Shaker card – Party Piggy. If you love inter-active cards, you’ll LOVE this! It’s another online exclusive and great for kiddie cards. The pig’s head and its body are two separate stamps so it lends itself to make the head move independently and the body is large enough to die cut a small circle through […]
Category Archives: Clean and simple
Generic card – Poppin’ By
Generic card – Poppin’ By. Stampin’ Up!’s latest Online Exclusive stakes is poppin’ popcorn called Poppin’ By! Simple imagery, a popcorn box and the dies have extras like a pair of specs, shoes and squares with pop-corn outlines! It will certainly appeal to a movie buff – popcorn is synonymous with going to the movies […]
Quick simple Masculine card
Quick simple Masculine card. May’s Tech 4 Stampers blog hop is to make a masculine card. Generally speaking when you’re making cards for men you pare back the frilly stuff and stick to fairly bold neutral colours. I tend to avoid pinks and/or peachy tones. I am using the Beautiful Gallery 6″x 6″ (15.2 x […]
Sneak peek – new in colours
Sneak peek – new in colours. In Colours go on a two-year rotation before they are retired to make way for 5 new In colours. You’ll love the new ones for 2025-2027! Say “hello” to Cloud Cover, Darling Duckling, Secret Sea, Strawberry Slush and Timid Tiger. See if you can pair the names with the […]
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 […]
Mothers Day card – Fancy Borders
Mothers Day card – Fancy Borders. I was inspired by Stampin’ Up!’s sample so here is my version. You can use the same lay out but I just switched the sentiment and paper to make it into a Mother’s Day card with “She’s the Greatest” stamp set. Cutting guide How to die cut the inside […]
Altered Heirloom Arrangements Kit
Altered Heirloom Arrangements Kit. The Heirloom Arrangements Kit is such a fabulous kit because there are so many laser cut pop out pieces. You can follow the instructions to make 8 cards, but I challenged myself to make more. Following the kit instructions, each card would have used an inordinate amount of elements in the […]