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Pop Up Box in a birthday card

Happy New Year! Today I want to show you a cute fancy fold project with a pop up box in a birthday card that can hold either a gift card or money. I made four of these cards for my nieces and nephew for Christmas but completely forgot to take any photo’s so decided to […]

How to make simple Christmas cards

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how to make some simple and sparkly Christmas cards. I designed this simple Christmas card for my November card classes and also made it at three workshops for brand new stampers. For some time now I’ve been wanting to go live on YouTube but have been dithering […]

How to use patterned paper to make gorgeous Christmas cards

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how to use patterned paper to make some really gorgeous Christmas cards. The paper I chose for these cards is Lights Aglow 6″ x 6″ Speciality Designer Series Paper from the Jul – Dec 2022 Stampin’ Up! mini catalogue. It is so pretty! The first card was […]

How to use the same layout to make two quick Christmas cards

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how to use the same layout but in a different way to make two quick Christmas cards. To be honest they were supposed to be exactly the same but I stamped the sentiment on the inside wrong so decided to turn the card and I think it […]

How to use Faux Metal embossing in your cardmaking

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how easy it is to use Faux Metal embossing in your cardmaking. I wanted to keep this elegant Christmas card clean and simple so added extra detail with a bit of simple dry embossing and some faux metal embossing. Isn’t the card gorgeous? The Stamping Cove is […]

Fun Fold Christmas card

How to make Front Step Fold Christmas cards

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how to make Front Step Fold Christmas cards. At least that’s what I think they’re called! Not only did I use the Celebrate with Tags Bundle but also some of the Snowflake 12″ x 12″ Specialty Vellum from the July – Dec 2022 mini Stampin’ Up! catalogue. […]

Gold embossing for a Sparkle & Shine Theme Challenge

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how I used lots of gold embossing to make an uplifting card for a Sparkle & Shine Theme Challenge. The card below was made for the October #StampingCoveChallenge but I was late posting it so I’m not sure it was even shared by Emma in her Facebook […]

How to make a Pop Up Vase birthday card

Happy Monday! Today I want to show you how to make a Pop Up Vase birthday card. These fun fold cards are easier to make than you think. The first example is an A6 size birthday card and the second a larger version. For both I used Stampin’ Up! products that will be available for […]

September Sketch Challenge for The Stamping Cove

Happy Sunday! Today I’m sharing a card that I made for The Stamping Cove September sketch challenge. So for this sketch challenge I used the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks and Ranunculus Romance stamp set and co-ordinating dies by Stampin’ Up!. These products go so well together and the colours I chose are Fresh Freesia, Orchid […]

CASEing the catalogue to make a cute Christmas card

Happy Sunday! Today, I am sharing a cute Christmas card that was made by CASEing the catalogue. Let’s face it, we can all struggle for card design ideas, especially when we’re in a hurry or don’t have a lot of time. So why not look through your Stampin’ Up! catalogues. They are full of inspiration […]