Smush technique – Delicate Pines. The smush technique is a way of adding colour to a background. For this technique, you simply need an ink pad, or Stampin’ Write marker pen to scribble ink or pick up ink on an acrylic block, spritz it with water and then smush the block onto your paper to […]
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New Mini & Online Exclusives is live!
New Mini & Online Exclusives is live! The new September-December 2025 Mini Catalogue goes live today and catalogue sales period is from 3 September 2025 – 5 January 2026. There’s more! Also released are new Online Exclusives for September 2025. See the September Online Exclusives pdf HERE. There’s so much to choose from, where to […]
New Online Exclusives is here!
Stampin’ Up!’s new online exclusives is here! Six bundles some of which is part of a Suite collection and two new Suite Collections! These are the Flowering Zinnias Collection and the fabulous A Little Latte Collection! Check out the online store under Online Exclusives to see the whole range. You can see some of the […]
Fun z-fold with Merriest Trees
Happy Sunday! What better way to create a fun z-hold with Merriest Trees as well as the Rocking Horse Bundle. Z-folds makes for an interesting card with a great wow factor but without the faff. In fact, it’s one of my favourite folds and very effective when you want to create a scene. How to […]
Remembrance Day
In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved, and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with […]
DIY Calendar for Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop
DIY Calendar for Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop in November. The theme for November is “anything but a card”. Thank you to the lovely Sara Sayers who set the theme. There’s a funny story to how I chose to make a Calendar. Stampin’ Up! retired the Make a Difference photopolymer stamp set with all the […]
Tower block fold card
Eek! I recently discovered this fancy tower block fold card. It sounds complicated, doesn’t it, but there’s a method in the “madness”. I try to make the instructions as easy as I can for its execution! Evening Evergreen is such a rich green, and I love the combination of greens in the Pansy Petals 12″ […]
New Treat Box with A Touch of Ink
Who doesn’t love a treat gift wrapped in the most fetching way? I’m a sucker for mini boxes and I simply adore the new one Stampin’ Up! has in its Love You Always Suite on pages 10-13 of the new January-June 2021 mini. No glue required – that HAS to be a bonus, right? I […]