BLOG RELAUNCH AND DESIGN TEAM CALL

We have some exciting things happening over the next few months at Nutcrafters, and top of the list is our blog relaunch and DT call!

September 7th will see the relaunch of our blog with a new line up of activities and some fresh new faces added to our DT.

The following week, Wednesday 14th September will be our very first challenge on the new and improved Nutcrafters blog with some great prizes up for grabs and free digi images to get everyone started!

Would you like to join our new Design Team? If you have bags of enthusiasm, a creative flair and a love of our stamps, why not give it a go!

 We are looking for 2 new DT members.

To be in with a chance is easy, simply create a card or craft item using a Nutcrafters Design stamp or digi image and post a link here in the comments or email it to us.

Don't have any Nutcrafters images but still want to try? Don't worry, email us and we can send you a free digi stamp to use.

We hope you'll try and have a go, we'd love to see what you can do.

DT entry will close Saturday 3rd September, so our new team members will be with us in time for our relaunch.

We leave you today with a sneaky peak of one of our new Autumn Stamps available from

 1st September.

BOUQUET FOR YOU

Stay tuned over the coming days and weeks until our relaunch, while we introduce our new team so far, preview our upcoming new stamp designs and we have blog candy giveaways too!

Thanks for stopping by, Katie and Colette x

CANDY AND NEW STAMPS

It's been a while but once again we are back to our blogging ways (these babies sure know how to keep us busy)!

We have some fantastic new stamps on sale over in our store right now as well as a whole heap of gorgeous new flowers, charms and embellishments.

We also have some new Digi Stamp Squares.  There are 12/pack (2 of each of the 6 designs) all printed on smooth card stock and ready for you to colour.

Now to the fun part, some yummy scrummy CANDY! 

We have a selection of our new products up for grabs, including:

 Birdsong stamp, Narrow Lace, Resin Cabochon Roses, Birdcage Charms, Bird Perch Charms,  

Antique Brass Jump Rings, Lace Doily, Gardenia Blossoms, Mulberry Roses.

To be in with a chance just leave your name in the comments below and don't forget to spread the word on your own blog if you can.

Candy will be open until 6pm, Saturday 18th June (that's just over a whole week to get your name down) and the winner will be posted Sunday 19th June.

We hope you like our new goodies and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs, Katie and Colette x

KARENS CREATIONS

Today we have two fab cards from our DT member Karen to share.

   This first card is using the Giraffe from our Safari Trio. He looks extra cute in blue and the perfect card for any little boy.

Karen's other card has been created using our new Bunny and Me stamp.

I just love how Karen has polka dotted the baby grow and added that cute little bow!

Please head over to Karen's blog to see all of her fantastic work and leave her some love.

Thanks for stopping by, Katie x

GIRAFFE GIGGLES

I have managed to get some computer time today, so have a quick post to share before I start all my jobs! We have two cards to show, both inspired by the arrival of baby Isobel.

First is featuring our cute Giraffe from our Safari Trio set, I love this little guy and think he is perfect for all kinds of cards.  I have used a Martha Stewart Butterfly border punch and Sizzix letter dies.

For the next card I have used Teddy and Me, this little one is my absolute favourite from our new stamps (it was inspired by some photos I took of Gabriel) and think it looks really good in the vintage brown colours used here.

 The embellishments used include Fancy Lace, Sizzix Button Dies, Marriane D die cut, and a sentiment from Lili of the Valley, which seemed to fit perfectly.  Papers on both cards are from Animal Antics pad.

Im off now to get my chores done, and hopefully add some more lovely new items to our web store.

Thanks for stopping by, Katie x

3 MONSTERS AND A BABY!

Thursday already, these days are just flying by!  So baby Gabriel kept me too busy to blog yesterday, which means I have two cards to share today.

First up is definitely one for the boys featuring one of our new stamp sets - Monster Trio.

I have stamped each image, but chosen to colour just one (he's my favourite, I love how he looks all gloopy) with colours to match the papers. To keep things nice and simple, I have just added a few buttons for decoration. Although these stamps are very boyish, they work well for all ages, even the monster loving boys over 10 ; )

My second card for today is also all about the boys, featuring Bunny and Me. This stamp is a bit of a chameleon, just as the other new baby images are, it looks so different just by changing the colours.

Today its a boys theme and this is a good stamp for new babies (can you guess where my inspiration came from) and I think it works well for other celebrations too, such as Christenings and first birthdays.

The bunny has been stamped twice and decoupaged to give extra depth, and I've also added on of our new safety pin charms.

Both images have been coloured with Promarkers and the papers are from the Animal Antics paper pad.

Thanks for stopping by, Katie x

RELEASE DAY

Happy Tuesday to everyone. Today is the release of our 12 new 'Quirky Individuals' stamps and 2 new stamp sets, and the beginning of our showcase.

To kick things off we have a yummy scrummy card featuring one of our cute fairy stamps - Fairy Cake.

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and embellished with Stickles. The flowers are from Prima and the papers are by Papermania. 

This is one of my favourites from our new stamps, maybe because I'm such a cake face!

