Today’s the day! We’re off on our adventure traversing the West Coast of USA, so this is the last live post. Keep checking back on my blog though, as I have pre-scheduled posts which will automatically publish in my absence. You see, you all mean so much to me, I’ve even done some homework and […]
A Day Out at Marwell Zoo
I got an opportunity to practice using my new camera and got some cracking close ups of some of the animals. I took about 173 shots altogether! My daughter and her family have been down visiting us this past week. Marwell had fantastic play areas, this one had this special saucer like swing and of […]
Snowman Soup, So Swirly
This is yet another sample I made up for the christmas themed workshop I did recently. I used the So Swirly jumbo with versamark on Bashful Blue card stock and white embossed before cutting out the cup from a template I purchased from Lauren. She owns the copyright so the template cannot be distributed or […]
Great Friend
I’ve been itching to play with this set which I was recently given and sadly it isn’t one that we have available in the SU Eu catalog at the moment. I used the old faithful Whisper White A4 sheet cut in half lengthways, cut another piece of Whisper White a tad smaller, no precise measurements, […]
Winter Post – Double Pocket Gift Card
: This is a double pocket gift card and tag. A piece of 20.5 cm x 12 cm Old Olive card stock scored landscape at 3.5 cm x 12 cm. Using the stamping off technique I stamped snowflake randomly on front and back of card stock and folded all score lines. Adhere a piece of […]
LAST CHANCE LIST
The Last Chance List is finally here. A wonderful opportunity to grab a bargain – last chance to get sets at regular price, or at 25% off and some at 50% off. Hurry while stocks last. Have a browse through the Last Chance List by clicking on this link http://www2.stampinup.com/gb/documents/Last_Chance_UK_0909.pdf Leave me a message with […]
Congratulations card, Wild About You
So many youngsters who graduate today have such nail biting moments when trying to look for a permanent post, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to hear that my friend’s daughter had finally landed a fantastic job after a long search and many disappointments. She likes giraffes, so I just had to make […]
Inspiring Inkin’ Challenge #9 sketch Challenge
The challenge this week was a sketch challenge and this is what I came up with. This is the sketch we had to follow to make the card. We had to use colours from the same colour family plus one neutral colour. I thought it would make a nice change to use a length of […]