Hello everyone. At time of writing, December 2nd is the day the second national lock down ends. Eek, Christmas is approaching and I’m still not sure if we’ll be able to meet with family and friends. We’ll just have to take each day as it comes. Many years ago, we used to have a tool […]
Category Archives: Card Types
Wonder of the Season
Are you a Grinch or do you love Christmas? What does its meaning hold for you? To a child Christmas is truly the “Wonder of the Season”. However, in Stampin’ Up!’s world, this is the name of a special pack of foiled paper full of whimsical text in English, French, German and Dutch. By cutting […]
Happy Thanksgiving Day
Just a quickie post today to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving Day. We don’t mark it ourselves, but for those who do, have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. The card base is in Cajun Craze. I used the gorgeous Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Papers which has gold foiling. To make the layer “pop” I […]
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 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 – 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 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 […]
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 […]