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 »
Hello and a very warm welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop. You may have arrived from our Guest Hopper Heidi (thank you so much for joining us this month, Heidi) or this may well be your first stop, ether way you are very welcome. Our theme this months is Trees and Leaves and I did wonder for a while, would I go Autumnal, Winter or A-seasonal?! In the… Read More »
I held my Christmas Crafternoon this weekend and we made several different projects during the afternoon; a mini album, a piece of framed art, a couple of cards (of course!) and an optional gift bag. Here is just one of them – a diorama card. So easy to do, yet such an effective card. And it folds flat for postage – bonus! – especially at this time of the year, when… Read More »
Pop-Up Panel cards are all the rage at the moment, so I had to have a go and make one myself. I found a tutorial from a German demonstrator for the construction of the card. I don’t speak a word of German – French, Spanish and Italian are my languages -but crafting is a universal language, isn’t it and her tutorial was easy enough to follow, you can find it here.… Read More »
Well what a weekend we just had! It was exhausting but exhilarating to organise a successful Crafty Escape Day for a group of wonderful crafty ladies here in Wiltshire. I thought I would share a little medley of photos from the day. We had a technique class in the morning – luckily noone had too late a night or too early a start as we had a full morning’s sessions… Read More »
It’s World Cardmaking Day this Saturday October 1st and to celebrate my downline Caroline and I have organised a luxury craft retreat. I will post lots of news about it next week as I don’t want to spoil the surprise for our attendees! However we are not the only ones celebrating World Cardmaking Day, Stampin’ Up have got some great offers for you from October 1st until October 5th. And that’s not all….… Read More »
Welcome to September’s Blog Hop with the Stampin’ Creative Crew, you may have arrived from Gina or this may be your first stop today, either way, you are very welcome. Our theme this month is Trick or Treat and you may see various interpretations of this theme whether it be a Hallowe’en project, a fancy trick or a way of packaging up a treat – really anything goes where Trick or… Read More »
I’ve been MIA again for a little while so thought it was time to enter a challenge and was drawn to the sketch challenge at the Global Design Project. Here it is It’s not a million miles away from a little treat bag I am creating for my one day retreat next week, so I changed it up a little bit and made it an Autumnal treat. I just love the… Read More »
Yes the wait is over, the Autumn Winter catalogue is now live, you can view it by clicking on the image below and it will be live on my right hand side tool bar from today. So many gorgeous products there – if you would like your own copy, then do get in touch. And if that were not exciting enough for one day, we have some fabulous savings for… Read More »
You may have seen our Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop in yesterday’s post in which I featured these projects. I promised a very quick video, showing you how to achieve the vintage aged look for your Christmas cards which goes so well with this upcoming set, Father Christmas. And without further ado, here is the video I promised. It is such a simple technique and all you really need is a… Read More »
It’s been a while since I played along with a challenge and when I saw the colour challenge over at the Global Design Project, I thought it would be perfect for a non-traditional quirky Christmas card. Here are the colours we were asked to play with this week. I’m sure you would admin that they wouldn’t be an obvious Christmas card palette, but it was the first thing that sprang to mind… 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 »
Stampin’ Up have just launched a fabulous promotion for July and August and you are going to LOVE it! Firstly, for every £45 you spend between July 7th and July 31st, you will earn a £4.50 Bonus Days coupon that you can use between August 2nd and August 31st. The coupons are sent by email and you do need to keep the codes in a SAFE PLACE. Happy Shopping! And… Read More »
I have great pleasure in announcing that my wonderful teamie, Caroline Thomas, and I are hosting our first ever luxury retreat day in the gorgeous Alexandra House in Wroughton, Wiltshire – not far from Swindon which has excellent bus and rail links. Here are all the details… So if you fancy a full day of crafting, great fun and a few prizes thrown in, then do join us. Places are… Read More »
Welcome to the Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop for June. You’re currently visiting Eimear at Stamp in Colour and a big Hello from me. You may have arrived from Pip or this may be your first visit this morning, either way you are very welcome – do continue your hop by using the next button at the end of this post. Our theme for this month is simply showing you how on… Read More »
Yes I know, I mentioned the C’ word! I know we have just passed the longest day of the year but I had a brain wave for Punch Art with the Fox Builder Punch and I just had to make it immediately to see if it worked – and it did! I thought the Fox body with a slight snip would make a good bell shape, so here is my card. and a… Read More »
After making this frame for my new niece, I thought I would spread the Foxy Love and offer a daytime class. Do check out my calendar above for details on all my upcoming classes. These cute little creatures are just adorable and so easy to make, you are going to love them. There are so many little creatures you can make with one stamp set and one punch, cats, tigers, squirrels, bears, beavers,… Read More »
One of the sets scheduled to be a best seller this year is the Foxy Friends bundle – I’ve just received mine and can’t wait to play with it. I think it is going to give the owl punch a good run for it’s money. There are so many little creatures that you can make with it, the young and the young at heart are going to fall for it… Read More »
Very quick post from me this morning, just to let you know our brand new catalogue is LIVE and KICKING!!! it is the best annual catalogue, in my opinion, since I joined three years ago! There is most definitely something for everyone. In fact, you may soon find that your wish list is very long so here are some money-saving tips on how to get the most from your money..… Read More »
I know I say this every month but I really can’t believe how quickly 2016 is flying by! Here we are in the final days of May and moments away from the unveiling of our brand new catalogue – are you excited?!?! You may have arrived from Caro, or this may be your first stop, either way you are very welcome. So we thought we’d give you a little sneak peak… Read More »