Top Gifts For Crafters

Top Gifts For Crafters

With Christmas just around the corner it is time to think about gifts and presents and what better way to bring joy to a crafter than buy them a crafting gift.

Stampin Trimmer.

This is the paper trimmer that all other paper trimmers want to be! This lightweight, portable trimmer is specially designed to make stable and straight cuts.

* Full 30.5 x 30.5 cm cut or score
* 1 cutting and 1 scoring blade included
* Extra-wide, 15.9 cm cutting base for most projects; 36.5 cm extendable ruler for large projects
* Ruler and grid protected by durable plastic cover
* Point on cutting handle for precise measuring
* Right-side grid for cutting thin strips
* Includes storage compartments for Bone Folders, and more

This paper trimmer makes a great crafters gift for all crafters as it is so easy to use and not only is a cutter but has a scoring blade too.

Replacements blades are quick and easy to replace and come in packs of two so with the compartment underneath to store you will never be short of a new blade for constant sharp cuts.

Trimmer cutting blades.

So if you are looking for a great gift this Christmas for the crafter in your life then just click on the highlighted link or go to the SHOP button above.

Start early and get that gift for the crafter in your life or just treat yourself and get one of the best paper trimmers on the market.

For the month of November I will be giving you lots more top gifts for crafters, taking the guess work out of your Christmas shopping and ensuring that you buy the very best gifts for your crafter this Christmas.

Stampin Up Cookie Cutter Christmas Dog Card

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting. My name is Jane Allmark and I'm a UK Independent Demonstrator.

Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set. is a fabulous Christmas stamp set with lots of images to create some fun cards.  Christmas for me can be classical and I love giving traditional cards, but sometimes it is nice to give and make fun cards with a comical feel.

Many of my friends including me are dog fans and I have the sweetest little girl called Luna who is a black and white cockapoo.  She is a really goofy little character and she was the inspiration behind these Christmas cards.

How to make comical dog Christmas card

1. Clearance Rack. Christmas dsp. A square and an oval die cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies.
2. Sentiment Oh What Fun from the stamp set Oh What Fun stamp set.
3. Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set the reindeer stamped in Chocolate Chip ink an cut out using the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch.
4. Stamp the father Christmas image for the hat.
5. I coloured both of the dogs using the new Stampin Blends which are alcohol markers which launch November 1st

These are twin tipped alcohol markers which come in 12 of our Stampin Up colours.  There are two of each colour one light and one dark for seamless blending which makes 24 in total.  There are also a bronze and ivory which are great for skintones and a colour lifter for adding highlights and removing any colour.

These are going to be available 1st November so come back then and order them.  Stampin Blends are going to be the easiest and seamless way to colour so if you haven't tried colouring before with alcohol markers these are going to be a great way to start.

Making the Comical Dog Card.

1. Stamp the reindeer image in Chocolate Chip ink
2. Stamp the Santa in Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive ink
3. Punch the reindeer image out and with our paper snip remove the antlers
4. Cut the Santa hat from the stamped Santa image
5. Using Crumb Cake light and dark and the bronze Stampin Blends colour the dog image
6. Do the same with the Santa hat in Old Olive and Cherry Cobbler.
7. Using dimensionals (the mini ones) are great for small images like the hat.

The fun thing about this comical dog card is the dogs ears.  By snipping off the ears and then putting them at different angles you can create different types of dogs.  I have kept one as the stamp printed and then the other one I have made a hanging pair of ears and in the first card I put the ears coming out of the top of the hat.. This gives each dog a different look.

Don't forget the inside of the card.  There is a lovely little paw image in the Foxy Friends stamp set whcih I used to add paw prints on the inside of the card with another sentiment from the Oh What Fun Christmas stamp set.

Christmas is such a fun time and there is nothing like sharing the love with this comical dog card.  Hope you^ll  have a go at making this card to put a smile on family and friends faces this Christmas.  All supplies can be bought by clicking the highlighted links or going to my SHOP button at the top of the page.

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Ill leave you with a picture of my fun goofy little dog who inspired me to make this dog card and brings a smile to my face every day.

Stampin Up Wall Art Owl using Painted Harvest

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting. My name is Jane Allmark and I'm and Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator in the UK.

How to create a wall art owl picture using Painted Harvest.

There are some stamp sets which are just so versatile and become a firm favourite.  The Painted Harvest. stamp set is one of these and has taken the market place by storm.  It is a lovely watercolour effect stamp set whereby you can create sunflowers and foliage in a two step format and has a coordinating punch which you can buy at the moment with a 10% discount.

One of the joys of being a Stampin Up Demonstrator is that you get to see so many projects created by other demonstrators and this is called CASEing (copy and share everything) I like to get ideas this way and then turn them into my own.  The project I am going to share with you is such a creation.  The face of the owl was CASEd from Jay Soriano a fellow demonstrator and I thought that it would be great to create a whole owl.

