Hello, my crafty friends! 👋 Welcome to the last Be Inspired Blog Hop of 2025! If you’re hopping along, you’ll know you’re in very good company — this hop brings together a wonderfully talented group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world, and I’m so grateful to be crafting alongside them. Our theme this […]
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Be Inspired Blog Hop – Feeling Festive
Hello, my crafty friends! 👋 Hello and welcome to this month’s Be Inspired Blog Hop! Our theme is Feeling Festive, and I’m so glad you’re here. I’ve been having such a lovely time diving into my Christmas crafting lately, and for this hop I ended up creating not one but two elegant 6″ × 6″ […]
Be Inspired Blog Hop – Inspired by Patterned Paper
Hello, my crafty friends! 👋 It’s time for another Be Inspired Blog Hop, and you know what that means — a fresh dose of creative inspiration. Each month, a group of amazing Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world come together to share projects based on a fun theme — and hopefully spark a little […]
Be Inspired Blog Hop – Masculine Makes
Hello crafty friends! Welcome to this month’s Be Inspired Blog Hop! I’m so glad you’re here. Our theme is Masculine Makes. Masculine cards can sometimes be tricky, but I decided to focus on something we can all relate to: creating cards for the men in our lives using what we already have on hand. For […]
Be Inspired Blog Hop – Bright and Bold
Hello crafty friends! Welcome to this month’s Be Inspired Blog Hop! Our theme is Bright and Bold — one of my favourites, because nothing makes me happier than creating with fun, vibrant colours. 💕 Thank you so much for stopping by today! 💕 If you’re joining me from the lovely Andrea from Valley Inspirations, welcome […]
Double Gatefold card for the Be Inspired Floral Fun Blog Hop
Hello crafty friends! I am so excited to be joining the Be Inspired Design Team – this is my very first blog hop, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be creating alongside such a talented group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world! This month’s theme is Floral Fun, and I couldn’t have […]
How to use deckled circles dies to make a card
Hello Today I want to show you how to use the Deckled Circles dies Stampin’ Up! to make a card. In fact I think it’s a great way to stretch our dies. I thought the card below was perfect for Global Design Project theme challenge (#GDP419) Tis the Season. This theme challenge was the perfect […]
How to make a couple of simple cards with patterned paper
Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you a how to make a couple simple cards with patterned paper that I made for this weeks Global Design Project Rain or Shine Theme Challenge #GDP391. This patterned paper is sadly retiring in the next day or so but it was perfect for this challenge as it’s […]
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 […]
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 […]