Easel card with two step stamping

Easel Card with two-step stamping

I immediately thought of making an Easel Card when I clapped eyes on the Color & Contour two-step stamping bundle. It never ceases to amaze me how artists lay down a few scribbles and you immediately connect with the images. Did you think I coloured the images in with water colour pencils? It certainly looks […]

cover 2021-22 annual catalogue

New Annual Catalogue launches today!

The new May 2021-April 2022 Annual Catalogue is live! I don’t normally post on a Tuesday, but I wanted to pop in and say “hello” as the catalogue launches today. If you’ve been a customer of mine, past, present, or a club member or a member of my VIP group, a personal copy of the […]

scalloped edge gift box

Scalloped Kraft Treat Boxes

If you love gift packaging you’ll love my sneak peek Scalloped Kraft Treat Boxes coming soon! Naturally, I altered them slightly and re-purposed parts of it to make some tags from some new dies! Intrigued? Read on! The Scalloped Kraft Treat Boxes comes in a pack of 8 with separate lids and box bases. They […]

two step stamping with floral image card wiith new colors

Sneak Peek for a Two-step Stamping Floral Card

A new publication is on the horizon so here’s a sneak peek for a Two-step Stamping floral card! In fact there are several sneak peeks! The first is the Hand-Penned Petals Bundle. It’s a photopolymer stamp set in the new configuration where the images are printed on the sleeve insert instead of the acetate sheet. […]

blended background with oval window birthday card with flamingo

Blended oval background card

Blending is a way of adding colour to your project and today’s card has a blended oval background. The oval is actually a die cut oval aperture and raised with foam strips. It’s like looking through an oval window to a vista beyond. Stampin’ Up! introduced blending brushes in their product line recently, but they’ve […]

embossed clean and simple card with die cut flowers and butterfly

Card Sketch card- design your own

I decided to design my own card sketch using a graphic design platform called Canva. It really was a “light bulb” moment using that first sketch in the Tech 4 Stampers blog hop last week. It was so easy to use the same sketch to make another card just by switching the stamp set and […]

pop out partially die cut birthday card

Pop out partially die cut birthday card

Warmer weather calls for a pop out partially die cut birthday card and ice lolly images! I’m so disappointed that the Ice Cream Corner Suite on page 49 of the January-June 2021 mini is retiring. There is such a short window to blog about this. iIce cream is one of my favourite foods! Is it […]

floating technique using butterflies

Floating technique card with butterflies

Last Wednesday I made this card and promised to show you another floating technique card with butterflies from the Floating & Fluttering bundle. You’ll find the bundle on page 61 of the January-June 2021 Mini which will be retiring on 30 June, so I’m making the most of it while I can! Stampin’ Up!’s stamp […]