Eek! It’s the last day of January. Despite the trials and tribulations of another lock down, bad weather, not being able to go out, somehow we have survived it! I don’t know about you, but my passion for paper crafting has kept me sane. Keeping the blog updated, filming and publishing my weekly videos has […]
Category Archives: Card Types
Masculine Valentine card
At time of writing, I still hadn’t received the new Valentine stuff from the January-June 2021 Mini. Good news though, having been held up in Germany because of Brexit and Covid issues, it will be shipping soon. How on earth did we get to the end of January? Here we are with Valentine’s Day round […]
Tag Topper Concertina card
I posted an article “Birthday in a Box” last Sunday which featured a concertina card and promised I would show you how I made it. My inspiration came from Julie Kettlewell who kindly shared it on the UK Demonstrators FB page. Her original was a birthday card using the Sweet Ice Cream bundle. The Dandy […]
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 […]
Paper Weave Technique card with Snailed It
Do you remember Miniature Weaving toy looms made out of wood? I received one as a gift one Christmas and loved it! Then I was given a book on ribbon weaving and tried my hand at that too. There are so many different types of material you can use to weave with, why not paper? […]
How to apply Gilded Leaf
There’s an exciting new product in the new January-June 2021 Mini. This is the new Gold Leaf embellishment from the Fine Art Floral Suite on pages 32 – 34. Remember the Heat & Stick powders from years ago? I am such a hoarder and have kept my tub of Heat & Stick powder for several […]
Patterned paper and cards
As you know, Sale-a-bration is in full swing. Every purchase of £45 excluding shipping/handling, you can choose a FREE product from their Sale-a-bration brochure. This will be valid from 5 January – 28 February, a shorter period than before without a 2nd release during this time. Instead there will be a second Sale-a-bration event to […]
Gilded Leafing Embellishment Technique
How are you all? It hasn’t been the most auspicious start to 2021. A new variant of COVID has been spreading not in a gradual arc but almost in a straight line so on 4th January our PM announced that UK is under another national lock down until February. At least Oxford’s Astra zenica vaccine […]