Hinge stamping Today's tiles

Hinge Stamping Today’s Tiles

I am so thrilled with my Stamparatus, Stampin’ Up!’s own brand of stamp positioning tool. It launched a couple of years ago. Stampin’ Up! also designed stamps which can be used for the “hinge stamping technique” with their Stamparatus. “Today’s Tiles” completely passed me by, until our CEO, Sara Douglas demonstrated it and I was […]

Alternative cards to Paper Pumpkin kit

Alternative cards Paper Pumpkin

Hello there! How are you coping with the second “lockdown”? One way to keep those blues at bay was to get cracking with making my Christmas cards for 2020. Enter the global “Joy to the World” Paper Pumpkin kit – this is a monthly subscription kit only available in USA. It includes a stamp set, […]

Autumn card with Arrange a Wreath

Autumn card – Arrange a Wreath

It gives me so much pleasure when a stamp set and the coordinating dies can be used throughout the year. The first time I used it was to decorate a round tin and I knew immediately this was a keeper! I also loved the double bow which I’ve die cut in gold foil. It’s actually […]

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 […]

christmas card with Freezin Fun

Card with Freezin’ Fun

Welcome to Episode #7 of 12 in my Countdown to Christmas 2020 series. This week I’m using both the Freezin’ Fun, Curvy Christmas stamp sets and Curvy dies to make this cute card. Mixing and Matching The newly released Curvy Christmas stamp set and Curvy Dies do not need to be used on their own. […]

Card with Beautiful Autumn and Quite curvy bundle

Card with Beautiful Autumn/Quite Curvy

This week I will be combining different stamp sets with the Quite Curvy stamps and dies. For an autumnal feel, I chose the Beautiful Autumn bundle which comes with a trio of punches. Out of all the dies, I think the one which cuts out the tiny holes is probably my favourite. When it cuts, […]

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 […]