette here to share another card to share today on behalf of The Stamp Basket.  This one is bright red, a colour I don't usually use, but I was inspired by the cute papers and gorgeous bright ribbon that I'd picked out.  Plus the girlie in the image looked like she needed a red coat and hat.

I really love the holly paper in this card.  It is quite soft, and because it is quite a busy pattern, it does not show up the imperfections in my cutting around the shaped card.  Here's a tip guys, never,  I repeat NEVER, try to cut around a shaped card with a plain backing paper. Oh my word, it shows up EVERY little imperfection in your shape, however careful you might think you're cutting around it.  A busy pattern seems to hide them all.  Love it !!

I've used some gorgeous shimmery red ribbon as an accent on this card, and some super cute snowflake dies.  I really love the Memory Box Frostyville Wreath.  It looks fab against the deep red papers.

All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Nellie Snellen Christmas Birdie
• Card base - Elegant Square
• Papers - Wild Rose Studio Annabelle's Christmas & Papermania At Christmas Time
• Circle die - Memory Box Frostyville Wreath
• Corner die - Memory Box Snowflake Corner
• Snowflake dies - Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant
• Ribbon - Berisfords Satin Ribbon Red
• Pearls - 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Brad - Hobby House 8mm Pearl Brad
• Glitter - Glamour Dust Crystal
• Liquid Pearls - White Opal

Happy crafting everyone. Have a fab weekend.

Hugs

Annette

xx

Customer Card Day!

Happy Friday everyone! The weekend is nearly here and it’s time to show you some more cards created by one of our customers…Suzie from Suzie's Card Den!

I just love the colours that Suzie has chosen for this first card…just 'perfick' for conveying “A Little Bit of Country” feel to this gorgeous Stampavie image!

 

When I saw Suzie's second card using the Wild Rose Studio ‘Feeding Robins’ image, I was absolutely bowled over…

 

I just love all that glitz…and doesn’t Suzie’s rich colour combo look great against those fabulous ‘Annabelle’s Christmas papers’ by Wild RoseStudio? Such beautiful work, Suzie!

Suzie makes all her own beaded pins and showcases lots of differently styled pins on her blog, so if you’d like to see more of Suzie’s work, you can visit her inspirational blog Suzie's Card Den

And before I go, just a quick reminder about the special 10% discount on all Couture Creations and Spellbinders embossing folders currently over at The Stamp Basket. Offer ends 9-00a.m. (GMT) Monday 1st October, so be sure not to miss out!

Thanks for visiting us today and hope you have a lovely weekend, whatever your plans!

Hugs,

Janet xx

 

 

Posting Letters

Hi

Penni here !!!

Today I have another Christmas card to show you.  This time I've used Posting Letters from Wild Rose Studios.

I love this image, it's so pretty.  I decided to keep the card quite simple.

I coloured the image using my Copic Markers, here's a close up:

Items used on this card are:

Stamp - Wild Rose Studio - Posting Letters
Papers - From Bo Bunny "Father Christmas" Paper Pad
Base Card - Elegant Square Card Blank
Die - Memory Box Snowflake Tree
Ribbon - Berisford's Satin Ribbon in Burgundy

I hope you like my simple card.

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs
Penni
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Special offer on new arrivals...read on!

Hi all,

Just stopping by to tell you about the fabulous new limited edition Serenity Collection of Couture Creations Embossing Folders that have just arrived in store. This collection of 5" x 7" embossing folders are beautifully intricate and as the name implies, have a wonderfully tranquil feel about them. The designs, which include butterflies, trellis, bouquet and a damask pattern, are suitable for a broad range of crafting projects and occasions. If you've not used these embossing folders before, they are compatible with all major die cutting and embossing machines, and allow stunning designs to be embossed onto paper, card and foils.

…and the good news is…as a new range to The Stamp Basket, we are offering a special 10% discount on ALL embossing folders in store from now until 9-00a.m. (GMT) on Monday 1^st October….this offer includes not only the new Couture Creations embossing folders but also our new range of Spellbinders embossing folders too!

