February Craft Box You're Inspiring Easter Card

Quick, easy and stylish! What more could you want in a card?

Do you know, I almost forgot I had included the Delicate Doilies in the February Craft Box! They are so pretty and the perfect way to take a simple card up a notch.

Just like yesterday, I have used both Watercolour Pencils and Blends for the stamped element of these cards, just so you can see the difference (not that there is much difference). The key to using both of these is to use the right ink and to make sure that it is properly dry before you go to do any colouring.

I love the simple background to these cards, it is really easy, in fact you can't go wrong with it, just some simple tone on tone stamping.

I hope today's project brings some sunshine to your day. Remember that if you are in the UK and want to reserve your February Craft Box, just drop me an email. If you want any Stampin' Up! products, I would be most appreciative if you shopped with me. I am hoping to earn the Incentive Trip this year, but have a long way to go. Every order you place with me gets me a little closer to a Greek Island Cruise.

Remember that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order (if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new Level 2 Items!!!).

To reserve your February Craft Box, just drop me an email at liz.yuille@artlover.com. Payment will be required by 7th February, so don't delay!

If your order is over £25 (plus P&P), please use the Hostess Code:

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To share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will still become a VIP Reward Member.

The Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and 31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit. Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products for just £99.

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Dimensions

Standard A6 Cardbase

Mat – 5-5/8 x 3-7/8” (14.25 x 9.75cm)

Scraps of Whisper White Card for Stamping

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February Craft Box Chocolate Box

The February Craft Box is already proving popular. Today I have a little Box for you that is perfect for presenting small bars of Chocolate in an elegant way.

Firstly though, I must apologise for the hiatus that meant I did not post yesterday. I have managed to pick up one of the many flu viruses that is doing the rounds in the UK at the moment and, although I shot the video for this and the next two projects before I succumbed, I did not manage to write the posts and do the other work that is require to bring these to you.

The box uses items from my February Craft Box, plus one of the optional stamp sets, You're Inspiring, to make this a perfect gift for Mother's Day. I have used one of the mini punches from the Itty Bitty Fruit Punch Pack to make an interesting way of attaching the ribbon around the box. I love looking at different ways to use tools, and this little punch is perfect for all kinds of uses, not just as a 'melon slice'.

I coloured the daffodils with Blends in the original and Watercolour Pencils in the video version, so used the appropriate ink for each; Memento Tuxedo Black for Blends and Archival Basic Black for the Watercolour Pencils. Both inks need to be fully dry before you colour to avoid any bleeding.

Remember that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order (if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new Level 2 Items!!!).

All the basic items I have used are in my February Craft Box, or are an optional extra. You can find full details of this box on my Craft Kit Page. To reserve your, just email me at liz.yuille@artlover.com before 7th February 2018.

If your order is over £25 (plus P&P), please use the Hostess Code:

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To share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will still become a VIP Reward Member.

The Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and 31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit. Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products for just £99.

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Dimensions

Finished Box is 4-1/2" (11.5cm) square and 1" (2.5cm) deep

Lid - 6" (14.5cm) square. Score each side at 3/4" (1.5cm)
Base - 6-1/2" (16.5cm) square. Trim 1/16" (0.25cm) from top and one side, then score each side at 1" (2.5cm).
Insert - 6-1/8" x 4-3/8" (15.5 x 11cm). With long side at top, and left edge 1/16" (0.25cm) from left side of scoring board, score at 2-1/4", 3-1/8" and 4" (5.5, 7.75 and 10cm)

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February Craft Box Cute Hello Easter Bunny Card

One of the optional extras in my February Craft Box is the Hello Easter stamp set from Stampin' Up!

I was not sure how this card was going to come together when I started designing it and then I realised I needed to pare it down.

A cute bunny, some flowers and a little sentiment was all the stamping needed. Add a few punched and die-cut pieces, the cutest little bow and it was done.

The bright Daffodil Delight is the perfect foil for the subtle watercolour look of the Designer Series Paper.

I hope you enjoyed this project. 

All the details of the February Craft Box are on the Craft Box page of my blog. For just £20, get about £20 of top quality products delivered to your door. No extra Postage charges, just £20 to get the Craft Box delivered direct from me to you.

Deadline for ordering is Wednesday  7th February. I will place the order early on the following morning and hope to have the packages ready to post out by 17th February 2018 (delivery from Stampin' Up! permitting).

