Basic white Beary Christmas Memories & More cards

Beary Christmas Memories & More cards

Beary Christmas Memories & More cards pack make it so easy to create your own Christmas cards simply by using them with little additions using Basic White Thick card stock standard card bases. Earlier this month I showed how you could use the Beary Christmas Memories & More cards to create your own Christmas cards […]

Paper Scraps – Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

Paper Scraps is the theme for this month’s Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. Inadvertently when you’re cutting up patterned paper for card fronts, you get lots of scraps which you hang on to “just in case”! Familiar scenario? Here’s an idea on how you can use them up! I chose to use my scraps to […]

Fresh Freesia birthday card with Gorgeously made

Birthday card with Gorgeously Made Bundle

Today I have two bits of news. First is Stampin’ Up!’s Stamp-tacular 24 hour sale which started at 11.00 pm on 18 July in UK & Ireland because of time difference and will end 10:59 pm on 19 July 2023 tonight. More details in blogpost HERE, The second is a clean and simple birthday card […]

Ink Tiled mix landscape

Part 1 of 2 Inked and Tiled bundle

This is part 1 of 2 featuring the Inked and Tiled bundle. It has two different punches to coordinated with the Inked & Tiled stamp set. One of the punches has a “star” element and the other is like an “x”. In today’s video tutorial, I show you how you can mix and match and […]

punched tile background pool party ink and tiled card

How to create a punched background

Happy Sunday! Today’s card shows you how to create a punched background with the Ink & Tiled punches. The punches come in a pair and coordinate with the Ink & Tiled Cling stamp set and also the Inked Botanical 6″x 6″ (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Papers. Creating the punched background Creating a focal […]

new year card with Horse & Sleigh and countryside corners

Clean simple card with Horse & Sleigh

Here’s a clean, simple card with the Horse & Sleigh bundle which is an Online Exclusive now available for sale. I only invested in the Horse & Sleigh bundle so here’s another sample using those gorgeous papers. The Countryside Corners dies “frames” the winter scene beautifully. In the Horse & Sleigh stamp set, there is […]

trio blended backgrounds earthen texture cards

Masking and Blending backgrounds with Earthen Textures

Did you know that Stampin’ Up! supplies masking paper – they measure 5″x 7″ (12.7 x 17.8 cm) and there are 12 sheets in a pack. They’re great for masking backgrounds. I often use post-it notes before discovering Stampin’ Up! do theirs in much bigger sheets, so you can cover up a whole card front! Here’s […]

thank you earthen textures

Thank you card with Earthen Textures

Happy Sunday! In my Top Tip Tuesday slot on my YouTube channel, I demonstrated how to create a stay put bow on this card. In the original card, I had masked the Pretty Peacock vase so that the tall Copper Clay vase would give the illusion of being behind it. Not wanting to waste the […]