I’m on a mission to use more of the Very Vanilla Thick card stock this new year. Oftentimes I reach for the Whisper White, and the Very Vanilla Thick gets forgotten! This Flowering Desert stamp set can be so easily overlooked – but whether you like succulents or not, this stamp set has its merits! […]
Category Archives: Card making, Fun Folds, technique
Inspiration from Catalogue
Did you know that the catalogue is a fantastic source of inspiration? It’s not just pretty pictures to show off the stamps – it can be tweaked and made your own and you merely use their samples as a springboard! Here’s an example – apologies for this blurred picture below of Stampin’ Up!’s catalogue sample. […]
Sweetest Thing – Sweet Cup
I am not a graphic artist or a mathematician, so in order to create a template for covering the Sweet Cup, there is no alternative but to de-construct one. I then lay it flat in order to trace the arc and scanned it. I extended the cup by 1/4 ” to allow for an overlap. […]
Butterfly Gala – One Sheet Wonder
Are you a frugal crafter? Today’s project illustrates how you can make a little go a long way! From just a 6″x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) sheet of paper, I had the potential to make 9 card layouts. For this video I made a half dozen as it was a nice round number. I’ve […]
A Big Thank You
I thought I’d share something not Christmas related. This was my “thank you” card design in November for my online customers. I love the colour combo, using Mint Macaron, Soft Sea Foam and So Saffron from the Subtles family. I die cut several “Thank You” sentiments in Whisper White and one in Soft Sea Foam. […]
Christmas Countdown Series #12 of 12 Signs of Santa Money Wallet
Sadly we’ve come to the end of this year’s Christmas Countdown Series and in this last episode I have a money wallet for you. We all end up with gifts that perhaps aren’t to our taste, and giving cash as the main present makes my life so much easier. Consequently, I always like to make my […]
There’s NO substitute for certain things!
My lovely Stampin’ Up! mummy hit her £400,000 career to date sales, and I made her a card to congratulate her on this milestone! So often she encourages her team and champions them, but who is there to champion her, because she is at the top of the tree, as it were! I am so […]
Christmas Countdown Series #11 of 12 – Spirited Snowmen Stocking Filler
Eek! I can’t believe this is the penultimate episode of my 12 week Countdown to Christmas Series! This week’s episode is on another stocking filler – the edible kind – everyone’s favourite, chocolate snowman! They’re great for craft fairs too – sized to fit the 40 g Lindt chocolate snowmen! Spirited Snowmen Clear-Mount Stamp Set […]