Category Archives: Videos

Onstage 2018 Swaps and Gifts

If you follow me on Facebook or indeed any other demonstrators, you have probably seen most of what we got up to a couple of weeks ago at our Onstage 2018 gatherings around the world.  I showed you my Onstage 2018 swap recently and even made a video about to recreate it.  I also showed you the little gifts that I made my team. Today I would like to show you… Read More »

Start the week with Simple Stamping – Santa’s Workshop

I’m a huge fan of the Santa’s Workshop suite – you may have seen it before in a more complicated card. However, I also wanted to feature it in my Simple Stamping series.  In fact, there is very little stamping in this card at all, so it’s a very gentle introduction to stamping in card making, If you had the co-ordinating framelits, you could die-cut the elves straight from the… Read More »

Simple Stamping with the Joyous Noel Suite

Following on from my sneak peek post yesterday I decided to use this layout for a second card.  Tis time, I’m back to our current products and also back on a Christmas theme.  I adore the Joyous Noel suite and just had to use the beautiful copper DSP. It is so stunning in real life – the pictures in the catalogue do not convey just how gorgeous it is. I hope… Read More »

My Onstage swaps to celebrate Stampin’ Up’s 30th Birthday

This weekend marked the end of Stampin’ Up’s 30th Birthday year-long celebrations.  We partied all over the world from Orlando in the States, to Brisbane in Oz and Birmingham here in the UK amongst other locations!  It is traditional at Stampin’ Up! events to swap card fronts and project ideas (totally optional but fun!) and I thought I’d show you the swap I’d made. After falling in love with embossing… Read More »

Pop of Petals for our Flower Themed Video Blog Hop

Welcome to this month’s Enjoy the Little Things in Life Video Blog Hop where our theme is ‘All Things Flowers’.  I hadn’t used my Pop of Petals bundle very much since I purchased it back in the summer so thought it was the perfect set for this month’s video hop. After my Christmas-themed retreat last week, my creative brain is now all set for the festive season so I wanted… Read More »

Santa’s Workshop Wiper Card for Enjoy the Little Things Video Hop

Welcome to this month’s Enjoy the Little Things Video  Blog Hop where our theme is Interactive/Pop-up projects. I decided to use Santa’s Workshop to create a fun ‘Wiper’ card.  I must admit this is the first time I’ve ever made a wiper card, but it certainly won’t be the last. I’m already delving through my stash to see what sets would be fun to use in this style.   As… Read More »

Enjoy the Little Things Video Blog Hop – Masculine Birthday card

Welcome to this month’s Enjoy the Little Things Video Blog Hop where our theme is all things Masculine.  As my husband’s birthday was coming up, it was the perfect opportunity to get ahead of the game and make a Masculine Birthday card.   It’s a fairly simple card as overly fussy is not his thing, but I wanted to show you how versatile the Broadway Bound suite is.  You may… Read More »

Enjoy the Little Things – Quick and Easy Video Tutorial

Today I am hopping with the ‘Enjoy The Little Things I Life’ Design Team,. We are a small group of dedicated Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators from around the globe. We hop together on the last Wednesday of every month with the aim to inspire you and aid your own creativity. Our theme today is Retiring Products and I have chosen to make a Quick and Easy Pieces and Pattern card and the… Read More »

Shadow Box Card – perfect for a little Princess!

My daughter turned 6 a couple of weeks ago and had a Princess themed birthday party.  As I’d just used the venue’s invitations, I decided to make some pretty special thank you cards for her guests.  I created a Princess shadow box card that opens up to reveal a red rose and her Thank you wishes. It was quite a simple card to create and I have to thank Danielle… Read More »

Hold on to Hope Congratulations Card for Onstage 2018 swaps

If you’ve seen my last few posts, then it’s no secret that I love the Hold on to Hope bundle – but how about a Hold on to Hope Congratulations card?  I just had to use my current favourite for my Onstage 2018 swaps.  I had used a sponged background recently for team swaps and also for an Easter card that I posted a few weeks back. This effect is… Read More »

