birthday in a box art gallery

Birthday in a box

Happy Sunday! It is such a worry when one’s other half has been diagnosed with a serious illness. Worst still, if the surgery takes place on your birthday! I wanted to surprise my friend with something special to help alleviate such a traumatic day. Julie Kettlewell was a guest on the UK demonstrator FB group […]

fancy fold card peaceful nativity

Fancy Fold Card Peaceful Nativity

Happy Christmas, or is it Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas? It’s funny isn’t it, that even though it’s “English”, there are still cultural differences depending which side of the “pond” you’re on! Anyway, where-ever you are, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and hope that you are well, and staying healthy and happy. I […]

shaker gift card Snowflake wishes

Shaker gift card with Snowflake Wishes

As Christmas approaches ever closer, my thoughts turned to gift cards and gift wallets. Add a personal touch. Enter the Snowflake Wishes bundle. The set of coordinating dies were perfect for this project. It cuts out this beautiful window. I used one of the medium clear envelopes to create a flat shaker pouch filled with […]

Fancy fold with bookmark Forever greenery

Fancy Fold with Bookmark

Hello everyone. At time of writing, December 2nd is the day the second national lock down ends. Eek, Christmas is approaching and I’m still not sure if we’ll be able to meet with family and friends. We’ll just have to take each day as it comes. Many years ago, we used to have a tool […]

Fancy Fold with Autumn Goodness

Fancy Fold Card with Autumn Goodness

The day is getting shorter and there’s definitely a nip in the air and that means Autumn is nigh! I cannot believe how long this awful Covid-19 has halted life as we know it in her tracks! Here we are in November and having put Halloween to bed, it’s time to say “hello” to Autumn […]

Fancy fold card with Boho Indigo

Cards for Pen Pals

Hello! There’s alot of doom and gloom about lately. Covid cases are on the rise. Let’s try and stay positive! In a bid to connect with people to share some joy, Stampin’ Up! set up a group for Demonstrators around the world to send cards to each other and become pen pals. In 2020 sharing […]

Gatefold card with Quite Curvy Variety bundle

What’s “Quite Curvy”?

At the time of writing our PM was due to make a public announcement of a 3-tier lock down system. I am hopeful that where we live in North Hampshire, we will maintain the base line at Tier 1 where there are minimum restrictions with fewer than 100 cases per 100,000 of population. Unfortunately scientific […]

fancy fold card for Halloween

Happy Halloween Day

To say 2020 has not been a good year is an understatement. How did we get to October 31st already, and of all days – to Halloween Day? Get here, we did and I am sure those of you who celebrate, will improvise in order to abide by the rules. I made this card to […]