open book easel card with Forever Blossoms

Fancy Easel card with Forever Blossoms

I’m thrilled to be able to share this Fancy Easel card with Forever Blossoms. Although I’d used the stamps and one of the dies, I neglected using the bendy branch die. It was perfect for using with an open book easel card. This type of Open book easel card harks back to circa 2014 when […]

triple easel card with Wild Cats Bundle

Triple Easel card with Wild Cats

Triple Easel card with Big Cats – sounds daunting doesn’t it? I assure you, it isn’t and it was super fun to make. You’ll find it on page 45 in the Annual Catalogue for 2021-2022. The stamps are cleverly designed so that it can be used for both species of wild cats featured in the […]

fancy fold card with counting sheep

Fancy Fold Card with Counting Sheep

Today I have a Fancy Fold card with Counting Sheep stamps and also the Sheep Dies. We’re half way through Sale-a-bration, so I thought I’d better feature these asap. The Counting Sheep stamp set is free subject to a qualifying purchase of £45 before shipping. The Sheep Dies are also a free item with a […]

pinwheel card collage with Penguin Place

Sneak Peek Tower Pinwheel card

Here’s another sneak peek tower pinwheel card using products from the soon to be launched July to December 2021 mini. Today’s card will fit in a C6 envelop. If you love penguins, you’ll love the new Penguin Place stamp set. It also has a Penguin Builder punch and there are papers in the Sale-a-bration brochure […]

trifold shutter card blending tech4stampers blog hop

Brilliant Blending for Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to July’s challenge – Brilliant Blending for Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. Thank you to the lovely Sara Sayers for setting the theme. Easy Trifold Card This is probably my most favourite fold. It has maximum impact, with minimal angst. More than thirteen years ago, when I first started card making, this […]

fancy fold card with plentiful plants

Fancy fold card with Plentiful Plants

Fancy fold card with Plentiful Plants is really a Reverse Gate fold card. I have had a debate going on in my head about what size I should cut my card base. Gate folds need a degree of accuracy so that it closes in the middle without any gaps. However, if you use the back […]

fancy fold card called tower fold with pansy patch

Tower block fold card

Eek! I recently discovered this fancy tower block fold card. It sounds complicated, doesn’t it, but there’s a method in the “madness”. I try to make the instructions as easy as I can for its execution! Evening Evergreen is such a rich green, and I love the combination of greens in the Pansy Petals 12″ […]

floral birthday card with an impossible fancy fold using Pretty Perennials

Floral Birthday card with Pretty Perennials

Do you like floral cards? In today’s project I used the Pretty Perennials stamp set to make a pretty floral birthday card. This isn’t a normal card. I made one back in 2018 but can’t seem to find it anywhere on my blog, so maybe I didn’t share it. This type of card is also […]