I thought I would share my latest Cards and a Cuppa projects with you. I hold this drop-in session at The Bull Hotel in Fairford every two weeks. My latest session was last Friday and we created some lovely cards using the Block Spritzing Technique to create sunrise and sunset backgrounds. It’s been a while since I made cards like these, but you can see some other examples here. … Read More »
This month for our final blog hop of Sale-abration 2019 we have chosen the theme Fabulous Florals. As gardens all over the northern hemisphere are shaking off Winter and awakening to Spring time colours, I’ve chosen to showcase the Share What You Love DSP in my Fabulous Floral project today. This DSP is available in our 2018-2019 Annual catalogue and is full of gorgeous floral designs. This one in particular… Read More »
I recently started a mew class at my WLCR retreat venue. It takes place every two weeks at The Bull in Fairford. I’ve called it Cards and a Cuppa as we make a simple card and enjoy a Tea or Coffee courtesy of The Bull – all for just £5. Today, my attendees had a choice of making these cards – either portrait or landscape, in yellow hues or pink… Read More »
We are asked to case the fantastic Stesha Bloodhart in this week’s Global Design Project Challenge. You can see Stesha’s original card below. Her row of three pretty vases was my inspiration.. I was immediately inspired to create a Birthday card with three candles in a row. The Broadway Bound bundle was crying out to be inked up for my idea of three candles in a row. Here is the… Read More »
I know I have probably flooded my blog with samples from the Wonderful Romance bundle – I would apologise if I didn’t love it so much. In our catalogue, the bundle uses a lot of Petal Pink which is not my favourite colour, but I’ve used it with the Fresh Fig and that changes it up for the better for me. I adore it with the more rich tones of… Read More »
This month, the Let’s Get Hopping team have decided to set a challenge of CASE’ing ourselves. CASE’ing is a term we use a lot within Stampin’ Up and means Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit. This means we can take a design that we see from another demonstrator, and with permission, we copy or take inspiration from the design and make our own version. It is correct… 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 »
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’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 »
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 was lucky to have 8 of my team join me for Onstage 2018 in Birmingham last weekend. It’s the perfect opportunity to treat them to a little gift. I love to go to town a bit on the packaging – not least because I know, as crafters, they will really appreciate it. Equally, I know they will also love working out what I’ve used. We have the fabulous linen… Read More »
Welcome to this month’s Let’s Get Hopping Blog Hop where our theme is Anything but a card for Christmas. We are focussing on all things Christmas though anything but a card! I decided to make my kids a little treat box to hang on their doorknobs for Christmas and used the fabulous Candy Cane Season which handily comes with a coordinating punch. We live in a really old house and… Read More »
I was scheduled to have my monthly Mum and Me class on Monday and ironically I had designed a Get Well card using Healing Hugs. I have had a rollercoaster few days where my Mum was taken seriously ill and rushed to hospital. As it stands today, things have slightly improved but we can only take one day at a time. If you pray, I would please ask you to… Read More »
This week at The Global Design Project, it’s a fabulous colour challenge. I admit it took me a while to think what I was going to do with these colours. Then suddenly it came to me and I decided to use the brand new Artisan Textures stamp set together with Love What You Do. Here is what I created. My starting point was the Beautiful Share What you Love Speciality DSP.… Read More »
Time is ticking and it’s almost time to close bookings on our #WLCR Crafty Escape. This time we are hosting it from the gorgeous Highworth Hotel in Highworth, Wiltshire. A feast of seasonal crafting delights awaits you and preparation is well under way for our usual pillow gifts and raffle prizes. You will not be disappointed. The venue itself is gorgeous and the food is fabulous! It’s somewhere we go… Read More »