We also have a DT update. To everyone who applied last year, please accept our huge apologies for not following up on our DT request.  Towards the end of last year, we had unexpected family issues that took a lot of our time, and as a result could not carry on with the blog.

Now that we are BACK! we hope to re-launch our Challenge blog and DT, and get some fabulous brand spanking new ideas and fresh faces on there.

To keep things fair, we will start our DT request from scratch, giving everyone who wants to try out the same chance, so please keep your eyes peeled, as it won't be a long wait.

Thanks for stopping by, Katie x

NEW ARRIVALS

Hello everyone, I'm back! After a very very very long absence, I am pleased to say we are back blogging and what better way to start things off than to announce some new arrivals.

The most important one of all is Colette's new baby girl, Isobel Bailey, who will be two weeks old tomorrow!

Now that our little baby Nuts have arrived safe and sound, we are super excited to release our 12 new 'Quirky Individuals' stamps and 2 new stamp sets, all of which are available in the web shop from tomorrow, Tuesday 8th March.

We also have lots of lovely new Charms in stock and by the end of the week, new Mulberry Paper Flowers and lengths of Lace too.

We will be showcasing our new stamp designs all week and hope to have some photos of baby Gabriel and Baby Isobel to share soon.

Thanks for stopping by, Katie x

STRIPEY SWEET TREAT

It has been a while, but after our MIA stint we are back! Life caught up with us in a very hectic fashion recently and boy did it knock us over. We have some very exciting arrivals joining the Nutcrafters and I don't mean stamps ...! Both myself and Colette are expecting our first babies early next year and despite the exhaustion, we are extremely excited :)

We have another great challenge and prize over at our Nutshells blog this week, its a nice and easy one too, simply use stripes on your project.

For my sample card I have used one of our cute new Nutshells Sweet Treat Tash who comes with a mini candy cane stamp.  I thought the idea of an easel card representing a present was a perfect idea using stripey dp for wrapping paper.

We also have more great new products added to www.nutcrafters.com this week, including a selection of Dawn stamps and Nellie and Marianne D dies.

And last but most certainly not least, thank you to everyone who entered our DT request, we have not forgotten about you and hope to have some new faces added to the team very very soon.

Thanks for stopping by, Katie xxx

QUICK CARD

Hi all. What a week, new tax year meaning lots of paper work :( but also lots of new goodies have arrived today :) I always get that warm fuzzy feeling when we get a new delivery.


We have lots of great items from Prima including what I have used on my card, clear stamp - Little Girls, Cameo Roses Aqua and adorable Prima E line pearls.

We have lots of great new flowers, crystals and clear stamps which come with extra bling ;), and a great selection of new Promarkers from Letraset, including these amazing Rubber Stamping sets 1&2.

Thanks for stopping by, Katie and Colette.

BLOG CANDY WINNER AND 'LOVELY' MISS ANYA

Thank you to everyone who entered themselves into our candy draw for the cute Mo Manning stamp 'Siku and Shiya'.

Our winner picked by Random.org is

Number 8: Padster

Congratulations, please email us with your address (enquiries@nutcrafters.com) to receive your stamp.

We have also got the fabby NEW Miss Anya Love sets in stock over at http://www.nutcrafters.com/, and just like the others before them they are adorable.

They are shipping from today, so grab yours before she goes!

Thanks for stopping by, Katie and Colette.

WEEKEND BLOG CANDY

Another Friday is upon us and I can hardly believe that Christmas day is just two weeks away!

I am still elbows deep in making my cards and we had a batch of great new stamp arrivals at Nutcrafters just in time to help me out.

I could not resist this beautiful stamp from Stampavie's new collection by the talented Mo Manning. 'Siku and Shiya' are the most adorable couple and perfect for Wintry themed cards, especially Christmas cards.

We are offering the chance to win this stamp as well as a set of Christmas Charms (which include the snowflake I have used on my card). This candy will only be open until Monday night, 6pm GMT, when we will pick a winner using random org. So to be in with a chance simply leave a comment below this post, and if you haven't already why not follow our blog.

Tell your friends, after all where's the fun if there is no competition!

Have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by, Katie.

Card ingredients:

Image - Mo Manning 'Siku and Shiya'

Sentiment - The Greeting Farm 'Keep Cozy'

Assorted Christmas Charms

CHRISTMAS ANGELS

We are pleased to announce we have a new Nutshells Digital Download available from today at Nutcrafters. We were too late to get these cuties made into rubber but at least we can still play with them before the holiday season descends!

Introducing the Nutshells 'Christmas Angels'

Our Design Team are real troopers and got to work on these straight away, please keep checking in to view our sample cards and visit our talented DT blogs to see what they have used.

Karen

Thanks for stopping by, Katie and Colette.

Holiday Season Already?

No sooner had Katie started her well earned two week holiday when we received a new shipment from The Greetings Farm. So, whilst Katie catches some rays in the USA, we are treated to some uber-cute new designs. From the super sweet HG Laundry girl to some new Wild Sprouts - Savannah and the festive Vivi.

Not forgetting the boys, there is also the My Guy Ian set - out to rival Miss Anya for topseller spot!


Take a look at http://www.nutcrafters.com/ - only whilst stocks last!