As promised, here are more of our team swaps, this time from Alison Swann. Ali came to my very first class and signed up on the spot. She fell in love with the products and as a certain supermarket says, she thought why pay more?! If you have ever considered saving on your Stampin Up purchases, have a read here. Ali is the ‘A’ in my ‘Aces and Diamonds’ team and… Read More »
Every 4-6 weeks, I organise a team meeting with the ladies on my team, we have a couple of make and takes and we make a couple of swaps so that we have samples on hand to show customers for those of us who are business demos or simply to provide some cardmaking inspiration and see different styles. We usually have a lovely cheese board to nibble on and we… Read More »
A little while ago, I saw a card on the very talented Mary Fish’ site, that I just loved. Even though I had none of the supplies she used to make the card, I still loved the layout and decided to use my own supplies to make a Christmas version. I used the colours featured in the All is Calm Designer Washi Tape to guide me in my colour choice. So,… Read More »
Welcome to the Stampin’ Stars Blog Hop. This is the first team blog hop that I have taken part in and no pressure, yikes, being sandwiched between Pip from Queen Pip Cards and Emma from Coastal Crafter!! If you’ve come from either of these two blogs, I’d safely bet you loved their projects. With no further ado, here is my first project. The stamp set I have chosen to highlight… Read More »
You may have gathered that I just LOVE this set from Stampin’ Up’s Christmas catalogue. (You can view the catalogue by just clicking on the image to the right of this post). Honestly, I do have other sets, and I will share some samples using those in the next few days, but first another one from my FAVOURITE set. This is another card from my Technique class this week, where… Read More »
It’s Technique Tuesday and tonight’s class was all about sponging! This is one of three cards we made in tonight’s class. I will admit sponging is a bit of a learning curve but I do love the effects. The one thing to remember is to take off the excess ink on a piece of scrap paper first. I suppose it’s a bit like taking up blusher or bronzer on a… Read More »