Today I am hopping with the ‘Enjoy The Little Things I Life’ Design Team,. We are a small group of dedicated Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators from around the globe. We hop together on the last Wednesday of every month with the aim to inspire you and aid your own creativity. Our theme today is Retiring Products and I have chosen to make a Quick and Easy Pieces and Pattern card and the… Read More »
This week’s challenge at the Global Design Project is ‘Just a note to say…’ which covers a multitude. The two most common cards I make are either Birthday cards or Thank you cards. I decided to use the Thank You theme for this Share What You Love Challenge Card. This is a layout I use often, in fact, I used it at my Monday class with a totally different… Read More »
This week’s challenge at the Global Design project is a Sketch Challenge. I cracked open Animal Outing for the first time, it’s a great set and I can’t wait to get the coordinating DSP. I love the font and wanted to use the ‘Welcome’ for a brand new team member who just joined my third level – welcome Catherine! Here is my take on this week’s sketch… … Read More »
This week at the Global Design Project, it’s a colour challenge and the three colours we are asked to work with are Melon Mambo, Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party. I’ve chosen the brand new stamp set, Love What You Do. I wanted to show you that it works beautifully with other colours, if for some crazy reason, you didn’t like the colours in the Share What You Love DSP.… Read More »
Welcome to the Let’s Get Hopping May Blog Hop. This month, we set ourselves the challenge of making a set of cards that could be given as a gift. I made something yesterday but I really wasn’t satisfied with my project. Being really pushed for time, I had literally a 15 minute window to change my project or I had to go with the original one. I am eternally grateful… Read More »
My daughter turned 6 a couple of weeks ago and had a Princess themed birthday party. As I’d just used the venue’s invitations, I decided to make some pretty special thank you cards for her guests. I created a Princess shadow box card that opens up to reveal a red rose and her Thank you wishes. It was quite a simple card to create and I have to thank Danielle… Read More »
I am part of a group of global demonstrators who want to showcase some last chance products for you this morning and I have chosen the fabulous Cool Treats stamp set together with the matching Frozen Treat dies for a ‘Cool’ Cool Treats Birthday Card – see what I did there 😉 I’ve also used poor old Chocolate Chip which is one of our retiring colours this year. When… Read More »
We had a fabulous gathering recently for the start of Stampin’ Up’s 30th Birthday celebrations. I travelled with six members of my team, the Aces and Diamonds. We had such a fabulous time and really look forward to our road trips every 6 months thanks to Stampin’ Up! I love making downline gifts and I think (and hope) they really liked their gift this time. It was a really practical… Read More »
If you’ve seen my last few posts, then it’s no secret that I love the Hold on to Hope bundle – but how about a Hold on to Hope Congratulations card? I just had to use my current favourite for my Onstage 2018 swaps. I had used a sponged background recently for team swaps and also for an Easter card that I posted a few weeks back. This effect is… Read More »
This month the Let’s Get Hopping Blog Hop team are showing our Love for Very Vanilla. I must admit I am more of Whisper White girl but I relished the challenge of mixing things up a bit with Very Vanilla. We do have a couple of product suites to choose from that use Very Vanilla in our catalogues. However, I thought I would try and push myself out of my… Read More »
I am so glad I purchased the Hold on to Hope Bundle. I originally purchased it to make sympathy cards for my Mum with a further idea for Communion cards for my son. However, I’ve also used the bundle to make a gorgeous piece of home decor earlier this month and today, I’ve used the Hold on to Hope bundle for a beautiful Easter card. I’m afraid as I looked through… Read More »
I wanted to show you a really quick and easy card using the Truly Tailored Bundle. This bundle comprise of the Truly Tailored stamp set and the extremely useful Tailored Tag punch. This punch is a great shape and fits more sentiments and images than just the set is is paired with. However, today I am going to show you a card using both elements of the Truly Tailored bundle.… Read More »
It’s Mother’s Day here in the UK on Sunday so, of course, I had to make my own amazing mother a special card. I wanted to use the Celebrate You Thinlits which are FREE with a £90 purchase until the end of this month. This set is so versatile with three really useful words; You, Celebrate and Amazing in three different fonts. Here, I’ve used the Celebrate You Thinlits to… Read More »
I’ve been having a clear-out of my retired items on Ebay. I wanted to send a thank you card to send with the items and needed something quick and easy without compromising on style. As I’ve been making a conscious effort to pull out some old favourites that haven’t seen some love in a while, I decided to make a Quick and Easy Swirly Bird card. I liked this card… Read More »
Welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where we are bringing you Inspiration from the Garden. I have used all the L’s in my project today with the Lots of Lavender FREE Sale-a-bration set and gorgeous texture with the Layered Leaves Dynamic Embossing Folder. You may well have arrived from Mikaela – weren’t her objects just gorgeous? – or this may well be your very first stop, but either… Read More »
Very recently we celebrated our own Magical Day, you may have seen my last post with the card I made for our Birthday Girl. Today, I wanted to show you a card that I made together with my 5 year old daughter for her big sister. We used the absolutely gorgeous Spring Summer set, Magical Day, as what 10 year old girl doesn’t like Unicorns?! I admit to having adhered… Read More »
Some of you who follow me on other social media outlets may know it was my daughter’s birthday this week. I’m still in shock that she is 10 years old – quickest 10 years ever! I thought I would share the card that I made for her together with a little gift box using the fabulous Picture Perfect Birthday. 10 candles for her 10th birthday! They’re not perfectly placed,… Read More »
One sketch – Two versions – that’s the challenge for the Let’s Get Hopping team and we hope to inspire you with our His and Hers card sets. I’ve used Bubble Over from the Spring Summer catalogue to make Pink Lemonade for the ladies and a Birthday Brew for the lads using the exact same layout sketch! So without further ado, here is my Pink Lemonade card. Aren’t the… Read More »
Welcome to the first Stampin’ Creative Hop of 2018 where our theme this month is Love and Appreciation. We are delighted to welcome the first of this year’s guest hoppers, the lovely Laura Mackie from the UK, and Linda van Wely from the Netherlands. You may have arrived from the very lovely Mikaela at the Crafty Oink Pen, where I’ll bet you were wowed with her beautiful ideas. I hope… Read More »
Don’t you feel that everything stamps better when it’s FREE, same with Designer Series Paper – you just craft better when it’s FREE!! The Bubbles and Fizz FREE Sale-a-bration paper is no exception and makes wonderful cards – even a Birthday Boy card – not a beer bottle in sight! The recipient of my card was my second child who turned 8 today. He had asked for a skateboard for… Read More »