Altered Paper Pumpkin – Hooray for Birthdays. This is the July kit, but unfortunately it had been delayed and I didn’t received it till Saturday 8 August! Better late than never, they say so it was a race to get it done! Grab a cuppa – lots of card alternates and how to cut up […]
Category Archives: Card Types
Simply stamped card – Sweetly Sentimental
Simply stamped card – Sweetly Sentimental. I’d bought the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil bundle, so it had an accompanying stamp set as well, but I wanted to show the value of having the stamp set even if you have not yet invested in the Stampin’ Hot Foil System or are still thinking about how useful […]
Two-step stamping – Shimmering Scenes
Two-step stamping – Shimmering Scenes. Happy Sunday everyone! Today’s offering is a landscape card and a sneak peek at some dies which will be coming in the September-December 2026 catalogue! Sorry to say, I can’t get my head around “Christmas in July” even after 18 years with Stampin’ Up! I just received the two-step stamping […]
Easy quick anniversary card – Sunset Coast
Easy quick anniversary card – Sunset Coast. The Sunset Coast is a Two-step stampin’ set where you layer two or more images to create one final image. You can find it in the March-August 2026 catalogue and is part of the Scenic Coast Suite collection on pages 26-27. Sunset Coast Bundle This Sunset Coast bundle […]
Hot Foil technique 1 – Garden Silhouette
Hot foil technique 1 – Garden Silhouette. Naturally I’ve been exploring other ways to use the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil die. Did you know you can dry emboss with the hot foil die? First I’ll show you the card I made. You can hot foil the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil Die on a 6 ¼” […]
Thank You card – Garden Silhouette hot foil
Thank you card – Garden Silhouette. Before July ends, I thought I’d squeeze in another card with July’s Product of the month – Begonia Belle! I also made use of the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil die which arrived a couple of days ago. It is beautiful for making quick simple cards. I wanted to make […]
Thinking of you hot foil card
Thinking of you hot foil card. “Thinking of you hot foil card” was the best way I could describe today’s project! I’m loving Stampin’ Up!’s new Stampin’ Hot Foil System. Another useful set is the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies which will be one of the items you need for the Metallic Magic Craft Class […]
Simple birthday hot foil card
Simple birthday hot foil card. Here’s a different way of using the Flourishes & Frames Hot Foil dies. Truth be known, I didn’t have much success incorporating the arch detail within the largest Hot Foil label die. After the sixth attempt, I didn’t want to waste anymore foil to try and achieve perfection. Consequently I […]