Good morning and welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where our theme is Birthday Bonanza! You may have arrived from Pip at Queen Pip cards or this may well be your first stop, either way you very welcome to Stamp in Colour with me, Eimear Carvill. I am based just outside Swindon in Wiltshire and am delighted to showcase the Birthday Bright Project Kit for you this morning.… Read More »
My father and my hero, will celebrate his 90th Birthday next week. He is a total inspiration to me and always has been. We are having a small family gathering as he didn’t really want a big fuss, but I still wanted to create some special invitations so here they are all lined up … We had decided to go with the colour scheme of Black White and Gold.… Read More »
I have neglected to join in on a challenge for quite a while now, so after seeing the latest challenge on the Global Design Project I decided it was time! This week we are CASE-ing the very talented Krista Frattin and here is her original card. It is my daughter’s ninth birthday tomorrow and ever since I spotted the sentiment in the Lift Me Up stamp set, I knew I wanted… Read More »
I do love family birthdays but there is always a little part of me that is a bit sad that my boy is growing up! He just turned 7 and of course we had our usual family creative time where I helped his sisters to make him some birthday cards! I am particularly proud of my daughter’s card – all her own idea – based on the Mario brothers. The… Read More »
We’re getting ready for a double Happy birthday in our household this weekend and you may have seen my son’s card to his Dad if you follow me on Instagram (I was super proud!!), so without further ado, here is my card. My July Technique Tuesday class focused on shaker cards and I have become quite addicted to this style ever since! This is pretty much the same card as… Read More »
I must admit Caro’s challenge this week had me stumped. I had an idea in my head when I saw it but it didn’t work out when I created my prototype and it was back to the drawing board. Usually, a tweak here and there sorts it for me, but this time I had to think up a totally new card. Here is the sketch we are working on and here… Read More »
I wanted to show you a very quick card I made for my son’s friend. He turned 6 recently and is a big Liverpool Football fan. For those of you who don’t know they play in red, so I rustled up a quick card using the Baby First framelit dies – not just for babies! To turn the babygrow into a shirt, I just sliced off the leg portion in… Read More »
Today was a very important day in our house as my baby boy celebrated his first birthday, so I thought I would showyou his birthday cards,. With three older siblings, he doesn’t get much choice in what goes on the TV but as his older sister likes Peppa Pig, that’s pretty much what he watches. I thought he might recognise George so I set about making a card with George… Read More »
I love sharing Stampin’ Up with everyone and that includes my children so when there is a family birthday, I love getting the kids in the craft room to make cards for the birthday boy or girl. We have quite a few Birthdays in January with my Mum and two of my children, so I thought I would share just a few of the projects we made. First of all… Read More »
I had a couple of free hours recently so tried a couple of challenges – and this time I’ve hopped on over to The Global Design Project. This week, it’s a colour challenge I was stumped for quite a whileas though I like these colours individually, I wouldn’t normally put them together but in the end I went for a pretty colourful Birthday card. I’ve used the Confetti embossing folder… Read More »
January is a month FULL of birthdays in our house so when I saw this week’s challenge over at the Global Design Project, I had not only the project but the recipient in mind. It’s my mother’s birthday on the 14th of January and I don’t think she would forgive me if I let slip her age, so Mum’s the word on that one! However, this will be her card…… Read More »
Well, that’s it! Christmas is over for another year! Turkey sandwiches are on the menu! Time to sit back and relax and look forward to spring – though maybe we’ll have winter first – I must say I’ve had enough of the rain, I would like some cold and frost (famous last words!). Anyway, in just a few sdays we have the launch of our brand new Spring Summer… Read More »
Every month, my team, the Aces and Diamonds, and I get together for our meeting filled crafty inspiration and our obligatory cheeseboard (sometimes we swap it for cake, but cheese seems customary now!). We swap cards, do some make and takes and I set them home with a challenge to create something from a given set of supplies. Being ill last week meant my own entry was a little late… Read More »
I wanted to take part in a challenge so I teamed up the Colour Challenge over at TGIF with the sketch challenge at Fab Friday. Here were the challenges… When I saw the colours, my first reaction was Halloween and Autumn and then I had a flashback to the décor in my childhood home. My own childhood bedroom was Pumpkin Pie, my sister’s room next door was Rich Razzleberry and… Read More »
My team are called the Aces and Diamonds and we meet monthly for some creative inspiration. Recently, I’ve been setting a team challenge. My team are sent home with some supplies and asked to come up with a project using all of the supplies included in the pack./ They can add any of their own supplies and use any stamp set, die punch etc they wish but they must use… Read More »
It’s the weekend, so time for a challenge! This week, I was drawn to the sketch challenge over at Pals Paper Arts. Here is the sketch. And here is what I came up with… I just received this set recently and just love the fonts of all the sentiments. The swirls remind me of Wonder Woman for some reason, what about you? I’m also thinking glam rock, disco and glitter balls… Read More »
Time for a challenge, I thought. I saw a challenge which really is a challenge for me on Simply Less is More. One layer and Male – that is probably the toughest challenge of them all for me. One layer is tough enough, and male can be difficult, but combined?! This is what I came up with I was inspired by the name badge of one of my Stampin’ Creative Blog… Read More »
Where has the time gone? I missed last month which means it’s been 2 months since I’ve been part of the Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop – it sure doesn’t feel that long! It’s almost new catalogue time, excited?? Me too! As demonstrators we have the privilege of being able to receive and order early from the new catalogues and one of the sets I chose was a set called… Read More »
It was my eldest daughter’s birthday yesterday and she had requested a Cat Birthday card! (we’re currently going through a cat obsession!!). I don’t have any cat stamps so I decided to pull out my punches and create a little punch art. I had to have a quick glance at Pinterest for a little inspiration for my perfect cat, and then had a look round my stash for the perfect… Read More »
I had a private card class last night for my lovely hostess, Nora. She had requested we make a medley of cards that she could recreate with her children as she likes to make Thank you’s and Birthday cards with them. So I was happy to oblige! The first one I shared on my Facebook page last night, it uses Little Buddy Birthday – which is my favourite set to… Read More »