This is my new series of blog posts to get you in the mood for crafting over the weekend. It may be a project you want to case or it may inspire you to try something similar yourself. This week, I wanted to show you how to use the Confetti Star Border Punch. It is a great addition to your punch collection and an all year round punch, perfect for… Read More »
Good morning and welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where our theme is Birthday Bonanza! You may have arrived from Pip at Queen Pip cards or this may well be your first stop, either way you very welcome to Stamp in Colour with me, Eimear Carvill. I am based just outside Swindon in Wiltshire and am delighted to showcase the Birthday Bright Project Kit for you this morning.… Read More »
My father and my hero, will celebrate his 90th Birthday next week. He is a total inspiration to me and always has been. We are having a small family gathering as he didn’t really want a big fuss, but I still wanted to create some special invitations so here they are all lined up … We had decided to go with the colour scheme of Black White and Gold.… Read More »
I am absolutely loving the Lift Me Up stamp set and its coordinating framelits – you may have seen my daughters birthday card recently – so I thought I would share it with you in a class. You do not have to physically attend the class in my craft studio, you can purchase the kit from me and create your cards in the comfort of your own home alongside a video… Read More »
I have neglected to join in on a challenge for quite a while now, so after seeing the latest challenge on the Global Design Project I decided it was time! This week we are CASE-ing the very talented Krista Frattin and here is her original card. It is my daughter’s ninth birthday tomorrow and ever since I spotted the sentiment in the Lift Me Up stamp set, I knew I wanted… Read More »
We have a brand new look for the 2017 Stampin’ Creative Blog hop and hope you enjoy hopping around us all this morning. You have arrived at Stamp in Colour with me, Eimear Carvill. I am a demonstrator based just outside Swindon, in Wiltshire. Our theme this month is Wildlife and as we are awaiting the arrival of a little baby boy in our family… pretty much any day now… I thought I… Read More »
I do love family birthdays but there is always a little part of me that is a bit sad that my boy is growing up! He just turned 7 and of course we had our usual family creative time where I helped his sisters to make him some birthday cards! I am particularly proud of my daughter’s card – all her own idea – based on the Mario brothers. The… Read More »
Just a quick post from me this evening to let you know our technological issues are all ironed out and the Stampin Up site together with my online shop is up and running with our BRAND NEW SPRING SUMMER CATALOGUE fully loaded!! It is packed with gorgeous new products which you are going to LOVE! Click on the image in the sidebar and load it onto your device so you… Read More »
Welcome to our last Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop of 2016. You may have arrived from the fabulous Pip Todman or this may well be your first stop, either way you are very welcome here with me, Eimear Carvill at Stamp In Colour. Our theme this month is, as the title suggests, Sneak Peeks, as our brand new Spring summer catalogue launches on January 4th so we are showcasing some of our soon-to-be available… Read More »
Every month, I run a technique class. We make two or three cards that are more intricate than normal or use a particular technique. This month, I decoded to focus on another hidden gem in the Autumn Winter catalogue – the Seasonal Decorative Masks – and I showed my ladies, three different ways to use the masks Firstly using inks and sponges – here is the first card we made. Here’s how… Read More »
This is a scheduled post and as you read it, I will be in Telford with several ladies from my Aces and Diamonds team and many other demonstrators from the across the UK. It is such an exciting day and something we look forward to every six months. One of the Stampin’ Up traditions is swapping. We create a card front or element and make a large quantity of them and… Read More »
I have a great new offer to tell you about that starts today, November 1st. Not only do we have a brand new set of dies launching today, but we also have 25% off a selected number of stamp sets during the full month of November Here are the dies in action… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhpovAbU6qE&feature=youtu.be As I mentioned earlier, we also have several stamp sets that will fit these shapes perfectly on… Read More »
Just a quick project share today as we recently celebrated a Silver Promotion in my team of Aces and Diamonds and I made my lovely downline, Caroline, a card bursting with silver to congratulate her. I used the Sunburst Thinlits and the matching Sunburst Sayings together with the Pop of Pink Speciality DSP. I also went all out with silver embellishments, with silver foil sheets, silver glimmer paper and I… Read More »
Hello and a very warm welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop. You may have arrived from our Guest Hopper Heidi (thank you so much for joining us this month, Heidi) or this may well be your first stop, ether way you are very welcome. Our theme this months is Trees and Leaves and I did wonder for a while, would I go Autumnal, Winter or A-seasonal?! In the… Read More »
So as promised, I am back with a quick video tutorial for the Star of Light diorama card I featured earlier in the week here. So without further ado, here it is! I’ve tried to make my version as mail friendly as possible as it folds flat for postage, but of course, you can add further embellishements with a little dimension if you so wish. I do hope you… Read More »
I held my Christmas Crafternoon this weekend and we made several different projects during the afternoon; a mini album, a piece of framed art, a couple of cards (of course!) and an optional gift bag. Here is just one of them – a diorama card. So easy to do, yet such an effective card. And it folds flat for postage – bonus! – especially at this time of the year, when… Read More »
Pop-Up Panel cards are all the rage at the moment, so I had to have a go and make one myself. I found a tutorial from a German demonstrator for the construction of the card. I don’t speak a word of German – French, Spanish and Italian are my languages -but crafting is a universal language, isn’t it and her tutorial was easy enough to follow, you can find it here.… Read More »
Well what a weekend we just had! It was exhausting but exhilarating to organise a successful Crafty Escape Day for a group of wonderful crafty ladies here in Wiltshire. I thought I would share a little medley of photos from the day. We had a technique class in the morning – luckily noone had too late a night or too early a start as we had a full morning’s sessions… Read More »
Welcome to September’s Blog Hop with the Stampin’ Creative Crew, you may have arrived from Gina or this may be your first stop today, either way, you are very welcome. Our theme this month is Trick or Treat and you may see various interpretations of this theme whether it be a Hallowe’en project, a fancy trick or a way of packaging up a treat – really anything goes where Trick or… Read More »
Yes the wait is over, the Autumn Winter catalogue is now live, you can view it by clicking on the image below and it will be live on my right hand side tool bar from today. So many gorgeous products there – if you would like your own copy, then do get in touch. And if that were not exciting enough for one day, we have some fabulous savings for… Read More »