It’s been a busy ten days or so and I haven’t been blogging much, between classes, family christenings and birthdays it’s been pretty busy time for us, so I’m very much looking forward to this weekend and a rest! Well – as much of a rest as is possible with 4 kids under 7 – though I can say under 8 on Sunday! So a quick post from me today as… Read More »
A very quick card for you tonight which was another on my Watercolour series in my Technique Tuesday class! It uses the Sale-a-bration set Hello which is free with any £45 purchase but only until February 15th, so if this floats your boat, don’t leave it too long. We will have more Sale-a-bration products on offer after February 15th – but don’t delay getting this one, it’s a really fun… Read More »
I’m loving Birthday Blooms – for someone who doesn’t really like floral images, there is just something about this stamp set! I’ve decided to combine two challenges this week – a colour challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches and a sketch challenge at Global Design Project. Here are the criteria: And here is the card I came up with Now I do realise that Smoky Slate leaves are not exactly… 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 »
So Sale-a-bration, or SAB for short, has just started so how can you make the most of it? Firstly by shopping or hosting an event and collecting sales! For every £45 you spend, you can choose one item for FREE from the SAB brochure. These are exclusive stamp sets, papers and memory keeping products that are not available anywhere else. But that’s not all! As the person collecting the order -either… Read More »
Yes, you heard right! Even though we’ve yet to have Winter where the weather is concerned, Spring is here with the launch of our brand new Spring Summer catalogue TODAY! And not only that, but the best Stampin’ Up promotion of the year has started with Sale-a-bration 2016!! Every purchase of £45 qualifies you for a FREE item from our exclusive Sale-a-bration catalogue! How exciting! There are also so many… Read More »
Not last ever card, but last card for 2015! This is it, the year ends in a few hours and I wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year. May you make all your dreams come true this year! Over at the Global Design Project, our challenge this time was to case the designer. I loved Bibi’s card and it was going to be difficult to do her original any… 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 »
As it’s my Birthday today, any online order between £25-£150 using the Rainbow Rewards shopping code (X9CB6TBJ) will receive a FREE pack of Baker’s twine in the colour of your choice from me in addition to my usual gifts. Please don’t tick No Contact as I won’t be able to contact you to find out your colour choice and address. I want to highlight one of my favourite cards I’ve… Read More »
Only 13 days to go to the Big Day, as my kids keep reminding me! So I thought I would combine two challenges this week and create a fun little Christmas card. Firstly, the colour challenge over at Pals Paper Arts screamed Christmas to me and Addicted to CAS have asked us to incorporate ‘JOY’ into our creations. And here is what I came up with I hope you like… 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 »
So today I am feeling very under the weather! Christmas card production has ground to a halt for the moment. Luckily, I had no events planned this weekend or that could have been disastrous. So due to my mystery bug, I don’t have a new project for you today but I thought I would share a video direct from Stampin’ Up showcasing the Pillow Box Thinlit dies. These are gorgeous… Read More »
I have a simple card to show you today. It uses the beautiful set Every Blessing which you will find in the annual catalogue. This set wil,l of course, be available right up until the end of the annual catalogue. I’ve made quite a few of these today and this simple design allows for mass production. I do hope you like it, and appreciate your thoughts if you would like… Read More »
Two challenges in as many days, I’m quite proud of myself!! It’s a bit like buses, waiting around for ages for two to come at once! Anyway, this week’s challenge at the Global Design Project was a colour challenge. I mulled it over for a while and the candy canes just jumped out at me! So I played about at making a wreath on a door and this… Read More »
I have a quirky little card for you today to enter into the CAS Challenge 152. This week was a sketch challenge and we were asked to use the sketch below as inspiration. It reminded me of Ying and Yang so that led my initial interpretation as I decided to invert the colours. I originally wanted to use something else, but had lent the pivotal product to a customer who… Read More »
We always make a showstopper piece at my Christmas Crafternoon and this year we made this fabulous Advent Calendar. I cased a project I found on Pinterest which you can see here, but I changed mine up a little as I don’t think my ladies would ever have forgiven me if I had asked them to make the original in an afternoon! It must have taken the lady days to… Read More »
How has another month gone by? Seriously, I know I start each blog hop by saying this, but seriously, this time, I REALLY mean it!! As we are approaching Christmas, we decided this month our theme would be a Festive Frenzy. Y0u may have arrived from Emily or jumped straight in here at Stamp in Colour, either way, you are very welcome. Do hop round us all, as we have… 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 »
Last week was very busy and I’m afraid something had to give and as I managed to feed my children it had to be the blog!! I had a couple of private classes and my Christmas Crafternoon on Saturday and I thought I would show you a couple of our projects. Firstly, there had to be some cards!! This was a case of my own cards that I created with… Read More »
You may have seen my post yesterday about our fantastic promotion. I thought I would show you some cards I’ve made using one of the sets, Gorgeous Grunge. And It’s a great set to colour with, like I coloured my leaves in the first set, to add a graffiti style background like my Happy Birthday card pictured above, or just to add some background interest. If I’m totally… Read More »