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 […]

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 […]