Category Archives: Handstamped Cards

Stampin’ Up’s Full Range of Blendabilities are now available!

As of yesterday, our full range of Blendabilities is now available.  Apologies for not telling you yesterday, but what with the amazing Big Shot promotion being launched, it almost slipped my mind! Blendabilities are alcohol-based markers meaning the ink is suspended in alcohol making the colours so easy to blend.  Our colours are sold in packs of three, a light, a medium and a dark shade and are perfect grown-up colouring… Read More »

Last of the Male Birthday cards…

Today, I am sharing the last of my male Birthday cards.  This is another one for my stepson and I hope he liked it.  I think his favourite was the first one I shared from the kids, but I have it on good authority that he liked this one too. Time was against me, which is always the way, when you are crafting for friends and family, so this was was… Read More »

More Male Birthday Cards …

I have another couple of Birthday card to share with you today as it’s my husband’s birthday tomorrow. These are  the cards my children made for him. My daughter (6) was totally in charge of hers, with colour choice, stamp choice and placement.  The little owls were chosen to represent herself, her little brother and sister.  I masked off the sentiment for her as it didn’t suit our card.  I… Read More »

Stampin Up Male Birthday Bonanza

If you are stuck for cardmaking ideas and inspiration for the men in your life then keep your eyes peeled this week.  It’s Birthday week here at Stamp in Colour as my husband and step-son share their Birthday and it’s this Wednesday, so myself and the kids have been busy crafting to get our cards ready. I doubt my stepson reads my blog so I think I’m fairly safe in… Read More »

Stampin’ Up Gifts for End of an Era

Well, it’s been a big week this week as it was the end of term and my son has just left pre-school behind and will head to big school in September.  I had a lot of people to thank both for his time at pre-school and my daughter’s year too.  So what better way than making a little handmade gift with Stampin’ Up! supplies? I packaged some gorgeous beauty products… Read More »

Stamp in Colour New Classes

July is here and in addition to a brand new catalogue, I have some brand new classes for you. My very first ‘Just for Mums’ class started today.  It’s a class specfically for Mums with non-mobile babies.  There are lots of Baby classes out there; Baby Massage, Baby Yoga, Baby Signing, etc etc but what about poor old Mum?  If Mum wants to do something fun or interesting, I know… Read More »

Stampin’ Up Blendabilities are here

That’s right, our first range of Blendabilities are available to order right now. Before I rave on about good they are, I must admit to not having used any other sort of alcohol based marker.  However, for a complete novice, I did find them extremely easy to use and the colour is so fluid and easy to blend.  In your pack, there are three markers, a light, a medium and… Read More »

Stampin’ Up New In-Colours for 2014-2015

If you are new to Stampin’ Up, you probably have no idea what an in-colour is.  I know I didn’t when I first joined. Stampin’ Up group their colours in colour families, so we have Brights, Subtles, Neutrals and Regals – which all seem fairly self-explanatory.  These colour families remain fixed for a number of years, but every year we bring out 5 new colours that last for only two… Read More »

Stampin Up New Catalogue is almost here…

We had a lovely morning today, saying Goodbye to our retiring items from our current catalogue, but we weren’t too sad (we’re a fickle lot) because we got to play with some brand new goodies from the new catalogue which is out on Tuesday!! (Can you believe it will be July on Tuesday!?!?) Here is my craft room all prepared and ready for my guests.  I really enjoyed preparing for… Read More »

Stampin’ Up CASE of Hardwood and Petite Petals

I’m STILL waiting on my photo delivery!!  It has shipped but they are still not here.  If you read my last post, you’ll know how excited I am to finally get my life in order, so to speak, and join the scrapbooking revolution that is Project Life.  But it’s going to have to wait another day as I have nothing to put in my pocket pages as yet. So, I’ll… Read More »

Last few days of Happy Watercolour

By now, I am sure you are all familiar with Happy Watercolour.  It is one of my absolute favourite sets and the source of many of my cardmaking ideas and inspiration. I am sorry to report that it is not being continued in our new annual catalogue.  That means it will be retiring on June 30th.  . I also used it most recently in my private class that I talked… Read More »

Stampin’ Up UK Quick and Simple Baby Cards

I’m all for quick and simple.  With three young children in the house, I never really get the time to sit down and craft away to my heart’s content.  So if I do end up with a couple of hours to myself, I want to be able to make a stack of cards and not come away with one – even if it is amazing! So here is an idea… Read More »

Stampin’ Up UK Private Classes

This post is a bit picture heavy, so bear with it! Did you know I run regular monthly classes here at my craft room? I also run private classes both here and at the venue of your choice for a minimum of four people.  I had a private class this week for four lovely ladies and here you can see the set up before their arrival. We focused the projects… Read More »

Stampin’ Up’s Morning Meadow is so Versatile!

Not a flower in sight this time! No pastels either! I thought I would show you a totally different card using Stampin’ Up’s hostess set, Morning Meadow. I showed you 2 cards already this week using this set in different colourways, this time I am going for Real Red. And in the year since I received it, I have to admit I have yet to ink up the little bird… Read More »

Stampin’ Up! Colour Change for Morning Meadow

So how is your Bank Holiday weekend going?  I hope you are enjoying it and managing to get some time for yourself.  We have been pretty busy this weekend with Town Fairs and children’s Birthday parties, but all good fun.  If the weather would just hold out for today, then that would be fantastic! Yesterday’s post showed a case of a card by Cindy Techlin in Smoky Slate and Strawberry… Read More »

Stampin’ Up! UK CASE of Morning Meadow with a hint of Stretch Ruffle Trim

I often hear the refrain of ‘but I’m not artistic’ or ‘I don’t have the ideas’.  Quite frankly, I don’t always come up with original ideas either!  Luckily, Stampin’ Up! have a policy known as CASE-ing which stands for Copy and Share Everything.  Sometimes, I see a design online that gives me an idea, or maybe I copy the layout with different supplies, or in this case, I fall in… Read More »

Big news from Stampin’ Up! for May and a card of course…

We have some big today from Stampin’ Up!  Photopolymer stamps are coming to the UK in our new Annual Catalogue available from July 1st!! Photopolymer stamp sets are transparent stamps that can be placed on Stampin’ Up!’s regular acrylic blocks, and the transparent nature of these sets makes it easier to line up what you are stamping without the need of a guide. To celebrate this big announcement, Stampin’ Up!… Read More »

Welcome to my new Blog!

Hello and Welcome to Stamp in Colour! I have just had my one year anniversary as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.  I signed up, like a lot of people, to get great quality products at a discount, but before I knew it, my husband was doing up our garden office and I was holding monthly classes! It has been a great experience so far and it can only get better! So,… Read More »