Happy Sunday peeps! Who ever would’ve thought the Still Night set could masquerade as a masculine birthday card! This was made lovingly for hubby’s birthday in September. Do you remember the check black and white, old olive papers we had in last year’s Autumn/Winter catalogue? I was sorry to see them go, but am SO […]
Category Archives: Card Types
Stamparatus Wreath Stamping Tutorial
Where else can you get such fabulous precision stamping on a wreath than with Stampin’ Up!’s fabulous new stamp positioning tool! Having two stamping plates which you can use on both sides gives you 4 work surfaces, eliminating the need to keep swapping your stamps around – perfect! We may have come late to the […]
Where’s my Mojo gone?
I had a lovely break albeit a short one, but downing tools meant I lost my Mojo and I’m finding it hard to get back into the swing of things. Take for example this creation – believe you me I’ve had several attempts, and the whole card has been a catalogue of failures but I’m […]
Here’s a batch of easter cards
Happy Easter! Here’s a batch of easter cards I made for friends and family this year. How often does Easter Day fall on April 1st? I hope the Easter Bunny won’t play tricks on you and forget the chocolate! Wouldn’t that be a disaster! Originally this stamp set wasn’t on my radar. I’d made Easter […]
Gorgeous Card in a Box – Magical Day
This type of “Card in a Box” was all the rage in 2014. It folds flat to fit in an envelop which can be mailed easily. It looks complicated, but it really isn’t! The lovely Monica Gale, a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in the UK, shared it on her blog so I thought I would create […]
Setting up Stamparatus – A Mother’s Flair
Much excitement as those who ordered their Stamparatus last November will be receiving theirs imminently ahead of next year’s Annual Catalogue in June 2018! If you ordered yours in December, you should be receiving yours later in March/April in the order that your order has been received by Stampin’ Up! Remember to complete transaction by […]
New type of stamp Dist-INK-tive Heartfelt Blooms
Heartfelt Blooms – an exciting new type of stamp called a Dist-INK-tive stamp. The science of manufacturing rubber stamps is amazing. These days you can just take a photo and transform it into a red rubber stamp which looks like a photo! Stampin’ Up! calls stamps like these which have different opacities Dist-INK-tive stamps – […]
Eclectic Expressions – Stamparatus Repeat Patterns
I was really intrigued by the repeat patterns in the sample card on the new 2nd Release Sale-A-Bration flyer and gave it a try with the stamp mounted on a clear block. The results weren’t satisfactory so I tried it with the Stamparatus. This is how I used it to stamp repeat patterns and was […]