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Dimensions

Standard A6 Cardbase

First Mat – 5-5/8 x 3-7/8” (14.25 x 9.75cm)

Second Mat – 5-1/2 x 3-3/4” (14 x 9.5cm)

Scraps of Whisper White and Daffodil Delight

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February Craft Box Hello Easter Egg Box

This is the first project I am sharing with you using the Daisy Delight February Craft Box. I think we forget that we have an Annual Catalogue sometimes, as we all get carried away with the new products in the Spring/Summer Catalogue.

I wanted a Craft Box that would be perfect for Mother's Day (or Mothering Sunday for the traditionalists like me), Easter and all things Spring. Delightful Daisy does that for me.

It is bright and floral, which is just what I was looking for. It also has a certain elegance as well, which would be ideal for a Spring wedding too.

Today's project is quick and easy. It uses one of the Clear Treat Boxes, a strip of card stock and just one narrow strip of Designer Series Paper cut into three squares. Add a piece of ribbon, a tag and it is done. Perfect for mini Easter Eggs or and small item.

So have I convinced you that you need this Craft Box in your life? Remember, it contains about £20 of product chosen by me to work together perfectly.

If you bought all the items in full quantities, even using mixed card packs, you would spend over £85 plus delivery.

£20 you will have it delivered to your door. Everything will be beautifully packaged and wrapped in my signature yellow tissue paper, placed in a letter box friendly box and then one of my pretty floral polythene envelopes to protect it from the elements. No hidden postage charges, just £20 to your door. Full details are on my Craft Box page.

Deadline for ordering is Wednesday  7th February. I will place the order early on the following morning and hope to have the packages ready to post out by 17th February 2018 (delivery from Stampin' Up! permitting).

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Remember that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order (if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new Level 2 Items!!!).

If your order is over £25 (plus P&P), please use the Hostess Code:

VPTJDUQM

To share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will still become a VIP Reward Member.

The Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and 31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit. Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products for just £99.

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Dimensions

Cardstock - cut a 2" (5cm) Strip from the long side of A4 Card. Trim a piece from this just under 2" (5cm) to use inside teh bottom of the Clear Treat Box

Designer Series Paper - 3 squares cut 1-7/8" x 1-7/8" (4.75 x 4.75cm)

Scraps of Whisper White and Coloured Cardstock

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Petal Palette White Out

Did Petal Palette White Out make you wonder? Today I am bringing you a project I have made that is inspired by a Challenge Group I stumbled across recently. This card does not meet the exact requirements for the challenge, but I loved the basic idea. Keep reading and I will let you know why I couldn't enter the challenge further on.

The basic Challenge was to create a card using only white and one neutral, in my case, grey. I love the idea, it is so close to my favourite sepia, but not, if you get what I mean. It pushed me just enough to be a challenge, without being too much of a push.

  

It actually came together in my mind first. Earlier this week I was not very well, so had to take a couple of days of bed rest, and it was while lying feeling sorry for myself that the design came together in my head. Happily it came together pretty much as I imagined it, which is not always the way things go.

I have to apologies for the video, which I shot before I was really back on my feet, so it is not one of my best, which is saying something, but then I do always promise that you get to see my projects, warts and all!!!!

Oh, and why did this not get entered? Because I needed to use a stam set that was at least a year old! Forgot that when I was putting it together in my head.

Remember that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order (if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new Level 2 Items!!!).

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The Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and 31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit. Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products for just £99.

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Dimensions

Standard A6 Cardbase

First Mat – 5-5/8 x 3-7/8” (14.25 x 9.75cm)

Scarps of Whisper White and Vellum

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Delightful Daisy February Curated Craft Box

I am delighted to announce details of the February Craft Box. I have curated this with a view to Mothering Sunday, Easter and all things Spring.

The box is, as last month, £20 including P&P and contains product to a value of about £20, which basically means that P&P is FREE. My intention is that I will stick at this price point unless there is an increase in posts. To purchase full quantities of the contents of the Craft box would cost a minimum of £85.00 plus P&P (I have listed the full price items, with links to my online store, below)

The February Craft Box will contain:

• 1/2 pack Delightful Daisy cut at 12x6 (2 half sheets of each design)
• 2 sheets each of A4 card in Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Pool Party, Night of Navy and Daffodil Delight
• 3 sheets of Smooth Whisper White A4 card
• 10 Whisper White Envelopes
• 8 Clear Tiny Treat Boxes
• 10 Delicate White Doilies
• 1yd Double Stitched Ribbon in Daffodil Delight
• 1yd Ombre Ribbon in Calypso Coral
• 1yd Gingham Ribbon in Night of Navy
• 1yd Mini Chevron Ribbon in Old Olive
• 36 Clear Faceted Gems

Optional extras are:

• You're Inspiring - Wood £24.00 or Clear £17.00
• Hello Easter - Photopolymer £15.00
• Ruffled Dynamic Embossing Folder - £9.00

(these items are shown in the product list below)

If you order any two, or more, Optional Extras, you will be able to select any ONE Sale-a-Bration Level 1 Item to be included in your package, just let me know what you want when you email me. 

