Happy New Year – 2021 may have been another difficult year for many but there were lots of happy moments too and I’m going to remember them rather than the darker days!! Let’s make 2022 a good year full of crafting, fun and laughter. Did you have a wonderful Christmas? We spent precious time with […]
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Wooden Slice Christmas Decoration using Stampin’ Up! Poinsettia Dies
Today I’m sharing some cute Christmas decorations that I made as gifts using the gorgeous Poinsettia dies. I bulk purchased some wooden slices from Amazon and planned to heat emboss to make decoration but that didn’t work. I suspect I should have painted them first! Anyway the ornaments are really easy to make with half […]
How to make a DIY gift bow using Stampin’ Up! 2021-2023 In Color Shimmer Vellum
This week I held my last monthly card classes of 2021 – I can’t quite believe there are only a few weeks til Christmas! It has been such a strange year but I’m humbled that when I re-started my in person classes in September all my lovely regulars came back and we have such a […]
Learn how to make a Pop up Shopping bag in a card
Today I want to share some cute pop up shopping bag cards that I made to give gift cards to my gorgeous nieces and nephew for Christmas. I don’t know about you but when I give a gift card I try to find different ways of presenting them. When I stumbled across a card that […]
Words of Cheer and Christmas to Remember – Heat Embossed Christmas Cards
The clean and simple cards I’m sharing today feature Words of Cheer and Christmas To Remember stamp set from the August – December 2021 mini catalogue. I’ve always loved heat embossing as I think it adds a really elegant and magical touch to any project. This week’s Global Design Project theme challenge #GDP319 is Christmas […]
Christmas Cards with Delivering Cheer by Stampin’ Up!
I promised to show you more cards featuring the fabulous Delivering Cheer stamp set from the August to December 2021 Stampin’ Up! mini catalogue. This is one of my favourites and is ideal if you enjoy colouring, paper piecing or mixing and matching the stamped images. How cute is this card? I think it has […]
Sketch Challenge with Delivering Cheer #GDP318
The card I’m sharing today is my entry for this week’s Sketch Challenge #GDP318 over at the Global Design Project. It’s been a while since I participated in any of their challenges so decided it was time to have a go. You can see the sketch we were given below and you can click here to check […]
Using a Stampin’ Up! Decorative Mask to make a slimline Christmas Card
Today’s slimline Christmas card is one of the projects I designed for my November card classes. It was quick and easy to make but wasn’t what I intended when I started making it. For me the design evolves as I go along! The snowflake background was created with one of the Adorning Designs Decorative Masks […]
Learn how to make never ending cards
A week ago I shared a photo of the never ending cards I sent to my customers last month on Instagram and other social media channels. I asked if anyone had made or received this type of card before and if they wanted me to show them how? So today I’m sharing instructions on how […]
Penguin Place meets Picture This
Today I’m sharing a card from my October card classes. It is another Christmas card featuring the Penguin Place bundle from the July to December mini catalogue and the Picture This dies from the annual catalogue! I thought the cute critters in the Penguin Playmates designer series paper (from Sale-a-bration) would look fantastic with the […]