Elliot & Buttons Plush Now In Stock

With Christmas fast approaching we are working hard to make sure that all your favourite cards and gifts are in stock.

Our latest delivery of Elliot & buttons Plush Bears have just arrived and they are already in stock for you...we have 11" bears for Son, Grandson, Daughter, Granddaughter, Girlfriend and One I Love as well as smaller bears for Baby's First Christmas.

To match the Elliot & Buttons teddy bears we also have Pots of Dreams, Mugs and Banner Pens.

Happy shopping!!

Gift Ideas for Christmas

With less than 8 weeks until Christmas we thought it would be a good time to introduce you to our many Christmas gift ideas!

Every year mum works hard to ensure that Christmas is perfect for everyone - she makes sure that Santa knows exactly what the kids of the household want, she buys presents for all the grandparents, aunties and uncles, she makes sure that the Christmas table has all the trimmings and most importantly she makes sure that the turkey fits in the oven!

We have the perfect gift for your Mum...a Mum's Pamper Fund Pot of Dreams...this will enable your Mum to save all her pennies for the next 12 months and then treat herself in the January Sales...after all we all know she deserves it!


Pots of Dreams are also available in many other designs

Prices start from just £6.99 and we provide a free gift box with every pot of dreams/nest egg sold!

Now, what about Dad...he also plays his part in the Christmas preparations...hanging the lights on the tree, washing up after dinner and putting together those new Christmas toys! So why not treat him this Christmas too...take a look at our great range of Top Gear gifts - a must have for all Dad's!

Our Gift range includes:
Mugs & Coasters
Money Boxes
Numerous Licensed gifts for the kids including bags, purses, umbrellas and more
Me to You Plush Bears
Stationery
Clocks & Watches

Don't forget we also stock a great range of Christmas Cards, so whether you need a pack of Charity Christmas Cards to send to neighbours and school friends or single cards to send to your Mum, Dad, Husband, Wife etc, we have a great range for you to choose from.

Standard delivery within the UK will never exceed £3.95 and we're sure you'll find our prices are very competitive too!

Me to You

Carte Blanche is best known for the adorable Me to You 'Tatty Teddy' bear loved and owned by many.

Year after year the little grey bear goes from strength to strength, with new lines being added to the range all the time.

The latest winter collection is now available, including 3" - 28" bears, My First Christmas Gifts and more...

Coming within the next few weeks are the brand new additions to the 'Blue Nose Friends' family...6" Me to you bears holding 'blue nose friends'. Priced at just £12.95 each they are sure to be popular!

Visit Cards & Gifts Direct and take a look at the new Me to You range...we are sure they will bring a smile to your face!

Only 12 weeks left until Christmas!

Where does time go?

It is only 12 weeks until Christmas...the children are starting to plan their letters to Santa whilst Mum & Dad are starting to plan the budget!!

This year our customers seem to be more prepared than ever...with some of our Christmas cards starting to sell out already...don't worry we will be keeping stock for as long as we can but, we would recommend you to buy while you can as we cannot guarantee how long a design will be available for!

Our range of Christmas cards this year is bigger and better than ever, take a look and see what you think.

Here are a couple of teaser products:

Help the Hospices Charity Christmas Cards - Rude Flashing Santa (Pack of 8)

£4.99

Quentin Blake Charity Pack of 8 Shelter and St Mungos Christmas Cards - Kids on Turkey

£3.99

In addition to a great range of Christmas Cards, we also have some brilliant gifts for kids and adults...making us a great one stop shop for many of your 2009 Christmas items.