I am taking orders until 7th February. To order yours, email me at Liz.yuille@artlover.com and I will send you an invoice with payment options. Shipping should be by 17th February (shipping from Stampin' Up! permitting).

This is only available for posting in the UK, you need to email me to order and payment will be to me, in advance of the order being placed and sent out. Postage is by Royal Mail First Class and as the box is Letter Box friendly, there should be no reason why it can't be delivered even if you are out. If you add any optional extras then I will use Hermes or Royal Mail Second Class to avoid having to charge you for additional postal costs.

Deadline for ordering is Wednesday  7th February. I will place the order early on the following morning and hope to have the packages ready to post out by 17th February 2018 (delivery from Stampin' Up! permitting).

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Remember that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order (if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new Level 2 Items!!!).

If your order is over £25 (plus P&P), please use the Hostess Code:

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To share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will still become a VIP Reward Member.

The Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and 31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit. Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products for just £99.

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Inspire Create Challenge #010 Colour Challenge

As you know, I love a good challenge, not just it my crafting life, so I am always happy when it is time to design my project for our Challenge group.

Our challenge this time is a Colour Challenge, which means we can must only use products using this colour pallette, plus Black, Crumb Cake and metallics (oh and Whisper White and Very Vanilla).

As the weather when I was planning this was grey, damp and generally miserable, I was delighted that Hannah (our Design Team Leader) had chosen such a bright pallette. I am pretty pleased with myself that I stuck so closely to the colours we were given.

I hope you enjoyed seeing this project and that you will take part in the challenge this time. There is no requirement for you to have a blog, you can link your project from your Pinterest Board too. Full details on how to do this are on this page of the  website with pictures to guide you through how to do it. 

Remember that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order (if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new Level 2 Items!!!). If you order all the products you need for this card from my Online Store, you can get the ribbon FREE!!!

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To share in the Hostess Rewards for this month AND become a VIP. If your order is over £150 (plus P&P), please don't use the Hostess Code as you will get to pick your own rewards, but don't worry, you will still become a VIP Reward Member.

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Dimensions

Standard A6 Cardbase cut to about 3-3/8" (8.5cm) high in landscape

First Mat – 5-3/4 x 3-1/4” (14.5 x 8cm)

Second Mat – 5-1/2 x 3” (14 x 7.5cm)

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Heartfelt Blooms a FREE Stamp set during Sale-a-bration

I really am on a sepia theme at the moment, this time very soft stamping to form the background, then a quick sentiment, and all with a free stamp set during Sale-a-Bration.

This card is a bit of a departure for me, I am not sure I have made a card quite like it before, it is very simple, but none the worse for that, in fact I think I need to do a few more like this. Hmmm, let's see what I can come up with; give me a few days.

I used the Everyday Label Punch that has carried over from the Autumn/Winter Catalogue, to punch out the sentiment and to mat it. I love getting the most out of my punches and like to think about how I can use them in a slightly different way, you can see how I did this in the video.

If you enjoy my videos, please subscribe to my YouTube Channel, I am on a bit of a mission to get 3,000 subscribers by the end of the month. No reason, it just seemed like the next goal to aim for.

Remember that until 31st March, you will get FREE items for every £45 order (if you spend £90 you can either choose 2 Items, or 1 of the new Level 2 Items!!!).

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The Starter Kit is ALWAYS the best deal in the Catalogue and great value at just £99 for your choice of £130 of products (with no additional P&P). Once you are a Member of this great Family, you get a discount on your future purchases, or an income from sales you make to other people; Win,Win Right? Join my Team between 3rd January and 31st March 2018 and you will get even more in your Starter Kit. Seriously, you will get to chose any Full Price (not Hostess or Sale-a-Bration) Stamp Sets of YOUR choice to add in addition. That could be as much as £90 more for your £99. Over £200 of products for just £99.

JOIN MY TEAM

Dimensions

Standard A6 Cardbase

First Mat – 5-5/8 x 3-7/8” (14.25 x 9.75cm)

Second Mat – 5-1/4 x 3-1/2” (13.25 x 9cm)

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