As some of you may already know, here at Cards And Candles For All Occasions we have been on a bit of a shopping spree lately stocking up on lots of new goodies to allow us to expand our selection of greetings and keepsake cards.

Today, we have been working on a special Christmas card for our friends daughter.

Firstly, the house shape was scored and cut out using the Glitter Girls Media and Pastimes board.

Next gold outline stickers were used to highlight and emphasise the edging and details.

The card was then mounted onto A4 cardstock which was cut and shaped to suit the house design.

Then an extra door and window sill were scored and cut out, edged with gold outlines and finished with an eyelet door handle which was applied using the Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile.

Next we added a diecut wreath to the front door, a Christmas tree embellishment to the window sill and a “Noel” sentiment in place of a letter box.

We then took one of the boards from the Crafters Companion and scored and cut out the Snowman before colouring him and attaching him below the window.

Lastly, a personalised stocking was hung from the roof of the house and the completed card looks like this:

What do you think?

A family member is very interested in boating, and with having their own canal boat we thought this would be an ideal theme for thei Christmas card:

This is a 3D decoupage canal boat scene, layered onto red glittered card stock, then onto our cream card stock, completed with a Christmas tree and Snowman embellishment and “To Both Of You” sentiment.

Hope they like it!!!

We have also been adding to our Christmas card ranges for the loved ones in your family.

Special Friends at Christmas

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Mum and Dad at Christmas

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There will be lots more cards added over the next couple of weeks, although if there is anything specific that you are looking for or would like to discuss your requirements please email me at laurascardsforalloccasions@yahoo.com

Cards and Candles For All Occasions have been working on a selection of handcrafted gifts for your loved ones, these include notebooks, writing sets and bookmarks:

Bookmarks – 50p each

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Notebooks – £1.50 each

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Writing Sets – £4.50

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We have each of these in a selection of themes and colour choices, if there is anything specific then please contact us at laurascardsforalloccasions@yahoo.com

All prices are exclusive of postage and packaging.

This was a customer commission from a very good friend of ours, for their son and his lovely wife who were married on Saturday 7th November 2009.

Congratulations Laura & Simon…. lots of love and best wishes for a long and happy future together, lots of love from Laura and Gordon xxxxx

This past week we have been busy working on Christmas gifts for our wonderful friends and family who we have decided to make up gift baskets full of handmade goodies this year.

The first to be finished and wrapped is for Laura’s Gran, it consists of:

A handcrochet blanket
A lavender fragrance sachet
A selection of greeting cards
Snowman Soup
Notebook
Bookmark
Small selection of sweets
Amethyst brooch

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Next to be complete is a Baby’s 1st Christmas box for Sammy Joe, this consists of:

A hand embroidered matinee jacket from >Carolee Crafts<.
A sachet of reindeer food
A Baby’s 1st Christmas stocking
A personalised bib and baby spoon “lollipop” >Prem 2 Pram<.

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Hope you enjoyed viewing our Christmas gifts… there will be lots more added soon, but for now we’re working on stock for our forthcoming craft fairs and our customer commissions

Don’t forget – it’s only 46 days until Christmas!!!

Through the month of November we are offering a couple of special offers to our wonderful customers…

Now is the time to think of all those special people in your life!!

Mum… Dad… Grandmother… Grandfather… Baby’s First Christmas… Son… Daughter… Special Friend… Wonderful Partner/Husband/Wife… show them you care with a personalised and unique greeting or keepsake card this Christmas.

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5″ x 7″ Greetings Cards

£1.75 each or TEN for £10.00

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Keepsake cards

£5.00 each or THREE for £10.00

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15% discount on all CANDLE orders of £10.00 and over

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20% discount on ALL orders of £25.00 and over

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Postage will be calculated on your total spend.

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We will also be adding writing sets @ £4.00 each, bookmarks @ 50p each, notebooks @ £1.50 each and included in our “20% discount on ALL orders of £25.00 and over” will also be our reindeer food and snowman soup as seen on a previous post.

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For more details of our current ranges please have a look on our MISI shop >HERE< or our website, Cards and Candles For All Occasions >HERE<.

Happy Shopping!!!

Only 53 days to go until Santa arrives!!!

Have had a busy day this morning finishing off a few of the Christmas gifts for family and friends, and so far have one gift basket complete and wrapped, and another two almost finished.

Basket: Gran
Hand crochet blanket
Selection of handcrafted greetings cards
Snowman Soup
Handcrafted notebook
Handcrafted fragrance sachet
Handcrafted bookmark
Handcrafted brooch
Selection of sweets

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Basket: Dad
Selection of handcrafted greetings cards
Snowman Soup
Handcrafted notebook
Handcrafted fragrance sachet
Handcrafted bookmark
Selection of sweets
Music CD

* Need ideas for a few extra little things *

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Basket: Sammy Joe
Handcrafted reindeer food
Handcrafted matinee jacket
Personalised bib & spoon lollipop

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Still need to decide on what Christmas gifts, preferable handmade, but will consider shop bought if I must, I need to get for:

Hubby – no idea!!

Father in law (though it’s looking like hubby thinks we should get him a Playstation2)

Caitlin and Kayleigh – friends little girls

All ideas are very much appreciated

On Christmas Eve, Santa’s reindeers are all very busy, all working very hard to deliver presents to ever house they see, so how are you going to make sure they find their way to you?

Why not sprinkle some reindeer food outside your house to help them find their way?

Here we have an organza bag filled with reindeer food which is perfectly safe to all wildlife.

The tag reads:

Be sure to take this magic food and sprinkle on the lawn
On Christmas, Santa’s reindeer travel miles before dawn
The smell of oats and shining path will guide them on their way
And you’ll wake up to Santa’s gifts, next morning on Christmas Day!

These are available to purchase for £0.95 plus PandP from our >MISI shop<, or by contacting us directly at laurascardsforalloccasions@yahoo.com

Christmas is drawing near and with it comes the cold weather… time to wrap up warm, enjoy some luxury and snuggle in front of an open fire with our loved ones.

Why not indulge in a nice warm mug of Snowman Soup to take the chills away?

Here we have an organza bag with all the ingredients needed to make your very own Snowman Soup whenever you feel the need for a delicious drink and a tasty warm up!!

The tag on this reads:

Snowman Soup

Was told you’d been real good this year
Always glad to hear it
With freezing weather drawing near
You’ll need to warm the spirit.
So here’s a little Snowman Soup
Complete with stirring stick
Add hot water, sip it slow
It’s sure to do the trick!

These are available to purchase for £1.50 plus PandP from our >MISI shop<, or by contacting us directly at laurascardsforalloccasions@yahoo.com