Category Archives: Join Stampin’ Up

Flowering Cactus Birthday

Today I am joining my first ever Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop where we are featuring the fabulous Flowering Cactus Product Medley.   I held an event a little while ago featuring this medley and I thought I would share one of the cards we created during the event. You can see another card I made here, but for now here is my Flowering Cactus Birthday Card. The papers (48 sheets… Read More »

New Beginnings with Ridiculously Awesome

Welcome to our first Stampin’ Creative Blog Hope of 2021 where our theme is new beginnings.  I could harp on about the state of the planet, but I think we’ll breeze past that without dwelling on it and focus more on the theme of today which is indeed New Beginnings.  I chose a wonderful stamp set designed bt the very lovely Ronda Wade together with Sean Douglass, our CEO’s talented… Read More »

You Are Amazing Alternative Card Ideas

For my Facebook Live this week, I wanted to revisit the You Are Amazing card kit.  The first time I showed everyone how to make the cards exactly as the instructions suggested.  But what if you don’t like those designs or you don’t like following instructions?!  You can make anything you like with the elements provided.  Today, I wanted to show you just a few You Are Amazing alternative card… Read More »

Flowering Cactus Valentine – not an obvious choice!

This morning on my weekly Facebook Live, I decided to make a Valentine’s card.  Problem was, I didn’t have any of this year’s fabulous Valentines products.  This challenged me to look at my existing products with new eyes.  Did I have something that would work in a Valentine’s setting…. so I decided that the Cactus in the Flowering Cactus medley worked well as a heart shape – so here is… Read More »

Our mini January-June and Sale-a-bration Catalogues are LIVE!!!

So excited to announce that our brand new catalogues are at last LIVE and KICKING!! The new Mini catalogue and Sale-a-bration brochure are launched TODAY! If you are in the UK, Boy do we need a bit of good news and something to distract ourselves from the doom & gloom surrounding us in the news!!  Pretty paper and fresh spring colours is most definitely the way forward. The catalogue links… Read More »

Winter Birthdays for Stamp Around UK January Video Hop

If you follow me on Youtube, you will have seen I’ve just been part of the January 2021 Stamp Around UK Video Hop where our theme was Winter Birthdays. I decided to showcase two of our upcoming Sale-a-bration products which go live on January 5th; Oh So Ombre DSP and the Corner Bouquet stamp set.   My link to Winter Birthdays was I thought this stamp was the perfect set… Read More »

Stampin’ Creative Celebrations

It’s time for the very last Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop of 2020 – I could blether on about the state of 2020 but I think we should probably just let it slip away quietly without a fuss! We chose our theme of Celebrations way back at the beginning of the year when Celebrations seemed a fitting theme for a December 31st Blog Hop.  Yet as of this morning, my area… Read More »

Flowering Cactus for a Pick-Me-Up Card

I shared this Flowering Cactus card today on my weekly Facebook Live and I can’t wait to work more with this product medley. It will be available on January 5th when our brand new mimi catalogue launches. The colours work so well together, with hues of Highland Heather, Mossy Meadow, Mint Macaron and Calypso Coral. And with cactus plants, you just have to have a vibrant sky like I’ve created… Read More »

Sale-a-bration 2021 Teepee Cards

I have to admit, I was stumped for a project to share on my Facebook Live this week.  I knew everyone was probably done with Christmas and was searching for inspiration with bright, fresh and fun products.  So was I, but I had to admit my head was still a little stuck in Christmas.  Luckily, I had a virtual crafting session with my team the night before, and my teamie,… Read More »

Give them a Gift of Cards – Feels Like Frost DSP Cards and Matching Gift Box

I made a gorgeous (if I say so myself) box yesterday to house a set of cards all using the Feels Like Frost DSP.  It appeared on the Retiring List at 50% off – not sure if it’s still there. If it is, GET IT!! It’s so beautiful, but if not you can easily swap out the DSP and the cardstock colours to suit whatever you have to hand. You… Read More »