The Leaf Punch at just £14.50 is a must for this project as I punched out lots (I didnt't count them) to create the feathers in this project.  The leaf punch. is a great buy as it not only creates these lovely feathers but is also fabulous for creating a wreath Christmas card.

If you browse back on my blog you will see this lovely wreath Christmas card as well as lots of other card ideas using the Painted Harvest stamp set and coordinating leaf punch.  As I said it is well worth buying the Painted Harvest and leaf bunch as a bundle

and make a saving of 10%

So back to the Owl Wall Art and 

How to Create Owl Wall Art using Stampin Up Painted Harvest bundle

Products Used

1. Painted Harvest and Leaf Punch bundle
2. Ink Pads, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Archival Black,
3. A sheet of 12 x 12" cardstock in a coordinating colour for the background
4. mini dimensionals, 3 on the back of each punched out leaf
5. standard dimensionals for the eyes and the whole face to mount it up,
6. Clear faceted gems for the centre of each of the eyes
7. Scrap of gold glitter cardstock for the beak.
8. Shop bought 12 x 12" box frame to allow the art work to show the dimension and layers

Do look at having a go at making this Owl Wall Art as with Christmas coming it would make a lovely gift to hang on the wall.

All of the products (except the frame) are available through Stampin Up and you can buy them through the SHOP button above or by clicking on the highlighted links.

There are some great special offers at the moment through Stampin Up for the month of October.

Buy 3 get 1 free on dsp

If you love dsp then during the month of October for every 3 sets you buy you can choose a fourth one for FREE

There is also the Clearance Rack

which has lots of bargains all discounted some as much as 70%.  The Clearance rack changes all the time and items are only available to buy while stocks last.  Regularly check the Clearance Rack and stock up on some real bargains.

If you haven't already lease subscribe to my blog as I regularly post card and project ideas and technique to share.

Thank you for stopping buy and look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Jane Allmark Amethystarcrafting.

Non Traditional Christmas Card

Sometimes it is nice to think outside the box and create a Christmas card in non traditional colours and styling.

Todays challenge was to make a card for a couple who didn't really want traditional colours.

I really love how this came out using the on trend black and gold.

Products used

1. Year of Cheer dsp just little scraps
2. Year of Cheer washi tape
3. Metallic sequins,
4. Vintage crochet ribbon in black for the bow.
5. Leaf punch for the sparkly leaf
6. Two hearts from the Sunshine Wishes die set.
7. Sentiment from the Oh What Fun stamp set

This also could make a lovely wedding card with a change of sentiment.

All products are available from my SHOP button above and don't forget to have a look at some of the special offers and Clearance Rack for some great bargains.

How to make an easy Eclipse Card

Eclipse cards are the latest trend in card making and words and letter cards abound all over Pintrest and other social media sites.

So I thought I would show you how to make an easy and simple Eclipse Card with any die that you have.  For this card I chose one the  of the large dies from the Vintage Leaves  set.

Tips for success with Eclipse Technique.

1. Die cut your image out of the piece of cardstock and place it back in the cardstock to work with
2. Use small stamps to add your images and leave some white areas.
3. Remove your die cut once you have completed your stamped design and cut out at least one other die of the same image and glue together to give height to your finished project.
4. You can use dimensionals as an extra height on the project or just cut another die cut and mount on project.

As you can see from this clean and simple card I stamped the trees at the bottom and added the sun at the top both slightly on and off the leaf image.  The sentiment sat nicely in the middle the leaf was cut twice in the white and then a black to add the highlight and then was put on using dimensionals.

 With a little piece of twine for finishing touch it makes a lovely card.

All products can be bought from the SHOP above and there are so great offers this month so don't forget to check them out.

Love DSP then stock up with the buy 3 get one FREE

Autumn is with us.

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting. My name is Jane Allmark and I'm a Stampin Up demonstrator.

Autumn I now well and truly upon us and the nights are getting longer and it is dark a lot earlier.  Soon the clocks will go back and it will be even darker.  However this weekend we had a lovely warm spell and even though the air still smelled of Autumn it was lovely to sit in the garden and see all the lovely trees with their array of different coloured  leaves.

So todays card is inspired by all the lovely leaves.  My favourite leaves are the ones that turn brown and fall in heaps as there is nothing nicer than scuffing through the leaves with your feet and the lovely scrunching sound underfoot.

This set is Vintage Leaves and has a coordinating die set to cut out the leaves.  I chose two colours for this, Fresh Fig and then 3 of the Stampin Blends, Crumb Cake light and dark, and bronze. Now Stampin Blends are not available at the moment as they are being trialed by demonstrators, but will be alcohol twin tipped markers.  They are lovely and very easy to blend and use.

I also die cut and stamped the little leaf from Colourful Seasons in Fresh Fig and added a little piece of twine and some metallic sequins to add some interest.

If you would like to buy these sets then pop over to my SHOP above and have a browse.  There is a great offer on dsp buy 3 and get 1 free and don't forget to have a look at the Clearance Rack as there are always bargains up to70% off to be had.

