Hello everyone. At time of writing, December 2nd is the day the second national lock down ends. Eek, Christmas is approaching and I’m still not sure if we’ll be able to meet with family and friends. We’ll just have to take each day as it comes. Many years ago, we used to have a tool […]
Wonder of the Season
Are you a Grinch or do you love Christmas? What does its meaning hold for you? To a child Christmas is truly the “Wonder of the Season”. However, in Stampin’ Up!’s world, this is the name of a special pack of foiled paper full of whimsical text in English, French, German and Dutch. By cutting […]
Christmas Cracker – Poinsettia Petals
Way back in 2013, when we had the Envelope Punch Board, I had made a hexagonal mini cracker. Now that it is no longer available, I did wonder how I could duplicate it using current card stock. It would be much easier to make it out of ordinary patterned paper, but to make it from […]
Happy Thanksgiving Day
Just a quickie post today to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving Day. We don’t mark it ourselves, but for those who do, have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. The card base is in Cajun Craze. I used the gorgeous Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Papers which has gold foiling. To make the layer “pop” I […]
Hinge Stamping Today’s Tiles
I am so thrilled with my Stamparatus, Stampin’ Up!’s own brand of stamp positioning tool. It launched a couple of years ago. Stampin’ Up! also designed stamps which can be used for the “hinge stamping technique” with their Stamparatus. “Today’s Tiles” completely passed me by, until our CEO, Sara Douglas demonstrated it and I was […]
24 Hour Online Extravaganza
We all love a bargain – 24 Hour Merry & Bright Online Extravaganza begins tonight at 11.00 pm UK time on Monday, 23 November, 2020! It finishes at 10.50 pm on Tuesday 24th November. There’s 10% off on select items in the Annual Catalogue! Do you have crafty friends who may like a crafty gift? […]
Alternative cards Paper Pumpkin
Hello there! How are you coping with the second “lockdown”? One way to keep those blues at bay was to get cracking with making my Christmas cards for 2020. Enter the global “Joy to the World” Paper Pumpkin kit – this is a monthly subscription kit only available in USA. It includes a stamp set, […]
Advent Calendar – Coming Home
I always make an Advent Calendar for my Countdown to Christmas Series each year. This year, I made it with the Home Together Dies. These dies can be purchased together with the Coming Home stamp set as a bundle at a 10% discount. I also used the Playful Alphabet dies with which to die cut […]