It’s time for the very last Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop of 2020 – I could blether on about the state of 2020 but I think we should probably just let it slip away quietly without a fuss! We chose our theme of Celebrations way back at the beginning of the year when Celebrations seemed a fitting theme for a December 31st Blog Hop. Yet as of this morning, my area… Read More »
I’ve managed to get my ducks in a row and participate in this month’s Lets Get Hopping Blog Hop with our theme of One for the Boys. It’s so good to be back and to showcase the first suite I bought from the Annual Catalogue for my masculine card today. World of Good is a fabulous suite and still a firm favourite of mine! You may have arrived from Nina… Read More »
I have exciting news for you of an up and coming Virtual Card Class using the Looking Up card kit. This is a picture from our catalogue of all the supplies you will receive in the kit. You can make 15 cards – 3 each of 5 different designs. However, for those of you who purchase the kit using my Rainbow Rewards Shopping code, I will be sending out some… Read More »
I thought I would share with you a card I made as part of our WLCR Retreat last summer. Sitting outside in the warm sun seems such a long time ago now. This card was part of our afternoon Stamp-a-Stack session and uses the gorgeous Stargazing stamp set. I chose this set many for the dreamy Milky Way stamp but the sentiments are also great, especially for me, with young… Read More »
Last Wednesday we met at the fabulous Bull Hotel in Fairford for my Cards and a Cuppa session. We meet every second Wednesday and last Friday of the month – school holidays permitting! I thought I would share with you the cards we made during our last session. We used the masking technique to create these cards, masking off certain areas with sticky notes. With this card, we left an… Read More »
I won the fabulous stamp set, Delightful Day, at our recent Onstage 2019 gathering in Telford. It’s a great new set; perfect for tags and packaging treats but also works great for cards too. I used a couple of Subtle family colours that I rarely use, just for a change. Tips and Tricks for my Delightful Day Congratulations Card This is a layout I revisit often. You can see a… Read More »
I was asked to make a couple of wedding anniversary cards for a friend to celebrate some milestone wedding anniversaries. I turned to some retiring (and maybe a couple of retired) products. Goodbyes are never easy, but I know I will have some new favourites very soon once the new catalogue comes out. Wedding Anniversary Card no 1 My first anniversary card uses some retired DSP from Sale-a-bration last year.… 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 »
While we were at our recent Onstage gathering, we were reminded that not all of our class attendees have craft stashes the same size as ours! What?!! No, I jest! I know I am lucky to have lots of space and a lot of stash but we were reminded to go back to our roots and try some simple stamping. This is not easy for me! My supply lists are… Read More »
This week’s challenge at the Global Design Project is a colour challenge. Fresh Fig, Grapefruit Grove and Mint Macaron. I’m typing this up on my phone as my computer has died so not sure how to copy across the GDP graphic, hence the list of challenge colours. When I saw these colours I immediately thought of Tropical Chic. Here was what I came up with Tips and Tricks for my… Read More »
If you’ve seen my last few posts, then it’s no secret that I love the Hold on to Hope bundle – but how about a Hold on to Hope Congratulations card? I just had to use my current favourite for my Onstage 2018 swaps. I had used a sponged background recently for team swaps and also for an Easter card that I posted a few weeks back. This effect is… Read More »
We have some fabulous sets coming your way in Stampin’ Up’s brand new Spring Summer 2018 catalogue and Picture Perfect Birthday is no exception. When Jen announced Celebration as the theme for this hop I really wanted to use this set. We received it during our Onstage gathering in April and I especially love this sentiment . It was used as a table decoration at our Silver Elite and… Read More »
I am delighted to be taking part in the third Let’s Get Hopping Blog Hop where our theme is Back to Basics. We are a group of demonstrators from around the world brought together by our love of papercrafting, blogging and of course Stampin’ Up! Our aim this month is to show you that simple stamping can still be stunning without fancy effects. Some of us found this month’s “Back… Read More »
Last night was team night for my team of Aces and Diamonds. We meet once a month for crafting, chat, craic and cheese – lots of cheese!! Did you know that cheese is the perfect companion to crafting?! Some people will disagree with me and say it’s chocolate – don’t believe them!! It’s cheese all the way for the Aces and Diamonds!! I do provide cake for my classes though… Read More »
This week’s challenge at the Global Design Project is to case the very talented Tanja Kolar. I decided to create an Inspirational/Good Luck card using Perfect Days from our Memories and More range together with the fabulous You’re Priceless. I particularly love this set because my own team of Stampin’ Up demonstrators are the Aces and Diamonds, so it’s just perfect for us! Here is the card from Tanja to inspire… Read More »
Two blog posts in one day!!! Wonders will never cease! I didn’t get a chance to show you this yesterday and today is of course, the Stampin’ Creative blog hop day, so I just had to blog twice!! This week’s challenge at the Global Design Project was Fairground – but the images used in the title image teaser pictured below made me think more of circus with the Big Top… Read More »
Just a quick project share today as we recently celebrated a Silver Promotion in my team of Aces and Diamonds and I made my lovely downline, Caroline, a card bursting with silver to congratulate her. I used the Sunburst Thinlits and the matching Sunburst Sayings together with the Pop of Pink Speciality DSP. I also went all out with silver embellishments, with silver foil sheets, silver glimmer paper and I… 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 »
A quick post to add my card to CAS Challenge no 151. This week was a challenge for me as these are three colours I would not have put together myself and hope I have done them justice, as individually I love them all! Here are the three colours And here is the card I came up with. It uses one of the oldest sets in my collection (which… Read More »
Weekend = Challenges! This is becoming my Saturday afternoon habit – sending the kids out and getting some challenge time and me-time. This week I decided to try the Chevron Challenge at Addicted to CAS combined wit the sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. SO here is my card. I’ve used the fabulous Calypso Coral Chevron washi tape from the Let’s Get Away Project Life Accessory pack as my Chevron element and… Read More »