Are you a Grinch or do you love Christmas? What does its meaning hold for you? To a child Christmas is truly the “Wonder of the Season”. However, in Stampin’ Up!’s world, this is the name of a special pack of foiled paper full of whimsical text in English, French, German and Dutch. By cutting […]
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Happy Thanksgiving Day
Just a quickie post today to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving Day. We don’t mark it ourselves, but for those who do, have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. The card base is in Cajun Craze. I used the gorgeous Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Papers which has gold foiling. To make the layer “pop” I […]
Alternative cards Paper Pumpkin
Hello there! How are you coping with the second “lockdown”? One way to keep those blues at bay was to get cracking with making my Christmas cards for 2020. Enter the global “Joy to the World” Paper Pumpkin kit – this is a monthly subscription kit only available in USA. It includes a stamp set, […]
Autumn card – Arrange a Wreath
It gives me so much pleasure when a stamp set and the coordinating dies can be used throughout the year. The first time I used it was to decorate a round tin and I knew immediately this was a keeper! I also loved the double bow which I’ve die cut in gold foil. It’s actually […]
Card with Freezin’ Fun
Welcome to Episode #7 of 12 in my Countdown to Christmas 2020 series. This week I’m using both the Freezin’ Fun, Curvy Christmas stamp sets and Curvy dies to make this cute card. Mixing and Matching The newly released Curvy Christmas stamp set and Curvy Dies do not need to be used on their own. […]
Card with Beautiful Autumn/Quite Curvy
This week I will be combining different stamp sets with the Quite Curvy stamps and dies. For an autumnal feel, I chose the Beautiful Autumn bundle which comes with a trio of punches. Out of all the dies, I think the one which cuts out the tiny holes is probably my favourite. When it cuts, […]
Sneak Peek : Curvy Christmas
Welcome to episode 6 in my Twelve Week Countdown Series for 2020! Coming soon, on November 3rd – an early release stamp set, part of the Curvy Celebrations Variety bundle. In the two previous Sunday blog posts, I featured the other stamp set in this variety bundle called Quite Curvy. I’ve had so much fun […]
Quite Curvy Variety Bundle
Happy Sunday! The clocks go back an hour this Sunday so I hope you enjoyed your extra hour of sleep. We’re galloping toward Halloween but somehow I don’t think that there will be much door knocking for Trick or Treating this year. I always send the Halloween projects I’ve created to my younger grandchildren every […]