Can you believe it? Less than 4 weeks to Christmas and this is the penultimate episode in my 2019 Countdown to Christmas series. Today I have the cutest table favour from a stamp set called Yummy Christmas and you can use the house die from the Cuckoo Clock dies to die cut the house. Cutting […]
Category Archives: Seasonal Catalogues
Toile Christmas – Fun Fold
Do you know the origin of “toile”? It’s a fabric from a French word meaning “linen cloth” or canvas. Toile de jouy fabric originated in France in the 1760s and usually depicted pastoral scenes. Today it comes in many different patterns and colours. Stampin’ Up! have brought out their own patterns in the form of […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving day! I’ve been wanting to use these gorgeous Hand-Lettered Prose dies and took my inspiration from the Autumn/Winter catalogue. Instead of a picture in a frame, I simply adhered the letters to a nested stitch label. I love that there are a couple of leaves in the coordinating die set which can emboss […]
Christmas Countdown #Wk 10 of 12 – Tiny Keepsakes
Oh my – how quickly this series has gone and now we’re on the 10th week! I thought I’d better turn my attention to some table favours! The best thing about Christmas is the food and we all love a pretty festive table, don’t we? Stampin’ Up! makes it SOOOO easy! Welcome back, curvy treat […]
Christmas Countdown #Wk 9 of 12 – Elfie Gift Card and Envelop
Christmas Countdown #Wk 9 of 12 – Elfie Gift Card and Envelop. The gift cards from retail outlets are usually credit card size, so it won’t surprise you to know that you can easily make a gift card envelop out of a 6″ x 6″ (15.2 cm x 15.2 cm) piece of Designer Series Paper […]
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween! EEEEK!!!!! It seemed like only yesterday when I started my Countdown to Halloween series and already it is upon us! So it’s “Boo to You” from this trio for the last time before they’re archived for this year. Don’t you just love those googly eyes? The critters were stamped in Tuxedo Black memento […]
Halloween Countdown Series #6 of 6 – Spooktacular Bash potions
This is episode 6, in my Six Week Countdown to Halloween Series for 2019, and it is with a little sadness that I am saying farewell to this year’s Halloween goodies. I’ve enjoyed playing with the sets and can’t wait to see what Stampin’ Up! will have in store for us for next year! The […]
Christmas Countdown #5 of 12 – Frosted Foliage Pigment Sprinkles
I have been desperate to have Stampin’ Up!’s own brand of Pigment Sprinkles! Why? …because they are Stampin’ Up!’s own colour palette which will coordinate with our current inks so it was worth the wait! At time of writing, the Sprinkles finally got the green light from German Customs and they are available for sale […]