Category Archives: Stampin’ Up Classes

Stamp-a-Stack favourites for the Sweethearts

Welcome to the Sweethearts Blog Hop where our theme is Anything Goes!!  I’ve chosen to show a card we made at my recent Stamp-a-Stack class. I held my Stamp-a-Stack on Saturday and what a great afternoon we had getting a head start on our Christmas cards where we made 20 cards!  Of course, in order to make 20 cards in 3 hours, they can’t be too difficult or labour intensive.… Read More »

Stampin’ Creative – Flowering Rain Boots Fun Fold

Hello there and welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where our theme is Fun Folds.  Just something a little different to change up the look and feel of your cards.  You may have arrived from Louise or this may well be your first stop, either way you’re very welcome here at Stamp in Colour with me, Eimear.  I’m a demonstrator based in the Cotswolds, UK and have a… Read More »

Stampin Creative Blog Hop with Nature’s Beauty

It’s great to be back hopping with the Stampin’ Creative Crew and I have a gorgeous card to show you using Nature’s Harvest which truly conveys Nature’s Beauty.  If you know me, you know I love ink blending, here’s one of my recent projects. which coincidentally also uses the gorgeous Nature’s Harvest bundle. As you can probably spot, I also used the fab Cork Speciality paper – it makes a… Read More »

Lets Get Hopping 42 – Vintage Sweet Strawberry

This month the Let’s get Hopping team are focusing on returning favourites.  These are stamp sets or bundles that have carried over to the new catalogue and I thought I would highlight the Sweet Strawberry bundle which is STILL available with 10% off! I wanted to show you a different look to this bundle by creating a Vintage Sweet Strawberry patch. So here is my card, I think you’ll agree… 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 »

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 »

Botanical Prints Medley Virtual Class

I have two pieces of news for you today.  Firstly, as demonstrators we have just seen our brand new Annual Catalogue (which is AMAZING, by the way), but this also means that we have launched our Retiring List from the Annual Catalogue and our Last Chance Products from the Spring Summer catalogue.  Some of these products have fabulous reductions and one such product is the Botanical Prints Medley.  This was… Read More »

Join me in my Virtual Looking Up Card Kit class

I have exciting news for you of an up and coming Virtual Card Class using the Looking Up card kit. This is a picture from our catalogue of all the supplies you will receive in the kit.  You can make 15 cards  – 3 each of 5 different designs.  However, for those of you who purchase the kit using my Rainbow Rewards Shopping code, I will be sending out some… Read More »

Stargazing in Seaside Spray

I thought I would share with you a card I made as part of our WLCR Retreat last summer. Sitting outside in the warm sun seems such a long time ago now. This card was part of our afternoon Stamp-a-Stack session and uses the gorgeous Stargazing stamp set.  I chose this set many for the dreamy Milky Way stamp but the sentiments are also great, especially for me, with young… Read More »

Sailing Home Make and Takes

If you saw my earlier post, you will have seen two of my make and takes from my recent Catalogue Launch Party. I promised you I would show you my Sailing Home Make and Take.  I so love this bundle and loved showcasing it.  It’s perfect for the men in your life, but equally striking for sea-loving females – I mean, really, who doesn’t love the sea?! Here is the… Read More »

Block Spritzing Technique for Cards and a Cuppa

I thought I would share my latest Cards and a Cuppa projects with you.  I hold this drop-in session at The Bull Hotel in Fairford every two weeks. My latest session was last Friday and we created some lovely cards using the Block Spritzing Technique to create sunrise and sunset backgrounds. It’s been a while since I made cards like these, but you can see some other examples here.  … Read More »

WLCR Spring Crafty Escape to the Country.

A very quick one today to let you know about our upcoming Weekend Crafty Escape.  I’m going to leave you with the graphics which explain it all.  However just to be clear, we have three packages available. WLCR Spring Crafty Escape to the Country options Option 1 – I want to craft ALL weekend! Includes Option 2 and Option 3 – £215* (£80 payable direct to the hotel) Option 2 – I… Read More »

Healing Hugs Get Well Card for my Mum

I was scheduled to have my monthly Mum and Me class on Monday and ironically I had designed a Get Well card using Healing Hugs. I have had a rollercoaster few days where my Mum was taken seriously ill and rushed to hospital.  As it stands today, things have slightly improved but we can only take one day at a time. If you pray, I would please ask you to… Read More »

Quick and Easy Class Cards

You may remember on a previous post, I told you I had used that layout recently in class.  I used it in a class that I hold on the third Monday of the month and we mainly make Quick and Easy Class cards. Here is the other card I created using that same layout – amazing how a simple change of DSP and colour can totally change the card –… Read More »

Crafting with Kids – Unicorn Canvas Art

I admired a recent post by my lovely friend Ruth Trice (link to follow). I thought it would be perfect project for an upcoming Mum and Me kids class.  By chance, my friend called me a few weeks later and asked me would I do a crafting activity at her daughter’s 10th birthday party.  Well, I had the absolute PERFECT project! Her daughter had final approval, but how could you… Read More »

WLCR Crafty Escape to the Country – Spring Retreat

Time is ticking on and it’s almost time to close booking on our WLCR Crafty Escape to the Country Spring Retreat. This is the fifth retreat that Caroline and I have run our WLCR Crafty Escape together and we are back at Lydiard House by popular demand! Our first event was way back in October 2016!  You can read all about it here. Here is what we got up to.… Read More »

Onstage Solihull 2017 – what a blast!

We wait for 6 months for these events to come round and before we know it, they’re over!! But Onstage Solihull 2017 was amazing – thank you so much Stampin’ Up! – it was a blast!! We kicked off the beginning of Stampin’ Up’s 10 year anniversary in the UK with the Centre stage event.  This is an exclusive event for Silver Elites and above and it is truly an… Read More »

Booking closes soon for #WLCR Crafty Escape..

Time is ticking and it’s almost time to close bookings on our #WLCR Crafty Escape. This time we are hosting it from the gorgeous Highworth Hotel in Highworth, Wiltshire. A feast of seasonal crafting delights awaits you and preparation is well under way for our usual pillow gifts and raffle prizes. You will not be disappointed. The venue itself is gorgeous and the food is fabulous!  It’s somewhere we go… Read More »

WLCR Retreat in a Box available now!

Just back from a great weekend with some fabulous ladies at the WLCR Summer Crafty Escape to the Country.  If you missed it or were unable to attend, we have great news, we are able to offer you the WLCR Retreat in a Box straight to your door! We have three options just like we did on the day itself: Bronze £45 posted (UK only) This includes our Daisy Delight Goody… Read More »

Mark your diaries – Wiltshire Luxury Craft Retreats are back!

We have just secured a new venue for our Summer Crafty Escape to the Country from Wiltshire Luxury Craft Retreats and if I do say so myself, you truly are in for a treat. You can read all the details in the flyer below but the nuts and bolts are….   When: Saturday June 10th 2017 (9am – 8pm) Where :Lydiard Park Conference Centre, Swindon Cost: Bronze package – £65 Goody bag… Read More »