T4SBH vellum Merriest Frames hybrid embossing folder

Vellum – Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

The theme for August’s Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop is all about Vellum. There are lots of different ways to use Vellum. The heavier duty Vellum can be used for Pergamano. Pergamano is the art of embellishing and decorating parchment paper (or vellum) by using techniques like embossing, perforating, colouring or cutting to make intricate […]

double z-fold card les shoppes

Double z-fold card with Let’s Go Shopping

Double z-fold card with Let’s Go Shopping bundle. The images of the various types of shops in the Les Shoppes 12″x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) DSP are really quirky. In lieu of stamping, you can fussy cut the images of the shops to use on your card fronts. The idea of a shopping boulevard […]

angled overlap gatefold with Irresistible Blooms

Fun gate-fold with Irresistible Blooms

This is another fun gate-fold which I made with Irresistible Blooms, an Online Exclusive which is still available at time of writing. I had made this type of fold which I call the Angled overlapping gate-fold recently for a blog hop I took part in. As I said before, just by switching paper, using a […]

triple tier slider card lets go shopping

Triple tier slider – Lets go shopping

I have a triple tier slider card using the Let’s Go Shopping bundle in today’s post. If you haven’t got this set yet, why not take advantage of the current Bonus Days promotion? There are only 4 more days before the Bonus Days promotion ends. Just a reminder that during the Bonus Days period, you […]

clean simple card with Inked & Tiled punches

CIean and simple card with Inked & Tiled punches

Hello – and happy Sunday – today I’ve used both Inked & Tiled punches on the one card. Again, a clean and simple card which is pretty speedy to make. This one is a standard card base. I made this card with remnants of the Inked Botanical 6″x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) DSP on […]

Diagonal trifold card with Gorgeously Made bundle

Diagonal trifold with Masterfully Made DSP

I am so excited about this diagonal trifold using the gorgeous Masterfully Made Designer Series Paper. I’ve used Fresh Freesia and Azure Afternoon colours, the latter is one I rarely use. The colours in the Masterfully Made DSP enabled me to get out of my comfort zone and I’m so glad I did otherwise that […]

Fresh Freesia birthday card with Gorgeously made

Birthday card with Gorgeously Made Bundle

Today I have two bits of news. First is Stampin’ Up!’s Stamp-tacular 24 hour sale which started at 11.00 pm on 18 July in UK & Ireland because of time difference and will end 10:59 pm on 19 July 2023 tonight. More details in blogpost HERE, The second is a clean and simple birthday card […]

petal pink embossed congratulations inked & tiled card

How to create a label with Inked Tile punch

There is more than one way of using the Inked Tile punches so in this post I show how you can create a label with it. You won’t believe how simple this hack is! How to create the straight label If you punch out the cross, orient it so that the opposite points faces North […]