Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop – Masculine Makes

This month with the Stampin’ Creative team, we are exploring Masculine Makes.  Traditionally these are some of the cards, we cardmakers, who seem to be predominantly female, somehow feel are hardest to make.  Not with this fab Designer Series Paper and Stamp Set!  Never will you say a Masculine Make is difficult again! Just look at these fun monochrome designs!  This paper (you can click on the icon down below… 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 »

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 »

The new catalogue is live and kicking!

Exciting news – the new catalogue is LIVE!!!! You can find it all year long on the right had side bar, or right here If you don’t already have your own demonstrator and would like a copy, then do get in touch and I’ll be happy to send you one. You can email me here It’s just a quick one from me tonight – enjoy the catalogue!!

Simply Elegant Gate-Fold Anniversary Card

I have a fabulous card to show you today that I made on my Facebook Live.  I say fabulous, because it uses the most gorgeous foiled papers from the Simply Elegant suite.  These papers have to be seen to be appreciated so do watch the video.  They are absolutely gorgeous and have copper, silver and gold foils, some all on the one design! Here is the front of the card.… Read More »

Stamp in Colour Product Shares – In-Colour Club and Paper Share

As D-Day for our new catalogue approaches, I wanted to let you all know about a couple of Product Shares that I am organising. Firstly, I am launching my first ever In-Colour Club running from May until September. In-Colour Club… Have you seen our new In-colours? Are you ? Do you want to buy them all but feel it’s too much to invest all at once?! How about joining my… Read More »

Hand-Penned for the Stampin Creative Sketch Challenge

Welcome to this month’s Stampin Creative Blog Hop where we have challenged ourselves to follow a sketch.  I’ve been playing with the upcoming Hand-Penned suite for a swap I’m involved in and couldn’t resist having another play for this challenge. I love this suite so much and if I’m honest, it was a last minute addition to my pre-order – thank goodness I added it!! Here is the sketch that… Read More »

Flowers of Friendship inspired by the White Stripes

Welcome to this month’s Let’s Get Hopping Blog Hop where we are inspired by colours or patterns in our Home Decor/Clothing/Life.  Now if you know me, you would know I love a Stripe!  Whilst my Team is affectionately known as the Aces and Diamonds, we go by the White Stripes when on tour.  You only have to take a look at these photos to see why! Spoiler alert – I… Read More »

Going Vintage with Hydrangea Haven

For my weekly Facebook Live on Monday, I decided to go vintage with Hydrangea Haven.  I had been playing with the bundle all weekend to design cards for my Easter Bingo Night.  The cards I have designed for Bingo are using the brighter colours in the suite, but for this one I used the Mossy Meadow gingham DSP piece as my inspiration. By using Very Vanilla cardstock together with a… Read More »

Stampin Creative Birthday Fun

It’s the last Thursday of the month so time for some Birthday Fun with the Stampin’ Creative team. This month I have a monochrome card for you that was the product of one of my Sunday night challenges with my team. We challenged ourselves to make monochrome cards – I repeated this on my weeklyFacebook live the next day, but this was the original card. I have to admit when… 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 »

Happy Easter with Circle Celebrations

Welcome to the Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop where we are sharing our Easter projects.  Of course, I love sending cards, I’m a Stampin’ Up demonstrator, but especially this year when we still aren’t able to travel freely and see friends and family.  Here I’ve chosen to make a fun Happy Easter card with the gorgeous Circle Celebrations in fresh, Spring colours. It’s such a fun set, you may have seen… 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 »

Circle Celebration for St Patrick’s Day

For my usual Facebook Live this week, I chose the very fun Circle Celebration.  I had used it the night before on my Team Colour Challenge where I made an Easter card in the subtle colours of Spring, So Saffron, Highland Heather and Pear Pizzazz. I will save that for a future post 😉 On Monday, I decided to use a similar format to create a St. Patrick’s Day card.… 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 »

Glitter and Glamour with Approaching Perfection

  It’s the final Thursday of the month, so it must mean it’s time for the Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop! This month our theme is Glitter and Glamour and I must admit I was first stumped. But then, out of the corner of my eye, I spied one of our Sale-a-bration sets, Approaching Perfection, that was out on my desk and decided to make a couple of very glamorous Birthday… Read More »

FB Live Replay for a Whale of a Time Shaker Card

I had to share with you the card I created this morning for my Facebook live session. I cased my own design from my event on Friday night. This time I used the fabulous Whale of a Time suite to create a fun shaker card. I’ve had this suite since the summer, yet this is the first time I created a Whale of a Time shaker card. Having a full… Read More »