Category Archives: Tutorials

Nature’s Harvest Halloween

I’ve had a lot of fun recently creating some Halloween projects – you may have seen last week’s FB Live project here.  This week, I decided to recreate one of my decorations as a card using a non Halloween set, Nature’s Harvest.   Don’t the dies make the best spooky trees?!  And how about the ‘splodge’ stamp for some spooky Halloween mist? There are lots of colours in today’s card,… Read More »

Blessed with Blackberry Beauty

This is not my first play with Blackberry Beauty but I haven’ t found the time to blog my previous creations – Back to School has hit me with a BANG!!! But slowly finding my feet (and my rhythm!)and finding the time to blog again so here is my creation from today’s Facebook Live.       I was inspired by a card I made on my Team Creative Challenge… Read More »

Penguin Playmates are COOL!!

Sunday night, as aways, was Team Challenge night and being such a hot day, I decided our theme would be Cool.  That could have been interpreted any way, from Ice-creams, to Chilled Drinks, to the Seaside, to Cool Colours but I opted for Snow and the very cool Penguin Playmates!!  Here is what I came up with. I just love these little guys.  This DSP is FREE with a qualifying… Read More »

A Good Man at the Beach

Monday is my day for Facebook Lives – I’m not a natural at going live, but I do love the interaction of those watching. This week was a bit of a cheat as I recreated almost exactly the “A Good Man at the Beach’ project I made the night before t my team Creative Challenge.  I was going to have a practice at a new card idea I had in… Read More »

Artistic Dies paired with Rainbow Glimmer paper

I hadn’t used my Rainbow Glimmer paper in ages, and I had a lightbulb moment while prepping my regular FB Live.  I wanted to pair the gorgeous Rainbow Glimmer paper with the Artistic Dies to see how dramatic the finished result would look – and boy was I right!   It was such a simple card to make. Literally add the die-cut to some Basic Black cardstock and choose a… Read More »

Pattern Party Floating Cardstock Technique

On my recent Facebook Live, I showcased the fun Floating Cardstock technique. It’s such a fun technique and I loved mimicking the stripes of the DSP. It’s a great technique to use up scraps of cardstock – we all keep them and now finally we have a good use for them! I do love the effect of the floating cardstock and matching it with this fun and bright Pattern Party… Read More »

Simply Elegant in Shades of Gold and Soft Succulent

I couldn’t resist another play with the Simply Elegant suite this morning during my Facebook Live.  It is such a gorgeous suite and I’m absolutely in love with the papers. This morning I wanted to introduce another colour and plumped for my favourite In-colour, Soft Succulent to marry together with the gorgeous Golds. I was case’ing my own card that I made during my Team Challenge night which takes place… Read More »

Easter Eggs with the Balloon Bouquet Punch

I had a totally different card planned for my Facebook Live on Monday, but during an evening stroll in the garden, I spotted a few feathers and had a flash of inspiration for an Easter Egg card with the Balloon Bouquet punch… I also remembered a card I had seen from one of our Artisans, TammyWilson, and knew what I wanted to try. You may think my finished card bears… Read More »

Super Easy Easter Bunny Baskets

Only a few weeks to go until Easter – are you ready?  Do you have all your eggs in one basket, or do you have a basket at all?!  In today’s post, I have these perfect, super-cute, super-easy Easter Bunny Baskets for you using the All Dressed Up Dies and the Double Oval Punch which makes the perfect Bunny ears.   Don’t you just love him?  My kids have already… Read More »

Monochrome Madness with the Dandy Garden Suite

In this my Team challenge this week, we challenged ourselves to make some Monochrome cards. My own card coupled with one of my Downline’s card proved to be the inspiration behind my projects for my weekly Facebook Live, Monochrome Madness. I started off by using the more monochrome patterns in the Dandy Garden DSP in the same way as my Sunday card. I particularly love Misty Moonlight and have to… Read More »

Hydrangea Hill DSP for Stamp Around UK Video Hop

Welcome to my blog which is an accompanying post to this month’s Stamp Around UK Video Hop. Our challenge this month was to create projects featuring our favourite DSP – and what a challenge that was!! Not the projects of course, but to choose which was my favourite DSP of course!! I have so many favourites, like good old Bruce Forsyth, but the one I’m working with the most, at… Read More »

Sweet and Simple with Sweet Strawberry

On my weekly Facebook Live, I chose to use the Sweet Strawberry bundle which is my featured set for my March Cards and a Cuppa class series. Here is the first card I’ve made with it, keeping it sweet and simple with Sweet Strawberry. Instead of using the infill stamps for the strawberry, I wanted to use the Stampin’ Blends.  However, I opted for the normal infill stamps for the… Read More »

Quite Curvy Spring Wreath

During my Sunday night team challenge, we decided to focus on the theme of ‘Creatures’; think Donkeys, Turtles, Birds, Sharks etc etc. I decided to crack open a set that I purchased in a promotion before Christmas but had yet to ink up. There are the cutest little bird stamps in the set.  So I made a Quite Curvy Spring Wreath.   I coupled this set with the gorgeous Hydrangea… 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »