2020-21 Annual catalogue launch

Catalogue Highlights – goes live!

Drum roll … it’s live! I hope my customers have now received their personal copy of the new 2020-21 Annual Catalogue by now. In my video today, I point out some highlights. I have a ton of projects in the pipeline ready for sharing in the coming weeks so watch out for those. Today’s video […]

Jar of Flowers Stampin Up 2020-21 Annual Catalogue shaker card

Sneak Peek – Jar of Flowers Shaker card

Excited? Let the countdown begin! The new 2020-21 Annual Catalogue goes live on 3 June! At least COVID-19 hasn’t completely scuppered the crafting world – we’ve managed to find a way forward. If you’ve purchased something from me in the last 6 months, your own personal copy of the new catalogue will be winging its […]

double faux box 3D

Faux double box with Parisian Blossoms

I love this faux double box – it gives the illusion of being a box within a box. The papers I used are Parisian Blossoms DSP. I cannot claim ownership of this fabulous creation – that goes to a Demonstrator from Germany – Petra Kaeß so thank you Petra for the inspiration. I used the […]

clean simple card, stampin up by the dock stamps

By the Dock – Polaroid effect card

We’ve been bemoaning the fact that there aren’t enough stamp sets for the boys, but there have been quite a few new ones in recent times. Take this “By the Dock” stamp set for example. I think it’s suitable for everyone, especially if you love tinkering by the water, or live on the coast. The […]

Ornate Garden – Sneak Peek

Happy Sunday – a sneak peek! Surprise! Surprise!  Stampin’ Up! announced that beginning 1 April, Customers  will be able to purchase the Ornate Garden Suite items!!!  It is a brand new product from the upcoming Annual Catalogue.  At time of writing, I have yet to receive the Demonstrator’s pre-order of this suite so am using […]

A Sneak Peek to cheer you up

I felt I needed to acknowledge the current state of affairs with COVID-19.  Since the outbreak of the Corona virus in China and its escalation into a pandemic, Italy is in lockdown – my friend who lives in Italy posted pictures of a deserted Venice – I have never seen St Mark’s Square, the most […]

Peaceful Poppies Elements

I designed this card for a team meeting recently to showcase the Peaceful Poppies Elements.  In the pack there are 2 sheets each of die-cut elements which can be water coloured with whatever medium you choose.  You can use an aqua painter on the watercolour paper, or blender pens/markers/stampin’blends on the back of the vellum, […]

Layered with Kindness Birthday Card

Happy Sunday! Eek!  Can you believe we’re almost at the end of January and it seems like yesterday when we were bidding 2019 a fond farewell! Do you love punches?  Well, I love these two new punches which can be used separately but work beautifully together for layering the stamped label from the Layered with […]