lost lagoon warm welcome

Online exclusive – Warm Welcome

Happy Sunday! The Warm Welcome Bundle was on the last chance list. I needed to make a “welcome to your new home” card and was trawling through my stamps to see which would be suitable. Imagine my surprise and delight to find that the stamp set at least is still available as an Online Exclusive! […]

flying seagull fold with dainty delight and elegant borders

Fancy fold card with hidden message

Today’s fancy fold card with a hidden message has been trending and is made up in three sections. Last Sunday, I posted a version of it for Easter which you can see HERE. I promised I would be back with a more detailed post to include a video tutorial as a visual aide. This fancy […]

clean simple card with Queen Bee Bundle

Elegant borders card with Queen Bee

I’m so pleased with how this Elegant Borders card with Queen Bee stamps and dies turned out. I’ve had this set for some time, but haven’t had the opportunity to use it till now. Both the Elegant Borders Dies and the Hello, Irresistile Blooms 6″x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) DSP are online exclusives. I […]

fun fold easter card Marigold moments

Fun fold card Easter card with Marigold Moments

This Sunday I have a fun fold easter card with the Marigold Moments stamp set and also the Easter Bunny stamp set. I also used the Basics 3D embossing folders which is currently an Online Exclusive and also the Elegant Border dies. The Marigold Moments also have dies to coordinate with it, but I didn’t […]

embosssed Mother's day card with Marigold moments

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day ! It’s Mothering Sunday in the UK today. I lose track of which day it is in other countries because they’re all different! It’s a day we pause for a moment to honour those who take on a mothering role, or are mothers themselves or mothers to fur babies. Thank you for […]

Springtime with Tech4Stampers blog hop

Springtime card for Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

This month’s Tech 4 Stampers blog hop theme is for a Springtime card. I thought I’d combine something new with something old. My new item is the Basics 3D embossing folders which is an Online Exclusive product. The old is a stamp set from the current Annual Catalogue called “Lovely You cling stamp set” which […]

layered card with Marigold Moments

How to make a layered card

If you’re a newbie to paper-crafting you’ll probably wonder how to make a layered card. We need some basics first, that’s card stock, pretty paper, stamps and ink, some scissors and adhesives and a paper trimmer. The longer you craft, the more tools you’ll acquire, like a die cutting machine which can die cut as […]

Embossed Mother's Day card with Online Exclusive Classic Letters

Embossed Mother’s Day card – Classic Letters

Today’s embossed Mother’s Day card uses another Online Exclusive called Classic Letters. This is a photopolymer classic font photopolymer stamp set. If you’re a scrapbooker, this set will be perfect for stamping titles. In addition to the Classic Letters stamps(#161267), I used the Beautiful Shapes dies to die cut some hexagons. The hexagons were embossed […]