Are you a feline fan or a canine one? Growing up, my Mum used to have such a menagerie of creatures in suburbia. We moved home so many times and each home had its own quirkiness or need. In one of our homes in the Far East, it was quite boggy at one end […]
Category Archives: Technique
Butterfly Gala – One Sheet Wonder
Are you a frugal crafter? Today’s project illustrates how you can make a little go a long way! From just a 6″x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) sheet of paper, I had the potential to make 9 card layouts. For this video I made a half dozen as it was a nice round number. I’ve […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Stamparatus – 4 step stamping with Amazing Congratulations
Hello! Those of us who were in the Leader 2 Leader group during the design and development of the Stamparatus were sworn to secrecy – and over the last couple of years I’ve had to feign ignorance while discussions about when Stampin’ Up! would produce one were flying about. Don’t you think it was worth […]
Magical Mermaid and Embossing Paste
Yesterday I had my Embossing Paste Masterclass and this is one of the cards we made. If you look carefully you can see that the sand is dyed embossing paste, left to dry thoroughly and then stamped on. I also used the copper trim and teased it out to make the netting. We water coloured […]
Trailer Masterclass on Embossing Paste
There are just 3 places left for my Masterclass on Embossing Paste. Also included is an invaluable resource – a sampler with 12 ways you can use the embossing paste which you can refer to and try at home as there won’t be time to cover all 12 during class. I have picked out […]