This week at The Global Design Project we have a sketch to follow. If I’m honest, I’d say I use variations of this particular layout for about half the cards I make. This time I tried to make something a little different to what I would normally make. I think I’ve achieved that by breaking into my brand new FREE Sale-a bration set, All Adorned. I’ve kept a… Read More »
It’s the last Thursday of the month so time for hopping with the Stampin’ Creative Crew. Our theme this month is Springtime which is so timely considering our recent warm UK weather. I decided to create some Wonderful Romance Springtime Blooms in the colours of the suite – I do hope you like them. You may well have arrived from Gina at Emerald Creations or this may well be your… Read More »
Welcome to this month’s Enjoy the Little Things in Life Video Blog Hop. We are showcasing some of our favourite techniques or techniques that we’ve always wanted to try. My project this month uses a tool I rarely pick up and a technique I should use more because the effects are beautiful. So, this month, I am showcasing a Sponge Brayer Blending Technique video tutorial and I hope you find… Read More »
Welcome to the February Blog Hop for the Scrapbooking Global team where I have the honour of being the Guest Designer. I got to choose the theme and with Valentines Day being in February, I opted to make a Love and Marriage Scrapbook page. For those of you who know me you will know that this page is very special to me as I lost both my parents within… Read More »
This week over at CASE-ing Tuesday, we are asked to be inspired by the following design. As I’m a Last-minute Lucy, I thought I would take this opportunity to surprise my kids with some Valentines cards. When they home from school after their swimming lessons, they will find a handstamped Valentine’s card waiting for them at their places for dinner. So I took the main look of the card and… Read More »
This week at The Global Design Project we are casing the fabulous Steffi Helmschrott – I just love her style. She has an amazing rainbow card to case which made me want to make some Pop of Petals Butterflies. Here is Steffi’s card… and here was what her creation inspired me to make. I used several rainbow colours and embossed the Butterfly from Pop of Petals in white. It’s… Read More »
This week’s challenge at the Global Design Project has a theme of Down the Garden Path. I thought I would share the Fabulous Floral Romance suite that I used to make a card for the Sunday class at our recent WLCR Crafty Escape to the Country. There was a choice of making a piece of Home Decor, a set of cards, or even both! Most people opted for both so… Read More »
The Let’s Get Hopping team are taking up Stampin’ Ups #simplestamping challenge with our hop this month. When you hop around us all, you will see some #simplestamping ideas for Thank you cards, Birthdays and even Valentines. We don’t do Valentines here in the UK like in other countries. You can give a card to your husband/wife, girlfriend/boyfriend or when you were school age, your secret crush, but we don’t… Read More »
I took part in a quick Facebook challenge today called Case-ing Tuesday. The challenge co-ordinator puts up a card to case every week and we make our own version inspired by the card. The original card uses Happiness Blooms so I was inspired to mix it up a little and make a Happiness Blooms Thank you card. Here was the original card from the Stampin’ Up! catalogue and the… Read More »
Welcome to this months Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where our theme is Simple Stamping. I’ve chosen to showcase my Simple Stamping with Floral Romance, a set I would probably have overlooked if I were not using it for my upcoming WLCR retreat this weekend. Now that I’ve worked with it, I just love it! But first a welcome to you. You may have arrived from Kim over at Simply Fairies… Read More »
I set myself a challenge to do some simple stamping this year. It is a real challenge for me but a challenge that Stampin’ Up! themselves started at our last Onstage, so I had to give it a go. I wanted to do some simple stamping with Amazing Life, which was a set we received in our goody bags last Onstage. I don’t think my cards or my style is… Read More »
A very quick one today to let you know about our upcoming Weekend Crafty Escape. I’m going to leave you with the graphics which explain it all. However just to be clear, we have three packages available. WLCR Spring Crafty Escape to the Country options Option 1 – I want to craft ALL weekend! Includes Option 2 and Option 3 – £215* (£80 payable direct to the hotel) Option 2 – I… Read More »
I made a batch of sympathy cards recently and thought I would share them with you. Some of the products used are now retired (DSP and ribbon) but are easily swapped out for current products, or products in your own stash. This DSP in Berry Burst was in our 2017-2018 catalogue but I loved the Ombre look. We have similar papers in this years catalogue, or you could achieve a… Read More »
I realise it’s quite a while since my last post and if you don’t follow me on Facebook, you may not realised why I have been missing in action. Unfortunately, my dear father passed away just before Christmas – this was just four and a half months after my Mum passed away this Summer. The last few weeks have been especially hard. We had been preparing ourselves for Christmas without… Read More »
We recently celebrated a milestone birthday in our family, so it was time to make a very special Birthday card. It took a brave cut of the Broadway Bound DSP – this number page is my favourite! I made an extra large Birthday card so all the family could sign it. Sometimes I find it easier to cut the DSP when it’s for a larger project – do you find… Read More »
Apologies that this post is a little late today – but I’m back with a Simple Stamping project using Star of Light. Did you know that we have lots of Christmas stamps in our Annual catalogue too? This set also has a set of matching thinlit dies but for my Simple Stamping project today, I am just going to use the Star of Light set. This card is perfect for… Read More »
Welcome to the ‘For the Love of Creating with SU’ Blog Hop. We are a group of demonstrators around the world who come together once a quarter showcasing some fab new products from Stampin’ Up! You may have arrived from Sarah Fleming or this may well be your first stop but either way, you are very welcome with me, Eimear Carvill, at Stamp in Colour in the UK. I have chosen… Read More »
Hello and welcome to this month’s Enjoy the Little Things in Life Video Blog Hop. We are a group of demonstrators around the world who come together once a month to give you inspiration and help you with your creativity by showing you a few hints and tips through our videos. This month we are showcasing anything we fancy! I’ve chosen to show you a set that we received at… Read More »
This is the second of my Simple Stamping series where I am going to show you a quick easy card with either very little or very easy stamping. This All is Bright simple card is perfect for beginners but equally perfect for everyone at this time of the year. There are many of us, myself included, who have left their cards to the very last minute. This design is perfect… Read More »
It’s almost Christmas – can’t actually believe I’m writing that sentence!! So our theme this month with the Stampin’ Creative crew is White Christmas. This could be taken literally or loosely – I’ve gone for the latter and made a White Christmas wreath. I would also like to welcome the very lovely Emilie Poncelet to our hop this morning all the way from Canada. I’ve modelled it on a wreath… Read More »