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: Thursday’s Tip: Cutting & Scoring Cardstock »
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: Up To 60% Off In the Clearance Rack! »
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: Captain America Shield Card »
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: Join The Creative Stampers Team! »
Stampin’ Up! have some Special Offers for this month. You can save 25% on selected Annual Catalogue products until 21st September! This week’s Special Offers are only available at this special price until Wednesday 14th September. If you would like to purchase any of these Stampin’ Up! products or anything else, and you don’t already… Read More: Week Two of September Special Offers »
Yesterday I shared with you my top five bundles from the Holiday Catalogue. A bundle includes a stamp set and either a coordinating die set or punch. Today I will share with you my other favourite products from the catalogue that are not stamp sets, dies or punches. 1) Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper:… Read More: My Favourite Ten Holiday Catalogue Products »
There are so many wonderful new stamp sets, punches, dies, bundles and other products in the new Holiday Catalogue. Here are my top five bundles: Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set & Cookie Cutter Builder Punch: (Page 6) This has a great variety of stamps, santa, gingerbread man, Eskimo, teddy bear and I think very clearly made, the… Read More: My Top Five Holiday Catalogue Bundles! »
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: Special Offers in September »
Here is this week’s Thursday Tip, how to keep your photographic memories alive. Sorry this post is a day late and coming to you on Friday. Yesterday I shared with you the exciting, new Holiday Catalogue. These days we take so many photos, usually on our phones, but we don’t do much more with them. Wouldn’t it… Read More: Thursday’s Tip: How To Keep Your Photographic Memories Alive »
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: New Holiday Catalogue Is Now Here! »
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: “You’re In My Thoughts” Thoughtful Branches Card »
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: Thoughtful Branches Flower Cards »
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: Sweet Sugarplum Thoughtful Branches Tree »
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: Thursday’s Tip: Rock & Roll Technique »
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: Open House New Holiday Catalogue Launch »