This is the final week of the Stampin’ Up!’s September Special Offers with savings of 25% on the following selected Annual Catalogue products! These Special Offers are only available at this special price until Wednesday 21st September. Project Life is part of this sale too. Now is a great time to give it a go! Or… Read More »
When card making you need to cut and score card. To create a nice crisp fold, it is best to score it first. I find the Metric Plate on the Simply Scored the best for this. Then press along the fold with your Bone Folder. And if you need to score half of that again, the Metric… Read More »
Yesterday Stampin’ Up! up added new items to the Clearance Rack. This is retired product at very discounted prices! It is only while stocks last so make the most of these great prices. Packs of cardstock are already sold out, so don’t delay. Order online and use my current Host Code, BSQQEYTA. Shipping may cost a little more… Read More »
Here is a Captain America Shield swing card which I made for my son, Jonathan for his 12th birthday. I used the Circle Card Thinlits Die which is now retired, but it was perfect for the circle shaped shield. The colours I have used are Pacific Point, Real Red and Whisper White. The numbers are… Read More »
Do you like paper-crafting? Perhaps card making, scrapbooking, project life, or making gift boxes? Do you love using Stampin’ Up! products? Have you ever considered becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator? I initially joined up for the discount and so the profit I made from any sales could pay for my hobby. I also liked the… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! have some Special Offers for this month. You can save 25% on selected Annual Catalogue products until 21st September! There will be new products on sale every week, for the next three weeks. Check each week on Thursday as the discounted products will change weekly. Here are this week’s discounted products: … Read More »
Over a week ago I had a Sunday afternoon class and one of the cards we made was a watercolour emboss resist card featuring the Thoughtful Branches bundle. This card was not an original idea, but one created by Stampin’ Up! They provided us Demonstrators with a set of class instructions for three different creations… Read More »
The Thoughtful Branches stamp set and dies are very versatile. Here are some cards with beautiful flowers in a range of colours made with the Thoughtful Branches bundle. These cards are actually quite quick and simple to make. It involves some stamping, die cutting and texture embossing. Do you notice the difference between these two… Read More »
The Thoughtful Branches tree featured here is in Sweet Sugarplum, one of my new favourite Stampin’ Up! colours. Supplies: Stamp Sets: Thoughtful Branches* Ink: Sweet Sugarplum, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip Paper & Cardstock: Sweet Sugarplum, Soft Suede, Whisper White Other: Big Shot, Beautiful Branches Thinlits Dies*, Stampin’ Trimmer, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Dimensionals *Thoughtful Branches Bundle… Read More »
The Rock & Roll technique has been around for a while, but perhaps something we haven’t seen in a while. Today’s card with the leaves from the Thoughtful Branches Bundle shows off this technique. If you look carefully at the leaves, they are a darker green around the outside. This card was cased from my upline, Julia… Read More »
The new Holiday Catalogue will be here from Thursday 1st September! I will be having an Open House New Holiday Catalogue Launch to share this wonderful new catalogue with you. This is a great opportunity for you to see some of the wonderful new stamp sets and other products for Christmas as well as other seasonal… Read More »
A little while ago I made this 60th Pop Out Swing Card for a friend. I used two of the new In Colours, Sweet Sugarplum and Dapper Denim. I think Sweet Sugarplum is my favourite new In Colour, although Dapper Denim is very close behind. The Number of Years Stamp Set is a great one… Read More »
Yesterday I shared with you two projects from Extravaganza. Here are the final two. The first project is a card featuring the Blooms and Bliss Suite on pages 138 and 139 of the Annual Catalogue. The card features the Blooms and Bliss Designer Series Paper and it has an Origami folded leaf. The belly band… Read More »
The Extravaganza was a couple of weeks ago and I still haven’t had a chance to share all the projects with you. It was a busy two weeks with the school holidays. I taught two Kids’ classes and then the Extravaganza event was in the middle weekend. I also enjoyed some time with my kids… Read More »
Here is a wonderful range of colourful Baby Bears. These bears have been stamped with the three-step stamping from the Baby Bear Stamp Set. On Wednesday I shared with you a traditionally coloured bear on a Z Fold Card, but these photos today show you that you that you can create all sorts of wonderful… Read More »