…so with pay day just around the corner why not pop over and take a look…they would make ideal stocking fillers or Christmas presents for crafting friends or relatives (just in case you need an excuse!)

 

…and whilst you're there, take a look at some of the other new goodies that have arrived in store too over the last few days, such as our beautiful Kaisercraft paper pads and Tim Holtz book…and you might also like to pop over to our Memory Box dies page where you'll find some Christmas dies, that we haven’t stock previously, now available to pre-order!!

See you there!
Hugs,

Janet xx

Little winged friends

Hi all ,pickle here

 I hope you are all keeping safe in this awful weather we are having. :(

On to my card for today which of course as it's Tuesday is my latest DT creation for

The Stamp Basket

I adore these GORGEOUS Kaisercraft papers. They are stunning ! some have foiling or embossing as above.You just have to see them IRL

Ingredients

Card Blank

Image Bildmalarna little winged friends scarf

Papers kaisercraft twig and berry 

Memento ink

Distress ink peeled paint

kraft card

satin ribbon

button

Pearls

Marianne poinsettia die

Nellie Snellen flower swirl die

Memory box ornament border die

Stickles and glamour dust

Thanks for stopping by today

Kerry x

Sharing a Biscuit

It's Annette here again today with card to share on behalf of The Stamp Basket.  I know I only posted yesterday, but I couldn't help but be inspired by these beautiful Nitwits papers.

This card is so 'me' with the soft blues and white snowflakes.  The backing papers are from the Nitwits Joyful Hearts collection and the quality is utterly amazing.  When I call it backing 'paper', it is even thicker than my card base and just feels gorgeous.  I really had to force myself to use it because it just felt too good to cut up with its lovely fabric appearance.

The adorable image is from Nellie Snellen.   I've not coloured her before and I know she is already one of my favourites from the collection with the cute little squirrel.

I am also addicted to Glamour Dust. It is so much finer in texture than stickles and looks fantastic.  You need some clear wet glue (I use glossy accents) and sprinkle it on, and you get a stunning sparkle.

Hope you like my card.

All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Nellie Snellen Sharing a Biscuit
• Card base - Elegant Edge
• Papers - Nitwits Joyful Hearts Swirls Blue
• Circle die - Memory Box Frostyville Wreath
• Snowflake dies - Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant
• Ribbon - Vintage Style Limoges
• Pearls - 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Glitter - Glamour Dust Crystal

Happy crafting

Hugs
Annette
xx

Red & Green Cutie

Hello Everyone.

It's Annette with you here today with my first post as a guest designer at The Stamp Basket.

It was exactly a week ago today when a hefty package dropped on my doormat from Janet.  She'd packed me up such a beautiful array of products to showcase that I hardly knew where to start.

Here's the result of my first bout of creativity.  It's also my first ever card using Bildmalarna images so this is really new for me.  The cute girlie looks like a little doll in her red coat and green scarf.

I've also fallen in love with the Memory Box Corner Bow die which is just perfect for this size of card (6inches).  It looks stunning on a contrasting coloured background.

The gorgeous satin ribbon is fabulous and you can see the sheen on it from the picture.  The papers are also pretty, and I've edged the scalloped card base with Stickles to give it some sparkle.

All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Bildmalarna Scarf
• Card base - Scalloped Edge
• Sentiment - Memory Box Upper Alphabet Letters
• Papers - Wild Rose Studio Annabelle's Christmas
• Corner Bow Die - Memory Box
• Holly dies - Marianne design
• Ribbon - 15mm Berisfords Satin in Forest
• Twine - Burlap Swine in Red
• Card - Cardinal Red, Rainforest
• Pearls - 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Button - Mixed Christmas Buttons
• Stickles - Diamond

Have a fab weekend.
Hugs
Annette
xx

Feeding Robins

Hi Everyone 

My name is Penni from Lazy Cats Cards.  I am thrilled to have the chance to be able appear on this blog as a new Guest Designer Team Member.  I am really looking forward to sharing my creations with you all and I hope that you enjoy them.  

