This week was my week of classes here at my craft room. Here are a couple of cards that we did on Technique Tuesday. I have seen lots of these style of cards across the internet recently and was really keen to give it a try. I’ve drawn inspiration from a whole range of ideas and colour combinations I’ve seen to come with something of my own. It really is… Read More »
I had a private card class last night for my lovely hostess, Nora. She had requested we make a medley of cards that she could recreate with her children as she likes to make Thank you’s and Birthday cards with them. So I was happy to oblige! The first one I shared on my Facebook page last night, it uses Little Buddy Birthday – which is my favourite set to… Read More »
It’s a big day in our house today as my little boy turns 5! He quite likes Superheroes and Spiderman is probably his favourite, so I thought I would dust off my punches and make a Punch Art Spiderman. I had a quick look at Pinterest and Google for some inspiration, but I had to improvise as some of the punches used in other people’s cards were either retired or… Read More »
I have a project to share with you today using the Crazy about You stamp set combined with some FREE Sale-a-bration paper. I’ve CASE’d this project from US demo Ronda Wade (CASE – stands for Copy and Share Everything – something we’re very proud of in Stampin’ Up circles). However, Ronda used a DSP on her card that I didn’t have. Yet, I really liked the Mossy Meadow scalloped… Read More »
22/01/15 So pleased to add that I was one of three winner of this challenge 🙂 I enjoyed the Pals Paper Art Challenge so much last week, I decided to take part again this week. This time it was a sketch challenge so we have to come up with a card following the elements in the sketch. I hope it’s ok but I flipped the sketch and did… Read More »
A quick make to show you today. Sometimes, when the new catalogues come out, we are so bedazzled with all the new stuff, we forget some of our ‘classic’ sets – ok two aren’t even a year old, but you know what I mean!! I saw a version of this card by US demo Jodi McKinney. I loved it’s simplicity but still felt it had a wow factor, so made… Read More »
Two posts in one day – unheard of for me, but I wanted to take part in my first Pals Paper Arts Challenge – might I add, my first ever challenge!! Encouraged by my wonderful downline, Caroline Thomas, I thought I would try and test my creative abilities by taking part in a challenge so here goes! I’ve used the gorgeous Hello You Thinlits – which incidentally come in… Read More »
I have a beautiful card to share with you today using the Lotus Blossom set that you can earn for FREE during Sale-a-bration. I got the colour combination idea after first having seen a similar card on Beth McAlexander’s blog and decided it would make a perfect Birthday card for my Mum. I think I’m safe enough posting this card ahead of her Birthday as don’t think she looks at… Read More »
With three small children in the house, you can never have enough Birthday cards in the house ready to go. But for some reason, a Birthday party seemed to sneak up on me this morning without a card ready!! Call it a hangover from Christmas!! Thankfully, I remembered my recent purchase of Little Buddy Birthday and decided to ink it up. I also recently received Sweet Taffy DSP so thought I would… Read More »
2015 has arrived! Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? I must admit, I don’t make any ‘formal’ resolutions as I rarely even remember what they were come March! I am going to try and look after myself a little bit more, drink a bit more water, exercise a little but no ridiculous resolutions that I know I wont keep up with. I’m also going to try and keep up with… Read More »
It’s been a week since I wrote a post – sorry about that! I don’t know about you, but though I love Christmas and have been making Christmas cards since August, it still sneaks up on me and I suddenly realise I still haven’t bought all my Christmas presents and I’m running out of time and ideas, aaaaagggghhhh!! Is anyone else like me or are you all super-organised? Today, I had… Read More »
I hold regular monthly classes in my craft room, but I also hold private classes here too for a minimum of four people. Here is my room just before a recent private class began. This was my last class with this group of ladies before Christmas, so I had a couple of little gifts for them that you can see on the table. One of the cards we… Read More »
I love looking at other people’s designs for ideas and inspiration and I saw this lovely card on Debbie Henderson’s blog (an SU demo from the US) a little while ago, which I thought would showcase a lovely technique for my Technique Tuesday class. You can see Debbie’s card here – she even has instructions on how to create the card. I decided to change it up a little bit,… Read More »
Have you seen our fantastic offer that I posted yesterday? If you missed it, you can read the full details here. How about combining this offer with some Christmas shopping? Have you seen the great kits we have in our catalogue? These are perfect for the busy crafter who wants to make a handstamped card quickly, they are also great for someone who would like a introduction to crafting as… Read More »
As promised, I am back with a look at the cards we made in my recent Technique class. This month, one of the cards we made was a Stair Step card. I saw an example of this style of card on a Youtube video by Amy Celona and wanted to make my own version. It is not as complicated as it looks and is perfect for the Holiday Home stamp set. The… Read More »
Firstly, a big Hello to all my new visitors. I had quite an influx of new visitors yesterday, so I do hope you come back again and do leave a comment and let me know where you are from. If you are commutable to Swindon, do look at my class calendar and get in touch if you would like to come to one of my scheduled classes or book your… Read More »
Half term is over – phew – back to porridge as my Dad says! I hope you had a great time whatever you got up to. Just before we had half term, I held my team meeting. We like to swap cards so that we exchange ideas and see our different styles. Of course, we make a couple of cards too. Here is my first one: It was quite an… Read More »
Happy Halloween! We’ve always had some fun around Halloween as I’m from Ireland. As children, we used to have plenty of games on Halloween night such as dunking for apples and special prize filled apple tarts, plus of course, sparklers around the obligatory bonfire. I’ve never sent Halloween cards before, but with some of the sets that featured in this year’s seasonal catalogue, I couldn’t resist this year. I saw… Read More »
We had our team meeting last week and we do like to swap cards with each other. I decided to make a Christmas wreath but not having the Wondrous Wreath set yet, I decided to use my Petite Petals set. I used Petite Petals to stamp on Garden Green and punched it out with the coordinating punch. To decorate I used the little flower from Something to Say on Cherry… Read More »
Every month, I hold two regular classes – my Fast and Fabulous class where we make four cards that are not too labour intensive and my Technique class where we make two or three cards that focus on a particular technique or that may just take a bit more time. This month, in our Technique class, we focussed on the Emboss Resist technique. This is where you add colour over an embossed… Read More »