Make 3 cards with Happiest Day. Happiest Day is a stand alone stamp set. If you wish to step it up, you can use whatever dies you have in your stash. The samples created by Stampin’ Up! featured how the stamp set was used for scrapbooking layouts. As with any stamp set, you can use […]
Category Archives: Clean and simple
Simple cards with Choose Happy
Simple cards with Choose Happy. Choose Happy is one of the most useful stamp sets to have in your stash because it has 14 simple line drawings to suit all four seasons of the year. These are a penguin, candle, heart, star, 2 faces, a bird, rabbit, an apple, a bee, a yacht, the sun, […]
Dry embossed card – Friends for Life
Dry embossed card – Friends for Life. A great way to make a card special is to use the dry embossing technique. You can achieve this with an embossing folder. There are so many to choose from and it’s a quick easy way to add that extra “kappow” element to a card. The Friends for […]
Quick and Easy Options
Quick and Easy Options. A brand new section in the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue is called Quick & Easy Options. You can find it on pages`12-29. It has new crafting ideas and a variety of paper pieces, card stock, envelops to add your own personal touch. Unlike the “step-by-step” section where the kits provide you with […]
Card sketch – Friends for Life
Card sketch – Friends for Life. When you’re stuck for inspiration a card sketch is a useful tool to re-ignite your creativity. In the current 2024-25 Annual Catalogue on page 22 there are several sketches provided to help you. The one I’ve chosen for today is no. 9 in the first row and uses strips […]
Retro cards with Tune In
Retro card with Tune In. The Tune In stamp set features an image of an old fashioned TV from the 50s. You’ll find the bundle in the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue on page 67. If you recall those TVs, and grew up in that era there weren’t any remote controls back then. As a child, we […]
Quick easy card with Country Flowers
Quick easy card with Country Flowers. I’ve also used the Spotlight on Nature Dies which coordinates with a stamp set called Spotlight on Nature. You can purchase both as a bundle and save 10 % or separately. Something we often overlook are the foam adhesive sheets. I wanted to pop-up the tea pot, but it […]
How to create a monotone card
How to create a monotone card. Stampin’ Up! is known for its colour co-ordination. There are 10 colours in each colour family – Subtles, Regals, Brights and Neutrals. In addition there are 10 In Colours, 5 of which constantly get refreshed every two years. Every colour in each family co-ordinates within the family which makes […]