Paper piecing – Umbrella Days. Paper piecing is a simple technique whereby you stamp an image on patterned paper and fussy cut it. You can then adhere it to an identical stamped image with the same profile, i.e, dressing the image. Simple and effective – like dressing paper dolls in days of yore. Last Chance […]
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Hello card – All Zipped Up
Hello card – All Zipped Up. The All Zipped Up bundle comprises a stamp set and coordinating dies. In the die set, there are components to make a faux zipper for card fronts. The sentiments and images in the stamp set are suitable all year round. They’re quite generic with hearts, polka dots and stars […]
Wishing you a Happy Easter
Wishing you a Happy Easter. How do you celebrate Easter? Do you have young children or grandchildren and mark the day with an Easter Egg hunt? Sadly mine have reached adult hood or are teenagers so it doesn’t have the same anticipation for the Easter Bunny to arrive apart from the religious aspect. Here’s my […]
Trifold card – Everyday Arches
Trifold card – Everyday Arches. Everyday Arches is an online exclusive and it’s been such a useful set because of its versatility. In the most obvious way, it can be used to “frame” because the dies are nested and I’ve even used it to make a treat box in a previous post which you can […]
Easter with Floral Delight
Easter with Floral Delight. Floral Delight is a Suite Collection which you can find on pages 33 – 37 of the January – April 2025 Mini. Spring is upon us, and often times we associate the vibrant yellows of daffodils with Easter. There aren’t any daffodils in the Floral Delight Suite, but the colours in […]
Fun Fold Floating panel
Fun Fold Floating panel. Time for Tech 4 Stampers Blog hop! The brief is a fancy fold, so I made a card with a floating panel. Unbounded Beauty is a suite collection in the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue and at time of writing it is still current. I love this suite, especially the dies and sweet […]
Fun pop-up – Textured Notes
Fun pop-up with Textured Notes. Textured Notes is a new online exclusive introduced in March. It is part of the Botanical Textures Suite Collection which has a neutral colour palette. The product colours are Basic Beige, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Gray Granite, Pecan Pie and White. Textured Notes Dies What I love about […]
Happy Mothering Sunday
Happy Mothering Sunday. In the UK today is Mother’s Day, a day to honour and remember all who have played a mothering role, yes, that includes Mums for fur babies too! I hope you like today’s card dedicated to all the Mums out there! My Mum is in Australia, and they mark Mother’s Day later […]