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 »
It’s the last Thursday of the month so time for hopping with the Stampin’ Creative Crew. Our theme this month is Springtime which is so timely considering our recent warm UK weather. I decided to create some Wonderful Romance Springtime Blooms in the colours of the suite – I do hope you like them. You may well have arrived from Gina at Emerald Creations or this may well be your… Read More »
Welcome to this month’s Enjoy the Little Things in Life Video Blog Hop. We are showcasing some of our favourite techniques or techniques that we’ve always wanted to try. My project this month uses a tool I rarely pick up and a technique I should use more because the effects are beautiful. So, this month, I am showcasing a Sponge Brayer Blending Technique video tutorial and I hope you find… Read More »
Welcome to the February Blog Hop for the Scrapbooking Global team where I have the honour of being the Guest Designer. I got to choose the theme and with Valentines Day being in February, I opted to make a Love and Marriage Scrapbook page. For those of you who know me you will know that this page is very special to me as I lost both my parents within… Read More »
This week at The Global Design Project we are casing the fabulous Steffi Helmschrott – I just love her style. She has an amazing rainbow card to case which made me want to make some Pop of Petals Butterflies. Here is Steffi’s card… and here was what her creation inspired me to make. I used several rainbow colours and embossed the Butterfly from Pop of Petals in white. It’s… Read More »
This week’s challenge at the Global Design Project has a theme of Down the Garden Path. I thought I would share the Fabulous Floral Romance suite that I used to make a card for the Sunday class at our recent WLCR Crafty Escape to the Country. There was a choice of making a piece of Home Decor, a set of cards, or even both! Most people opted for both so… Read More »
The Let’s Get Hopping team are taking up Stampin’ Ups #simplestamping challenge with our hop this month. When you hop around us all, you will see some #simplestamping ideas for Thank you cards, Birthdays and even Valentines. We don’t do Valentines here in the UK like in other countries. You can give a card to your husband/wife, girlfriend/boyfriend or when you were school age, your secret crush, but we don’t… Read More »
I took part in a quick Facebook challenge today called Case-ing Tuesday. The challenge co-ordinator puts up a card to case every week and we make our own version inspired by the card. The original card uses Happiness Blooms so I was inspired to mix it up a little and make a Happiness Blooms Thank you card. Here was the original card from the Stampin’ Up! catalogue and the… Read More »
Welcome to this months Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where our theme is Simple Stamping. I’ve chosen to showcase my Simple Stamping with Floral Romance, a set I would probably have overlooked if I were not using it for my upcoming WLCR retreat this weekend. Now that I’ve worked with it, I just love it! But first a welcome to you. You may have arrived from Kim over at Simply Fairies… Read More »
I set myself a challenge to do some simple stamping this year. It is a real challenge for me but a challenge that Stampin’ Up! themselves started at our last Onstage, so I had to give it a go. I wanted to do some simple stamping with Amazing Life, which was a set we received in our goody bags last Onstage. I don’t think my cards or my style is… Read More »
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 »
We recently celebrated a milestone birthday in our family, so it was time to make a very special Birthday card. It took a brave cut of the Broadway Bound DSP – this number page is my favourite! I made an extra large Birthday card so all the family could sign it. Sometimes I find it easier to cut the DSP when it’s for a larger project – do you find… Read More »
Apologies that this post is a little late today – but I’m back with a Simple Stamping project using Star of Light. Did you know that we have lots of Christmas stamps in our Annual catalogue too? This set also has a set of matching thinlit dies but for my Simple Stamping project today, I am just going to use the Star of Light set. This card is perfect for… Read More »
Welcome to the ‘For the Love of Creating with SU’ Blog Hop. We are a group of demonstrators around the world who come together once a quarter showcasing some fab new products from Stampin’ Up! You may have arrived from Sarah Fleming 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. I have chosen… Read More »
Hello and welcome to this month’s Enjoy the Little Things in Life Video Blog Hop. We are a group of demonstrators around the world who come together once a month to give you inspiration and help you with your creativity by showing you a few hints and tips through our videos. This month we are showcasing anything we fancy! I’ve chosen to show you a set that we received at… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
I was lucky to have 8 of my team join me for Onstage 2018 in Birmingham last weekend. It’s the perfect opportunity to treat them to a little gift. I love to go to town a bit on the packaging – not least because I know, as crafters, they will really appreciate it. Equally, I know they will also love working out what I’ve used. We have the fabulous linen… Read More »
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 »