Today is the day of the exciting release of the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalogue. Yay, it is finally here! It is full of wonderful new Christmas stamp sets and other product as well as other amazing seasonal products. Click here to see the PDF (11MB). View online or download it, or click on the photo below. If… 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 »
Making a shaker card is a lot of fun and the recipient enjoys it too. You can put sequins in them, confetti you make yourself or other small shaped things. The Foam Adhesive Strips make sealing it all in so easy. You can add one continuous strip on back of your window sheet, preventing anything… Read More »
This week I have two classes. One is during the day on Thursday and the other on Sunday afternoon. Coffee Group Class: This class is twice a month,usually on the first Friday and the third Thursday of the month (during school term time). (Please note September dates are different) It is from 10am till about… Read More »
Do you sometimes struggle to know what colour combination to use when you are about to make a card or project? I hope today’s tip will help you. My suggestion helps you to use the resources that are already there and benefit from the work and research that Stampin’ Up has already done. How… 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 »
At each Extravaganza my guests each receive a gift bag with their instruction sheets, an order form and any other information they need. They also get a small gift with some lollies or chocolates in them to keep them going through the afternoon. I went with the By The Shore theme and used the By… Read More »
Leave your mark and let everyone know that your cards and projects are made by hand, with love. Available in wood-mount or clear-mount, the I Stamped This stamp set includes 16 stamps, giving you a variety of ways to say that your project was created with care using quality Stampin’ Up! products. This set also… Read More »
Last week I shared about the Stampin’ Trimmer. Like I said then, I use mine lots. Here are a few more tips that I have thought of since last week. Bonus Tips: When you are cutting with your blade, rather than press it down quite hard as you cut, make sure you hold the ruler… Read More »
Check out this amazing stamp set with coordinating dies. It is only available until 31st August 2016. And remember with the bundle you save 10%. PLUS: Order any of the Thoughtful Branches products and I will send you FREE instructions to create these three wonderful projects: Order Here If you have a Bonus… 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 »