Fiona Whitten, Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator - Oakfield Crafts

Quick heads up as the following has just been announced

2024-2025 Annual Catalogue Seasonal Sale starts 13 November.

• 20% off all double-sided paper in the annual catalogue
• 20% off stamp sets in the annual catalogue with an additonal 10% off all bundles in the annual catalogue
• 10% off all cardstock in the annual catalogue
• 10% off all SU ink, refills, markers and blends in the annual catalogue (ink pad bundles not included)

Here in the UK, the sale starts 11:00 pm 12 November and ends 10:59 pm on 15 November.

Shop online at https://oakfieldcrafts.stampinup.net

I don't often share my cards from my weekly newsletter but thought I'd share today's clean and simple one.

Second card from Monday's Craft & Chat. A bit of work involved fussy cutting the reindeer but who can resist the sweet images.

Cards from yesterday's Virtual Card & A Cuppa. Cutting instructions will be in the description of the video when it's uploaded to YouTube.

Hope you can join me at
4:30 pm for this week's Virtual Card & A Cuppa

How cute is this Reindeer Fun card. It was my sample card from Monday's Craft & Chat.

The first news and updates for November. This means that there's a new header too.

The header features part of an image from the new Otterly Adorable 12" x 12" paper. This is one of the new Online Exclusives.

5 November -

• A whole host of new Online Exclusives available from today . Check them out here https://www.stampinup.uk/categories/shop-products/featured-products/online-exclusives?demoid=5002893&demoid=5002893

• Two new kits added to the Kits Collection - if you love colouring then you must check out the new Nature's Paintings Kit. The kit contains 24 watercolour images (2 each of 12 images) plus all the supplies needed to colour them - Watercolor Pencils and a Water Painter.

6 November - Card & A Cuppa at the Grange Chocolate Cafe from 10:00 am and I'll then be live on Facebook at 4:30 pm.

Following on from last week's Stamping & Creating I used some of the left-over cardstock and paper to create this card. It's in the exact same style as the three made on the video but I opted to use the co-ordinating dies to decorate.

These are the three cards created during Wednesday's Stamping & Creating.

The paper comes from the Winter Meadow 12" x 12" paper pack and the trees and deer images come from the Grassy Grove stamp set.

Another of the cards from the Christmas-Stamp-A-Stack.

Do you have any of these stashed away in your craft bag or hiding in your craft room?

If you do, please dig them out because they will no longer be valid after 31 December 2024. I realise that you may not have the full 10 cards for the £25 spend on me so I've decided that each card you hold will be worth £2.50 in product.

I will be placing two orders before the end of the year -
• Sometime during the week of 18 November when the Real Red & White Adhesive Backed Peppermint embellishments are expected back in stock, and
• On 12 December. This will be my last order of the year.

Please note that you are required to return the Acorn Reward Cards to me and pay any balance for products over the value of your cards (you will be invoiced) before your order will be placed. So, please don't delay in sending the cards to me along with your order.

Join me here on Facebook, tomorrow at 4:30 pm. I'll share how to make some sweet cards like these. If you would like to craft along the supplies to have at hand are as follows:

• 2 lots of A4 sheets of coloured cardstock (same colour)
• 1 A4 sheet of white cardstock
• 2 lots of 6" x 6" sheets of double-sided paper (the same design) or a sheet of 12" x 12"
• Stamps, ink, dies, for images and sentiments. When choosing, please note that the stamping space is no larger than 7.0 x 10.0 cm
• Adhesive of choice
• 12" paper trimmer with both cutting & scoring blades
• Embellishments of choice

It's almost the end of the month so nothing new to report, just a few reminders.

30 October - Join me on Facebook at 4:30 pm for some Stamping & Creating. I'll be sharing how to make the cards shared yesterday.

31 October - last day to take advantage of the two October offers.
• Up to 30% off the kits in the Kits Collection including the two released this month.
• Additional £30 for free in your Starter Kit. That means a whopping £160 for only £99 and the kit ships to you for free.

Cards from this morning's Craft & Chat with the Acorns.

A very simple design fun fold and we each managed to create three. In fact, Tricia managed to make four and do all her envelopes too. My excuse for being slow was all the fussy cutting and colouring I chose to do.

These three were my original samples and I'll share the cards actually made today in a post tomorrow.

The kids bought me a micro “Lego” bonsai tree from our trip to Japan. It took me four attempts to get it right.

Sadly it’s now in pieces because George picked it up to take a look!! Still need to find the rest of it.

Love these projects made by the Artisan Design Team using the Reindeer Days Suite.

Please note that the Real Red & White Adhesive-Backed Peppermint Embellishments are out of stock in Europe until at least the week commencing 18 Nov.