You’re Inspiring – Easter card

Easter is early this year – and I don’t know where the time has gone!  Bye bye winter – hello Spring!  Officially that was at the beginning of March, but all that snow kind of put a spanner in the works! Resurrecting one of my favourite Woodland TIEF – goes well with daffodils don’t you […]

Stunning Springtime Foils!

I can’t get enough of these Springtime Specialty Foils!  Here’s a super duper quick easy project!  The papers dress up these silver gable boxes to perfection – fabulous for wedding favours or a christening or simply “just because” – does there have to be a reason? There’s barely 2 weeks left of Sale-A-Bration before they’re […]

card in a box Magical Day

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 […]

Friendship’s Sweetest Thoughts – Stamp surgery!

Have you ever been brave enough to chop up your red rubber stamps?  It’s pretty liberating if you have the courage to do it.  Just make sure the scissors doesn’t go anywhere where it shouldn’t, so make sure you have your glasses on if you need them to take the guess work out! Yep!  you […]

a mother's flair

Setting up Stamparatus – A Mother’s Flair

Much excitement as those who ordered their Stamparatus last November will be receiving theirs imminently ahead of next year’s Annual Catalogue in June 2018!  If you ordered yours in December, you should be receiving yours later in March/April in the order that your order has been received by Stampin’ Up!   Remember to complete transaction by […]

Friendship’s Sweetest Thoughts

Mothering Sunday is just round the corner, so my thoughts have turned to creating cards that celebrate our mothers past and present.  This set can be adapted to suit any occasion, but is really sweet as a “Mother’s Day Card”. We love the new-ish Spring/Summer catalogue, but there are some lovely things in the Annual […]

new type of stamp dis-INK-tive heartfelt blooms

New type of stamp Dist-INK-tive Heartfelt Blooms

Heartfelt Blooms – an exciting new type of stamp called a Dist-INK-tive stamp. The science of manufacturing rubber stamps is amazing. These days you can just take a photo and transform it into a red rubber stamp which looks like a photo! Stampin’ Up! calls stamps like these which have different opacities Dist-INK-tive stamps – […]