So I’ve had a busy time creating cards for the next monthly class on 20th July, using the fabulous Bird Ballad Suite. I made lots of samples but finally chose these three for the class There some fussy cutting….. but two of the three are also fun folds so have a surprise element! We’ll be… Continue reading New Bird Ballad Class
I hope you like this sweet little box? I have used the tag topper to shape the top and of course this made it easy to add the diagonals to shape the top to hold the little pointy lip balm. Of course the punch is actually part of a fab bundle with a pretty stamp… Continue reading Catalogue Showcase: Bird Ballad Tag Topper Box
So a quick card today to showcase two things – first of all our gorgeous new in colours….and this card shows all five! The clouds are the lovely Seaside Spray, the small balloons Terracotta Tile, Big 3D balloon Rococo Rose and the flat balloon Pretty Peacock, all set off on a panel of Purple Posy… Continue reading Catalogue Showcase: Above the Clouds
Welcome back for another showcase day, and today I am focussing on the Perennial Essence suite. This comprises gorgeous DSP (think influences of Monet’s paintings of water lilies) with a stamp set (with co-ordinating punch) and pretty vellum (the usual Stampin’ Up! heavyweight variety …strong enough for lots of techniques!) First is my version of… Continue reading Catalogue Showcase: One sheet mini album
So Day 2, is to look at follow your art suite – the card is a variation based on the supplies we received at Onstage, but then because by the time i got around to making this I had actually received the dies, I used the button strip die to add the accent. So who… Continue reading Day 2: Catalogue Showcase: Follow your Art
So this card is a CASE of a lovely DL Card that Michelle Last designed – but resized for a standard C6 card. I loved the soft pretty look with this butterfly and the blends. Any two shades of a pale colour would work really well. I used a Memento ink for the outline (non… Continue reading Beautiful Day Butterfly Blends
Just a quick post today to share a pretty card I created for a class recently. This one uses the lovely Dandelion Wishes stamp set which I am delighted is carrying over into the new catalogue. Paired here with some Smokey Slate embossed with the subtle embossing folder and a layer of Petal Pink embossed… Continue reading Dandelion Wishes layers of texture
So paper purses are a cute way to gift money (or have a tiny stash in your handbag) and this one uses just one sheet of 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper (DSP). It is loosely based on origami purses that can be made just by folding, but I have adapted to create a pretty… Continue reading Cute Paper Coin Purse
So I shared my own swap for onstage HERE and then last week shared my mini inspiration of the card swaps received… and so this is what I came up with based on the swap I made for the team event on the Sunday afterwards. I created a little swap with a sample sachet of… Continue reading Pop up Gift card holder
where have the last 3 months gone? Well I cannot believe that we are in the final few days of Sale a Bration – which means that you only have until 31st of March to choose this fun stamp set when you spend £45 on any Stampin’ Up! products. This really is a very quick… Continue reading Sale a Bration Froggy Farewell
