santa xpress mini pocket gift card

Mini gift card with Mini Pocket Envelop Dies

This time of year, we all need a project featuring a Mini gift card made with Mini pocket envelop dies. I thought I better use up the bumper pack of Celebrate Everything 12″x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer Series Papers which I’d earned with Host Rewards. The mini pocket envelop dies are the perfect […]

December tech 4 stampers blog hop

Celebrate – Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

The theme for December for the Tech 4 Stampers blog hop is “Celebrate”. When you say “celebrate” what occasion could it be? A significant birthday, a milestone achievement, a job promotion, embarking on an adventure to foreign climes, overcoming the fear of the unknown? So I thought why not simply make a card that just […]

collage sweet gingebread long slim cards

Long, slim card – Sweet Gingerbread bundle

Hello and Happy Sunday! Today I have two long, slim cards to share with the Sweet Gingerbread bundle. I don’t know about you, but sometimes, you see something in the catalogue and it jumps at you. Then when you actually break open the stamp set you don’t quite know what to do with them. Thankfully, […]

silver embossed card with Peace to You

Clean simple card – Peace to You

Here’s a clean simple card using Peace to You for those last minute cards. This Friday will be the last episode in my 12 week Christmas Countdown series for 2022. I can’t believe how quickly it has come round. For so long, I’d resisted the temptation to start Christmas too early, and now there is […]

Shaded spruce with Brightest Glow bundle

Clean Simple card – Brightest Glow Bundle

Happy Sunday! Here’s another clean, simple card made with the Brightest Glow Bundle. A few weeks ago, one of my team visited and we had the opportunity to stamp together. This is another of the cards I had designed for that session. Card details I cut a gold foil square 4″x4″ (10 x 10 cm) […]

same supplies 3 different ways with Sweet Candy Canes

Same set of supplies with 3 different looks

I’m sharing how you can create 3 different looks using the same set of supplies for each card. We’re always looking for ways to make a little go a long way especially in the current economic climate. I used the Christmas Banners Bundle and also the Sweet Candy Canes Cling stamp set which are both […]

block background technique with Hello Harvest

Block Background technique – Hello Harvest

The block background technique is a lovely way to achieve an ombre look for this autumnal card using the Hello Harvest Bundle. It’s simple and effective and I love it. It’s a technique I often re-visit. Block Background technique Before you begin, protect your work space with waterproof matting or a waterproof container in which […]

hinge stamping nuts about squirrels

Birthday card hinge stamp technique- Nuts about squirrels

In this Sunday’s blogpost, I thought I’d share a birthday card made with Nuts about Squirrels stamp set which I recently acquired. With the winter drawing in, it’s time to think about an autumnal theme so I thought squirrels and nuts would be quite appropriate. The stamp set is a two-step stamping set and is […]