For my first card I've used Wild Rose Studio's Feeding Robins.

I coloured the imaging using my Copic Markers.  Here's a close-up:

Card Recipe

White Scalloped Edge Base Card

Papers from Bo Bunny Father Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad

5mm Snow White Pearls

Wild Rose Studio "Feeding Robins" Stamp

Berisfords Satin 15mm Ribbon in Forest

Spellbinders Nesties Labels Eight

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Hugs

Penni

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New Kaisercraft Christmas Papers Pads!

Hi all,

Just a quickie to let you know about the new Kaisercraft Christmas Pads that we are expecting in store very soon - Twig and Berry, and Turtle Dove! Kaisercraft are a new line for us...and these 6.5" x 6.5" pads are really, really lovely!

The Twig and Berry paper pads are the ultimate traditional Christmas paper collection, with rich reds and bottle greens...perfect for all your festive projects, whilst the Turtle Dove pads feature fabulous vintage Christmas images in rich colours, ideal for card making!  

These pads are available to pre-order now over at The Stamp Basket and will, hopefully, be in stock this side of the weekend. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,
Janet xx

Bella with wand

Hi all just stopping by to show a quick CAS card I've made for my Dt card over at

The Stamp Basket

Ingredients:

Card blank

Image bella with wand

Papers are Xmas bella

Ink memento

Satin Ribbon

Gems

Sentiment stamp

Glamour dust

Thanks for stopping by today

Kerry x

New Design Team!

Hi all and a Happy Monday to you!!

As promised, I’m here to share news about our new design team but before I do, I’d just like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to everyone for entering the guest DT call - we really enjoyed reading your e-mails and visiting your fabulous blogs and had the hardest job ever choosing…in fact, we could have picked you all but we had to limit ourselves! There will be more opportunities coming up to guest design for us, so we do hope you will stay in touch.  

As you will have gathered, it has taken us weeks and weeks of looking through your fantastic blogs, watching your wonderful videos and browsing your interesting tutorials…just so many wonderful distractions!!!...and then, of course, returning to them over and over again, but in the end we made a decision…

…and our three new guest designers are…

Annette: Netty’s Cards

Penni: Lazy Cats Cards

June: Yorkie Lover

We are thrilled to have you all on board and welcome you warmly to The Stamp Basket DT…and of course, we can’t wait to see your new creations!

Hugs,

Janet xx

Apple Picking....

Hi all,

A very warm welcome to The Stamp Basket on this lovely sunny Saturday morning! I hope you are all keeping well! My card today has to be my all time favourite, using the Whimsy image ‘Chloe’ and so appropriate for Harvest time!

 

Here’s a close up of the Memory Box Catalina Wreath die-cut coloured with copics:

 

 ...and a close up of the image also coloured with copics:

 

 

...and the full card

 

 

 

Recipe:

Stamp: Whimsy ‘Chloe’

Papers: WildRose Studio ‘Letters from Paris’

Card: Bazzill Cream Puff

Tools: MemoryBox Catalina Wreath, Cupid Heart and Willow Dragonfly (all on special offer this weekend); Whimsy ‘Picket Fence’

Embellishments: Vintagestyle ivory ribbon; May Arts Burlap natural twine; May Arts ivory crotchetlace; 5mm, 4mm and 3mm ivory pearls

All the Memory Box dies used in this card are on special offer this weekend over at The Stamp Basket online store!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a lovely weekend!

Hugs,

Janet xx

Customer Card Day

Hi all,

It’s Customer Card Day at The Stamp Basket today and we have two cards to show you that were sent to us by Kirsten who lives in a beautiful part of northern Norway….aren’t they just adorable?!!

