Any occasion double compartment boxes imperial and metric measurements

How to make double compartment boxes

I had such fun making these integral double compartment boxes. They are suitable for any occasion, but for this post, it’s all about Valentines! You can size them up, or size them down! The one in Blushing Bride and Sahara Sand are in Imperial measurments, and the Bermuda Bay and Real Red ones are in […]

Valentine card one sheet wonder with Heartfelt bundle

Create 4 Valentine cards with One Sheet Wonder

What’s a One Sheet Wonder? It’s a phrase coined to describe the cutting up of a sheet of patterned paper into smaller pieces which can then be used to decorate the front of a card. Today’s One Sheet Wonder is a quirky one with peculiar angles to create 4 Valentine cards with a more abstract […]

Blended card with Enjoy the Moment

Blended Card with Enjoy the Moment

I have been using blending brushes on the QT before Stampin’ Up! introduced them into their product line, so I am thrilled to be able to use them in future tutorials. There are so many ways to blend and so many different tools you can use for blending. We had those hard rubber brayers so […]

Masculine Valentine card with gilding

Masculine Valentine card

At time of writing, I still hadn’t received the new Valentine stuff from the January-June 2021 Mini. Good news though, having been held up in Germany because of Brexit and Covid issues, it will be shipping soon. How on earth did we get to the end of January? Here we are with Valentine’s Day round […]

tag topper concertina card dandy garden

Tag Topper Concertina card

I posted an article “Birthday in a Box” last Sunday which featured a concertina card and promised I would show you how I made it. My inspiration came from Julie Kettlewell who kindly shared it on the UK Demonstrators FB page. Her original was a birthday card using the Sweet Ice Cream bundle. The Dandy […]

gilded leafing with Art Gallery bundle

How to apply Gilded Leaf

There’s an exciting new product in the new January-June 2021 Mini. This is the new Gold Leaf embellishment from the Fine Art Floral Suite on pages 32 – 34. Remember the Heat & Stick powders from years ago? I am such a hoarder and have kept my tub of Heat & Stick powder for several […]

Simple card Sale-a-bration andMany Messages

Patterned paper and cards

As you know, Sale-a-bration is in full swing. Every purchase of £45 excluding shipping/handling, you can choose a FREE product from their Sale-a-bration brochure. This will be valid from 5 January – 28 February, a shorter period than before without a 2nd release during this time. Instead there will be a second Sale-a-bration event to […]

sale-a-bration L2 berry blessings

Sale-a-bration’s Berry Blessings

What do you think of this year’s crop of freebies you can earn? After the festive season, I’m already looking forward to the summer and being COVID free! We can but hope can’t we? One thing good is getting my hands on these Level 2 Sale-a-bration goodies! I earned these free – the Berry Blessings […]