Welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Creative Blog hop where we are exploring the wonderful world of Festive Treats – is your mouth watering yet? Hopefully the little treat I have rustled up will whet your appetite to get creative in the craft room. I thought after a hard night travelling round the world Santa may be a little tired of mince pies and might fancy a little champagne truffle instead… Read More »
This month we have the challenge of creating a One Layer Card. If you know me, you will know that I would find this challenge one of the most difficult. I don’t think my cards are overly fussy but to not use layers or dimensionals is so out of my comfort zone, but I hope nonetheless that you will warm to my Wonderfully Wicked One Layer halloween card! Without… Read More »
Welcome to this month’s Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop where our theme is Seeing Double. We are being inspired by this title to create whatever we see fit, whether that be a double page layout or, well, whatever we see fit! I can’t wait to see everyone’s interpretations. You may have arrived from Courtenay Heuston in Australia or this may well be your first stop, but either way, you are very… Read More »
I thought I would share with you a card I made as part of our WLCR Retreat last summer. Sitting outside in the warm sun seems such a long time ago now. This card was part of our afternoon Stamp-a-Stack session and uses the gorgeous Stargazing stamp set. I chose this set many for the dreamy Milky Way stamp but the sentiments are also great, especially for me, with young… Read More »
Welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where our theme is Birthday Bonanza!! It has such a great ring to it and after a very busy few months I am delighted to be able to join you. As always my entry was not without issue where my heat tool seems to have gone AWOL in my recent house move and I had to improvise – but we’ll go into… Read More »
The last time I made a scrapbook page was the last Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop I took part in – isn’t that terrible!? This summer has seen a multitude of packing and unpacking with a house move. However, I am delighted to have finally unpacked my craft room so that I can create and take part in this month’s hop. Our theme is What little Boys are Made of,… Read More »
Welcome to this month’s Lets Get Hopping Blog Hop where we are case’ing the catalogue. Case’ing is a term which means Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit – basically you take an idea and copy it exactly, or copy the idea with your own supplies or even just take inspiration from what you see and come up with your very own version. If ever you are… Read More »
The Scrapbooking Global team are back this month and our theme is Birthdays and Parties. It is sure to be a great theme as it’s an occasion we all want to preserve memories of. You may have arrived from Cynthia or this may well be your first stop today, but either way you are very welcome with me, Eimear Carvill. I am a Stampin’ Up demonstrator in Wiltshire UK and… Read More »
This month at Let’s Get Hopping we are having a sketch challenge. We each picked a sketch and we created two cards with this one sketch. I must admit, it’s been a really fun challenge for me and I can’t wait to see what everyone came up with. My original plan was to flip the sketch and twist it, but in the end I kept pretty much to the sketch… Read More »
If you saw my earlier post, you will have seen two of my make and takes from my recent Catalogue Launch Party. I promised you I would show you my Sailing Home Make and Take. I so love this bundle and loved showcasing it. It’s perfect for the men in your life, but equally striking for sea-loving females – I mean, really, who doesn’t love the sea?! Here is the… Read More »
I had my Catalogue launch party on Saturday. It was great to be able to finally share some of the great new products with my friends. I created some displays and had a BOGOF sale. Then we got to create three simple cards; my Catalogue Launch make and takes. I had everything prepped for the ladies, all they had to do was stamp (occasionally die-cut) and stick! My first… Read More »
Did you know that our recent Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin kit coordinates perfectly with the Bird Ballad suite from the brand new Annual catalogue?? If you didn’t, then step forward today’s project where Bird Ballad meets paper Pumpkin in a Double Point Fold Card! This card is a really fun fancy fold and looks amazing with these two fab products. Stampin’ Up is the queen of co-ordination and this… Read More »
Today is a very exciting day!! If you don’t already know let me tell you, the Annual Catalogue for 2019-2010 is now LIVE!!! This is the moment that most of the Stampin’ Up Work has been waiting for and I felt it was appropriate to create a Magnolia Lane Thank you card! I have not yet purchased the full bundle but I couldn’t resist the DSP in my pre-order. It’s… Read More »
A very quick post from me today as I want to show you another Paper Pumpkin alternative. I needed a Get Well card for my elderly neighbour who had a fall. Hugs from Shelli was the perfect choice. So without further ado, here is my Paper Pumpkin Alternative Get Well Card. I wanted to create a full size card so I chopped the print card in half and mounted… Read More »
It’s the last Thursday of the month and time for the Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where our theme this month is Masculine Makes. You may have arrived from the lovely Kim Fee or this may well be your first stop but either way you are very welcome to Eimear at Stamp in Colour. If you’d seen my recent post you may realise I’ve only just cracked open my retiring Best… Read More »
Last Wednesday we met at the fabulous Bull Hotel in Fairford for my Cards and a Cuppa session. We meet every second Wednesday and last Friday of the month – school holidays permitting! I thought I would share with you the cards we made during our last session. We used the masking technique to create these cards, masking off certain areas with sticky notes. With this card, we left an… Read More »
In my last post where I introduced the Hugs from Shelli Paper pumpkin kit, I promised to show you a few alternative card ideas. Time ran away with me and I’ve only had the chance to create a couple so far. These are alternatives to the original card designs – but using the exact same supplies. Come back soon and I will show you other alternative Paper Pumpkin cards from… Read More »
I was so excited with my scrapbook page using the stamps from Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin kit, that I actually forgot to show you the kit itself. If truth be known it has taken me almost 24 hours to upload my video – the perils of living in the sticks!! Bust first of all, here are the cards if you make them exactly as per the photo instructions. Well… Read More »
I just received my Hugs from Shelli Paper Pumpkin kit yesterday. I must admit that I was not expecting to love it as much as I did. For me, this kit is worth it for the stamp set alone and at £20, it’s an absolute bonus to have all the card bases, envelopes, ink spot, adhesive and embellishments included!! Today, I wanted to show you a Hugs from Shelli alternative… Read More »
I had this idea in my head for a while and today was the day I decided to get inky! I saw a Pinterest page that I loved and wanted to do something similar for this fab photo of my little girl jumping in the air. Instead of just using a stamp in the background I really wanted to give colouring embossing paste a try. It’s super easy and really… Read More »