This month the Let’s get Hopping team are focusing on returning favourites. These are stamp sets or bundles that have carried over to the new catalogue and I thought I would highlight the Sweet Strawberry bundle which is STILL available with 10% off! I wanted to show you a different look to this bundle by creating a Vintage Sweet Strawberry patch. So here is my card, I think you’ll agree… Read More »
I couldn’t resist another play with the Simply Elegant suite this morning during my Facebook Live. It is such a gorgeous suite and I’m absolutely in love with the papers. This morning I wanted to introduce another colour and plumped for my favourite In-colour, Soft Succulent to marry together with the gorgeous Golds. I was case’ing my own card that I made during my Team Challenge night which takes place… Read More »
I have a fabulous card to show you today that I made on my Facebook Live. I say fabulous, because it uses the most gorgeous foiled papers from the Simply Elegant suite. These papers have to be seen to be appreciated so do watch the video. They are absolutely gorgeous and have copper, silver and gold foils, some all on the one design! Here is the front of the card.… Read More »
Welcome to this month’s Stampin Creative Blog Hop where we have challenged ourselves to follow a sketch. I’ve been playing with the upcoming Hand-Penned suite for a swap I’m involved in and couldn’t resist having another play for this challenge. I love this suite so much and if I’m honest, it was a last minute addition to my pre-order – thank goodness I added it!! Here is the sketch that… Read More »
Welcome to this month’s Let’s Get Hopping Blog Hop where we are inspired by colours or patterns in our Home Decor/Clothing/Life. Now if you know me, you would know I love a Stripe! Whilst my Team is affectionately known as the Aces and Diamonds, we go by the White Stripes when on tour. You only have to take a look at these photos to see why! Spoiler alert – I… Read More »
It was my son’s birthday recently – I can’t believe the little boy that came to Onstage with me at 6 weeks old, is now 6 years old!!! How time flies! He’s my baby so I think it’s harder for the last one to grow up – harder for the parents I mean, he can’t wait to be older of course. He is currently into all things army so his… Read More »
For my weekly Facebook Live on Monday, I decided to go vintage with Hydrangea Haven. I had been playing with the bundle all weekend to design cards for my Easter Bingo Night. The cards I have designed for Bingo are using the brighter colours in the suite, but for this one I used the Mossy Meadow gingham DSP piece as my inspiration. By using Very Vanilla cardstock together with a… Read More »
It’s the last Thursday of the month so time for some Birthday Fun with the Stampin’ Creative team. This month I have a monochrome card for you that was the product of one of my Sunday night challenges with my team. We challenged ourselves to make monochrome cards – I repeated this on my weeklyFacebook live the next day, but this was the original card. I have to admit when… Read More »
I had a totally different card planned for my Facebook Live on Monday, but during an evening stroll in the garden, I spotted a few feathers and had a flash of inspiration for an Easter Egg card with the Balloon Bouquet punch… I also remembered a card I had seen from one of our Artisans, TammyWilson, and knew what I wanted to try. You may think my finished card bears… Read More »
Only a few weeks to go until Easter – are you ready? Do you have all your eggs in one basket, or do you have a basket at all?! In today’s post, I have these perfect, super-cute, super-easy Easter Bunny Baskets for you using the All Dressed Up Dies and the Double Oval Punch which makes the perfect Bunny ears. Don’t you just love him? My kids have already… Read More »
Welcome to the Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop where we are sharing our Easter projects. Of course, I love sending cards, I’m a Stampin’ Up demonstrator, but especially this year when we still aren’t able to travel freely and see friends and family. Here I’ve chosen to make a fun Happy Easter card with the gorgeous Circle Celebrations in fresh, Spring colours. It’s such a fun set, you may have seen… Read More »
In this my Team challenge this week, we challenged ourselves to make some Monochrome cards. My own card coupled with one of my Downline’s card proved to be the inspiration behind my projects for my weekly Facebook Live, Monochrome Madness. I started off by using the more monochrome patterns in the Dandy Garden DSP in the same way as my Sunday card. I particularly love Misty Moonlight and have to… Read More »
For my usual Facebook Live this week, I chose the very fun Circle Celebration. I had used it the night before on my Team Colour Challenge where I made an Easter card in the subtle colours of Spring, So Saffron, Highland Heather and Pear Pizzazz. I will save that for a future post 😉 On Monday, I decided to use a similar format to create a St. Patrick’s Day card.… Read More »
Welcome to my blog which is an accompanying post to this month’s Stamp Around UK Video Hop. Our challenge this month was to create projects featuring our favourite DSP – and what a challenge that was!! Not the projects of course, but to choose which was my favourite DSP of course!! I have so many favourites, like good old Bruce Forsyth, but the one I’m working with the most, at… Read More »
It’s the final Thursday of the month, so it must mean it’s time for the Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop! This month our theme is Glitter and Glamour and I must admit I was first stumped. But then, out of the corner of my eye, I spied one of our Sale-a-bration sets, Approaching Perfection, that was out on my desk and decided to make a couple of very glamorous Birthday… Read More »
I had to share with you the card I created this morning for my Facebook live session. I cased my own design from my event on Friday night. This time I used the fabulous Whale of a Time suite to create a fun shaker card. I’ve had this suite since the summer, yet this is the first time I created a Whale of a Time shaker card. Having a full… Read More »
I was just about to head out the door a few days ago when I heard my friends beloved pet had passed away. I didn’t have one already created in my stash, but had the perfect DSP so created a Playful Pets sympathy card. As always, the fact that Stampin’ Up’s DSP coordinates perfectly with the cardstock means that you can whip up a gorgeous card in mere seconds. The… Read More »
On my weekly Facebook Live, I chose to use the Sweet Strawberry bundle which is my featured set for my March Cards and a Cuppa class series. Here is the first card I’ve made with it, keeping it sweet and simple with Sweet Strawberry. Instead of using the infill stamps for the strawberry, I wanted to use the Stampin’ Blends. However, I opted for the normal infill stamps for the… Read More »
During my Sunday night team challenge, we decided to focus on the theme of ‘Creatures’; think Donkeys, Turtles, Birds, Sharks etc etc. I decided to crack open a set that I purchased in a promotion before Christmas but had yet to ink up. There are the cutest little bird stamps in the set. So I made a Quite Curvy Spring Wreath. I coupled this set with the gorgeous Hydrangea… Read More »
Today I am joining my first ever Crafty Collaborations Blog Hop where we are featuring the fabulous Flowering Cactus Product Medley. I held an event a little while ago featuring this medley and I thought I would share one of the cards we created during the event. You can see another card I made here, but for now here is my Flowering Cactus Birthday Card. The papers (48 sheets… Read More »