bonus days 06 july 23

New July Online Exclusives plus Bonus Days

Whoop whoop! The wait is over! New July Online Exclusives available from today plus Bonus Days are back. Read the JULY ONLINE EXCLUSIVE PDF HERE Read the BONUS DAYS PDF HERE New Online July exclusives Demonstrators were only given two choices during the pre-order period and this was the “One Horse Open Sleigh” Suite collection […]

Card in a box with Gone Fishing

Card in a box with Gone Fishing

Don’t you just love this type of card in a box? The Gone Fishing stamp set is ideal for this type of card. It also has a set of coordinating dies. That tackle box die is soooo cute! The stamp set is from the Let’s Go Fishing Suite Collection Collection and you’ll find it on […]

Pebbled Path tackle box with Gone Fishing

Father’s Day Tackle box card

I took my inspiration for a Father’s Day Tackle box card from Stampin’ Up!’s samples in their May 2023 – April 2024 Annual catalogue. Knowing very little about fishing, some of the dies were baffling, but you can be sure that the clues are all in the picture samples in the catalogue. Yesterday, I published […]

masculine card old olive radiating stitches and rhino ready

Masculine card with Rhino Ready

I am continuing with Rhino Ready to make another masculine card. I added the Alphabest photopolymer stamp set to stamp “dad” then fussy cut these out so that they would fit on the edge of the Radiating Stitches frame. By the way, there is a coordinating punch with the Alphabest photopolymer stamp set but I […]

envelop gift bag with Designer tags dies

How to make an envelop treat bag

Today I’m going to show you how to make an envelop treat bag from the humble envelop. With a little modification you can transform it into a gusseted treat bag. I was devastated when I couldn’t find the Designer Tags Dies in the new Annual Catalogue, but was delighted to find that they are still […]

3D treat bag with countryside corners dies

Cute treat bag with Circle Sayings

I made this cute treat bag with Circle Sayings and the Countryside Corners Dies. The largest Countryside Corners die were ideal for altering to make a great treat bag. Circle Sayings has a 2 ⅜” circle punch which coordinates with it, but I didn’t get the punch as I thought I already owned it. Unfortunately […]

flat lay for the men T4SBH May 23

For the Men – Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

How time flies – here we are in May and this month’s theme is “For the Men” for the Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. Recently, I made this floating easel card for my hubby for our wedding anniversary. I won’t tell you how many because then it will make me feel positively ancient!! I used […]

fun fold easel card with Daffodil Daydream and Framed Florets dies

Happy Easter Sunday

Happy Easter Sunday! I hope you’re all enjoying the Easter/spring break wherever you may be. I dug out my Daffodil Dies and used them on a gift bag recently so I thought I’d feature the stamps in today’s post. Also featured is the Framed Florets dies. This set was an early release before the January-April […]