I found these large candy canes which are approximately 7-1/4″ in length and 2-1/4″ in width at the crook end and it had been on my radar to use them as stocking fillers rather than hanging them on a tree. As I wanted the candy cane to stand out, I decided to make my own […]
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First Frost Harvest
I challenged myself to make a “Thanksgiving” card using the First Frost stamp set. Do you think I’ve succeeded? This was inspired by something I’d seen made by my upline Amanda Fowler using the sprig punch and I thought I could adapt it with the Frosted Bouquet Framelits die. If you’d like to see how […]
Christmas Countdown #9 of 12 – Snow is Glistening Gift Packaging
Life wouldn’t be real if we didn’t confess to coming a cropper once in a while! There I was crafting merrily away feeling quite smug as I had the house to myself and all was quiet so I could forge ahead with some filming! Almost at the finishing line, I discovered that the items were […]
Happiness Surrounds & Christmas Traditions Punch Box
I’m making the most of the newly released “Happiness Surrounds” set whilst I can because it’s only available until 30 November! I made an autumnal card with this set last week, but hit on the idea that the sentiments on this set also fitted perfectly into the Christmas Traditions Punch. Are you always looking for ways […]
Christmas Countdown Series #8 of 12 – Snow is Glistening Table Favours
My apologies for the late hour posting this – having technical issues! All sorted! Oh my – aren’t we galloping toward the end of my Christmas Countdown Series – three quarters of the way through and I’m turning my attention to some table favours. I found these darling Christmas Trivia by Talking Tables Ltd of […]
Happiness Surrounds meets Country Home
How lovely it is to have something new! By that I mean finishing my Halloween series and moving on to an Autumnal theme and a different colour palette! Happiness Surrounds Photopolymer Stamp Set [149744] Country Home Photopolymer Stamp Set [147678] Snowfall Thinlits Dies [149692] Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock [144238] Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock […]
Stamparatus Wreath Stamping Tutorial
Where else can you get such fabulous precision stamping on a wreath than with Stampin’ Up!’s fabulous new stamp positioning tool! Having two stamping plates which you can use on both sides gives you 4 work surfaces, eliminating the need to keep swapping your stamps around – perfect! We may have come late to the […]
Gorgeous Card in a Box – Magical Day
This type of “Card in a Box” was all the rage in 2014. It folds flat to fit in an envelop which can be mailed easily. It looks complicated, but it really isn’t! The lovely Monica Gale, a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in the UK, shared it on her blog so I thought I would create […]