Do you like floral cards? In today’s project I used the Pretty Perennials stamp set to make a pretty floral birthday card. This isn’t a normal card. I made one back in 2018 but can’t seem to find it anywhere on my blog, so maybe I didn’t share it. This type of card is also […]
Category Archives: birthdays
Trifold Birthday card with Hey Birthday Chick
Sale-a-bration is due to end on 28 February. It’s your last chance to take advantage of the promotion. I’ve created this Trifold Birthday card with the “Hey Birthday Chick” stamps and dies which may tempt you. It’s been a “chicken” week this week as the stamps and dies didn’t arrive till the middle of February […]
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 […]
Long Slim Card
Hello, how are you? In the UK, we are currently in our second lock down until December 2. At time of writing the USA elections were in full swing and Biden is now the President Elect. I try to stay apolitical and keep my views to myself so I stay away from social media platforms […]
Nothing’s Better Than 40!
My baby turns 40 this year – my, oh my – doesn’t it make me feel positively ANCIENT! This stamp set wasn’t on my radar at all. However, given that my daughter loves a cocktail or two, and not to mention chocolate, I thought….why not? With lockdown, we haven’t seen any family since Christmas. Lockdown […]
Zany Zebras plus Sneak Peek!
Wouldn’t you call these cute Zebras zany when you see them? They are the cutest ever! I found it difficult to visualise them in any other colour than black stripes. It just went against the grain so instead, I put the colour in the background! It’s the best way to use up scraps. As I […]
Hippo Happiness and friends
There are lots of little stamps in this Hippo Happiness bundle to make cute cards. What drew me to this set were the coordinating dies! I love it! There are 3 sets of stitched label dies in addition to the cut outs for the animals and butterfly and all the little extras. It included a […]
Playful Patterns Stamparatus rainbow
Give me an alphabet die set anytime – I love them! Even better is one that includes the numerals as well! Not only that, there are multiple dies for more popular letters! I show you two ways to use the Stamparatus for a technique called “hinge” stamping. The one with red and blue stripes is […]