wreath card with ornamental envelops

Ornamental Envelopes and dies

The new Autumn-Winter 2020 mini is a Day old! The introduction of Stampin’ Up!’s new catalogue program, the new August-December 2020 Mini which has a longer lead in time to Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I hope you approve the change! For those of you who like to plan ahead, this is good news! I am […]

Sneak peek Gift Wrapped embossed card

Sneak Peek – Gifted Wrapped

Do you love sneak peeks? I have one for you! “Gifted Wrapped” bundle paired with “Posted for You” in today’s project! Two kinds of embossing today. One is termed as “dry embossing” with an embossing folder run through a die cutting machine. The other is with a sticky transparent ink like “Versamark” which takes a […]

zany zebras rainbow plus sneak peek

Zany Zebras plus Sneak Peek!

Wouldn’t you call these cute Zebras zany when you see them? They are the cutest ever! I found it difficult to visualise them in any other colour than black stripes. It just went against the grain so instead, I put the colour in the background! It’s the best way to use up scraps. As I […]

Birthday card Hippo happiness

Hippo Happiness and friends

There are lots of little stamps in this Hippo Happiness bundle to make cute cards. What drew me to this set were the coordinating dies! I love it! There are 3 sets of stitched label dies in addition to the cut outs for the animals and butterfly and all the little extras. It included a […]

Pampered Pets Pop Twist mechanism

Pampered Pets – Pop Twist card

Sometimes it’s good to revisit techniques. This fun fold was all the rage about 3 years ago. The stamp set I chose is just perfect for this type of card. The patterned papers in the Playful Pets suite on page 40 to 42 have the most adorable artist’s impressions of cats and dogs. It may […]

Birds and Branches Bundle

Birds & Branches Bundle

Having shielded up until 30 June, I am looking forward to being able to explore further afield! Open fields, hearing bird song and communing with nature beckons and I can’t wait! The thought of “freedom” inspired this card. The stamps are photo- polymer. They are clear so you can see exactly where you’re stamping. To […]

Stampin up field of Flowers card by Elaine Harding

Field of Flowers Bundle – Tasteful Labels

Hi there – you might be wondering what’s so special about this bundle. I must admit, I did wonder why this was included in our pre-order. It’s all because of the Confetti Flowers Border Punch! You’ll find it on page 117 of the 2020-21 Annual Catalogue. If you follow me on my YouTube channel I […]

Prized Peony gift packaging

Prized Peony – Gift Packaging

It’s nearly the weekend! Happy Friday! It is so hard to choose a favourite. Every week this changes, depending what project I’m working on! For today’s project, I used the new Mini Paper Pumpkin box and adorned it with the Prized Peony Bundle. The boxes are just the right size for the Note Cards and […]