Lets Party!!! Holiday Bingo coming up…

!I’ve been squirrelling away behind the scenes planning a Bingo Party over the Christmas Holidays.  You know there’s that period between Christmas and New Year where you have no concept of time, and you don’t know what day it is anymore!!  Right there, that’s when we’re going to PARTY!  We’re going to liven up that slump time! We wi be using bright colours and dreaming of hot summer days with… Read More »

Stamp Around UK – Shimmer Sparkle and Shine

I’m taking part in a video hop with the Stamp Around UK team where our theme is Shimmer Sparkle and Shine.  I pretty much took the ‘sparkliest’ products I own and put them together in a Blingtastic card! Firstly the Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper – I cant believe this is the first project I have used this on. It is amazing!  Such a gorgeous shade and the sparkle and shine … Read More »

Quick and Easy Gift Card Holder Tutorial

If you follow my FB page, you will have seen my FB Live where I showed this cute little Gift Card Holder tutorial. (Did you catch last week’s? )If not, don’t worry, I have a replay of the video to follow. This is so easy to make and you can make 2 out of and A4 sheet of cardstock with only limited extras needed to decorate. Aren’t they cute?  If… Read More »

Stampin Creative November Hop – Gift Wrap with Perfect Parcels

Welcome to our penultimate Stampin Creative Blog hop of 2020 where our theme is Gift Wrap. If this is your first visit, then warmest welcomes, if you’ve hopped here from elsewhere then you are also very welcome to Stamp in Colour with Eimear where I want to show you a perfect little parcel made with the aptly-named Perfect Parcel Dies!  A little background… Firstly a little background to the gift. … Read More »

Joy to the World Paper Pumpkin Alternative Ideas

I had a great class on Saturday where we got together online to make up the Joy to the World Paper Pumpkin kit. It is such a great kit – the suggested layouts are superb – I wasn’t even tempted to go ‘off piste’ when making the cards themselves.  However, I’ve had a lot of fun with the stamp set since I’ve completed the kit and used it on my… Read More »

Gnome for the Holidays in Christmas Tree Formation

It’s no secret that Gnome for the Holidays is one of my favourite sets from the Christmas catalogue.  I do love a gnome and picked up some adorable little guys on my trip to Krakow last year – remember when we could travel anywhere we wanted?! – Anyway as soon as I saw Gnome for the Holidays, I knew I wanted to do a class with them. One of my… Read More »

Let’s Get Blogging 37 – Christmas Gifts

Welcome to this months Let’s Get Hopping hop where we are focusing on the theme of Christmas Gifts.  You may have arrived from the lovely Nina or this may well be your first stop, but either way you are very welcome, with me, Eimear, a UK demonstrator based in the Cotswolds. So onto my project.  I have bought a couple of candles as gifts from the lovely Jane at Bougies… Read More »

Trimming the Town Twisted Easel Christmas Cards

Today I have two fabulous cards to share with you using the Trimming the  Town bundle and paeticularly the Trimming the Town DSP.  I shared these cards on my Facebook live over on my StampinColour with Eimear Facebook page. So easy to create as I hope the Live demonstrates.  My only hurdle was altering the church which I cut from the DSP. You can watch the LIVE again here My… Read More »

Remembering with Lovely You Forget-me-Nots

Welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where our theme is Remembrance. Of course, as we approach the month of November and Armistice Day, we remember those who have sacrificed their lives for the freedoms we enjoy today. However I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight a little blue flower with Lovely You that represents remembrance and is long-associated with dementia. I stamped the little flower several times… Read More »

One for the Boys – Lets Get Hopping 36

I’ve managed to get my ducks in a row and participate in this month’s Lets Get Hopping Blog Hop with our theme of One for the Boys.  It’s so good to be back and to showcase the first suite I bought from the Annual Catalogue for my masculine card today. World of Good is a fabulous suite and still a firm favourite of mine! You may have arrived from Nina… Read More »