Thank you for dropping by and see you again soon.

Stampin Up Bella and Friends Christmas

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting my name is Jane Allmark and I'm an Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator.

The stamp set I chose today is one of my favourites as I have an adorable little cockapoo who looks just like this character Bella in this stamp set.  My adorable little girl is called Luna. Luna from the moon goddess as she is black with a flash of white like the moon peeping through the clouds and Luna the Lunatic as being a cockapoo she can be a bouncy ball of excitement especially when she meets people.

So the Card is from Bella and Friends.

This card uses

1. Bella and Friends stamp set
2. Clearance rack dsp (visit my SHOP for the clearance rack with lots of bargains up to 70% off)
3. Year of Cheer Snowflake Doilies (12 silver and 12 gold in a pack)
4. Real Red and Whisper White cardstock
5. Sentiment Oh What Fun stamp set
6. Little antlers from Foxy Friends stamp set
7. Aquapainter for water colouring the dog
8. Ink pads Soft Suede, Basic Black, 
9. Stampin Write Markers in Old Olive for the collar and tag on Bella

All products are available from the SHOP button above so please feel free to buy.

This is my gorgeous baby so now you can see why I love Bella and Friends so much.

Bella and Friends.

Stampin Up Painted Harvest Christmas Wreath

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting my name is Jane Allmark and I'm an Independent Stampin Up  Demonstrator here in the UK.

Todays project uses the Painted Harvest stamp set which has become a bit of a wow with amount of different cards and projects you can do with this set.

Items used

1. Painted Harvest stamp set
2. Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler cardstock
3. The little hanging tie from At Home With You Stamp set
4. Cherry Cobbler and Tranquil Tide ink pads
5. Metallic Sequins to decorate wreath
6. Sentiment is from a retired set but the Oh What Fun stamp sets has lots of great sentiments

All products are available to purchase now from my SHOP check out the button above.

SALE SALE SALE SALE

Check out the dsp sale but three and choose another absolutely FREE

Great bargain and time to stock up on dsp.  The highest quality and always on trend styles and colours. Go to my SHOP NOW and take advantage of this great offer.  Remember it is time limited and you only have till the end of this month to take advantage.

Stampin Up Daisy Delight and Leaf Punch

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting. I love punches and not everyone has a Big Shot die cutting machine.  This gorgeous card uses two punches the Daisy Punch and the Leaf Punch.

The Daisy Punch and coordinating stamp set Daisy Delight make lovely flowers in any colour of your choice.  I chose Sweet Sugarplum for this card.

All products are available from the SHOP above.

Have a look at the SHOP as there are some amazing offers for the month of October.

Stampin Up October Offers

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrating. Stampin Up have some amazing offers during the month of October which are not to be missed.

The first offer is choose 3 packs of dsp and get one absolutely FREE.  Stock up now as there are some gorgeous designs to choose from.  Click the SHOP button now.

Click on the SHOP button above and go to the World Card Making Day for some great offers but be quick as this finishes on 10th October.

Stamp sets at 15% off, Fast Fuse buy one and get two refills free.

There really has not been a better time to stock up with Stampin Up products.  My SHOP button above will take you directly to the store where all of the above offers are. So please don't miss out on this great deals and offers.

Happy shopping everyone.

Stampin Up Oh What Fun

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting.  Christmas sentiment sets are a must for all the different Christmas cards you need to make at this time of year.  One stamp set which is good for this isOh What Fun.

This is a very quick and simple card to make and here is what you need.

1. Oh What Fun stamp set
2. Year of Cheer Washi Tape
3. Real Red and Tranquil Tide ink pads
4. Metallic sequins.
5. Whisper White and Tranquil Tide Cardstock.

If you have difficulty in lining things up the a Stamp-a-Majig is a must.

Oh What Fun.

All products used for this stamp can be found at my SHOP just click on the button .

Stamp-a-Majig.

Stamp-a-Majig is a brilliant lining up device so every project can be stamped perfectly.  There are many expensive stamping tools on the market to help you line stamps up, allow you to stamp multiple times and have each image perfectly lined above the other. However the Stamp-a-Majig does all this at a fraction of the price £11.00. Works perfectly with our acrylic blocks or wood mounted stamps and is so simple to use. Give it a try and see for yourself.

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Painted Harvest Vintage Look

Hello and welcome to Amethystarcrafting. Today is the 1st October and there are lots of exciting offers available through my SHOP from Stampin Up.

Designer Series Paper buy 3 and get a fourth FREE
15% off selected stamp sets

Click the button and have a look some of the offers are limited for 10 days only so be quick and get ordering now.

Today's card uses my favourite Painted Harvest bundle. Stamp set and coordinating punch with a 10% saving.

I have gone for a vintage look in Soft Suede and Crumb Cake

This beautiful sunflower and leaves looks gorgeous in so many colour combinations I just love it.
Have a great Sunday and happy crafting.