 

I love the two Wild Rose Studio stamps ‘Starry Night’ and ‘Bella with Sledge’ that Kirsten’s used…little Bella and her Mum look so cute against the background ‘Xmas Bella’ papers and Kirsten’s embellishments are a dream! I love these cards...thanks so much for sending them to us, Kirsten, it’s been a real joy to see what you have made!

Kirsten loves making cards, painting, art journaling and much more! If you would like to see more of Kirsten’s lovely work, please visit her blog at www.kelia-scrapp.blogspot.com and leave her a little bit of love and kindness whilst you are there!

Thanks for visiting today and please stay tuned…we have more announcements coming us soon!

Hugs,

Janet xx

Coming Soon!

Hi all,
Just stopping by to let you know about the fabulous final Christmas release for 2012 from Wild Rose Studio, wrapping up a fantastic year of crafting!

There are eight new festive stamp designs in this latest release, featuring some gorgeous traditional images...in fact, everything that you associate with Christmas...teddies, snowmen, polar bears and nativity scenes; traditional images that will work well on any handmade Christmas card, tag, table or tree decoration!

I can't wait for them to arrive in store...they are absolutely fabulous...just brimming over with the 'aah' factor which is what Christmas is all about!

...all stamps are available to pre-order from The Stamp Basket...and the good news is, we expect them to arrive in store before the end of the week, so don't delay...pop over and take a look...and let us know your favourites!

Hugs,
Janet xx

A Wee tag

Hi all, Pickle here to show you this weeks DT creation for 

The Stamp Basket

Ingredients:

Whimsy Wee stamps Heidi

Memento ink

I used my own kraft card (different brand) but you can get it in the shop HERE

Adhesive pearls

Glamour dust

Pearl brads

Satin Ribbon

Memory box riviera corner die ( cut up)

GCD Studio JOYFUL papers

Thanks for stopping by today

Kerry x

Feeding Robins

Hi everyone. I hope you are enjoying the great weather we are having at the moment!! I have a contemporary card to show you today using an image from the Wild Rose Studio Annabelle’s Christmas collection called ‘Feeding Robins’…this is such a lovely stamp...(sorry about the quality of the photo)

 

 

The papers are again from the Annabelle's Christmas Collection...I just love the rich colour of these papers! I’ve decorated the inside of the card using the same papers, too...unfortunately, I didn't notice the wonky matting until after the glue had dried...and by then it seemed such a shame to waste these gorgeous papers in the bin!

 

 

The sentiment is from the Wild Rose Studio ‘Christmas Circles’ stamp set layered onto one of the snowflakes from the Spellbinders 2012 Snowflake Pendant set (just arrived in store) which I’ve blinged using glamour dust! I’ve also used one of my favourite Memory Box dies on this card, too…the Frostyville Wreath…this die adds such a lovely delicate touch to cards!

...all the stamps and papers used on this card are on special offer this weekend over at The Stamp Basket!

Recipe:

Stamp: Wild Rose Studio ‘Feeding Robins’

Papers: ‘Annabelle’s Christmas’

Card: Bazzill Emma

Tools: Memory Box ‘Frostyville’; Spellbinders ‘2012 Snowflake Pendant’

Embellishments: 3mm, 4mm and 5mm The Hobby House Snow white pearls; Berisfords Super Sheer White ribbon; Deco Art Glamour dust; Ranger Stickles – star dust; Ranger Liquid Pearls – white opal; Inkssentials white opaque pen. 

Many thanks for stopping by….hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs,

Janet xx

Annabelle and Tree...

Hi everyone. I hope you are having a lovely weekend and making the most of the fab weather we are having!! I have a card to show you today from the Wild Rose Studio Annabelle’s Christmas collection called ‘Annabelle and Tree’.  The papers are also Wild Rose Studio Annabelle’s Christmas...this pack is full of traditional rich Christmas reds and holly greens…my favourite! Both the stamp and papers are on special offer this weekend at The Stamp Basket!

