Hopeful Thoughts

Yesterday was a difficult day – expressions of sympathy in whatever guise are always difficult and so inadequate at the time when you see people you love hurting and grief stricken by their loss. My elderly cousin’s husband was laid to rest yesterday – he gave the “father of the bride” speech at my wedding […]

Notably Ornate, Tiny Tags, Love What You Do,

This note card measures 5 3/4″ x 4″ with a Cherry Cobbler base, and each layer was cut 1/4″ smaller than the previous one in Wild Wasabi and Whisper White. I used markers to ink the Notably Ornate frame, the part that I wanted to show and a special free stamp we were given at […]

Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point & Watercolour paper

This is one of the sets from my personal collection. There are so many stamp sets I received for my birthday which are still in pristine condition, unmounted and untouched because I just haven’t had a chance to really play with them. I’m really out of my comfort zone here, but the colour coach is […]

Winter Post

This was a “card and envelop in one” that my Card Club members made some time ago – I can’t remember where I saw it to give credit where credit’s due so thank you whoever you are. When you open it, it reveals layers – the ladies were using the crayon resist technique. They certainly […]

Artistic Etchings, A Sense of Time

I made this card for my SIL and her husband’s wedding anniversary. They go to Paris quite alot, and somehow this set was just perfect for their anniversary card. I love the “vintage” look. This is the inside. The hearts are from I {Heart} Heart stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched out with the trio […]

Convention 2010 – Share What You Love

Convention took place at Addington Palace in a marquee and complimentary coaches were laid on to take us from the hotel to the venue and vice versa on both days.I forgot my camera on Day 1, and forgot it again for the Awards Dinner in the evening and as the event wasn’t In-House, I was […]

General Swap Convention 2010

I was going to make 200 of these so I could swap with everyone attending Convention! Over ambitious, I think – what I thought was going to be quick and easy turned out much more laborious as there was so much cutting, punching to do! I fell short by 90 – made 110, but hey […]

CONVENTION 2010

Woohoo! Convention is finally here – it’s Stampin’ Up!’s 2nd Convention in Europe. I was lucky enough to attend the very first one in Frankfurt last year and am thrilled that the UK is hosting it this year at Addington Palace, Surrey. It will be a jam packed program of learning, stamping, talking about business, […]