I am currently taking pre-orders for my Stamp in Colour Paper Shares. There are so many gorgeous Designer Series Papers in the new Annual catalogue – who wouldn’t want to have one of each? However, at a cost of over £145, for some, that’s just a paper pack too many! I have the perfect solution, my Stamp in Colour Paper Share! I propose to send you 156 6 x 6… Read More »
Time for another Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop where this month our theme is Masculine. I only recently opened my Best Route Memories and More cards for a scrapbook page . I’d yet to use to coordinating Best Route washi tape – I thought the two combined would be perfect for this months Masculine challenge. My son goes to an outdoor pre-school. This means he is literally outside all day long… Read More »
I’ve really gotten quite a kick out of scrapbooking my favourite photos recently. I don’t know about you, but I like to scrapbook a particular favourite photo and use a memories and More pocket scrapbook system for a series of photos. I know a lot of people do one or the other, but I like to mix and match. That’s the beauty of scrapbooking, there is no right or wrong… Read More »
I won the fabulous stamp set, Delightful Day, at our recent Onstage 2019 gathering in Telford. It’s a great new set; perfect for tags and packaging treats but also works great for cards too. I used a couple of Subtle family colours that I rarely use, just for a change. Tips and Tricks for my Delightful Day Congratulations Card This is a layout I revisit often. You can see a… Read More »
Saturday was International Scrapbooking Day so I took the opportunity to create a quick page of a favourite page of my little boy at the beach. The Best Route Memories and More cards were the perfect colours to match his digger, the sand and is shorts! I do love using Memories and More cards in my memory-keeping, but they also work great as quick and easy cards, here is an… Read More »
Fantastic news – we have a brand new exclusive kit available from 15th May! Wooo hooo! Hugs from Shelli has been designed by co-founder Shelli Gardner and she loves the vintage style with all things birds, nests and flowers! It is a one-off kit here in the UK, available while supplies last, but if it is successful we may see these kits available as a monthly subscription which would be absolutely… Read More »
Welcome to this month’s Lets Get Hopping Blog Hop where we are sharing our favourite colouring techniques. I love using sponges – whether it be sponge brayers or sponge daubers and on this project I have used both. The Large Letter Dies are retiring very soon so I couldn’t resist giving them one last outing on this project. I had two sources of inspiration for this project. Firstly, I had… Read More »
I was asked to make a couple of wedding anniversary cards for a friend to celebrate some milestone wedding anniversaries. I turned to some retiring (and maybe a couple of retired) products. Goodbyes are never easy, but I know I will have some new favourites very soon once the new catalogue comes out. Wedding Anniversary Card no 1 My first anniversary card uses some retired DSP from Sale-a-bration last year.… Read More »
Boy, do we have a treat for you with our Stampin’ Creative April Blog Hop as we are showcasing the brand new Daisy Lane bundle from Stampin’ Up! You may have arrived from the gorgeous Mikaela Titheridge how I just knew would have a fabulous project for you, or this may be your very first stop but either way you are very welcome with me, Eimear Carvill at Stamp in… Read More »
This month, we are using Spring Flowers as our theme for the April Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop. You may have arrived from Courtenay Heuston, (wasn’t her page great?) or this may well be your first stop, but either way, you are very welcome with me, Eimear Carvill at Stamp in Colour in the UK. For my page today, I have chosen two different Spring Flower products; the Colourful Seasons stamp… Read More »
We are just back from a fabulous weekend at Stampin’ Up’s Onstage 2019 in Telford. As it was my daughters’ birthday on the Sunday, I only stayed one night so it was a very fun-filled 24 hours! The lovely, Jennifer Holland, a visiting demo from the US organised a fancy card swap. I chose to create a Tropical Chic birthday card as I knew this set was carrying over to… Read More »
I’ve been playing with stripes – my favourite pattern out of the How Sweet it is Designer Series Paper (DSP) – to make up some Birthday cards. I didn’t buy any of the rest of the fabulous co-ordinating suite but I just loved the bright colours in the DSP and finally managed to chop it up instead of just stroking it!! I tried two different designs and would love to… Read More »
I do love a bit of punch art. In fact, my children birthday cards usually involve some sort of punch art and this year my little one’s card was no exception. I had a quick look at Pinterest for some inspiration and found this fabulous card for a Punch Art Pirate . I decided to create my own version and here is the result. Tips and Tricks for my Punch Art… Read More »
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 »
This month for our final blog hop of Sale-abration 2019 we have chosen the theme Fabulous Florals. As gardens all over the northern hemisphere are shaking off Winter and awakening to Spring time colours, I’ve chosen to showcase the Share What You Love DSP in my Fabulous Floral project today. This DSP is available in our 2018-2019 Annual catalogue and is full of gorgeous floral designs. This one in particular… Read More »
This month our theme with the Scrapbooking Global team is to create a Mixed Media Scrapbook page. You may have arrived from the lovely Liz Yuille, or this may well be your first stop on today’s Scrapbook Hop but either way, you are very welcome with me, Eimear Carvill, a Stampin’ Up demonstrator in the UK. I have to admit, I hadn’t really a clue what Mixed Media involved and… Read More »
I recently started a mew class at my WLCR retreat venue. It takes place every two weeks at The Bull in Fairford. I’ve called it Cards and a Cuppa as we make a simple card and enjoy a Tea or Coffee courtesy of The Bull – all for just £5. Today, my attendees had a choice of making these cards – either portrait or landscape, in yellow hues or pink… Read More »
We are asked to case the fantastic Stesha Bloodhart in this week’s Global Design Project Challenge. You can see Stesha’s original card below. Her row of three pretty vases was my inspiration.. I was immediately inspired to create a Birthday card with three candles in a row. The Broadway Bound bundle was crying out to be inked up for my idea of three candles in a row. Here is the… Read More »
I know I have probably flooded my blog with samples from the Wonderful Romance bundle – I would apologise if I didn’t love it so much. In our catalogue, the bundle uses a lot of Petal Pink which is not my favourite colour, but I’ve used it with the Fresh Fig and that changes it up for the better for me. I adore it with the more rich tones of… Read More »
This month, the Let’s Get Hopping team have decided to set a challenge of CASE’ing ourselves. CASE’ing is a term we use a lot within Stampin’ Up and means Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit. This means we can take a design that we see from another demonstrator, and with permission, we copy or take inspiration from the design and make our own version. It is correct… Read More »