halloween frame technique with Festive & Bright

Frame Stamping Technique – Festive & Bright

Frame stamping technique with Festive & Bright. Hello and welcome to Week #2 of my 6 week Countdown to Halloween series. The Festive & Bright stamp set can be found on page 64 of the July-December 2021 Mini. It has three open line-art images suitable for Christmas, Halloween, Spring or Autumn. These photopolymer stamps are […]

Gate fold explosion card with Whimsical Trees

Gate fold Explosion card – Whimsical Trees

Here’s the Gatefold Explosion card with Whimsical Trees to kick off my 12 week Christmas Countdown series ! I wanted something with a “WOW” factor in Week 1 so after much trial and error and lots and lots of wasted card stock, here’s the result! I’ve ironed out the glitches, so you don’t have to […]

halloween card with picture this and cutest halloween bundle

Cutest Halloween card with Picture This

The Cutest Halloween card with Picture This is the first in my six week Countdown to Halloween Series for 2021! Every year I say that Halloween isn’t all that big in UK. However when you see the amount of Halloween costumes and paraphernalia in the shops, I do wonder if that’s a myth! It’s certainly […]

open book easel card with Forever Blossoms

Fancy Easel card with Forever Blossoms

I’m thrilled to be able to share this Fancy Easel card with Forever Blossoms. Although I’d used the stamps and one of the dies, I neglected using the bendy branch die. It was perfect for using with an open book easel card. This type of Open book easel card harks back to circa 2014 when […]

dutch door fancy fold card with What's Cookin'

Fun Fold card with What’s Cookin’

Today I’m sharing a fun fold card with What’s Cookin’. It’s a dutch door card, so the top half of the card has been cut off. In our very first home, we had a galley kitchen which had a “stable door” at the end. We used to call it a “stable door” because the door […]

triple easel card with Wild Cats Bundle

Triple Easel card with Wild Cats

Triple Easel card with Big Cats – sounds daunting doesn’t it? I assure you, it isn’t and it was super fun to make. You’ll find it on page 45 in the Annual Catalogue for 2021-2022. The stamps are cleverly designed so that it can be used for both species of wild cats featured in the […]

DIY patterned paper with Sweet Symmetry

DIY Patterned Paper with Sweet Symmetry

There’s nothing more satisfying than creating your own DIY Patterned Paper with a stamp set of your choice like with Sweet Symmetry. You can choose your own colour palette and where you want to place your images on the paper too. It was such fun making this random pattern and once I’d stamped, I embossed […]

five backgrounds with textures & frames

Five backgrounds with Textures & Frames

I must confess, I found it hard to get started on doing anything creative with Textures & Frames. Once I began, I found it hard to stop and within a blink of the eye, I’d created lots! Truth be known, I was a little scared of it, so I kept putting it off! So I […]