Sneak Peek Carols of Christmas

I have a sneak peek for you – Carols for Christmas – a new Christmas stamp set and dies which are being released early before the official Autumn/Winter launch date! It’s not just for Demonstrators, but also for customers too on August 1st –  a whole month before Autumn/Winter catalogue goes live on 1 September! […]

Orange Blossom Loveliness

Did you miss this in the Annual Catalogue?  Well I did too, until I realised the orange image in this stamp set complimented the Lemon Zest stamp set and I can visualise that orange becoming a lime in a future project, and somehow, it convinced me that this was a “must have” set too!   […]

Oh So Eclectic – Z fold card

We’ve had a  lot of double “Z” fold cards recently, so I thought I’d go back to just the good old simple single Z fold one for this Fun Friday’s project.  Hope you like it. Did you know that if you click on the pictures, it will take you direct to the item in my […]

Easel card - lemon zest

Easel Card – Lemon Zest Bundle

I love this Easel Card made with the Lemon Zest Bundle. On my Stamp With Elaine facebook page, I’ve started a new segment called Top Tip Tuesday and I hope you’ll help me spread the word and join me for a Tuesday quickie.  I’m still a tad camera shy and haven’t yet made the transition […]

coffee stick gift packaging

Cute Coffee Stick Packaging

When Stampin’ Up! retired the word window punch, I had to find an alternative.  I tried the Classic Label punch,  but it was too wide for this particular project.    I had a light bulb moment and downsized to a 3/4″ circle punch which works a treat for the coffee sticks.  I also wanted to […]

Inking Spots 101

Hello, lovely people! Have you found that trying to ink with the full sized stamp pad on a portion of an image on a rubber or photopolymer stamp just a tad awkward?  You can use markers to ink up too, of course, but the results from using markers somehow don’t have such a vibrant colour […]

A Little Wild – So Cute!!!

Have you ever needed really quick, EASY, gift tabs?  Here’s something with a little difference!  The stamp combines the front AND back of these little critters – stamp them in coloured card stock and Hey Presto – just die cut and thread some Bakers Twine through and you’re done – yes, it’s that easy!!! It’s […]