cups and carrier with Warm Hugs

Cups, Carriers with Warm Hugs

Goodness me, this is now Week 11 of 12 in my Twelve Week Countdown to Christmas series! Despite the lock down and restrictions seeming to drag on forever, where has the time gone? I finally got round to creating with the Warm Hugs bundle. Those cute mini coffee carriers and mini coffee cups have been […]

Christmas Cracker Poinsettia Petals

Christmas Cracker – Poinsettia Petals

Way back in 2013, when we had the Envelope Punch Board, I had made a hexagonal mini cracker. Now that it is no longer available, I did wonder how I could duplicate it using current card stock. It would be much easier to make it out of ordinary patterned paper, but to make it from […]

thanksgiving card with Autumn Goodness

Happy Thanksgiving Day

Just a quickie post today to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving Day. We don’t mark it ourselves, but for those who do, have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. The card base is in Cajun Craze. I used the gorgeous Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Papers which has gold foiling. To make the layer “pop” I […]

Hinge stamping Today's tiles

Hinge Stamping Today’s Tiles

I am so thrilled with my Stamparatus, Stampin’ Up!’s own brand of stamp positioning tool. It launched a couple of years ago. Stampin’ Up! also designed stamps which can be used for the “hinge stamping technique” with their Stamparatus. “Today’s Tiles” completely passed me by, until our CEO, Sara Douglas demonstrated it and I was […]

Alternative cards to Paper Pumpkin kit

Alternative cards Paper Pumpkin

Hello there! How are you coping with the second “lockdown”? One way to keep those blues at bay was to get cracking with making my Christmas cards for 2020. Enter the global “Joy to the World” Paper Pumpkin kit – this is a monthly subscription kit only available in USA. It includes a stamp set, […]

Advent Calendar Coming Home

Advent Calendar – Coming Home

I always make an Advent Calendar for my Countdown to Christmas Series each year. This year, I made it with the Home Together Dies. These dies can be purchased together with the Coming Home stamp set as a bundle at a 10% discount. I also used the Playful Alphabet dies with which to die cut […]

Autumn card with Arrange a Wreath

Autumn card – Arrange a Wreath

It gives me so much pleasure when a stamp set and the coordinating dies can be used throughout the year. The first time I used it was to decorate a round tin and I knew immediately this was a keeper! I also loved the double bow which I’ve die cut in gold foil. It’s actually […]

Gift Packaging with Wishes & Wonder

Gift Packaging – Wishes & Wonder

Do you like receiving yummy gifts? The joy of giving isn’t so much the size or monetary value of the gift. Your special home baked cookie, or one from your favourite store can be wrapped in a fabulous mini pizza box tailor made for the occasion! I’d bought some “Cheeky Little Rascals” which are a […]