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 […]

I made some stylish christmas cards for a colour challenge

Hello I made these stylish christmas cards for colour challenge last week – Global Design Project #GDP417. The challenge colours were Pretty Peacock, Lost Lagoon and Petal Pink. And although I’m a pink and purple girl, Petal Pink isn’t a colour I’m drawn too so it really was a challenge to use this in my […]

How to CASE (Copy & Selectively Edit) a card

Hello Today I wanted to teach you how to CASE (Copy & Selectively Edit) a card by sharing my entry to Global Design Project #GDP416 – CASE the Designer entry. I was totally inspired by the gorgeous card we’re CASEing from the lovely Kayla Renee, a GDP team member from Australia. CASE means Copy and […]

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 make a cute congratulations card

Happy Sunday! Today I want to show you how easy it is to make a cute congratulations card using a sketch. It’s been a while since I played along with the @global_design_project but this week’s sketch challenge #GDP378 just called to me. I love the simplicity of the sketch and was totally inspired by the creations of the Design […]

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 […]

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 […]