More Toil & Trouble and Halloween Bash

This series of Halloween cards were made for my Autumn/Winter Preview event which seems ages ago!  I’ve scheduled these Halloween cards for Friday and Saturday this week so there won’t be a Sunday share. This card uses Toil & Trouble as well as the Halloween Bash stamp set.  I white embossed on black cardstock, tore […]

Toil & Trouble #2

Hello everyone!  Yes, you’ve come to the right place, I just revamped my blog header (thanks to MDS) I also changed the background so it’s still me!  I’m sticking with the chevron background as it’s the new big thing, but changed the colour to a more neutral tone.  Hope you like the new look! Just […]

OCTOBER PROMOTIONS

Firstly Stampin’ Up! have released their best of Sale-a-bration stamp set for October.  This will be available until 31 March 2014 while supplies last. 134393  Best of Sale-a-bration  17.95 € / £13.95.    Can you spot the never before seen image?  Next up – as part of Stampin’ Up!’s 25th anniversary celebration Hostesses booking a […]

MDS MONDAY – Delight in the Day

Whoopeedo!  I can’t believe I’ve actually created a page with photos and all in the twinkling of an eye!  This MDS malarkey is the bees’ knees!  Who ever thought that l’il ole me could so easily be converted! My darling boys – read grandsons – yes, you read right! 2010 – I’m very behind, in […]

Festive Flurry, Christmas Messages

I used Heat & Stick powder and Dazzling Diamonds to add bling to this card, and gave it a trendy twist using the Chalk Talk framelits die to jazz up the greeting from Christmas Messages. We have new Silver Metallic Encore Ink, which takes forever and a day to dry and prone to being smudged, […]

Joyful Christmas

My colour combination here is Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Gumball Green and Summer Starfruit, the less traditional pointsettia also comes in this pale green. The stamp set is Joyful Christmas – I paired it with the new Pretty Print TIEF and distressed the edges, and layered it with two separately stamped pointsettias which were then […]

VIDEO – #8 WEDNESDAY’S WORKSHOP WOW Perfect Blend

Hi!  Welcome to my Wednesday’s Workshop Wow.  Today’s Video tutorial uses the Perfect Blend and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets.  There’s also a neat embellishment (courtesy of a local coffee bar) aka as wooden stirrers to give this a more authentic look! I had such fun making this. Supplies: #131392 Perfect Blend Stamp Set (Clear Mount) […]