 The sentiment has been die cut from the new Memory Box Typewriter Upper Alphabet die set…these letters are just the right size for card making and scrapbooking...I’ve started a list of words to add to my Christmas cards…JOY, PEACE, NOEL, LOVE, CHRISTMAS….the possibilities are infinitesimal…the lettering adds such a different dimension to the usual embellies!

The corner bow is cut from one of the new Memory Box dies….as with many of the Memory Box dies, this is a beautiful delicate die which really enhances a project…and of course, it can be used all year round like the Alphabet sets….ooh, and before I forget, there’s a special offer on the Alphabet sets too, if you buy the lower and upper case letter sets together!

 

Here's a close up of the image coloured with copics:

 

 

 

Recipe:

Stamp: Wild Rose Studio ‘Annabelle and Tree’

Papers: ‘Annabelle’s Christmas’

Card: Bazzill Cardinal; Craftwork Cards Straight Edge Card Pack

Tools: Memory Box‘Corner Bow’ and Typewriter Upper Alphabet Die set

Embellishments: 3mm, 4mm and 5mm The Hobby House snow white pearls (excellent quality for the price!); Deco Art glamour dust; Ranger Stickles - star dust; Inkssentials opaque pen - white (snowflakes on hat, bows, tree decorations...and the dog!)

Many thanks for your lovely comments over the past few weeks – we do appreciate hearing from you so much. 

Enjoy the rest of your day!
Hugs,

Janet xx

Customer Card Day

Hi all,

It’s Customer Card Day at The Stamp Basket today and we have a very special card to showcase that was sent to us by.....

........ Ann-Marie

For those of you who are familiar with Ann Marie’s blog, I'm sure you'll agree  that it really is a ‘little patch of heaven’! Her cards are always gorgeous, with such interesting designs and fabulous detail!

When Ann-Marie sent me a piccie of a card that she had made recently using products purchased from The Stamp Basket, I instantly fell in love with her creation!

I love the designer papers that she's used from Prima (Natures Garden) matted onto Bazzill Kraft card, the lovely corner die-cuts, also cut from Kraft using the Whimsy Corner Die set…and the sweet Magnolia ‘Tilda with Wrapped Heart’ image, one of my favourites, which has been coloured so beautifully! A little birdie tells me that this is the first time that Ann-Marie has tried out Kraft card…and what a fabulous result…soooo professional! Congratulations, Ann-Marie...I can’t wait to see what else you create!   

 

To see more of Ann-Marie’s fabulous cards, visit her blog at My Little Patch of Heaven….and please, do keep those cards coming, we love to see what you make...and who knows, next time it could be your card that we showcase!

Hugs,

Janet xx

Heidi

Hi all, Pickle here just stopping by to share my latest DT card for

The Stamp Basket

Ingredients

Wee stamps Heidi image 

memento ink

Glamour dust

GCD Studio Joyful peace papers

Satin Ribbon

Pearls

Craftwork card blank

Memory box riviera corner die

Thanks for stopping by today

Kerry x

More news...

Hi all,

Well, what an exciting weekend it’s been at the Paralympic Games…I’m totally hoarse from shouting at the television! OMW, where did Ellie pull that swim from…it was absolutely a-maz-ing!!!

Thanks to everyone who has been sending us piccies of your recent projects…we do so love to see what you have been making with all the products you’ve purchased from The Stamp Basket. I’ve received so many photos in the last couple of weeks, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of them on the blog, before showing them in the customer gallery on our website…so make sure to stop by on Wednesday for the start of our ‘Customers Card Day’…it could be your card that you see on the blog!! If you're interested in joining us and giving it a go, too, all you have to do is send us a photo or two as an e-mail attachment and let us know the link to your blog, if you have one…easy peasy!...so, please do keep your projects coming, we really love to see what you make!

Before I go today, I have a little sneaky peak to show you of a card I made a while ago…I’ve decided it’s definitely going to be one of my favourites…and I hope one of yours, too…but I can’t reveal all just yet!

 

Hope you enjoy the rest of your day…

Hugs,

Janet xx