It’s Summer Fun for the Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop this July. With soaring temperatures and sunny skies Summer has arrived in normally dull and overcast England for sure! We’ve certainly had a lot of use out of our air-conditioning unit lately. It makes sleeping at night more comfortable! The Sunkissed stamp set from the […]
Category Archives: Mini
Simply embossed card – Ringed with Nature
I’m sharing a simply embossed card with Ringed with Nature today. I gave you a sneak peek in a previous post which you can see HERE. The Tree Rings Hybrid embossing folder is such a fabulous innovation from Stampin’ Up! By running a white craft ink over the embossed areas, it made the tree rings […]
Simply layered card – Hippest Hippos
Here’s a simply layered card with this adorable Hippest Hippos and Hippo dies from the July-August 2022 Sale-a-bration brochure. Oftentimes you’ll find that the samples in the brochures or catalogues are a great source of inspiration. I also have a bonus card and the materials I used were calculated so that it would qualify for […]
Simply embossed card – Splendid thoughts
Simply embossed card with Splendid Thoughts from the new July-December 2022 mini. I’ve been meaning to use this new Cascading 3D embossing folder but haven’t had the opportunity to do so until now. They look like the folds in a curtain, it looks really pretty. A couple of weeks ago, we had a Stampin’ Up! […]
Sneak peek – Christmas Scottie
Sneak peek at the Christmas Scottie which is coming soon! The new July-December 2022 mini launches on 1 July so only there’s only two more sleeps! Are you excited? It’s also NOT just for Christmas, I’ve made mine into a birthday card. I can’t stop using the Deckled Rectangles dies. In my crafting world, it’s […]
Fun Fold Kimono Card – Crane of Fortune
Today I have a fun fold Kimono card with Crane of Fortune. This is part 1 of two Kimono type cards. Many years ago, I saw a sock monkey pyjama card which looked like a kimono on Dawn Olshefske’s blog. She’s an American Demonstrator and had so many requests on how to make it, she […]
Hidden Pocket card – Sailing Home
Today’s Hidden Pocket card with Sailing Home also incorporates the gorgeous New Horizons 6″x 6″ designer series papers. I have used the New Horizons papers in so many different ways, I’ve lost count! The foreground on this sheet of New Horizons DSP lent itself to a nautical scene. Remember the Sailing Home stamp set and […]
The Miura fold card – Artfully Layered
The Miura fold card using the Artfully Composed bundle. Have you heard of a Miura fold? If you haven’t then here’s a little factoid for you. Factoid Back in the 70s, Kōryō Miura, a Japanese astrophysicist developed a method of rigidly folding a flat surface through the tesselation of parallelograms. This means using a crease […]