Autumn Days, Occasional Greetings

This illustrates how versatile the Autumn Days set is. Coupled with a different sentiment, it makes a different statement. I just scored, folded and crimped to get this effect just with a single stamp – fir cone and pine needles. I love it! Stamp: Autumn Days, Occasional Greetings Ink: Stampin’ Write markers: Always Artichoke, Close […]

Autumn Days, Occasional Greetings

This set found in the Nature section of the current Idea Book & Catalogue is really versatile. You can use it for a “Thanksgiving” card, or a male oriented card – a sample of that follows, or even a christmas themed one. I tore some scrap pieces of Old Olive toward me for the “grassy” […]

Stampin’ Up!’s Inaugural Convention in Bad Homburg

We’re back! Here’s a piccy of the European Office – not many opportunities to have the UK, German and French staff altogether plus VIPs from Head Office! Unfortunately, the lovely Paula Gory, our country manager, chose to duck her head just as I “clicked” the camera! So you have to look hard to see her […]

Convention swaps

These are some of the swaps I made for Convention. They were Whisper White 3″ x 6″ cardstock folded in half, a bite was taken out of the front of the card so that a 1 3/8″ Real Red circle could be adhered to the lower layer of card on dimensionals. When the card is […]

Inspiring Inkin Challenge #14

We had to draw inspiration for this fortnight’s challenge from the gorgeous chocolate cake above. I decided I would make my own too, but in paper so it’ not quite as yummy as the real thing! The other proviso was that we had to use glitter and I certainly have on my creation! I decided […]

Tree Trimmings

I used the large ornament from Tree Trimmings and stamped it 6 times, cut them out, stacked them and pierced a hole through all the layers, used a rhinestone brad to secure it and fanned it out so it looks like an snowflake. The matted layers had the corners nipped out with a quadrant of […]