embossed blushing bride celebrate with tags card

Anniversary card – Celebrate with Tags

I made an anniversary card with Celebrate with Tags bundle in the July-December 2022 mini catalogue. Although the name suggests that this is specifically for tags, you can also make pretty cards with it. By using an embossing folder, layers of card stock and assembling the tag to use as a feature, I was able […]

fun inverted diamond fold with season of chic

Fun Fold Inverted Diamond – Season of Chic

Today’s fun fold is an inverted diamond on the card front with the Season of Chick bundle from the Annual catalogue. The original design was by Iced Images (non SU). She amalgamated two designs to create this fold as a vertical easel card, but I’ve had to adapt it so it would fit in a […]

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Gift packaging – Envelope Treat Boxes

Just for a change some gift packaging using the Envelope Treat Boxes from Stampin’ Up! The envelope treat boxes come in a pack of 10 with 20 gold stickers. The boxes are also food safe. The first box I assembled looked a little plain in just white, so I decided to decorate the box. It’s […]

card with hidden message with Party Puffins

Interactive cards with hidden message

Interactive cards with a hidden message is so much fun. For this particular type of card, you probably have to include instructions on how to find it! Many years ago, when one of my grandsons was still a toddler, I made him a card which showed a photo of him as a baby. The hidden […]

corner fold card with Wonderful World

Corner fold card -Wonderful world

I’m re-visiting the corner fold card technique using the Wonderful World stamp set and Designer Series Papers which is Free during Sale-a-bation from 1 July- 31 August 2022 subject to a qualifying purchase of £90 before shipping/handling. I made one with a hydrangea in another post which you can see HERE. xxxx tams# 73140 Product […]

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Fun Fold card – Tree lot dies

Today’s fun fold card showcases the Tree lot dies which is free subject to a qualifying purchase of £90 before shipping/handling. It coordinates with the Trees for Sale stamp set in the July-December 2022 mini. I combined it with the Charming Sentiments from the Annual Catalogue which have dies to match. In a previous post […]

So Saffron Rays of light with Amazing Phrases

Easy, quick card – Sunkissed

Here’s an easy, quick card with Sunkissed, one of the new stamp sets from the July-December 2022 Mini catalogue. To create this card, I also used two other stamp sets – Rays of Light and Amazing Phrases. In addition, I used the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut the circle where I stamped “Hey”. Photopolymer stamps […]

Ombre hinge stamping sweet sorbet card

Ombre Hinge stamping – Amazing Phrasing

Ombre hinge stamping with Amazing Phrasing. The ombre effect is one of my favourite techniques. Ombre hinge stamping is even better! What is it, you might ask. You mount your stamp on the clear plate of a Stamparatus, Stampin’ Up!’s patented stamp positioning tool. The stamps from Amazing Phrasing are photopolymer so they are clear. […]