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Friday, 27 August 2010

Bank Holiday bargain rubber stamps!

Love stamping? Here's a Bank Holiday bargain offer for you - 25% off all rubber stamps at Foil Play - just enter the code STAMP25 at check out to receive the discount. Offer ends at midnight on Monday 30 August 2010.

I don't have huge stocks of rubber stamps, so if there's a particular design that you're interested in, don't miss out!

Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Blog Candy winner

Many thanks to those who entered the Blog Candy giveaway for a set of Urban Belles clear rubber stamps by Kanban!

The lucky winner (picked using random.org) is: Papercraft by Carole. Congratulations, Carole - please email your details to me at sales@foilplay.co.uk and I will get the prize in the post to you.

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

What's on your workdesk Wednesday

Another messy desk this week, as you can see I've been assembling a few toppers - not all Christmas ones this time though.

I've been trying to be good and use up scraps of card instead of putting them in a scraps box (never to see the light of day again - I'm sure you know how that works!), so I've been cutting out small mats with nesties / Nellie Snellen dies, ideal to fit the Craftwork Cards button greetings. It also means that I've at last found a use for the tiniest boxes that came with a big set of clear storage boxes.
If you're curious about WOYWW, more details of what it is about and how to join in are on Julia's Stamping Ground blog. It basically involves snooping on other crafters' stash, and seeing what they are up to - great fun!

Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Blog Candy giveaway - Kanban Urban Belles clear rubber stamps

So here is my first foray into the world of Blog Candy! I'm giving away this very cute set of Kanban Urban Belles clear rubber stamps.

All you have to do to enter is to leave a comment below and please also link to this post from your blog (or if you don't have one, from Twitter or Facebook).

The Blog Candy is available to anyone in the UK and I'll choose a winner at random next Tuesday evening (17 August). Good luck!

Monday, 9 August 2010

New Home cards with Kanban Concept Cards

Here's a couple of New Home cards that I made using a Kanban concept card kit. Instead of using the card part of the kit as a base card, I cut it in two to use as separate mats.
I used a beige deckle edged square card as the base for the top card, and an A4 sheet of cream linen textured card folded in half as the base for the second.
The die cut Kanban concept card kit that I made these two cards from is pictured above.

Sunday, 8 August 2010

Christmas cards with Hunkydory toppers

More blue Christmas cards, this time from a Hunkydory die cut topper sheet, both matted onto lightweight pearl card and background mats of toning card cut using Martha Stewart punch around the page snowflake punches.
I mostly use double sided tape as adhesive on my cards, but I added some micro dots behind the snowflake edges to secure them in place. I used deckle edge square blue card blanks as the card base, and added a sprinkling of crystal Bling to the snowflakes on the first card.
The Hunkydory Cosy Christmas Snowy Scene toppers sheet that I used to make the cards is pictured above.

Saturday, 7 August 2010

New from Hunkydory: Card kits, toppers and decoupage

A huge selection of new Hunkydory products is now in store at Foil Play - you may have seen many of these featured on Create and Craft TV.
New kits available include:
  • Little Tweets - cute bird toppers with co-ordinating embossed and foiled card, mini cards and background papers;
  • Deco-Flourish - beautiful floral designs available in both die cut and traditional decoupage formats, with beautifully co-ordinating aperture cards;
  • The Platinum Collection - a classy selection of die cut topper sheets, with co-ordinating shaped, embossed and foiled card blanks;
  • Cupcake Heaven - a delicious selection of cupcake themed decoupage, card and kit; and
  • A Window to the Heart - kits to make beautiful keepsake cards with heartfelt sentiments.
There is also a new selection of shaped cards, including kinetic, scalloped and easel cards, to save you the hassle of cutting out your own from a template, along with packs of festive mirri and glitter card.
I have also stocked up on existing designs, including Paper Laughs decoupage.
However, many of the traditional decoupage lines (Golden Oldies, Tipsy Adults, Sporting Blunders etc) have now been discontinued, so I may not be able to restock popular designs when they sell out. If there is a particular design that you like, please don't miss out whilst I still have it in stock.