Quick and easy card with the Truly Tailored bundle

I wanted to show you a really quick and easy card using the Truly Tailored Bundle. This bundle comprise of the Truly Tailored stamp set and the extremely useful Tailored Tag punch.  This punch is a great shape and fits more sentiments and images than just the set is is paired with. However, today I am going to show you a card using both elements of the Truly Tailored bundle.… Read More »

Quick and Easy Handmade Card with Stampin’ Up! Swirly Bird

I’ve been having a clear-out of my retired items on Ebay.  I wanted to send a thank you card to send with the items and needed something quick and easy without compromising on style. As I’ve been making a conscious effort to pull out some old favourites that haven’t seen some love in a while, I decided to make a Quick and Easy Swirly Bird card. I liked this card… Read More »

Myths and Magic Pamper Party Treat Box Video Tutorial

I have a treat for you today! A treat box tutorial to be precise! It was my daughter’s 10th Birthday party this weekend and we had a small group of friends round for a ‘pamper party’ . As her actual party was over 3 weeks ago, she didn’t want a cake  – we had to make ‘crazy milkshakes’ instead! But as there was no cake going home in  party bags,… Read More »

Light-Up Framed Decoration using Bethlehem Edgelit Dies

We have lots of resources to use as Stampin’ Up demonstrators when it comes to finding project inspiration. I found this idea using a different set on one of our Facebook groups from Kathryn Simpson.  Later another fellow demonstrator from my home country, Emma Fawcett made a similar project using the Bethlehem edgelits,  I loved her version and wanted to use it in a class but needed to simplify it… Read More »

Weather Together makes a fun Christmas card

In today’s post, I wanted to show you a twist on my swap for our recent Onstage Event in Solihull, you can see the original swap here.  Like my swap I am still using Weather Together and I created a fun little Christmas card by simply changing the colours. This time, I used our fabulous Stamping’ Blends to colour in the three gifts. So very easy to do and the… Read More »

Introducing the Stamparatus from Stampin’ Up!

  I have such exciting news since attending Onstage 2017 in Solihull. The Stamparatus is here!! I was involved in its development and have been so excited to share news about it and now I finally can!!  Think you know all about stamp placement tools – think again – this blows everything else completely out of the water!!   The Stamparatus will change the way you stamp, and before long, you’ll… Read More »

Stampin’ Blends are here

  I am so excited about the new Stampin’ Blends!!! If you love the look of alcohol markers but maybe find Copics too expensive, or have struggled to find the co-ordinating Stampin’ Up! colours in your current “other” alcohol pens, then help is on it’s way! These pens are artist quality alcohol markers in 12 exclusive Stampin’ Up! colours! Just in time for your Christmas cardmaking, these fabulous new markers… Read More »

Cosy Colourful Seasons Autumn Card Video Tutorial

As I promised, I’m back with my video tutorial for my Cosy Colourful Seasons Autumn Card from earlier this week.  You can see all the details of the card on my earlier post here   But without further ado, here is the tutorial.  The sound changes a little at the end of the video as I was joined at the end by my 2 year old, so I had to do… Read More »

Colorful Seasons makes the Perfect Autumn card

Last night was team night for my team of Aces and Diamonds.  We meet once a month for crafting, chat, craic and cheese – lots of cheese!!  Did you know that cheese is the perfect companion to crafting?! Some people will disagree with me and say it’s chocolate – don’t believe them!! It’s cheese all the way for the Aces and Diamonds!!  I do provide cake for my classes though… Read More »

Crafting for the Weekend – Happy Birthday Gorgeous

Another week is over and I hope you get some time to pull out your crafting supplies this weekend and relax with some crafty me-time. This week, I wanted to share a fairly quick and easy birthday card using the Happy Birthday Gorgeous set.   Happy Birthday Gorgeous This is such a versatile set.  You can create soft feminine cards with all the beautiful flowers and leaves, or  young, funky… Read More »