Gifts include:

• Mugs and Coasters - Our range includes mugs for Mum, Dad, Grandma, Grandad, Auntie, Uncle, Daughter, Son and many, many more.
• Bags & Purses - A great range of bags and purses in many of the kids favourite TV/Film characters including Toy story, Charlie & Lola, Peppa Pig and more.
• Clocks & Watches - Brighten up a child's (or adults) bedroom with a great licensed clock or if the walls are full already why not choose a trendy watch instead. We have many ranges including Star Wars, Peppa Pig, Hannah Montana and many more...we even have lights, waste paper bins, bedding and curtains to match many of the ranges...helping you to create a great new bedroom for Christmas
• Money boxes - Our range includes childrens licensed money boxes such as Dora the Explorer and Thomas the Tank Engine plus a great range of Pots of Dreams and Nest Eggs - why not buy a swear pot for work...a great way to save for next years Christmas party!
• Me to You Plush & Gifts - Our latest addition to the site includes some really cute Tatty Teddy bears from a large 16" girlfriend bear to Baby's 1st Christmas baubles and tree decorations.

Don't forget the maximum delivery charge (UK) is £3.95 (Standard 2-3 day delivery)

So go on...we know you want to!!

Happy Shopping!

What's been happening this week....

Well, this week has been a very busy week, with many new products arriving in readiness for Christmas.

So far, we have added a new range of Nest Egg Money Boxes, Pots of Dreams Money Boxes and a great range of Top Gear gifts.

A little birdie tells me that we will be launching the first of our new Me to You gifts including plush and wedding gifts over the next few days...we are all very excited as we love the little grey bear!

Over the next few weeks we will also be launching even more new greeting cards from UK Greetings and Carte Blanche including birthday cards, wedding anniversary cards, new baby cards and more.

We never sit still here at Cards & gifts Direct, if our customers tell us they want it we do our best to source it! We have many more products in the pipeline so please ask if you can't find what you're looking for and visit us regularly as you will be surprised how many new products keep on coming!

So what has sold well this week?

• Pack of 10 Luxury Wedding Thank You Cards
• Top Gear Lunchbag & Aluminium Bottle
• Ben 10 Alien Force Lunchbag & sports Bottle
• Cars Race O Rama School Bag
• Hannah Montana Glitter & shine Pencil Case Set
• Ben 10 Alien Force Barrel Pencil Case
• Me to You Wedding Gift Thank you Cards - Pack of 10
• Worlds Greatest Mummy Mug & Coaster
• Disney Princess Chandelier Single Duvet
• Star Wars Clone Wars Son Birthday Card

We hope you enjoy your visit to our store and look forward to welcoming you back very soon.

Top Gear Merchandise available now!

Top Gear is a BBC television show all about cars and other vehicles. Top Gear is presented by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May. As for the man in the white racing suit and crash helmet who pushes cars to their limits around their race track - some say his watch goes up to 14 and that he thinks the credit crunch is a new type of breakfast cereal. All we know is, he's called The Stig!

It seems The Stig is the latest craze and with the introduction of our first Top Gear products a few weeks ago we have been asked time and time again for more 'Stig' merchandise....so we are delighted to advise that we now have in stock more Top Gear products for you.

• Top Gear Wall Clock
• Top Gear 'The Stig' Pen
• Top Gear 'The Stig' Keyring/Torch
• Top Gear 'The Stig' Pen & Keyring (with torch) Set
• More of the Top Gear Lunchbags & Aluminium Bottles

Delivery is only £3.95 for as many Top Gear products as you like so go on treat yourself or the Top Gear fan in your life!

More Christmas Cards in stock!

Christmas is now only 18 weeks away and more and more people are getting organised and starting to buy their Christmas cards and gifts.

Within the next couple of weeks we will be fully stocked with our 2009 Christmas cards; in the meantime most of our Christmas Card packs are already in stock.

Many of our Christmas card packs support worthy charities such as Childline, Cancer Research, RSPCA, Save the Children, Wateraid and more...

We have traditional Christmas cards, humorous Christmas cards, contemporary Christmas cards and cute Christmas cards so there should be a design to suit most tastes.

Our packed Christmas cards start from just £3.99 for a box of 12 so you can get great value for money as well!

Happy Christmas shopping!